Book summaries
Leader’s Edge summaries: the argument of a book in a few minutes. Page 1 of 21 · 485 in all.
Dust to Dust: Aging Wisely in an Anti-Aging World
Many question how our love for our own—our families, churches, and nation—can overflow in love for the nations as Scripture indicates it should.In this extended exploration of aging, Jen Wilkin draws parallels between the first half of life and the second. Exploring the changing realities of caregiving, abilities…
Spiritually Intelligent Leadership: How to Inspire by Being Inspired
Yosi Amran is an Israeli who served in his country’s military where he received numerous awards and was promoted more quickly than anyone in his regiment’s history.
The Barnabas Factor: How Crosscultural Partnership Amplifies Global Mission
The Barnabas Factor is a collaboratively written book which focuses on the example of Barnabas in crosscultural mission partnerships and application of principles from the life of Barnabas today. The book outlines 12 factors which were exemplified by Barnabas.
Author Interview: Dave Coles on God on the Move: Making Disciples Among the Nations
This edited book serves as “a shorter, simpler version of Motus Dei, tailored for busy field workers and a broader audience” (p. xv).
God on the Move: Making Disciples Among the Nations
This edited book serves as “a shorter, simpler version of Motus Dei, tailored for busy field workers and a broader audience” (p. xv).
Ordered to Love: Recovering the Order of Affections from the Home to the Ends of the Earth
Many question how our love for our own—our families, churches, and nation—can overflow in love for the nations as Scripture indicates it should.
I Never Signed Up for This: One Mother’s Journey to Surrender Her Children to Their Calling
I Never Signed Up for This by Ann Bowman tells the story of a mother who was asked by God to release two of her adult children to serve him overseas.
Author Interview: David Garrison on Inside Church Planting Movements: What 25 Years of Assessments Reveal
The book addresses the following questions: “Are church planting movements real? If so, how do we know?
Inside Church Planting Movements: What 25 Years of Assessments Reveal
The book addresses the following questions: “Are church planting movements real? If so, how do we know?
Slow Theology: Eight Practices for Resilient Faith in a Turbulent World (A Guide to Deep Faith in Our Busy Modern Lives)
In this book A. J. Swoboda and Nijay Gupta offer a practical theology guide for building resilient faith through Christian discipleship.
Leadership and Self-Deception: The Secret to Transforming Relationships and Unleashing Results
With almost 3 million copies sold worldwide, this book is a new edition of a previously published work which ranks in the top fifty best-selling leadership books of all time. It seeks to provide guidance in improving leadership effectiveness, enhancing personal and professional relationships, and producing greater…
Life-on-Life Missional Disciple-Making Survey
Thank you for taking this brief survey. We are gathering input from field workers to better understand current experiences with life-on-life missional disciple-making, including preparation…
Lit Up with Love: Becoming Good-News People to a Gospel-Starved World
Those of us involved in supporting missionaries overseas may sometimes need a reminder to do in our home country what missionaries are doing in other countries.
Author Interview: Patrick Johnstone on God’s World to Win: The Story of Operation World
The book narrates the personal journey of the author with the Lord and his sixty-year ministry, including the production of Operation World, a book that guides “Christians to pray for and reach the unevangelized peoples of the world” (p. 12).
God’s World to Win: The Story of Operation World
The book narrates the personal journey of the author with the Lord and his sixty-year ministry, including the production of Operation World, a book that guides “Christians to pray for and reach the unevangelized peoples of the world” (p. 12).
Every Thought Captive: Calm the Mental Chaos That Keeps You Stuck, Drains Your Hope, and Holds You Back
Whether we wrestle with anxiety, harmful thoughts about ourselves, or mental spirals that hold us back from spiritual growth and healthy relationships, many of us struggle to control our thoughts rather than let them control us. Bestselling author Kyle Idleman points us to the tools we need to get our thoughts into…
Godly Grit: Unshakable Resilience and Grit for Life and Leadership
Kyle Farran has served for two decades in leadership in fourteen countries across Africa and Europe. He has opened an HIV/AIDS hospice care home in South Africa, trained Zulu pastors, and currently serves as a Regional Director of ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelization), coaching mission staff and…
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Author Interview: Avi Snyder on Chosen to Proclaim: The Irrevocable Call of the Jewish People to World Mission
The book argues that the Jewish people were given by God an irrevocable call and were chosen to serve a particular purpose: “to be a national witness to the nations and a nation of witnesses unto the Lord” (page 69).
Chosen to Proclaim: The Irrevocable Call of the Jewish People to World Mission
The book argues that the Jewish people were given by God an irrevocable call and were chosen to serve a particular purpose: “to be a national witness to the nations and a nation of witnesses unto the Lord” (page 69).
Prioritizing the Church in Missions
Prioritizing the Church in Missions by Folmar, Logsdone, and Mbewe is part of the 9Marks series on missions.
Global Evangelism: From Local Hills to Distant Valleys
In a world longing for hope, the call to global evangelism resounds louder than ever. This call is not reserved for missionaries crossing oceans—it’s a divine mandate for every believer and local church to be a lighthouse in the darkness.
From the Pews to the Nations: Mobilizing the Local Church for Global Impact
Jesus didn’t call His followers to comfort; He called them to commission. The Great Commission wasn’t a suggestion—it was a mandate for every believer, and the local church is the launchpad.
Awakening Disciples: A Journey Beyond Global Evangelism
In Acts 8, Philip shares the gospel with the Ethiopian eunuch, who responds with faith and baptism.