Book summaries
Leader’s Edge summaries: the argument of a book in a few minutes. Page 17 of 21 · 485 in all.
From Jerusalem to Timbuktu
Here is the surprising story of the global advance of the gospel that encourages us to know that Jesus’ witness continues to the ends of the earth.
Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality
Pearcy goes beyond being politically correct, giving talking points to offer a riveting exposé of the dehumanizing secularist ethos that shapes critical moral and socio-political issues of our day.
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
This book contains a rare but powerful critique of post-modernism using both abstract philosophy and concrete common sense.
Churches and Missions Agencies Together: A Relational Model For Partnership Practice
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Author Interview: Josh and Sean McDowell
Despite what many critics claim, belief in the resurrection does not make us ‘no earthly good.’ In reality, it gives hope for the future and impacts how we treat both people and creation in the present.
The Resurrection and You
Despite what many critics claim, belief in the resurrection does not make us ‘no earthly good.’ In reality, it gives hope for the future and impacts how we treat both people and creation in the present.
Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter
This is a book about building life skills that will led to relationships. The authors argue that the amount of “noise” in our lives today is making it more difficult to get connected to others.
Author Interview: David P. Leong
Race and Place reveals the ways in which geographic forces and structures sustain the divisions among ethnic entities. Leong unpacks the systemic challenges that are rarely addressed in the conversation about racial justice and envisions a future of belonging and hope in our streets, towns, and cities.
Race and Place: How Urban Geography Shapes the Journey to Reconciliation
Race and Place reveals the ways in which geographic forces and structures sustain the divisions among ethnic entities. Leong unpacks the systemic challenges that are rarely addressed in the conversation about racial justice and envisions a future of belonging and hope in our streets, towns, and cities.
Union with Christ: The Way to Know and Enjoy God
This book reveals the transformational power of this ancient doctrine while addressing the basic questions of the human heart, concluding nothing is more practical for living the Christian life than union with Christ.
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
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Jews Don’t Need Jesus…and other Misconceptions: Reflections of a Jewish Believer
With so much focus on the other religions that missionaries encounter today, it is refreshing to find a well thought out, deeply apologetic book on our responsibility of winning Jewish people to Christ.
Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture
David Murray offers weary men hope, helping them identify the warning signs of burnout and offering practical strategies for developing patterns that are necessary for living a grace-paced life and reaching the finish line with their joy intact.
The Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth
This book describes the inevitable changes that take place in any organization that is growing. These problems (overload, stall out and free fall) require leadership to fix.
Author Interview: Robert Strauss
With insights firmly rooted in Scripture and equally grounded in empirical research from the social sciences, Strauss asserts that culture trumps the biblical story, and therefore understanding and skills are required for effective engagement across cultures.
Introducing Story-Strategic Methods
With insights firmly rooted in Scripture and equally grounded in empirical research from the social sciences, Strauss asserts that culture trumps the biblical story, and therefore understanding and skills are required for effective engagement across cultures.
Life in the Presence of God
As Boa offers a guide to practicing the presence of God, he offers biblical foundations and historical examples of walking with God and abiding in his presence.
Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done
Acuff ties an inability to finish with perfectionism. Much of the book unpacks how perfectionism exhibits itself and keeps us from being finishers.
Profound: Twelve Questions That Will Grab Your Heart and Not Let Go
With insight and based on scripture, Schindler addresses 12 root issues of the human heart–applicable to anyone, whether a Christ-follower or not.
Author Interview: Dietrich Schindler
With insight and based on scripture, Schindler addresses 12 root issues of the human heart–applicable to anyone, whether a Christ-follower or not. He masterfully weaves through issues that are of utmost concern to humans, and answers them biblically.
North American Mission Handbook: US and Canadian Protestant Ministries Overseas 2017-2019
The Mission Handbook has been in continuous publication every three years since 1953. It is a reference source to help new inquirers discover agencies. The book’s newly researched information and data guide the inquisitive person to a country of interest or specific ministry calling. Professors and researchers use…
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
The premise is that leaders are either “in the box” or “out of the box.” The box refers to our ability to see others as people and not just as means to an end (our end). Self-deception happens when …
Author Interview: Luis Bush
Luis Bush has a unique perspective on what God is doing around the world. The Yes Effect reveals that true transformation begins when we restart our hearts to get in sync with God’s tenderness toward the oppressed and regaining compassion for the lost.
The Yes Effect: Accepting God’s Invitation to Transform the World Around You
The Yes Effect reveals that true transformation begins when we restart our hearts to get in sync with God’s tenderness toward the oppressed and regaining compassion for the lost.