Book summaries
Leader’s Edge summaries: the argument of a book in a few minutes. Page 8 of 21 · 487 in all.
Members onlyAuthor Interview: Thomas Hale and Gene Daniels
This book is written not as a theoretical textbook nor as a ground-breaking book that puts forward new approaches to mission but as a practical book that aims to “absorb and clearly present the ideas, experiences, and insights of over a hundred missionary writers” (page ix).
Members onlySilence Your Inner Pharisee: Ditch Performance and Embrace Radical Freedom in Christ
For many of us in ministry, performance dominates our lives. We tell ourselves we’re right with God, but deep inside we know something is not quite right.
Members onlyFour Thousand Weeks – Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist, formerly writing the weekly column This Column Will Change Your Life, for the newspaper The Guardian. He is also author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and…
Members onlyGive Me This Mountain
Give me this Mountain is a compelling page turner that tells the story of a well-educated British woman who met God while in college.
Members onlyAuthor Interview: Sue Eenigenburg and Eva Burkholder
This book presents in practical ways that “going, staying, and being left to carry on (cross-cultural ministry) are all hard and each one requires grit and grace” (page xv).
Members onlyImpossible Christianity: Why Following Jesus Does Not Mean You Have to Change the World, Be an Expert in Everything, Accept Spiritual Failure, and Feel Miserable Pretty Much All the Time
The apostle Paul described the Christian life as a race, but to many believers it feels more like a punishing obstacle course.
Members onlyTimothy Keller – His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation
Timothy Keller, who recently passed away on May 19, 2023, is generally considered to be one of the preeminent evangelical leaders of the first two decades of the 21st century.
Members onlyTeatime in Mogadishu: My Journey as a Peace Ambassador in the World of Islam
Born in 1953, near the end of the colonial era in East Africa, Ahmed Ali Haile was born in a Sunni-Musim home.
Members onlyAuthor Interview: Gina A. Zurlo
This book provides practical strategies and insights for achieving sustained movement expansion.
Members onlyBeauty Is Your Destiny: How the Promise of Splendor Changes Everything
We all know that prayer is the lifeblood of the Christian life.
Members onlyThe Six Types of Working Genius
Patrick Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to helping leaders improve their organizations’ health.
Members onlyFrank C. Laubach: Man of Faith
Frank Charles Laubach, called “The Apostle to the Illiterates,” hailed from Benton, Pennsylvania.
Members onlyHow to Resurrect a Dead Prayer Life: Transforming Your Prayers into a Spirit-Empowered, Life-Giving Adventure
We all know that prayer is the lifeblood of the Christian life.
Members onlyAuthor Interview: Robert M. Reach
This book provides practical strategies and insights for achieving sustained movement expansion.
Members onlyThe Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities
Patrick Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to helping leaders improve their organizations’ health.
Members onlyAuthor Interview: Matthew Burden
This book seeks to open a window “on the way that Christians in the early centuries of our faith thought about the task of global mission” (page vii).
Members onlyThe Life of David Brainerd: Chiefly Extracted from His Diary
David Brainerd, the third son in a family of nine, lost both parents by the time he was fourteen. His godly uncle and aunt took him in for the next four years.
Members onlyFacing Fear: The Journey to Mature Courage in Risk and Persecution
Violence against Christ-followers is increasing globally. This book is a pastoral and practical resource for workers who advance the gospel in the world’s most dangerous places.
Members onlyYour Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today
Hal Hershfield is a professor of psychology, marketing, and behavioral decision-making at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management where he has won numerous teaching awards.
Members onlyAuthor Interview: Joseph W. Handley, Jr.
This book’s goal is “to find a better approach to leadership in a world where everything—from supply chains to political conflict to the church—is global” (page 22).
Members onlyBrave Son of Tibet: The Many Lives of Robert B. Ekvall
Robert B. Ekvall and his wife, Betty were Christian and Missionary Alliance missionaries sent to the West China-Tibetan border in 1921.
Members onlyFriendship with God: A Path to Deeper Fellowship with the Father, Son, and Spirit
In John 15, Jesus says, “I have called you friends.” But what does it mean to be friends with Jesus?
Members onlyAnatomy of A Breakthrough – How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most
“People get stuck in every imaginable area of life. They get stuck in jobs they’d prefer to leave, and in relationships that leave them unfulfilled…”
Members onlyAuthor Interview: Tim Welch
This book challenges mission agency and church leaders to consider new possibilities and approaches to global mission funding, aside from the traditional model (i.e., missionaries seeking their own funding).