Exploring Top Books of Shelfari

Churches are noticing less and less emerging generations in their midst. The Emerging Church, winner of the 2004 Christianity Today Book Award, explores the cultural changes impacting churches and offers practical advice of how they can creatively reach emerging generations. Some of the "spiritual" things that were removed from churches are the very things that post-Christian generations are connecting with and... (more)

The Kingdom of the Cults

by Walter Martin, Hank Hanegraaff, Ravi Zacharias, Walter Ralston Martin, James R. White

The authoritative reference work on major cult systems for nearly forty years. Working closely together, Ravi Zacharias and Managing Editors Jill and Kevin Rische (daughter of Dr. Martin) have updated and augmented the work with new material. This book will continue as a crucial tool in countercult ministry and in evangelism for years to come. Among cults and religions included are: Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormonism,... (more)

When Heaven Invades Earth: A Practical Guide To A Life Of Miracles

When Heaven Invades Earth: A Practical Guide To A Life Of Miracles

by Bill Johnson

When Heaven Invades Earth is a powerful statement and testimony on the Kingdom of God. Theologically sound, well supported, and extremely well argued, this message provides a carefully constructed biblical foundation for the average Christian to live and walk in the miraculous, supernatural power of God. Not only is the supernatural possible, it is also our commission. The Great Commission that Christ gave to the... (more)

Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul

by Erwin Raphael McManus

We are all, as Erwin Raphael McManus states, broken pieces of the image of God. And as Christians, too often we talk about God's ability to change lives without fully understanding how to access that power. The reason is simple: we ourselves have never been radically transformed. McManus explains how many people unknowingly block God from changing us and teaches readers the "texture of the heart" required to... (more)

They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations

They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations

by Dan Kimball

Many people today, especially among emerging generations, don't resonate with the church and organized Christianity. Some are leaving the church and others were never part of the church in the first place. Sometimes it's because of misperceptions about the church. Yet often they are still spiritually open and fascinated with Jesus. This is a ministry resource book exploring six of the most common objects and... (more)

The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups

The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups

by Joseph R. Myers

Community is a fundamental life search. We need to belong. In our time, we search with some increasing desperation as terms like neighbor, family, and congregation are being redefined.

Worship Evangelism

by Sally Morgenthaler

This is a how-to guide for churches who want to put worship to its biblically intended ends and it includes a study guide.

Prayer Evangelism

by Ed Silvoso

As a result of the growing worldwide prayer movement, powerful changes have taken place in the Church and in scattered cities-transformations beyond anything imaginable only a few years ago. Of the revelations to come out of this movement, perhaps the most dramatic and promising is the rediscovery of biblical principles for changing the spiritual climate over entire cities and regions. Fulfillment of the Great... (more)

Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism

Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism

by Arthur C. Brooks

Surprising proof that conservatives really are more compassionate--and more generous--than liberals. We all know we should give to charity, but who really does? Approximately three-quarters of Americans give their time and money to various charities, churches, and causes; the other quarter of the population does not. Why has America split into two nations: givers and non-givers? Arthur Brooks, a top... (more)

The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America

The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America

by Ray Suarez

The Holy Vote examines the way Americans worship, how organized religion and politics intersect in America, and how this powerful collision is transforming the current and future American mind-set Not since the Civil War has the United States been so polarized—politically and ideologically. But at the very heart of this fracture is a fascinating rig and paradoxical marriage between our country’s politics and... (more)

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

by Laurel Ulrich

“They didn’t ask to be remembered,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Laurel Ulrich wrote in 1976 about the pious women of colonial New England. And then she added a phrase that has since gained widespread currency: “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Today those words appear almost everywhere—on T-shirts, mugs, bumper stickers, plaques, greeting cards, and more. But what do they really mean? In this engrossing... (more)

Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think

Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think

by George Lakoff

George Lakoff’s book is a crucial key to understanding political opponents and achieving political victory. In this first full-scale application of cognitive science to politics, Lakoff analyzes the unconscious worldview of liberals and conservatives, explaning why they are at odds over so many seemingly unrelated issues--like taxes, abortion, regulation, and social programs. The differences, Lakoff argues, are... (more)

Why Revival Tarries

by Leonard Ravenhill

Leonard Ravenhill’s call to revival is as timely now as it was when first published over forty years ago. The message is fearless and often radical as he expounds on the disparity between the New Testament church and the church today. Why Revival Tarries contains the heart of his message. A.W. Tozer called Ravenhill "a man sent from God" who "appeared at <a> critical moment in history," just as the Old... (more)

Supernatural Power of a Transformed Mind Devotional

Supernatural Power of a Transformed Mind Devotional

by Bill Johnson

Moving in the spiritual realm should be as much a part of a believer's routine as prayer, worship and reading Scripture. Yet all too often, Christians practice an intellectual faith, which lacks any supernatural punch. Healing, deliverance and signs and wonders are an inheritance for all followers of Jesus Christ. The Supernatural Power of a Transformed Mind teaches you how to remove the blinders of... (more)

Armageddon: Oil and the Middle East crisis ; what the Bible says about the future of the Middle East and the end of Western civilization (Zondervan books) (Zondervan books)John F. Walvoord, John E. Walvoord

Armageddon: Oil and the Middle East crisis ; what the Bible says about the future of the Middle East and the end of Western civilization (Zondervan books) (Zondervan books)

by John F. Walvoord, John E. Walvoord

Messy Spirituality

by Mike Yaconelli

What!? You're not perfect? That's all right, God loves you anyway. He even loves the author of this book, and he's really a mess. There is a spirituality for people who often don't feel very spiritual and it will bring you closer to God. Find it in this book.

Reclaiming God's Original Intent for the Church

Reclaiming God's Original Intent for the Church

by Wes Roberts

Out of the 350,000 some churches in North America, only about 3,500 are classified as mega-churches. In fact, the average church size falls between 110-135 members. So why are so many pastors and denominations fixated on church growth? Believe it or not, size isn't God¹s primary concern for His church. The early church shows us that character, servanthood, discipleship, and following the Holy Spirit are much... (more)

God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (Plus)

God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (Plus)

by Jim Wallis

New York Times bestseller God's Politics struck a chord with Americans disenchanted with how the Right had co-opted all talk about integrating religious values into our politics, and with the Left, who were mute on the subject. Jim Wallis argues that America's separation of church and state does not require banishing moral and religious values from the public square. God's Politics offers a vision for how to... (more)

Dark Light : Electricity and Anxiety from the Telegraph to the X-Ray

Dark Light : Electricity and Anxiety from the Telegraph to the X-Ray

by Linda Simon

The modern world imagines that the invention of electricity was greeted with great enthusiasm. But in 1879, Americans reacted to the advent of electrification with suspicion and fear. Forty years after Thomas Edison invented the incandescent bulb, only 20 percent of American families had wired their homes. Meanwhile, electrotherapy emerged as a popular medical treatment for everything from depression to digestive... (more)

Connecting: The Mentoring Relationships You Need To Succeed In Life

Connecting: The Mentoring Relationships You Need To Succeed In Life

by Steven M. Stanley, Paul D. Stanley

WE WERE MEANT FOR EACH OTHER. None of us are fully equipped to excel in life. Our weaknesses, blind spots, limited capabilities, and lack of experience all point to one thing-interdependence. Which is why connecting with others plays such an indispensable role in healthy development. Having access to the wisdom, experience, vision, and direction of those who have gone before can put you years ahead of where... (more)

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Tags: rethinking culture

by Dan Kimball

by Walter Martin, Hank Hanegraaff, Ravi Zacharias, Walter Ralston Martin, James R. White

by Bill Johnson

by Erwin Raphael McManus

by Dan Kimball

by Joseph R. Myers

by Sally Morgenthaler

by Ed Silvoso

by Arthur C. Brooks

by Ray Suarez

by Laurel Ulrich

by George Lakoff

by Leonard Ravenhill

by Bill Johnson

by John F. Walvoord, John E. Walvoord

by Mike Yaconelli

by Wes Roberts

by Jim Wallis

by Linda Simon

by Steven M. Stanley, Paul D. Stanley