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The Preaching Life
In our last edition we asked our readers to send us a
list of those books they are reading that have nurtured their preaching
and souls. Here is a sampling of what has been submitted. We have compiled
the list into five categories: Spiritual Formation, Theology, Church
and Ministry, Preaching, and Leadership. Some are newly published; others
have been around for a while.
Spiritual Formation:
Growing True Disciples: New Strategies for Producing
Genuine Followers of Christ by George Barna
Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual
Reading by Eugene Peterson
Partners in Prayer by John Maxwell
The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus’ Essential
Teachings on Discipleship by Dallas Willard
This Day With the Master by Dennis Kinlaw
Theology:
A Century of Holiness Theology: The Doctrine of Entire
Sanctification in the Church of the Nazarene: 1905-2004 by Mark
Quanstrom
Relational Holiness: Responding to the Call of Love
by Thomas Jay Oord and Michael Lodahl
Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense
by N.T. Wright
Church and Ministry:
Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in
Postmodern Cultures by Eddie Gibbs and Ryan Bolger
Seven Practices of Effective Ministry by Andy
Stanley, Reggie Joiner, and Lane Jones
Simple Church: Returning to God’s Process For
Making Disciples by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger
The Church of Irresistible Influence: Bridge Building
Stories to Help Reach Your Community by Robert Lewis and Rob Wilkins
Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
by Rob Bell
Preaching:
Communicating for a Change by Andy Stanley
Preaching in the Spirit: A Preacher Looks for Something
that Human Energy Cannot Provide by Dennis Kinlaw
Unleashing the Word: Preaching with Relevance, Purpose,
and Passion by Adam Hamilton
Leadership:
Grace-Full Leadership: Understanding the Heart of
a Christian Leader by John Bowling
Spiritual Leadership: Moving People to God’s
Agenda by Richard Blackaby
Leading in a Culture of Change by Michael Fullan
Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson
