To celebrate the release of Exponential Groups on February 1st, we're happy to provide you with the introduction to this eye-opening book about expanding small group ministries. Readers of Exponential Groups will learn how to connect their "unconnected" members into community, recruit the group leaders needed to connect and grow their congregation, coach group leaders … Continue reading Excerpt from Exponential Groups by Allen White
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9 Things You Need to Know about The Complete Jewish Study Bible
Rabbi Barry Rubin, the general editor of The Complete Jewish Study Bible, has so generously agreed to answer a few of our questions about this revolutionary Bible. However, before we get to those, here is small excerpt in Rabbi Rubin's own words from the introduction of the CJSB: You hold in your hands a book … Continue reading 9 Things You Need to Know about The Complete Jewish Study Bible
Exploring Psalm 19: A Q & A with T.A. Perry
With his characteristically engaging writing style that couples detailed exegesis with philosophical meditation, professor and author T.A. Perry interacts with the Psalms from a Jewish perspective in his newest book, Psalm 19: Hymn of Unification. Perry's intensive and guided reading of Psalm 19 advances his thesis that Psalm 19 presents a vision of "universal unification" … Continue reading Exploring Psalm 19: A Q & A with T.A. Perry
How to Evangelize — An Interview with R. Larry Moyer
Hendrickson recently published 101 Tips for Evangelism: Practical Ways to Enhance Your Witness by R. Larry Moyer. Dr. Moyer, founder of the well-known evangelization organization EvanTell, offers some of the practical wisdom he's gleaned in over four decades of evangelism. His 101 brief, easy-to-read tips address dealing with difficult people, balancing grace with truth, asking God … Continue reading How to Evangelize — An Interview with R. Larry Moyer
10 Quotes About Christmas from Charles Spurgeon
"Do you not feel, my brethren, that the gospel of God is peace to man? Where else can peace be found but in the message of Jesus?" "And when the Lord Jesus has become your peace, remember, there is another thing: good will towards men. Do not try to keep Christmas without good will towards … Continue reading 10 Quotes About Christmas from Charles Spurgeon
8 Questions with Rodney Macready about Retiring Retirement
Hendrickson is pleased to share with you an exclusive interview that we conducted with Rodney Macready, the author of Retiring Retirement. Rodney's aim in this book is to achieve a paradigm shift—to get us thinking that retirement does not need to mean the end of productivity completely. He challenges us to evaluate our current concept … Continue reading 8 Questions with Rodney Macready about Retiring Retirement
How reading these verses with a Jewish perspective completely changed their meaning for me
by Maggie Swofford, Marketing and Editorial Assistant This week, as I was reading through Matthew 8-15 in The Complete Jewish Study Bible for our Bible book club of Matthew (sign up HERE, if you haven’t already!), I stumbled across a passage and corresponding note that really surprised me and changed my view of these verses. … Continue reading How reading these verses with a Jewish perspective completely changed their meaning for me
“To Be Thankful” by Robert Dingley — Excerpt from Day By Day with the English Puritans
In honor of Thanksgiving and the intentional time of remembrance that it brings of our blessings reaped from the hand of God, Hendrickson would like to share this excerpt from Day by Day with the English Puritans. Robert Dingley's sermon, named "To Be Thankful," delves into the importance of thanking God for our blessings and … Continue reading “To Be Thankful” by Robert Dingley — Excerpt from Day By Day with the English Puritans
What we’re learning in Matthew 1-7 from The Complete Jewish Study Bible
For the next four weeks, our office is reading through the book of Matthew (Mattityahu) in The Complete Jewish Study Bible. In case you missed the first post on why we’re doing this, here it is. Here, we offer a few of our own thoughts and reflections on what we’re learning in our Bible book … Continue reading What we’re learning in Matthew 1-7 from The Complete Jewish Study Bible
God with Us: A Beautiful Reminder from The Complete Jewish Study Bible
By Patricia Anders, Editorial Director As I write this, we are currently in the time (September–October) of Sukkot, or the Feast of Tabernacles. It’s something that many Christians may not be aware of (I had never heard of it until I visited Israel in the month of October many years ago). I happen to live … Continue reading God with Us: A Beautiful Reminder from The Complete Jewish Study Bible