Spurgeon the Pastor

Author(s): Geoffrey Chang
Publisher: Lifeway
Price: $4.99       (Oct 10 Only)

**Winner of The Gospel Coalition Book Award 2022 for Biography & History**

How would you get more than 5,000 people to show up at your church?

Almost every pastor feels the pressure to get people in the doors. More people means more success, more stability, and more godly influence, right? Often, in their zeal for fruit and growth, pastors and church leaders adopt worldly mechanisms for church growth that end up undermining the very call God has given them.

Charles Spurgeon, the Prince of Preachers, was a pastor to well over 5,000 people in a day long before “mega-churches” were the norm. But you might be surprised to know that Spurgeon’s vision for ministry was not pragmatic. He did not borrow “best practices” from the business leaders of his day. Rather, his ministry vision was decidedly, staunchly biblical and theological in nature—and it was a ministry vision we ought to adopt more than a century later.

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When Demons Surface
Author(s): Steve Dabbs
Publisher: Baker Books
Price: $3.99       (Oct 24 Only)

Are demons real? Do ghosts exist? Do some medical and mental health issues have a spiritual cause?

In When Demons Surface, former senior military chaplain Steve Dabbs answers these questions and more. Exploring more than 50 true stories of supernatural encounters from personal, historical, and pastoral experiences, this book will enable you to:

· gain insights from advanced biblical research
· discern if some medical or mental health issues are the result of spiritual warfare
· resolve paranormal activities and identify supernatural encounters
· exercise biblically granted power and authority over evil spirits

Whether you’re a student of what the Bible says about spiritual warfare or you’re seeking answers about supernatural experiences, the insights found in this book will intrigue, enlighten, and equip you.

“‘The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons’ (1 Timothy 4:1 NIV). That is presently happening all over the world, and pastors, disciplers, and counselors are waking up to that reality and learning how to set captives free. Steve Dabbs discovered this when he was a chaplain in the military and shares his learning and experiences in this helpful book that you should read and add to your library.”–Dr. Neil T. Anderson, founder and president emeritus of Freedom in Christ Ministries

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Miscarried Hope: Journeying with Jesus through Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Author(s): Rachel Lohman
Publisher: Revell
Price: $3.99       (Oct 24 Only)

Discover unexpected hope in the midst of your loss

No grief is quite like the pain that follows pregnancy and infant loss. For any woman who feels alone, full of doubt, and overwhelmed with sorrow, this book guides you on a journey to experience the transforming hope of the gospel after losing your baby.

Miscarried Hope helps you move through the Five Stages of Hope and leads you along a gentle road to healing. By exploring the profound parallels between pregnancy and infant loss and Holy Week, Rachel invites you to follow in the footsteps of Jesus’s disciples as they grieved his death, waited in the silence, and rediscovered hope in his resurrection.

Includes:
● practical comforts for coping with the day-to-day pain of loss
● new research from interviews with more than four hundred loss moms
● reminders of important and healing biblical truths

Psalms: Hymns for God’s People

Author(s): John MacArthur
Publisher: Harper Christian
Price: $1.99       (Oct 28 Only)

Throughout the ages, Psalms has retained its original and primary purpose: to engender the fitting praise and worship of God. The essential idea of Psalms is living real life in the real world. Without denying the pain of life, the people of God are to live joyfully and dependently on the person and promises of God.

In the twelve studies within, join John MacArthur to see the Psalms as a broad array of theology, practically couched in day-to-day reality. The sinfulness of man is documented concretely but also the sovereignty of God is everywhere recognizable. By working through this study, you, like the people of Israel, will learn that though life often seems to be out of control, all events and situations are to be understood in the light of divine providence as being right on course according to God’s timetable.

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The Lord Bless You and Keep You

This e-book was chosen by our readers to be placed on sale.

Author(s): Michael Glodo
Publisher: Crossway Books
Price: $2.99       (Oct 30-31)

Exploring the Gospel through the Aaronic Blessing

“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you,” (Numbers 6:24–25). For centuries, Christians have read these words and received them as a blessing. But have they deeply considered the meaning behind them? What does it mean for God’s face to shine upon his people?

Faces are often referred to as the window to the soul, displaying emotion and providing relational clarity between individuals. This theme of faces reverberates throughout Scripture, first appearing with Adam and Eve and notably surfacing in the Aaronic benediction in Numbers 6.

The Lord Bless You and Keep You explores this benediction to discover the important connection between a person’s face and the face of God—finding that through faces, God shines the light of the gospel upon his people and offers his grace, goodness, and blessing to those who believe in him.

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Crossway Non-Fiction – over 50% off: Nov 8/24

Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worship
Author(s): Jonathan Gibson
Publisher: Crossway
Price: $7.99       (Nov 4-10)

Every Christian knows the importance of a daily quiet time with the Lord. But anyone who’s been a believer long enough has likely experienced seasons that feel more mundane or routine, leading to aimlessly skimming a couple of Bible verses or praying the same prayer over and over.

In Be Thou My Vision, Jonathan Gibson has created a 31-day liturgical guide designed to provide structure to the daily worship of individuals and families. Each daily reading includes a call to worship, adoration, confession, assurance, creed and catechism, the Gloria Patri, a prayer of illumination, Bible reading, intercessory prayer, and the Lord’s Prayer. Designed to be read in 15–20 minutes a day, this beautifully produced liturgy will give readers focus and purpose to their daily quiet time while teaching them historical prayers, creeds, and catechisms that point them to Christ.

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Expository Exultation: Christian Preaching as Worship
Author(s): John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
Price: $9.99       (Nov 4-10)

“God has appointed preaching in worship as one great means of accomplishing his ultimate goal in the world.” —John Piper

John Piper makes a compelling claim in these pages about the purpose of preaching: it is intended not merely as an explanation of the text but also as a means of awakening worship by being worship in and of itself. Christian preaching is a God-appointed miracle aiming to awaken the supernatural seeing, savoring, and showing of the glory of Christ.

Distilling over forty years of experience in preaching and teaching, Piper shows preachers how and what to communicate from God’s Word, so that God’s purpose on earth will advance through Biblesaturated, Christ-exalting, God-centered preaching—in other words, expository exultation.

Two Tyndale E-Books: Nov 9/24

A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing
Author(s): Laura McKnight Barringer
Publisher: Tyndale Elevate
Price: $3.99       (Ends Nov 30)

“Scot and Laura do an amazing job of teaching us what a good church looks like.” —Beth Moore

What is the way forward for the church?
Tragically, in recent years, Christians have gotten used to revelations of abuses of many kinds in our most respected churches—from Willow Creek to Harvest, from Southern Baptist pastors to Sovereign Grace churches. Respected author and theologian Scot McKnight and former Willow Creek member Laura Barringer wrote this book to paint a pathway forward for the church.

We need a better way. The sad truth is that churches of all shapes and sizes are susceptible to abuses of power, sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse. Abuses occur most frequently when Christians neglect to create a culture that resists abuse and promotes healing, safety for victims, and spiritual growth.

How do we keep these devastating events from repeating themselves? We need a map to get us from where we are today to where we ought to be as the body of Christ. That map is in a mysterious and beautiful little Hebrew word in Scripture that we translate “good,” the word tov.

In this book, McKnight and Barringer explore:
The concept of tov—and how it can help Christians and churches fulfill their true calling as imitators of Jesus
How to identify toxic patterns and the warning signs of abuse within church leadership and their congregations
A path toward creating a safe and healthy community marked by justice, truth, and grace
A Church Called Tov helps us move forward together and reminds us church can be a place of goodness and healing.

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Counter Culture: Following Christ in an Anti-Christian Age
Author(s): David Platt
Publisher: Tyndale Elevate
Price: $3.99       (Ends Nov 30)

Revised and updated, with a new chapter on the refugee crisis.

Welcome to the front lines. Everywhere we turn, battle lines are being drawn—traditional marriage vs. gay marriage, pro-life vs. pro-choice, personal freedom vs. governmental protection. Seemingly overnight, culture has shifted to the point where right and wrong are no longer measured by universal truth but by popular opinion. And as difficult conversations about homosexuality, abortion, social justice, and religious liberty continue to inject themselves into our workplaces, our churches, our schools, and our homes, Christians everywhere are asking the same question: How are we supposed to respond to all this?

In Counter Culture, New York Times bestselling author David Platt shows Christians how to actively take a stand on such issues as poverty, sex trafficking, marriage, abortion, racism, and religious liberty—and challenges us to become passionate, unwavering voices for Christ. Drawing on compelling personal accounts from around the world, Platt presents an unapologetic yet winsome call for Christians to faithfully follow Christ into the cultural battlefield in ways that will prove both costly and rewarding.

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TODAY ONLY: Two Tyndale E-Books: Nov 10/24

NLT Life Application Study Bible
Publisher: Tyndale House
Price: $4.99       (Nov 10 Only)

Winner of the 2020 Christian Book Award for Bible of the Year!

Trusted & Treasured by Millions of Readers over 30 years, the Life Application Study Bible Is Today’s #1–Selling Study Bible

Now it has been thoroughly updated and expanded, offering even more relevant insights for understanding and applying God’s Word to everyday life in today’s world.

Discover How You Can Apply the Bible to Your Life Today

With a fresh two-color interior design and meaningfully updated study notes and features, this Bible will help you understand God’s Word better than ever. It answers the real-life questions that you may have and provides you practical yet powerful ways to apply the Bible to your life every day.

Study the stories and teachings of the Bible with verse-by-verse commentary. Gain wisdom from people in the Bible by exploring their accomplishments and learning from their mistakes. Survey the big picture of each book through overviews, vital statistics, outlines, and timelines, and grasp difficult concepts using in-text maps, charts, and diagrams—all to help you do life God’s way, every day.

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Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
Author(s): Mosab Hassan Yousef
Publisher: Tyndale Momentum
Price: $2.99       (Nov 10 Only)

This gripping New York Times bestseller tells the true story of a Hamas insider who rejected his violent destiny and pursued peace . . . at the risk of everything.

Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its most popular leader, young Mosab assisted his father for years in his political activities while being groomed to assume his legacy, politics, status . . . and power. But everything changed when Mosab turned away from terror and violence and embarked on a spiritual journey, embracing instead the teachings of another famous Middle East leader. Son of Hamas contains:
new information about the world’s most dangerous terrorist organization and unveils the truth about Mosab’s own role
details of his agonizing separation from family and homeland
the dangerous decision to make his newfound faith public
his belief that the Christian mandate to “love your enemies” is the only way to peace in the Middle East
Now available with a chapter about events since the book’s release such as the revelation of Mosab’s Israeli intelligence handler’s true identity, and Homeland Security’s effort to deport the author.