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Your Motive Matters

The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities by Patrick Lencioni ($9.99 for the Kindle edition on Amazon) is another best-seller from one of my favorite authors. However, in a departure from all of Lencioni’s previous works, … Continue reading

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Digital Ministry: Pastoring in a Pandemic

Digital Ministry: Pastoring in a Pandemic by Myron Pierce ($3.99 for the Kindle edition on Amazon) is a quick and extremely short read. However, the book raises a number of thoughtful points about church and ministry during and after the … Continue reading

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Believing God for More

What If?: My Story of Believing God for More . . . Always More is Pastor Tommy Barnett’s 2019 autobiography ($8.49 for the Kindle edition on Amazon). Tommy inspires and encourages me. He always has. I have attended his seminars. … Continue reading

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The Challenge of Preaching

The Challenge of Preaching by John Stott ($1.99 for the Kindle edition on Amazon) is an abridged and updated version of Stott’s earlier work Between Two Worlds:The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century ($2.99 Amazon). As of the date of this … Continue reading

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Thriving In Babylon

Larry Osborne’s Thriving in Babylon: Why Hope, Humility, and Wisdom Matter in a Godless Culture ($9.99 for the Kindle edition on Amazon) is a great read with special relevance for any Christian who wants to respond to today’s American culture in … Continue reading

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Church For Monday

I always enjoy reading books that make me think. Church for Monday: Equipping Believers for Mission at Work by Svetlana Papazov is just such a book ($14.99 for the paperback edition on Amazon). Don’t expect an easy read. Don’t expect a … Continue reading

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Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln

Before writing each week’s executive book summary I ask, “What have I read that would be the most valuable and practical help for Bible teachers, pastors, and ministers?” The answer this week comes from an unlikely source, James C. Humes, a … Continue reading

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Can You Make the “Leap” From Good to Great?

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap . . . And Others Don’t, is a business leadership classic ($15.99 for the Kindle edition on Amazon). Jim Collins and his research team examined numerous companies and an enormous amount of … Continue reading

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A Blueprint For Church Turnaround

Advanced Strategic Planning: A 21st-Century Model for Church and Ministry Leaders is a complete and detailed planning guide for helping a church adjust to the opportunities and realities of today’s post-modern world and to become a turnaround church. Continue reading

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The Making of a Leader

One of the best leadership books I have read in many years. Continue reading

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