James Howell is Senior Pastor of Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Adjunct Professor in ministry at Duke Divinity School. He was previously senior pastor of Davidson United Methodist Church and is the author of numerous books on faith and ministry.
25 Ebooks von Jason Byassee
Craig Thomas Kocher & Jason Byassee: Mentoring for Ministry
The art of mentoring, like all great arts, is a grace to be received, a gift to be given, and a skill that can be learned and practiced. This book explores the practice and grace of that art. The pas …
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Jason Byassee: An Introduction to the Desert Fathers
The desert fathers wanted to get away from a church co-opted by empire and a Christian faith grown cold and listless. They retreated to the desert to do battle against demons and against their own wo …
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Jason Byassee: Reading Augustine
The Confessions of St. Augustine is one of the few Christian classics that is still widely read in the secular academy. Yet, oddly enough, it is not often read in the manner Augustine appears to have …
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Jason Byassee: Discerning the Body
Where in the world is the church? These articles, essays, opinion pieces, and blog posts gather around that question. If we quit on the question in despair, we are lost. If we answer it too quickly, …
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€30.99
Jason Byassee & L. Roger Owens: Pastoral Work
Eugene Peterson may be the most influential theological writer in the church today. Yet because most of his career has not been in academia there is not much critical engagement with his work. Here s …
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Jason Byassee: The Gifts of the Small Church
Dizzying changes have taken place in American religious life in the last half century. Yet in spite of that fact, taking a snapshot of a “typical” Christian church in America would reveal a surprisin …
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€18.99
Jason Byassee & Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell: Faithful and Fractured
Clergy suffer from certain health issues at a rate higher than the general population. Why are pastors in such poor health? And what can be done to help them step into the abundant life God desires f …
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€14.79
Jason Byassee: Psalms 101-150 (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible)
The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible encourages readers to explore how the vital roots of the ancient Christian tradition inform and shape faithfulness today. In this addition to the series …
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€33.71
Matt Miofsky & Jason Byassee: Eight Virtues of Rapidly Growing Churches
Leaders who are interested in planting or revitalizing congregations often feel discouraged and defeated after leadership conferences, or after reading about the ‘heroes’ of church planting and churc …
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€17.99
Jason Byassee: Trinity
Most people assume they know what they mean when they use the word “God.” They mean a powerful old guy in the sky ready to obliterate us if we do wrong but basically benevolent, if a little senile. T …
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Jason Byassee: Surprised by Jesus Again
A bold, historical, robust approach to reading Scripture and encountering Jesus anew No one expects to be surprised. Yet biblical interpretation can do exactly that. Christians expect to see Jesus as …
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€25.67
James C. Howell: Birth (Pastoring for Life: Theological Wisdom for Ministering Well)
This volume explores the connections between our own birth, the experience of having children, and the new birth of the Christian life. Seasoned pastor James Howell offers theological perspectives on …
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€16.26
Will Willimon: Aging (Pastoring for Life: Theological Wisdom for Ministering Well)
★ Publishers Weekly starred review Seasoned pastor and church leader Will Willimon excels at creating thought-provoking, accessible books for working pastors and seminarians. In Aging, he takes …
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€13.55
Aaron White: Recovering (Pastoring for Life: Theological Wisdom for Ministering Well)
This book provides a theologically rich commentary on the challenge of addiction and the long road to recovery. Written by a minister with extensive experience working with people who struggle with a …
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€13.56
Jason Byassee: Northern Lights
You may have heard that churches in Europe are vanishing. Yet church growth in London has been steady for decades, fueled by such innovations as Alpha and Fresh Expressions. What about outside the ca …
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€24.99
Jason Byassee & Ross A. Lockhart: Better Than Brunch
What could be better than brunch on a Sunday morning? For most people in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, the answer of gathering to worship the Triune God and be sent as witnesses would not be top …
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€18.99
Brian Brock: Disability (Pastoring for Life: Theological Wisdom for Ministering Well)
Leading ethicist and pastoral theologian Brian Brock reflects on the challenge of disability, refuting widely held misconceptions and helping readers respond well to the pastoral implications of disa …
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€13.43
Michael Plekon: Community as Church, Church as Community
Parishes of all denominations are in decline, shrinking, closing, dying. We know that there are increasing numbers, young and older, who are religious ’nones‘ and ‚dones.‘ This book explores why the …
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Jason Byassee & Andria Irwin: Following (Pastoring for Life: Theological Wisdom for Ministering Well)
"[An] insightful exploration of Christian discipleship in the digital age."–Publishers Weekly This book offers theological perspectives on the challenges of discipleship in a digital age, …
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€13.59
Victor Lee Austin: Friendship (Pastoring for Life: Theological Wisdom for Ministering Well)
"A rare and wonderful theological book that turns something ordinary–being a friend–into an expression of God’s greatness."–Jeremiah Rood, Foreword (starred review)In this vibrant theolo …
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John M. Buchanan: From the Editor’s Desk
The Christian Century, the most respected magazine for mainline Protestants in the world, has helped Christians think critically and live faithfully since 1884. The publication’s former editor and pu …
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Leah Wilson-Hartgrove & Jason Byassee: Kingdom Come
For four decades, the Rev. Dr. Jonathan R. Wilson has cultivated an imagination for ‚kingdom realism‘ as a pastor, teacher, theologian, and friend. To celebrate his seventieth birthday, Kingdom Come …
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€44.99
Joy Rudder: Untangled
Untangled takes the reader on a swirling tour of some of the most beautiful places in the Caribbean but also of the region’s gruesome history. The eye of love searches the landscape in the wake of co …
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€12.99
Jason Byassee & Albert Y. S. Chu: Christianity
Is God changing the face of the church in North America today? The secularization thesis makes it appear that churches are inevitably declining in membership and influence. Too often, however, this a …
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€16.99
Jason Byassee: Praise Seeking Understanding
Praise Seeking Understanding sits at the intersection of three important fields in theology: theological exegesis, Augustinian studies, and contemporary church practice. Jason Byassee deftly bri …
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