Increasing numbers of churches today use high-tech tools such as videos and PowerPoint presentations in their worship services. But without wisdom, those tools can turn their services more into entertainment than worship. How can churches use technology to communicate meaning instead of seducing people with special effects? How can technology be adopted to help people connect with God and each other to foster authentic worship? High-Tech Worship? takes a careful look at these issues, giving readers practical guidance on how they can best use the gift of technology in their churches....
Increasing numbers of churches today use high-tech tools such as videos and PowerPoint presentations in their worship services. But without wisdom, th...
Struggling to discern God's call is not uncommon. Many people wrestle with understanding what God has planned for them. Here I Am solves part of the mystery by distinguishing between one's shared vocation and particular life stations. Stations include jobs, situations, and relationships, and they change often. But vocation, for Christians especially, remains the same-to apply faith as caretakers of God's world. Here I Am explains how to be caring followers of Jesus in every station of life. It offers practical ways to strive for excellence, celebrate leisure, nurture...
Struggling to discern God's call is not uncommon. Many people wrestle with understanding what God has planned for them. Here I Am solves part o...
Over half of all North Americans live in the suburbs. In The Suburban Church, retired pastor Arthur H. DeKruyter encourages Christians to "go where the people congregate" and illustrates how to plant, grow, and renew suburban congregations. Throughout this book, DeKruyter relies on forty-five-plus years of pastoral ministry experience in which his own congregation grew from five families to more than five thousand members. He dispels myths about suburbia and demonstrates how to minister successfully, fit historic preaching and worship to suburban needs, finance church programs,...
Over half of all North Americans live in the suburbs. In The Suburban Church, retired pastor Arthur H. DeKruyter encourages Christians to "g...
Quentin J. Schultze Bethany J. Kim Richard N. Bolles
"Extraordinary.... A hundred books in one.... This book is a home run." -- From the FOREWORD by Richard N. Bolles, author of the best-selling "What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers"
The ultimate guide for college students and grads seeking interviews in a tough economy. It explains how to:
(1) transform even modest educational achievements and non-paying life experiences -- from hobbies and travel to family circumstances and extracurricular activities -- into persuasive statements about abilities,
(2) generate job...
"Extraordinary.... A hundred books in one.... This book is a home run." -- From the FOREWORD by Richard N. Bolles, author of the best-selling "...
"Minimal job experience? No problem " You ve just graduated and are ready to land your first real job after college or high school. But how do you write the first resume and cover letter of your career if you don t have any previous jobs to list? How do you stand out above the other applicants--including people with more experience who are out of work--with your summer job at the diner, internship at the local paper, or spot on the Ultimate Frisbee team? Dr. Q to the rescue For two decades, communication professor Quentin Schultze has been teaching resume-writing to college...
"Minimal job experience? No problem " You ve just graduated and are ready to land your first real job after college or high school. But how do yo...
"This slim book is fat with truths, and as fun to read as fiction. It fleshes out the hidden truths about God and the church. . . . This is a work of profound daring written by a spirit deeply aware of the ultimate cost of truth. I guarantee that you hold in your hand a book that is hard to put down." - Leonard I. Sweet (from the foreword)
Recovering from Churchism shows how to transform a congregation into a dynamic community of bottom-up growth-like the early church. Successful church planter and pastor Lew Vander Meer explains how to cast a vision for growth, identify the...
"This slim book is fat with truths, and as fun to read as fiction. It fleshes out the hidden truths about God and the church. . . . This is a work of ...
Virtually every human endeavor involves interpersonal communication. Leading Christian scholar and media commentator Quentin Schultze and respected professor of communication Diane Badzinski offer a solid Christian perspective on the topic, helping readers communicate with faith, skill, and virtue in their interpersonal relationships. Designed as a companion to Schultze's successful An Essential Guide to Public Speaking, this inviting book provides biblical wisdom on critical areas of interpersonal communication: gratitude, listening, self-assessment, forgiveness, trust, encouragement,...
Virtually every human endeavor involves interpersonal communication. Leading Christian scholar and media commentator Quentin Schultze and respected pr...
