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Forefront Gathers Religious, Nonreligious for Conversation

Forefront Church in New York hosts its next “Conversation That Matters,” creating space for religious and nonreligious people to listen graciously, share stories, and learn from one another’s…

What a Guide!

Ben Merold reflects on how personal Bible study transformed his Christian growth and became a trusted guide for his lifestyle, preaching, teaching, evangelism, pastoral ministry, and dependence on…

You Must Read This Beyond a Job Description

Teresa Welch reviews Eugene H. Peterson’s The Pastor: A Memoir, reflecting on Peterson’s vision of pastoral ministry as a vocation shaped by prayer, listening, Sabbath, community, and attention…

You Must Read This Setting Limits, Taking Control

Jennifer Taylor reviews Henry Cloud and John Townsend's Boundaries, exploring how healthy limits and personal responsibility can strengthen relationships, families, and ministry leadership.

Good Writers, Universal Truth

You Must Read This . . . Recognizing Leadership Potential

You Must Read This Looking Afresh at The Least

Brian Mavis reviews Same Kind of Different as Me, a moving true story of friendship that challenges prejudice, changes perspectives on homelessness, and demonstrates the unexpected relationships that…

You Must Read This Contemplating the Image of Christ

Patricia Magness considers Shusaku Endo's Silence, a challenging novel of persecution in 17th-century Japan that confronts readers with questions of suffering, apostasy, faith, and the face of Christ.

You Must Read This Radical

Shawn McMullen considers David Platt’s Radical and Radical Together, two books challenging Christians to reconsider comfort and embrace lives of obedience, service, and sacrifice for the sake of…

You Must Read This Challenging Prejudices

LeRoy Lawson reviews Miroslav Volf’s Allah: A Christian Response, examining Volf’s argument that Christians and Muslims worship the same God and his call for understanding, dialogue, and mutual…

You Must Read This Timeless Relevance

Jim Eichenberger reviews Timothy Keller’s Counterfeit Gods, a concise examination of how good things can become idols and how biblical stories speak with timeless relevance to contemporary culture.

You Must Read This Beyond Easy Legalism

Eric Metaxas's biography explores Dietrich Bonhoeffer's convictions, resistance to Nazi power, and difficult moral choices as the German theologian sought to remain faithful to God amid the Third…

You Must Read This A More Meaningful Story

Arron Chambers reviews Donald Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years and reflects on how its challenge to live a more meaningful story inspired real-life changes in…

You Must Read This A Priceless Discovery

Mark Atteberry reflects on discovering Ken Gire’s Moments with the Savior and explains why its writing and insights into the life and ministry of Jesus made it his…