Dean Merrill is gespecialiseerd in het creëren van meeslepende verhalen die de ervaringen van opmerkelijke individuen belichten. Zijn werk duikt in de levens van missionarissen, liefdadigheidsleiders en vooraanstaande geloofsfiguren, en onthult hun veerkracht en toewijding te midden van tegenspoed. Merrill's vaardigheid ligt in het vertalen van deze diepgaande reizen naar boeiende proza, waarbij hij lezers inzichten biedt in menselijk uithoudingsvermogen en spirituele kracht. Zijn schrijven is gericht op het inspireren van hoop en het bieden van perspectief door middel van authentieke, diep gevoelde persoonlijke verhalen.
In Excellence Wins, Every Time, co-founder of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Horst Schulze shares the visionary and disruptive principles that have produced immense global successes over the course of his still prolific fifty-year career.
The time has come, argues Dr. Wess Stafford, for a major paradigm shift: Children are too important and too intensely loved by God to be left behind or left to chance. Children belong to all of us and we are compelled to intervene on their behalf. We must invest in children–all across the world. There are strategic, persuasive reasons–beyond love and kindness–to invest in children. Today they may snuggle into your lap, if you let them. But tomorrow you may not have access to them in the corridors of power they might occupy. Now is the time to shape the future.Dr. Stafford issues an urgent call for change. His adventures as a boy raised in a West African village provide an often-humorous and always-captivating backdrop to his profound and inspiring challenges. Wess lived the reality of “it takes a village to raise a child” and calls us to “be that loving village for children everywhere.”This book will encourage you to turn your good, loving intentions into strategic actions and empower you to help change the world–and the future–forever: one child at a time.
2004 ECPA Gold Medallion winner! Soon after September 11, the news media stepped up its coverage of the plight of Martin and Gracia Burnham, the missionary couple captured and held hostage in the Philippine jungle by terrorists with ties to Osama Bin Laden. After a year of captivity, and a violent rescue that resulted in Martin's death, the world watched Gracia Burnham return home in June 2002 with a bullet wound in the leg and amazing composure. In this riveting personal account, Burnham tells the real story behind the news about their harrowing ordeal, about how it affected their relationship with each other and with God, about the terrorists who held them, about the actions of the U.S. and Philippine governments, and about how they were affected by the prayers of thousands of Christians throughout the world.
The world learned the horrendous details of Martin and Gracia Burnham's yearlong captivity in Gracia's best-selling, Gold Medallion Award-winning book, In the Presence of My Enemies. In this follow-up, Gracia reflects on the lessons and spiritual truths she learned in the jungle and how they apply to anyone's life. Twenty-one brief, theme-based chapters squarely address the challenges each of us face as we pass through difficult times to take to the skies again. This book offers no pat answers or easy solutions, just the battle-tested wisdom of a woman who lived her greatest nightmare and came through it more convinced of God's grace than ever before.
Tass Saada was a PLO sniper and Arafat's chauffeur, a Muslim immersed in anti-Israeli activity. As a young man he came to America, where he started a family, changed his faith, and began reconciliation with Jews. Later on he returned to Qatar to face his family and former boss, Arafat, with stories from his new life in Christ. The encounters are astounding. You'll embrace Saada's engaging story. You'll be enthralled by his conversion and the biblical teaching regarding Arabs and Ishmael. You'll be encouraged by his changed life and the story of hope in reconciliation through Jesus. Don't miss this enlightening true story by Tass Saada, written with Dean Merrill.
Finding a Better Way to Influence Our Culture
Exploring the Christian response to America's moral decline, the author advocates for a transformative approach rooted in Christ-like attitudes rather than aggressive tactics. Drawing from historical examples, he argues against nostalgia for a mythical past and emphasizes God's enduring work in challenging cultures. The book serves as a rallying cry for active engagement in society, encouraging believers to act as ambassadors of faith rather than conquerors, promoting a mission of love and transformation in a world in need of hope.
Co se stane, když skutečná víra zapálí Boží lid. Pastor newyorského sboru Brooklyn Tabernacle volá po vroucí a zanícené zaujatosti pro Boha, která nám vrátí, co nepřítel ukradl – první lásku k Ježíši a nadšení – a přinese uzdravení do zraněných manželství, do problémů s dětmi a do nefunkčních sborů. Poselství knihy je doprovázeno skutečnými příběhy lidí, jejichž životy byly proměněny mocí víry.
Pastor Jim Cymbala shares the lessons he learned when the Spirit ignited his heart and began to move through his people. This unforgettable story will set a fire burning in your heart to experience God's mercy, power, and love as though for the first time.
Doba je naléhavá! Teď je ta pravá chvíle požádat Boha, aby ve vaší duši zažehl svůj oheň! Knihu pastora Jima Cymbaly by si měl přečíst každý kazatel, farář, vedoucí církve a především každý křesťan, který chce naplnit Boží záměr se svým životem. Měla by se stát povinnou četbou všech křesťanských sborů a farností, protože odhaluje klíčové principy smyslu, poslání a života církve. Kniha popisuje příběh kazatele a jeho rodiny v protestantském sboru v New Yorku, který byl z lidského pohledu odsouzen k zániku. Bůh však pastora Cymbalu vyzval, aby se jeho chatrný dvacetičlenný sbor začal opravdově modlit, aby se spolehl na to, že jim jako živý Bůh pomůže a bude do církve přivádět nové zachráněné lidi. Bůh začal odpovídat a měnit jejich životy a dnes čítá Cymbalův sbor více než deset tisíc členů. Pastor chce křesťany povolat zpět z duchovních slepých uliček, apatie a vlažného náboženství. Nutnou podmínkou je, že se věřící na Boha budou obracet v modlitbách, že uznají svoji závislost na něm a že umožní, aby v jejich okolí mohl mocně působit Duch svatý. Jde o živou zkušenost se živým Bohem. Je to kniha, která motivuje, povzbuzuje a inspiruje.
