Buried Talents

Buried Talents
Author: Susan Harris Howell
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2022-04-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1514002515

If God calls women to lead, what holds them back? Using social science research and interviews, Susan Harris Howell examines how gendered messages inside and outside the church pull men toward leadership and women away from it. As opportunities for women continue to expand, Howell provides compelling guidance for how we can remove obstacles that keep women from fully using their gifts.

The Gospel According to Matthew

The Gospel According to Matthew
Author:
Publisher: Canongate U.S.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1999
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 9780802136169

The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.

Unearthing Your Ten Talents

Unearthing Your Ten Talents
Author: Kevin Vost Psy. D.
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2010-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1933184418

Kevin Vost shows you how to discover each of your ten talents, and then how to understand and perfect them.

The Servant With One Talent: Five Success Principles from the Greatest Parable Ever Told

The Servant With One Talent: Five Success Principles from the Greatest Parable Ever Told
Author: Michael V. Ivanov
Publisher: Speaklife
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2021-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780578314075

To bring your dreams and desires to fulfillment, you must invest in your talents. This book shows you how to become successful and live with purpose by sharing the secrets hidden in an ancient parable, which holds the universal laws of prosperity. The Servant With One Talent is an instant classic that holds the key to all you desire and everything you wish to accomplish. Through the story of the unprofitable and lazy servant in ancient Babylon, Michael V. Ivanov provides a unique perspective on the classic parable of the talents. This book provides concrete advice for creating a successful and purposeful life while fulfilling your destiny and becoming the person you were created to be. While many people are burying their dreams, talents, skills and abilities in the desert, like the unprofitable servant did at the beginning of this story, the successful are investing into their skills, talents, and abilities. The Five success principles covered in this book include: To each, according to his abilities. A talent buried is a talent lost. Do not concern yourself with your neighbor's wages The time is now. To those who have, much more will be given, from those who have not, what little they have will be taken from them. Find "The Mount of Olives: 11 Declarations to an extraordinary life," Michael V. Ivanov's first book, and "The Traveler's Secret: Ancient proverbs for better living," Michael V. Ivanov's second book to see the praise for his work.

Hidden Talents

Hidden Talents
Author: Jayne Ann Krentz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2004-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 074349640X

Serenity Makepeace knows a lot about whole-grain bread, but she doesn't know beans about business. She's expanding her natural foods emporium to sell local handicrafts by mail -- which she hopes will benefit her offbeat artist community in Witt's End, Washington. But she needs a crack financial adviser to make her dream a reality -- so she charms her way into the office of Caleb Ventress, a handsome wolf in conservative clothing. An expert in the art of the deal, Caleb isn't sure what to make of the unconventional Serenity -- but there's no doubt he's attracted. A pass from a paragon of conformity -- even one as handsome as Caleb -- is more than free-spirited Serenity bargained for. But when a lethal blackmailer threatens her plans and perhaps her life, she puts her whole trust in the man who seems her complete opposite -- and the net result might be true love.

Gifted to Lead

Gifted to Lead
Author: Nancy Beach
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2008
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310285968

With warmth, humor and wisdom, a ministry leader and teaching pastor shares the challenges and joys of her thirty-year journey. Nancy Beach encourages women with God-given leadership and teaching gifts that they are not alone, their gifts are not a mistake, and God has exceedingly important work for them to do.

48 Days to the Work You Love

48 Days to the Work You Love
Author: Dan Miller
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2010
Genre: Career development
ISBN: 1433669331

Practical instructions from leading vocational thinker Miller reveal how to approach work as more than just a paycheck, but as part of the calling God has placed on each life.

Parable of the Talents

Parable of the Talents
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1998
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781888363814

Parable of the Talents celebrates the classic Butlerian themes of alienation and transcendence, violence and spirituality, slavery and freedom, separation and community, to astonishing effect, in the shockingly familiar, broken world of 2032. Long awaited, Parable of the Talents is the continuation of the travails of Lauren Olamina, the heroine of 1994's Nebula-Prize finalist, bestselling Parable of the Sower. Parable of the Talents is told in the voice of Lauren Olamina's daughter&...from whom she has been separated for most of the girl's life&...with sections in the form of Lauren's journal. Against a background of a war-torn continent, and with a far-right religious crusader in the office of the U.S. presidency, this is a book about a society whose very fabric has been torn asunder, and where the basic physical and emotional needs of people seem almost impossible to meet.

The Talents

The Talents
Author: Doris Miller
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2003-09-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1592442242

The Parable of the Talents is one of Jesus' best-known teachings: an admonishment to apply and increase our abilities--whatever they are--in the service of God. Undeniably, 'The Talents' has been influential in shaping Christian attitudes toward money, individuality and personal achievement. Yet how well does any of us truly understand this oft-quoted and apparently straightforward lesson? And what does this lesson tell us of the teacher, Jesus? In this fresh new look at the Parable of the Talents, Doris E. Miller traces its Biblical origins, discusses the history of its interpretation, and offers significant new insight into how Jesus may have spent the silent years between his childhood and the beginning of his ministry. Written in a clear narrative voice, the author provides a wealth of scholarship, factual information and literary detective work along with thoughtful reflections on Jesus' life and teachings. Extensive footnotes and an index add to its value for any serious reader of the New Testament. This small volume, Part One of a larger work in progress, is certain to stimulate discussion and provide the basis for many pastoral messages.

Gender Roles and the People of God

Gender Roles and the People of God
Author: Alice Mathews
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2017-05-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310529409

Most women in the church don't aspire to "lord" it over men, nor do they want to scramble for position. Instead, they want to be accepted as full participants in God's work, sharing in kingdom tasks in ways that use their gifts appropriately. In Gender Roles and the People of God, author, radio host, and professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Alice Mathews surveys the roles women have played in the Bible and throughout church history, demonstrating both the inspiring contributions of women and the many hurdles that have been placed in their path. Along the way, she investigates the difficult passages often used to preclude women from certain areas of service, pointing to better and more faithful understandings of those verses. Encouraging and hopeful, Mathews aims for an "egalitarian complementarity" in which men and women use all of their gifts in the church together, in partnership, for the glory of God.