Can Fallen Pastors Be Restored?

Can Fallen Pastors Be Restored?
Author: John Armstrong
Publisher: Moody Pub
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1995
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802414120

This book provides compassionate yet uncompromising advice that can keep a ministry and its congregation from experiencing a tragic end. Armstrong tackles a tough issue with biblical principles, presenting and evaluating three common views: immediate restoration to pastoral office, future restoration, and personal restoration without restoring to office.

Restoring the Fallen

Restoring the Fallen
Author: Earl D. Wilson
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1997-03-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830816194

When Christians commit serious sin, how should the church respond? Earl and Sandy Wilson, Paul and Virginia Friesen, and Larry and Nancy Paulson describe how the spiritual care team approach can help wayward Christians through the process of repentance and restoration.

The Master's Plan for the Church

The Master's Plan for the Church
Author: John MacArthur
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802480179

It is absolutely essential that a church perceive itself as an institution for the glory of God, and to do that, claims John MacArthur, the local church must adhere unfalteringly to biblical leadership principles. Christ never intended church leadership to be earned by seniority, purchased with money, or inherited through family ties. He never compared church leaders to governing monarchs, but rather to humble shepherds; not to slick celebrities, but to laboring servants. Drawing from some of the best-received material on church leadership, this updated edition guides the church with crucial, effective lessons in leadership. This book is valuable not only for pastors and elders, but for anyone else who wants the church to be what God intended it to be.

Manhood Restored

Manhood Restored
Author: Eric Mason
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433679949

New church voice Eric Mason addresses the cultural and spiritual crises within manhood head-on, presenting a gospel-centered vision that points men back to God's original intent for their lives.

Gospel Wakefulness (Foreword by Ray Ortlund)

Gospel Wakefulness (Foreword by Ray Ortlund)
Author: Jared C. Wilson
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2011-10-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433526395

We may know the gospel. We may believe it—even proclaim it. But we also may assume the gospel and become lethargic. In this book Jared Wilson seeks to answer the central question, how do we experience and present the gospel in a fresh, nonroutine way in order to prevent ourselves and others from becoming numb? His answer may be surprising: "by routinely presenting the unchanging gospel in a way that does justice to its earth-shaking announcement." We don't excite and awaken people to the glorious truths of the gospel by spicing up our worship services or through cutting-edge, dramatic rhetoric, but by passionately and faithfully proclaiming the same truths we have already been given in Scripture. Wilson's book will stir churches to live out the power of the gospel with a fervent, genuine zeal. After an explanation of the term "gospel wakefulness," Wilson unpacks implications for worship, hyper-spirituality, godly habits, and sanctification, as well as other aspects of church life. Pastors, church leaders, and all in ministry, especially those who are tired or discouraged, will be uplifted, emboldened, and empowered by this book.

The Prodigal Church

The Prodigal Church
Author: Jared C. Wilson
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2015-04-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433544644

Pastors want to reach the lost with the good news of Jesus. However, we've too often assumed this requires loud music, flashy lights, and skinny jeans. In this gentle manifesto, Jared Wilson—a pastor who knows what it's like to serve in a large attractional church—challenges pastors to reconsider their priorities when it comes to how they "do church" and reach people in their communities. Writing with the grace and kindness of a trusted friend, Wilson encourages pastors to reexamine the Bible's teaching, not simply return to a traditional model for tradition's sake. He then sets forth an alternative to both the attractional and the traditional models: an explicitly biblical approach that is gospel focused, grace based, and fruit oriented.

The Pastor's Justification

The Pastor's Justification
Author: Jared C. Wilson
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2013
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433536641

Neither a how-to manual nor an academic treatise on pastoral ministry, this book of biblical exposition, pastoral confession, and gospel exultation directs pastors to their only justification: the finished work of Christ.

Making All Things New

Making All Things New
Author: David Powlison
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2017-08-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433556170

Sexuality was a part of God's good creation from the beginning. But with sin came a world filled with sexual brokenness. Thankfully, God is always in the business of restoration. This book offers hope for both the sexually immoral and the sexually victimized, pointing us all to the grace of Jesus Christ, who mercifully intervenes each moment in our lifelong journey toward renewal. Author David Powlison casts a vision for the key to deep transformation, better than anything the world has to offer—not just fresh resolve, not just flimsy forgiveness, not just simple formulas, but true, lasting mercy from God, who is making all things new.

Dangerous Calling

Dangerous Calling
Author: Paul David Tripp
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2012-10-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433535858

After traveling the globe and speaking to thousands of churches worldwide, Paul David Tripp has discovered a serious problem within pastoral culture. He is not only concerned about the spiritual life of the pastor, but also with the very community of people that trains him, calls him, relates to him, and restores him if necessary. Dangerous Calling reveals the truth that the culture surrounding our pastors is spiritually unhealthy—an environment that actively undermines the wellbeing and efficacy of our church leaders and thus the entire church body. Here is a book that both diagnoses and offers cures for issues that impact every member and church leader, and gives solid strategies for fighting the all-important war that rages in our churches today.