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"Recovering nice guy" Paul Coughlin points the way for all men who yearn to live a life of boldness and conviction--like Jesus. Using humorous examples from his own life, powerful and poignant stories, and vivid examples from contemporary culture, Coughlin shows how he learned to say no to the "nice guy" syndrome. After all, Christian nice guys aren't always so nice. In the name of appearing Christian by being agreeable, they can lie, keep secrets, manipulate, duck responsibility, and much more. Using the biblical model of Christ as his example of a real man, Coughlin shows men how to become both gentle and bold. A powerful challenge and a hopeful message that elevates the true biblical model of manhood above prevailing views in the church and contemporary culture, this important book helps men discover who they are in Christ and how to live for Him.
This study manual helps men apply the powerful and hopeful message of No More Christian Nice Guy that elevates the true biblical model of manhood above prevailing views in the church and contemporary culture. The 12 studies include questions to ponder, Good Guy workouts—exercises to help men move from passivity to assertiveness, suggestions for small group leaders, and bonus information not found in No More Christian Nice Guy.
Brad Stine, the award-winning comedian who made "Put a Helmet On!" a rallying cry against American stupidity, now takes a humorous and thought-provoking look at ten "truths" that many Christians assume are biblical, but in reality are misconceptions that make believers irrelevant to the culture at large. Yet Brad's message is about a far more important issue than Christians making fools of themselves. It's about how these assumptions drive non-believers away from the faith and cause new, and sometimes long-time Christians, to think they've failed to be "good enough" for God.
With no-holds-barred honesty and poignant storytelling, Nate Larkin introduces a model of community and friendship that is reinvigorating men's ministry across the country, a model he calls The Samson Society. Too many men see the biblical hero Samson as their model for manhood--a rugged individualist of the highest order. Yet, Samson's solitary successes were eventually overcome by moral weaknesses. Larkin, through the story of his own past and the stories of those in The Samson Society, offers a radical, refreshing alternative.

It's Sunday morning. Where are all the men? Golfing? Playing softball? Watching the tube? Mowing the lawn? Sleeping? One place you won't find them is in church. Less than 40 percent of adults in most churches are men, and 20 to 25 percent of married churchgoing women attend without their husbands. And why are the men who do go to church so bored? Why won't they let God change their hearts?

David Murrow's groundbreaking new book reveals why men are the world's largest unreached people group. With eye-opening research and a persuasive grasp on the facts, Murrow explains the problem and offers hope and encouragement to women, pastors, and men. Why Men Hate Going to Church does not call men back to the church-it calls the church back to men.
World renowned pollster George Barna has the numbers, and they indicate a revolution is already taking place within the Churchone that will impact every believer in America. Committed, bornagain Christians are exiting the established church in massive numbers. Why are they leaving? Where are they going? And what does this mean for the future of the Church? Using years' worth of research data, and adhering to an unwavering biblical perspective, Barna predicts how this revolution will impact the organized church, how Christ's body of believers should react, and how individuals who are considering leaving (or those who have already left) can respond. For leaders working for positive change in the church and for believers struggling to find a spiritual community and worship experience that resonates, Revolution is here. Are you ready?
Christianity Today editor Galli explores the less lovable side of the Christian deity, offering a well-written, thoroughly researched look at Jesus. "The warm and friendly Jesus, although an attractive idea, is but an idol," Galli says. He uses 17 passages in the Gospel of Mark to present a Jesus who is much less loving, gentle and patient than many Christians would like to believe. This Jesus can be stern, confrontational, purposefully confusing and even impatient. He sometimes shames and scares us, but loves us enough to draw us inexorably toward him: "For Jesus has come to us, the real Jesus—mean, wild, and pulsing with an unnerving and irresistible love." Galli's writing is clear and concise, his logic smooth, his knowledge of early Christian saints helpful, the discussion questions on target and his conclusions inescapable. Readers will come away with a disconcerting new understanding of "Jesus mean and wild." (Publisher's Weekly)
Here's a thoughtful, probing exploration of why Christians get stuck in the place of complacency, dryness, and tedium -- and how to move on to new levels of spiritual passion! Buchanan shows how the majority of Christians begin their spiritual journey with excitement and enthusiasm -- only to get bogged down in a "borderland" -- an in-between space beyond the "old life" but short of the abundant, adventurous existence promised by Jesus. Citing Jonah, he examines the problem of "borderland living" -- where doubt, disappointment, guilt, and wonderlessness keep people in a quagmire of mediocrity -- then offers solutions ... effective ways to get unstuck and move into a bold, unpredictable, exhilarating walk with Christ.
With his trademark humor and gut-level honesty, Donald Miller reveals his personal journey of redemption through the American crisis of fatherlessness.
  In this path-breaking book, Dr. Henry Cloud shows what integrity is, how it is lived in everyday experience, and what one must do to determine whether you are perceived as someone with character and integrity. Central to question of integrity is whether a person has the courage to face up to reality. Cloud shows how the ability to address adversity, to learn lessons from it, and adjust one’s behavior is a greater determinant of success than brains or talent or charm. He shows that successful leaders have competencies, alliances and, most important, character. Then he examines exactly what behaviors constitute character and how they are expressed in real life situations. Assessing and building the six essential qualities of character is the goal of this book. It will be used widely by a range of people because the things he identifies apply equally across regions, cultures and classes.
  In this deeply learned book, poet and translator Robert Bly offers nothing less than a new vision of what it is to be a man. Bly's vision is based on his ongoing work with men and reflections on his own life. He addresses the devastating effects of remote fathers and mourns the disappearance of male initiation rites in our culture. Finding rich meaning in ancient stories and legends, Bly uses the Grimm fairy tale "Iron John," in which the narrator, or "Wild Man," guides a young man through eight stages of male growth, to remind us of archetypes long forgotten-images of vigorous masculinity, both protective and emotionally centered. Simultaneously poetic and down-to-earth, combining the grandeur of myth with the practical and often painful lessons of our own histories, Iron John is a rare work that will continue to guide and inspire men-and women-for years to come.
Bob Briner would have told you, "Absolutely!" Roaring Lambs is Briner's manifesto of our proper stance regarding the "culture-shaping arena." Christians can and ought to be the movers and shakers of social change -- "roaring lambs" who infiltrate and make an impact on their workplace and world with their faith. Roaring Lambs was written from Briner's personal experience as an Emmy Award-winning television producer. It takes you into the work world strategies anyone can use. There's also a useful discussion guide that will help you and your friends put shoe leather to your faith. Bob Briner's greatest legacy may well be the way in which, through his own courageous roam, he helped countless Christians discover theirs. John their ranks. Roar with conviction -- and change your world!
Phillip Johnson wants to take the lid off public debate oftern suppressed by the intellectual elite of our society. Going far beond matters of creation and evolution, Johnson calls for all true educators and leaders to openly pursue questions of ultimate concern. Questions about the meaning of human history, truth and liberty, education and religion in our pluralistic society. Questions about God and God's Word, Jesus Christ. Johnson deftly demonstrates how the reigning naturalistic philosophy not only quenches public debate but also constrains our discussions to ask the wrong questions. For unless we start with the right questions, the ensuing deliberation will be framed by the assumptions of that very philosophy which must be challenged. Johnson believes that even the Christian church has far too ofern passively accepted this alien frame of mind to the detriment of all. Rather, Christian faith and conviction ought to lead the way in opening up the search for truth and meaning through the kind of public education that "teaches the controversy." Then, all citizens will be prepared to engage in lively, informed and civil debate about controverted but irrepresisble questions concerning the meaning of life itself. Provacative, personal, persuasive and prophetic, The Right Questions is certain to help us break free from our intellectual and spiritual captivity.
Christianity is more than a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It is also a worldview that not only answers life's basic questions--Where did we come from, and who are we? What has gone wrong with the world? What can we do to fix it?--but also shows us how we should live as a result of those answers. How Now Shall We Live? gives Christians the understanding, the confidence, and the tools to confront the world's bankrupt worldviews and to restore and redeem every aspect of contemporary culture: family, education, ethics, work, law, politics, science, art, music. This book will change every Christian who reads it. It will change the church in the new millennium.
A forceful and accessible discussion of Christian belief that has become one of the most popular introductions to Christianity and one of the most popular of Lewis’s books. Uncovers common ground upon which all Christians can stand together. Mere Christianity if the most popular of C. S. Lewis’s works of nonfiction, with several million copies sold worldwide. Heard first as radio addresses and then published as three separate books The Case for Christianity, Christian Behavior, and Beyond Personality this book brings together Lewis’s legendary broadcast talks of the war years, talks in which he set out simply to “explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times.” It is a collection of scintillating brilliance which remains strikingly fresh for the modern reader, and which confirms C. S. Lewis’s reputation as one of the leading Christian writers and thinkers of our age.
Dynamic speaker and author David Foster leads Christians to an untamed, unpredictable relationship with the ultimate renegade of all time--Jesus. Growing up, David Foster resented the self-righteousness found at churches whose missions centered on fear and guilt. He longed to be free--away from force-fed religion--but still follow Jesus. He considered himself a renegade, for God. A renegade resists being told what to do and how to think. That's why this is a guidebook, not a rulebook. Filled with firsthand discoveries that sometimes put Foster at odds with his peers, this book exposes myths and half-truths found in organized religion today. Foster boasts that "God loves you as you are, not as you ought to be," and shows an exciting Christian life does not have to be an oxymoron. He dares Christians to be what they were made to be--renegades for God.

I can fix it. I don't need directions. I can figure this out on my own. These thoughts that erupt from a man's bravado, from his deep urge to be a real man. Yet underneath this, there is a louder voice countering, You can't. You're not capable. You're weak. Many men-possibly all men-face two looming questions at some point in their life. What does it mean to be a man, and am I one?

The Way of the Wild Heart reaches out to "unfinished men" trying to understand and live their role as men and fathers. Exploring six biblically based stages, John Eldredge initiates men into a new understanding and ownership of their manhood and equips them to effectively lead their sons to manhood.
  "...in our western culture and even in our religious tradition we have few guides to lead us deeply into the full male journey and almost no mentors who have been there themselves and come back to guide us through. We are longing for believable mentors on every stage of the male journey....Much of my hope in From Wild Man to Wise Man is that we can lead men through some new stages of their journey, maybe even to understand their wildness in a way that might be wisdome." - from Chapter One
  Drawing from his extensive travels around the world, Fr. Rohr has discovered that initiation rites have been a part of every culture for thousands of years. Bestselling author Richard Rohr, a leader in the renaissance in male spirituality, offers the fruit of his travel and experience to explain the importance of male initiation and male elders in healthy psychological and spiritual life.
  Jesuit scholar Arnold decries the increasing scarcity of men actively participating in the church. He reveals a route of return through the use of Jungian male archetypes which serve as role models in the Bible. Archetypes discussed include the Wildman (Elijah), the Warrior (Moses), and the King (Solomon). Though they are flawed, Arnold contends that their synthesis--Jesus--provides the ideal role model. Arnold denounces the misandry (hatred of males) of many feminist theologians, and that of women who practice ancient Goddess religions. He draws heavily on the "men's movement" ideas of Robert Bly and Robert Moore, and the mythological theories of Joseph Campbell. His study is spirited, unapologetic, and at times belligerent--not unlike some of his Biblical heroes. - Library Journal