Fowler Public Library

"I am tired of helping others enjoy God." "I just want to enjoy God for myself." With this painful admission, Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track of their souls. Weaving together contemporary illustrations with penetrating insight from the life of Moses, this book explores topics such as responding to the dynamics of calling, facing the loneliness of leadership, leading from your...

The Bible was originally written to an ancient people removed from us by thousands of years and thousands of miles. The Scriptures include subtle culturally based nuances, undertones, and referances to ancient events, literature, and customs that were intuitively understood by those who first heard the Scriptures read. The NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible gives you a window into this word.

"What did Jesus really mean when he said, "Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, the servant of all" (Mark 9:35)? Servant leadership is commended by popular leadership writers and scholars. However, much of the practical, theoretical, and even theological commentary on servant leadership doesn't do the Bible justice. It fails to account for the context and history of interpretation around this often-quoted saying of Jesus. This context...

Citing the high expectations placed on many women, a guide to finding God's purpose draws on the stories of women in the Bible to explain how to move beyond personal weaknesses and low self-esteem in order to realize personal power.

The best source of leadership teaching today comes from the one true source: the Word of God. The Bible is the greatest source on leadership that has ever been written. John Maxwell has spent decades researching and equipping others for leadership, and his primary source of leadership principles has always been the Word of God. In this study, he draws on the stories of the men and women in Scripture to show how they demonstrated what he calls "the...