When Helping Hurts:
How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself

by Brian Fikkert & Steve Corbett

Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty
assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in the
use of strategies that do considerable harm to poor people
and themselves. When Helping Hurts provides foundational
concepts, clearly articulated general principles and
relevant applications. The result is an effective and
holistic ministry to the poor, not a truncated gospel.

A situation is assessed for whether relief, rehabilitation,
or development is the best response to a situation.
Efforts are characterized by an "assest based" approach
rather than a "needs based" approach. Short term mission
efforts are addressed and microenterprise development
(MED) is explored.

Often times when we believe we are doing good, we are in
fact doing harm. When this happens we may all stand back
and shout "I was only trying to help!" but the damage is
done, and often cannot be reversed. Such is the case with
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We Become What We Worship:
A Biblical Theology of Idolatry

by Beale, G K

The heart of the Biblical understanding of idolatry, argues Gregory Beale, is that we become like what we worship. Employing Isaiah 6 as his interpretive lens, Beale demonstrates that this understanding of idolatry permeates the whole canon, from Genesis to Revelation. ... Read More

The Prodigal God:
Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

by Tim Keller

In "The Reason for God," Keller offered a rational explanation of why people should believe in God. In his latest work, he uses one of the best-known Christian parables to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation. ... Read More

God versus Socialism
A Biblical Critique of the New Social Gospel

by Joel McDurmon

God owns everything. That is is the biblical view: “The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it” (Ps. 24:1). God delegated ownership and dominion of property to his Image, man (Gen 1:26–28). God sanctioned the protection of private property in His law—the Ten Commandments—including a prohibition of theft (Ex. 20:15). Jesus (Matt. 19:18) and the Apostles (Acts 5; Eph. 4:28) upheld this law.

The biblical witness is clear: God believes in private property, and He not only desires us but commands us to live by that rule as well. Socialism is the belief that private property is a bad idea. Socialists believe that governments should own most or all property and distribute it as government experts, scientists, politicians, or occasionally voters see fit. Under socialism, the State puts itself in the place of God and says, “The earth is the State’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who ... Read More

ESV Study Bible (Hardcover)
Hardcover with Jacket

by editors J.I. Packer & Wayne Grudem

The ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way--to understand the timeless truth of God's Word as a powerful, compelling, life-changing reality. To accomplish this, the ESV Study Bible combines the best and most recent evangelical Christian scholarship with the highly regarded ESV Bible text. The result is the most comprehensive study Bible ever published--with 2,752 pages of extensive, accessible Bible resources. ... Read More

He Is Not Silent
Preaching in a Postmodern World

by Albert Mohler

Is contemporary preaching suffering from an infatuation with
technology, a focus on felt needs, an absence of the gospel?
Mohler thinks preaching has fallen on hard times! Join him as
he examines the public exposition of the Bible and explains why
the church can't survive without it. A commanding
exhortation and an encouragement to pulpit ministers.

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