The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

Who are you becoming? That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. By outward metrics, everything appeared successful. But inwardly, things weren’t pretty. So he turned to a trusted mentor for guidance and heard these words: ‘Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. Hurry is the great enemy of the spiritual life.’ It wasn’t the response he expected, but it continues to be the answer he needs.Too often we treat the symptoms of toxicity in our modern world instead of trying to pinpoint the cause. A growing number of voices are pointing at hurry, or busyness as a root of much evil. Within the pages of this book, you’ll find a compelling emotional and spiritual case against hurry and in favour of a slower, simpler way of life.

Simply Church

From his experience of both attending and leading churches, Sim Dendy asks some of the obvious questions about church, just in case there’s something we could be doing differently. The local church should be God’s great hope for the world – have we somehow made it complicated? How have we come so far from the model we see in the book of Acts? ‘As a Church leader, I have written this book to remind Christians, why we should fully engage in the local church and create a healthy culture using some of my experience being involved in leading some significant churches in the UK.’

Irrepressible

Why do some people seem to throw themselves into every opportunity, bouncing back from every setback? Is this irrepressible spirit just for the hyper-motivated? How do the rest of us live courageously, relate authentically and develop resilience?Popular speaker and author Cathy Madavan deploys her trademark humour and down-to-earth wisdom to identify twelve ways we can become irrepressible.

Unleashed

The early church spread with remarkable speed, impelled by joy, urgency, profound compassion, and the day-to-day experience of working in the power of the Holy Spirit. Despite opposition at all levels, the first Christians expressed their love and wonder in acts of kindness, worship, and their eagerness to share the wholescale transformation that attends the profound experience of conversion.

Gavin and Anne Calver explore what this extraordinary historical account means for believers today, considering themes including:

• • The Holy Spirit in the life of the church

• • taking risks

• • living together in the power of the Spirit

• • works and wonders

• • hearing from God

• • responding to the call of God

• • miracles then and now