Church and Personal Health Books

Dr. Sam Warren

far more consulting began with a deep passion for the local church

The Unhurried Pastor


Redefining Productivity for More Sustainable Ministry
Brian Croft & Ronnie Martin




Helps pastors adopt an approach to ministry that iis effective, enjoyable, and sustainable.

Being a pastor is not a regular 9-to-5 job. There is an unending list of important things to do as you seek to serve others sacrificially. The demands of ministry make it difficult to find a healthy rhythm of life and work, and can leave you running on empty. How can we develop a sustainable pattern of ministry that both honors the Lord and the people we care for and that will also protect us from burnout?

Ronnie Martin and Brian Croft have each spent decades pastoring churches and supporting ministry leaders. Here they encourage fellow shepherds to embrace a more present-focused, unhurried approach to ministry. They show how this starts with accepting their humanity, pursuing humility, and remembering the hope they have in Christ. They also exhort pastors to fuel their ministry with self-awareness, prayer, and contemplation of Jesus.

After giving a framework for this approach to ministry, the authors offer lots of practical advice regarding prioritization, managing schedules, and cultivating supportive friendships.

Read this book to deepen your joy, help yourself to serve others more effectively and continue serving God in ministry for many years to come.

Leadership is a Relationship

How to Put People First in the Digital World

Michael Erwin & Willys Devoll



Discover how putting people first creates vibrant organizations and profound change

In Leadership is a Relationship, accomplished founders and authors Michael S. Erwin and Willys DeVoll deliver an insightful collection of interviews with leaders who have succeeded by prioritizing the wellbeing of other people. Featuring fresh stories from leaders like Olympic legend Kerri Walsh Jennings, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Bob McDonald, and visionary principal Dr. Virginia Hill, the book shows how you too can become a relationship-based leader and thrive in our chaotic, digital world. By highlighting role models from different careers, backgrounds, skill sets, and schools of thought, the authors offer readers an inspiring antidote to one of the most serious―and underreported―crises of our era: the damage that digital distractions have done to our personal relationships.

Discipleship That Fits

For far too long, the church has tried to make disciples using a one-size-fits-all approach. Some churches advocate 1-on-1 discipling, others try getting everyone into a small group, while still others training through mission trips or service projects. Yet others focus all their efforts on attracting people to a large group gathering to hear biblical teaching and preaching. But does one size really fit everyone?

Based on careful biblical study and years of experience making disciples in the local church, Bobby Harrington and Alex Absalom have identified five key relationships where discipleship happens in our lives. In each relational context we need to understand how discipleship occurs and we need to set appropriate expectations for each context.

Discipleship That Fits shows you the five key ways discipleship occurs. It looks at how Jesus made disciples and how disciples were formed in the early church. Each of the contexts is necessary at different times and in different ways as a person grows toward maturity in Christ:

  • Public Relationships: The church gathering corporately for worship
  • Social Relationships: Networks of smaller relationships where we engage in mission and live out our faith in community
  • Personal Relationships: Small groups of six to sixteen people where we challenge and encourage one another on a regular basis
  • Transparent Relationships: Close relationships of three to four where we share intimate details of our lives for accountability
  • The Divine Relationship: Our relationship with Jesus Christ where we grow through the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit

Filled with examples and stories, Alex and Bobby show you how to develop discipleship practices in each relational context by sharing how Jesus did it, how the early church practiced it, and how churches are discipling people today.


Drawing on the amazing story of Shackleton and his polar exploration team’s survival against all odds, author Dennis N. T. Perkins demonstrates the importance of a strong leader in times of adversity, uncertainty, and change.

Part adventure tale and part leadership guide, Leading at the Edge uncovers what the legendary Antarctic adventure of Sir Ernest Shackleton, his ship Endurance, and his team of twenty-seven polar explorers can teach us about bringing order to chaos through true leadership.

Among other skills, you’ll learn how to:

  • instill optimism while staying grounded in reality,
  • step up to risks worth taking,
  • consistently reinforce your team message,
  • set a personal example,
  • find things to celebrate,
  • laugh small things off,
  • and--even in the face of extreme temperatures, hazardous ice, scarce food, and complete isolation--never give up.

This second edition of Leading at the Edge features additional lessons, new case studies of the strategies in action, tools to uncover and resolve conflicts, and expanded resources.

An updated epilogue compares the leadership styles of the famous polar explorers Shackleton, Amundsen, and Scott, which transcend the one-hundred-plus years since their historic race to the South Pole to help today’s leaders learn valuable lessons about the meaning of true success.



Drawing on the amazing story of Shackleton and his polar exploration team’s survival against all odds, author Dennis N. T. Perkins demonstrates the importance of a strong leader in times of adversity, uncertainty, and change.
Part adventure tale and part leadership guide, Leading at the Edge uncovers what the legendary Antarctic adventure of Sir Ernest Shackleton, his ship Endurance, and his team of twenty-seven polar explorers can teach us about bringing order to chaos through true leadership.



7 Lessons for new pastors

In 7 Lessons for New Pastors, author Matthew Kim discusses various experiences he had during his first year as a senior pastor. He offers seven lessons that he learned and continues to learn as a young minister in hopes of assisting others as they navigate through their first year in ministry-- and beyond. Learn how to create balance in your new life as a minister, get a behind-the-scenes look at what pastoral life is really like, and read advice on how to find the right church.

Questions for individual or group reflection are included at the end of each chapter.






God can handle your most difficult questions and use them to deepen
your relationship with him.

THe Benfit of doubt

How Confronting your Deepest Questions Can Lead to a Richer Faith

Am I the only one who has these doubts? What if my friends, family, or others find out I'm doubting my faith in God? What is really true? Does it make me a bad Christian if I have doubts?

In The Benefit of Doubt, bestselling author and pastor Craig Groeschel shows us how asking questions, seeking answers, and wrestling with doubt can actually draw us closer to God. With his trademark humor, warmth, and lay-it-all-on-the-table style, Groeschel shares stories from his own life as well as the Bible to help us wrestle with--and find helpful answers to--the questions fueling our doubt, including:

  • What should I do when I doubt God's goodness?
  • Why doesn't God answer my prayers?
  • Doesn't science disprove the Bible?
  • Why would God provide only one way to heaven?
  • Why does God sometimes feel so far away?
  • Why believe in Jesus when his followers are such hypocrites?


If you're wrestling with doubts, this book, along with God's transformative power, will help you develop a richer faith, a deeper understanding, and a more authentic relationship with God.



the theft of america’s souL




Uncover the ten lies that are destroying America and discover how to replace them with timeless, biblical truths so you can see real change in your life and your countryIt's time to take back what the devil has stolen and bring God back into our culture.
Phil Robertson, patriarch of A&E's Duck Dynasty and one of the most recognized voices of conservative Christianity in America, believes that little by little, generation by generation, America has allowed the lines of morality, decency, and virtue to be erased. Our values have disappeared as we began to believe lies that have only sown discord and division. But, most importantly, Phil also believes that things can change.

Written with captivating storytelling and unflinching honesty, The Theft of America's Soul shows us how to make America a God-honoring nation once more by dropping the ten central lies that rule our day and replacing them with timeless, biblical truths.

The Theft of America's Soul confronts cultural lies like:

  • “God is dead.”
  • “Truth is relative.”
  • “God did not create life.”
  • “Laws can be ignored or changed if they are inconvenient.”
  • “Christians should shut their traps.”


This book will help you understand how to replace those lies with truths from Scripture like:

  • The God of the Bible is not dead and he never will be.
  • There is absolute truth and it comes from God.
  • God is the Author of life and only he can nourish and sustain it.
  • Law and order come from the Word of God.
  • God's people represent his voice in the world


The Theft of America's Soul is a prophetic wake-up call for anyone who wants to see our nation thrive, challenging us to exchange lies for truths that will bring peace of mind, harmony, and prosperity back to our country. This book invites you to experience the life-giving, peace-filling, wholly-transforming love of God as you embrace the truths found in the Bible.


Praise for The Theft of America's Soul:

"The moral clarity in this book is so powerful and so refreshing I wish I could give it to everyone I know. Incidentally, the only way something could be this full of truth and wisdom is if its author is a prophet. That he is. Hear him."

--Eric Metaxas, author of Bonhoeffer


"In The Theft of America's Soul, the Duck Commander has set his sights on something higher, taking aim at the ten lies that have led our culture astray and put our faith, our families, and our freedom at risk. I am grateful for the direct, nonpolitically correct way my friend Phil Robertson lays out the truth. My prayer is that this book finds its way into the hands and hearts of many Americans."

--Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council and president of Council for National Policy