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JANUARY - MARCH 2013

Every Good Endeavor

Keller uses the Bible and a wide variety of other sources to illustrate how the Christian view of work—working to serve others, not ourselves—can provide the foundation for a balanced professional and personal life.

Timothy Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan and bestselling author of The Reason for God, has taught people of all ages on the subject of work and calling for more than twenty years. Now, with Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work, written with Katherine Leary Alsdorf, Keller shows how to find meaning and purpose for your work. Keller uses the Bible and a wide variety of other sources to illustrate how the Christian view of work—working to serve others, not ourselves—can provide the foundation for a balanced professional and personal life. He shows that faith in God is not mutually exclusive with a successful career in any field.

In Every Good Endeavor, readers will find insight for such important questions as: How do I choose a profession that fits my skills and has meaning? Can I stay true to my values and still advance in my field? How do I connect what I learn on Sunday morning with what I do the rest of the week? How do I make the difficult choices that must be made in the course of a successful career? With Every Good Endeavor, everyone, from students just entering the workforce to senior level executives, will gain wisdom on how to have a thriving professional and balanced personal life.

Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work, by Timothy Keller with Katherine Leary Alsdorf. www.timothykeller.com and www.faithandwork.org

Marketplace Christianity

In Marketplace Christianity, Fraser lays out a plan for: redeeming the marketplace; building anointed businesses; creating spiritual oases in the workplace; reclaiming our inheritance in the marketplace; the ten kingdom things business does.

Are you a marketplace Christian? Have you longed to do more for God in "real" ministry? Do you wonder how to fulfill your spiritual calling and lay up heavenly rewards, even though little of your time is devoted to church activities? In this paradigm-shattering book, businessman and Entrepreneur of the Year, Robert Fraser, writes to the 97 percent of Christians not called to full-time vocational ministry but called by God to the marketplace. In practical everyday language, Fraser shares insights from his experience running a 250-employee software company which experienced sustained revival and business success during his tenure as CEO.

In Marketplace Christianity, Fraser lays out a plan for: redeeming the marketplace; building anointed businesses; creating spiritual oases in the workplace; reclaiming our inheritance in the marketplace; the ten kingdom things business does. Marketplace Christianity is full of second-to-none teaching for anyone whose calling and ministry are in the marketplace. Fraser is Director of Joseph International, a ministry dedicated to restoring a vision for the marketplace.

Marketplace Christianity, by Robert Fraser. Available via the online store a www.josephinternational.org.

Ministry to the Cities

This volume is a call to action—a plea for believers to work for their Savior by bringing the gospel to the millions of people in the cities of the world.

Jesus’ admonition to “go and make disciples of all nations” (Matt. 28:19, NIV) resonates in the hearts of those who love Him supremely. Every individual must be given the opportunity to choose between life and death.

This volume is a call to action—a plea for believers to work for their Savior by bringing the gospel to the millions of people in the cities of the world. Topics include the challenges of ministering in the city, strategies, methods, selecting and training workers, and lessons from Scripture.  The work will require much effort, especially in our day and age. But Ellen G. White doesn’t mince words: “Do not hover over the churches to repeat over and over again the same truths to the people, while the cities are left in ignorance and sin, unwarned and unlabored for” (The Upward Look, p. 274).

Ellen G. White (1827-1915) is considered the most widely translated American author. Her works have been published in more than 140 languages. Although her formal schooling ended at age 9, she wrote more than 100,000 pages. Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exalted Jesus and pointed to Scripture as the basis of her faith.

Ministry to the Cities, by E.G. White. Available at www.ReviewandHerald.com and other online stores.

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