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a great privilege and responsibility

December 27, 2019 by Leigh Warmbrand

I am the pastor of my local church responsible for weekly preaching and teaching. I am always working to grow and improve in preaching and have a lot of preaching books on my shelf; white westerners wrote most of them. …

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This Is Our Time

August 25, 2018 by Leigh Warmbrand

This Is Our Time is a powerful and insightful book. It’s philosophical, historical, and cultural analysis is thought-provoking and penetrating. It is well-written, including narrative, biographical, and factual passages, engaging the reader to further think and discuss and live out …

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book review: Leading Major Change in Your Ministry

June 20, 2018 by Leigh Warmbrand

Dr. Jeff Iorg’s story of leading major change at Gateway Seminary (formerly Golden Gate Seminary) and other churches and ministries he has been a part of is practical and personal. He includes steps to take to analyze current situations and …

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recommended books on missions

January 15, 2018 by Leigh Warmbrand

Here are some recommendations for books to read on missions.  The 9Marks book is exceptionally good!…

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there and back again

January 8, 2018 by Leigh Warmbrand

Encouragement to read The Lord of the Rings, from a missionary standpoint.…

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in the face of dementia

December 9, 2017 by Leigh Warmbrand

You can read my book review of this book at the EFCA blog.   It is a helpful book for anyone dealing with this issue.…

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book review: True Identity

October 25, 2017 by Leigh Warmbrand

True Identity is written by John C. Majors who works with Family Life and Cru. This book is written to youth and young adults and is the companion book for their Passport2Identity curriculum; youth leaders, parents, counselors and other people …

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very small books

June 2, 2017 by Leigh Warmbrand

A collection of very small books from the University of Iowa can be found at this site. 

The librarian of special collections said, “They’re darned cute.  We humans seem to be obsessed with cute things.”…

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books, books, books

May 11, 2017 by Leigh Warmbrand

I love books and own quite many.  Every trip I go on I love to look for a bookstore and poke around.  This is the world’s oldest bookstore, but I doubt I’ll be able to visit.…

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wash your dirty books

April 28, 2017 by Leigh Warmbrand

Boston Public Library washes their dirty books!  What a great idea – see more at Atlas Obscura.

Groucho Marx said, “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend – inside of a dog, it’s too dark to …

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