Book summaries
Leader’s Edge summaries: the argument of a book in a few minutes. Page 9 of 21 · 485 in all.
Author Interview: Rupen Das
This book is about conversion in the contexts of the poor. It raises questions about the God that the poor seek and about how conversions happen. Though the book recognizes the increasing focus on how the social, political, and economic dimensions of poverty, it seeks to address the neglected study on the spiritual…
Love and Work: How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and Do It for the Rest of Your Life
After a discussion of how to discover one’s unique “Wyrd,” the author goes on to thoroughly discuss how to live it out in work and relationships.
The Awe of God: The Astounding Way a Healthy Fear of God Transforms Your Life
If you want to build a faith that stands strong through troubled times, you cannot afford to ignore Holy Fear.
Author Interview: Evelyn Hibbert
This book seeks to facilitate grassroots leaders, like small group and women leaders who interface between the church and their surrounding world but who are usually unrecognized.
The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t
This book helps the reader think through two different ways of reacting to the world.
Endure: Building Faith for the Long Run
Daniel Ritchie, who was born without arms, knows personal hardship well. In this book he says that following Jesus is like running a race.
Author Interview: Lauren Wells
This book aims to equip parents of third culture kids (TCKs) and those who work with TCKs (or TCK caregivers) to walk these children and teens through processing their grief using the concept of unstacking their grief tower (or accumulated pain).
Under the Wings of God: Twenty Biblical Reflections for a Deeper Faith
This book contains 20 chapters of 20 extended devotional thoughts on various topics related to Christian living.
True North – Emerging Leader Edition
Bill George is executive fellow at Harvard Business School where he has taught leadership since 2004. He was formerly chair and CEO of Medtronic, the world’s leading medical technology company. Under his leadership, Medtronic’s market capitalization grew from $1.1 to $60 billion. Bill has also served as a director of…
The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath
We are reaching back in time to feature this classic book that is so needful in this age of super-busyness.
Humility: The Joy of Self-Forgetfulness
In this book pastor Gavin Ortlund (grandson of Ray Ortlund Sr., to whom he dedicates the book) encourages readers that humility is not just an abstract virtue but a mark of Christian integrity.
Author Interview: Murray Moerman
This book advocates that every nation needs a well-led national church-planting process, which can greatly accelerate the penultimate step toward completion of the Great Commission.
18 Minutes with Jesus: Straight Talk from the Savior about the Things That Matter Most
Pastor Robert Jeffress (First Baptist Church, Dallas) says that a person can read Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) in about 18 minutes.
The Leadership Secrets of Nick Saban – How Alabama’s Coach Became the Greatest Ever
This book is a fascinating analysis of the leadership strategy and methodology of Nick Saban, believed to be the greatest college football coach of all time.
Author Interview: Steve Richardson
This book presents eight myths about missions and explains the folly of these myths. The author argues that each of these myths is “unbalanced, simplistic, or built on faulty assumptions”
God Shines Forth: How the Nature of God Shapes and Drives the Mission of the Church
In this book, co-authors Daniel Hames and Michael Reeves argue that an individual’s relationship with God influences their evangelism and missions more than anything else.
God Shines Forth: How the Nature of God Shapes and Drives the Mission of the Church
In this book, co-authors Daniel Hames and Michael Reeves argue that an individual’s relationship with God influences their evangelism and missions more than anything else.
Polycentric Mission Leadership: Toward A New Theoretical Model for Global Leadership
This book, by an author who has devoted his adult life to Christian missions, offers a “new” model for mission leadership for the multi-cultural enterprise that is Christianity in the world today.
Don’t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It’s Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind…
In this book Giglio camps on the phrase from Psalm 23, “he prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies,” showing how we must guard our minds with God directing the way.
Author Interview: Edward L. Smither
This book seeks to unpack the five qualities of Daniel’s mission within the book of Daniel, arguing that these qualities are needed on mission today.
From Strength to Strength – Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
“There are some specific ways in which we naturally get smarter and more skillful. The trick to improving as we age is to understand, develop, and practice these new strengths.” Kindle location 424
Author Interview: Jolene Erlacher and Katy White
This book discusses the work of mobilizing Gen Z (young people born between 1996 and 2010) for global ministry in this tumultuous time of change and complexity and in the context of the global age of missions.
A Hunger for More: Finding Satisfaction in Jesus When the Good Life Doesn’t Fill You
Even though you may be living a “good” life, do you still have a longing for something more?
Leadership in Turbulent Times
This book, by Pulitzer winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin, is a brilliant study in leadership.