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In The Third Day: Living the Resurrection, Tom Berlin uses his gifts of storytelling and understanding the Scriptures to connect the reader to the experiences of several individuals around Jesus in his final days, focusing on new life and redemption rather than loss. Join Peter, Mary Magdalene, and Thomas as they feel the despair of losing Jesus and the surprise and joy that awaits them in the resurrection. This study traces events around these characters, along with Paul and the disciples at Emmaus, and how the resurrection transforms their lives. The book can be read alone or used for a six-week group study and church-wide Lenten program. Components include a comprehensive Leader Guide and video teaching sessions featuring Tom (with closed captioning). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647774e0687ba41bd9980f4d/dba7469d-da5a-4d3d-99e0-257ad4a1c9d6/1791015247.01.S001.LXXXXXXX.jpg Books Courage is the foundational virtue required for the Christian life. But often we wonder if we have what it takes to live the vital life Jesus offers his disciples. In Courage: Jesus and the Call to Brave Faith, pastor and author Tom Berlin challenges us to unlock the courage that we already possess as Christ followers. By examining the life of Christ, we will begin to understand what true courage is and how God works in the lives of Christ followers as they exhibit a brave faith. Once we have eyes to hear what Jesus is showing us, once have ears to hear, we can begin to find the remarkable life Jesus offers us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647774e0687ba41bd9980f4d/97a7d97f-f07d-476c-be6e-1311caa8be88/1501879863.01.S001.LXXXXXXX.jpg Books How did Jesus teach the Greatest Commandment to his disciples? In his latest book Reckless Love, author and Pastor Tom Berlin writes that Jesus taught them to love neighbor first as a way to more deeply love God. In his exploration of Jesus’ teaching and travels with his disciples, Berlin suggests that Jesus teaches us how to love God with heart, soul, mind, and strength by showing us how to love our neighbor. While many hope to learn to be better family, friends, leaders, and neighbors by finding a deeper relationship with God, what if becoming a better neighbor leads you to that deeper love of God? In Reckless Love, you will consider your life, and learn how loving the people around you will completely renew your faith and give you a new experience of loving God. Additional components for a six-week study include a DVD featuring Tom Berlin and a comprehensive Leader Guide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647774e0687ba41bd9980f4d/4efabf44-ecbc-47c5-bbaf-35077ad3cc47/1501822926.01.S001.LXXXXXXX.jpg Books Often we make a mess of our lives and wonder if there is any redemption. In this book, pastor and author Tom Berlin helps us see our mess through the eyes of Christ to find redemption and restoration. Using Scripture, devotional tools, and the writings of Ignatius of Loyola, John of the Cross, St. Augustine, John Wesley, Evelyn Underhill, and others, Berlin encourages reflection and meditation through our own brokenness. Only then can we focus on the cross as the place where we truly surrender control, leave our mess, and find redemption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647774e0687ba41bd9980f4d/1688865067432-5OD4Q553RGN5ZD3CZ3H9/1501813404.01.S001.LXXXXXXX.jpg Books Our possessions can create unbearable weight and affect our ability to serve and thrive. How do we defy gravity and find freedom? In this 4-week small group study and stewardship campaign, pastor and author Tom Berlin explores what is required to sustain a vibrant life, what we need versus what we want, and what we can do to avoid being pulled into the orbit of materialism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647774e0687ba41bd9980f4d/c98780b6-4042-4589-b309-38c03dfb798f/1501813498.01.S001.LXXXXXXX.jpg Books Our possessions can create unbearable weight and affect our ability to serve and thrive. How do we defy gravity and find freedom? In this 4-week small group study and stewardship campaign, pastor and author Tom Berlin explores what is required to sustain a vibrant life, what we need versus what we want, and what we can do to avoid being pulled into the orbit of materialism. The Generous Church helps the pastor and leadership team think strategically about financial planning and giving beyond the annual campaign vision. Tom Berlin believes and teaches that the church, in order to inspire generosity in individuals, needs to be seen and understood as generous. People will embrace giving if they see the ways their gifts are used in the community and the world. Generous church… generous people. Sermon helps and fresh illustrations will be included, broken down into four segments: Think About It – How do I think through the key aspects of our church’s financial reality and plan? Communicate It – How do we tell our story so the whole congregation shares a vision who we are, what we do, and what changes we can make in the world with our people and resources. Plan It – What’s the short-term campaign plan, the annual plan, and our long-term plan for the financial and spiritual life of our congregation? Manage It - How do we set up processes, reports, goals, and metrics to stay true to our plan? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647774e0687ba41bd9980f4d/369cb160-4ac2-472d-a97e-e252335fc34f/1426794568.01.S001.LXXXXXXX.jpg Books What are God’s qualities, and what effect do they have on us? In this simple, inspiring study, pastor and author Tom Berlin introduces us to the living God and urges us to respond. Includes Scripture, helpful quotations, and space for journaling. 1. God Loves You 2. God Understands You 3. God Forgives You 4. God Wants You to Be Free 5. God Wants You to Change 6. God Wants to Be With You Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647774e0687ba41bd9980f4d/66578027-165a-44bf-9d6b-974e6be51f5f/1426794703.01.S001.LXXXXXXX.jpg Books This Leader Guide contains everything needed to guide a group through the book and DVD. It includes session plans and discussion questions, as well as format options. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647774e0687ba41bd9980f4d/942340e5-6b86-4e02-9538-59b2f2b6b7ae/1426794444.01.S001.LXXXXXXX.jpg Books Our busy lives are filled with decisions, but are they the important decisions? In this simple, inspiring book, pastor and author Tom Berlin helps us discern six key decisions in our walk with Christ. Includes Scripture, helpful quotations, and space for journaling. 1. The Decision to Follow 2. The Decision for a New Life 3. The Decision to Mature 4. The Decision to Respond 5. The Decision to Persevere 6. The Decision to Surrender https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647774e0687ba41bd9980f4d/0cee855a-2f3d-4f1d-a98d-4556fc29679a/1426793103.01.S001.LXXXXXXX.jpg Books Just as in the world of agriculture, many variables influence fruitfulness. Leader behaviors are among the most important of those variables. Whether by training or intuition, fruitful leaders develop a set of practices that serve them well and bear much fruit. These practices often become second nature to these leaders, and thus they seldom think to share them with other leaders who may be struggling. Dr. Lovett H. Weems Jr. and Tom Berlin provide a vital resource to leaders through High Yield, a book that consists of a series of short chapters on leadership practices the authors have found most fruitful in their leadership and what they've seen exemplified in others. While many of these practices are common among diverse leaders, their implementation is as unique as the leaders themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647774e0687ba41bd9980f4d/eed17c43-f6ea-4e66-a708-082778b00ef4/142676751X.01.S001.LXXXXXXX.jpg Books Our churches exist in order to glorify God and to share God as revealed in Jesus Christ. Thus, worship is at the center of the congregation’s life. And improvements in worship tend to spur improvements in the church’s other ministries. When a church’s worship is not vital, what happens to that church? Church leaders and laity know too well the dismal answer to that question. In Overflow, Lovett Weems and Tom Berlin share research-based insights and tactical ideas that result in improved worship attendance and in fruitful congregations. The authors identify practices that lead to increased attendance. They offer clear instruction, showing church leaders the areas where we must pay attention throughout the year, and demonstrating new ways to approach worship planning. Weems and Berlin present church leaders with another resource that is at once foundational and practical, convicting and accessible. Church leaders yearn to see more people worshipping God; Overflow provides encouragement and equipping to bear such fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647774e0687ba41bd9980f4d/37511edd-ed5c-4f19-8183-054c96c05373/1426715900.01.S001.LXXXXXXX.jpg Books Thousands of congregations are in serious trouble. Children are not being taught the faith. Disciples are not being made. Lives are not being transformed. The poor are not being blessed. Communities are not being redeemed. These congregations know something is terribly wrong. And in most cases, the problems have little to do with the pastor's prayer life or whether the pastor takes weekly Sabbath time. In fact, in many of these churches members deeply respect their pastors as sincerely spiritual people of utmost personal faith and integrity. But they need more from their pastoral leaders. They need leaders who define ministry in terms of fruitfulness as well as faithfulness. They need pastors and lay leaders who ask about the outcomes of any given ministry or program, not just its process. Mostly, they need a vision of ministry that focuses on changing people’s lives. Absent that vision, ministry will fail. 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