Discernment in the Early Church and Today The author explores how important

The author explores how important focused preaching can be to moving church development forward and offers a long-term strategy particularly helpful for pastors looking to take full advantage of the opportunities their weekly sermons provide

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Reflection questions

but these women who went into the wilderness to pursue deep prayer deserve to be heard

Godly Play founder Jerome Berryman offers children (and those who love them) a means to contemplate words and images

Discernment in the Early Church and Today The author explores how importantAn exploration of Pauls role as a pastoral theologian in the early church. Through a close exegetical reading of Pauls letters, this volume shows how Paul prioritized moral formation and community building in his pastoral ministry and placed the practice of communal discernment in churches at the heart of life in the Spirit. Applying these fundamental insights for todays churches, Lewis reclaims Pauls primary pastoral emphasis on moral discernment and