Illustration: Prayer

One young girl knew the power of specific prayer when she faced death head-on. In the midst of her sickness, she went to her pastor and asked what more she could do for Jesus in the short time she had to live.

Barna Reports ‘Buster’ Pastors Are Creative, Conservative

In the report referred to in the introduction above, pollster George Barna reports that, "The number of Busters (ages 20-38) who serve as senior pastors has doubled in just two years from about 22,000 to more than 45,000 (out of 324,000 Protestant senior pastors). Even more significant is their courage and creativity in charting new courses for the churches they lead. They are experimenting with communication methods, ministry priorities, education and many other aspects of their church-based work."

Leading Today: It’s Performance that Counts

Few ballplayers ever have played the game as Mantle did. He launched homeruns like missiles. As a switch-hitter, he was dangerous from either side of the plate; and because of his enormous power, cautious infielders routinely would take a few steps backward as he stepped to the plate. As if playing tricks, Mantle often would lay down a bunt. He ran with the speed of a cheetah-gracefully yet powerfully. His throwing arm held runners in check like a cop with a radar gun. He was as complete a player as ever was.

Preaching Magazine’s Survey of 2010’s Best Books for Preachers

Books have been a central furnishing for the life of the minister from the time of the New Testament until now. Nevertheless, the transformation of the book into its current most popular form as a printed work between two covers is a story unto itself. We are now witnessing a third major transformation of the printed text-away from absolute dependence upon the codex and toward alternative formats such as the e-book.