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Death is a powerful and sobering reality. While everyone must face death, it is not the end for those united with Christ. Followers of Jesus Christ have resurrection hope―the proclamation that Christ has defeated death and the promise that believers shall share in his victory. The resurrection is essential to the Christian faith and is rooted in the faithfulness of God.

Do you pray for your pastors? Do you encourage them? Do you have realistic expectations for them? The office of pastor is simultaneously a rewarding and draining position. Pastors today have immense pressure on their shoulders and they need the support of their congregations. Peter Orr has written Fight for Your Pastor as an exhortation for church members to stand behind their pastors through the difficulties of ministry. Orr specifies ways in which congregations can be intentional in caring for church leaders, including prayer, encouragement, generosity, and forgiveness.

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1). This declarative phrase introduces fundamental questions circling the minds of skeptics and believers of Christianity alike. What was God’s mission when he chose to create? And why, through the Savior’s death on the cross and the witness of his church, does he continue to redeem the very creation that rebels against him?

Comment les chrétiens grandissent-ils ? Peu de gens remettent en question l’appel de la Bible à croître en piété, mais plusieurs ont de la difficulté à expliquer comment cela se produit exactement. Dans ce livre, Dane Ortlund guide les croyants vers Jésus en démontrant que la sanctification ne survient pas en faisant plus ou en devenant meilleur, mais en approfondissant les merveilleuses vérités de l’Évangile, celles qui ont été déversées sur eux lorsqu’ils ont été unis à Christ au départ.