• Best Books

    I am an avid reader with over 6,000 books in my personal library (bound, electronic, and Logos). Check this page for executive summaries of helpful and valuable books on a wide variety of topics.


    Executive Book Summaries

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    • Ignite Your Church
      Church growth, church health, and church revitalization have been personal subjects of life-long study—from the first time I became a lead pastor as a green and inexperienced twenty-five-year-old to this very day. Recently, I taught a masters-level course in church revitalization for the University of Valley Forge and during the… Read more: Ignite Your Church
    • The Spiritual Formation of Leaders
      Recently I was asked to create an introductory leadership class for students at Ascent College. I was extremely excited to include this spiritual leadership classic as a required textbook. There is definitely leadership “gold” in this book. Two powerful metaphors summarize the key content: In spite of the fact the… Read more: The Spiritual Formation of Leaders