Many voices speaking today about the end times sound a lot like Chicken Little: they prophesy doom and destruction, the Antichrist and Armageddon. All this apocalyptic speculation creates an atmosphere of sensationalism and dread--but the Revelation of Jesus to John was meant to bring hope.Too many Christians have become hesitant to study this book of the Bible because of the confusion that surrounds it. But as an experienced pastor, Dan Boone affirms that any child of God can read and understand the truth of Revelation. His friendly, conversational style brings the message of Revelation into the idiom of life in our contemporary world.This book will help readers understand:The context of the Revelation and what it meant to the churches of that dayThe characteristics of apocalyptic and prophetic literature and how they are meant to be readThe application that this important book of the Bible holds for our lives todayAnswers for Chicken Little gives a responsible interpretation of Revelation that replaces predictions of doom with a compelling vision of who Jesus is and of His message about living as a redeemed people with hope for the future.

Answers for Chicken Little: A No-Nonsense Look at the Book of Revelation

Religion & Spirituality

Dan Boone

Christian Books & Bibles

Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City

Many churches today are caught in the worship war. Services are split into styles--contemporary, traditional, liturgical. Discussions and sometimes arguments arise over whether or not to have a pulpit, use drums, sing hymns, or use movie clips for illustration. These varying styles and preferences have caused many to change churches or even skip worship all together. This division of the Body of Christ is a cause for great concern and is jeopardizing the true meaning of worship for future generations.In The Worship Plot, Dan Boone exposes the distorted motives of battling over worship styles. Instead, he attests we should strive to combine our diversity to celebrate our common story. Boone explains that worship is not about personal preference or platform performance. Worship flows from the heart of God through His Son and His Spirit. Worship invites us to step into this flowing stream of celebration, thanksgiving, and love--a stream that connects us to God and to each other. Boone encourages churches to use the differences of their people to tell and celebrate the story God has plotted for us--the unifying story of the love of Christ. He affirms that when we move through worship together, through specific stages that have been plotted out to follow, we can go out with blessing and boldness, empowered by grace--ready to serve the people of the world and share with them God’s amazing story.

The Worship Plot: Finding Unity in Our Common Story

Sin.It’s ugly. It’s deceptive.It meddles with contentment, confuses wisdom, and disfigures love.It’s the one thing that keeps us from really knowing God.But talking about sin makes us uncomfortable.It’s a loaded word. What is sin to one person is not necessarily sin to another; we don’t want to sound harsh or judgmental, so we avoid using it.And we avoid exposing it.We clean up after its messes, confess our human weakness when it gets us in trouble, and learn to just live with it.But are we really living? How marginal do we make life when we entangle it with something so deadly?This book is not a history lesson on sin or a guilt-based study on the evils of our society. It is a relevant, thought-provoking look at the seven imperfections that sin uses to tarnish and infect our lives.Written with compassion and understanding, this perceptive and challenging book will reshape your awareness of sin and remind you of a sin-free Savior who gives us the grace to become like Him.

Seven Deadly Sins: The Uncomfortable Truth

In our world, stories matter. Methods and systems are beneficial because they provide structure and help keep us on the right road; but the motivation and courage to keep walking the road, come from the stories we hear and see and experience-stories that inspire hope and bring us face-to-face with God.For ministers, the call to preach is a call into a story that forms and shapes us. It’s about stumbling into revelation as life unwinds and scripture unfolds. It’s about listening to God’s voice and then sharing it with others. It’s about recognizing that when people gather to hear a sermon, God speaks. And it’s about understanding that when He speaks, He speaks through you.Preaching the Story That Shapes Us is more than a textbook on preaching. It’s an empowering call for preachers to present a picture of the kingdom of God already at work among us, recognizing that the work of preaching is not just about arranging wordsit’s about people. With elegant prose and crafted reason, Dan Boone weaves together scripture, personal narrative, structure, and theological reflection to provide a satisfying, efficient guide to narrative preaching. From exploring the importance of biography to walking readers through creative processes that shape the sermon, Boone shows preachers how to awaken lives and share the stories of God that reveal who we are and lead us to who we will be.

Preaching the Story That Shapes Us

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In Seven Deadly Sins, Dan Boone exposes the uncomfortable truth about the nature of sin. He examines its crafty characteristics and shows how sin can seep into the cracks of our lives when we least expect it. With a pastor’s heart and a professor’s wisdom, Boone discusses how the sins of pride, envy, anger, slothfulness, greed, gluttony, and lust have masked themselves in the ’newness’ of today’s technology and culture and even in our own enlightened, postmodern Christian thinking. With compassion and concern, he reveals the truth about sin; but he also reveals the truth about grace. Instead of condemnation and guilt, he offers hope and reminds us of Christ’s ability to resurrect and undo anything sin has damaged. With challenging revelation, Seven Deadly Sins brings readers to a loving Christ and shows them the life He’s waiting to wrap them in- a grace-filled life that is mended by love and free from the death and destruction of sin.As part of the inSIGHTmedia Series, this resource includes:A copy of the featured book, Seven Deadly SinsA DVD containing 10-minute video lessons, which correspond to the book’s various chaptersA printable leader’s guide- also included on the DVD- which will enhance group discussion and study

Seven Deadly Sins, DVD + Book: Lessons for Faith Communities (Insight Media)

In a world where No one tells me what to do and I am my own authority, the Ten Commandments quickly find their way to the trash heap. For most of us, the words surrounding lawrule, restriction, regulation, requirement, code, commandment, covenant, must, ought, shall, willare simply not our favorite words to hear. They are parental words, court words, conflict words. We use them only when we have to; otherwise, we willingly hold them at a distance.But the Old Testament people of God had a different take on law. They took their copy of the law their God had given them, clutched it to their chests, and danced with it. They observed it daily in their relationships and required their young to memorize it. And when a copy of the law had grown ragged and old, they had a special ceremony to retire it. They buried it with all the dignity of a beloved grandparent’s body.In Dancing with the Law, author Dan Boone challenges us to, like the ancient people of God, look at law as a sacred gift that points the way to the life God intended. Through his earnest exploration of the Ten Commandments, he offers us a new perspective on lawone that makes us dance with freedom, liberty, and the gift of life.

Dancing with the Law: The Ten Commandments

Amy Boone Tallman

Most of us don’t like the word law, or anything resembling it.However, the Old Testament people of God had a different take on law. They celebrated it. For the Old Testament people, law was something to revere, something to dance with.In Dancing with the Law, authors Dan Boone and Amy Boone Tallman challenge us to, like the ancient people of God, look at law as a sacred gift that points the way to the life God intended. Through this earnest exploration of the Ten Commandments, they offer us a new perspective on lawone that makes us dance with freedom, liberty, and the gift of life.As part of the inSIGHTmedia Series, this resource includesA copy of the featured book, Dancing with the Law: The Ten CommandmentsA DVD containing 10-minute video lessons, which correspond to the book’s various chaptersA printable leader’s guidealso included on the DVDwhich will enhance group discussion and study

Dancing with the Law, DVD + Book: Lessons for Faith Communities (Insight Media Series)

Homosexuality, social drinking, and politics . . .Why is it so hard to talk about these topics and others like them in the church? What keeps us from having open and honest conversations about complex and controversial issues? The silence in the pews about these matters can be deafening. Often members say little, fearing disagreement and rebuttal, others strongly assert half-truths and biases. Nothing gets truly discussed, and many, especially the youth, become discouraged and leave.A Charitable Discourse insightfully explores why this happens, looking closely at the ways people avoid and prevent authentic dialog, from labeling and grandstanding to religious abuse. Seven controversial issues are discussed with understanding, sincerity, and compassion.

A Charitable Discourse: Talking About the Things That Divide Us

When you’re dragging yourself to work, do you ever get mad at Adam and Eve for making us have to toil for a living? If you’re on the clock, is it ok to mentally clock out - even for a little while? Are these things that really matter when it comes to working ’as unto the Lord’While many questions face us as we work each day, perhaps the most important is, ’What difference does it make in my job if I’m a Christian?’In The Way We Work, Boone offers much more help than simply saying ’You need to do your work well because you are a Christian.’ The Way We Work provides a thorough biblical examination of all our labors exploring:When work is a painLaziness on the jobThe blessing of workWork that will lastAnd much more.Click the links below for free downloadable guides for group discussion:Group Guide for Church GroupsGroup Guide for Workplace Groups

The Way We Work: How Faith Makes a Difference on the Job

If the work of ministry is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, then this book is certainly aimed at the latter. In A Charitable Discourse, Dan Boone turned heads and got the church talking about the issues that divide us. Now he’s back with A Charitable Discourse, Volume Two: Uncomfortable Conversations. Together with some of today’s most thoughtful leaders, Boone confidently broaches some of the topics that make us squirm in our pews. The church’s only hope for healing, remaining healthy, and moving forward is through discourse that is charitable, even in disagreement--so let’s join the conversation.

A Charitable Discourse, Volume 2: Uncomfortable Conversations

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