Church Member Bundle (Listen Up & How to Walk Into Church)

Ash, Christopher; Payne, Tony

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Listen Up! Product Description

Why on earth does anyone need a guide on how to listen to sermons? Don't we simply need to “be there” and stay awake? 

Yet Jesus said: “Consider carefully how you listen.” The fact is, much more is involved in truly listening to Bible teaching than just sitting and staring at the preacher.

Christopher Ash outlines seven ingredients for healthy listening. He then deals with how to respond to bad sermons—ones that are dull, or inadequate, or heretical. And finally, he challenges us with ideas for helping and encouraging our Bible teachers to give sermons that will really help us to grow as Christians.

  • Where does the authority of a Bible teacher come from?
  • Why is Bible teaching offensive?
  • Why is it important to hear Bible teaching in church?
  • How can we actually enjoy Bible teaching more?

These (and more) are the questions answered by this practical guide, which includes effective, hands-on suggestions for implementing each idea. All with the aim of helping us learn how to listen properly, so that through His word, God will make us more and more Christ like.

 

How to Walk Into Church Product Description

If you've been a churchgoer for more than just a few Sundays, walking into church probably doesn't seem like it deserves its own 'how to' manual. Right? In fact, it most likely seems like a pretty straightforward and trivial weekly activity.But things are rarely as simple as they seem, and how you walk into church reveals a great deal about what you think church is, what it's for, and what you think you’re doing there.

In How to Walk into Church, Tony Payne helps us think biblically about church. Along with giving plenty of other practical advice, he suggests a way to walk into church that beautifully expresses what church is and why you’re there - a way that every Christian can master.

If you go to church, this Brief Book is for you.

 

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Endorsements (14)

“What if church were about someone other than me? In his characteristically accessible and clear writing style, Tony challenges us with a biblical answer to this important question. It's my hope that fellow-pastors and their congregations will read this book and begin to 'walk into church' with more intentionality than ever before. May God bless these efforts for his glory and the good of all people.”

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Ben Cuthbert

Associate Pastor for Evangelism & Discipleship, South Church, Lansing

“If you want to cultivate an ethos of disciple-making, God-centered fellowship, prayer and love for fellow believers, this is a great and valuable resource to put into the hands of all your people. It is clear and practical, encouraging for the mature and challenging for new believers.”

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Steven Lee

Pastor of Small Groups & Community Outreach, College Church Wheaton

“For most of us our churchgoing - whether regular, occasional, or non-existent - is just an unconsidered part of life. It's something we do, or sometimes do, or rarely do, or never do. But not something we think about so that we might do it with an aim, a purpose, a real intentionality. This clear and engaging book will be a real and practical help. I have myself been challenged by it and hope it will be widely read.”

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Christopher Ash

Author of Listen Up!, Director of Cornhill Training Course

“This is an immensely useful and relevant book. Short, clear, but one that engages with deep theology in practical ways. And although it is obvious there is much more that could be said about church, imagine if everyone lived out the implications of what Tony does unpack? Our gatherings as Gods people would be beautiful and powerful.”

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Andrew Heard

Senior Pastor, EV Church, Erina

“Sometimes the simplest things are the easiest to overlook - things like walking into church. How do you walk into church? If you read this little book, I believe you will think about it a lot differently and you will do it a lot better.”

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Tim Challies

Blogger and Author

“This outstanding book is packed with profound reflection on what church is and practical application of what it means to 'go to church'. I hope every member of St Helen's reads it - it will do us a world of good.”

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William Taylor

St Helen's Bishopsgate, London

“This book is a great idea. It's wonderfully practical, helpful, and relevant. I hope we can give it away to our new members. Tony has given us a necessary reminder on the importance of walking into church with the right heart, the right head, and the right spirit.”

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Kevin DeYoung

Senior Pastor, University Reformed Church (East Lansing, Michigan, USA)

“New, fresh, wise, and personally convicting. A must-read for anyone serious about growing as a Christian.”

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Andrew Reid

Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia

“We just don't have teaching and training on how to LISTEN to sermons. Christopher Ash shows what a gaping hole that omission leaves”

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Rico Tice

All Souls, Langham Place, London

“A great resource to help grow a new generation of believers who both tremble at God's word and are changed by it.”

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Vaughan Roberts

St Ebbe's Church, Oxford, UK

“A terrific little volume—and I hope it has a wide circulation.” Read the full review...

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Iain D. Campbell

Minister in the Free Church of Scotland

“Pure gold.” Read the full review . . .

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Michael McKinley

IX Marks

“Provides crucial theology and practical advice about listening that can make the difference between life and death in the church.”

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R Kent Hughes

“We give Listen Up! to all our new members.”

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Mark Dever

Senior Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church

About the Author

Christopher Ash has been a pastor, and is now an author and writer-in-residence at Tyndale House, Cambridge. He was Director of the Proclamation Trust’s Cornhill Training Course from 2004-2015. He is married to Carolyn and they have four children and ten grandchildren.

Tony Payne has spent more than 20 years in Christian writing and editing as the Publishing Director of Matthias Media. He is a graduate of Moore Theological College (BTh Hons), and the author or co-author of many popular books and resources, including Two Ways to Live: The choice we all face, Fatherhood: What it is and what it's for, Guidance and the Voice of God, Prayer and the Voice of God, and Six Steps to Reading Your Bible.

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Church Member Bundle (Listen Up & How to Walk Into Church)

$6.99 $13.98

Listen Up! Product Description

Why on earth does anyone need a guide on how to listen to sermons? Don't we simply need to “be there” and stay awake? 

Yet Jesus said: “Consider carefully how you listen.” The fact is, much more is involved in truly listening to Bible teaching than just sitting and staring at the preacher.

Christopher Ash outlines seven ingredients for healthy listening. He then deals with how to respond to bad sermons—ones that are dull, or inadequate, or heretical. And finally, he challenges us with ideas for helping and encouraging our Bible teachers to give sermons that will really help us to grow as Christians.

These (and more) are the questions answered by this practical guide, which includes effective, hands-on suggestions for implementing each idea. All with the aim of helping us learn how to listen properly, so that through His word, God will make us more and more Christ like.

 

How to Walk Into Church Product Description

If you've been a churchgoer for more than just a few Sundays, walking into church probably doesn't seem like it deserves its own 'how to' manual. Right? In fact, it most likely seems like a pretty straightforward and trivial weekly activity.But things are rarely as simple as they seem, and how you walk into church reveals a great deal about what you think church is, what it's for, and what you think you’re doing there.

In How to Walk into Church, Tony Payne helps us think biblically about church. Along with giving plenty of other practical advice, he suggests a way to walk into church that beautifully expresses what church is and why you’re there - a way that every Christian can master.

If you go to church, this Brief Book is for you.

 

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