5 Essential Ebook Deals for Church Leaders – 15 February 2024

    

Here are 5 essential February 2024 ebook deals that are worth checking out: James Baldwin, C.S. Lewis, David Blight, more…

 
Each week, we carefully curate a handful of books for church leaders that orient us toward the health and the flourishing of our congregations.

#1:

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

*** $2.99 ***

*** PLUS, buy the ebook, and
get the audiobook for only $5.20!
 
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The book that galvanized the nation, gave voice to the emerging civil rights movementin the 1960s—and still lights the way to understanding race in America today.

“Basically the finest essay I’ve ever read. . . . Baldwin refused to hold anyone’s hand. He was both direct and beautiful all at once. He did not seem to write to convince you. He wrote beyond you.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates

“So eloquent in its passion and so scorching in its candor that it is bound to unsettle any reader.” —The Atlantic

At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin’s early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document from the iconic author of If Beale Street Could Talk and Go Tell It on the Mountain. It consists of two “letters,” written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism.

Described by The New York Times Book Review as “sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle … all presented in searing, brilliant prose,” The Fire Next Time stands as a classic of literature.

#2:

The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen

*** $2.99 ***

 
Eight classic books by Henir Nouwen in one ebook!
Titles include: Intimacy; A Letter of Consolation; Letters to Marc About Jesus; The Living Reminder; Making All Things New; Our Greatest Gift; The Way of the Heart; and Gracias!

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#3:

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

David Blight

*** $3.99 ***

 
**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History**

“Extraordinary…a great American biography” (The New Yorker) of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.

As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. His very existence gave the lie to slave owners: with dignity and great intelligence he bore witness to the brutality of slavery.
 

#4:

Sacred Self-Care: Daily Practices for Nurturing Our Whole Selves

Chanequa Walker-Barnes

*** $2.99 ***

 
“In a world that has cheapened self-care, Chanequa Walker-Barnes provides a valuable, faithful, and much-needed antidote.” —Jeff Chu, author of Does Jesus Really Love Me?

As a clinical psychologist, pastor, and activist, Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes has studied and worked with clients, clergy, seminary faculty, faith-based activists, and others to encourage them to think of self-care as both a divine right and a sacred obligation. She has developed a seven-week guide gathering activities, habits, disciplines, and practices that promote spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, and relational wholeness.

#5:

Original Sin: A Cultural History

Alan Jacobs

*** $2.99 ***

 
In this brilliant account, Wheaton College literature professor Jacobs traces the idea of original sin from the Bible to the present day. . . . In his hands these abstruse theological disputes are utterly engrossing.
— Publishers Weekly, starred review

“With extraordinary erudition and just enough lightness of touch to leaven the lump, Alan Jacobs traces the tangled ways that we have tried to think about human cussedness.
— Frederick Buechner, author of Secrets in the Dark

“One wouldn’t expect a book about original sin to be entertaining, but Jacobs makes it so with deft prose and a touch of humor.” — Christian Century
 

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