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Simona Gorton calls women to embrace the God?glorifying tension between the seemingly meaningless work and the weighty responsibility of motherhood. We know the gospel impacts the repetitive, mundane work so inherent in homemaking and mothering, but how does that knowledge work itself out in the fabric of late nights and spilled oatmeal? As mothers, we live in the tension between the seemingly meaningless ?everyday? of our callings and the magnificent realities of the gospel and what God promises to do through us as mothers as we raise up the next generation to His glory. This book was written to showcase how God uniquely uses the ?vanity? inherent in the work of motherhood to display the beauties of the gospel in and through us as we fix our eyes on its truth. If there is value in the mundanity, we can glory even in this ?menial? work as we come to see even in this the wisdom of God. The mundanity itself is a signpost pointing us to the glory of God if we?ll let it.In the calling of motherhood, God transforms our sight and opens our eyes to the gospel paradoxes of weakness as strength, smallness as glory,inefficiency as faithfulness. Our lives and actions as mothers, surrendered to Him like loaves and fishes, can become stunning showpieces of gospel hope and glimpses of eternal hilarity and joy. Simona pulls together themes from the book of Ecclesiastes to see how it speaks specifically to many of the challenges we face as mothers in this encouraging book. An Introduction Experience and Ecclesiastes All is Vanity ? Or Is It? Remembering the Goal Who is Sufficient? Motherhood as Suffering Hope in Childbearing The Apologetic of Motherhood The Magic of Simple A Compass in the Fog God uses repetitive, mundane work of motherhoodHow motherhood points us to glory of GodPulls themes from book of Ecclesiastes

Powerful, trustworthy? beautiful?Samuel G. Parkison makes a startling claim: Jesus is the most beautiful man to ever exist. His defence is theoretical and experiential: he knows him to be ultimate beauty and he has experienced him to be so.Deconstructing cultural notions that beauty is subjective or sentimental, Parkison constructs an impressive picture of God?s breathtaking beauty. On this firm foundation, the only building to rise is one that testifies to Jesus, the God?man, as the most beautiful man that ever lived.There?s beauty on every page of Jesus? story. From before time, the beautiful foreknowledge of the Father prepared for the beauty of the incarnation. From this beautiful birth came a ministry brimming with beauty, and a death that overflowed with it. This beautiful sunset is followed by a resurrection sunrise: the beautiful declaration that salvation is secure.Having ascended, with beauty unbound, he now reigns forever as our ceaseless intercessor.Through the pages of this journey, the unvarnished Jesus radiates with a true beauty like nothing and no one else. His rivals, the lesser versions, knockoffs and dupes, are ugly in comparison to the beautiful Jesus of the Holy Scriptures. He is the only one through whom satisfaction and communion with God, the ultimate beauty we?re wired to desire, is found.This is a beauty that everyone needs to know and experience.With sidebars and a glossary to distil complex terms, readers are invited to delve deeper into the beauty of Jesus. There?s beauty in the big words, and it?s within the grasp of every reader.So, put the proposition to the test. Read and revel in Jesus; he?s beautiful. Introductory ChristologyHelpful sidebars defining terms in contextGlossary in back

The fundamentals of preaching are central to the life the church. Revisit them in this crucial guide for beginner and veteran preachers alike. When a preacher stands in the pulpit or at the lectern, he aims to help God?s people understand what God has said and how it applies to their lives so that they grow in their knowledge of God and are equipped to live for his glory. It?s a job with eternal significance, so the process of getting to that point is crucial. Jonathon Woodyard and Chase Sears encourage us to go back to the basics. Returning to the fundamentals of preaching from time to time, reminding ourselves of our basic undertaking, is a wise strategy for faithfulness and helpful to both veteran and novice. Preaching flows from a man who has seen great things in the Bible, has savored what he has seen, and is eager to stand before God?s people to say what he saw. This is the pattern we follow in The Simplicity of Preaching. The authors highlight some strategies you can employ to see what the text says; ways you can help yourself savor the glorious truths of the Bible; and good homiletical practices that inform how you can most effectively say things from the pulpit. This short book is helpfully divided into five sections: 1. What is Preaching and Why Do We Need It?2. The Role of the Spirit in Preparing to Preach3. Seeing: How We See Before We Say4. Savoring What We See5. How We Say What We Have Savored Fresh look at fundamentals of preachingFor veteran and novice preachersForeword by Dean Inserra; afterword by John Piper