Steve Chalke Libros

Human trafficking is the fastest growing global crime and is now the second largest after the illegal arms trade. It involves the movement of people, against their will, through violence, deception or coercion for the purpose of sex, forced labour or even body parts. Men, women and children are all victims of trafficking; although approximately 80 per cent are women and girls and up to 50 per cent are children. The book contains real-life stories, photographs, and practical action points, divided into 6 sections - Stop: The right to freedom; Look: Trafficking is on your doorstep; Think: Attitudes and awareness; Buy: The power of the consumer; Act: Join the movement; and, Start: Resources to get you started.

This book shares the ten simple, straight-forward principles that undergird Oasis' holistic approach to community work and that have the power to protect the lives of our young people for good.

Focusing on the urgent issue of human trafficking, this book reveals it as a rapidly growing global crime, second only to the illegal arms trade. It highlights the plight of victims—predominantly women and children—through real-life stories and photographs. The content is organized into six sections that encourage readers to stop, look, think, buy, act, and start making a difference in the fight against trafficking, providing practical action points and resources to empower individuals to combat this crisis.

The book highlights HeartEdge, an innovative church renewal movement that emerged in response to the pandemic, founded by Samuel Wells at St Martin in the Fields. It showcases the movement's extensive outreach, including serving thousands of meals and transforming into an online hub for conferences and theological education. A key feature is Wells' monthly discussions on the Church's future with prominent leaders from the UK and the US, which have attracted large online audiences, reflecting a vibrant and adaptive approach to faith in challenging times.

'Your life is precious - a precious gift. It is sacred; every moment of it. The opportunity to live rather than sleepwalk through our days belongs to us. This book is a call to wake up. It is a call to each one of us; to wake up, to live before we die.' It's easy to sleepwalk through life without ever really considering what we're here for. But life presents us with continual opportunities to wake up - and to think about not just what we do with our lives, but who we become while living them. Ultimately it is the story that we believe about ourselves, our lives and the world around us that will shape us - for better or for worse. So where do we find a good story - a convincing narrative that makes sense of it all? Steve Chalke suggests that Jesus' good news about the kingdom of God - a practical, lived-out expression of God's plans for the world - is the best story for us to find ourselves in. Each one of us is called to be part of the drama of the coming kingdom, and it's in this that we find a practical spirituality that helps shape our lives into everything we were meant to be.

A change agent wants to alter the way the world works. Creative, driven, difficult, these people have visions that they wrench into reality. Steve Chalke turned a church into the hub of its inner-city community. In Change Agents, he shares lessons he learned---hard-won, wryly told, and immensely practical---as his vision took form and life.

An intelligent church is deliberately thoughtful about its theology and practice and about the connection between the Bible and modern culture. This theologically rooted and practical book will help you move you and your church along the path toward more faithful and effective ministry of God's love in a changing world.

A fresh look at Jesus that will stir thoughtful debate, pose new questions and hopefully create a deeper understanding of Jesus and his message.