Is it possible that the division between the clergy and the laity is unnecessary and, in fact, harmful to the church? In Organic Leadership, Neil Cole fervently says yes and shows how this causes great harm to all. But rather than doing away with the clergy, Cole argues that the answer is to raise up organically grown leaders from ordinary Christians and make everyone "a priest."Using examples from modern cinema, personal experience, and the Bible, Cole sets out to change o...

The Second Edition of A-Z of Neurological Practice builds on the previous edition withrevised and updated information in a high density but easily accessible format to provide a quick and ready reference for busy clinicians of all degrees of experience. Entries for specific neurological conditions are uniformly structured indicating: Pathophysiology; Clinical Features; Investigations and Diagnosis; Differential Diagnosis; Treatment and Prognosis. Key references are cited throughou...

This book provides an applied, interdisciplinary approach to an understanding of the key social determinants of health, essential at a time of increasing inequalities and reductions in existing NHS services and local authority budgets.A person's health and wellbeing is influenced by a spectrum of socioeconomic, cultural, living and working conditions, social and community networks and lifestyle choices. Based on the 'rainbow model' of the social determinants of health, chapters fro...

We stand on the edge of an opportunity unlike any in history. Every moment we hesitate, the distance between irrelevance and influence grows exponentially. Our time is now.Today’s culture is defined by four exponential growth trends: the population boom, the technology tsunami, the rising economy gap and the increasing polarization of worldviews. Rising like tides, these trends are leading us toward a crushing break.Rising Tides is is a wake-up call for God’s peopl...

CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE REVOLUTIONARIES! WE SHOULD BE BRINGING A REVOLUTION TO OUR WORLD.Today's world needs a revolution. But not a violent one. We've had plenty of those. We need a revolution that changes hearts and minds. Jesus didn't come to earth just to change your Sunday morning routine. He came to change your life every day and in every way.The Right and Left are growing farther apart each week. Liberal politicians and conservatives are in a moral and political take-no...

From an international church starter and pastor, a resource guide for anyone organizing a congregation as part of the organic church movement.Neil Cole's best-selling book Organic Church described the fastest growing segment of contemporary Christianity—the so-called organic church. Now in this next-step book, he answers questions about how to deal with theological and organizational issues that come up. He talks about issues such has what to do with finan...

Since its publication in fall 2005, Neil Cole's Organic Church has become a national and international best-seller. Neil is an active speaker and presenter, traveling all over the world and continuing to be the main voice of the organic church movement, which is one of the fastest growing segments of contemporary Christianity. His organization, Church Multiplication Associates, is planting an estimated two churches per day and offers a training seminar every week (reaching over 3000 people...

Protestantism carries on with the practice of making the "pastor" the focal point in church. In The Pastor Has No Clothes, Jon Zens demonstrates that putting all the ecclesiastical eggs in the pastor's basket has no precedent in the New Testament. Using 1 Corinthians 12:14, Zens shows the usual way of doing church contradicts Paul's self-evident remark that "the body indeed is not one part" and then goes on to unfold from that Epistle how the living church functions "with many par...

Failure is inevitable. Failing well is a skill.The era of "move fast and break things" is over. In a world where software and AI are woven into everything from power grids to the devices in our homes, failure is no longer a minor inconvenience—it's a critical business risk that can cost lives, paralyze economies, and erode trust. Building Safer Technology delivers a practical field guide to safety engineering, a practice dedicated to designing systems that...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our March 2025 issue (#222) contains:Fiction"From Enceladus, with Love" by Ryan Cole"Pollen" by Anna Burdenko"Mindtrips" by Tlotlo Tsamaase"Those Uncaring Waves" by Yukimi Ogawa"Hook and Line" by Koji A. Dae"The Sound of the Star" by Ren Zeyu"Funerary Habits of Low Entro...

This is the clearest and most straightforward biomechanics textbook currently available. By breaking down the challenging subject of sport and exercise biomechanics into short thematic sections, it enables students to grasp each topic quickly and easily, and provides lecturers with a flexible resource that they can use to support any introductory course on biomechanics.The book contains a wealth of useful features for teaching and learning, including clear definitions of key terms,...

Drawing on the work of innovative educators, this edited volume shows how adopting a solutions focused approach can offer new constructive ways forward for special education. Diverse international contributors from both the world of special education and solutions focused thinking, offer ways to rethink special education and to focus on what can be done rather than what can't. Each chapter offers insights into how solutions focused thinking can reframe special education and the tangible re...