The second edition of Worship Quest: An Exploration of Worship Leadership guides readers on a journey through the importance of understanding worship and its leadership. With fresh insights and expanded content, Steven D. Brooks equips worship leadership and congregations with the theological depth and practical wisdom needed to engage in thoughtful, God-centered worship. This updated edition deepens the exploration of worship as a holistic, formative experience--one that engages the entir...

Worship Formation provides a thoughtful perspective on Christian worship and addresses how each element within a worship service spiritually forms the worshiper. Brooks challenges the reader toward an understanding that worshiping through music, prayer, Scripture reading, Communion, sermon, stillness, giving, and baptism engages the worshiper in spiritual formation. Worship Formation encourages the worshiper to not just go through the motions when they gather for worship, but to realize th...

During the last week of the season of Lent, called Holy Week, we join Jesus as he walked through the final stretch toward his death and resurrection. The first Holy Week began with Jesus riding into Jerusalem being praised as king and culminated in Jesus’s earthly body lying in a tomb. This astonishing week of contrast encompasses such a sweeping range of emotion and expression for the believer—from unrestrained praise to deep mourning.The Week That Changed the World reflects on th...

Designed as a companion to the second edition of Worship Quest: An Exploration of Worship Leadership by Steven D. Brooks, the Worship Quest Workbook provides a way to engage deeper with the insights of Worship Quest. This supplemental guide offers thought-provoking questions, exercises, and resources to help readers and students reflect, apply, and grow in their understanding of worship and its leadership. Ideal for personal use or in Bible studies, church classes, and small groups. Whethe...

Rome AD 9Augustus Caesar rules Imperial Rome at the height of its power, as the Roman Empire stretches across the known world. Cassius, son of one of her most powerful families, is the personification of Rome's imperial strength: wealthy, popular, a war hero with a decorated military career—none of Rome's fashionable parties are complete without him—except, he hides a secret.After his nerve is broken in Germany, the thought of genuine armed combat is enough to send him into...

Brewing is one of the oldest and most complex technologies in food and beverage processing. Its success depends on blending a sound understanding of the science involved with an equally clear grasp of the practicalities of production. Brewing: science and practice provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to both of these aspects of the subject.After an initial overview of the brewing process, malts, adjuncts and enzymes are reviewed. A chapter is then devoted to water, effluents an...

The outcomes of campaigns in the Civil War often depended on top generals having the right corps commanders in the right place at the right time. Mutual trust and respect between generals and their corps commanders, though vital to military success, was all too rare: Corps commanders were often forced to exercise considerable discretion in the execution of orders from their generals, and bitter public arguments over commanders' performances in battle followed hard on the heels of many majo...

A Warhammer 40,000 AnthologyThese short stories include some of your favourite heroes and villains, and some new ones you might not yet be familiar with.READ IT BECAUSE21 authors explore the 41st Millennium in 24 short stories, with perspectives from within and without the Imperium of Mankind. There's something in here for every fan of Warhammer 40,000.THE STORYIn the grim darkness of the far future,...

The Sacred Anointing:Yours!There are aspects of God’s anointing that are rarely addressed and often overlooked.The Sacred Anointing shows you the possibilities of walking in and experiencing this anointing.Full of personal experiences and wonderful miracles, you will find yourself on an exciting journey from “head knowledge” to an “experiential knowing” of how to move in God’s precious anointing. You will undoubtedly notice an increase in the activity of God’s glory...

Get ready for a spiritual explosion!Experience the release of spiritual power through the age-old wonders of fasting and prayer!When it comes to Fasting and Prayer, author Steven Brooks has lived his message. In this book, he shares the ups and downs of his experiences with fasting—and the explosive power the Holy Spirit has released in his ministry as a result. Visions, healings, and miracles have been released to Steven Brooks through the simple ...

How to Operate in the Gifts of the SpiritNow concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant.-1 Cor. 12:1, NKJVAre the gifts of the Spirit operating in your life?Maybe you thought that the Holy Spirit no longer gave gifts to His people in the twenty-first century. There’s a good chance you have heard of these gifts, but you have only seen them listed in a "What We Believe" section on a church website, and you ...

How do you watch Invisible Promisesbecome Visible Blessings in your Life?~Many people have prayed for miracles and breakthroughs… but they are still waiting to see these prayers get answered. What is the key to receiving answers from Heaven?Christians are taught a great deal about how to receive entry into God’s family: by grace, through faith. The problem is that many are only