Most Popular Books by John Bishop

Trezește-te, ești o ființă miraculoasă Ce te împiedică să trăiești cea mai bună dintre vieți? Majoritatea răspunsurilor la această întrebare s-ar referi la lucruri ca relațiile cu alți oameni, bani, slujbă sau circumstanțe nefavorabile. Niciuna dintre aceste explicații nu are vreo importanță. După ce a lucrat zeci de ani cu oamenii în calitate de coach de dezvoltare personală, Gary John Bishop a descoperit că singura barieră care-ți stă în cale ești chiar tu. Dacă ești o persoană care se supără ușor, oprește-te din citit. Cartea asta nu e pentru tine. Dar, dacă ești în căutarea unei cărți care să-ți ofere puterea de a descoperi că tot ce ți-ai dorit vreodată se găsește în tine, asemenea unui izvor de potențial care așteaptă să se exprime, consideră-te norocos. Unfu*k Yourself este manualul celor resemnați și înfrânți, un manifest pentru o adevărată schimbare a vieții și descătușarea măreției fiecăruia dintre noi. Gary John Bishop este unul dintre experții de prim rang din domeniul dezvoltării personale. Abordarea sa de tip „filosofie urbană" reprezintă noul val în transformarea personală pozitivă și arta de a trăi, care asigură oamenilor rezultate miraculoase în ceea ce privește calitatea vieții și performanțele obținute.

Dangerous churches should be norm. Church leaders and church people alike shrink back from danger because we want safety. Jesus said that he''s overcome the world and its troubles. Dangerous churches put everything on the line for the one thing that matters most: reaching lost people.It''s dangerous not to be a dangerous church. The book is less about methods or even the message of God, but about a church that risks everything it has to reach lost people. Living Hope was birthed 8 years ago and has grown from five families to 5000 attendees, grown from one to 19 services on many campuses, and baptized 5,000 people along the way. A dangerous church sees what "only God" can do when it acts upon what the church is supposed to be. It risks everything to reach people.God wants us to live on the edge of our margin when it comes to mission and methods. So much of Living Hope''s journey has been going back to the Book of Acts and trying to live authentically with the givens of who they were, where they were and what they had to work with. They learned to abandon agendas and short-sighted human plans, especially ones that copy what other churches are doing. That''s when they found God''s blessing. "We went from being a good church to being God-honoring church," he reports.Drawing insight from the book of Acts, this book unfolds the very personal journey of a pastor, and then his entire church, when they finally began to live a dangerous faith. The transition had a dramatic impact on the pastor''s life and marriage, as well as on the congregation and its outreach. It opened a new sense of mission and incredible spiritual fruitfulness. The pastor is not only a radically different person today, but the entire church has become an atmosphere that values taking dangerous steps of faith. It will lead Christ''s followers to become risk-takers who change the world through a revolution that begins with a dangerous grace. The book is story-rich with examples of the grace-filled culture from Living Hope Church through the experiences of its pastor, John Bishop. It will avoid a smug attitude that implies "we''ve arrived," "we''re the first to live out grace" or "we''re the best at giving grace." Instead, the book will convey a humble attitude of "we''ve got a lot to learn," including examples of mistakes the church has made along the way. The rapid transition of Living Hope will not be projected as a speed for other churches to follow (lest the book invite a crash-and-burn outcome at other churches). Thus the book will find its primary story in and from Living Hope.In 2007 Outreach Magazine ranked Living Hope as the seventh fastest growing schurh in the US. They have also been listed among the 50 most influential churches in America.

This novel, seen through the eyes of a British officer, imagines how the experience was for some of the Chinese. What did the world’s most populous country contribute to World War One? Not much, apart from the 140,000 labourers who signed up to work on the Western Front and found themselves under a casually-racist military jurisdiction. The Chinese Attack dramatises their situation through the eyes of 2nd Lieutenant Jack Reynolds, sent to find evidence of unfolding mutiny among them after he himself has been charged with inciting protest at the War’s direction – this a consequence of the loss of his men in a futile decoy attack at the Battle of Passchendaele. Jack’s growing realisation that he is being used to further injustice leads him to rebel and fight to stop his Chinese charges’ being sacrificed to mindless prejudice. Against a backdrop of the chaos unleashed by the Allied collapse in the Spring of 1918, Jack’s mission to save his servant Tien becomes a pell-mell dash for freedom to escape from the firing squad. In the course of which he struggles to regain his own will to live. While the central plot is fiction, the routine experiences of the Chinese are based on fact and bring to life a neglected aspect of the War, which both contributed to post-war Chinese political and economic developments and fed the anti-imperialist propaganda of more recent Chinese governments.

God is not a bigger version of your earthly father. When you hear the word “father,” do you think of someone who is loving…or angry? Someone who is pleased with you…or constantly disappointed? Someone who is always available…or someone who is too busy, preoccupied, or distant? When you think of “Father God,” what images come to mind? Regardless of the type of father you grew up with—or without—it is likely that your view of God is influenced by the relationship you had with your father. Author John Bishop wants to help you discover that God is not just like your dad. Instead, God is the Father revealed in Scripture, where the truth is clear. God is a father who is: • always there • up close and personal • fully pleased • in complete control • completely safe Filled with biblical insight and practical tools for reflection, healing, and restoration, God Distorted will enable you to break free from the lies of the enemy and see your heavenly Father as He truly is.

Arriving on the Caribbean island of Manchineel, Skye MacLeod, independent investigator and amateur pilot, finds himself embroiled in a sinister plot.

It all started with a promise to a girl he hardly knew... Love, Freedom or Death is a love story set against the resistance struggle in Crete during World War 2. Inspired by true events, it follows impetuous young Dudley Watkins, a New Zealand Sergeant, as he journeys from the disillusionment of defeat in the battle of Crete to the willingness to risk all for the island he has come to love. Love, Freedom or Death tells of a man who kept his promises, but in doing so drove others to break theirs, a man who fought to make the Cretan dream of freedom a reality and a man who falls out with his British masters while falling in love with an unattainable woman. Reminiscent of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, John Bishop’s novel is a powerful story of love and betrayal.

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Unfu*k Yourself comes tough-love that explains what makes relationships work: you taking responsibility to fix yourself. “Love is patient, love is blind. . .” Until it''s not. Then what? No matter how much advice we get or how much work we do on our “stuff,” nothing ever seems to make the difference. The truth of it is, you’re woefully ill-equipped for one of the most life-defining things you will ever take on—being in a committed relationship. Whether you’re currently in one, want to be in one, half in–half out, getting over one, married, single, separated, divorced, or just overwhelmed with the whole thing, let’s cut through the morass of relationship schtick and put you back in charge. No flowery BS, no woo-woo strategies, systems, or techniques, just real talk, for real people who want a real relationship in their life that actually works. Relationship Advice That Works: Gary John Bishop strips away the usual clichés and gets to the core of what makes committed relationships stronger—you taking responsibility for yourself. Tough-Love Dating and Marriage Wisdom: Whether you’re single, married, separated, divorced, or somewhere in between, this book offers real talk for navigating modern relationships. Cut Through Relationship BS: Forget the flowery promises and empty systems—this is direct, honest guidance for people who want a relationship that actually works. Personal Responsibility in Love: Instead of focusing on fixing your partner, Bishop challenges you to confront your own patterns, habits, and blind spots. For Anyone Feeling Stuck in Love: From heartbreak to commitment struggles, this book speaks to the confusion, frustration, and hope wrapped up in building a real relationship.

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