Books

I love to write. Here are some of the books I've written (so far, anyway...)

How to hold on to faith, keep trusting, and rediscover joy when God seems silent, slow, unfair, different, or wrong.

What do you do when it feels like God isn’t there―when the state of the world, our own suffering, or the struggles of those we know suggest that God is absent? When you’ve experienced soul-crushing silence from heaven, despite your fervent supplications?

Looking at Habakkuk, Job, David, and Jesus, as well as reflecting on his own experience of deep suffering, Adam Mabry examines the art of lament―how to cry out to God in desperation from a place of faith and hope. At the end, there are practical suggestions for what you can do to keep faith even in times of darkness and doubt. Readers will learn that God is big enough and good enough to handle hard questions and that his sovereign silence is filled with purpose for their lives. They will be encouraged to keep trusting God even when he seems silent, slow, unfair, different, or wrong.

You can buy When God Seems Gone on Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

STOP TAKING SIDES

From politics to theology, we’re struggling with unity. Are you exhausted of the division, anxiety, and fear? Embrace the surprisingly simple solution: Stop Taking Sides.

Come on a journey through nine biblical tensions, and the virtues that come from embracing them whole heartedly, believing them more biblically, and refusing to participate in side-taking anxiety. Love and wrath. Sovereignty and responsibility. Victory and suffering. Some biblical truths seem to oppose each other. In a world filled with ambiguity, we long for simple answers, but the Scriptures invite us to embrace mystery, listen closely, argue thoughtfully, and speak with clarity.



With certainty filled with curiosity, and conviction open to dialogue, you’re invited to stop taking sides. Reject anxiety and outrage, and start trusting God more faithfully.

Buy it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or The Good Book Co.

The art of rest

If you're feeling weary… wishing life were more sustainable… searching for a way to rest without feeling guilty… suspecting that you'd enjoy godly rest if only you knew what it was… look no further.

This warm, realistic, humorous book will show you how rest is different to what you thought it was, and more important than you've realized.

The world never stops. But you can. You need to. And it's wonderful. It's time to learn the art of rest.

You can purchase this book from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or The Good Book Co.

life and doctrine

Life and Doctrine is about bridging the gap between the lives we lead and the God we need. Perhaps you're checking out Christianity -- this book is designed to help you take a clear look at the Christian story, and invite you to believe it. Maybe you've followed Christ for a long time -- then this book will help you narrow the gap that exists between what you believe with your head and do with you life. Come discover how the truth and grace of the Christian story. Come discover Life and Doctrine

You can buy Life and Doctrine on Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

church forward

Far from being a how-to manual for a certain model of planting, this book is designed to infrom your thinking and working to bring a christ-centered, spirit-empowered, socially-responsble church to your unique context. Taking into account the scriptures unique calling, your unique wiring, and the demands of the host culture, this book will serve as a helpful guide as you develop a biblical, contextual, and authentic philosophy of ministry for the new church.

Academic Writing

Here's a bit of my academic work, if you're interested in that sort of thing.

1. The Missiological Function of the Charismata in the Early Church and Modern Missions
   Few topics generate more debate within evangelicalism than the propriety of the charismata. The purpose of this paper is to examine the biblical and historical function of the charismata in view of proving that the supernatural gifts of God held a critical missiological function in the early church, and that they also do today. The fastest growing religious movement in the modern age is Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity, going from statistical zero at the dawn of the 20th century to almost 700 million by the end of the century. Such a movement must be assessed, and its methods held up to the light of Scripture (orthodoxy) and the light of history (orthopraxy). This study will proceed by examining this phenomena biblically, historically, critically, and missiologically. The result of the study will demonstrate the the charismata were normative in the early church and critical to its missionary strategy, and therefore the charismata should be employed in similar fashion today. The outcome of this is a final synthesis of the data in proposing a practical way forward for those on the front lines of ministry as movement leaders, church planters, missionaries, and pastors.
   (This paper was my Master's Thesis at RTS.)