deanmerrill.com | Dean Merrill

Following a noteworthy career in magazine, curriculum, book and Bible publishing, Dean Merrill is now concentrating on independent editorial work. Some of his projects are solo writing, many are collaborations with well-known personalities, and still others involve overall directing of complex editorial projects.
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50 Pentecostal and Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know

Quick profiles of the famous and less-famous trailblazers of the Spirit-empowered movement, from William J. Seymour to Aimee Semple McPherson to David du Plessis to Kathryn Kuhlman to Oral Roberts to Jack Hayford to Jim Cymbala—50 in all. Foreword by New Testament...

afterwork

Subtitled “An honest discussion about the retirement lie, and how to live a future worthy of dreams.” This is a collaboration with financial advisors Joel Malick and Alex Lippert that addresses the nonfinancial factors of retirement—finding a new sense of purpose,...

Excellence Wins

Collaboration with Horst Schulze, the fascinating man who put Ritz-Carlton “on the map” of the hotel industry. This book is his no-nonsense guide to becoming the best in a world of compromise, whether you’re in business, education, government, the nonprofit arena, or...

The God Of New Beginnings

Collaboration with Rob Cowles and Matt Roberts—two daring pastors who have stepped out of the normal career track to plant “churches for people who don’t do church.” Called Genesis Project (“a place of new beginnings”), they touch hundreds of addicts, felons,...

Miracle Invasion

A collection of 40-some stories of accounts of credible healings, prophecies, miracles, and other gifts of the Spirit that have occurred in North America during the past few decades. They inspire faith and courage to access God’s activity—if Christians are not too...

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Whatever Happened to Kneeling?- When I get down on my knees to pray, the quality of my interaction with God is somehow changed…. read more »
Beyond Cheerleading- Leadership involves more than just making noise…. read more »
Can Any Good Thing Come Out of Washington?- We Americans have become a society that despises its government. Bumper stickers and wisecracks abound…. read more »
Confessions of a Poor Salesman- read more »
The God of New Things—and Old Ones, Too- Is he a progressive? A traditionalist? Or some of both? read more »
What’s the Main Attraction?- Unchurched people aren’t all that interested in slick performance and jolly socializing; they already know where to find those horizontal things. What they yearn for is something upward…. read more »
Looking for a Loophole- W. C. Fields, the famous comedian and actor who spun such punch lines as “I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday” and “I certainly do not drink all the time; I have to sleep, you know,” was a confirmed atheist. When he finally lay dying (of cirrhosis of… read more »
Good Morning, Isaiah- We can dismiss the morning devotional time as a throwback to decades past, even an obligation of legalism, or we can rediscover its value today…. read more »
Good Exegesis for Kids, Too- From the days of Cecil B. de Mille up to the present, Christians have criticized Hollywood and New York producers for adding to the Scripture. Are we qualified to cast stones? …. read more »
The Uncoupling of America: Why?- Too often people marry with the idea of what they’re going to get, not what they’ll give…. read more »
Can Giving Be Fun?- I remember the day my wife and I stopped tithing. No, we hadn’t departed from the faith, nor were we even rebelling against our upbringing…. read more »
Softly and Tenderly- What would you or I have done had we been in Solomon’s seat the day the two prostitutes came, arguing about whose baby was still alive? … read more »