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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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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...

Serving God In A Migrant Crisis

Subtitled “Ministry to People on the Move,” this 134-page monograph is a data-packed plunge into the worldwide refugee situation: what’s going on, what to know, and what to do in the name of Christ. It draws upon the extensive knowledge of the great missiologist...

Serving God In Today’s Cities

A fast-moving monograph (113 pages) on our fast-urbanizing world, developed from the research of noted British mission leader Patrick Johnstone. Shows how this is the world’s “first urban century”–some 90 percent of us will live in cities by the year 2100, and the...

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Living with a Madman- We would not have been very impressed with the Roman government of the first century…. read more »
Doing vs. Managing- Why pastors run out of hours—and what to do about it. read more »
Why Ask Why?- We act surprised in the face of evil only if we’ve been fantasizing that the world is a pleasant, decent place…. read more »
Do I Trust You? Well, Sort of- Nothing gets the blood running faster than when someone questions whether you’re trustworthy…. read more »
Pizza for Breakfast?- Major changes are happening in the way modern families eat, not all of them for the good. read more »
Confessions of a Poor Salesman- read more »
A Four-Letter Word Called BUSY- What’s the busiest month of the year? Obviously, December, with all the shopping, partying, concertgoing, and traveling…. read more »
How to Explain the Infilling of the Spirit- The apostle Paul did not write, “Get filled with the Spirit,” as if it were a one-time achievement. What he wrote, Greek scholars tell us, is “Be always being filled.” … read more »
Little Ones to Him Belong- God has promised to use the small, the weak in special and surprising ways…. read more »
Is Marriage More Chancy These Days?- A number of the old allies have fled—the traditions and forces that used to prop up marriage as an institution. Our generation is in greater need to distinctly Christian reasons to stay married…. read more »
Are You Awake, God?- No one thought it odd but me—the tall American waiting in the gathering dusk outside the railway station in Trivandrum, India…. read more »
Stampeding to Tomorrow- “Busy” has become the modern shibboleth—a word adults just have to say. It’s the only acceptable reply when asked what you’ve been up to…. read more »