The Pastor’s First Love: And Other Essays on a High and Holy Calling
by Rev. Donald N. Bastian (1956, BD; 1991, DDiv)
Rev. Bastian writes about the pastor as shepherd, preacher, worship leader, and professional – a distillation of his years of experience as a pastor and pastoral overseer and his teaching and writing on the subject. He is also the author of God’s House Rules: Seven Biblical Truths to Transform and Enrich Your Family Life and other books. The title of this book was taken from a baccalaureate
sermon he preached at Asbury University. You can listen to The Pastor’s First Love sermon from Asbury Chapel service on November of 2011. Purchase your copy today from Amazon.
Swallowed Up in God: The Best of Francis Asbury’s Journal and Letters
by Dr. Matt Friedeman (1985, MDiv)
Dr. Friedeman’s latest book, Swallowed Up in God, is a look at the American hero and even greater Kingdom hero Francis Asbury. It is said of him that he “changed American popular religion – and by extension American culture – as much as anyone ever has. The journal and letters will provide inspiration and a ready grasp of the key player in the leading evangelistic frontier of the latter 18th and early 19th centuries. Purchase your copy today from Amazon.