Glorious Finish: Keeping Your Eye on the Prize of Eternity in a Time of Pastoral Failings

Product DescriptionWhat separates pastors who finish well from those who don?t?When trusted pastors fall into sin and destroy a ministry, the entire body of believers gets hurt. After helping two large churches through the aftermath of such an event, Daniel Henderson discovered that pastoral failings are not primarily rooted in overdeveloped passions for self and sin but rather in underfed visions of eternity and a lack of zeal for God?s glory. In Glorious Finish, Daniel Henderson teaches you: Why focusing on God?s glory is the key to a fruitful ministryHow leaders can build habits that keep them captivated by God and His gloryHow to stay glory-oriented in the grind, challenges, and spiritual attacks of ministryForget the latest techniques and the strategies-spend some time recentering on what you know is most important-His glory.ReviewPraise for Glorious Finish?The message of Glorious Finish is timely and desperately needed at a time when so many Christian leaders are being forced to step down because of character issues, family crisis, or moral failure. As a leader or pastor, it is imperative that you prepare to finish well. Glorious Finish will inspire and motivate you to take an honest look at the root causes that sabotage your destiny and help equip you to overcome them.?-MARK JOBEPresident of Moody Bible Institute Author of Unstuck: Out of Your Cave into Your Call?Glorious Finish is a sober and extremely helpful book about a growing epidemic among Christian clergy. Believers in Jesus Christ across America are watching with dismay as serious problems beset pastors, leading to failure and shame. As a result, churches are devastated, and nonbelievers see their cricticism validated. Daniel Henderson attacks the problem head on and gives us a book that needs to be read by clergy and church members alike.?-JIM CYMBALASenior Pastor, The Brooklyn TabernacleAuthor of Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire?What?s better than learning from your mistakes? Learning before you make the mistake! That?s what I find inspiring in Glorious Finish! Here?s an honest and insightful path to finishing well. From one pastor to another, Daniel coaches us to higher places. No leader escapes the temptations to descend into dangerous dissatisfaction. We can all learn before we make regrettable mistakes. Get into this book and let it get into you!?-KEVIN MYERSFounding Pastor, 12Stone Church Author of Home Run: Learn God?s Game Plan for Life and Leadership?In a day of high-profile ?blow-outs? and dysfunctional leadership, Glorious Finish provides the church with a desperately needed reorientation. Winsome. Practical. Biblical. Bold. Hopeful. This is more than just another pastoral leadership book; it?s the distillation of critical truths for faithful ministry over the long haul. I always grow as a Christian and pastor when I?m around Daniel. This book will show you why.?-MARK VROEGOPLead Pastor of College Park Church, IndianapolisAuthor of Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament ?Only heaven knows what the church would be like today if everyone God called to serve Him had faithfully fulfilled their calling. Daniel Henderson?s book Glorious Finish provides a crucial, timely, challenging word for those who take God?s calling seriously. It will inspire you to finish everything God initiates in your life.?-RICHARD BLACKABYPresident of Blackaby Ministries InternationalCoauthor, Spiritual Leadership and Experiencing God?I am so thankful for Daniel Henderson?s new book, Glorious Finish. As a pastor myself, my heart is gripped with the reality of the struggle Daniel exposes in this book. We are all capable of being disqualified, left to our own resources. The truths Daniel shares in this book reveal how we can guard our hearts and trust the power of Christ to live in victory and experience the glorious finish Christ has promised for us. This book will change lives. This book will save marriages and ministries. This book will inspire