Ministering Through Spiritual Gifts

by Charles F. Stanley

Dr. Charles Stanley's new series of Bible study guides feature insights and wisdom of this beloved pastor and author. Small groups and individuals who want a Bible study that's spiritually sound and practical will find a wealth of ideas to help them understand and apply the Scriptures to the real world. Each title takes a unique fourfold approach to get the most out of Bible study time - emphasizing personal identification with the Scripture passage, recognition of your emotional response, reflection of the passage's meaning and application, and taking steps to apply what's been learned. This is a sound way to explore the Word of God.

Genres: Christian, Faith, Theology, Christian Living

112 pages, Paperback

First published March 2, 1999

About the author

Dr. Charles F. Stanley is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church Atlanta, founder of In Touch Ministries, and a New York Times best-selling author who has written more than fifty books, and has sold more than nine million copies. He demonstrates a keen awareness of people's needs and provides Christ-centered, biblically-based principles for everyday life.

Charles Frazier Stanley was born September 25, 1932, in the small town of Dry Fork, Virginia. The only child of Charley and Rebecca Stanley, Charles came into the world during a time when the entire nation felt the grip of the Great Depression. To make matters worse, just nine months later, his father Charley died at the young age of 29.

However, Charles refused to let the Great Depression or the difficulties of his life define him. Instead, like his father and grandfather before him, he clung to God’s Word and took up the mantle to preach the gospel to whoever would listen.

Dr. Stanley’s motivation is best represented by the truth found in Acts 20:24, “Life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about God's mighty kindness and love.” This is because, as he says, “It is the Word of God and the work of God that changes people’s lives.”

Dr. Stanley’s teachings can be heard weekly at First Baptist Church Atlanta, daily on “In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley” radio and television broadcasts on more than 2,800 stations around the world, on the Internet at intouch.org, through the In Touch Messenger, and in the monthly, award-winning In Touch magazine.

Reviews

[Brent Soderstrum · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author gives you an in depth look at all 7 of the spiritiual gifts and then you can figure out which one you were given. Every Christian is given a gift by the Holy Spirit to use for God. I figured out my spiritual gift is the gift of teaching. I like Charles Stanley and this is a very good study.

[Crystal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great overview of spiritual gifts!

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

We used this book for a guide to applying spiritual gifts in a small group setting. I enjoyed how it layed things out very plainly. I did feel like it might have been more complete if it had included the gift of evanilism, but we made do with our own lesson on that gift. Good information and good for a small group study that's not too indepth and wants to promote practical application.

[Nancy]

A group at our church was doing this study, but I missed it. I read the book while on vacation and thought it was very good. I'd recommend skipping the first two chapters. I think it is also a better study done with others. I have heard there was a series on tape that goes with it that helps one to see what one's gift is if used only 'in the world'. So far I can't find it. A friend said that this was very helpful for her, as she didn't see herself as having any of the gifts until she saw how they could be used "in the world", but not for God's purpose.