Bøger af Cole Brown

"The Gospel." It's a word we have heard more and more in recent years, as an increased number of Christians have been emphasizing a "gospel-centered" approach to life and ministry. This is right and good, as the gospel is the central message of Jesus and, as such, the most important message in the world. Yet it it also the most misunderstood. For all of the renewed emphasis on the gospel message, there remains much confusion about what the content of the message actually is. Even amongst those who most celebrate it, there can be a lack of clarity in defining it. This is a significant problem, since the Bible tells us it is the gospel that saves us (makes us right with God), sanctifies us (makes us more like Jesus), and reveals to us who God is. With such high stakes, Christians need to be certain they are preaching this gospel with confidence and clarity and non-Christians need to be sure the message they are choosing to accept or reject is Jesus' actual message (and not an unclear version of it). The Gospel Is... aims to help both groups cut through the muddy misunderstandings and provide a simple and easy-to-follow summary of Jesus' primary message.To help leaders, we have included a DISCUSSION GUIDE following each section.

Both our concept of God and our daily life as Christians are shaped by what we hear in church. Unfortunately, some of the things that are most repeated in church culture are also those things that are least true. Lies My Pastor Told Me confronts 18 of these church clichés with the gospel of Jesus Christ and shows how each one robs Jesus of the glory he deserves and rob his people of the true good he has for them. Cole Brown writes from his own experience, having heard, believed and even taught these lies. The arguments used in the book to correct these lies are the same lies he found in the Bible and heard from other Christians, and those that ultimately led him to abandoned what he believed and find freedom and joy in the truths of the gospel. Lies My Pastor Told Me is not a book against pastors (the author himself is a pastor). It is a book against lies. It aims to point us toward the Chief Pastor, the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ, who himself is the Truth who never lies. To help leaders, we have included a DISCUSSION GUIDE after each chapter.

The phrase has become a cultural cliché and a punchline. But if your father was absent, abusive, or aloof, you know daddy issues are no laughing matter. Regardless of your gender, ethnicity, age, religion, or culture, the failures of our fathers wound us deeply - and those wounds do not simply go away with time. They follow us wherever we go. They impact our relationships with God and others. They influence how we view ourselves and our world. At times they seem to wield unshakeable control. Yet there is good news: God desires to heal your father wounds. He speaks truthfully and powerfully into each of them with the gospel of Jesus Christ, which alone has the power to close these festering wounds and free you from their control. Daddy Issues both diagnoses the wounds caused by absent, abusive and aloof fathers and dresses them with the healing power of God's words. Open the book and allow the Great Physician to do his work. To help leaders we have included a DISCUSSION GUIDE following each section.

As seen on ABC's The View ¿ One of W magazine's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023"We reserve this space for our humanity in all of its fond, ironic, elated, grief-stricken, confused glory . . . When you find yourself alone and downtrodden, when the news is too much, return to these pages. This one is for you." -from the introduction by Cole Brown and Natalie Johnson"There's something particularly special about Black Love. When you consider the history of our people, the strife and adversity we've overcome, love seems an almost illogically ambitious act of resistance." -from the foreword by John LegendFrom celebrated Black writers, creators, and thinkers-and with a foreword by John Legend-comes a collection of letters and original illustrations on the subject of Black love, a powerful and heartfelt celebration of Blackness in all its many forms. In this exquisite anthology of letters and illustrations, Cole Brown and Natalie Johnson bring together a constellation of influential Black figures to write to the people, places, and moments that mean the most to them. With a foreword from John Legend and contributions from Brontez Purnell, Morgan Jerkins, Reverend Al Sharpton, and Dr. Imani Perry, among many others, Black Love Letters is an ode to a phenomenal community: a testament to the fact that where there has been pain and suffering, there has also always been immeasurable, irrepressible joy and love. With letters from: Akili King ¿ Reverend Al Sharpton ¿ Alexandra Elle ¿ Allisa Charles-Findley ¿ Barbara Edelin ¿ Belinda Walker ¿ Ben Crump ¿ Bill Whitaker ¿ Bilquisu Abdullah ¿ Brianna Holt ¿ Brontez Purnell ¿ Cole Brown ¿ Danez Smith ¿ Dick Parsons ¿ Deborah Willis ¿ Doug Jones ¿ Douglas Kearney ¿ Imani Perry ¿ Jamila Woods ¿ Jan Menafee ¿ Jayne Allen ¿ Jeh Charles Johnson ¿ Jenna Wortham ¿ Jonathan Capehart ¿ John Legend ¿ Joel Castón ¿ Joy-Ann Reid ¿ Justus Cornelius Pugh ¿ Kwame Dawes ¿ Lynae Vanee Bogues ¿ Mahogany Browne ¿ Malachi Elijah ¿ Michael Eric Dyson ¿ Morgan Jerkins ¿ Nadia Owusu ¿ Natalie Johnson ¿ Raka Reynolds ¿ Rhianna Jones ¿ Chef Roze Traore ¿ Sojourner Brown ¿ Tarana Burke ¿ Tembe Denton-Hurst ¿ Topaz Jones ¿ Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts ¿ VJ Jenkins

An honest and courageous examination of what it means to navigate the in-between   Cole has heard it all before—token, bougie, oreo, Blackish—the things we call the kids like him. Black kids who grow up in white spaces, living at an intersection of race and class that many doubt exists. He needed to get far away from the preppy site of his upbringing before he could make sense of it all. Through a series of personal anecdotes and interviews with his peers, Cole transports us to his adolescence and explores what it’s like to be young and in search of identity. He digs into the places where, in youth, a greyboy’s difference is most acutely felt: parenting, police brutality, Trumpism, depression, and dating, to name a few.  Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World asks an important question: What is Blackness? It also provides the answer: Much more than you thought, dammit.