About the Speaker

Bruce Deel founded City of Refuge in 1997 with a desire to bring light, hope, and transformation to one of Atlanta’s most challenging neighborhoods. Bruce has been recognized by the City of Atlanta as a community leader and has received additional honors from the governor of Georgia, People, and Major League Baseball. He is a sought-after speaker in private and public venues and serves as a consultant to numerous nonprofit organizations. Bruce is the author of Trust First, where he shares stories about how the power of trust can lead to changed lives. He is a graduate of Lee University, has been married for 34 years to his wife, Rhonda, and is the proud father of five daughters and grandfather of eleven grandchildren.

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Great Books for Deeper Leadership

Knowing God

For over 40 years, J. I. Packer's classic has been an important tool to help Christians around the world discover the wonder, the glory and the joy of knowing God.

Lead with Prayer: The Spiritual Habits of World-Changing Leaders

Looking for help in their own leadership, entrepreneur Ryan Skoog, CEO Peter Greer, and executive advisor Cameron Doolittle set out to investigate how leaders pray. What do they say to God? How often do they pray, and for how long? Where do they pray? And how on earth do they make time for prayer?

The True Measure of a Man

Men just get this book. It seems to resonate with them. Men who don't read many books read this one and want to get it into the hands of others.

Experiencing God

When you open this book, you’ll find that you aren’t just reading. No, you are being remade, reoriented, restored from the frustration of what you may have known as stale religion.

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

A compelling emotional and spiritual case against hurry and in favor of a slower, simpler way of life.

Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe—the Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor—loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love.

Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge

Do you pray as often and as bravely as you want to? Are you looking to strengthen your relationship with God and experience a deeper, more intentional prayer life?

Did God Really Say That?

The Bible is the infallible Word God. It is reliable. Good science and archaeology support its accuracy. We must follow God’s plan.

How to Study Your Bible

Bible teacher Kay Arthur’s inductive study method has helped millions of people discover the truth of God’s Word for themselves. This bestselling and dynamic guide, written with David Arthur and Pete De Lacy, invites readers of all levels of Bible literacy and learning to dive deeper into God’s promises.

The Word of God in English

With so many Bible translations available, how do you make a choice between them? How do you even know what the criteria should be for making a choice? Learn how we got our modern Bible in English.

How We Got the Bible

How and when did the books of the Bible originate? In what sense are these books different from other books? How have these books been preserved and transmitted to us?

Faithful God

There is sweetness in the providence of God, whose "judgment is unsearchable" and whose "paths beyond tracing out", yet is committed and faithful to care for the most needy amongst his children.

Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like.

Authority and Accountability

God has chosen to give His authority to men in various areas including the government, employment, the church and families. If we have a healthy understanding of the fear of the Lord, we will understand why God places authorities in our lives.

Our Accountability to God

Contained in these pages is a warm-hearted, incisive, yet deeply substantial treatment of that most crucial of Christian doctrines, the depravity and powerlessness of mankind.

The Pursuit of God with Study Guide

In this Christian classic, late pastor and evangelist A. W. Tozer brings the mystics to bear on modern spirituality, grieving the hustle and bustle and calling for a slow, steady gaze upon God.

Evidence That the Bible Is True

Is the Bible true, or is it merely a collection of myths and legends? Explore extraordinary evidence revealing that the Bible is trustworthy from beginning to end.

The Christian in Complete Armour

Originally written in the seventeenth century by William Gurnall, this is among the most regarded Christian books ever written. This modern format contains 365 daily devotionals.

The Weapons of Our Warfare

Right now, there is a real spiritual battle going on in the unseen realm. Every Christian must equip themselves against the forces of darkness. Victory is possible when we use the full armor of God described in Ephesians 6.

Dressed to Kill

Dressed To Kill is considered by many to be a true classic on the subject of scriptural warfare. Questions at the end of each chapter will guide you into deeper study.

The Full Armor of God

Respected scholar and speaker Larry Richards offers a balanced, evangelical-friendly approach to spiritual warfare based on the book of Ephesians.

Handbook for Personal Bible Study

The Bible is the most important book ever written. And yet we are separated from its authorship by millennia. To engage the Bible fully as a life-changing practice, we need to find our way into it and through it.

Know Your Bible

A concise, easy-to-understand guide to God's Word—giving you a helpful and memorable overview of all 66 books. For each book of the Bible, Know Your Bible provides data on the author and time frame, and more…

Living Fearless

All human conflict originates from fear, and fear originates from a false view of God, ourselves, and others. Until we exchange what's false for what's real, we will never experience being fully alive, fully human, and fully free.

Mentor Like Jesus: His Radical Approach to Building the Church

Learn the power of intentionality when it's a part of authentic community… the processes Jesus used and modeled, distilled and activated for the 21st century. Here's a way for more mature believers to find purpose and meaning as they move into the giving back season of life.

Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer

Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious promises, and yet, people find prayer to be boring, obligatory, or confusing. Staton addresses common roadblocks to prayer and gives you the confidence to come to God just as you are.

Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind...

Bestselling author and pastor Louie Giglio shares practical ways to overcome the Enemy’s lies and instead find peace and security in any challenging circumstance or situation. The book draws insights from Psalm 23.

Financial Discipleship: Investing in Eternity

A financial disciple has a clear vision, to see every follower of Christ in every nation faithfully living by God's financial principles in every area of their lives, both personally and in their work, family and community. He or she desires to know Christ more intimately, to be free to serve, and to help fund the work of the church.

Just Give Me One More: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Leadership

Spiritual leadership and mentoring encourage believers to mature and grow together through intentional discipleship and accountability. Each chapter encourages both leader and the protégé to focus on the gospel as they learn together from the truth of God’s Word.

Jesus On Leadership

Discover the essence of transformative leadership by studying how Jesus led. Gene Wilkes, a popular conference speaker, describes how Jesus led. He identifies seven practical principles for today’s leaders, to assist them with everything from humbling their hearts to building a team for Christ.