Download or read book Above Common Christianity written by Pilgrim Preacher and published by Pilgrim Preacher. This book was released on 2023-06-18 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are six stages of spiritual growth, the Creator wants every Christian believer to experience. If you are desirous of being the best you can be, then this book is for you. Are you keen on living the best Christian experience? This book signposts each stage of progression from the conversion experience to the ultimate stage of parenthood (and grand parenthood). The eldership in your assembly wants you to grow in grace and knowledge, and to become a spiritual leader in your own right. This book is a must-read if you want to live above the rate of common Christianity. The purpose of this book is to give you some ideas and principles to instill into your life so that you might live your Christian life above the rate of common Christianity. This book is divided into six parts: One: Sinner. Two: Sainthood. Three: Surrender. Four: Servanthood. Five: Soul winner. Six: Spiritual parenthood. You'll notice that these all start with the letter S, so it's easy for you to remember. Everyone born into this world is supposed to progress along this six-step pathway. This is the way of God. This is the way to God. This is the way to paradise. If you have not begun this journey, then begin today. If you are stagnating in sainthood, then move on to servanthood. If you are a soul-winner, then move on to spiritual parenthood. Make sure you are progressing to gain the rewards in life. Make sure you are moving through these six stages to live above common Christianity. The title of this book comes from David Brainerd’s personal diary. David Brainerd was a Presbyterian missionary to the native American Indians along the Delaware, New Jersey. He was born in the year, seventeen eighteen, and died in the year, seventeen forty-seven. During his years of ministry, he suffered many setbacks and hardships, which he recorded in his diary. In his later years, he suffered from Tuberculosis, which eventually he succumbed to. There, as he lay on his deathbed, about to depart, he urged his brother, to live above the rate of common Christianity. David Brainerd had done that himself in his life; he had not succumbed to just going with the flow. He wanted to live to the glory of God. He was a man of intense prayer; a man of intense yearnings after the unchurched, and to see his adopted Delaware Indians trained in the scriptures. David Brainerd had lived that himself and he had a desire that others live above the rate of common Christianity. In the New Testament, we can read about what we are supposed to be doing here, in our Christian lives. The new believer needs these questions tackled: Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? Those questions become easier to answer when we know the six stages of living Above Common Christianity. I trust that you might also have that desire: not to be lukewarm, not to compromise but that you would indeed desire to live above the rate of common Christianity. The purpose of this book is to help you to live above the rate of common Christianity. Get this book to be the best you can be.
Download or read book Above Common Christianity written by Pilgrim Preacher and published by Revivalist Series. This book was released on 2023-08-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are six stages of spiritual growth, the Creator wants every Christian believer to experience. If you are desirous of being the best you can be, then this book is for you. Are you keen on living the best Christian experience? This book signposts each stage of progression from the conversion experience to the ultimate stage of parenthood (and grand parenthood). The eldership in your assembly wants you to grow in grace and knowledge, and to become a spiritual leader in your own right. This book is a must-read, if you want to live above the rate of common Christianity. This book aims to give you some ideas and principles to instill into your life so that you might live your Christian life above the rate of common Christianity. This book is divided up into six parts: One: Sinner. Two: Sainthood. Three: Surrender. Four: Servanthood. Five: Soul winner. Six: Spiritual Parenthood. You'll notice that these all start with the letter S, so it's easy to remember. Everyone born into this world is supposed to progress along this six-step pathway. This is the way of God. This is the way to God. This is the way to Paradise. If you have not begun this journey, then begin today. If you are stagnating on sainthood, then move on to surrender. If you are a soul-winner, then move on to spiritual parenthood. In the New Testament, we can read about what we are supposed to be doing here, in our Christian lives. The new believer needs these questions tackled: Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? Those questions become easier to answer when we know the six stages of living Above Common Christianity. Make sure you are progressing to gain the rewards in life. Make sure you are moving through these six stages to live Above Common Christianity. The title of this book comes from David Brainerd's personal diary. David Brainerd was a Presbyterian missionary to the Native American Indians along the Delaware, New Jersey. He was born in the year, seventeen eighteen, and died in the year, seventeen forty-seven. During his years of ministry, he suffered many setbacks and hardships, which he recorded in his diary. In his later years, he suffered from Tuberculosis, which eventually he succumbed to. There, as he lay on his deathbed, about to depart, he urged his brother, to live above the rate of common Christianity. David Brainerd had done that himself in his life; he had not succumbed to just going with the flow. He wanted to live to the glory of God. He was a man of intense prayer, intense yearnings after the lost, and to see his adopted people trained in the scriptures. David Brainerd had lived that himself and he had a desire that others live above the rate of common Christianity. I trust that you might also have that desire: not to be lukewarm, not to compromise; but that you would indeed desire to live above the rate of common Christianity. The purpose of this book is to help you to live above the rate of common Christianity.
Download or read book The Christian Left written by Lucas Miles and published by BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church has been invaded. The Christian Left unveils how liberal thought has entered America's sanctuaries, exchanging the Trinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for the trinity of diversity, acceptance, and social justice. This in-depth look at church history, world politics, and pop culture masterfully exposes the rise and agenda of the Christian Left. Readers will learn how to: Identify and refute the lies of the Christian Left Uncover the meaning of love as Jesus defined it Navigate controversial subjects such as abortion, gender identity, and the doctrine of hell Gain confidence in upholding biblical values Come face-to-face with the person of Jesus, who is neither left nor right but the embodiment of truth and grace Be equipped with a strong understanding of issues facing the church today and empowered to elevate God's truth, justice, and wisdom.
Download or read book The Character of the Christian written by Tim Challies and published by Cruciform Quick. This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you growing in godliness? How would you know? A good place to begin is understanding and imitating the character qualifications the Bible lays out for elders. While elders are meant to exemplify these traits, all Christians are to display them. And, with just one exception, each of them is related to our moral character.
Download or read book Cold Case Christianity written by J. Warner Wallace and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an L. A. County homicide detective and former atheist, Cold-Case Christianity examines the claims of the New Testament using the skills and strategies of a hard-to-convince criminal investigator. Christianity could be defined as a “cold case”: it makes a claim about an event from the distant past for which there is little forensic evidence. In Cold-Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace uses his nationally recognized skills as a homicide detective to look at the evidence and eyewitnesses behind Christian beliefs. Including gripping stories from his career and the visual techniques he developed in the courtroom, Wallace uses illustration to examine the powerful evidence that validates the claims of Christianity. A unique apologetic that speaks to readers’ intense interest in detective stories, Cold-Case Christianity inspires readers to have confidence in Christ as it prepares them to articulate the case for Christianity.
Download or read book Above All Earthly Pow rs written by David F. Wells and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this prophetic call to the evangelical church, Wells stresses that Christians need to confess Christ as the center in a society lacking a center, as the sovereign in a world seemingly ruled by chance, and as the one who can give meaning in a nihilistic culture.
Download or read book Christ and Culture written by H. Richard Niebuhr and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1956-09-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 50th-anniversary edition, with a new foreword by the distinguished historian Martin E. Marty, who regards this book as one of the most vital books of our time, as well as an introduction by the author never before included in the book, and a new preface by James Gustafson, the premier Christian ethicist who is considered Niebuhr’s contemporary successor, poses the challenge of being true to Christ in a materialistic age to an entirely new generation of Christian readers.
Download or read book The Purpose Driven Life written by Rick Warren and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover and fulfill your God-given purpose by joining the more than thirty-five million others who have embarked on a spiritual journey that started with this #1 New York Times bestselling book by Pastor Rick Warren. Before you were born, God knew what your life had in store for you. His hope for you is to discover the life he created just for you--both here on earth, and forever in eternity. Let Rick Warren guide you as you learn to live out your true purpose. The Purpose Driven Life is more than a book; it's a road map for your spiritual journey. Combining thoughtful verses from Scripture with timely stories and perspectives from Warren's own life, The Purpose Driven Life will help you discover the answer to one of life's most important questions: What on earth am I here for? Throughout The Purpose Driven Life, Warren will teach you to spend time getting to know yourself and your creator in order to live your life to the fullest. Unlocking your true purpose will also reduce your stress, simplify your decisions, increase your satisfaction, and, most importantly, prepare you for eternity. Designed to be read over the course of forty-two days, The Purpose Driven Life will help you see the big picture, giving you a fresh perspective on the way that the pieces of your life fit together. Every chapter of The Purpose Driven Life provides a daily meditation and practical steps to help you uncover and live out your purpose, starting with exploring three essential questions: The Question of Existence: Why am I alive? The Question of Significance: Does my life matter? The Question of Purpose: What on earth am I here for? Each copy of The Purpose Driven Life also includes thoughtful discussion questions, audio Bible studies that go along with every chapter, and access to a supportive online community, giving you the opportunity to dive even deeper into each life-changing lesson.
Download or read book Mere Christianity written by C. S. Lewis and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2001-03-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A forceful and accessible discussion of Christian belief that has become one of the most popular introductions to Christianity and one of the most popular of Lewis's books. Uncovers common ground upon which all Christians can stand together.
Download or read book Jesus and John Wayne How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation written by Kristin Kobes Du Mez and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “paradigm-influencing” book (Christianity Today) that is fundamentally transforming our understanding of white evangelicalism in America. Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping, revisionist history of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, revealing how evangelicals have worked to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism—or in the words of one modern chaplain, with “a spiritual badass.” As acclaimed scholar Kristin Du Mez explains, the key to understanding this transformation is to recognize the centrality of popular culture in contemporary American evangelicalism. Many of today’s evangelicals might not be theologically astute, but they know their VeggieTales, they’ve read John Eldredge’s Wild at Heart, and they learned about purity before they learned about sex—and they have a silver ring to prove it. Evangelical books, films, music, clothing, and merchandise shape the beliefs of millions. And evangelical culture is teeming with muscular heroes—mythical warriors and rugged soldiers, men like Oliver North, Ronald Reagan, Mel Gibson, and the Duck Dynasty clan, who assert white masculine power in defense of “Christian America.” Chief among these evangelical legends is John Wayne, an icon of a lost time when men were uncowed by political correctness, unafraid to tell it like it was, and did what needed to be done. Challenging the commonly held assumption that the “moral majority” backed Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020 for purely pragmatic reasons, Du Mez reveals that Trump in fact represented the fulfillment, rather than the betrayal, of white evangelicals’ most deeply held values: patriarchy, authoritarian rule, aggressive foreign policy, fear of Islam, ambivalence toward #MeToo, and opposition to Black Lives Matter and the LGBTQ community. A much-needed reexamination of perhaps the most influential subculture in this country, Jesus and John Wayne shows that, far from adhering to biblical principles, modern white evangelicals have remade their faith, with enduring consequences for all Americans.
Download or read book A Piety Above the Common Standard written by Anthony L. Chute and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the role of Jesse Mercer within these debates as he promoted the first form of the Georgia Baptist Convention. His Calvinistic theology governed his actions and life. He emphasized missions, theological training for pastors, and cooperation between churches in fulfilling the Great Commission.
Download or read book The Common Christianity written by Paul Lynch and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-05 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the Church is the body of Christ? Did you know that there are a lot of false churches that call themselves "the Church of Jesus Christ or the Remnant Church?" The Common Christianity book two explores deep into the heart of Christianity especially in our modern era to see if what Jesus Christ established on earth thousands of years ago is still here and relevant today. Without a doubt, there are thousands of denominations in Christianity and they all claim to be of the body of Christ. However, if they are all serving the "Lord or Jesus" why are there so many creeds, beliefs, doctrines, clubs, and agendas throughout the religion Christianity? There is no doubt that 90 or more percent of today's denominations within Christianity are nothing like what Jesus Christ has taught. Today's churches are more like a family recreational club than a place where righteousness is professed. Today there are probably over a million church groups, but did you know that God has only one way in righteousness and truth? God's ways are not our ways neither His thoughts our thoughts. Can we search the mind of God and truly know what He will do? No, we cannot. But the Bible is the blueprint of what we should follow to gain eternal life. A church denomination cannot give one eternal life because only Jesus Christ can do that. Jesus Christ said, "Follow me." Today many church leaders are saying do not follow Christ Jesus just follow exactly what they profess. This is blasphemy and a seducing spirit. Any spirit which tries to move people away from the faith in Jesus is non-other than the spirit of Antichrist Read this book and it will open your understanding of hidden things.
Download or read book Our Common Christianity written by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Shape of World Christianity written by Mark A. Noll and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2010-01-25 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2010 Christianity Today Book Award winner With characteristic rigor and insight, in this book Mark Noll revisits the history of the American church in the context of world events. He makes the compelling case that how Americans have come to practice the Christian faith is just as globally important as what the American church has done in the world. Noll backs up this substantial claim with the scholarly attentiveness we've come to expect from him, lucidly explaining the relationship between the development of Christianity in North America and the development of Christianity in the rest of the world, with attention to recent transfigurations in world Christianity. Here is a book that will challenge your assumptions about the nature of the relationship between the American church and the global church in the past and predict what world Christianity may look like.
Download or read book The Bridge of History Over the Gulf of Time written by Thomas Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Confronting Christianity written by Rebecca McLaughlin and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2019-04-17 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although many people suggest that Christianity is declining, research indicates that it continues to be the world's most popular worldview. But even so, the Christian faith includes many controversial beliefs that non-Christians find hard to accept. This book explores 12 issues that might cause someone to dismiss orthodox Christianity—issues such as the existence of suffering, the Bible's teaching on gender and sexuality, the reality of heaven and hell, the authority of the Bible, and more. Showing how the best research from sociology, science, and psychology doesn't disagree with but actually aligns with claims found in the Bible, these chapters help skeptics understand why these issues are signposts, rather than roadblocks, to faith in Christ.
Download or read book From Jesus to Christ written by Paula Fredriksen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
