Download or read book Church Interrupted written by John Cornwell and published by Chronicle Prism. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author, VANITY FAIR contributor, journalist, and scholar John Cornwell examines Pope Francis's life and legacy, and his efforts to break up the traditional Catholic Church so that it may be reshaped as a source of hope, guidance, and support. With exceptional insight, prescient analysis, and original reporting, Cornwell traces the ways in which the Church has fallen from esteem in recent years - and the manner in which the pope has instigated fresh ideas for disrupting entrenched Catholic mindsets in order to create a thriving Church for Catholics around the world. After more than a thousand years of history and tradition, more than a third of America's 74 million Catholics say they are prepared to leave the Church, which is rife with scandal and distrust; this radical decline in attendance, affiliation, and vocations to the priesthood and sisterhoods tells a story of near-irrevocable dissatisfaction. And yet, Cornwell argues, despite facing unprecedented challenges, Francis has instigated dramatic changes designed to restore faith and hope for a thriving future for the Church. Though traditionalist powers and conservative media work against him at every turn, Cornwell argues that the pope is committed to creating a friendlier and more progressive, empathetic, and inviting place of sanctuary. The pope's determination to reverse the tide of disgrace and disillusionment, to rebuild and once again be a beacon of comfort, guidance, and hope for a billion people across the planet, is at the core of CHRUCH, INTERRUPTED, a seminal biography of a pope's influence not just for a modern era of believers but for generations to come.
Download or read book Churches of Christ in Oklahoma written by W. David Baird and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s and 1960s, Churches of Christ were the fastest growing religious organization in the United States. The churches flourished especially in southern and western states, including Oklahoma. In this compelling history, historian W. David Baird examines the key characteristics, individuals, and debates that have shaped the Churches of Christ in Oklahoma from the early nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Baird’s narrative begins with an account of the Stone-Campbell movement, which emerged along the American frontier in the early 1800s. Representatives of this movement in Oklahoma first came as missionaries to American Indians, mainly to the Cherokees, Chickasaws, and Choctaws. Baird highlights the role of two prominent missionaries during this period, and he next describes a second generation of missionaries who came along during the era of the Twin Territories, prior to statehood. In 1906, as a result of disagreements regarding faith and practice, followers of the Stone-Campbell Movement divided into two organizations: Churches of Christ and Disciples of Christ. Baird then focuses solely on Churches of Christ in Oklahoma, all the while keeping a broader national context in view. Drawing on extensive research, Baird delves into theological and political debates and explores the role of the Churches of Christ during the two world wars. As Churches of Christ grew in number and size throughout the country during the mid-twentieth century, controversy loomed. Oklahoma’s Churches of Christ argued over everything from Sunday schools and the support of orphan’s homes to worship elements, gender roles in the church, and biblical interpretation. And nobody could agree on why church membership began to decline in the 1970s, despite exciting new community outreach efforts. This history by an accomplished scholar provides solid background and new insight into the question of whether Churches of Christ locally and nationally will be able to reverse course and rebuild their membership in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Searching for Brandon Bason written by Lance Mosher and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since his mother's death, Brandon has been stuck in the shadow of his abusive stepfather. It's 1999, and Brandon and his friends are about to graduate high school. Soon after a deadly tragedy strikes again, a stranger delivers an old cigar box that offers clues to Brandon's real father, whom he never knew. With nothing more to guide them than a well-loved road trip map to the Grand Canyon and an old, tattered Bible that might guide Brandon to the family he never knew he had, Brandon and his friend leave their lives behind and take off for the journey of a lifetime. After a mishap along the way, they are helped by a good Samaritan with whom they form an unlikely friendship. As their adventure unfolds, the trio deepen their friendship, as well as explore the hardest questions in life: Who am I? Where am I going? Why doesn't God stop the suffering?Just when things are looking up, Brandon discovers that the past-and quite possibly the authorities-are much harder to run from than he thought.Join Brandon on his raw, yet touching coming-of-age journey of healing, friendship, and faith. Sure to keep you turning the pages, it speaks to Christian evidences, the problem of suffering, the person of Jesus, the reality of sin, and the coming judgment.How far would you go to learn who you are?
Download or read book The Colonial Church Chronicle and Missionary Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Colonial Church chronicle and missionary journal July 1847 Dec 1874 written by and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Colonial Church Chronicle and Missionary Journal written by F. Rivington and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1863.
Download or read book The Colonial Church Chronicle Missionary Journal and Foreign Ecclesiastical Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pure written by Linda Kay Klein and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pure, Linda Kay Klein uses a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir to take us “inside religious purity culture as only one who grew up in it can” (Gloria Steinem) and reveals the devastating effects evangelical Christianity’s views on female sexuality has had on a generation of young women. In the 1990s, a “purity industry” emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual “stumbling blocks” for boys and men, and any expression of a girl’s sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. This message traumatized many girls—resulting in anxiety, fear, and experiences that mimicked the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder—and trapped them in a cycle of shame. This is the sex education Linda Kay Klein grew up with. Fearing being marked a Jezebel, Klein broke up with her high school boyfriend because she thought God told her to and took pregnancy tests despite being a virgin, terrified that any sexual activity would be punished with an out-of-wedlock pregnancy. When the youth pastor of her church was convicted of sexual enticement of a twelve-year-old girl, Klein began to question purity-based sexual ethics. She contacted young women she knew, asking if they were coping with the same shame-induced issues she was. These intimate conversations developed into a twelve-year quest that took her across the country and into the lives of women raised in similar religious communities—a journey that facilitated her own healing and led her to churches that are seeking a new way to reconcile sexuality and spirituality. Pure is “a revelation... Part memoir and part journalism, Pure is a horrendous, granular, relentless, emotionally true account" (The Cut) of society’s larger subjugation of women and the role the purity industry played in maintaining it. Offering a prevailing message of resounding hope and encouragement, “Pure emboldens us to escape toxic misogyny and experience a fresh breath of freedom” (Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior and founder of Together Rising).
Download or read book The Chronicle of Seert written by Philip Wood and published by Oxford University Press (UK). This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the cultural and political history of the Church of the East, the main Christian church in Iraq and Iran. Philip Wood uses medieval Arabic sources to examine history-writing by Christians in the fifth to ninth centuries AD.
Download or read book Chronicles of a Church Journey written by Carol Lomax and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carol and John Lomax served in the church organization where they were members for seventeen years. However, the higher purpose that was calling them was met with obstacles and opposition that led them to a crossroad. Do they choose the comfort of stability and remain in a place where their purpose will not be fulfilled? Or do they step out on the road of uncertainty to fulfill their purpose? Chronicles of a "Church" Journey details their journey of difficult trials, obstacles, and decisions. Come along on the journey to see where it leads.
Download or read book The Colonial Church Chronicle written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Download or read book The Emotionally Healthy Leader written by Peter Scazzero and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming a Better Leader Starts with a Transformed Inner Life Do you feel too overwhelmed to enjoy life, unable to sort out the demands on your time? Are you doing your best work as a leader, yet not making an impact? Have you ever felt stuck, powerless to change your environment? In The Emotionally Healthy Leader, bestselling author Peter Scazzero shows leaders how to develop a deep, inner life with Christ, examining its profound implications for surviving stress, planning and decision making, building teams, creating healthy culture, influencing others, and much more. The Emotionally Healthy Leader contains: Concise assessments for leaders and teams to measure their leadership health Practical, proven strategies that have been developed over a 28-year period spent both in the local church and in equipping leaders around the world Helpful applications of how to face your shadow, lead out of your marriage or singleness, slow down, and embrace endings for new beginnings Going beyond simply offering a quick fix or new technique, The Emotionally Healthy Leader gets to the core, beneath-the-surface issues of uniquely Christian leadership. This book is more than just a book you will read; it is a resource you will come back to over and over again.
Download or read book The Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Why We Stayed written by Benjamin Williams and published by Keledei Publications. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Church of Christ, at this present hour, is host to a multitude of frustrated and disenchanted ministers and scholars. From the inside of ministry, the veneer of our movement disappears and the blemishes take center-stage. Discouragement is common. In response to this state of affairs, we asked an eclectic cast of authors, ministers, and scholars to answer the question, "Why did you stay within our movement?" The result is a diverse set of answers which we hope will create some hope for the future of our people. Contents: Preface, Scot McKnight Introduction, Benjamin J. Williams I Stayed for the Restoration Plea, Everett Ferguson I Stayed for the Love of Scripture, Jeremie Beller I Stayed for the Christ in the Church of Christ, Matthew Dowling I Stayed for the Charity, Steven C. Hunter I Stayed for the Water, Grant B. Sullivan I Stayed for the Table, Scott Elliott I Stayed for the Singing, Benjamin J. Williams I Stayed for the Wild Democracy, John Mark Hicks I Stayed for the Wedding, Chris Altrock I Stayed for the Light, Ron Highfield I Stayed to Bloom Where I Am Planted, John Wilson I Stayed for the Inheritance, Chris Rosser
Download or read book The Church Historians of England pt 1 The Anglo Saxon chronicle Florence of Worcester Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Church Historians of England pt 1 The Anglo Saxon chronicle The chronicle of Florence of Worcester written by and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
