Download or read book Faking Faith written by Josie Bloss and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dylan Mahoney is living one big unholy lie. Thanks to a humiliating and painfully public sexting incident, Dylan has become the social pariah at her suburban Chicago high school. She’s ignored by everyone—when she’s not being taunted—and estranged from her two best friends. So when Dylan discovers the blogs of homeschooled fundamentalist Christian girls, she’s immediately drawn into their fascinating world of hope chests, chaperoned courtships, and wifely submission. Blogging as Faith, her devout and wholesome alter ego, Dylan befriends Abigail, the online group’s queen bee. After staying with Abigail and her family for a few days, Dylan begins to grow closer to Abigail (and her intriguingly complicated older brother). Soon, Dylan is forced to choose: keep living a lie . . . or come clean and face the consequences. A Junior Library Guild Selection Praise: "Josie Bloss writes about obsession—characters who are obsessed with band or music, obsessed with a boy, obsessed with someone else's life. They're themes to which all young adults—popular or not—can relate."—INDIANAPOLIS STAR

Download or read book No More Faking Fine written by Esther Fleece Allen and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scripture reveals a God who meets us where we are, not where we pretend to be. No More Faking Fine is your invitation to get honest with God through the life-giving language of lament. If you've ever been given empty clichés during challenging times, you know how painful it is to be misunderstood by well-meaning people. When life hurts, we often feel pressure--from others and ourselves--to keep it together, suck it up, or pray it away. But Scripture reveals a God who lovingly invites us to give honest voice to our emotions when life hits hard. For most of her life, Esther Fleece Allen believed she could bypass the painful emotions of her broken past by shutting them down altogether. She was known as an achiever and an overcomer on the fast track to success. But in silencing her pain, she robbed herself of the opportunity to be healed. Maybe you've done the same. Esther's journey into healing began when she discovered that God has given us a real-world way to deal with raw emotions and an alternative to the coping mechanisms that end up causing more pain. It's called lament--the gut-level, honest prayer that God never ignores, never silences, and never wastes. No More Faking Fine is your permission to lament, taking you on a journey down the unexpected pathway to true intimacy with God. Drawing from careful biblical study and hard-won insight, Esther reveals how to use God's own language to come closer to him as he leads us through our pain to the light on the other side, teaching you that: We are robbing ourselves of a divine mystery and a divine intimacy when we pretend to have it all together God does not expect us to be perfect; instead, he meets us where we are There is hope beyond your heartache, disappointment, and grief Like Esther, you'll soon find that when one person stops faking fine, it gives everyone else permission to do the same.

Download or read book Faking Liberties written by Jolyon Baraka Thomas and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-03-25 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious freedom is a founding tenet of the United States, and it has frequently been used to justify policies towards other nations. Such was the case in 1945 when Americans occupied Japan following World War II. Though the Japanese constitution had guaranteed freedom of religion since 1889, the United States declared that protection faulty, and when the occupation ended in 1952, they claimed to have successfully replaced it with “real” religious freedom. Through a fresh analysis of pre-war Japanese law, Jolyon Baraka Thomas demonstrates that the occupiers’ triumphant narrative obscured salient Japanese political debates about religious freedom. Indeed, Thomas reveals that American occupiers also vehemently disagreed about the topic. By reconstructing these vibrant debates, Faking Liberties unsettles any notion of American authorship and imposition of religious freedom. Instead, Thomas shows that, during the Occupation, a dialogue about freedom of religion ensued that constructed a new global set of political norms that continue to form policies today.

Download or read book Fake or Follower written by Andi Andrew and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a culture where many identify as "Christian" without fully embracing what it looks like to follow Jesus day-in and day-out. After gathering on a Sunday, do we simply go about our business, void of true transformation? Is the gospel simply a self-help tool, the church just a place where our needs can be met? It's time to ask ourselves, "Am I really following Jesus? Or am I just faking it?" With eye-opening personal stories, Scripture, and thought-provoking questions, Andi Andrew lovingly invites readers to examine their hearts to discover whether their faith is a genuine, life-giving marriage of belief and practice in response to Christ's life and sacrifice, or if it is just a lifestyle choice on par with any other. She encourages readers to surrender their whole lives to Jesus daily, grapple with hard questions they may have been avoiding, and discover a life fully alive, following in the way, the truth, and the life of Jesus Christ.

Download or read book Where Goodness Still Grows written by Amy Peterson and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Declining church attendance. A growing feeling of betrayal. For Christians who have begun to feel set adrift and disillusioned by their churches, Where Goodness Still Grows grounds us in a new view of virtue deeply rooted in a return to Jesus Christ’s life and ministry. The evangelical church in America has reached a crossroads. Social media and recent political events have exposed the fault lines that exist within our country and our spiritual communities. Millennials are leaving the church, citing hypocrisy, partisanship, and unkindness as reasons they can’t stay. In this book Amy Peterson explores the corruption and blind spots of the evangelical church and the departure of so many from the faith - but she refuses to give up hope, believing that rescue is on the way. Where Goodness Still Grows: Dissects the moral code of American evangelicalism Reimagines virtue as a tool, not a weapon Explores the Biblical meaning of specific virtues like kindness, purity, and modesty Provides comfort, hope, and a path towards spiritual restoration Amy writes as someone intimately familiar with, fond of, and deeply critical of the world of conservative evangelicalism. She writes as a woman and a mother, as someone invested in the future of humanity, and as someone who just needs to know how to teach her kids what it means to be good. Amy finds that if we listen harder and farther, we will find the places where goodness still grows. Praise for Where Goodness Still Grows: “In this poignant, honest book, Amy Peterson confronts her disappointment with the evangelical leaders who handed her The Book of Virtues then happily ignored them for the sake of political power. But instead of just walking away, Peterson rewrites the script, giving us an alternative book of virtues needed in this moment. And it’s no mistake that it ends with hope.” — James K. A. Smith, author of You Are What You Love

Download or read book Faking Grace written by Tamara Leigh and published by Multnomah Fiction. This book was released on 2008 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace Stewart must make a decision to deliver the dirt on Steeple Side Christian Resources and secure her future as an investigative reporter, or move her life in a new direction. Original.

Download or read book Faking Faith written by Josie Bloss and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a humiliating incident involving some bad decisions on her part, seventeen-year-old Dylan discovers the blogs of fundamentalist Christian girls and starts passing herself off as one of them in her own blog, leading her to some unexpected insights about herself and her values.

Download or read book Fake Christianity written by C. B. Matthews and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author C.B. Matthews shares a passionate and clear vision for what is lacking in the majority of Christian people today. Fake Christianity is a challenging and inspiring book for any Christian. In the center of cultural decay, blurred ethics, and a church that lacks the knowledge of God, this book shines out like a beacon. If you want to learn how a genuine Christian should think, feel, act, and believe in the world today, this book is for you.

Download or read book Faked Out by Faith written by Greg Roby and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes the reader through the life of a man who found faith in God and radically followed the Bible. He couldn't understand why there were multiple denominations of the Biblical faith and the multiple ways people walked it out. He constantly sought out absolute truth. His purpose was to seek truth at any cost. However, that search led him to find out that it was all a fake out. Come with him on this exhilarating journey. Cry, laugh, and identify with the many life experiences that will touch all who read this.

Download or read book Jesus Justice and Gender Roles written by Kathy Keller and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2012-12-25 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this original digital short, author and co-founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church Kathy Keller recounts her experience growing up in “gender-neutral” home. “My first encounter with the ideas of [male] headship and [female] submission,” she writes, “was both intellectually and morally traumatic.” Yet Keller came to adopt the view that men and women have different roles in marriage and ministry, and that fulfilling such roles pleases God and leads to greater personal fulfillment. In this unapologetic but nuanced piece, Keller presents a caring and careful case for biblical gender differences and the complementarian view of women in ministry. At the same time, she encourages women to teach and lead in the church in ways that may startle some complementarians. Readers on both sides of this hot-button topic will be challenged by her ministry-tested and thoroughly Scriptural perspective.

Download or read book Real Faith vs Fake Faith Study Guide written by Rick Renner and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do You Have Faith That Can Move Mountains? How do you know if you're moving in a kind of faith that will really change circumstances? Since there is a real faith and a fake faith, are you sure that you are operating in real faith? Fake faith won’t do much, but real faith moves mountains. And nothing is more important than making sure you have mountain-moving faith that produces results! In Rick Renner’s five-part series Real Faith vs. Fake Faith, you’ll see and learn: Real faith has corresponding actions. The role of faith vs. works. About Abraham’s unwavering faith. About Rahab’s heroic faith. How your faith can work wonders! The Bible says without faith it’s impossible to please God, so jump into this important teaching to learn more about this life-changing, mountain-moving faith. You’ll discover how to stir up the fire of God that is in you and receive real results with real Bible faith!

Download or read book She Is Free written by Andi Andrew and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We say we're free in Christ, but many of us are still living in captivity--to fear, anger, shame, isolation, unforgiveness, and control. We're good at faking it around others, but we're exhausted by the ruse. Andi Andrew wants women to break free of their self-imposed prisons and live the lives that are rightly theirs in Christ. Sharing her own intentional journey of finding true freedom by surrendering control of her heart and life to the God who welcomed her with open arms, Andrew encourages women to give their pain and brokenness to Jesus. She shows them how to purposefully take captive the lies they have believed and replace them with God's truth. Compassionate and biblically based, She Is Free is an invitation to women to step fully into the love that sets them free.

Download or read book Faking It to Making It written by Ally Blake and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Girl least likely to marry: Samuel Tucker is absolutely the last person scientist Cassie Barclay would ever date. So when he asks her to dance at her friend Reese's non-wedding she's wondering why on earth she says yes. Tuck is used to people assuming he's all brawn and no brain, but when he finally takes her to bed, suddenly it's Tuck who can show Cassie a thing or two! Can he convince her that love and sex have nothing to do with logic but everything to do with chemistry?

Download or read book Thieves in the Night written by Brother Yeghian and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brothers and sisters, once you know what you are looking at, it is so obvious a cave scholar could see it. 1 Timothy and Titus are phonier than a 3-dollar denarius." Brother Yeghian has been studying the Greek New Testament from the oldest known Koine Greek manuscripts for over 45 years. With almost a half of a century of study behind him, and after struggling for seven years with how to communicate the nitty-gritty of some of the irregularities in 1 Timothy and Titus, along with how to explain the associated Greek grammar mumbo-jumbo, Yeghian offers this short book in an attempt to show some of these inconsistencies to absolutely any reader. 1 Timothy and Titus are the letters used in Paul's name to found and organize churches. Yet, the strongest evidence that 1 Timothy and Titus were actually written by Paul is merely that the 4th century Byzantine Church founders said that they were. In order to make this short book available to anybody who wants to see some of these inconsistencies, the author sold his library to bring this to the public. He confesses that he isn't the greatest writer in the world, but to see these inconsistencies and thus why he would be motivated to sell off his books to get this in print, you will have to open this and read it for yourself. In addition to being used to keep women silent, the evidence presented here demonstrates that the letters that are primarily used to set up and run churches are fakes.

Download or read book Life written by Lisa Harper and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever wonder if the Gospel is truly "good news" for your actual, everyday, often difficult, sometimes painful, and typically crazy real life? Well, it is. But sometimes we all need a reminder that God's faithfulness really does follow us into the face of all that harried, hard, and even humorous stuff of life. In her new devotional LIFE, Lisa Harper gives you exactly that: a gut-level exploration of pertinent and redemptive moments in Scripture that prove God’s grace is more than sufficient for both the massive and the minuscule things of life. Whether we deal with personal loss, ongoing trauma, global crisis, or simply a super bad hair day, the Gospel is more than enough to handle everything, so dive into LIFE and find some tangible hope for yours!

Download or read book The Purchasive Faith written by Dr. Anthony Olisaokafor and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Anthony Olisaokafor articulated this subject in an excellent and profound way. This book is an invaluable addition to the scholastic world, which I believe will enrich and edify the reader and the Body of Christ. + The Most Reverend Dr A. C. C. Evangelou Archbishop of the Apostolic Christian Church (Sheepfold), London & President of The Ixthus Church Council Pastor Anthony Olisaokafor is a great man of God and the purchasive faith is a must read for anyone that wants to succeed in life and grow. - Tinsley Mark TMH Media This book is an educative material and contains powerful tools in the hands of all readers, for information, inspirations and equipping many for effective impact in their journey of life as Christian or member of the public. - Bishop James and Rev. Joan Labi Messiah Church London THE PURCHASIVE FAITH is highly recommended without an exception, for all. -Kusi Yaw Chartered Certified Accountant, Bexleyheath Kent

Download or read book Real Faith Answers to the Top 100 Questions about Christianity written by Mark Driscoll and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: