Download or read book God Doesn t Need a Passport written by Mary Turner and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In a series of travel vignettes that includes humor, pathos, information, and high drama, she [the author] shares the lives of those she met along the way ... From the joyous 'egg man' in Azerbaijan to a young man in the over heated school gymnasium in Botswana, she discovered that learning how to live in this world is half the fun and half the battle"--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book God Needs No Passport written by Peggy Levitt and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative examination of how new realities of religion and migration are subtly challenging the very definition of what it means to be an American. Sociology professor Levitt argues that immigrants no longer trade one membership card for another, but stay close to their home countries, indelibly altering American religion and values with experiences and beliefs imported from Asia, Latin America and Africa. The book is a pointed response to Samuel Huntington's famous clash of civilisations thesis and looks at global religions' organisation for the first time.
Download or read book Passport to Heaven written by Micah Wilder and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “You have a call, Elder Wilder.” When missionary Micah Wilder set his sights on bringing a Baptist congregation into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he had no idea that he was the one about to be changed. Yet when he finally came to know the God of the Bible, Micah had no choice but to surrender himself—no matter the consequences. For a passionate young Mormon who had grown up in the Church, finding authentic faith meant giving up all he knew: his community, his ambitions, and his place in the world. Yet as Micah struggled to reconcile the teachings of his Church with the truths revealed in the Bible, he awakened to his need for God’s grace. This led him to be summoned to the door of the mission president, terrified but confident in the testimony he knew could cost him everything. Passport to Heaven is a gripping account of Micah’s surprising journey from living as a devoted member of a religion based on human works to embracing the divine mercy and freedom that can only be found in Jesus Christ.
Download or read book The Wind Doesn t Need a Passport written by Tyche Hendricks and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There are other books dealing with life at the border, but none as intelligent, searching, objective or encompassing as Tyche Hendricks' vivid evocation of this region--its people, its landscape, its industry, its problems and its unique culture."—Peter Schrag, author of Not Fit for Society: Immigration and Nativism in America "This vivid, evocative book made me think of the Robert Frost line, 'Something there is that doesn't love a wall.' Tyche Hendricks' multilayered portrait of the human communities that transcend the U.S.-Mexico border should remind us all of what an artificial thing barriers, fences and checkpoints are. Maybe, just maybe, someday we, like so much of western Europe, can do without them."—Adam Hochschild, author of Bury the Chains "This is an ambitious undertaking and Hendricks excels, finding stories along the way that illustrate the clash between, within and along that nearly 2,000-mile stretch of territory. Her reporting illustrates that for many U.S.-Mexico border residents, the international bridge is something you cross on your way to visit family, shop for groceries, get to a doctor or work."—Macarena Del Rocio Hernandez, University of Houston "Dear President Obama, next time you are at Camp David spend a couple of hours reading The Wind Doesn't Need a Passport. While the Health Care overhaul may well come to define your presidency, immigration will define the future of our country. In this marvelous book—rigorously grounded, smartly argued, beautifully crafted, Tyche Hendricks captures, in stories of biblical proportion, the contours of the magical line that at once unites us and divides us as Americans and as neighbors of our indispensable partner in the South. Ms. Hendricks's book, Mr. President, will remind you just what is at stake in getting immigration reform right. All Californians, Texans, and Arizonians, who think they know the border, should read this book. It is essential reading for our times."—Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, Fisher Membership Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, and co-author of Latinos: Remaking America
Download or read book Cows in Church written by B. Kathleen Fannin and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The outstanding feature of these object lessons is their interactive approach of involving children through leading questions. In addition, topical and scriptural indexes are helpful in selecting children's messages to correspond with the adult sermon or for the appropriate season. Each one of these field-tested object lessons offers a taste of the blissful surprises and unexpected moments of grace which occur during conversations with children. (Back cover).
Download or read book God s Resistance written by Brad Christerson and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores the power of faith in mobilizing resistance to restrictive immigration policies in the US by analyzing the strategies, successes, and failures of faith-based immigrant rights organizations"--
Download or read book A Stranger in the House of God written by John Koessler and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up the son of agnostics, John Koessler saw a Catholic church on one end of the street and a Baptist on the other. In the no-man’s land between the two, this curious outside wondered about the God they worshipped—and began a lifelong search to comprehend the grace and mystery of God. A Stranger in the House of God addresses fundamental questions and struggles faced by spiritual seekers and mature believers. Like a contemporary Pilgrim’s Progress, it traces the author’s journey and explores his experiences with both charismatic and evangelical Christianity. It also describes his transformation from religious outsider to ordained pastor. John Koessler provides a poignant and often humorous window into the interior of the soul as he describes his journey from doubt and struggle with the church to personal faith
Download or read book Mermen Magic Part Two written by L.M. Brown and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 891 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mermen & Magic: Part Two &– a box set 4 - Shifting Currents Can a merman and an Atlantean, separated by centuries and prejudices, find love together? 5 - Hidden Depths Lost beneath the ocean, Atlantis has become a myth. When it rises from the deep everything will change for Kyle, Finn and the merpeople. 6 - Treacherous Seas One merman. Two lives. A love so powerful it tore apart a city and broke the heart of a god. Centuries ago the city of Atlantis sank below the waves, lost to the world above forever. With the help of their gods and the indigenous mer people the Atlanteans survived on the floor of the ocean for many years, until the day they vanished. Now the sunken city of Atlantis is home to the largest colony of mer people left in the world. Hidden from all by the magical sea dragons they only venture up on land to mate. Cursed by an Atlantean goddess, the mer people are slowly becoming extinct. Believing they are safe in the sunken city, they have no idea one of their own is inadvertently waking the sleeping gods and the original inhabitants of their city are merely biding their time until they can reclaim their land once more.
Download or read book Messengers Of Truth In Their Own Words written by Raymond Wells and published by Raymond Wells. This book was released on 2022-01-19 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truths from the following: Albert Einstein Amit Ray Anne Frank Billy Graham Dag Hammarskjold Dalai Lama Deepak Chopra Edgar Cayce George Harrison Harbhajan Singh Yogi Helen Keller Iyanla Vanzant Jaggi Vasudev John Randolph Price Jon Kabat-Zinn Laozi Leo Buscaglia Louise Hay
Download or read book God s Favorite Place on Earth written by Frank Viola and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When He came to earth, Jesus Christ was rejected in every quarter in which He stepped. The Creator was rejected by His own creation. “He came to His own and His own received Him not,” said John. For this reason, Jesus Christ had “no where to lay His head.” There was one exception, however. A little village just outside of Jerusalem named Bethany. Bethany was the only place on earth where Jesus was completely received. God’s Favorite Place on Earth is a retelling of Jesus’ many visits to Bethany and a relaying of the message it holds for us today. Frank Viola presents a beautifully crafted narrative from the viewpoint of Lazarus, one of the people who lived in Bethany with his two sisters. This incomparable story not only brings the Gospel narratives to life, but it addresses the struggle against doubt, discouragement, fear, guilt, rejection, and spiritual apathy that challenges countless Christians today. In profoundly moving prose, God’s Favorite Place on Earth will captivate your heart with its beauty, charm, and depth. In this book you will discover how to live as a “Bethany” in our world today, being set free to love and follow Jesus like never before.
Download or read book Discover Your Destiny written by Tony Evans and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leave Behind the "Same Old" and Experience Life's Greatest Fulfillment God has ordained a custom-designed life for you that leads to the expansion of His kingdom. Until you know the reason you were uniquely created, you will feel empty and frustrated. But understanding and living out your personal assignment from God brings deep satisfaction, God's highest glory, and the most benefit to those around you. Embark on a journey with Dr. Tony Evans to discover your individual calling! Along the way you'll see... why it's so important to seek out your God-given purpose what it takes to walk successfully on the path God has for you how your life should look when you're embracing your destiny Let God fill your days with passion and hope as you step into the role your Creator designed just for you. Includes discussion questions
Download or read book A Taste of Grace written by Greg Albrecht and published by Plain Truth Ministries. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Taste of Grace is an easy-to-read page-turning exploration of God's amazing grace, demonstrated and illustrated by the teachings of Jesus. A Taste of Grace proclaims God's grace as irreconcilably opposed to the core values and beliefs of institutionalized religion and reveals God's grace to be an absurd and foolish sentiment that doesn't add up to the human mind.
Download or read book Passport Please written by Peter Nielsen and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Passport Please" is the fast-moving story of conflict between the rulers of two neighboring countries--Earth and the kingdom of heaven. The citizens themselves are the prize being fought over.
Download or read book On the Road with Saint Augustine written by James K. A. Smith and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★ Publishers Weekly starred review One of the Top 100 Books and One of the 5 Best Books in Religion for 2019, Publishers Weekly Christianity Today 2020 Book Award Winner (Spiritual Formation) Outreach 2020 Resource of the Year (Spiritual Growth) Foreword INDIES 2019 Honorable Mention for Religion This is not a book about Saint Augustine. In a way, it's a book Augustine has written about each of us. Popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith has spent time on the road with Augustine, and he invites us to take this journey too, for this ancient African thinker knows far more about us than we might expect. Following Smith's successful You Are What You Love, this book shows how Augustine can be a pilgrim guide to a spirituality that meets the complicated world we live in. Augustine, says Smith, is the patron saint of restless hearts--a guide who has been there, asked our questions, and knows our frustrations and failed pursuits. Augustine spent a lifetime searching for his heart's true home and he can help us find our way. "What makes Augustine a guide worth considering," says Smith, "is that he knows where home is, where rest can be found, what peace feels like, even if it is sometimes ephemeral and elusive along the way." Addressing believers and skeptics alike, this book shows how Augustine's timeless wisdom speaks to the worries and struggles of contemporary life, covering topics such as ambition, sex, friendship, freedom, parenthood, and death. As Smith vividly and colorfully brings Augustine to life for 21st-century readers, he also offers a fresh articulation of Christianity that speaks to our deepest hungers, fears, and hopes.
Download or read book God s Secret Agent written by Sammy Tippit and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of Tippit's mission work in communist Eastern Europe reads like a spy novel. Readers will feel the danger of preaching God's Word behind the Iron Curtain and witness God's miracles as Tippit introduces Christ to people enslaved by communism.
Download or read book Upset the World written by Tim Ross and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following Jesus is not a safe course of action, it can upset your life and others. How does He do that? Through random acts of kindness, unexpected encounters, or a friendly stranger. Upsetting people can break down barriers and build relationships. Pastor Ross teaches you how to: Create a new ordinary of relating to others Practice listening to and obeying the Holy Spirit's voice Learn how to do everyday evangelism Love everybody (even people who disagree with you) Change the way people think about Christianity Upset the world with the message of hope and the love of Jesus Christ.
Download or read book Unmaking Migrants written by Stacey Vanderhurst and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unmaking Migrants engages critical questions about preventing trafficking by preventing migration through a study of a shelter for trafficking victims in Lagos, Nigeria. Over the past fifteen years, antitrafficking personnel have stopped thousands of women from traveling out of Nigeria and instead sent them to the federal counter-trafficking agency for investigation, protection, and rehabilitation. Government officials defend this form of intervention as preemptive, having intercepted the women before any abuses take place. Yet many of the women protest their detention, insist they were not being trafficked, and demand to be released. As Stacey Vanderhurst argues, migration can be a freely made choice. Unmaking Migrants shows the moments leading up to the migration choice, and it shows how well-intentioned efforts to help women considering these paths often don't address their real needs at all.
