Download or read book God s Yes Was Louder than My No written by William H. Myers and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book God s Yes Was Louder Than My No written by William H. Myers and published by . This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book God s Yes Was Louder than My No written by William H. Myers and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "William Myers has produced an outstanding study of the call to ministry among African American clergy. This is the broadest and deepest study of African American call stories and narratives ever written. Moving beyond the ethnographic descriptions, Myers has placed the call narratives and stories in theoretical perspective, relating them to the traditions of hermeneutics and theological reflection. Highly recommended for all students of African American religious traditions." --Lawrence H. Mamiya, Vassar College "The churches need this examination of a distinctive phenomenon of the African American religious experience to which Myers applies impressive cross-disciplinary research skills and insight. A fine contribution to black religious studies!" --Gayraud S. Wilmore, Editor, Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center "This is a pioneering work. It attends to a central dimension of African American Christianity, the call, a topic largely neglected by theologians and religious studies scholars. Bringing multiple perspectives to bear, Myers argues that the call is not only a kind of religious hermeneutic but also a form of ritual and of narrative. Myers has a finely tuned ear for the nuances and richness of specific African American voices." --Ron Grimes, Wilfrid Laurier University

Download or read book The Irresistible Urge to Preach written by William H. Myers and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a groundbreaking study in the African American religious experience. Never before has there been a published collection of oral African American "call" stories that treats them as a genre worthy of scholarly analysis. This volume of eighty-six stories was collected in tape-recorded interviews over a six year period from 1985 to 1991. Significantly, this unique, in-depth study represents at least eight different Christian denominations. Many of the men and women who share their "call" story in this volume are nationally and internationally known.

Download or read book From Birth to Adolescence written by Rev. Winston T. Jones and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The process of taking care of a physical baby in the world today is by far a sacrificial, tedious, yet gratifying endeavor for any parent. To hear the first words of a baby and to watch them take their first steps is nothing short of pure ecstasy for any parent! The role we play as parents is important to help our children grow and mature into successful adults, by providing them with physical, emotional, and spiritual nourishment. Just as the physical baby needs nourishment, so does the Christian. Rev. Winston Jones explores and dissects many of the ways in which a natural baby would live, function, and survive in the world today and provides some powerful parallels for the new Christian in Christ. This book is a simplistic approach to explain the walk of the new Christian from birth to adolescence. His book is a welcome into the church and Christianity today and is inviting to all who wish to be born again through Christ.

Download or read book Pulling the Devil s Kingdom Down written by Pamela J. Walker and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-04-02 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those people in uniforms who ring bells and raise money for the poor during the holiday season belong to a religious movement that in 1865 combined early feminism, street preaching, holiness theology, and intentionally outrageous singing into what soon became the Salvation Army. In Pulling the Devil's Kingdom Down, Pamela Walker emphasizes how thoroughly the Army entered into nineteenth-century urban life. She follows the movement from its Methodist roots and East London origins through its struggles with the established denominations of England, problems with the law and the media, and public manifestations that included street brawls with working-class toughs. The Salvation Army was a neighborhood religion, with a "battle plan" especially suited to urban working-class geography and cultural life. The ability to use popular leisure activities as inspiration was a major factor in the Army's success, since pubs, music halls, sports, and betting were regarded as its principal rivals. Salvationist women claimed the "right to preach" and enjoyed spiritual authority and public visibility more extensively than in virtually any other religious or secular organization. Opposition to the new movement was equally energetic and took many forms, but even as contemporary music hall performers ridiculed the "Hallelujah Lasses," the Salvation Army was spreading across Great Britain and the Continent, and on to North America. The Army offered a distinctive response to the dilemmas facing Victorian Christians, in particular the relationship between what Salvationists believed and the work they did. Walker fills in the social, cultural, and religious contexts that make that relationship come to life.

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Download or read book Another Way written by Stephen Lewis and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2020-01-22 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another Way describes a new way of leadership for the 21st Century, one that inspires people to delve deeply into their own selves and that creates a mysterious relatedness among strangers. When this leadership happens, we remember people are created to experience community, to find joy in one another, and to create a better world out of a deep reservoir where the soul resides. Written by the leaders of the Forum for Theological Exploration, the internationally recognized leadership incubator for emerging Christian leaders, Another Way will shape the way you look at yourself, your leadership, and the communities that hold you accountable to making the world a better place.

Download or read book Faith in the City written by Angela D. Dillard and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Spanning more than three decades and organized around the biographies of Reverends Charles A. Hill and Albert B. Cleage Jr., Faith in the City is a major new exploration of how the worlds of politics and faith merged for many of Detroit s African Americans a convergence that provided the community with a powerful new voice and identity. While other religions have mixed politics and creed, Faith in the City shows how this fusion was and continues to be particularly vital to African American clergy and the Black freedom struggle. Activists in cities such as Detroit sustained a record of progressive politics over the course of three decades. Angela Dillard reveals this generational link and describes what the activism of the 1960s owed to that of the 1930s. The labor movement, for example, provided Detroit s Black activists, both inside and outside the unions, with organizational power and experience virtually unmatched by any other African American urban community"--Publisher description.

Download or read book This Far By Faith written by Judith Weisenfeld and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Far By Faith brings together a collection of essays on the religious identities and experiences of African-American women. Spanning from the period of slavery to the present, the essays profile American figures such as Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Willie Mae Ford Smith, exploring the role that religious institutions and impulses played in their lives.

Download or read book Men to Men written by Lee N. June and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1996 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful collection of essays by black male scholars written to black men on issues that concern them today. Titles include "Risk and Failure as Preludes to Achievements", "The Criminal Justice System: A Message to Young Black Males", "Keys to Sound Financial Planning", and more.

Download or read book Soul Trap written by Wayne Stewart and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soul Trap took over seven years to research and write. And, it promises to change everything you think you know about God, the Bible, and religion. Then it will change you: epiphanies can be weird like that. Example: 1) The mystery behind the numbers 666: solved and revealed! 2) The antichrist: solved and revealed! 3) The mysteries to the book of Revelation: solved and revealed! 4) The secret identity of Satan: solved and revealed! 5) The true face of God and or Jesus: solved and revealed! 6) The battle of Armageddon: solved and revealed! 7) The location of the Garden of Eden: solved and revealed! 8) The mystery of the end times (21 DEC 2012: ) solved and revealed! 9) The mystery to both heaven and hell: solved and revealed! 10) The mystery behind the Trinity: solved and revealed! 11) What angels are really made of: solved and revealed! 12) The riddle to the purpose of life: solved and defined! There's this--and so much more! See Proverbs 3:13. "Happy are they that find wisdom, and them that get understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it is better than silver or fine gold. 15 Wisdom is more precious than rubies: and all the desirable things in life cannot compare to it."

Download or read book Listening in a Loud World written by Robert C. Shippey Jr. and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this astonishing book, the author's purpose is to help transform individuals by fostering a spirit of holy listening that enriches faith and opens seekers to the fullness of God's presence and of the neighbor's need. The intent is to help the reader develop a faith that seeks understanding and makes real meaning in a world of chatter. In each chapter, a prominent work of art is interpreted, which serves as a focal point for demonstrating how the eyes and heart are integrally involved in hearing the Spirit of God. The book explores why holy listening is so difficult by examining key hermeneutical issues within the biblical text and by considering the nature of God, the journey of faith, and human limits. This illuminating book also examines the spiritual need for holy listening and analyzes critical questions of faith that lead to a greater awareness of self and the church in the mutual calling to be the incarnation of Jesus Christ in a postmodern world. Essential in the task of holy listening is an awareness of the importance of spiritual rest and the role of the Sabbath plays in providing an opportunity to participate in the redeeming work of God. In this regard, the book underscores the need for faith this is both a linear journey toward wholeness and an ability to make home and community along life's way. The need for holy listening is made even more acute by the reality of suffering that accompanies life's pilgrimage, and the book ponders the meaning of suffering and how it can open one to the presence of the divine. More than a theological analysis of suffering, the book addresses the author's effort to listen for redemptive meaning in light of his own daughter's struggle with juvenile diabetes. The book concludes with a discussion of the spiritual value of silence as the way to experience anew the story of Jesus who beckon those who listen to follow through a life of service and love.

Download or read book You Are Not Your Own written by Jason Perry and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2002 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a casual glance, most people would think Jason Perry has it all. He travels the world to the adoration of fans everywhere as one fifth of the Christian pop sensation PlusOne. But what is most important to Jason is encouraging his fans and audience to live their lives totally sold-out to Jesus Christ. In You Are Not Your Own, Jason encourages teens to take matters of faith with the utmost seriousness. From the foolishness of his youth to a realization of and rededication to Christ in a church parking lot on a Halloween night, Jason tells his story and his need for forgiveness, discipleship, and accountability. Jason shoots straight for the heart in encouraging teens to realize that faith is not a game and the decision to follow Jesus, to give Him all, is the most important decision they can make.

Download or read book The Gods are Good written by Carl Irving Wheat and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Rhetoric of the Pulpit Second Edition written by Jon Meyer Ericson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rhetoric of the Pulpit treats the sermon as the single most important factor in evangelism for a parish, and also the most important factor in the spiritual growth of both the congregation and the pastor. With emphasis on the Word as the foundation, the author adds music and liturgy to the sermon's structure to build a unified worship experience. Recognizing that the Word is truth, but that the truth needs to be made to seem true, the book offers sound, practical advice on sermon preparation based on both classical and contemporary communication theory. Sermon preparation is viewed as a process that begins with downloading the Word, followed by productive meditation. The process then moves through the rhetorical steps, from a search for content to the sermon's delivery. Throughout the book, the rhetorical principles are treated as a subordinate element to the Word, a means of giving effectiveness to the truth. The Rhetoric of the Pulpit aims to reflect the spirit of Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Paul, and Kenneth Burke.

Download or read book Power Thoughts written by Joyce Meyer and published by Faithwords. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joyce Meyer presents twelve strategies people may use to overcome negative thinking and learn to think in accordance with God's word.