Download or read book The Banner of Holiness written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Holiness Voices written by Harry Robert Cowles and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of commentaries on the meaning of holiness.

Download or read book Saints as They Really are written by Michael Plekon and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his new book, Saints As They Really Are, priest and scholar Michael Plekon traces the spiritual journeys of several American Christians, using their memoirs and other writings. These "saints-in-the-making" show all their doubts and imperfections as they reflect on their search for God and their efforts to lead holy lives. They are gifted yet ordinary women and men trying to follow Christ within their flawed and broken humanity--"saints as they really are," as Dorothy Day put it. Saints As They Really Are is the third book in Plekon's critically acclaimed series on saints and holiness in our time. He draws on the autobiographical work of Dorothy Day, Peter Berger, Thomas Merton, Kathleen Norris, and Barbara Brown Taylor, among others, as well as from his own experiences as a Carmelite seminarian and brother. Plekon shares the power of these individuals' stories as they unfold. The book offers a strong argument that our failings and weaknesses are not disqualifications to holiness. Plekon further confronts the institutional church and its relationship to individuals seeking God, focusing on some of the challenges to this search--the destructive potential of religion and religious institutions, as well as our personal tendencies to extremism, overwork, pious obsessions, and legalism. But he also underscores the healing qualities of faith and the spiritual life. Plekon's insights will help readers better understand their own spiritual pilgrimages as they learn how others have dealt with the trials and joys of their path to everyday holiness. "This is the third in a progression of books by Michael Plekon that have served to expand our understanding of saints and holiness. In this new book, he has taken yet a further step in relating holiness to ordinary or everyday life by showing the contours of grace, or the harmonics of holiness, revealed in the Christian journey of a number of contemporary Christian memoirists. He shows how the gospel story of death-resurrection is written in the journey of ordinary Christians." --Robert Ellsberg, author of All Saints

Download or read book What is Holiness written by Thomas Van Dyke and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Holiness? Is it a title we give to religious leaders or special religious movements? Is it an expression to describe the extreme righteousness and purity of God and people? Or is it simply a vague, ethereal term we use to express the nature of someone or something? The Bible states that because God is holy, people must be holy, and without holiness, no one will see God. Such statements should compel us to explore this topic and give it a high priority in our lives. In this book, the author attempts to provide us with a working definition of holiness and how it applies to our lives. He explains holiness as a relational term as opposed to a behavioral term such as righteousness and shows how it should characterize not only our relationship with God but all relationships in God’s creation. Finally, the author explores the various characteristics of holiness, such as its beauty, power, discipline, and peacefulness.

Download or read book Saints As They Really Are written by Michael Plekon and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his new book, Saints As They Really Are, priest and scholar Michael Plekon traces the spiritual journeys of several American Christians, using their memoirs and other writings. These “saints-in-the-making” show all their doubts and imperfections as they reflect on their search for God and their efforts to lead holy lives. They are gifted yet ordinary women and men trying to follow Christ within their flawed and broken humanity—“saints as they really are,” as Dorothy Day put it. Saints As They Really Are is the third book in Plekon’s critically acclaimed series on saints and holiness in our time. He draws on the autobiographical work of Dorothy Day, Peter Berger, Thomas Merton, Kathleen Norris, and Barbara Brown Taylor, among others, as well as from his own experiences as a Carmelite seminarian and brother. Plekon shares the power of these individuals’ stories as they unfold. The book offers a strong argument that our failings and weaknesses are not disqualifications to holiness. Plekon further confronts the institutional church and its relationship to individuals seeking God, focusing on some of the challenges to this search—the destructive potential of religion and religious institutions, as well as our personal tendencies to extremism, overwork, pious obsessions, and legalism. But he also underscores the healing qualities of faith and the spiritual life. Plekon's insights will help readers better understand their own spiritual pilgrimages as they learn how others have dealt with the trials and joys of their path to everyday holiness.

Download or read book Many Voices written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Holiness of God written by R.C. Sproul and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central to God’s character is the quality of holiness. Yet, even so, most people are hard-pressed to define what God’s holiness precisely is. Many preachers today avoid the topic altogether because people today don’t quite know what to do with words like “awe” or “fear.” R. C. Sproul, in this classic work, puts the holiness of God in its proper and central place in the Christian life. He paints an awe-inspiring vision of God that encourages Christian to become holy just as God is holy. Once you encounter the holiness of God, your life will never be the same.

Download or read book A Partner in Holiness written by Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater, DMin and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find inspiration for a satisfying spiritual life of practice through the combination of contemporary mindfulness meditation and classical Hasidic spirituality. The soul yearns to feel connected to something greater and to know happiness despite personal suffering and seemingly endless need. Surprisingly, the perspectives of the late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Hasidic spiritual teachers offer a radically different Jewish theology that speaks directly to today’s spiritual seekers whose faith has been shattered by both modernity and the Holocaust. These masters taught of interdependence, interconnectedness, selflessness, service and joy, anticipating the insights of contemporary science and twenty-first-century spirituality. Bringing together the teachings of beloved Hasidic master Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev (1740–1809) and the practice of mindfulness meditation, Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater reveals a new entrance into Jewish spiritual life. Covering the Five Books of Moses, these two volumes present accessible translations of selections from Kedushat Levi, R. Levi Yitzhak’s Hasidic Torah commentary, which emphasizes our spiritual capacity to transform consciousness and so our life experience. The selections are paired with Rabbi Slater’s commentaries to illuminate their message. “The lessons in Kedushat Levi were not originally intended as intellectual curiosities or as demonstrations of R. Levi Yitzhak’s brilliance. They were meant to inspire religious passion and deeper spiritual practice. I believe that these teachings will come to life in us when we bring them into our lives in practice.” —from the Introduction

Download or read book OBEDIENCE HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS written by GODSWORD GODSWILL ONU and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Holiness and Ministry written by Thomas B Dozeman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-10 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Council of Churches has called for renewed theological reflection on the biblical roots of ordination to strengthen the vocational identity of the ordained and to provide a framework for ecumenical dialogue. This book is a response to that call. It is grounded in the assumption that the vocation of ordination requires an understanding of holiness and how it functions in human religious experience. The goal is to construct a biblical theology of ordination that is embedded in broad reflection on the nature of holiness. Dozeman's study of holiness and ministry interweaves three methodologies. The first, from the History of Religions, describes two theories of holiness in the study of religion, as a dynamic force and as a ritual resource. Both play a central role in biblical literature and establish the paradigm of ordination to Word and Sacrament in Christian tradition. Second, the study of the formation of the Mosaic Office illustrates how the two views of holiness model ordination to the prophetic word and to the priestly ritual. Third, Canonical Criticism provides the lens to explore the ongoing influence of the Mosaic Office in the New Testament literature. Holiness and Ministry will assist candidates for ordination to discern their call experience and establish professional identity within individual traditions of Christianity, while also providing a resource for ecumenical dialogue on the nature and purpose of Christian ordination.

Download or read book Holiness written by Joseph Bachota Jr. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians are often labeled hypocrites. So what, then, prevents Christians from living in holiness and crafting an authentic Christian life? Joseph Bachota has the intriguing answer. Intricately researched and down-to-earth, Holiness: Can the Church Do This or Not? shares how Christians can begin to examine their lives and find their true path to holiness through faith in Jesus Christ. Bachota calls for the church's return to spiritual maturity and urges Christians to hold themselves to a higher standard as God called us to do. Using Bible verses and personal experiences to support his view, Bachota offers insight into the struggles Christians face in their day-to-day lives. He delves into such topics as how to get into the mind of Christ, being transformed by the word of God, and the deeper aspects of holiness. He also includes probing questions at the end of each section to help you apply the text to your daily life. With a lively, conversational style, Holiness: Can the Church Do This or Not? will open your mind to a deeper understanding of truly living in Christ. Throw off the shackles of hypocrisy and embrace your holiness!

Download or read book The Zone of Holiness written by Linda Norwood and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How many books have you read that have made your ears glow with inspiration, yet when the last page of the book is turned there is no clear help for you at the moment? Then this book is your ticket to ride the waves of Holiness. It will help you avoid the rip tide of profane events created by the negative events and circumstances in your life that I call the “Adversary.” Here you will find the clues to recognize and enjoy Universal laws and find your personal rules that support you and make this natural flow an effortless part of your days and nights. While thinking your hands are on the wheel, is something or someone who loves you not controlling your life? Deception is the Adversary’s primary tool to work against the materialization of your unique Love Pattern. Within these pages are eye-opening revelations that blow the Adversary’s cover. With light and a map, you can avoid the traps. Here you have help for today—this moment—in colorfully detailed inspiration and information. Be introduced to your heart’s true desire as you become aware of the “Blessings Game” and learn how you can live in a practical way with a Personal Life Protocol—beyond your means—in the Zone of Holiness.

Download or read book Other Voices in Old Testament Interpretation written by W. Creighton Marlowe and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main goal of this book is to provide a collection of essays (formerly only available separately in various academic journals) that offer untraditional and original exegetical insights into, or solutions to, popular or problematic Old Testament texts and topics. It illustrates the science and art of exegesis by an author within a broad evangelical context and demonstrates the interpretive value of reading biblical texts without prejudice to tradition and with careful attention to their historical and cultural contexts.

Download or read book Discerning the Voice of God written by Priscilla Shirer and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you feel that the ability to hear God's voice is for other people and not for you? Is it only for people who lived in Biblical times? Not at all! The God who loved you enough to die for you loves you enough to talk to you. And wherever you are in your spiritual walk, God will find a way to speak to you in a way you will understand. Become acquainted with the Voice that has spoken from a fire and a cloud; with visible signs and an invisible Spirit; through a burning bush and burning hearts. Hear from some of the most well-known Christians in history about how God speaks to them—and discover for yourself how you can discern the voice of God.

Download or read book A Voice from Zion written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lectures to Professing Christians written by Charles Grandison Finney and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Voices on Holiness from the Evangelical Association written by H J Bowman and published by Schmul Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS SCHMUL PUBLISHING CO. EDITION IS NOT A SCANNED FACSIMILE OF A USED BOOK. It has been carefully typeset and proofread for accuracy and for easier reading by today's readers. Consequently there are no odd characters or missing text. In the nineteenth century, the German Americans of the Evangelical Association unashamedly set forth the blessing of heart holiness. This volume is a compendium of the church's teaching and beliefs concerning entire sanctification at the height of the Holiness Revival in America. It closely followed the forms and teachings of the Methodist Church, complete with its own conference structure, bishops and Book of Discipline. Launched among the German community in Pennsylvania soon after the Revolutionary War, the reader will observe slight cultural distinctions from the Methodist Church, but will also readily see the movement of the Holy Spirit in cleansing power among any who are eager to receive him. Here is a restatement of the Second Blessing in no uncertain sound, joyfully proclaiming among all peoples of the nation and the world the Wesleyan doctrine of liberation from the guilt and power of sin.