Download or read book Into the Unknown Recklessly following the call of God written by Peter Vandenberg and published by CFAN Publications. This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Balancing Act written by Robert Schnase and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our lives are filled to capacity with routines, habits, conversations, surprises, and disappointments. With all that's going on in life, it's easy to miss those quiet moments of grace which come more often than we realize. But they are there. In The Balancing Act, a collection of thirty short and insightful devotional readings originally written for his blog at www.fivepractices.org, Bishop Robert Schnase invites readers to take a daily look at how to watch for and include God in their lives. The Balancing Act is written to inspire prayer, conversation, questions, and change. Feel free to use it as a personal daily devotional or in small groups. Topics include spiritual attentiveness, life goals, and prayer. Readings will be grouped under weekly themes and include group discussion questions with each of the 30 readings. Listen to Bishop Schnase read from The Balancing Act. Please, Lord, Send Someone Else Somewhere Out There The Balancing Act Download a brochure on all available Five Practices products.

Download or read book The Word in the Wind written by Bruce L. Taylor and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growing use and appreciation of the Common Lectionary (Revised) has stimulated renewed attention to the Christian calendar in its fullness and an enrichment of liturgical worship. In this volume, Bruce Taylor offers a collection of theologically rich, sacramentally sensitive, and biblically centered sermons for the Sundays and feast days in the first half of Year A of the Lectionary, featuring Gospel readings from Matthew with attention to the accompanying Old Testament and epistolary texts. Included is a sampling of sermons written as engaging stories, and a sermon presented during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Preachers will find here encouragement for their own homiletical observance of the liturgical year and ecumenical celebrations, and the mutual and intimate relationship between Word and Sacrament. All readers will find a thoughtful and stimulating resource for their own life of faith, witness, and devotion.

Download or read book Metropolitan Pulpit and Homiletic Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Homiletic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Homiletic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reckless Faith written by Jo Kadlecek and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2009-01-16 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bible studies on the life of Peter examine his letters, the book of Acts, and the Gospels. He was impulsive, arrogant, and passionate to a fault. Yet Jesus chose him to lead the early church. Peter, one of the most colorful of Jesus’ disciples, paints the picture of a man who wants desperately to be holy but is hampered by being all too human. Sound familiar? Reckless Faith looks at this caustic, cocky, cowardly, chosen man and what his life has to say to Christians today. Through a study of his letters, the book of Acts, and the Gospels, Peter springs off the page as one who held nothing back, lived large, and was used by God despite his most sinful nature. This Fisherman Resource includes author commentary, interactive questions, and opportunities for reflection as you discover how God allows us to come to him as holy and human. Great for individual study or in a group, Reckless Faith will show you that being a follower of God doesn’t necessarily mean having it all together.

Download or read book Malestrom written by Carolyn Custis James and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated and expanded—with a new foreword by Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne—Malestrom provides a redemptive vision of biblical manhood and a way through the treacherous seas of patriarchy. Like the danger of a maelstrom in the open seas, a relentless force threatens our culture, swirling with hidden currents that distorts God's image of personhood. This book reveals how the malestrom is one of the Enemy's single most successful strategies. Its victories are flashed before us every day in the headlines as men lose sight of who God created them to be. It has consumed the evangelical church that stoops to offering toxic "manly" solutions to the wrongs it perceives in society and distracts from the rich potential God has entrusted to his sons. Digging deeply into the stories of men in the Bible who subverted cultural hierarchies, Carolyn Custis James shows us how countercultural God's design for men really is. Through personal story, biblical commentary, and cultural analysis, Custis James: Makes a strong case for the unbiblical nature of patriarchy. Illuminates the sociology of marginalization and cultural gender roles. Takes a close biblical look at Jesus and what his character and humanity means to the men of the church today. Malestrom offers what we so desperately need—a biblical, global, timeless vision of godly personhood that is big enough to encompass the diversity of men's lives and strong enough to withstand the crises they face. "It is one thing to critique the abuses of a domineering masculinity and lament the religious and societal consequences, but Carolyn Custis James takes the next crucial step and offers us a better path forward. For those asking, "What now?" Malestrom serves as a sure-footed guide." —Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Download or read book Anything written by Jennie Allen and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you promised God you would do anything . . . and he took you up on it? Anything is a prayer of surrender that will move you to stop chasing happiness and start living a surrendered life that matters. If you’ve ever felt lonely, lost, or like there must be more to life than constantly keeping up with the Joneses, then this book is for you. Previously caught in the dizzying haze of worldly happiness and empty pursuits, Jennie had had enough. She and her husband Zac prayed a courageous prayer of surrender: "God, we will do anything. Anything." They went on to begin living out the adventure God had written for them. This revised edition is updated throughout to include a new introduction and an in-depth Bible study component for those who have been wanting to lead a study on this topic. Join Jennie on an adventure to discover your anything, including: Factors that inhibit us from living a life of surrender to God What praying "Anything" really means What your life might look like having prayed it Jennie Allen shares the biblical truth that our lives are not meant to be safe and comfortable, but radical and profound. Discover how little worldly pursuits mean until you know the God who’s truly worth giving up everything for. And when you do. . . everything will change. Anything is also available in Spanish, Lo que me pidas.

Download or read book The Christian Advocate written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 2144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reckless Abandon written by Larry Tomczak and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2002 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is searching for trailblazers...forerunners...pioneers who will stir the rest of the church out of complacency and into His glorious purposes!" says author Larry Tomczak. How will you respond to God's voice as He calls you out of "comfy-cozy complacency" and into the life of a spiritual pioneer? It is a walk of faith, and many have chosen to take the journey. Reckless Abandon discusses these exciting topics and more: - How do we know we need revival?- Are there any telltale signs that a spiritual revolution is under way?- What's the difference between martyrs, leaders, settlers and spiritual pioneers?- What made John Calvin and Martin Luther become spiritual pioneers?

Download or read book Wrinkled Sheets and God S Grace written by Doreen Priscilla Brown and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-08-06 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too many people, particularly young women, find themselves at the crossroads of life saddled with guilt, pain, and conflict because of unwise relational choices. Others find themselves at still a different crossroad where they are conflicted about choosing a partnerwhether to wait on God, help God out, or just throw in the towel. In Wrinkled Sheets and Gods Grace, author Doreen Priscilla Brown presents relevant spiritual insights into making the right choices in relationships, and she provides comfort through God to those women who have been hurt by their unwise choices. Through scriptural references, stories from the Bible, and inspirational quotations, she communicates the importance of selecting a partner who shares the same spiritual values and life goalsmaking sure Jesus plays a central role. Providing insight into such topics as premarital sex and living together before marriage, Wrinkled Sheets and Gods Grace explains that for a relationship to be all God wants it to be, both parties have to be intentional about putting Jesus Christ first and last in all matters and be willing to function under the authority of his statutes.

Download or read book Echoes of the Call written by Jeffrey Swanson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-06-29 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the personal histories of one hundred evangelical missionaries in Ecuador, Echoes of the Call explores the lives of missionaries as sociological "strangers." In a study as compelling as it is insightful, Jeffrey Swanson illustrates how missionaries are distanced, not only from their culture and homeland, but also from their own era. The work begins with Swanson's interpretation of how his own experience as a child of missionaries shaped the viewpoint of estrangement from which the book is written. Swanson renders the formation of a missionary identity as the rhetorical composition of a personal testimony, in which life stories of separation, loss, conflict, and conversion are melded symbolically with historical mission themes of sacrifice, heroism, spiritual militancy, and divine calling. Relying on his subjects' own narratives, he traces the missionaries' personal journeys as their sense of calling first emerges, and then as it must be reinterpreted to account for unexpected, ambiguous, and often disillusioning experiences in their host country. Swanson argues that missionaries are marginal individuals who use their vocation creatively to produce a meaningful social world, and who use rhetoric effectively to maintain that world, for themselves and for supporters in their home countries. An informative and nuanced study, this book is a significant contribution to present sociological literature concerning missionaries and American evangelicals. Anyone interested in the sociology of religion, culture, and folklore will find Echoes of the Call to be a valuable and intriguing work.

Download or read book Raising a Lady in Waiting written by Jackie Kendall and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising Daughters Who Refuse to Settle In a culture that emphasizes finding the right pair of jeans over waiting for the right man, there is no time to sit back and hope everything just pans out. Mom, you are your daughter’s greatest influence, mentor, and relationship coach. It is time to take action! The most important decision of your daughter’s life is who will be her Master; the second is who will be her “mister.” You play a vital role in preparing her to make this choice. Bestselling author, Jackie Kendall, opens her heart and candidly shares four decades’ worth of experience with mothers who are raising daughters to navigate the challenges of relationships. These principles help you effectively guide your daughter to: • Maintain high relationship standards • Guard her mind from false relationship images • Teach her the value of waiting for God’s best Kids are passing school while flunking in relationships. Raising a Lady in Waiting provides you with the keys necessary to safeguard your daughter from pursuing “Bozos” and prepares her for the “Boaz” God has waiting.

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Download or read book Select Notes on the International Lessons written by Mary Abby Thaxter Peloubet and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Practical hints to teachers by Rev. A.F. Schauffler.