Download or read book Jesus Saves written by Darcey Steinke and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the most daring and sensuous young writers in America, Jesus Saves, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, is a suburban gothic that explores the sources of evil, confronts the dynamic shifts within theology, and traces the consequences of suburban alienation. Set in the modern launch pads of adolescent ritual, the strip malls and duplexes on the back side of suburbia, it’s the story of two girls: Ginger, a troubled minister’s daughter; and Sandy Patrick, who has been abducted from summer camp and now smiles from missing-child posters all over town. Layering the dreamscapes of Alice in Wonderland with the subculture of River’s Edge, Darcey Steinke’s Jesus Saves is an unforgettable passage through the depths of the literary imagination.
Download or read book Jesus Saves written by Kristin Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart written by J. D. Greear and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If there were a Guinness Book of World Records entry for ‘amount of times having prayed the sinner’s prayer,’ I’m pretty sure I’d be a top contender,” says pastor and author J. D. Greear. He struggled for many years to gain an assurance of salvation and eventually learned he was not alone. “Lack of assurance” is epidemic among evangelical Christians. In Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart, J. D. shows that faulty ways of present- ing the gospel are a leading source of the confusion. Our presentations may not be heretical, but they are sometimes misleading. The idea of “asking Jesus into your heart” or “giving your life to Jesus” often gives false assurance to those who are not saved—and keeps those who genuinely are saved from fully embracing that reality. Greear unpacks the doctrine of assurance, showing that salvation is a posture we take to the promise of God in Christ, a posture that begins at a certain point and is maintained for the rest of our lives. He also answers the tough questions about assurance: What exactly is faith? What is repentance? Why are there so many warnings that seem to imply we can lose our salvation? Such issues are handled with respect to the theological rigors they require, but Greear never loses his pastoral sensitivity or a communication technique that makes this message teachable to a wide audience from teens to adults.
Download or read book Jesus Saves written by Sarah Reju and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're never too young to turn away from your sins and trust in Jesus. He's calling your young children to trust in him, but it can be difficult to teach the gospel to toddlers. How can you help them know the love of Jesus?
Download or read book How Jesus Saves the World from Us written by Morgan Guyton and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity has always been about being saved. But today what Christians need saving from most is the toxic understanding of salvation we've received through bad theology. The loudest voices in Christianity today sound exactly like the religious authorities who crucified Jesus. This is a book for Christians who are troubled by what we've become and who want Jesus to save us from the toxic behaviors and attitudes we've embraced. Each of the 12 chapters proposes an antidote for the toxicity that has infiltrated Christian culture, such as "Worship not Performance, "Temple not Program," and "Solidarity not Sanctimony." Each chapter includes thought-provoking discussion questions, perfect for individual or group study. There are many reasons to lose hope about the state of our world and our church, but Guyton offers one piece of good news: Jesus is saving the world from us, one Christian at a time.
Download or read book Jesus Wants to Save Christians written by Rob Bell and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a church not too far from us that recently added a $25 million addition to their building. Our local newspaper ran a front-page story not too long ago about a study revealing that one in five people in our city lives in poverty. This is a book about those two numbers. Jesus Wants to save Christians is a book about faith and fear, wealth and war, poverty, power, safety, terror, Bibles, bombs, and homeland insecurity. It's about empty empires and the truth that everybody's a priest. It's about oppression, occupation, and what happens when Christians support, animate and participate in the very things Jesus came to set people free from. It's about what it means to be a part of the church of Jesus in a world where some people fly planes into buildings while others pick up groceries in Hummers.
Download or read book Jesus Saves Lexi written by Wilhelmina M. Leonard and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-09-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus Saves Lexi! The Price One Woman Paid… Behind the velvet of the exotic dancing world comes an astounding memoir unlike any other. Jesus Saves Lexi: If He Can Save Me, He Can Save You is a one woman's personal recollection of lies, truth, racial discrimination and sexual abuse-and of course, her journey from Sexi Lexi to Wilhelmina, the woman of God has called her to be. Key secrets revealed include, but are not limited to: ·The cover up of the murder of exotic dancer Tamera Greene·Personal recounts of being sexually abused by former NFL player Lomas Brown·Invalid commitment to asylums to silence the Jesus Save Lexi testimony·Local and U.S. federal government corruption If you like the New York Time Bestseller, Confession of a Video Vixen of the film Changeling, you'll love Jesus Saves Lexi!About the Author: Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and the surrounding suburbs, Wilhelmina M. Leonard at one point in time was the second highest paid exotic dancer in the state –earning over $10,000 a week. Although the money was great, her life in general was not. Filled with drama, scandal and violence, she longed for so much more. After performing professionally for close to twelve years, she walked away from contracts in Windsor and Niagara Falls to commit her life to Jesus Christ. Today, she spends the majority of her time witnessing to others about the goodness of the Lord and how she went from sinner to saved. Wilhelmina plans to obtain a Bachelor's Degree in Forensic Science with a minor in History. She also wants to obtain a PHD in Apostolic Theology. She has appeared as a feature guest on numerous media outlets, including radio, TV, blog talk radio shows. Her message is clear- if Jesus can resurrect her from all that she has been through, He can do the same for you. www.JesusSavesLexi.com
Download or read book Saving the Saved written by Bryan Loritts and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White-knuckling can never get you where you want to go. But grace can. You already know because you’ve tried: repeated attempts to earn God’s love and approval get you nowhere and leave you exhausted. When performance taints our relationship with him, the Christian life can turn into an unholy hustle. It was never meant to be like this. In Saving the Saved, Pastor Bryan Loritts reveals the astonishing truth that God doesn’t want your spiritual scorekeeping. He simply wants your surrender. The punchline of the gospel of Matthew is just that—a message of grace and performance-free love to do-good, try-harder Jews who thought they had to earn their way into God’s favor. It’s an ancient message, yet it can be a lifeline to us today as we live in a world of performance metrics. Just as Matthew wrote to the Jews in his gospel, we were never meant to flounder under the pressures and anxieties of show Christianity. Make no mistake: we are called to live in obedience, but Jesus wants us to save us from the illusion that our actions can ever earn God’s acceptance of us. In Pastor Bryan’s relevant, uncompromising style, Saving the Saved proclaims the good news that once the pressure is off to perform, we are free to abide. Beyond the man-made rules and the red tape, there is a God who knows you by name. Come and meet him as you’ve never known him before.
Download or read book Only Jesus written by John F. MacArthur and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be a Christian? What did Jesus mean when He said, "Follow me"? Based on his classic bestseller, The Gospel According to Jesus, pastor and author John MacArthur explores the gospel Jesus himself preached--the radical message his followers risked everything to live out. Only Jesus helps readers gain a thorough and proper understanding of the true way to salvation by examining questions like these: What does it mean to be saved? What is saving grace? Why do Christians call Jesus "Lord"? Why does the Cross matter? What does it mean to be born again? What did Jesus teach about eternal life? What do "sin" and "repentance" mean? What is the role of the Holy Spirit in salvation? Only Jesus is perfect for Christians who want a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ or seekers who want to know who Jesus is and what he taught. John MacArthur will guide you in discovering how Jesus' actual words and teachings call us to salvation and new life through the power of the Holy Spirit. Drastic changes will result in our hearts and lives when we truly answer Christ's call to discipleship.
Download or read book Jesus Came to Save Sinners written by Charles H. Spurgeon and published by Aneko Press. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a heart-level conversation with you, the reader. Every excuse, reason, and roadblock for not coming to Christ is examined and duly dealt with. If you think you may be too bad, or if perhaps you really are bad and you sin either openly or behind closed doors, you will discover that life in Christ is for you too. You can reject the message of salvation by faith, or you can choose to live a life of sin after professing faith in Christ, but you cannot change the truth as it is, either for yourself or for others. As such, it behooves you and your family to embrace truth, claim it for your own, and be genuinely set free for now and eternity. Come, and embrace this free gift of God, and live a victorious life for Him.
Download or read book Jesus Saves written by Renaud deVitry and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bulk of this book was written over a 3-year period in India during daily quiet times there. It has been pared down from over 1,000 pages to 365 daily meditations corresponding to a daily reading through the Bible. The reading schedule is given at the head of each page with the day’s date. A verse is selected from each reading and includes the author’s thoughts for that day with a catchy title and an anecdote at the end. Many good devotionals are available, but the author feels this format will aid readers in keeping the Bible relevant to their daily lives as they attempt the worthy task of reading through the entire Bible in a year. It speaks to many personal concerns as they are addressed in the pages of Scripture. It is the author’s hope that this book will become a companion to daily Bible reading, and will encourage the readers to stick with their resolve to complete at least one year through the entire Bible.
Download or read book How Jesus Saves written by Joshua M. McNall and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How does Jesus save us by dying on the cross?" One night, as Josh McNall was talking with his young daughter before bedtime, she asked him this seemingly simple question. How would you answer? The fact that "Jesus saves" is perhaps the most basic claim of Christianity. Theologians and scholars refer to the way Jesus saves us as the atonement. the follow-up question—How does he save?—demands the attention not just of theologians but of every Christ follower. How exactly does a brutal and shameful crucifixion bring salvation? Why does the Bible call it good news, and why should we? In How Jesus Saves, McNall—professor and host of the podcast Outpost Theology—answers common questions and resolves misunderstandings that many people have about the atonement. You'll explore questions like: If Jesus conquered death, why doesn't it look like it? How could an innocent person justly pay the penalty for the guilty? Why couldn't God simply forgive apart from the cross? Doesn't following Jesus' sacrificial example actually enable abuse? Through Scripture, story, and real-life applications, McNall addresses this great Christian doctrine with simplicity without sacrificing the nuance it demands. Clear and readable, How Jesus Saves will deepen your faith and commitment as a Christian, giving you the comprehension and confidence you need to explain the atonement not only to your curious loved ones but also to skeptics who might challenge your faith. This book includes reflection questions at the end of each chapter.
Download or read book Jesus Saves Moses Invests written by Vic Schober and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Jesus Saves! Moses Invests!' are certainly two shocking sentences side by side, aren't they? When I first saw them presented as they are, I was confounded and conflicted, as I explain more fully in chapter one. But out of this confusion I came to more clarity on just what the Lord wanted me to know about savings and investments in several areas of my life including my finances. In the various chapters of this book I have attempted to cover a number of topics that can occur in one's life in reference to properly managing finances, possessions, positions, profits, and a host of other things that come our way when we 'buy up opportunities' as they are presented to us. I have learned through many years of living in good times and bad times, 'up' times and 'down' times that there is more to life than gathering an abundance of things in what the advertisers like to call the 'good life that you deserve.' I have been greatly blessed to have all that I need plus the extras . . . as the parable says 'enough and to spare.' It is the 'spare' that I talk about in this book. What to do with the 'extras' that I have been allowed to possess! Investing is a grand topic! It envisions planting and reaping a greater harvest! Abundance! More of everything! It promotes excitement in seeing little become much! Who doesn't thrill to having greater success with every investment? But as this happens, there are questions that arise. Questions like: What will I do with this surplus? How will I spend it or save it or invest it? Who should I trust to help me manage it? And a multitude of other considerations! Please know that this book is not an exhaustive study or even an attempt to share advice in the area of investments, but rather an agreement with the Lord that I would give my life full-time to the ministry of the Gospel, if He would help me to financially prosper enough to have a sufficient retirement in my latter years. We both have kept the terms of our agreement. My Lord is the best counselor-partner that anybody could ever have in this life and in the life to come!
Download or read book Holy Bible NIV written by Various Authors, and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 6637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.
Download or read book Jesus Saves Take Home Mini Books Grades PK 2 written by Sandy Wardman and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2008-08-28 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have fun with faith using Jesus Saves! Take-Home Mini-Books for grades PK–2! This 112-page book features 12 interactive lessons, each with a related take-home mini-book that children create. Each lesson provides a fun, interactive warm-up, a craft, a puzzle activity, and a mini-devotional that helps teachers prepare their hearts for teaching the lesson.
Download or read book Jesus saves By the author of Jesus all and in all C R Howell written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mosaic of Atonement written by Joshua M. McNall and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mosaic of Atonement offers a fresh and integrated approach to historic models of atonement. While modern treatments of the doctrine have tended toward either a defensive hierarchy, in which one model is singled out as most important, or a disconnected plurality, in which multiple images are affirmed but with no order of arrangement, this book argues for a reintegration of four famous "pieces" of atonement doctrine through the governing image of Christ-shaped mosaic. Unlike a photograph in which tiny pixels present a seamless blending of color and shape, a mosaic allows each piece to retain its recognizable particularity, while also integrating them in the service of a single larger image. If one stands close, one can identify individual squares of glass or tile that compose the greater picture. And if one steps back, there is the larger picture to be admired. Yet in the great mosaics of age-old Christian churches, the goal is not for viewers to construct the image, as in a puzzle, but to appreciate it. So too with this mosaic of atonement doctrine. While no one model is set above or against the others, the book notes particular ways in which the "pieces"--the feet, heart, head, and hands--mutually support one another to form a more holistic vision of Christ's work. "This is my body," Jesus said to his followers, and by reintegrating these oft-dismembered aspects of atonement, we will note fresh ways in which it was given for us.
