Download or read book Ruining Christmas Rediscovering Jesus written by Carl N. Toney and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the Christmas story almost wasn’t told? But Matthew and Luke saved Christmas. Have you wondered if Christmas is really a pagan holiday? Did marketers invent Santa Claus? And what does a Christmas tree have to do with anti-slavery? We’ll learn which traditions come from the Bible and where other traditions derive. Have you ever considered who Jesus was named after? Or why Jesus’s genealogy is traced to Joseph if he’s not Jesus’s biological father? We’ll answer questions like these surrounding Jesus’s legacy. Maybe you’ve asked what was the Bethlehem star? Or have you heard that there wasn’t an inn or innkeeper? With these kinds of inquiries, we’ll look at the circumstances surrounding Jesus’s birth. Do we know if the magi were kings, astrologers, or magicians? Or could you name the oldest person that met baby Jesus? By interacting with these people who met Jesus on that first Christmas, we’ll join the cast of characters around the manger. As we explore the stories and traditions of Christmas together, we’ll ruin some past misconceptions, but in the process, I promise that we’ll rediscover Jesus.
Download or read book Ruining Christmas Rediscovering Jesus written by Carl N. Toney and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the Christmas story almost wasn't told? But Matthew and Luke saved Christmas. Have you wondered if Christmas is really a pagan holiday? Did marketers invent Santa Claus? And what does a Christmas tree have to do with anti-slavery? We'll learn which traditions come from the Bible and where other traditions derive. Have you ever considered who Jesus was named after? Or why Jesus's genealogy is traced to Joseph if he's not Jesus's biological father? We'll answer questions like these surrounding Jesus's legacy. Maybe you've asked what was the Bethlehem star? Or have you heard that there wasn't an inn or innkeeper? With these kinds of inquiries, we'll look at the circumstances surrounding Jesus's birth. Do we know if the magi were kings, astrologers, or magicians? Or could you name the oldest person that met baby Jesus? By interacting with these people who met Jesus on that first Christmas, we'll join the cast of characters around the manger. As we explore the stories and traditions of Christmas together, we'll ruin some past misconceptions, but in the process, I promise that we'll rediscover Jesus.
Download or read book How Not to Ruin Christmas written by Dan Metzger and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't miss the miracle of God's greatest gift. The true meaning of Christmas.
Download or read book Embracing Advent written by Jen Ludwig and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embracing Advent includes four weeks of short daily readings to encourage you to: Hold on to HOPE, Find PEACE, Choose JOY, and LOVE and Be Loved. This is an Advent devotional meant to prepare you for the Christmas season. These readings can be used as individuals or in a bible study. Use this daily devotional to take a few minutes each day to step away from the holiday chaos and prepare your body, soul, and mind to whole-heartedly celebrate Christmas this year!
Download or read book God is with Us written by F. Thomas Trotter and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God Is with Us is a refreshing book for anyone for whom the trappings of the Christmas season have become barriers to the celebration of the birth of Christ. One must understand Christmas, it says, in order to understand ourselves as Christians.
Download or read book God s Little Christmas Book written by Honor Books and published by Honor Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspirational stories, songs and traditions to help you rediscover the real meaning of Christmas.
Download or read book Celebrating Christmas with Jesus written by Max Lucado and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2011-10-02 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching for an Advent devotional that is intentional and easy-to-follow? Let Advent come alive in your life this Christmas with Celebrating Christmas with Jesus: An Advent Devotional written by New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado. Every Christmas, Christians all over the world celebrate the Advent season, recognizing the love, hope, joy, and peace that is found only in Jesus Christ. Through this 30-day devotional, Max Lucado: Brings to light the many events in the life of Christ from birth to ascension that demonstrate His omnipotence Reflects on the gift that God has given each one of us to enjoy during this Christmas season Invites you to experience each moment as our Savior becomes the center of this Christmas for you Celebrating Christmas with Jesus: Is an affordable gift for neighbors, Bible study groups, worship leaders, fans of Max Lucado, and holiday gift baskets This Advent devotional gives readers the chance to slow down and get ready for the special birth of Jesus.
Download or read book Hidden Christmas written by Timothy Keller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller comes the perfect gift for the Christmas holiday—a profoundly moving and intellectually provocative examination of the nativity story Even people who are not practicing Christians think they are familiar with the story of the nativity. Every Christmas displays of Baby Jesus resting in a manger decorate lawns and churchyards, and songs about shepherds and angels fill the air. Yet despite the abundance of these Christian references in popular culture, how many of us have examined the hard edges of this biblical story? In his new book Timothy Keller takes readers on an illuminating journey into the surprising background of the nativity. By understanding the message of hope and salvation within the Bible’s account of Jesus’ birth, readers will experience the redeeming power of God’s grace in a deeper and more meaningful way.
Download or read book Ruining Christmas written by Brendan Beale and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That sentimental picture of Christmas we all have in our minds: the shepherds, the wise men, the stable, the inn, the star.It's all wrong.Most of what we think about the Christmas story isn't actually true. And so the goal of this book is simple: to make sure you can never look at a nativity scene again without being triggered.But in the process, you'll discover that the true story of Christmas is so much darker- and so much more wonderful- than you ever dreamed.
Download or read book God With Us written by Greg Pennoyer and published by . This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rediscovering Jesus written by Dr. Tony Foster and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscovering Jesus, is a book about taking a fresh new look at the claims of this amazing historical figure name, Jesus Christ. I say this in all humility but honestly, I believe in my experience over the last 32 years of being a Christian and working with churches, that the church has many misconceptions about who Jesus is. When you do not have a proper understanding of the Bible as a Christian, then your foundation will be faulty. You cannot build a house to last for generations on a faulty foundation. I have taken an apologetic approach to writing this book. Apologetics can be defined as a defense of the Christian faith. Apologetics is giving a rational presentation for and providing the intellectual basis of the truth claims of biblical Christianity. I wanted to give the reader enough information where it’s not too academic, but academic enough that you could have a theological, historical, and philosophical understanding, of the claims of Jesus. I pray that this book will give you a revelation and understanding, of the greatest man who ever lived, Jesus Christ. I believe that Jesus is fully God and fully man. The purpose of this book is to show the evidence that you will know and consider that Jesus is truly the Son of God. And that you may receive him as your Lord and Savior. In this critical time in our history the only answer to true freedom and liberty is by, “Rediscovering Jesus” the true Savior of the world.
Download or read book Keeping Christ in Christmas written by K G Nelson and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is in part based on a real life experience that happened to the author, but for the most part it is fiction. However, we must remember that there is nothing fictional about the birth of Christ. This book is intended to remind all of us that Christmas was created to celebrate the birth of Christ and for no other reason. The following is a short synopsis of the book. John and his older brother Jim have a Christmas tradition, they stay up on Christmas eve and Jim tells John stories of Christmases past. However, one particular year Jim decided that he is too old for such nonsense. John felt like his Christmas has been completely ruined because Jim wouldn't stay up with him on Christmas eve. Then John received a visit from a mysterious man named Nick. Nick took John on a wonderful journey that reminded him what Christmas is really about.
Download or read book If You re Missing Baby Jesus written by Jean Gietzen and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 1999 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the heartwarming true story of a family that discovers in 1943 that the nativity set they've purchased has come with two figurines of the baby Jesus. Fearing that someone was cheated out of the most important figurine in a nativity set, the mother cajoles the store owner into putting a sign on the shelf: "If you're missing Baby Jesus, call 7162." On a frozen Christmas eve, someone calls-a single mother without food for her kids or heating oil for the furnace. Although she didn't buy a nativity set, she saw the sign and trusted that it was God's sign for her. Word spreads and neighbors hurry to her aid, even providing a tree and presents. The true meaning of Christmas is restored, not just for a woman and her children, but for an entire community. If You're Missing Baby Jesus: A True Story That Embraces the Spirit of Christmas is sure to become a holiday classic.
Download or read book The Unnecessary Pastor written by Marva J. Dawn and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1999-11-17 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling authors Marva Dawn and Eugene Peterson offer encouragement to pastors. Pastors are strategically placed to counter the culture. No other profession looks so inoffensive but is in fact so dangerous to the status quo. Their weapon? A gospel that is profoundly countercultural. But standing firm in today's world isn't easy. Powerful forces, both subtle and obvious, attempt to domesticate pastors, to make them, in a word, unnecessary. In this book, two of today's most respected authors help pastors recover their gospel identity and maintain a pure vision of Christian leadership. Marva Dawn and Eugene Peterson reconnect pastors with the biblical texts that will train them as countercultural servants of the gospel. Marva Dawn looks to Paul's letter to the Ephesians for instruction for churches seeking to live faithfully in today's world. In turn, Eugene Peterson explores Romans, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus, drawing from them the correct view of pastoral identity.
Download or read book The Night Before Jesus written by Herbert Brokering and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set to the familiar rhythm of " 'Twas the Night before Christmas," this children's book features clever rhymes and beautiful illustrations to teach children the important story of Jesus' birth.
Download or read book Fear Fighting written by Kelly Balarie and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all live with fear. It hangs around, whispering in our ears, reminding us of all we can't do or will never be. But that's not the end of the story. We also have a God who draws close to say, Fear not. I am with you. This Spirit transforms us into fear fighters--women breaking free of trepidation to find bold dedication to God's peace-, purpose- and joy-filled callings. With remarkable compassion born from personal experience, Kelly Balarie shows women how to · Cultivate unstoppable faith by harnessing God's Word and promptings · Pray panic-, blood pressure- and stress-reducing prayers to usher in lasting peace · Discover clear and immediate action plans to exchange worry for God's greatest gifts · Implement daily bravery decrees to stand armed through the day · Participate in a 12-week study guide to foster new courageous habits Kelly pulls back the curtain of fear so you can find the beautiful woman God created you to be.
Download or read book Gifts in the Ruins written by Rosemary Haughton and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In word and art, celebrated author of "The Catholic Thing" rediscovers values and imagesQold, new, and familiarQthat last and heal. "Gifts in the Ruins" shows readers how freely chosen spiritual gifts become discoveries that can open new possibilities.
