Download or read book Baseball as a Road to God written by John Sexton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The president of New York University offers a love letter to America’s most beloved sport and a tribute to its underlying spirituality. For more than a decade, John Sexton has taught a wildly popular New York University course about two seemingly very different things: religion and baseball. Yet Sexton argues that one is actually a pathway to the other. Baseball as a Road to God is about touching that something that lies beyond logical understanding. Sexton illuminates the surprisingly large number of mutual concepts shared between baseball and religion: faith, doubt, conversion, miracles, and even sacredness among many others. Structured like a game and filled with riveting accounts of baseball’s most historic moments, Baseball as Road to God will enthrall baseball fans whatever their religious beliefs may be. In thought-provoking, beautifully rendered prose, Sexton elegantly demonstrates that baseball is more than a game, or even a national pastime: It can be a road to enlightenment.
Download or read book The Awful Rowing Toward God written by Anne Sexton and published by Boston : Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1975 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this powerful new collection, one of our most dazzlingly inventive and prolific poets tackles a universal theme: the agonizing search for God that is part and parcel of the livse of all of us. As always, Anne Sexton's latest work derives from intense personal experience. She explores the dilemmas and triumphs, and the agony and the peace of her highly unorthodox faith, sharing all her findings with her readers as the quest progresses. Anne Sexton's poetry speaks to our most passionate yearnings for love and our deepest fears of evil and death. The uncompromising honesty and vividness of "The Awful Rowing Toward God" confirms her stature as one of the most compelling voices of our time. -- From publisher's description.
Download or read book The Stewardship of Life written by Clarence Sexton and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is always previous. The stewardship of life is our response to God. God begins the subject of stewardship in the very first chapter of the Bible. Typically, when the word "stewardship" is mentioned, most people think of money. Of course, stewardship involves much more than money. Money is only one expression of our stewardship. Stewardship involves all our response to God in life. There is nothing you or I could imagine that stewardship does not include. God wants to engage us to be laborers together with Him. You and I need to understand that God wants His work done in this world, and He created us (once we are redeemed and reconciled back to Him) to labor with Him and to do His work. When we prove faithful in one area, He enlarges our stewardship so that we work in more areas with Him. - Publisher.
Download or read book God Bless These Little Legs written by Lisa Sexton and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diagnosed at birth with cerebral palsy, Tyler and his mother Lisa use their diaries from the past 20 years to recount their insights into and triumphs in living with his diagnosis.
Download or read book Truths Every Christian Needs to Know written by Clarence Sexton and published by Crown Christian Publications. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a message of hope, the remarkable man who wrote this book says "The Lord has designed the Christian life in such a way that we can live in victory each day." Pastor Sexton leads Temple Baptist Church in Powell, TN, and is president of Crown College, which he founded. More than 900 students attend, from every state and several countries.
Download or read book Sexton For God written by Tim Rolls and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-23 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following Tommy Docherty's abrupt departure, the Chelsea board made a brave choice in appointing Dave Sexton as manager. That decision bore glorious fruit, culminating in the 1970 FA Cup win and, a year later, European glory. How did this happen? How did Sexton steady the ship, strengthen his squad and get the best out of his players. Mercurial talents like Cooke, Hudson and Osgood. Club loyalists like Bonetti, Harris, McCreadie, Hinton, Hollins, Boyle, Houseman, Tambling and Baldwin. Signings, Birchenall, Webb, Hutchinson, Dempsey, Mulligan, Weller and Phillips. This book looks at the games played under Sexton in that 1967-71 period and also examines his key decisions, his signings, the challenges of managing headstrong talents, the remarkable development of Hudson and Hutchinson, and the turnaround in team discipline, morale and performance that led to two major trophies in successive seasons. The 1970 FA Cup run is detailed, including the 'Sliding Doors' replay at Burnley, comfortable victories over London rivals Crystal Palace and Queens Park Rangers and the epic final and notorious replay against Leeds United. Similar focus is given to the 1970-71 European Cup Winners' Cup run, including the remarkable home victory over Bruges, hard-fought semi-final victories against Manchester City and the replay triumph over titans Real Madrid in Athens. "The missing link between Tim's excellent previous books on Chelsea in the '60s and '70s and the story with all the glory. Typically granular and well researched". Rick Glanvill, official Chelsea historian.
Download or read book The Christian Home written by Clarence Sexton and published by Crown Christian Publications. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells how to follow the principles taught in God's word to establish a Christian home, where the Christian life is lived daily. For the author, it wasn't enough to lead a church and write 30 books and booklets - Pastor Clarence Sexton also led the creation of a major college. This remarkable man was a driving force behind the opening of Crown Christian College of Powell, TN, of which he is president and which now teaches more than 900 students from every state and several countries. Here, Pastor Sexton tells how to follow the principles taught in God's word to establish a Christian home, where the Christian life is lived daily.
Download or read book Standing for Reason written by John Sexton and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful case for the importance of universities as an antidote to the “secular dogmatism” that increasingly infects political discourse John Sexton argues that over six decades, a “secular dogmatism,” impenetrable by dialogue or reason, has come to dominate political discourse in America. Political positions, elevated to the status of doctrinal truths, now simply are “revealed.” Our leaders and our citizens suffer from an allergy to nuance and complexity, and the enterprise of thought is in danger. Sexton sees our universities, the engines of knowledge and stewards of thought, as the antidote, and he describes the policies university leaders must embrace if their institutions are to serve this role. Acknowledging the reality of our increasingly interconnected world—and drawing on his experience as president of New York University when it opened campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai—Sexton advocates for “global network universities” as a core aspect of a new educational landscape and as the crucial foundation-blocks of an interlocking world characterized by “secular ecumenism.”
Download or read book Lord Send a Revival written by Clarence Sexton and published by Crown Christian Publications. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As you read this book, I pray that you will be stirred to seek the face of God for revival. Clarence Sexton
Download or read book The Death Notebooks written by Anne Sexton and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Four Views on the Church s Mission written by Zondervan, and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the Church's mission? What does it mean to participate in God's mission personally? How do "mission" and culture interact and conflict? This book articulates various evangelical views regarding the church's mission and provides a healthy, vigorous, and gracious debate on this controversial topic. In a helpful Counterpoints format, this volume demonstrates the unique theological frameworks, doctrinal convictions, and missiological conclusions that inform and distinguish the views: Soteriological Mission: Jonathan Leeman Participatory Mission: Christopher Wright Contextual Mission: John Franke Ecumenical-Political Mission: Peter Leithart Each contributor answers the same key questions based on their biblical interpretations and theological convictions: What is your biblical-theological framework for mission? How does your definition of mission inform your understanding of the church's mission? How does the Mission of God and Kingdom of God relate to the mission of the church? What is the gospel? How does your view on the gospel inform the mission of the church? How do verbal proclamation of the gospel, discipleship, corporate worship, caring for the poor, social justice, restoring shalom, developing culture, and international missions fit into the church's mission? The interactive format helps readers get a clearer picture of why different conclusions are drawn and provide a fresh starting point for discussion and debate of the church's mission. The Counterpoints series presents a comparison and critique of scholarly views on topics important to Christians that are both fair-minded and respectful of the biblical text. Each volume is a one-stop reference that allows readers to evaluate the different positions on a specific issue and form their own, educated opinion.
Download or read book Seduction of the Antichrist written by Shirley Sexton and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Satan screamed out of agony, blaspheming the God of the heavens. His heart was destroyed...'With the world in chaos and the one true God forgotten, citizens of every nation fall under the misguidance of the one cast down from the heavensa "Satan. Assuming the name Mick, the devil sits in a throne above all others, giving a mark to all who pledge their allegiance to him as their so-called god; without it, families starve and suffer. While non-believers live fluently but in peril of eternal damnation, Mick's servants work diligently to make him happy as they recruit new followers. Mick's mercurial personality wins over several God-fearing humans, even the young and beautiful Tonya. She lives in turmoil as she finds herself falling in love with the one she was taught to hate. But Tonya isn't the only one anxious. Fear is present everywhere, even for Mick, who knows his time is running out. Soon God will return and call him out on the lies he has sold to the world. The last days draw near, and an almost human Mick spins out of control as he creates a web of deceit and destruction for all. But it is Mick who faces the ultimate betrayal in Seduction of the Antichrist."
Download or read book The Man God Uses written by Henry T. Blackaby and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses scriptural analysis, prayer, and study questions to explore God's will and His process of refining an ordinary man into an extraordinary agent of God.
Download or read book Transformations written by Anne Sexton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Anne Sexton morphs classic fairy tales into dark critiques of the cultural myths underpinning modern society Anne Sexton breathes new life into sixteen age-old Brothers Grimm fairy tales, reimagining them as poems infused with contemporary references, feminist ideals, and morbid humor. Grounded by nods to the ordinary—a witch’s blood “began to boil up/like Coca-Cola” and Snow White’s bodice is “as tight as an Ace bandage”—Sexton brings the stories out of the realm of the fantastical and into the everyday world. Stripping away their magical sheen, she exposes the flawed notions of family, gender, and morality within the stories that continue to pervade our collective psyche. Sexton is especially critical of what follows these tales’ happily-ever-after endings, noting that Cinderella never has to face the mundane struggles of marriage and growing old, such as “diapers and dust,” “telling the same story twice,” or “getting a middle-aged spread,” and that after being awakened Sleeping Beauty would likely be plagued by insomnia, taking “knock-out drops” behind the prince’s back. Deconstructed into vivid, visceral, and often highly amusing poems, these fairy tales reflect themes that have long fascinated Sexton—the claustrophobic anxiety of domestic life, the limited role of women in society, and a psychological strife more dangerous than any wicked witch or poisoned apple.
Download or read book No Such Thing as Can t written by Lisa Sexton and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many books about overcoming obstacles, but this quintessential story of victory over limitations is unique. How many doctors have cerebral palsy? Not many. Yet this disability was part of the Great Physician’s plan for Tyler Sexton. Because of it, Tyler has become a role model for others facing adversity, including his patients. He has also become a humble healer who uses his heart and faith along with his intellect and training to help kids and give them hope. Tyler’s story has been featured on ABC’s 20/20 and was the basis for many episodes of ABC’s new show The Good Doctor. This is a story of a man who says, “I’d rather walk with a limp in Christ than with a strut in the world”; who wears superhero T-shirts and tells his little patients they’re “super” too, despite their physical problems; and whose stint at a medical school in the Caribbean completely erased the islanders’ negative view of disability. Through this inspiring true story, people will be encouraged to face adversity with hope, determination, and the strength of Christ.
Download or read book Following Christ and Fishing for Men written by Clarence Sexton and published by Crown Christian Publications. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lord Jesus Christ has the power to save and transform lives, and He has chosen to use human instruments to get the glorious gospel message to dying men. In these pages, you will find a biblical approach to personal evangelism. May the Lord use you to win souls!
Download or read book All My Pretty Ones written by Anne Sexton and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gifted poet reveals the poignancy and plaintive charm of common experiences.
