Download or read book Soaring Where Christ Has Led written by Richard Avery and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Believing that Christian worship should be both exciting and stimulating and respectful of God and worshipers and liturgical traditions, Dick Avery and Don Marsh have put their considerable talents together to bring you ideas and music that make worship soar. As you read these groundbreaking ideas tailored to the seasons of the church year, you'll find yourself saying, "Yes! YES! YES!" -- and you'll be eager to put them in place with your congregation. Everything Avery and Marsh describe in this remarkable volume has been done successfully in their congregation at the regular Sunday morning service of worship, so you will find no off-the-wall suggestions pushed for mere novelty's sake or just to "shake things up." Rather, every principle, every suggestion, every idea has a purpose and goal befitting the Gospel and designed to help worshipers tune in to the mighty Lord of All. With all of this plus several samples of original Avery & Marsh music, written especially for Sunday morning worship, Soaring Where Christ Has Led is a resource you will use week after week in planning worship services that delight congregations, honor God with momentous expressions of joy, and teach the way of Christ in today's world. Nationally renowned for their creative worship celebrations, Richard Avery and Donald Marsh were colleagues in ministry for 40 years at the First Presbyterian Church in Port Jervis, New York, where Avery served as pastor and Marsh as choirmaster (directing 3 choirs) and director of arts (producing 83 major plays and working with educational projects). They have collaborated in composing hymns, songs, and anthems, of which more than 150 have been published. During the last 30 years they have led regional and national church assemblies, conferences, and workshops on worship, music, and drama for many denominations and in virtually all 50 states. A native of California, Avery is a graduate of the University of Redlands and Union Theological Seminary in New York. Marsh has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Houston, and worked for 17 years in New York's music and theater world as a composer, choreographer, pianist, and actor. Avery and Marsh continue their collaboration in composing for the church and in leading special liturgical and musical events while living in retirement in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Download or read book The Wesleyan Way written by Scott J. Jones and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exciting and inspiring new study, Scott J. Jones helps seekers and believers to envision and practice discipleship as a way of life. Presenting Christianity from a Wesleyan perspective, Jones invites participants into a deeper, more thoughtful, more active commitment to Christ. This 8-session study helps participants focus on how, through discipleship with Jesus Christ, we become part of God’s work in transforming the world. Each week a different presenter shares their personal faith experience. Presenter include Adam Hamilton, Olu Brown, Felicia Hopkins, Jessica Moffat Seay, Jorge Acevedo, Rob Fuquay and author Scott Jones. Mini-videos conclude each week with an interview or ministry story from the presenter’s home church. Participants then read on their own from the student book and the Bible and then once a week the group comes together to explore what they've read and to view another video.
Download or read book The One Year Great Songs of Faith written by Robert Brown and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience daily the timeless truths contained in the many celebrated songs of the Christian faith. Each day's devotional includes the text of a classic hymn or song, the inside story about the author or origin of the song, and a related Scripture passage. Be refreshed and strengthened each day by the mighty words that have uplifted God's people through the ages.
Download or read book The One Year Book of Hymns written by ROBERT. BROWN and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. Psalm 100:1-2 NLT For centuries in the Christian church, hymn singing has been an integral way of expressing our deepest praise to our Creator. Hymns allow us to pour out the grateful feelings of the heart in worship--feelings awakened by the experience of forgiveness and the gracious work of the Holy Spirit. In this beautiful deluxe edition of The One Year Book of Hymns, join the chorus of believers throughout church history and throughout the earth to worship Christ. With each day, this one year devotional will invigorate and encourage your faith with classic hymn texts and the stories of faith behind them, including favorites like: "I Need Thee Every Hour" "Abide with Me" "Take My Life and Let it Be" "It is Well with My Soul" "O Love that Will Not Let Me Go" "The Old Rugged Cross" The enduring legacy of God's work in the lives of these faithful writers leads us to worship our Savior anew for the glorious mercies within our own.
Download or read book Crushing written by T. D. Jakes and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow God's process for growth and find hope in life's darkest moments with Bishop T.D. Jakes's uplifting stories and advice from his own faith journey. In this insightful book, #1 New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes wrestles with age-old questions: Why do the righteous suffer? Where is God in all the injustice? Bishop Jakes tells crushing personal stories from his own journey -- the painful experience of learning his young teenage daughter was pregnant, the agony of watching his mother succumb to Alzheimer's, and the shock and helplessness he felt when his son had a heart attack. Bishop Jakes wants to show you how God uses difficult, crushing experiences to prepare you for unexpected blessings. If you are faithful through suffering, you will be surprised by God's joy, comforted by His peace, and fulfilled with His purpose. Crushing will inspire you to have hope, even in your most difficult moments. If you trust in God and lean on Him during setbacks, He will lead you through.
Download or read book The Lyrical Theology of Charles Wesley Expanded Edition written by S T Kimbrough Jr. and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-06-21 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised with Comprehensive Scriptural Index to Wesley's Poetry The theology of Charles Wesley is expressed primarily in hymns and sacred poems-that is, in a literary and liturgical form of art. Wesley's theological concerns, as seen through his hymns and poems, include inquiries into the meaning of the church's sacred rites, festivals, and seasons (Holy Communion, Baptism, Advent, Christmas, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost), and a host of other theological concerns, such as conversion, sanctification, perfection, holiness, grace, and love. These theological concerns are spread throughout his repertory of over 9,000 hymns and poems. There are two primary purposes of this volume: first, to prepare the reader to read Wesley's poetry, given the plethora of literary, theological, and societal influences on his thought and writing; and second, to bring together a collection of his hymns and sacred poems that are representative of his theological perspectives. Thereby the reader is given the opportunity to become better equipped to grasp the meaning of Wesley's profound lyrical theology and its implications for contemporary theology and life.
Download or read book The Lyrical Theology of Charles Wesley written by S T Kimbrough and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theological concerns of Charles Wesley are expressed primarily through his repertory of over 9,000 hymns and sacred poems. They include inquiries into the meaning of the Church's sacred rites, festivals, and seasons (e.g., Holy Communion, Baptism, Advent, Christmas, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost) and a host of other concerns, such as conversion, sanctification, perfection, holiness, grace, and love. This volume prepares the reader to read Wesley's poetry, showing the plethora of literary, theological,and societal influences on his thought and writing; and brings together a collection of hymns and sacred poems that are representative of his theological perspectives. The reader is given the opportunity to become better equipped to grasp the meaning of Wesley's profound lyrical theology and its implications for contemporary theology and life.
Download or read book Soaring On Eagle s Wings written by Ann-Marie Duffus and published by . This book was released on 2023-06-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which word best describes you? A Chicken or an Eagle? You are an eagle if feeling confined makes you feel like a huge chicken trapped in a little cage. You are an eagle if your environment and company make you feel limited. Are you ready to release yourself from the chicken coop, which represents the way you live and think? Are you ready to activate the eagle within you, which is your God-given gifts, and talents to make a powerful impact in the world? THE CHOICE IS YOURS? It's time stop allowing the enemy limit you to what you can do and achieve and rise into your divine purpose that God has placed on your heart. You were Born to Soar despite all odds. It's time to leave your comfort zone and explore the world fully, realize what God has planned for your life. It's time to figure out who you are truly meant to be. To realize your and full potential. Ann-Marie Duffus, is a Woman of God called after God's own heart. She understands and has experience the struggles of feeling limited and confined. An eagle who felt like big chicken trapped in a little cage. Her experiences has taught her that freedom and joy comes from knowing your true identity by walking confidently in fulfilling your God-given purpose. In this book, "Soaring On Eagle's Wings," Ann-Marie shared practical, quicken truth, and Holy Spirit led Kingdom principles on how a Christian can soar to greater heights in their relationship with Jesus Christ. You will learn the Spiritual formula to attain great spiritual vigor, strength and tenacity to Soar on Eagle's Wings, in order to impact nations. With Biblical principles and real-life changing testimonies, the book is a Spiritual guide on how to live in your true identity and abundant life, that God has destined for you by following the spiritual precepts through the Power of Obedience. Whether you're struggling with your identity or your relationship in Jesus Christ, this book is geared towards inspiring the UNSAVED, saved and unidentifiable one that have no sense of direction about who God has created them to be in this earth. This book will inspire, quicken, equip, and motivate you with principles you need to be rooted and grounded in God through the power of the Holy Spirit as you wait upon Him, and Soar on Eagle's Wings. Always remember that you were "Born to Soar" above all that the enemy sends your way for you to fail. Between eagles and chickens, there is a clear illustration of polar opposite character traits. Being an eagle is considerably more challenging because nothing worthwhile comes easily, but it will be worth it. You must decide whether you are an eagle or a chicken, and then you must create a vision for your future and fervently believe that vision will come true. You are born to soar, and the choice is in your hands. You have the willpower within you to overcome and recover all. "Born to Soar" means more than just flying; it means rising swiftly above all odds. To rise above all obstacles, hurdles, circumstances, and challenges that, the enemy has laid in your path to limit you and stop you. You are Born to Soar not Snore! You were made to go above the normal levels; to go through life's barriers and go beyond your normal expectations. To do something you've never done before. You were created not to fly but soar high like an eagle. An eagle soars despite how they're feeling. It's time to soar like an eagle, break through limitations, and accomplish your true potential; instead of being stuck in a place of stagnancy. Where you are today is not permanent. God created you and anointed you, with wings like an eagle to accomplish all and soar higher than ever before in Jesus' name Amen.
Download or read book A Concordance of The Hymnal 1982 written by and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on the entire text of the hymns and functions for the hymnal.
Download or read book A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles written by James Augustus Henry Murray and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities Kal Zoe written by William Smith and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 1190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soaring Higher written by Philip C. Eyster and published by Sacred Grounds. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book that will take you soaring - with information and inspiration. But first it will bring you down to earth. When I read the first chapter I thought, "I'm glad I wasn't part of Phil's team" - with the snakes, the disposals, the often terrible food. It's not about glamorous travels. Then when I read chapter two I thought, "I wish I could have been there" - to see God at work. Here is the moving, real, down to earth story of how God led one man to make a difference - not with glamor, but with grit and grace, and not for a year or two but a lifetime of faithful ministry. I wish every young evangelist could read it. Leighton Ford, President Leighton Ford Ministries. Charlotte, North Carolina. Every man or woman who answers God's call to ministry comes to the altar with some idea of where they would like to serve, whether it is a glistening cathedral, a humble country church, or somewhere in the mission field. Raised on the teachings of men such as J. Hudson Taylor and C.S. Spurgeon, Dr. Philip C. Eyster, believed his calling was to be an evangelist but he didn't know how or where God would lead him. Eventually, God led him all over the world wherever there was need for the light of the Gospel. Through preaching, teaching, physical labor, and medical clinics Dr. and his organization have been demonstrating God's love and healing power wherever there was need and a little space to meet the need. Over the years they have criss-crossed continents, planting churches, building orphanages, providing eyeglasses, and giving sanctuary for those shunned by society or victimized by poverty and perversity. These reflections collected over 50 years show the reality of field ministry: the humor, the tears, the dangers, and the miracles.
Download or read book Cascades of Violence written by John Braithwaite and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As in the cascading of water, violence and nonviolence can cascade down from commanding heights of power (as in waterfalls), up from powerless peripheries, and can undulate to spread horizontally (flowing from one space to another). As with containing water, conflict cannot be contained without asking crucial questions about which variables might cause it to cascade from the top-down, bottom up and from the middle-out. The book shows how violence cascades from state to state. Empirical research has shown that nations with a neighbor at war are more likely to have a civil war themselves (Sambanis 2001). More importantly in the analysis of this book, war cascades from hot spot to hot spot within and between states (Autesserre 2010, 2014). The key to understanding cascades of hot spots is in the interaction between local and macro cleavages and alliances (Kalyvas 2006). The analysis exposes the folly of asking single-level policy questions like do the benefits and costs of a regime change in Iraq justify an invasion? We must also ask what other violence might cascade from an invasion of Iraq? The cascades concept is widespread in the physical and biological sciences with cascades in geology, particle physics and the globalization of contagion. The past two decades has seen prominent and powerful applications of the cascades idea to the social sciences (Sunstein 1997; Gladwell 2000; Sikkink 2011). In his discussion of ethnic violence, James Rosenau (1990) stressed that the image of turbulence developed by mathematicians and physicists could provide an important basis for understanding the idea of bifurcation and related ideas of complexity, chaos, and turbulence in complex systems. He classified the bifurcated systems in contemporary world politics as the multicentric system and the statecentric system. Each of these affects the others in multiple ways, at multiple levels, and in ways that make events enormously hard to predict (Rosenau 1990, 2006). He replaced the idea of events with cascades to describe the event structures that 'gather momentum, stall, reverse course, and resume anew as their repercussions spread among whole systems and subsystems' (1990: 299). Through a detailed analysis of case studies in South Asia, that built on John Braithwaite's twenty-five year project Peacebuilding Compared, and coding of conflicts in different parts of the globe, we expand Rosenau's concept of global turbulence and images of cascades. In the cascades of violence in South Asia, we demonstrate how micro-events such as localized riots, land-grabbing, pervasive militarization and attempts to assassinate political leaders are linked to large scale macro-events of global politics. We argue in order to prevent future conflicts there is a need to understand the relationships between history, structures and agency; interest, values and politics; global and local factors and alliances.
Download or read book The Christian Church written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Methodist Hymnal Concordance written by Robert F. Klepper and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indexes the Methodist Hymnal. Useful in finding the complete context for partly remembered phrases and for locating quotations.
Download or read book The Great Texts of the Bible Isaiah written by James Hastings and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Texts of the Bible written by James Hastings and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
