Download or read book The Disciplined Life Through Agape written by Jerry D. Brown and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-10-20 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Disciplined Life through Agape expounds upon the Greek word agape, capturing nearly 45 years of biblical research. Even though other sources commonly translate it “love” and “charity”, this work delves far deeper into all 16 robust characteristics. Human sentiment and secular literature are left behind; deliberate consideration and action are brought to the forefront. The Disciplined Life through Agape delves into God’s Word to deliver a thorough understanding of the most significant code of conduct given to the Christian Church.
Download or read book The Disciplined Life written by Richard S. Taylor and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where instant gratification and self-indulgence reign supreme, The Disciplined Life: The Mark of Christian Maturity by Richard S. Taylor serves as a clarion call for Christians to embrace the transformative power of discipline. Drawing from biblical wisdom and practical insights, Taylor argues that true spiritual growth and personal fulfillment can only be achieved through a life of intentional self-control, perseverance, and courage. This thought-provoking book challenges readers to confront their aversion to restraint and offers guidance on cultivating the inner strength necessary to overcome life's trials and temptations.
Download or read book Agape What Is It written by John Marcus and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world full of hopelessness and despair, there is one thing that people need more than ever: love. Within the core of every human being, there is a longing to feel and to truly know what love is. Many think that love is based on subjective emotions and feelings; however, nothing could be further from the truth. The objective truth of what it really means to love goes far beyond any emotion or feeling. The truth is that we must choose to love rather than feel it. When this is achieved, the love of Christ is made clear in a profound and powerful way. John 15:13 says, 'Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.' This simple verse carries incredible depth as author John Marcus helps readers discover the love it takes to make a complete self-sacrifice in Agape: What is it? This convicting study provokes deeper biblical understanding of what it means to be a mature Christian and to grow with agape love. Christians will be challenged to think about what they define as 'love' as John gives insight from his own testimony to help readers to love sacrificially. Topics covered include: overcoming with longsuffering, casting out fear, being able to cover the sins of others, and loving in truth. Learn how to apply these solid principles in everyday life. Start the adventure of growing in the love of Jesus Christ and sharing it with the world. Marriages, friendships, families, and so many more can be transformed by this love. Discover how in Agape: What is it? Author John Marcus has grasped what it means to love with agape love after growing up in a home full of selfishness, pride, and substances abuse.
Download or read book Gentle Firmness written by Stephanie G. Cox M S Ed and published by Winters Publishing Group. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does God really want children to be spanked? Where did spanking come from? How can I discipline my children in a manner that is truly pleasing to God? In Gentle Firmness, Stephanie G. Cox answers all of these questions and more. Take this fascinating journey to learn how to accurately read and interpret the "rod" verses of Proverbs. See why spanking is more of a church doctrine rather than a biblical principle. Read many stories from actual people raised in Christian homes that were "lovingly" spanked and yet were emotionally scarred. And finally, discover how ALL children can be effectively disciplined in a biblical manner without being hurt. Stephanie G. Cox, M.S.Ed is severely physically disabled with cerebral palsy. She is an amazing overcomer, as evidenced by the fact that she typed the entire book the way she always types...with her nose!
Download or read book Agape Road written by Bob Mumford and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The road believers travel is broken with twists, turns, and detours into worldliness and man-made religion. Thankfully, God uses that broken road to draw us back toward the destination our hearts long for----intimacy with Him. In Agape Road, author Bob Mumford illustrates how to avoid taking detours by abiding in Jesus. Experiencing God's unconditional agape love gives us the security, identity, and belonging we cannot get any other way.
Download or read book Agape Love written by Sir John Templeton and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tradition of agape, or unconditional love, is not exclusive to any religion. It is a primary underlying principle found in religions worldwide. The concept of altruistic love challenges the spiritual person to "love your enemies" or to "love without thought of return." It is a love that flows out to others through compassion, kindness, tenderness, and charitable giving. Buddhists have a path of compassion, where caring for others becomes the motivating force behind existence. Hindus have a branch of yoga, the heart-centered path, that leads to enlightenment through an overwhelming love for God that takes the form of loving all humanity. Eastern religions, such as Taoism and Confucianism, see transcendent love as essential to true wisdom. Love is a universal theme of love found in all religious traditions, Buddhist, Christian, Islam, or others. As we realize that all religions have this spiritual principle of love at their core, we can develop a sense of shared humanity. The religious tradition of agape love examined in this book will inspire those who are learning to grow in compassion and love for all people.
Download or read book Parents of the Saints written by Patrick O'Hearn and published by Tan Books. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, discover the hidden heroes behind Sts. Faustina, Giana Molla, Josemaría Escrivá, Pope John Paul II, Maximilian Kolbe, Padre Pio, Thérèse, and countless others. Learn how over 100 parents formed their children into great Saints by way of their virtuous lives.
Download or read book Agape Ethics written by William Greenway and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-12-22 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consider intense moments when you have been seized by joy or, in different contexts, by anguish for another person, or a cat or dog, or perhaps even for a squirrel or possum struck as it dashed across the road: whether glorious or haunting, these are among the most profound and meaningful moments in our lives. Agape Ethics focuses our attention on such moments with utter seriousness and argues they reveal a spiritual reality, the reality of agape. Powerful streams of modern Western rationality reject the idea of agape. This has created a crisis of foundations in modern ethics and alienated us from love for all creatures. Working wholly within the bounds of reason, Agape Ethics joins an increasingly vibrant struggle to legitimate the spiritual reality of agape, to awaken people to its power, to clarify its ethical implications, and to validate our spiritual communion with all creatures in all creation. The result is a powerful, inclusive, and wholly reasonable defense of moral realism that should speak to all who are passionate about creating a maximally loving and good world.
Download or read book Agape Values Immersion written by Joseph Allen Holmes BSES BMSE and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-05-14 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our world bigotry and hate has become a national pass time. Becoming a loving person requires focus, dedication and persistence. Learning to agape requires more than just becoming a believer. Learning how to see creation through Christ’s eyes necessitates immersion in a system of values that support, nurture and enhance a Godly point of view. Agape Values Immersion opens the door to a Holy Spirit driven process of Christian maturation. Agape Values Immersion takes the reader from affection to agape using basic concepts of development. We use goal setting, positive mental attitude and affirmations to transform the subconscious mind of believers into agape servo discipleship. The beauty of this process is that the disciple does not have to join a monastery in order to become an agape agent. Written for Christians wanting to grow in Christ likeness. The heart of the book are two tables. The first is a table of comparative values: Agape, Basic Human and North American Values. The second is a table of sample Agape Affirmations derived from the Agape Values.
Download or read book Agape the Forgotten Teaching of Jesus written by Augie Ristow and published by Rei and Associates, LLC. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humankind lost more than its innocence when Adam and Eve shared fruit from the knowledge of good and evil tree. They lost the ability to love like God. Unconditional and selfless. The impact of this loss led Cain to kill Abel, Hitler to open concentration camps, murders, and greed in our United States. Hatred, bigotry, racism, broken marriages, people without home, food or hope, people who suffer emotional and mental wounds are with us every day because human love is no longer like God's love.The Christian church is also affected. It does not have to be that way. With "Agape, the Forgotten Teaching of Jesus," author Augie Ristow introduces you to the forgotten teaching of Jesus. This truth opens the door for a foundational shift in your love, the way that God intended your love to be.Augie Ristow is a life-long Christian. He holds a Masters of Divinity from a conservative Lutheran seminary. Through nearly twenty years of careful study, he has become the foremost expert on the biblical truth of Agape. As an intentional interim pastor, he uses the teaching of Agape as the foundational element for a church's new hope and direction. He is a mentor to pastors and churches who want an Agape ministry. He enjoys the companionship of his wife, their five grown children, and Molly the wonder dog. Find more information about Augie, Agape Christianity and Agape ministry at agapeforyou.com.e
Download or read book Agape Love How Important Is It Anyhow written by Rick Gowdy and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gowdy presents a doctrinal analysis of every area in life where godly love will take readers, written in an easy-to-comprehend style. (Christian)
Download or read book Agape written by Augie Ristow and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wonder why Christians treat each other in the nasty ways that they do? Why is it that the church, which is supposed to be a place of peace, love and harmony, is often a place of division, recrimination and fighting? There is an answer. Ever ponder why it is so difficult, or at times, virtually impossible, for you to sustain a behavior of love as our dear Savior commands? Is it that we don't have enough willpower, or is it our understanding of love? There is an answer to this also. Agape, the forgotten teaching of Jesus gives clear, concise answers to these questions. To understand what God teaches about His Agape is to find freedom and fully enjoy the greatest of the Holy Spirit's gifts. Understand Agape. Be transformed in your life, your church and your world. Augie Ristow is a life long Christian of the Lutheran perspective. He holds a Master of Divinity from a conservative Lutheran seminary. He has always been a seeker of knowledge and truth, especially as revealed in Scripture. Augie currently resides in Tucson, Arizona. He serves as Development Director of a large Lutheran church on the city's eastside. He enjoys the companionship of his wife, the company of his children and the special family pet: Molly the wonder dog. He is an advisor to pastors and churches on how the understanding Agape will sustain a true transformation of a person's life, their church and world. More information can be found about Augie's unique ministry at www.agapeforyou.com.
Download or read book Spiritual Normal written by Christo Nel and published by Christo Nel. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirituality is available to everyone. The spiritual is not optional in our lives, it is essential. There are lots of confusion and deception in the world regarding the things of the spirit. We need to challenge and evaluate our spiritual beliefs to discover the truth. Spiritual-Normal was written to cut through spiritual imitations in order to discover the real spiritual life, and reasons why it exists. This book will answer the hard questions, but also challenge you to apply it in your life. If you want to revolutionise your spirituality, please read this book with an open mind. It will change your life. The author's prayer is to present every person complete in their spiritual life. Spirituality is available to the normal man on the street. Read this book to start or realign your spiritual journey.
Download or read book Agape Road Abridged written by Bob Mumford and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The truths revealed in this book can release you from issues that are keeping you from the fulfilling life God planned for you. From deep and agonizing personal experience, Bob Mumford shares his victory over three life-crippling hindrances: anger, a critical mouth, and free-floating anxiety. The principles that worked for him will work for you too--no matter what private issues you may be struggling with. After years of pastoring, preaching, counseling, and writing, Bob Mumford shares how you can fulfill your destiny by: Escaping the Seven Giants of Failure Avoiding the Detours that appear on your Christian journey Learning how to rest on the Agape Road Experiencing the healing power of Agape love Moving from eros love to God's Agape love Discovering the joy of being a Father-pleaser. Reading Agape Road is like sitting at the feet of the Master, feeling His words deep in your heart and sensing His healing power in the broken places of your life.
Download or read book Agape God s Persona written by Ron Swingle and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-10 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible is God's way of communicating Himself to fallen humanity; and God is Love. Therefore, the Bible is actually about Love...God's Love...Agape. And this book is about reaching people with that great truth in a practical, understandable, no nonsense way. To begin with, we are inclined to take God's Love (Agape) for granted, as we group it together with human love. This is a monumental error, and this book explains why, and equips the reader with Biblical background information that facilitates clear understanding of God's complete plan and purpose for our life. You will see the Love of God, in action, in some amazing situations and circumstances, which will encourage you in your walk with your God, Who Loves you. We have many questions: What is my purpose in life? Why does God do that? Why doesn't He do this? What is sin? Why does God hate sin? Is there really a Heaven; and what will it be like? a hell? what will that be like? Who will go there? Why? Why not? Why should I go to Church? Where should I go to Church? and many, many more. But no book can answer all our questions, not even the Bible, because most of our questions can only be answered with experience. The key to getting good answers to life's greatest quesitons is to see them in the light of God's Love; because that's what life is really about...God Loving. Unfortunately there is precious little attempt made to instruct in this subject. I think that is true because so few of us understand how important Agape is to spiritual development. Agape is written as a sequel to "The Book Of Love," which covers much of the same subject material, but on a level that deals less with questions, and more with practical application. In the process of laying Agape out for a manuscript I soon discovered that one book was not going to be adequate. But Agape; God's Persona is a close as it gets. Agape makes a deliberate effort to use Scripture and doctrinal categories of truth; therefore, there is a comprehensive reference list for each Chapter. The reader is encouraged to use it. Blessed be the Name of the Lord... Amen!
Download or read book Agape LOVE CARRIED MY CROSS PASSION IN ACTION Crushing Curses Healing Hearts Saving Souls written by Nanette Crapo and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2020-10-11 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My youth was spent under the protection of my Heavenly Father and my earthly father. I was timid, and naïve; but loving and giving. After 40 years of backsliding in unequally yoked relationships while searching for true love's soul mate; I found myself completely broken emotionally, psychologically and financially. The devil manipulated GOD's Word, specifically the curses of Eve, and exploited the fruit of the Spirit of love that is within me. He imprisoned me to the men in my life through idolatry, addicted me to the institution of marriage through desperation, and invited me to the pity party of loneliness through depression. In complete brokenness I called upon Jesus to help me. In a flash He answered! No longer on the fringes of my mind, but deep in my soul! This started an intense 15 month journey of learning and healing with Jesus. He awakened my spiritual eyes and ears to the depth of His profound Passion, His Agape (love) for me (us); demonstrated when He carried my (our) cross. His love healed my heart, crushed my curses, and saved my soul. Jesus is my Soul Mate. There is no Other! Nanette Crapo was born in Hugo, Oklahoma to John and Mary Crapo and moved to the Houston, Texas area with her family at the age of five. She has two sons, Anastasios II and John Karamitsos and one grandchild, Christian Karamitsos. Her current residence is in Dayton, Texas. She excelled as a compassionate and sympathetic nurse in the Intensive Care and Emergency Departments for 43 years as a Registered Nurse. Since retiring she has been sharing her testimony of how Jesus healed her brokenness after a personal Damascus moment when she totally surrendered her will to Him.
Download or read book Godliness and Greed written by Skip Worden and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional scholarship often points to the Calvinists and Max Weber's writing on the Protestant ethic as the catalysts to changing Christian attitudes concerning profit-seeking and wealth. Author Skip Worden argues that the seeds of this change occurred centuries earlier. From the beginning of the Commercial Revolution to the fifteenth-century Renaissance, he shows that the predominant Christian thought on economics went through a fundamental shift, becoming favorable toward profit-seeking and wealth-holding. Worden discusses this dramatic change and explains how the general antagonism toward the pursuit of wealth before the Commercial Revolution transformed into Protestant theologians' fighting against the prevailing view of a pro-wealth paradigm during the fifteenth century. Worden contends that the shift away from the Patristic view of wealth occurred well before the addition of the Calvinist spirit of capitalism and the Puritan work ethic into Christian economic vernacular. Drawing on Plato, Cicero, and Augustine, early Protestant theologians unsuccessfully sought to check the rising dominance of the pro-wealth Christian paradigm, which they believed had been pushed too far. These theologians of the sixteenth and seventeenth century felt it was too close to advocating love of gain itself, something too close to the sin of greed. How well the Reformation succeeded can be assessed by Worden's insightful concluding study of John D. Rockefeller, the ascetic steward of God's Gold in the form of monopoly.
