Download or read book NIV Ragamuffin Bible written by Brennan Manning and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 1473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you believe that God not only loves you, but that he also likes you? It's just one of the soul-searching questions posed by bestselling author Brennan Manning who confesses he has been "John the beloved, Peter the coward, and Thomas the doubter all before the waitress brought the check." The NIV Ragamuffin Bible offers a collection of Manning’s raw, painfully honest, yet grace-filled devotions, meditations, and reflections of his journey limping back to—like the prodigal son—his overjoyed father. When you journey through this Bible, you will likewise find yourself returning to your Heavenly Father, basking in the knowledge that God not only loves you, he delights in you. Features: • Complete text of the world’s most popular modern-English Bible, the NIV • 104 Devotions guide you into a deeper connection to God and his Word • 250 Reflections help you understand what it means to be a child of God • 150 Quotes offer short but thoughtful insights into God’s kingdom 9-point type size

Download or read book Graphic Design and Religion written by Daniel Kantor and published by GIA Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graphic Design and Religion by Daniel Kantor challenges the way we look at the role of graphic design within a religious context. The beautiful and abundant illustrations coupled with the passionately written text transcend the mere visual aspect of symbols and graphic design, elevating them to a spiritual way of seeing. It is an ideal resource for design students, teachers, photographers, illustrators, copywriters, clergy, worship and environment planners, and sacred art enthusiasts! This vital work can help designers discover their role in the creation of sacred art. One way in which Kantor accomplishes this is to draw a comparison between the illuminators of the Middle Ages with modern day graphic designers who serve religion today. Kantor stresses the need for a heightened awareness of graphic design within religion and demonstrates how good design must be seen as an essential component of authentic religious hospitality. --

Download or read book Serving Well written by Jonathan Trotter and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you dreaming of working abroad? Imagining serving God in another land? Or are you already on the field, unsure about what to do next or how to manage the stresses of cross-cultural life? Or perhaps you've been on the field a while now, and you're weary, maybe so weary that you wonder how much longer you can keep going. If any of these situations describes you, there is hope inside this book. You'll find steps you can take to prepare for the field, as well as ways to find strength and renewal if you're already there. From the beginning to the end of the cross-cultural journey, Serving Well has something for you.

Download or read book Happiness According to Jesus written by Bobby Schuller and published by Worthy Books. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Host of one of the largest inspirational television broadcasts in America, reaching millions each week, Bobby Schuller is a new generation communicator who speaks with enormous depth from family and personal trials about what is vital -- what really matters in this life. Bobby has 300,000 active email subscribers to his national TV show, The Hour of Power.

Download or read book Prodigals written by Greg Ross Taylor and published by ACU Press. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most famous story of Jesus retold Prodigals digs deeply into each line from Jesus’s famous parable about the prodigal son, inviting all readers―those down on their luck or high on their horse―to identify as prodigals. A prodigal is anyone who accepts they have a sinful human nature and turns toward the love of home, the place where we find a deeper relationship with God. Rather than divide the world into prodigals and nonprodigals, Taylor invites readers to find themselves in the teaching of Jesus as either younger or elder siblings. The life-changing power of the book comes when readers begin to identify with the characters in the story and join in the prayers and calls for transformation that conclude the chapters. -Proceeds from the book benefit 1256movement.org. -The author has lived and traveled internationally and relates the greatest parable Jesus ever told to his experiences across the United States and countries such as Israel, Uganda, the Netherlands, and Honduras. -The author has set up an email account to receive prodigal stories from readers for possible inclusion in future editions of Prodigals: [email protected].

Download or read book The Gospel for the Visual Learner written by Leslie C. Hughes and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2007-07-10 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a visual learner? Do you more readily understand and remember concepts when they have been graphically illustrated for you? If the answers to these questions are "yes," then this book is for you! The Gospel for the Visual Learner vividly illustrates that Christianity exists in an entirely different realm than religion. In addition, the Fork Illustration provides a framework upon which you can visualize not only how you gain entrance into a life of grace, but also how you are called to continually appropriate grace for daily living. In every moment of your life, you are functionally living in one of the three positions represented on the Fork. Understanding what these positions are and how movement is made from one to another is foundational for vital spiritual living. If you are a non-believer who is unsure of the claims of Biblical Christianity, be encouraged you to read and see if you can locate your position on the Fork. Perhaps you have viewed Christianity as something far different from what Scripture asserts it to be. If you are a Christian, be challenged to read and evaluate your functional living in light of these three possible options. It could be that you are self sufficiently living like an adult who needs no help. Perhaps you are defiantly running from your Father. In either case, as you read, ask the Spirit to remind you of your position as God's dearly loved child.

Download or read book The Ragamuffin Gospel written by Brennan Manning and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2015 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published: Sisters, Or.: Multnomah Publishers, c2000.

Download or read book Holy Doubt written by Erica Barthalow and published by Erica Barthalow. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does your faith and trust in God feel broken? Do you wonder if there’s any hope for the doubts you’re experiencing? Are you tempted to give up and walk away? You’re not alone. In Holy Doubt, author and former missionary, Erica Barthalow weaves a story of faith unraveled and stitched back together by an honest journey through doubt and questions about God. Questions like: Is God Good? Can He Be Trusted? Does God Cause Bad Things to Happen to Us? Set against the exotic and colorful backdrop of India, you’ll be transported into Erica’s redemptive story and regain hope for your fractured relationship with God. With empathy and compassion born, Holy Doubt invites you to examine your deepest questions about God from a fresh perspective. If your faith in God has been broken or shattered, and you long for healing and hope Holy Doubt is for you.

Download or read book The Gift for All People written by Max Lucado and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New View on the Old Rugged Cross Are peace, joy, and significance on your wish list? How about redemption, forgiveness, the salvation of your soul? Each of these descriptors bring us to the main event: grace. Saving grace, God’s immeasurable gift intended for all. Regardless of accomplishments or station in life, despite sins of the past, anyone can receive the free gift of grace. Yet too often we take God’s incomparable gift for granted—despite the fact that God’s very Son paid for it with his body, breath, and blood. Understandably, we often find ourselves caught up in the daily routine of life, not taking time to reflect on the enormity of God’s mercy. So here’s a suggestion: give yourself the gift of a few moments spent in the world of God’s grace. Read pastor Max Lucado’s unique, stirring insights into God’s role as grace-giver. Spend some time reflecting on the gift of grace, in all its magnificent meaning. Let grace, the gift for all people, speak to you personally through these pages. For All People—Even You God loves you more than you can imagine. Is that hard to believe? Many of us consider ourselves unworthy due to past sins and mistakes, wrong turns and missteps., But God’s gift of grace is limitless. Though we are undeserving, he offers grace. Though we are weak in our faith, he extends strength through grace. God’s endless grace is a free gift. It cannot be earned. No matter who you are or what you’ve done, the all-powerful God waits for you to choose him, to choose life in his presence—here and in heaven. “[God] simply wants you home with him. And to bring you home, he offers you a gift. My prayer is that through these pages you’ll see his gift like you’ve never seen it. If you’ve already accepted it, you’ll thank him again. And if you’ve never accepted it, you will. For it’s the gift of a lifetime, a gift for all people.” —Max Lucado

Download or read book All Is Grace written by Brennan Manning and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been over twenty years since the publication of The Ragamuffin Gospel, a book many claim as the shattering of God’s grace into their lives. Since that time, Brennan Manning has been dazzingly faithful in preaching and writing variations on that singular theme – “Yes, Abba is very fond of you!” But today the crowds are gone and the lights are dim, the patches on his knees have faded. If he ever was a ragamuffin, truly it is now. In this his final book, Brennan roves back his past, honoring the lives of the people closest to him, family and friends who’ve known the saint and the sinner, the boy and the man. Far from some chronological timeline, these memories are witness to the truth of life by one who has lived it – All Is Grace.

Download or read book Deepest Thanks Deeper Apologies written by Stephen Shortridge and published by Worthy Books. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for those of us who have failed at being doubt-free but whose passion for God remains steadfast. It's for those who have been confused by the world -- and perhaps even by their own desires -- and still long to connect with a loving God who forgives and embraces us. It's for those who wonder at how our personal failures and uncertainties can make our faith mature -- and yet who can believe that somehow these wrestlings also make our need for God complete. Combining incredibly candid reflections and insights from the author with rich reminders for every man and woman's spiritual journey, Deepest Thanks, Deeper Apologies springs from a deep desire not to explain mystery, or to remove doubt, but to encourage mystery and raise doubt -- for all who dare to be honest.

Download or read book Above All written by Brennan Manning and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A character study of Jesus Christ inspires readers to accept Jesus' love and live a righteous life.

Download or read book God Is in the Manger written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2012-09-03 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplemented by an informative introduction, short excerpts from Bonhoeffer's letters, and passages from his Christmas sermons, these daily devotions are timeless and moving reminders of the true gift of Christmas.

Download or read book Target Band 7 written by Simone Braverman and published by IELTS-Blog. This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Target Band 7: IELTS Academic Module - How to Maximize Your Score (Fourth Edition) was published in March 2021. This excellent self-study book for intense Academic IELTS preparation in a few weeks is designed to help students achieve their best personal score. All the tips, techniques, strategies and advice are focused on maximizing students' score by increasing their task-solving speed and efficiency, and preventing typical mistakes. 'Target Band 7' is loved by teachers as well as students. New! Covers paper-based and computer-delivered IELTS.

Download or read book Your God is Too Safe written by Mark Buchanan and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2001-02-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's a thoughtful, probing exploration of why Christians get stuck in the place of complacency, dryness, and tedium -- and how to move on to new levels of spiritual passion! Buchanan shows how the majority of Christians begin their spiritual journey with excitement and enthusiasm -- only to get bogged down in a "borderland" -- an in-between space beyond the "old life" but short of the abundant, adventurous existence promised by Jesus. Citing Jonah, he examines the problem of "borderland living" -- where doubt, disappointment, guilt, and wonderlessness keep people in a quagmire of mediocrity -- then offers solutions ... effective ways to get unstuck and move into a bold, unpredictable, exhilarating walk with Christ. Inspired writing!

Download or read book This Man Music written by Anthony Burgess and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). Anthony Burgess was the author of over 50 books, including his best known novel, "A Clockwork Orange." But Burgess always emphasized music as the ruling passion in his creative life. Largely self-taught in music, Burgess composed his first symphony before he was twenty, many years before his first novel, and he was the composer of over 65 musical works. In these deeply insightful meditations, the renowned writer explores the meaning of music, the intention of the composer and the process of composition, and the seemingly elusive relationships between literature and music. Burgess shows how "the process of literary composition are revealed by the writers themselves" and then gathers evidence to understand the "inexplicable magic" of the details of the operation of music what is music's "intelligibility"? From Shakespeare to the lyric verse of Gerard Manley Hopkins, from the modernists T.S. Eliot and James Joyce to the modern lyricists Lorenz Hart and Stephen Sondheim, Burgess reveals how prose writers have struggled to tap the inherent musicality of their material. This treasured classic, at last back in print, provides a fascinating perspective on the mutually enriching relationship of these two creative arts by a man who mastered them both.

Download or read book The Way Up Is Down written by Marlena Graves and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For writer, professor, and activist Marlena Graves, formation and justice always intertwine on the path to a balanced life of both action and contemplation. Drawing on the rich traditions of Eastern and Western Christian saints, she describes the process of emptying herself that allows her to move upward toward God and become the true self that God calls her to.