Download or read book Threshold to God s Word written by Stephen J. Binz and published by Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every biblical page is a threshold, says bestselling author and biblical scholar Stephen Binz. A place to leave behind the routine for the surprising; a place of transformation. When we read deeply, reflectively, and with confidence that God's Spirit is in the inspired text, we meet God personally. We move to fuller peace, purpose and possibility. In Threshold to God's Word, Binz delivers a captivating, informative, and deeply prayerful introduction to Scripture study. Newcomers and scholars alike will appreciate Binz' accessible, insightful style as he shows that reading the Bible-is not primarily an intellectual exercise, but a devoted and passionate search, an enthusiastic and joyful discovery. Written for individual or group study and with reflection questions that help connect the transforming power of Scripture to the heart of our own spirituality, this powerful book is an invitation to unlock the door to God's word. Book jacket.
Download or read book Eucharist written by Stephen J. Binz and published by Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crossing the Threshold of Divine Revelation written by William j. Abraham and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last few decades have seen a revolution in debates about the rationality of Christian belief. Among the array of current options for justifying religious belief, however, nearly every one assumes that a general theory of knowing and a minimal version of theism must be adopted before the rationality of Christian belief can be tackled. In Crossing the Threshold of Divine Revelation William J. Abraham confronts both of these assumptions, arguing that epistemology must begin with its particular target of inquiry in Abraham s case the full-blooded canonical theism of the early, undivided Christian church. He argues, moreover, that special divine revelation forms a crucial threshold at the entrance to the epistemology of Christian belief. Sure to intrigue philosophers, theologians, and curious students, Abraham s robust vision of Christian faith provides a creative solution to many of the current difficulties in philosophy and theology.
Download or read book Words at the Threshold written by Lisa Smartt and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2017 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Our Last Words Reveal About Life, Death, and the Afterlife A person’s end-of-life words often take on an eerie significance, giving tantalizing clues about the ultimate fate of the human soul. Until now, however, no author has systematically studied end-of-life communication by using examples from ordinary people. When her father became terminally ill with cancer, author Lisa Smartt began transcribing his conversations and noticed that his personality underwent inexplicable changes. Smartt’s father, once a skeptical man with a secular worldview, developed a deeply spiritual outlook in his final days — a change reflected in his language. Baffled and intrigued, Smartt began to investigate what other people have said while nearing death, collecting more than one hundred case studies through interviews and transcripts. In this groundbreaking and insightful book, Smartt shows how the language of the dying can point the way to a transcendent world beyond our own.
Download or read book Threshold Bible Study written by Stephen J. Binz and published by Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 2012-10-22 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forming Intentional Disciples written by Sherry A. Weddell and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we transmit a living, personal Catholic faith to future generations? By coming to know Jesus Christ, and following him as his disciples. These are times of immense challenge and immense opportunity for the Catholic Church. Consider these statistics for the United States. Only 30 percent of Americans who were raised Catholic are still practicing. Fully 10 percent of all adults in America are ex-Catholics. The number of marriages celebrated in the Church decreased dramatically, by nearly 60 percent, between 1972 and 2010. Only 60 percent of Catholics believe in a personal God. If the Church is to reverse these trends, the evangelizers must first be evangelized-in other words, Catholics-in-the-pew must make a conscious choice to know and follow Jesus before they can draw others to him. This work of discipleship lies at the heart of Forming Intentional Disciples, a book designed to help Church leaders, parish staff and all Catholics transform parish life from within. Drawing upon her fifteen years of experience with the Catherine of Siena Institute, Sherry Weddell leads readers through steps that will help Catholics enter more deeply into a relationship with God and the river of apostolic creativity, charisms, and vocation that flow from that relationship for the sake of the Church and the world. Learn about the five thresholds of postmodern conversion, how to open a conversation about faith and belief, how to ask thought-provoking questions and establish an atmosphere of trust, when to tell the Great Story of Jesus, how to help someone respond to God's call to intentional discipleship, and much more. And be prepared for conversion because when life at the parish level changes, the life of the whole Church will change.
Download or read book Church of the Holy Spirit written by Stephen J. Binz and published by Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 2013 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Threshold Bible Study is a dynamic, informative, and inspiring way to enter into a deeper relationship with God through Scripture. Each of its thirty-lesson, theme-based books will help readers explore (through the lectio divina method of reading, study, reflection, and prayer) new dimensions of their faith. It will help them discover deeper insights for their lives and help open the doors of their hearts to the risen Christ. Great for personal reflection as well as group study. The most thrilling and adventurous book of the Bible, Acts shows us Christianity being lived for the first time. It takes us to some of the great cities of the ancient world. It introduces us to all kinds of people: apostles, prophets, martyrs, philosophers, governors, kings, merchants, jailers, and sailors. And it invites us to see the adventure continue in our own lives. Book jacket.
Download or read book The Threshold written by Michael D. Rourke and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying home to New York I pictured my boxes of diaries being delivered, driven like a western covered wagon train slowly rolling across America. Back in hometown the collection of stories grew by searching for a church, new jobs, another dog and stumbling in and out of love. January of 2002 after having major surgery I began reading 240 diaries and shaping events. Honoring God by illuminating my trials and blessings was my motive for writing. Telling the story of God's love became my objective. By 2007 I quit one part time job to carve out quality time as writing matured into a daily labor of love. In March 2012 I discovered Westbow Press. Prayerfully putting my manuscript into the hands of their editor's, the hard work of rewriting progressed. My hope is to encourage those who think they know Jesus as Savior to be sure and obey Him as Lord. Lord willing many more will come to love Him.
Download or read book Our Covenant of Prosperity written by Markus Bishop and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crossing the Threshold of Hope written by Pope John Paul II and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great international bestseller, the book in which, on the eve of the millennium, Pope John Paul II brings to an accessible level the profoundest theological concerns of our lives. He goes to the heart of his personal beliefs and speaks with passion about the existence of God; about the dignity of man; about pain, suffering, and evil; about eternal life and the meaning of salvation; about hope; about the relationship of Christianity to other faits and that of Catholicism to other branches of the Christian faith.With the humility and generosity of spirit for which he is known, John Paul II speaks directly and forthrightly to all people. His message: Be not afraid!
Download or read book Threshold of Faith written by Gary H. Cote and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one studies Scripture, the various sections can become overwhelming and most confusing. Many study one area that leaves them basically confused about what is going on everywhere else. A difficulty exists trying to understand one part while the rest of the revelation still remains in the sphere of the unknown. They find themselves jumping from one place to another trying to find cohesion to it all. How does it all fit together, and what is truly happening? This textbook is arranged to answer these questions, while setting the foundation for future study.This book is not written to be an in-depth look at every facet of God's revelation. Rather, it is designed to be a working manual for all those who want to have a solid foundation of how God's plan that has unfolded since the beginning of creation to the present; and from this present day till the end of all things. This book is not written according to the demands of the academic world, rather it is to meet the needs of the saints who are hungry for truth, explained in a sensible manner. This is a textbook for those of the Church, who are in need of tools and resources that will stir faith, ground them in truth, and instill an understanding that will facilitate ministry of God's Word. This book approaches the complexities of the Bible by viewing it all within twelve panels, or twelve thresholds through which the people of God walked. These twelve doorways lead from one era to the next, as God's revelation of the Messiah unfolded. This book is designed to be a textbook for every believer, enabling them to grasp the deep truths of God's revelation. It explains these truths within an historical setting, enabling the student of God's Word to formulate a correct perspective of God's revelation even to the end of the age. To help with this endeavor, there are numerous “break-out boxes” along the way to address various topics and themes, and to make application to one's life in the faith.Reading in and through these twelve “Thresholds of Faith,” the reader will discover the difference between those who lived contrary to God, and the faithful who walked in harmony with God. These men and women of faith were made manifest to the visible and invisible world; their life actions declared that they belonged to the realm: “The People of God.” They were a spectacle to behold, which the world was not worthy to receive (Heb. 11:38). These people of faith displayed an allegiance to God and His Word, regardless of the adversaries that sought their end. They simply believed God! The Twelve Thresholds began with the “Times of Adam,” and moved onward and upward to the higher calling of Christ Jesus. This book is a must for everyone desiring to know the word of God; it is the textbook for the faithful!
Download or read book The Threshold Covenant or The Beginning of Religious Rites written by H. Clay Trumbull and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Threshold Covenant is a scholarly work by Henry Clay Trumbull. This study presents the beginning of religious rites, by which man evidenced a belief, however obtained, in the possibility of covenant relations between God and man; and the gradual development of those rites, with the progress toward a higher degree of civilization and enlightenment.
Download or read book The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts written by Stephen J. Binz and published by Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus, dwells among us and showers us with spiritual gifts. Here Stephen Binz has chosen key biblical texts to help readers discover how to rekindle the fire of the Holy Spirit and allow Gods Spirit to manifest these divine graces and spiritual gifts more richly within them. He shows how the same Spirit who inspired the prophets and evangelists and who filled the life of Jesus now blows within and among all Gods people.
Download or read book The Tragic Triumphant Cross written by Stephen J. Binz and published by Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cross is the both worlds' most contemptible instrument of punishment and the symbol of humanity's greatest hope. In turning this tool of torture into his followers' proudest boast, Jesus produced the most dramatic reversal the world has ever experienced. Worn around our necks, hung in our homes, carried in procession and set on mountaintops, the cross speaks to what we believe about Jesus and about how we understand our lives in relationship to him. This study plumbs the depths of Scripture for the horrible and glorious significance of the world's most beloved symbol. Ideal for Lent and Easter seasons.
Download or read book The Threshold Covenant Or The Beginning of Religious Rites written by Henry Clay Trumbull and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book To Pause at the Threshold written by Esther de Waal and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-07-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A threshold is a sacred thing," goes the traditional saying of ancient wisdom. In some corners of the earth, in some traditional cultures, and in monastic life, this is still remembered. But in our fast-paced modern world, this wisdom is often lost on us. It is important for us to remember the significance of the threshold. While it is certainly true that thresholds mark the end of one thing and the beginning of another, they also act as borders-the places in between, the points of transition. These can be physical, such as the geographical borders of a country; others, such as the spiritual border between the inner and outer world-between ourselves and others-are intangible. In To Pause at the Threshold, Esther de Waal looks at what it is like to live in actual "border country," the Welsh countryside with its "slower rhythms" and "earth-linked textures," and explores the importance of opening up and being receptive to one's surroundings, whatever they may be.
Download or read book That I May Know Him written by Daniel E. Armour and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of us, at times, find ourselves struggling with sin. This struggle can exist as a continuous looming guilt or result in full blown actions beyond our control. Either way, everyone is in search for the true and lasting answer. This book explains the role Christianity plays in our continuous war between our fallen nature and our values held with the Lord. This unique commentary specifically reveals the answer to this war and deals with multiple spiritual Laws and their dynamics disclosed by the Apostle Paul in Romans chapters 6 and 7 due to his struggle with the sin nature.
