Download or read book The Undoing of Saint Silvanus written by Beth Moore and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting fiction premiere from beloved New York Times bestselling author Beth Moore. 2017 Christy Award finalist (General Fiction category) Only God knew why Jillian Slater agreed to return to New Orleans on the news that her father had finally drunk himself to death. It’s not like they were close. She hadn’t seen him—or her grandmother, the ice queen—in almost 20 years. But when Adella Atwater, the manager of her grandmother’s apartment house, called and said Jillian’s expenses would be paid if she’d fly in for the burial, a free trip to New Orleans was too intriguing to resist. What Adella didn’t tell her was that the apartment house wasn’t a house at all and, whatever it was, bore the dead weight of a long and painful history. As soon as Jillian meets the odd assortment of renters and realizes that her grandmother had no idea she was coming, she hatches a plan to escape. But the investigation into her father’s death quickly unfolds and Jillian is drawn into the lives of the colorful collection of saints and sinners who pass through Saint Silvanus. She soon discovers there is more at stake than she ever imagined. Who is behind the baffling messages and the strange relics left on the steps? Is it possible that her family is actually cursed? Or is it just this crazy old house that holds them all under its spell? Jillian walks into a web of spiritual and personal danger borne out of her family’s broken history, and despite Adella’s wiliest efforts, only God himself can orchestrate the undoing of all that is going on at Saint Silvanus.
Download or read book Undoing Church written by Kathy Pride and published by Pilot Communications Group Incorporated. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church is dying in America and with the decline of the church is a parallel decline in Christianity. As emerging generations seek to connect with others and Jesus in meaningful relationships they turn to the church to meet that need, but many churches today are not delivering. But there is also a huge disconnect between perceptions of what it means to be a Christian, follow Jesus and go to church. The Barna Group, a major voice in communicating research findings related to Christianity and culture reports that 62% of unchurched adults consider themselves to be Christians and 44% claim that they have made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ that is still important in their life today. At the same time 53% of Busters and 49% of Boomers contend t hat they are too busy to attend church. On top of the fast pace of life experienced in today’s culture, Christianity and church goers have a huge image problem. Dave Kinneman and Dave Lyons, in their book UnChristian, report on common perceptions of Christians held by those outside of faith circles. It is important to make a distinction between Christians and church goers, noting that not all individuals who go to church are followers of Jesus. It seems church may have become more of a Sunday social date rather than a way of living based on the Golden Rule. Much of the image problem has to do with how Christians and the church are perceived by those who do not attend church or identify themselves as Christians. As reported by Kinneman and Lyons, the church (the people who purport to follow Jesus) is perceived as judgmental, homophobic, arrogant and hypocritical. I imagine Jesus weeping at this assessment of his followers. Who wants to be a part of this group? But is it accurate? What do many of those Christian or church words mean anyway? And is the pop culture definition or perception Biblically accurate? Emerging generations represent the future of the Church in America, and if the church does not meet the relational and worship needs of this generation the future of Christianity in this country will suffer another major blow. Christians and the church have more than an image problem. The Barna Group reports that despite strong levels of spiritual activity during the teen years, most twenty somethings disengage from active participation in the Christian faith during their young adult years and often beyond that. It is also this same group that was nearly 70% more likely than older adults to strongly assert that if they “cannot find a local church that will help them become more like Christ, then they will find people and groups that will, and connect with them instead of a local church.” This provides a huge opportunity to respond. UnDoing Church is response resource for individual and group use. UnDoing Church is written in a transparent and edgy style that communicates with the reader, whether a Jesus follower or not. UnDoing Church is a tool individuals or groups can use to understand and live out Biblical truths (without the Christianese) in a fun and “tell it like it is” (edgy, sassy) way infusing authentic (not sugar coated or superficial) faith to today’s emerging generation. The content will help followers of Christ communicate their faith to others who may have misconceptions about Christians and faith while also providing strategies to live out the concepts discussed, making application a key component of this resource. This resource will hold the reader’s interest and help to present authentic Christian concepts while also blasting some commonly held beliefs and pre-conceived notions, regardless of where the individual is on their faith journey. The author relishes the adventure of following Jesus, not imply showing up at church on Sunday mornings, something that was not part of her childhood growing up in New York City. In fact, Pride did not enter into a faith relationship until she was 41 years old with two college degrees under her belt, one from an Ivy League College. Pride has a passion f or sharing her faith with others through actions, a healthy dose of humor and stories and language the reader can easily identify with. As noted, Pride was not raised in a Christian home and is sensitive to those who are seeking, curious or newer in their faith walk. She understands full well the wide range of misconceptions which exist regarding Christianity, as she once held many of these beliefs herself, having had more than one negative encounter with religious “Christian” people (who are not only alive and well, but thriving) and passionately yearns to communicate a more alive, engaging and fun way to share Jesus with others in mind expanding and paradigm shifting ways. Pride loves to engage those who do not yet follow Jesus (as well as believers and those who think they know Christ but are stuck in religion) through conversation and service. She straddles her upbringing outside of Christ and her journey as a disciple with joy, transparency, boldness and energy.
Download or read book Undoing Theology written by Chris Greenough and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fundamental issue with ‘queer’ research is it cannot exist in any definable form, as the purpose of queer is to disrupt and disturb. This book generates a process of ‘undoing’ as central to queer research enquiries. Aiming to engage in a process which breaks free from traditional academic norms, the text explores three life stories: an intersex-identifying Catholic, a former ‘ex-gay’ minister and a Christian who engages in bondage and fetishist practices. Employing an ‘undoing’ methodology, which liberates the researcher and allows intuitive, reflective and creative methods, the book makes a significant contribution to the fields of gender, sexuality and queer studies in religion, both empirically and theoretically.
Download or read book Jesus and the Undoing of Adam written by C. Baxter Kruger and published by . This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jesus and the Undoing of Adam" is straight from the heart of St. Athanasius and the early Church. In this short but powerful book, Dr. Baxter Kruger takes us back behind the back of Augustine to rethink the work of Jesus Christ in the light of the blessed doctrine of the Trinity. Dr. Kruger sets forward a stunning vision of the Triune God and articulates a view of Christ's incarnation, life, death, resurrection and ascension that is rigorously consistent with the truth that the Triune God eternally purposed our adoption in Jesus Christ. C. BAXTER KRUGER is the Director of Perichoresis, an international ministry sharing the good news of our adoption in Christ with the world. He and his wife Beth have been married for 25 years and have four children. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree under Professor James B. Torrance in Aberdeen, Scotland. Baxter is the author of seven books, including "The Great Dance" and "Across All Worlds, " and teaches across the United States, Canada and Australia. He is an avid outdoorsman and holds two United States patents for his fishing lure designs. He is the founder and President of Mediator Lures.
Download or read book The Undoing of Death written by Fleming Rutledge and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2005-10-03 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of sermons representing 25 years of Holy Week and Easter preaching, Fleming Rutledge offers a wide-ranging vision of the cross and the resurrection.
Download or read book Undoing the Knots written by Maureen O'Connell and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal and historical examination of white Catholic anti-Blackness in the US told through 5 generations of one family, and a call for meaningful racial healing and justice within Catholicism Excavating her Catholic family’s entanglements with race and racism from the time they immigrated to America to the present, Maureen O’Connell traces, by implication, how the larger Catholic population became white and why, despite the tenets of their faith, so many white Catholics have lukewarm commitments to racial justice. O’Connell was raised by devoutly Catholic parents with a clear moral and civic guiding principle: those to whom much is given, much is expected. She became a theologian steeped in social ethics, engaged in critical race theory, and trained in the fundamentals of anti-racism. And still she found herself failing to see how her well-meaning actions affected the Black members of her congregations. It seemed that whenever she tried to undo the knots of racism, she only ended up getting more tangled in them. Undoing the Knots weaves together narrative history, theology, and critical race theory to begin undoing these knots: to move away from doing good and giving back and toward dismantling the white Catholic identity and the economic and social structures it has erected and maintained.
Download or read book Undoing Conquest written by Common, Kate and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2024-02-21 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rethinking God written by Scott Munger and published by Living Ink Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An eye-opening analysis of why Christianity is struggling to have a solid impact upon the world. It unmasks Evangelical misrepresentations and challenges non-Christians to reconsider humanity's only hope. It delves into areas that most often damage God's reputation: Church leadership, political involvement, distorted theology, and the problem of evil"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Exposing Christianity written by Ti Kutt and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2019-01-12 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you consider yourself a Christian, washed in the blood and saved by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ? Think again. Ti Kutt's Exposing Christianity: Undoing Christianity for the Kingdom is a bombshell exposé of Christianity's lies. Drawing on more than forty years of research, Kutt takes apart the Christian cult piece by piece, showing readers how Satan's brilliant talent for lying has deceived believers from the Garden of Eden to the present day. Not only are all of Christianity's holidays and observances in violation of God's law, the very names we use for God are corrupted by Satan's evil. Readers will be stunned by what Kutt is bold enough to reveal in Exposing Christianity.
Download or read book Undoing Babel written by Tristan Major and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Undoing Babel is the first extensive examination of the development of the Babel narrative amongst Anglo-Saxon authors from late antiquity to the eleventh century.
Download or read book Undoing What Has You Undone written by Beth Moore and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beth Moore’s debut novel, The Undoing of Saint Silvanus, is an entertaining read with true-to-life characters in a memorable story. But like all of Beth’s work, it has at its core life-changing biblical truth. As the story of Jillian, Olivia, Adella, and the folks at Saint Sans unfolds, they must wrestle hard with some of the life challenges that plague us all: How did my life get to this place? How can I make sense of my family’s story? What can put an end to this cycle of failure in my life? The best novels leave you thinking about life and truth long after the last page is read. This “Story to Life” study has been created to help you get the most out of your novel experience. Undoing What Has You Undone is a companion to the novel that contains the biblical teachings behind the story, insights from Beth, and personal application from God’s Word. Grab a coffee and take another look at the kinds of undoing that only God himself can orchestrate. Inside you’ll find: Excerpts from the novel Reflection questions Links to video clips from Beth’s debut Book Club Inspirational teaching
Download or read book The Unstuck Church written by Tony Morgan and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed church leader, blogger, founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Morgan unpacks the lifecycle of a typical church, identifies characteristics of each phase, and provides practical next steps a church can take to move towards sustained health. Think about your church for a moment. Is it growing? Is it diminishing? Is it somewhere in between? Acclaimed church leader, blogger, and founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Morgan has identified the seven stages of a church's lifecycle that range from the hopeful and optimistic days of launch, to the stagnating last stages of life support. Regardless of the stage in which you find your church, it carries with it the world's greatest mission—to "go and make disciples of all the nations . . ." With eternity at stake the Church should be doing most everything within its power to see lives changed forever. The Church should strive for the pinnacle of the lifecycle, where they are continually making new disciples and experiencing what Morgan refers to as "sustained health." In The Unstuck Church, Morgan unpacks each phase of the church lifecycle, and offers specific and strategic next steps the church leader can take to find it's way to sustained health . . . and finally become unstuck. The Unstuck Church is a call for honest an assessment of where your church sits on the lifecycle, and a challenge to move beyond it.
Download or read book Undoing History written by Scott Andrew Magelssen and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Speculative Television and the Doing and Undoing of Religion written by Gregory Erickson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the concept that, as participation in traditional religion declines, the complex and fantastical worlds of speculative television have become the place where theological questions and issues are negotiated, understood, and formed. From bodies, robots, and souls to purgatories and post-apocalyptic scenarios and new forms of digital scripture, the shows examined – from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Westworld – invite their viewers and fans to engage with and imagine concepts traditionally reserved for religious spaces. Informed by recent trends in both fan studies and religious studies, and with an emphasis on practice as well as belief, the thematically focused narrative posits that it is through the intersections of these shows that we find the reframing and rethinking of religious ideas. This truly interdisciplinary work will resonate with scholars and upper-level students in the areas of religion, television studies, popular culture, fan studies, media studies, and philosophy.
Download or read book The Making of Biblical Womanhood written by Beth Allison Barr and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today Bestseller Christianity Today 2022 Book Award Finalist (History & Biography) "A powerful work of skillful research and personal insight."--Publishers Weekly Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, and joyful homemakers--pervades North American Christianity. From choices about careers to roles in local churches to relationship dynamics, this belief shapes the everyday lives of evangelical women. Yet biblical womanhood isn't biblical, says Baylor University historian Beth Allison Barr. It arose from a series of clearly definable historical moments. This book moves the conversation about biblical womanhood beyond Greek grammar and into the realm of church history--ancient, medieval, and modern--to show that this belief is not divinely ordained but a product of human civilization that continues to creep into the church. Barr's historical insights provide context for contemporary teachings about women's roles in the church and help move the conversation forward. Interweaving her story as a Baptist pastor's wife, Barr sheds light on the #ChurchToo movement and abuse scandals in Southern Baptist circles and the broader evangelical world, helping readers understand why biblical womanhood is more about human power structures than the message of Christ.
Download or read book The Biblical World written by William Rainey Harper and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Books for New Testament study ... [By] Clyde Weber Votaw" v. 26, p. 271-320; v. 37, p. 289-352.
Download or read book Removing the Mysteries of Christianity written by Tony Murray and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God has always been the same. Though people change, human nature remains the same from the time of Adam and Eve. Forces, that include angels and evil spirits, have been in existence for ages and have built barriers between God and His creation. Scripture explains much of the associated mysterious evidence that has been uncovered by science. God's plan is to reconcile to Himself as many as would be willing. He revealed and confirmed this plan (and continues to do so), by the work of His Spirit, through the lives of many. This plan is framed and executed by love. In order to participate in God's plan, exposure to this largely misunderstood love is required. Since the plan is communicated through imperfect people, it is often misunderstood and rejected. This book is for assisting God's people to obtain an improved understanding of both His love and His plan. TONY MURRAY Raised in denominational churches, the author helped start and served for years as assistant pastor in non-denominational churches in Ohio. He then served as pastor for a period of time. For over twenty years he worked in the training profession while observing the reactions and tendencies of people as they dealt with various circumstances. He recognized, first in himself but in others also, that these reactions and tendencies varied very little regardless of someone's abandonment to a church, person or cause. He sees that, while it is a decent gesture to commit to one's concept of Christianity, Christ often is not served. Misconceptions about God abound. He resolved to stress that the responsibility of the Christian is to abandon themselves completely to the person and teaching of Christ Jesus. Anything less will result in falling short of impacting the world the way that God desires.
