Download or read book Bisexuality written by Marie Alford-Harkey and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your faith community open to people whose sexuality does not fit into the categories of gay/lesbian or straight? Does your faith community have access to resources about bisexuality and bisexual people? This guidebook is designed to help congregations understand bisexuality and to encourage faith communities to "make the invisible visible." Religious leaders and congregations can use this guidebook to inspire theological reflection and action in their faith communities. Bisexuality is often invisible in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organizations, society as a whole, and in faith communities and denominations. Although many mainline denominations and congregations have made great strides in welcoming and affirming lesbian and gay people, and some have even begun to respond to the specific needs and concerns of transgender people, the "B" in the LGBT acronym is still largely ignored. Helping faith communities embrace bisexual persons and reflect theologically on bisexuality brings gifts to congregations and to the practice of faith. When a congregation welcomes and recognizes people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, it contributes to a positive image of religion among people who may have rejected religion as intolerant or irrelevant. Such congregations become safe spaces for youth who are exploring their sexuality and have questions. In addition, embracing bisexual persons makes it possible for those persons to be open about their identity and helps create a more open atmosphere in the faith community, encouraging authenticity and community among members. Congregations that embrace bisexual persons can also help heal the suffering caused by the invisibility of bisexual people in society. This guidebook is written to address the broad spectrum of American congregations. The information it contains will be relevant or adaptable to Jewish, Christian, Unitarian Universalist, and Islamic faith communities.
Download or read book The Visible Faith written by James Levi Mathew, Ph.d. and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-21 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about those ordinary people around the world who every day make their faith visible by going out, digging in and bringing up the difficult, messy and broken life to God. This book highlights the story of some ordinary men who reached out, reached up and reached in to the unlimited potential that God had for them. In the process their faith become visible. This books helps us to see faith that is visible to experience God in our broken world.
Download or read book Secret Faith in the Public Square written by Jonathan Malesic and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocatively argues that concealing Christian identity in American public life is the best way to maintain faithful witness and integrity.
Download or read book Foundations of Faith written by Alton H. Howard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1993-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the origin of the Bible to the patriarchs of the Old Testament through the basic Christian doctrines, this study of the Christian faith will bolster the faith of longtime believers and provide answers and understanding for new Christians.
Download or read book Resolving Everyday Conflict written by Ken Sande and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ken Sande, author of the bestselling classic The Peacemaker, has long been a trusted resource on the topic of conflict resolution. In Resolving Everyday Conflict, Sande distills his message to the essentials, quickly equipping readers with the tools they need to bring peace to their relationships. Everyone encounters conflict--whether it be with a coworker, family member, friend, or complete stranger. And yet we all desire harmony in our relationships. Resolving Everyday Conflict is a practical, biblical, concise guide to peacemaking in everyday life that can turn tumultuous relationships into peaceful ones.
Download or read book The Power of Blessing written by Kerry Kirkwood and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover for yourself: It really IS more blessed to give than to receive! The Power of Blessing is more than an encouragement to bless. It shows you many ways you can be a blessing to those around you. Blessings are not just about materialism, blessings are more about a lifestyle that changes environments and conditions among families, churches, communities, and even small businesses and large corporations. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing (1 Peter 3:9 NIV). The Power of Blessing: • Presents practical applications about how to bless others and receiving blessings. • Teaches the difference between truth and fact. • Shares humorous and inspirational testimonies. • Reveals the importance of speaking God’s intentions as to how things should be. • Breaks generational curses by learning how to bless. Your heavenly Father is the redemptive God who delights in bringing things back into His divine order. Through learning how to bless, you can participate in this redemptive process. By actively living a lifestyle of blessing, you will see changes in the hearts of those you bless—as well as in yourself!
Download or read book God s Visible Faith written by Mj Olivier and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through subconscious indoctrination, the modern Christian has been carefully programmed to reject any belief system that's contrary to their physical sense-knowledge. Believing in miracles has become a laughable concept in some churches. In fact, today most Christians are cynical toward spiritual things. No doubt there's been many charlatans whose dirty tricks have contributed to the decline of faith. But ultimately, it's the bombardment of unbelief from early childhood that's rendered the Christian unable to believe God for miracles. We've developed the ability to be blind to things beyond the purely physical aspects of our existence. Pop culture swindlers with PhD's have tried their best to convince Christians that our physical reality is all there is. But this is a lie. Through scientific analysis and the deep reading of scripture, this book provides scientifically orientated arguments for the acceptance of the supernatural in the areas of health, deliverance and prosperity. The author shows how the deeper understanding of science and scripture confirms the faith of God - to be a logical fact.
Download or read book Pure Faith written by Jason Evert and published by Totus Tuus Press. This book was released on 2017-05 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authentic prayer begins when we realize that we do not know how to pray. But what do we do after this realization? Pure Faith is a hardcover devotional written to help people deepen their interior life so that they can encounter God on a daily basis. It contains prayers for every occasion, prayers before and after Mass and Confession, prayers to various saints, and a wealth of advice on how to develop a rich prayer life.
Download or read book Thinking Faith written by Anthony J. Kelly and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title of this collection of essays is Thinking Faith: Moods, Methods, and Mystery, and it might need a word of explanation. The aim is to suggest something of what is involved in thinking faith, while indicating examples of my modest contribution over all these years. Given the exuberant data of faith, beliefs, doctrines and tradition, the task of the theologian is always to reflect on what is so richly given, and to communicate in the most telling fashion its meaning. There are certainly moods that colour the way we think, even though theological writing must show an intellectual concentration of some kind. That is quite compatible with a great variety of approaches, sometimes more hopeful, sometimes more sober, defensive and argumentative. There is also the question of methods. The strange thing about a particular theological method or style of thought is that it is seldom an explicit series of procedures. It is something more spontaneous and formed through the practices of many years. Quite clearly, in this collection of writings a number of methods is implied. Whatever the mood, whatever the method, the mystery remains-of God, Christ, and who we are in that light. To this degree, theology is a way of thinking within mystery, not outside it. In this respect, doing theology is humbling for us theologians when confronted with the limited span of our knowledge-and our poor capacities to express it. There always remain infinite expanses of what is not yet given us to see, so to leave theologians, inarticulate, in splendid defeat. And yet so much has been given, even in the most routine life of the Church, in its Scriptures its sacraments, and in the luminous witness of the many who have gone before us, and live now in the light.
Download or read book Visible Faith written by Linda Buxa and published by . This book was released on 2022-06-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever bit into the perfect strawberry? How about a sweet, crispy apple?The Bible teaches that like a tree, your life produces fruit. And the quality of fruit others see and experience on the outside depends on the type of person you are on the inside . . . which is great news for Jesus followers.Because through Jesus, God has already made you a "fruit of the Spirit"-bearing tree, with the power to love and live in a way that blesses the world around you!When you allow the Holy Spirit to grow the characteristics of Jesus in your life, God changes how you think, how you act, and how you see and respond to situations and people.Discover how this incredible process works and start cultivating the spiritual fruit you want to see in your own life with this inspiring devotional journal.This nine-week, step-by-step guide takes you through the spiritual fruit found in the Bible book of Galatians-love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control-and shows you how to begin growing it in your day-to-day life.With devotional thoughts, prayer prompts, application challenges, guided meditation, and Scripture reading, Visible Faith gives you actionable steps to living and loving more like Jesus in a watching and waiting world.
Download or read book Visual Faith written by William A. Dyrness and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intriguing, substantive look into the relationship between the church and the world of art.
Download or read book Seeing Beyond the Visible written by Pensacola H. Jefferson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you having difficulty reaching your goals and dreams? Do you find yourself making excuses for not doing the things you believe you have been called to do? Would you like to see the supernatural manifested in the natural – in YOUR life? This book is for you! Seeing Beyond the Visible will inspire you to look beyond your personal limitations and move forward in faith to accomplish your goals and dreams and fulfill God’s purpose for your life. God Speaks to each of us through our spirit, especially during our personal, intimate times with Him. When you spend time with God, He will show and reveal deep things about Himself, His Word, and life. It is our hope that this journal will motivate you to spend time with God and arouse your faith by encouraging you to see beyond the visible.
Download or read book Embodied Faith written by Ola Tjørhom and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04-06 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The materialist spirituality in Embodied Faith is biblically grounded, and it smells of earth even as it offers a taste of heaven. Taking an observation of St. Benedict as his starting point, Ola Tjrhom maintains that outward forms are fully capable of incorporating and expressing inner spiritual substance. / Tjrhom moves on to identify three crucial features of a materialist spirituality. First, it has a concrete substance primarily the sacraments and the sacramental dimension of our Christian life in its totality. Second, materialist spirituality cannot be lived out in a vacuum, but requires concrete spaces mainly the church and the world, which, though separate, are clearly interconnected. Third, this spirituality is grounded not in airy ideas and concepts but in plain empirical perception in things we can see and hear, smell and taste making it a spirituality eminently suited for our daily lives and the world. / Ola Tjrhom has written a wise book that bridges many gaps: between the material and the spiritual, the Catholic and the Protestant, the mystical and the everyday. His vision of a materialist spirituality is not a call to leave this world nor an invitation to extreme experiences, but a sober proposal for a Christian life that is in but not of the world. Firmly rooted in creation, such a spirituality still yearns for the transformation of all things. Few books are as ecumenical as Tjrhom s, drawing on a variety of Christian traditions in a way that respects each. Persuasively presented, his wide-ranging reflections cover such a range of topics, one is tempted to call it a systematics of spirituality. Michael Root / Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
Download or read book Works written by John Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works of John Robinson Pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers written by John Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Koinonia and the Quest for an Ecumenical Ecclesiology written by Lorelei F. Fuchs and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word koinonia has gained prominence in recent ecumenical discussions. In this original and substantial work Lorelei Fuchs proposes the theological idea of koinonia, commonly translated as "communion" or "fellowship," as the key to moving fractured churches toward a future unity. Fuchs challenges churches to move beyond mere dialogue and to apply ecumenical insights at the local level. She begins by relating the exegetical meaning of koinonia to its ecumenical meaning, tracing the place of koinonia both within the churches and between the churches. She then examines the concept of koinonia in the extensive and fruitful dialogues that have taken place between Lutherans, Anglicans, and Roman Catholics, finally articulating a "symbolic competence for communionality" that provides a rich and workable way forward for church unity at all levels. Encompassing the latest in ecumenical thought, Koinonia and the Quest for an Ecumenical Ecclesiology provides a broad, thoughtful framework for realizing Christ's prayer "that all may be one . . . so that the world may believe."
Download or read book Overcoming the Darkness written by Rev. Charles M. Ridulph and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcoming The Darkness explains in Biblical detail how God’s Light shines in the midst of any and all darkness which enters into our collective and individual lives. This is an evil world in which we live and darkness abounds. The realm of darkness can be devastating, but the darkness need not win out. Evil hurts but will not prevail. God has a way of changing things. That is who he is, and that is what he does. Overcoming The Darkness shows you the victory which is yours to have; the victory over all those fears associated with the dark. God’s Light does indeed shine in the darkness. Yes, in the midst of the darkness the light of Jesus Christ shines brightly. The victory has been won!
