Download or read book Welcome to JesusLand written by Chris Harper and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sacred and honorable tradition of The Onion comes a hilarious and outrageous collection of "church newsletters" that gleefully skewer America's religious right. The Godly ministers at Landover Baptist Church (Guaranteeing Salvation Since 1612!) have been sending out their newsletters for years, helping save those headed for damnation from falling into the devil's clutches. Making sure that no Christian is left behind, and that all non-believers burn in Hell, Pastor Deacon Fred and his band of merry white preachers share such righteous wisdom as "How children can win a Playstation 3 by accepting Jesus Christ as their personal savior" and "How to prevent Santa from turning Macy's into Neverland Ranch." Complete with Bible Quizzes, Sacrilegious Sidebars, and mug shots of America's damned, WELCOME TO JESUSLAND! is sure to become a classic of religious and political humor-while cleansing heathens from the Earth (or at least from those pesky Blue States).
Download or read book Welcome to JesusLand written by Chris Harper and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2006-09-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sacred and honorable tradition of "The Onion" comes a hilarious and outrageous collection of "church newsletters" that gleefully skewer America's religious right.
Download or read book Jesusland written by and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the Kingdom of God? It's not just a better way of doing things. It's not just a power structure contrary to the capitalistic, socialistic, or communistic world views. It's not just something to fight the narcissistic idolatry of our society, or a maverick political movement to fight oppressive rules and reigns. It's so much more than any of them. All of their arguments, it turns out, are the wrong conversations to be having. It turns out the Kingdom of God is about one thing and one thing only.Jesus.Once seen, we can see nothing else. We began to read the Bible from a whole new perceptive. It's not just parts of the New Testament that is about the Kingdom of God. The WHOLE Bible is about it. It isn't just a concept weaved through all the other stories about the law, and morality, and justice, and peace. It was the ONLY story the Bible tells. From the opening scenes in Genesis, to John's corporate prayer of "Come Lord Jesus" in Revelation, there is only one tale being told.It's ALL and ONLY about the Kingdom of God.And the Kingdom of God is ALL and ONLY about JESUS."Two trees stood in the garden..." That is how the great story of the Kingdom of God on this earth begins. We talk, preach, motivate, and strive towards the Kingdom of God in the Church, but many can't even put into words a description of exactly what it is! It's no less than a divine adventure God has willed for us all to experience. It's an adventure that is curated to prepare the church for a great coming revival. Here we dive into the first in a series of conversations that not only defines why this was such a central discussion of Jesus' ministry, but how it is destined to change our lives right here and right now. Welcome, my friends! Welcome to Jesusland.
Download or read book Welcome to Jesusland written by Chris Harper and published by Warner Books (NY). This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sacred and honorable tradition of "The Onion" comes a hilarious and outrageous collection of "church newsletters" that gleefully skewer America's religious right.
Download or read book Jesusland written by Kevin Neville and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out why the Kingdom of God is so much more than just a better way of doing things. Explore the depths of Jesus' mission and see how it will transform your life with the power of the Kingdom of God. In Jesusland, you will: ? Uncover the mystery of the Kingdom of God and understand the power of Jesus' mission ?? Discover how God's Kingdom brings freedom and hope to your life?? Connect with Jesus in a profound and transformative way ?? Learn how the Kingdom of God will revive and restore us In this book, you will delve into the Kingdom of God, exploring the who, what, where, when, why, and how of the Kingdom. You will learn how the Kingdom of God stands in opposition to the Kingdom of Man, how to become a citizen of this divine Kingdom, and how the central message of Jesus stands up to any world view.What is the Kingdom of God? It's not just a better way of doing things. It's not just a power structure contrary to the capitalistic, socialistic, or communistic world views. It's not just something to fight the narcissistic idolatry of our society, or a maverick political movement to fight oppressive rules and reigns. It's so much more than any of them. All of their arguments, it turns out, are the wrong conversations to be having. It turns out the Kingdom of God is about one thing and one thing only.Jesus.Once seen, we can see nothing else. We began to read the Bible from a whole new perceptive. It's not just parts of the New Testament that is about the Kingdom of God. The WHOLE Bible is about it. It isn't just a concept weaved through all the other stories about the law, and morality, and justice, and peace. It was the ONLY story the Bible tells. From the opening scenes in Genesis, to John's corporate prayer of "Come Lord Jesus" in Revelation, there is only one tale being told.It's ALL and ONLY about the Kingdom of God.
Download or read book Jesus Land written by Julia Scheeres and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestseller: An “exquisitely wrought memoir” about how “love can flourish even in the harshest climates”—for readers of The Liar’s Club and Running with Scissors (People). This poignant, darkly funny account of two siblings—one white, one Black—growing up in the Christian fundamentalist communities of Indiana and the Dominican Republic is “one of the best memoirs in years” (Anne Lamott, author of Bird by Bird). Julia and her adopted brother, David, are 16 years old. Julia is white. David is black. It is the mid–1980s and their family has just moved to rural Indiana, a landscape of cottonwood trees, trailer parks, and an all–encompassing racism. At home are a distant mother—more involved with her church’s missionaries than her own children—and a violent father. In this riveting and heartrending memoir, Julia Scheeres takes us from the Midwest to a place beyond imagining. Surrounded by natural beauty, Escuela Caribe—a religious reform school in the Dominican Republic—is characterized by a disciplinary regime that extracts repentance from its students by any means necessary. Julia and David strive to make it through these ordeals and their tale is relayed here with startling immediacy, extreme candor, and wry humor. Over a decade after its first publication, Jesus Land remains deeply resonant with readers. This New York Times bestselling memoir is a gripping tale of rage and redemption, hope and humor, morality and malice—and most of all, the truth: that being a good person takes more than just going to church.
Download or read book Family and Other Accidents written by Shari Goldhagen and published by Broadway. This book was released on 2006 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two brothers, Jack and Connor Reed, are united by the bonds they share as they pursue separate goals, dreams, and lives, with individual successes and failures, triumphs and tragedies, over the course of twenty-five years.
Download or read book Posthuman Blues written by Mac Tonnies and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Posthuman Blues, Vol. I is first volume of the edited version of the popular weblog maintained by author Mac Tonnies from 2003 until his tragic death in 2009. Tonnies' blog was a pastiche of his original fiction, reflections on his day-to-day life, trenchant observations of current events, and thoughts on an eclectic range of material he culled from the Internet. What resulted was a remarkably broad portrait of a thoughtful man and the complex times in which he lived, rendered with intelligence, imagination, and a wickedly absurdist sense of humor.
Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strangers and Friends at the Welcome Table written by James Hudnut-Beumler and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fresh and fascinating chronicle of Christianity in the contemporary South, historian and minister James Hudnut-Beumler draws on extensive interviews and his own personal journeys throughout the region over the past decade to present a comprehensive portrait of the South's long-dominant religion. Hudnut-Beumler traveled to both rural and urban communities, listening to the faithful talk about their lives and beliefs. What he heard pushes hard against prevailing notions of southern Christianity as an evangelical Protestant monolith so predominant as to be unremarkable. True, outside of a few spots, no non-Christian group forms more than six-tenths of one percent of a state's population in what Hudnut-Beumler calls the Now South. Drilling deeper, however, he discovers an unexpected, blossoming diversity in theology, practice, and outlook among southern Christians. He finds, alongside traditional Baptists, black and white, growing numbers of Christians exemplifying changes that no one could have predicted even just forty years ago, from congregations of LGBT-supportive evangelicals and Spanish-language church services to a Christian homeschooling movement so robust in some places that it may rival public education in terms of acceptance. He also finds sharp struggles and political divisions among those trying to reconcile such Christian values as morality and forgiveness—the aftermath of the mass shooting at Charleston's Emanuel A.M.E. Church in 2015 forming just one example. This book makes clear that understanding the twenty-first-century South means recognizing many kinds of southern Christianities.
Download or read book The British National Bibliography written by Arthur James Wells and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jesus and Money written by Ben III Witherington and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widespread unemployment. Record home foreclosures. A vulnerable stock market. Government bailouts. In the wake of a sobering global recession, many Christians realize they need to rethink their approach to money. Here respected New Testament scholar Ben Witherington III explores what the Bible does--and doesn't--say about money. He clearly and concisely examines what Jesus and his earliest followers taught about wealth and poverty, money and debt, and tithing and sacrificial giving to help readers understand the proper role of money in modern Christian life. Along the way, he critiques the faith promise and health-and-wealth approaches to these issues, showing what good stewardship of God's possessions really looks like. Church study groups, pastors, church leaders, students, and all who are concerned about making sense of money in a world of economic uncertainty will value this book.
Download or read book A Thousand Lives written by Julia Scheeres and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1954, a pastor named Jim Jonesopened a church in Indianapolis called Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church. He was a charismatic preacher with idealistic beliefs, and he quickly filled his pews with an audience eager to hear his sermons on social justice. As Jones’s behavior became erratic and his message more ominous, his followers leaned on each other to recapture the sense of equality that had drawn them to his church. But even as the congregation thrived, Jones made it increasingly difficult for members to leave. By the time Jones moved his congregation to a remote jungle in Guyana and the US government began to investigate allegations of abuse and false imprisonment in Jonestown, it was too late. A Thousand Lives is the story of Jonestown as it has never been told. New York Times bestselling author Julia Scheeres drew from tens of thousands of recently declassified FBI documents and audiotapes, as well as rare videos and interviews, to piece together an unprecedented and compelling history of the doomed camp, focusing on the people who lived there. The people who built Jonestown wanted to forge a better life for themselves and their children. In South America, however, they found themselves trapped in Jonestown and cut off from the outside world as their leader goaded them toward committing “revolutionary suicide” and deprived them of food, sleep, and hope. Vividly written and impossible to forget, A Thousand Lives is a story of blind loyalty and daring escapes, of corrupted ideals and senseless, haunting loss.
Download or read book Daily Prayer 2023 written by Michael J.K. Fuller and published by Liturgy Training Publications. This book was released on 2022-06-22 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily Prayer is the perfect companion for your spiritual journey. Versatile and easy-to-use, this trusted resource has assisted Catholics in deepening their faith and prayer life for over a decade. Equally useful for group or individual prayer, each day’s prayer centers on a Scripture reading, along with a reflection, a psalm, intercessions, and closing prayer. Daily Prayer 2023 provides an introduction to Catholic prayer for those involved in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and an easy-to-use format for Catholics of all ages. It provides a simple order of prayer for each day of the liturgical year from the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2022, through Saturday, December 2, 2023. As the perfect gift for parish volunteers, teachers, and catechists, it will help each person in the parish foster a practice of prayer and can be used to begin or end parish meetings.
Download or read book Welcome to the Homeland written by Brian Mann and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book fathermothergod written by Lucia Greenhouse and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A courageous and finely crafted portrait of a young woman struggling with her family, her faith, and that awkward space between being a child and growing into adulthood.”—Star Tribune (Minneapolis) “Unimaginable . . . As much an indictment of Christian Science as it is a memoir of her family’s experience of loss.”—O: the Oprah Magazine Lucia Ewing had what looked like an all-American childhood, but when it came to accidents and illnesses, her parents didn’t take their kids to the doctor’s office—they prayed and called a Christian Science practitioner. As a teenager, her visit to an ophthalmologist created a family crisis, and she was a sophomore in college before she had her first annual physical. In December 1985, when Lucia and her siblings, by then young adults, discovered that their mother was sick, they came face-to-face with the reality that they had few—if any—options to save her. Powerless as their mother suffered, they were grief-stricken, angry, and confused. In this haunting, beautifully written book, Lucia pulls back the curtain on the Christian Science faith and chronicles its complicated legacy for her family. At once an essentially American coming-of-age story and a glimpse into the practices of a religion few really understand, fathermothergod is an unflinching exploration of personal loss and the boundaries of family and faith.
Download or read book Transfiguration written by Jack Haas and published by Jack Haas. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uniting Paganism and Chritianity, Eastern and Western spirituality, and cosmic consciousness with earthly existence, this is ebook collector's edition containing Jack Haas' three autobiographical works within one volume (IN AND OF, ROOTS AND WINGS, and OM, BABY!) Although each book is an independent work, the three together comprise a most unique spiritual journey, eloquently detailing Jack Haas' alchemical travels, shamanic sojourns, and mystical adventures with his soror mystica (his alchemical mystical sister) as they experience a plethora of improbable encounters, synchronicities, mythical realizations, and metaphysical fulfillments, as well as encountering a remarkable cast of eccentrics, immortal masters, and spirited individuals. A truly profound spiritual autobiography.
