Download or read book Witnesses of Perfect Love written by Amy Caswell Bratton and published by Clements Publishing Group Inc.. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Witnesses of Perfection Amy Caswell Bratton explores how the eighteenth-century doctrine of Christian Perfection spread in the early British Methodist communities. Alongside leaders such as John and Charles Wesley teaching about Christian Perfection, Methodist men and women told narratives of Christian Perfection which transmitted the doctrine. Using narrative to spread Christian Perfection was effective because it both communicated the content of the experience of Christian Perfection and also commended this experience to the listener. This study is noteworthy for its detailed analysis of several first-hand narratives that testify to the experience, and which were made public for the edification of the Methodist community in the Arminian Magazine and other publications. The narratives of four Methodist people are examined at length: Sarah Crosby (1729-1804), George Clark (1710-1797), William Hunter (1728-1797) and Bathsheba Hall (1745-1780). In addition to observing the transmission of the doctrine through narrative, the study of these stories illuminates early Methodist spirituality and the doctrine of Christian Perfection (or entire sanctification) through the embodiment of Perfection in the life of real people. This lived-out expression of Christian Perfection draws attention to unique elements of the doctrine as each narrative illustrates nuances of Christian Perfection. Finally, the narratives of Perfection offer the embodiment of transformation which resulted in lasting change.

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Download or read book Early Christian Witnesses written by and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2022-11-20 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles and talks included in this collection cover fifty years of theological engagement, the primary focus being on education for ministry in Australia and abroad. Despite the diversity of topics, such as hermeneutics, New Testament theology, preaching, ecumenical relations, and early church history, there is a connecting concern to listen to the unique voices of early Christian witnesses as foundational for the faith and the apostolic claims of the church in its present-day witness. The publication of these essays has been suggested for some time. Despite my reluctance to reissue articles written over a period of more than five decades, I have relented in the hope that there will be enough to engage the interest of a variety of readers, and not only former students in seminaries and theological colleges in Australia and various places overseas. Included here are mainly articles written specifically for publication in journals, but also lectures and talks to various groups of clergy, lay people, and theological students. Of prime concern has always been the explication of the Christian faith according to its earliest witnesses in the early church of apostles and martyrs. Faith remains attested and lived, approved not proven.

Download or read book Perfect Love written by Elizabeth Buchan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How far would she go for the Perfect Love? Many things can disrupt a long-time marriage. Prue Valour, 41, has spent her adulthood keeping house, making meals for her older husband, Max, and being a mother to their preadolescent daughter. Despite the comforts of life in their small English village, a vague discontent nags at Prue. But change is set in motion with the return of Max's petulant, icily beautiful daughter Violet. Moving in with her new baby and husband, Violet is as hateful to her step-mother Prue as she had been as a child. Worse, Violet resents her fretful baby. But Violet's husband Jamie is unexpectedly helpful, likeable, and caring. Drawn to each other, he and Prue are soon skirting a boundary between innocence and passion. But will Prue take that irrevocable step across? ...in Perfect Love by Elizabeth Buchan.

Download or read book The Works of the Rev John Fletcher Late Vicar of Madeley written by John Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Faithful Witness in a Fractured World written by Dr. Nicole L. Johnson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians have always looked to models within the Christian faith to guide their lives. At a time when the church is more identifiable by ugly partisan politics--what we call "crappy Christianity"--than by compassionate neighbor love, this book highlights the lives and work of seven individuals who are pursuing their Christian calling in humility and profound love for and service to others, this book highlights the lives and work of seven individuals who are pursuing their Christian calling in humility and profound love for and service to others. Their commitments have led to vocations in working with homeless women, employing refugees, lobbying on Capitol Hill for environmental protection, healing trauma in urban communities, peacemaking in Israel-Palestine, advocating for immigrants, and walking alongside people in addiction recovery. Their individual and collective witness offer compelling examples of authentic Christian life, which is marked in part by active, embodied faith in pursuit of the common good; a broad and inclusive love for all people; rightly ordered political identities and loyalties; and a commitment to work toward holistic redemption of both people and the systems that constitute our life together. In contrast to much of contemporary American Christianity, these models of faith demonstrate that Christians should focus much more on what we are for rather than what we are against.

Download or read book The Riches of Grace written by Dexter S. King (ed) and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fox and Hoyt s Quadrennial Register of the Methodist Episcopal Church written by Henry J. Fox and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Cloud of Witnesses for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ Being the Last Speeches and Testimonies of Those who Have Suffered for the Truth in Scotland Since the Year 1680 written by Jesus Christ and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Cloud of Witnesses for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ Being the Last Speeches and Testimonies of Those who Have Suffered for the Truth in Scotland Since the Year 1680 Reprinted from the Original Editions with Explanatory and Historical Notes by J H Thomson Together with an Appendix Containing the Queen s Ferry Paper a Relation Concerning Mr R Cameron Mr D Cargil and H Hall written by and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Present testimony and original Christian witness revived written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Lutheran Witness written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Witness of the Spirit in the Work of Sanctification Baptism of the Holy Ghost Second edition enlarged With a letter from F G Brown written by Nathaniel Hervey and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Witness to Love written by Mary-Rose Verret and published by Saint Benedict Press. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extraordinary marriages don't just happen. They flow from grace-filled, faithful, and fruitful covenants of love. Every marriage, and even preparation for marriage, has its ups and downs. In a world and culture that seems to isolate and criticize, authors Ryan and Mary-Rose Verret proclaim: you are not alone! In these pages the Verrets offer the married and soon-to-be married a program for profound and transformative discipleship. Witness to Love gives married couples the tools and encouragement to share the grace, struggles, joys, and blessings of their marriage with young couples in desperate need of mentors. In Witness to Love, the Verrets issue a challenge to us all. Share your lives, share your heart, share your love. Make disciples!

Download or read book Witness Essentials written by Daniel Meyer and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We know the radical difference the gospel of Jesus Christ makes, and we want others to see and enjoy its benefits. In fact, we don't want them to just pray a prayer and move on to the next interesting thing. We want them to sink their roots deeply into the grace of God. So often, though, we feel that we are inadequate to this important task--that we don't know enough or that we will offend our friends. Daniel Meyer has provided the tools you need to move forward: the basics of the gospel message the role of life change in our witness how to present the good news The Bible studies, exercises and readings in this book will deepen your personal faith and equip you to minister to others with a new sense of confidence and calling.

Download or read book The Cloud of Witnesses for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ written by Clergyman of the Church of Scotland and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Witness written by Jack J. Blanco and published by Autumn House Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter what happened-threats, beatings, stoning, exile, or imprisonment- the leaders of the infant Christian church were determined to take the good news of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection to the entire world. That was their mission, their sole purpose in life.