Download or read book A Change of Affection written by Becket Cook and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful, dramatic story of how a successful Hollywood set designer whose identity was deeply rooted in his homosexuality came to be suddenly and utterly transformed by the power of the gospel. When Becket Cook moved from Dallas to Los Angeles after college, he discovered a socially progressive, liberal town that embraced not only his creative side but also his homosexuality. He devoted his time to growing his career as a successful set designer and to finding "the one" man who would fill his heart. As a gay man in the entertainment industry, Cook centered his life around celebrity-filled Hollywood parties and traveled to society hot-spots around the world--until a chance encounter with a pastor at an LA coffee shop one morning changed everything. In A Change of Affection, Becket Cook shares his testimony as someone who was transformed by the power of the gospel. Cook's dramatic conversion to Christianity and subsequent seminary training inform his views on homosexuality--personally, biblically, theologically, and culturally--and in his new book he educates Christians on how to better understand this complex and controversial issue while revealing how to lovingly engage with those who disagree. A Change of Affection is a timely and indispensable resource for anyone who desires to understand more fully one of the most common and difficult stumbling blocks to faithfully following Christ today.

Download or read book What Jesus Did written by Robert D. Prescott-Ezickson and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acronym WWJD (What would Jesus do?) has become a popular device for making ethical and moral decisions, and evaluating how we should act in a wide range of situations. But this seemingly ubiquitous slogan has also been used to trivialize Jesus and use his name to endorse some activity or product. Now we also hear questions like: What would Jesus eat? What would Jesus wear? What would Jesus drive? Enough already! If you want to consider this question seriously, then the best way to find the answer to WWJD is to investigate what Jesus actually did while he was here on earth. Jesus Christ was a real man who lived in a real time and a real place -- and his words and deeds are recorded in the four Gospels. Once we carefully study the Gospels and become familiar with what Jesus did, then we will be in a better position to discern what Jesus would do now. What Jesus Did is an in-depth look at the life of Jesus, including his birth, his parables, his miracles, his sayings, his death, and his resurrection. The unique format of this study guide makes it an excellent resource for a preaching series, Sunday School lessons, group Bible study, or personal devotional reading. Each chapter is built around a series of questions to help you gain deeper meaning and insight from the scriptures. And because Jesus expects us to turn learning into doing and live according to his example, each chapter also includes a WWJD action step for applying his teachings in our daily lives. In fresh language that brings the sayings and saving activities of Jesus into the world of the third millennium, Prescott-Ezickson shares Bible studies with emotional impact on the classic motivation for Christian living, What would Jesus do? Robert T. Coote Former Associate Director, Overseas Ministries Study Center New Haven, Connecticut Robert D. Prescott-Ezickson is senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Meriden, Connecticut. He is a graduate (M.Div. and Ph.D.) of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and has previously pastored churches in Indiana, New Jersey, and Connecticut. He has also been an adjunct professor of religion at Central Connecticut State University. Prescott-Ezickson has served as president of the Minister's Council for American Baptist Churches of Connecticut, moderator of the South Central Association, and president of the Meriden Clergy Association. He is the author of God Has A Plan For You! (CSS).

Download or read book Spiritual Answers Today s Questions written by Elvis F. Mitchell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-12-19 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every now and then a book comes along that grips your attention with its depth. Spiritual Answers, Today’s Questions shows that never before has the Scripture been used in a useful and informative manner. Any question from WWJD? to the issues of homosexuality or abortion, to prosperity gospel is answered here using specific scripture as the basis for the answer. Look here to find gripping issues and how they affect the new millennium and you. The answers to today’s most urgent issues are here in clear precise, straight to the point answers.

Download or read book Our Reasonable Faith written by Herman Bavinck and published by Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 1956 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Our Reasonable Faith" is an accessible digest of the author's famous four volume "Reformed Dogmatics" and clearly presents the fundamental doctrines of Biblical theology. A practical handbook of theology, it is an outstanding and comprehensive statement of Christian faith and doctrine. Fully supported by Scriptural references, this book provides students, teachers, pastors, and lay readers with a readable, thorough, and systematic presentation of God's revelation.

Download or read book What Would Jesus Deconstruct The Church and Postmodern Culture written by John D. Caputo and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative addition to The Church and Postmodern Culture series offers a lively rereading of Charles Sheldon's In His Steps as a constructive way forward. John D. Caputo introduces the notion of why the church needs deconstruction, positively defines deconstruction's role in renewal, deconstructs idols of the church, and imagines the future of the church in addressing the practical implications of this for the church's life through liturgy, worship, preaching, and teaching. Students of philosophy, theology, religion, and ministry, as well as others interested in engaging postmodernism and the emerging church phenomenon, will welcome this provocative, non-technical work.

Download or read book The What Would Jesus Eat Cookbook written by Don Colbert and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2011-10-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the What Would Jesus Eat Cookbook, you'll discover an enormously effective'and delicious'way of eating based on Biblical principles. You'll find that you can lose weight, prevent disease, enjoy more balanced meals, and attain vibrant health by changing the way you eat. A companion to the bestselling What Would Jesus Eat?, this cookbook offers inspired ideas for good eating and good living. Modeled on Jesus' example, The What Would Jesus Eat Cookbook emphasizes whole foods that are low in fat, salt, and sugar and high in nutrients and satisfying flavor. This modern approach to an ancient way of eating offers a healthy alternative to today's fast food culture.

Download or read book What Would Jesus Do written by Garrett Ward Sheldon and published by . This book was released on 1997-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, Sheldon's "In His Steps" has been one of the most beloved Christian novels ever. In this retelling of the original story, updated characters and settings shed new light on the question, "What Would Jesus Do?

Download or read book 365 Day Starters written by Safiya Quashie and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Author Safiya T. Quashie, BSN, RN, was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. She came to the United States in 1995. Safiya is a strong believer in prayer and communing with God. Graduating with a BSN, Safiya Quashie is licensed as a registered nurse in the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia. She is an active member of the American Nursing Association, and her profession is closely tied to her calling to serve. Safiya was inspired to write a devotion with strong points and substance that are relative to the reader. When it comes to help in the day-to-day walk and real-life situations that people have to face, these inspiring words make a difference. The life scenarios in her writings purposes to help bring people out of their current situation and get them on the path to being in a better position. This book is straightforward and an easy read to its readers. The writings in this book are inspired by experience, based on what Safiya has been through. During a rough time and a very dark hour in August of 2008, she heard the voice of the Holy Spirit calling her to write. The first mention came from an elder in her church, Elder Reid, who prophesied on April 6, 2007, that she would write books. Her aim is that you understand as you read this book that you are more than a conqueror through Him who loves you (Romans 8). God's Word is present to help all to overcome as Jesus Christ also overcame.

Download or read book The Two Fears written by Chris Poblete and published by Cruciform Press. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can fear God or everything else. Fear wisely. Most Christians will agree that we ought to love our God. But what about fearing God? The Bible says that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (Proverbs 9:10), yet a broad survey of modern evangelicalism reveals that the fear of God is hardly regarded as such anymore. Many Christians seem to wrongly assume that the gospel of grace trumps the fear of the Lord. Yet it is only the God of the gospel who is truly worthy of our reverential fear. The purpose of this book is to equip Christians with a healthy view of fearing God and to illustrate how it reconciles with the gospel of God's grace to sinners.

Download or read book Would You Lie to Save a Life written by Michael Glenn Maness and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-09-12 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would You Lie to Save a Life? Love Will Find a Way Home: A Theology on the Ethics of Love In 1968, Commander Lloyd Bucher and the USS Pueblo were pirated on the high seas. They were held captive for 11 months, and Bucher was forced to sign a confession – forced to lie to save the lives of his men. How does Love impact that decsion in a Christian theology? Love makes the world go round. Without Love, little else has value this side of heaven. In this dilemma between Love and Truth, Love was chosen over Truth, but not at the expense of all Truth. Between the deontological and teleological elements, time itself comes into play in the determination of the absolute "rightness" of the choice in perfect Love. How is as capable as Jesus was and is today? The course of Love is a sacred "stewardship of time" that is the highest exhibition of the Christian’s own Imago Dei or image of God granted to us in creation. When we are able to follow the Scarlet Thread of obedience perfectly, it will lead straight through all of (1) the areas of complexity, uniting (2) all of the demands of all of the absolutes and run dead center between (3) all of the ethical fine lines. These three areas are detailed specifically.

Download or read book Hipster Christianity written by Brett McCracken and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insider twentysomething Christian journalist Brett McCracken has grown up in the evangelical Christian subculture and observed the recent shift away from the "stained glass and steeples" old guard of traditional Christianity to a more unorthodox, stylized 21st-century church. This change raises a big issue for the church in our postmodern world: the question of cool. The question is whether or not Christianity can be, should be, or is, in fact, cool. This probing book is about an emerging category of Christians McCracken calls "Christian hipsters"--the unlikely fusion of the American obsessions with worldly "cool" and otherworldly religion--an analysis of what they're about, why they exist, and what it all means for Christianity and the church's relevancy and hipness in today's youth-oriented culture.

Download or read book WWJD and Other Poems written by Savannah Sipple and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Savannah Sipple's voice is stark and crucial. Her debut poetry collection WWJD and Other Poems explores what it is to be a queer woman in Appalachia and is rooted in its culture and in her body. With a beer-drinking Jesus as her wing man, she navigates this difficult terrain of stereotype, conservative Evangelicalism, and, perhaps most, shame.

Download or read book When We Were on Fire written by Addie Zierman and published by Convergent Books. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the strange, us-versus-them Christian subculture of the 1990s, a person’s faith was measured by how many WWJD bracelets she wore and whether he had kissed dating goodbye. Evangelical poster child Addie Zierman wore three bracelets asking what Jesus would do. She also led two Bible studies and listened exclusively to Christian music. She was on fire for God and unaware that the flame was dwindling—until it burned out. Addie chronicles her journey through church culture and first love, and her entrance—unprepared and angry—into marriage. When she drops out of church and very nearly her marriage as well, it is on a sea of tequila and depression. She isn’t sure if she’ll ever go back. When We Were on Fire is a funny, heartbreaking story of untangling oneself from what is expected to arrive at faith that is not bound by tradition or current church fashion. Addie looks for what lasts when nothing else seems worth keeping. It’s a story for doubters, cynics, and anyone who has felt alone in church.

Download or read book TODAY S RELATED POETRY written by Elma D. Smith and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a Poet it is important how and when to express words. It is wise to go beyond language in a way of expressing difficult feelings even moments when you are wordless. These present day poems are in relations to all aspects’ in life’s ups and downs. Writing that encounters human situations as they really are. The average human has encountered life at its best and its worse. These poems are written not only for the conversion outlook and spiritual intake but the encouraging of one’s soul. A work of art designed for today’s generational relations and worldly chaos troubles.

Download or read book WWJD written by Charles Monroe Sheldon and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "WWJD" is the focus of Charles M. Sheldon's 1896 novel, "In His Steps" about a pastor who shakes up his congregation, and his entire community, by pledging to ask "what would Jesus do?" before making any decisions. This book includes passages from Sheldon's novel, corresponding verses from the Bible, prayers, and quotes.

Download or read book God Is My Spinach written by Robert Pickering Sr. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thumb through this book and youll see its not like the other books on this shelf. Pious and dreamy are not foremost in Bobs style. The balloons were the photographers idea. Bob has been creating his weekly Good News for 12 years and publishing them on the web for over 10 years. Now, selected daily works are available in this book, on paper, in your hands, so you can hold it close to your heart. Youll find a table of contents and index, in case youre feeling studious, and a format not limited to a period of time. Good for your leap years, too. Once a hard-drinking salesman on the road, Bob and God gathered his strength to develop his Christian business ethic, to pursue athletics, and to marry June Holloway and raise a family. Did he wake up one day, slim, muscular, alcohol-free, with a happy spouse and home? Ha, ha, ha. Sit down with Bob and find your strength in a daily helping of Spinach. Its good for you.

Download or read book Insights for the 21st Century written by Arthur Boni and published by Ethics International Press. This book was released on 2023-11-25 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: his book blends religion, ethics and entrepreneurship to discuss how ethics and religion can be combined to work collectively to solve local and international issues. It explores a three-party ‘Abrahamic alliance’ of Christians, Muslims, and Jews, where cross-faith collaboration and collective intelligence can come into play to solve societal issues and challenges. The authors provide insights and options for consideration by academics, lay leaders, and clergy, as they confront the many challenges of the 21st Century. The central part of the book features a unique and extensive case study, that focuses on an economic development initiative that focused on providing higher education to enable and develop the population in Qatar. The concluding Epilogue takes a deeper dive into emerging ethical issues deriving from current world events. It also explores considerations and potential direction for some bold next steps consider formation of an interfaith alliance of leaders from the three Abrahamic religions; Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. It will be of interest to scholars in religious studies, particularly from the Abrahamic faiths; religious and political leaders; seminaries for instructing aspiring clergy; members of NGOs; and business scholars and practitioners, particularly those researching or working in faith-based organizations.