Download or read book Giving Christianity Back to Agape Love written by Matthew Carriker and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-09 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How could a church that has been plagued by anti-Semitism, the killing of the Crusades, and the violence of the Inquisition (to name a few) be redeemed of these evils? Quite simply, it has always returned to Jesus. When you return to Jesus, you return to the heart of his message: agape. Agape is a Greek word in the New Testament referring to a love that is without limits and beyond conditions. Agape is the love that God has for us, and that we are called to have towards one another. This book centers around this one assumption: God loves us unconditionally. Our task- individually and as communities- is to be instruments of that love. This book reenvisions traditional Christian beliefs- including sin, the Bible, salvation, homosexuality, pluralism, Jesus, and atonement theology- through the lens of agape love. What would the Christian life look like if we embodied the good news in community as contemplatives in action? In a time when churches are dying and failing, giving Christianity back to agape love has the power to bring life into a religion that feels old, worn out, and over-institutionalized. To return Christianity to Jesus is to give the church universal back to a love that is boundless, free, and unconditional; to a love that finds its heart in service, peacemaking, and radical transformation; to a love that will set the world on fire.
Download or read book Agape Love written by Sir John Templeton and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tradition of agape, or unconditional love, is not exclusive to any religion. It is a primary underlying principle found in religions worldwide. The concept of altruistic love challenges the spiritual person to "love your enemies" or to "love without thought of return." It is a love that flows out to others through compassion, kindness, tenderness, and charitable giving. Buddhists have a path of compassion, where caring for others becomes the motivating force behind existence. Hindus have a branch of yoga, the heart-centered path, that leads to enlightenment through an overwhelming love for God that takes the form of loving all humanity. Eastern religions, such as Taoism and Confucianism, see transcendent love as essential to true wisdom. Love is a universal theme of love found in all religious traditions, Buddhist, Christian, Islam, or others. As we realize that all religions have this spiritual principle of love at their core, we can develop a sense of shared humanity. The religious tradition of agape love examined in this book will inspire those who are learning to grow in compassion and love for all people.
Download or read book Agape Love Series Volume One written by Ademola Usuanlele and published by Groupe Haus Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THE BOOK AGAPE LOVE SERIES: VOLUME ONEThe Way Love Is Supposed To Be - Motherly love This book is a chronicling of revelations and their applications during several spiritual missions into the heart of God starting March 15, 2018 to May 30, 2018 and resumed in June until all evil's ties revealed were destroyed by the power of God and His Trinity. God, we give you all the glory. We bless you for everything. We thank you for everything. You make us look pretty in front of our enemies. Thank you, our Lord Jesus Christ. HALLELUYAH!!!!The image on the front gives a little semblance of the Agape Love of Jesus Christ looking from Motherly love viewpoint. Jesus Christ's love begins from after the aggregation of all the love all humans can muster together as a tasting of what God's love can begin to look like at just the introduction. Then imagine the full works. It is just not humanly possible to fathom or comprehend. Maybe you can switch to French or unknown tongues then the heart can attempt because this will make the normal human brain to overheat or go off-alignment. Jesus Christ you are too much for us and enough at the same time.Make sure you are in love when you read this book otherwise only God knows. It is written with pure and genuine AGAPE LOVE. All the materials have been backed up with scriptures in the Christian Holy Bible. Thank you, Trinity. Only you can make us pretty, handsome and beautiful like this. We honour you! We praise you! We adore you! We bless you! We thank you! We give you all the Glory! If, you truly believe that you do not need further edification from this book or you are truly blessed by this book, please share the book or the lessons from this book with others. Buy* and read a copy today! God bless you.**Get a copy of the Heavenly Tongue Song: Ni Ka Ra Ma Ko Ko Ko. Start your heavenly celebration now! Even if it is by faith. Whatever you wish for in Jesus Christ mighty name, you shall get it. Don't wait until you are perfect. Perfection only comes through Jesus Christ.*All the proceeds (net profits) from the sale of this book will be donated to The Pink Shield Charitable Foundations worldwide. The Pink Shields is a faith-based charity that is internally funded by Groupe Haus Inc. and Ademola Usuanlele (Peace Maker). We don't raise money for our charity directly except from donations from the names. You can support The Pink Shields by patronizing Groupe Haus Inc. and subsidiaries' products and services regularly and sharing your experiences with others through all the media platforms.
Download or read book Agape What Is It written by John Marcus and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world full of hopelessness and despair, there is one thing that people need more than ever: love. Within the core of every human being, there is a longing to feel and to truly know what love is. Many think that love is based on subjective emotions and feelings; however, nothing could be further from the truth. The objective truth of what it really means to love goes far beyond any emotion or feeling. The truth is that we must choose to love rather than feel it. When this is achieved, the love of Christ is made clear in a profound and powerful way. John 15:13 says, 'Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.' This simple verse carries incredible depth as author John Marcus helps readers discover the love it takes to make a complete self-sacrifice in Agape: What is it? This convicting study provokes deeper biblical understanding of what it means to be a mature Christian and to grow with agape love. Christians will be challenged to think about what they define as 'love' as John gives insight from his own testimony to help readers to love sacrificially. Topics covered include: overcoming with longsuffering, casting out fear, being able to cover the sins of others, and loving in truth. Learn how to apply these solid principles in everyday life. Start the adventure of growing in the love of Jesus Christ and sharing it with the world. Marriages, friendships, families, and so many more can be transformed by this love. Discover how in Agape: What is it? Author John Marcus has grasped what it means to love with agape love after growing up in a home full of selfishness, pride, and substances abuse.
Download or read book Love Worth Finding 25 Pack written by Adrian Rogers and published by Crossway Books. This book was released on 2016-01-31 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychologists have long known that every person has two great longings and inward needs. The first is to be loved, and the second is to love. But when pressures and heartaches come into our lives, many give up any hope of ever finding love. The tragedy is that we often look in the wrong places to fill this deep need and longing. Some substitute lust for love. Others pursue material things or superficial relationships--all in the futile attempt to fill a God-shaped vacuum in the human heart. But there is good news! There is a love worth finding and a love worth sharing. The Bible says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). On the cross of Christ, God's mighty love was revealed and offered unconditionally to all who would be saved. Do you long to know this mighty love? Then I need to ask you the most important question you'll ever be asked: Do you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God loves you, that your sins are forgiven, and that you are saved and on your way to heaven? The great news is, you can know! Let me share with you how to discover the greatest love worth finding. Admit Your Sin. First, you must admit that you are a sinner. The Bible says, "None is righteous, no, not one. . . . For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:10, 23). It is our sin that separates us from God and from fulfilling our deepest needs and longings. Sin is an offense against God that carries a serious penalty. According to Romans 6:23, "The wages of sin is death [eternal separation from the love and mercy of God]." Abandon Your Efforts. Second, you must abandon any efforts to save yourself. If we could save ourselves, Jesus's death would have been unnecessary! Even "getting religion" cannot get you to heaven. The Bible says it is "not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his mercy" that we are saved (Titus 3:5). Salvation is by God's grace, "not a result of works, so that no one may boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9). Acknowledge Christ's Payment. What you cannot do for yourself, Jesus Christ has done for you! "But God shows his love toward us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). He died on the cross for you and then rose from the dead to prove that his payment was acceptable to God. But you must acknowledge and believe this fact. "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved" (Acts 16:31). Accept Christ as your Savior. Salvation is God's gift to you. "The free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23). When someone offers you a priceless gift, the wisest thing you can do is accept it! This very moment, you can receive Christ's gift of salvation by sincerely praying this simple prayer from your heart: Dear God, I know that I am a sinner. I know that you love me and want to save me. Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God, who died on the cross to pay for my sins. I believe God raised you from the dead. I now turn from my sin and, by faith, receive you as my personal Lord and Savior. Come into my heart, forgive my sins, and save me, Lord Jesus. In your name I pray. Amen.
Download or read book Agape Love Series Volume Two written by Ademola Usuanlele and published by Groupe Haus Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THE BOOK AGAPE LOVE SERIES: VOLUME TWOThe Way Love Is Supposed To Be - Fatherly love This book is a chronicling of revelations and their applications during several spiritual missions into the heart of God starting March 15, 2018 to May 30, 2018 and resumed in June until all evil's ties revealed were destroyed by the power of God and His Trinity. God, we give you all the glory. We bless you for everything. We thank you for everything. You make us look pretty in front of our enemies. Thank you, our Lord Jesus Christ. HALLELUYAH!!!!The image on the front gives a little semblance of the Agape Love of Jesus Christ looking from fatherly love viewpoint. Jesus Christ's love begins from after the aggregation of all the love all humans can muster together as a tasting of what God's love can begin to look like at just the introduction. Then imagine the full works. It is just not humanly possible to fathom or comprehend. Maybe you can switch to French or unknown tongues then the heart can attempt because this will make the normal human brain to overheat or go off-alignment. Jesus Christ you are too much for us and enough at the same time.Make sure you are in love when you read this book otherwise only God knows. It is written with pure and genuine AGAPE LOVE. All the materials have been backed up with scriptures in the Christian Holy Bible. Thank you, Trinity. Only you can make us pretty, handsome and beautiful like this. We honour you! We praise you! We adore you! We bless you! We thank you! We give you all the Glory! If, you truly believe that you do not need further edification from this book or you are truly blessed by this book, please share the book or the lessons from this book with others. Buy* and read a copy today! God bless you.**Get a copy of the Heavenly Tongue Song: Ni Ka Ra Ma Ko Ko Ko. Start your heavenly celebration now! Even if it is by faith. Whatever you wish for in Jesus Christ mighty name, you shall get it. Don't wait until you are perfect. Perfection only comes through Jesus Christ.*All the proceeds (net profits) from the sale of this book will be donated to The Pink Shield Charitable Foundations worldwide. The Pink Shields is a faith-based charity that is internally funded by Groupe Haus Inc. and Ademola Usuanlele (Peace Maker). We don't raise money for our charity directly except from donations from the names. You can support The Pink Shields by patronizing Groupe Haus Inc. and subsidiaries' products and services regularly and sharing your experiences with others through all the media platforms.
Download or read book Gentle Firmness written by Stephanie G. Cox M S Ed and published by Winters Publishing Group. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does God really want children to be spanked? Where did spanking come from? How can I discipline my children in a manner that is truly pleasing to God? In Gentle Firmness, Stephanie G. Cox answers all of these questions and more. Take this fascinating journey to learn how to accurately read and interpret the "rod" verses of Proverbs. See why spanking is more of a church doctrine rather than a biblical principle. Read many stories from actual people raised in Christian homes that were "lovingly" spanked and yet were emotionally scarred. And finally, discover how ALL children can be effectively disciplined in a biblical manner without being hurt. Stephanie G. Cox, M.S.Ed is severely physically disabled with cerebral palsy. She is an amazing overcomer, as evidenced by the fact that she typed the entire book the way she always types...with her nose!
Download or read book Agape Justice and Law written by Robert F. Cochran, Jr and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a provocative essay, philosopher Jeffrie G. Murphy asks: 'what would law be like if we organized it around the value of Christian love, and if we thought about and criticized law in terms of that value?'. This book brings together leading scholars from a variety of disciplines to address that question. Scholars have given surprisingly little attention to assessing how the central Christian ethical category of love - agape - might impact the way we understand law. This book aims to fill that gap by investigating the relationship between agape and law in Scripture, theology, and jurisprudence, as well as applying these insights to contemporary debates in criminal law, tort law, elder law, immigration law, corporate law, intellectual property, and international relations. At a time when the discourse between Christian and other world views is more likely to be filled with hate than love, the implications of agape for law are crucial.
Download or read book I Thought I Knew What Love Was written by Erin Lamb and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the time Erin Lamb was a child, she was curious about the God of the Bible. She grew up in a home with a pastor and Sunday school teacher, which made knowing God a part of everyday life. More than reading about Him, her heart longed to know Him personally, as Moses knew Him. Along this journey, she picked up a pen and paper and began to write about her experiences with God and His responses. I Thought I Knew What Love Was is a book for every person who wants to plunge deeper into the heart of God. If circumstances or life have made God seem distant or cold, the words on these pages will lure your heart on a journey with the God of the high and low places. Understanding the depths of Gods love during the good and the challenging times is essential to living a joy-filled life. Erin has captured the heart of God through prayers, sonnets, and poems that reveal the human experience in relation to God. If you have ever felt as though God doesnt understand you, then poems like Agape, Even If, and Our Deepest Need will reveal Gods unfailing love for you. Whether you find yourself in the difficult places, or on the mountaintop, your heart and mind will be drawn to a more intimate place where you commune with God.
Download or read book The Four Loves written by C. S. Lewis and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Four Loves is a 1960 book by C. S. Lewis which explores the nature of love from a Christian and philosophical perspective through thought experiments. The book was based on a set of radio talks from 1958 which had been criticized in the U.S. at the time for their frankness about sex. C.S. Lewis examines storge or empathy love; philia, friendship love; eros, romantic love; and agape, or God love. Excerpt: "GOD is love," says St. John. When I first tried to write this book I thought that his maxim would provide me with a very plain highroad through the whole subject. I thought I should be able to say that human loves deserved to be called loves at all just in so far as they resembled that Love which is God."
Download or read book True Love Dates written by Debra K. Fileta and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is possible to find true love through dating. In True Love Dates, Debra Fileta encourages singles not to "kiss dating goodbye" but instead to experience a season of dating as a way to find real love. Through powerful, real-life stories and Fileta's personal journey, this book offers profound insights from the expertise of a professional counselor. Christians are looking for answers to finding true love. They are disillusioned with the church that has provided little practical application in the area of love and relationships. They're bombarded by Christian books that shun dating, idolize courting, fixate on spirituality, and in the end, offer little real relationship help. True Love Dates provides honest help for dating by providing a guide into vital relationship essentials. Debra is a professional Christian counselor who reaches millions with her popular blog, Truelovedates.com, and her book offers sound advice grounded in Christian spirituality. She delivers insight, direction, and counsel when it comes to entering the world of dating and learning to do it right the first time around. Drawing on the stories and struggles of hundreds of young men and women who have pursued the search for true love, Fileta helps readers bypass unnecessary pain while focusing on the things that really matter in the world of dating.
Download or read book Galatians for You written by Timothy Keller and published by God's Word for You. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timothy Keller's expository guide to Galatians is a personal and group curriculum that will excite ordinary Christians in their faith and equip teachers and preachers in their work.
Download or read book Agape Love written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tradition of agape, or unconditional love, is not exclusive to any one religion. Actually, it is a major underlying principle found in religions worldwide. The concept of altruistic love is one that challenges the spiritual person to "love your enemies," or to "love without thought of return." It is a love that flows out to others in the form of compassion, kindness, tenderness, and charitable giving.
Download or read book The Four Loves written by Clive Staples Lewis and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1991 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the feelings and problems involved in different types of human love, including familial affection, friendship, passion, and charity.
Download or read book Calling the Rainbow Nation Home written by E. Sundby and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a journey for truth."-Samuel Kader Sr., Pastor, Community Gospel Church, Dayton, Ohio, Openly Gay, Openly Christian, Leyland Publications. Am I going to hell because I am gay? Is homosexuality a sin? Should I remain celibate my entire life? If you or someone you love is struggling with these issues, this book is for you. Follow Reverend Elaine Sundby's journey as she takes us on her personal quest for truth and self-acceptance-a path that eventually led her to enter the ministry. Reverend Sundby was determined to discover God's plan for her and equally determined to do what was right in the eyes of God, without taking "the easy way out." Simple to understand, yet rooted in spiritual truth, Calling the Rainbow Nation Home has the potential to heal-to heal the battered soul of the Christians who are struggling to reconcile their homosexuality with their faith, and to heal their relationships with those who love them and want to understand. A new era is just beginning in the gay Christian community, as thousands begin to realize that God loves us all just as we are.
Download or read book Returning to Your First Love written by Tony Evans and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evans focuses on how you can reclaim the love you once had for God. He will challenge you to delve deep into your heart and rekindle the spark within, a spark that can grow into a flame.
Download or read book Love as Agape written by Oda Wischmeyer and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
