Download or read book Spiritual Tensions written by Bob Dukes and published by Worldwide Discipleship Association. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual Tensions is a 2-part workbook for emerging leaders. Living In The Tensions will help disciples learn how to navigate the tensions in the spiritual life while Tensions Within Christianity focuses on issues that sometimes cause conflict among Christians. Here’s what you will find inside: Living In The Tensions - The Eternal Versus The Temporal - Developing Realistic Expectations - The Problem Of Sin - Sorting Out Good And Bad - The Spiritual Battle Tensions within Christianity - Defining Success In The Church - Avoiding Extremes In Theology - Avoiding Extremes In Practice - Different Denominations - Racism - Ministering To The Wounded And/Or Rejected

Download or read book Grace in Tension written by Claire McGarry and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all face stress and tension in our daily lives. We might even wonder why our God of abundant goodness doesn’t remove the everyday struggles we face. Jesus’ interactions with Martha and Mary in the Gospel provide us the key to understanding how God shows us his love by allowing tensions in our lives. As we follow the sisters’ transformative journeys through their own struggles, reflecting on what transpires between Scripture verses, we see their initial tension become the catalyst that drives both Mary and Martha to the feet of Jesus — the place where all discover peace. Grace in Tension explores the areas where stress arises in our own lives. Each chapter ends with a thought-provoking prayer to inspire us to go to God with our problems, followed by questions for reflection to help us see all the ways he’s working for our good. God doesn’t create any of it, but he does show up amid life’s difficulties, ready to lead us through. No matter how big or small our struggle, when we seek him out, he reveals what we need to do to resolve our tension, transforming it into grace. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Claire McGarry is the founder of MOSAIC of Faith, a ministry for mothers of infants to school-aged children to explore their faith through motherhood. She contributes regularly to CatholicMom.com and blogs at ShiftingMyPerspective.com. She is the author of Lenten devotional With Our Savior, and her work has appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Keys for Kids, These Days, and Focus on the Family magazine. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children.

Download or read book God at War written by Gregory A. Boyd and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Christians are often baffled by the problem of evil, frequently attributing pain and suffering to some mysterious "good" purposes of God. Gregory Boyd instead declares that biblical writers did not try to intellectually understand evil but rather grappled to overcome it.

Download or read book Working with Spiritual Struggles in Psychotherapy written by Kenneth I. Pargament and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does my life have any deeper meaning? Does God really care about me? How can I find and follow my moral compass? What do I do when my faith is shaken to the core? Spiritual trials, doubts, or conflicts are often intertwined with mental health concerns, yet many psychotherapists feel ill equipped to discuss questions of faith. From pioneers in the psychology of religion and spirituality, this book combines state-of-the-art research, clinical insights, and vivid case illustrations. It guides clinicians to understand spiritual struggles as critical crossroads in life that can lead to brokenness and decline--or to greater wholeness and growth. Clinicians learn sensitive, culturally responsive ways to assess different types of spiritual struggles and help clients use them as springboards to change.

Download or read book Tensions in Christian Ethics written by Malcolm Brown and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book draws on the author's teaching of ethics at undergraduate and postgraduate level for the Cambridge Theological Federation since 2000. Its purpose is to introduce the reader to questions in Christian ethics through a careful examination of the fundamental meta-ethical questions posed by the 'state we're in', whether understood as a new phase of modernity or as postmodernity. Brown draws on sources and authors from a variety of Christian traditions, and from Britain, the U.S.A. and Europe. The book will be of use, not only to university departments and denominational and ecumenical teaching institutions but also as a more general exposition of the current state of ethical thinking in the Christian churches.

Download or read book Henri Nouwen and Spiritual Polarities written by Wil Hernandez and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the tension-filled nature of our journey and shows us, via Nouwen's example, how we too can navigate our way through it in a transformative way.

Download or read book More Than a Healer written by Costi W. Hinn and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does healing fit into God's will, especially when God doesn't heal? Our hearts, our bodies, and our world are desperate for healing. We all experience brokenness, and we rightfully look to Jesus for restoration. But many Christians have been taught the lie that God will heal us if our faith is strong enough, and that he is punishing us when bad things happen. Growing up in one of the world's leading faith-healing dynasties, Costi Hinn witnessed the tragedy of people chasing after healing more than the Healer. In this book he provides biblical clarity to some of the most challenging questions of the Christian faith. Does grace guarantee healing? How do we catch ourselves from slipping into the trap of seeking God for what he can do for us and not for who he really is? Beginning with the vivid memory of the night he discovered his son's cancer diagnosis—Costi unpacks the layered feelings and questions we have about God and his healing power, and he provides practical principles for growing closer to Jesus. With gentle clarity and biblical wisdom, he explains how to: Faithfully pray for healing while trusting in God's sovereignty. Navigate tough conversations about the topics of divine healing, love, and justice. Hold on to faith even in the most painful trials. More than chasing after the Jesus we want, this hopeful and encouraging book will guide you to discovering the Jesus we truly need—and the true power and hope that comes from a genuine relationship with him.

Download or read book The Spiritual Conflict and Conquest written by Juan de Castañiza and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Culture Making written by Andy Crouch and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only way to change culture is to create culture. Andy Crouch says we must reclaim the cultural mandate to be the creative cultivators God designed us to be. In this expanded edition of his award-winning book he unpacks how culture works and gives us tools to partner with God's own making and transforming of culture.

Download or read book Spiritual Warfare written by Derek Prince and published by Whitaker House. This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resist the enemy’s attacks! Legendary author and Bible teacher Derek Prince explains the battle that is waging right now between the forces of God and the forces of evil. Discover the truths about the nature of this battle so you can… Put on your defensive armor Counter the devil with offensive weapons of attack Tear down the enemy’s strongholds Learn the key to overcoming Satan’s assaults Help others to do the same Your mind is a spiritual battlefield, but thanks God, you can learn the enemy’s strategies, stand up against his schemes, and emerge victorious!

Download or read book Spiritual Conflict in Today s Mission written by Tormod Engelsviken and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stages of Spiritual Growth written by Batya Gallant and published by Devorah Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. Tzadok Hakohen of Lublin (1823-1900), Chassidic master of Torah, taught that spiritual growth follows a predictable sequence of stages: Ones youth is most conducive to growth in love and kindness, ones middle years provide the best opportunity for learning submission to Divine authority, and ones later years are the optimal time for growth in truth-perception. Stages of Spiritual Growth explores R. Tzadoks system. It clarifies the necessary steps within each stage of growth, explains why each stage of life lends itself to that specific facet of development, examines some of the underlying axioms of non-Jewish culture that sabotage our psychological and spiritual progress, and perhaps most significant for the current generation, dispels the common misconception that spiritual growth in Torah stifles an individuals self-expression. Stages of Spiritual Growth provides a philosophical framework for incorporating ones individuality into ones quest to serve God.

Download or read book Demonization Brought Spiritual Conflict upon This Nation written by Donald Evans and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-01-31 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People of all genders and ages of the nation and all nations throughout the land is at war with invisible spirit beings, spirit enemies, demonic forces, and demon spirits within themselves, internally and externally in spiritual warfare, living and fighting among demonic forces in all areas of life without one's knowledge. Demon spirits are not made of flesh and blood. They are the invisible enemies in the physical realm and biologically in the spirit realm. Demonization covers all area of human lives and all levels of governments, even our own. The weeds and the wheat describe how demonization has some of the world population literally believe they are the opposite sex. Some male genders literally believe they are the opposite sex. Some female genders literally believe they are the opposite sex. And some of both genders believe he or she are of both genders, which classifies them as bisexual or having orientation to person of either sex. This means demonization has brought spiritual conflict upon nations throughout the land. Only Jehovah God's Word, the Holy Bible, can we, mankind, have victory over the invisible spirit enemies (adversaries) of the earth and in our governments at all levels.

Download or read book Spirituality and Religion Within the Culture of Medicine written by Dr Michael Balboni and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-10 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirituality and Religion Within the Culture of Medicine provides a comprehensive evaluation of the relationship between spirituality, religion, and medicine evaluating current empirical research and academic scholarship. In Part 1, the book examines the relationship of religion, spirituality, and the practice of medicine by assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the most recent empirical research of religion/spirituality within twelve distinct fields of medicine including pediatrics, psychiatry, internal medicine, surgery, palliative care, and medical ethics. Written by leading clinician researchers in their fields, contributors provide case examples and highlight best practices when engaging religion/spirituality within clinical practice. This is the first collection that assesses how the medical context interacts with patient spirituality recognizing crucial differences between contexts from obstetrics and family medicine, to nursing, to gerontology and the ICU. Recognizing the interdisciplinary aspects of spirituality, religion, and health, Part 2 of the book turns to academic scholarship outside the field of medicine to consider cultural dimensions that form clinical practice. Social-scientific, practical, and humanity fields include psychology, sociology, anthropology, law, history, philosophy, and theology. This is the first time in a single volume that readers can reflect on these multi-dimensional, complex issues with contributions from leading scholars. In Part III, the book concludes with a synthesis, identifying the best studies in the field of religion and health, ongoing weaknesses in research, and highlighting what can be confidently believed based on prior studies. The synthesis also considers relations between the empirical literature on religion and health and the theological and religious traditions, discussing places of convergence and tension, as well as remainingopen questions for further reflection and research. This book will provide trainees and clinicians with an introduction to the field of spirituality, religion, and medicine, and its multi-disciplinary approach will give researchers and scholars in the field a critical and up-to-date analysis.

Download or read book An Inner Step Toward God written by April French and published by Paraclete Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Father Alexander Men (1935-1990), the Russian Orthodox priest and popular spiritual teacher who was publicly martyred in 1990 in the former USSR, prayer is “the flight of the heart toward God.” This work, available for the first time in English, is a collection of his writings, lectures, and sermons on prayer. You will discover both ancient and modern wisdom, and you will see how one Eastern Orthodox priest taught his parishioners to pray.

Download or read book The Spiritual Conflict and Conquest Edited with Preface and Notes by Canon Vaughan Reprinted from the Translation of 1652 written by Juan de CASTAÑIZA and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Spiritual Combat Or the Christian Pilgrim in His Spiritual Conflict and Conquest Translated from the French with Some Additions Revised and Recommended by the Reverend Richard Lucas written by Juan de CASTAÑIZA and published by . This book was released on 1698 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: