Download or read book Subtle Deception written by Lawrence Vanyi and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern misguided evangelical empire-building at the institutional church level has systematically for the most part, attempted to replace Christianity with its own brand of organized religion. This subtle deception has taken more than 1,700 years to develop and permeate society and typical Christian thought, but develop well it has. So well, in fact, that even some of the greatest ministry personalities of our time have made the mistake of thinking that Christianity and organized religion are one and the same.but they are not. What's wrong with organized religion you say? Did you suppose that's what Christianity was all about? Did you suppose that its church building origins are biblical? And what's the fuss anyway? Does it really matter if the Lord's people are more 'organizationally" or 'institutionally" minded than they are 'relationally" minded? The author's opinion is that Purpose dictates the correct usage of what God designs. If we want to correctly use something God has designed, we must first discover God's original intent and purpose behind the creation of His idea. This work deals with the financial 'skeletons in the Church's closet" and goes behind the scenes for God's design for the Body of Christ known as the 'Church."
Download or read book Subtle Deception written by Dr Wayne Young and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether we realize it or not, deception is all around us. Deception, like death and taxes, is an inevitable part of life and has been since the time man has realized the benefit of bending the truth. While little white lies and monumental untruths are an ugly part of humanity, we can arm ourselves against them only if we keep our senses sharp. This book can be your tool to do just that. In his book, Subtle Deception: Uncovering Lies in Every Day Life, Dr. Wayne Young walks readers through common deceptions that have crept into our society and become as much a part of the fabric of who we are as democracy and the arts. From politics to personal relationships, Dr. Young lays out scenarios, highlights the dangers, and also provides ways to combat this ubiquitous deceitfulness so that we can exist is a world full of deception without falling victim to it.
Download or read book Removing the Veil of Deception written by Barbara Wentroble and published by Chosen Books. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sure, unbelievers are susceptible to Satan's deceptions. But are Christians being deceived as well? Then answer, all too often, is yes. Unknowingly, many are swayed by scripturally unsound teaching as well as false prophecies and other unholy supernatural manifestations. Using biblical and modern-day examples, Barbara Wentroble shows readers how to identify the subtle deceptions Satan employs to cloud the hearts and minds of believers. In a straightforward, informative way, she explains: •how to biblically judge revelatory insight, prophecies, and manifestations •how to protect your mind from deception •the importance of accountability and healthy submission to a Christian leader •how to find healing from past trauma that may leave you vulnerable to enemy attack •how to break free from deception •and much more Wentroble's seasoned insights will equip believers to become mature in Christ, ready to fulfill God's purposes for their lives.
Download or read book The Journey of Ibn Fattouma written by Naguib Mahfouz and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative and dreamy parable, a young man disillusioned by the corruption of his homeland sets out on a quest to find Gebel, the land of perfection, from which no one has ever returned. On his way, Ibn Fattouma passes through a series of very different lands--realms where the moon is worshipped, where marriage does not exist, where kings are treated like gods, and where freedom, toleration, and justice are alternately held as the highest goods. All of these places, however, are inevitably marred by the specter of war, and Ibn Fattouma finds himself continually driven onward, ever seeking. Like the protagonists of A Pilgrim's Progress and Gulliver's Travels, Naguib Mahfouz's hero travels not through any recognizable historical landscape, but through timeless aspects of human possibility.
Download or read book Help Me I m Falling written by Charles R. Sund and published by . This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AVOIDING SATAN'S #1 DECEPTION Did you know that pride in a person's life will eventually bring destruction by opening the door to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons? As a Christian, are you aware you can be resisted by God? Would you want to know if your life or ministry is in danger? In Help Me I'm Falling, evangelist, pastor, and author Charles Sund uses God's Word to expound on two visions given to him by God concerning the resistance, fall, and devastation of pride. He expounds on the revelation God gave him on how to avoid this subtle deception of Satan so that you can continue to stand, run your race, and fulfill your destiny! In Help Me I'm Falling you will discover: 1. How to keep from falling, 2. Satan's #1 deception, 3. How to safeguard your heart from the sin of pride, 4. God cares about the clothes you wear, and 5. How to walk humbly before a holy God
Download or read book Please God Let There Be Another Boom written by Grant McDowell and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you feel that taking your faith to work is as welcome as driving a truck through a living room? Please God, Let There Be Another Boom is a reasonable and helpful guide, showing foundations for integrating faith with work, and exploring the practical impact of faith at work. In an era where workers change jobs or move from city to city in order to sustain themselves and their families, hope to continue will be found in these chapters. After pouring solid footings for faith at work, the author presents ten important areas where workers balance belief with business. These areas include: ... - authority - relationships at work - verbal witness - pay and its problems - rest - meaning at work - prayer at work - and more For over thirty years, author Grant McDowell has shepherded people who live with the impossibilities and rewards of the workplace, and he has engaged in their world via his blue-collar background, his involvement in the local business community, and by seeking ways to encourage those who refuse to pretend spirituality is reserved for wooden benches in quiet sanctuaries.
Download or read book Islam and Its Challenges in the Globalised World written by Ahmad Akil Bin Muda and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book - continuation of the volume 1 - is about the failure of the OIC, the need of Muslim countries in the Southeast Asia to form a new association vis--vis ASEAN, jihad, the attributes of disbelievers vis-a-vis believers, the ungrateful people, the wrath of Allah, the victory of the Muslims in the end and finally on current scenario facing the Muslims, including the emergence of the ISIS extremist that soils the good image of Islam.
Download or read book Word to the Church of Jesus Christ written by brother Hanola and published by Montreal Remnant Ministries. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opening of heart and our Salvation; Natural heart and mind; New heart and mind. War for our life; Our old and new will; Our way to victory; True meaning of the cross; True depth of deception; Internal divisions in the church; War in the church; Are you serving God or Satan? Some facts of Christian life (A-to-Z) Different fact is described in detail under each alphabet sign. New Creation; Spiritual believer weighs-judges-assesses the spirits that influence or rule believers, their lives, actions, words or deeds. See also www.cm-mrm.ca for more.
Download or read book Handbook of Psychopathy written by Christopher J. Patrick and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 849 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely considered the go-to reference--and now extensively revised with over 65% new material--this authoritative handbook surveys the landscape of current knowledge on psychopathy and addresses essential clinical and applied topics. Leading researchers explore major theoretical models; symptomatology and diagnostic subtypes; assessment methods; developmental pathways; and causal influences, from genes and neurobiology to environmental factors. The volume examines manifestations of psychopathy in specific populations as well as connections to antisocial behavior and recidivism. It presents contemporary perspectives on prevention and treatment and discusses special considerations in clinical and forensic practice. New to This Edition *Extensively revised with more than a decade's theoretical, empirical, and clinical advances. *Many new authors and topics. *Expanded coverage of phenotypic facets, with chapters on behavioral disinhibition, callous–unemotional traits, and boldness. *Chapters on DSM-5, clinical interviewing, cognitive and emotional processing, and serial murder. *Significantly updated coverage of etiology, assessment methods, neuroimaging research, and adult and juvenile treatment approaches.
Download or read book Are You Alone Wise written by Susan Schreiner and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topic of certitude is much debated today. On one side, commentators such as Charles Krauthammer urge us to achieve "moral clarity." On the other, those like George Will contend that the greatest present threat to civilization is an excess of certitude. To address this uncomfortable debate, Susan Schreiner turns to the intellectuals of early modern Europe, a period when thought was still fluid and had not yet been reified into the form of rationality demanded by the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.Schreiner argues that Europe in the sixteenth century was preoccupied with concerns similar to ours; both the desire for certainty -- especially religious certainty -- and warnings against certainty permeated the earlier era. Digging beneath overt theological and philosophical problems, she tackles the underlying fears of the period as she addresses questions of salvation, authority, the rise of skepticism, the outbreak of religious violence, the discernment of spirits, and the ambiguous relationship between appearance and reality.In her examination of the history of theological polemics and debates (as well as other genres), Schreiner sheds light on the repeated evaluation of certainty and the recurring fear of deception. Among the texts she draws on are Montaigne's Essays, the mystical writings of Teresa of Avila, the works of Reformation fathers William of Occam, Luther, Thomas Muntzer, and Thomas More; and the dramas of Shakespeare. The result is not a book about theology, but rather about the way in which the concern with certitude determined the theology, polemics and literature of an age.
Download or read book Vanities of the Eye written by Stuart Clark and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vanities of the Eye investigates the cultural history of the senses in early modern Europe, a time in which the nature and reliability of human vision was the focus of much debate. In medicine, art theory, science, religion, and philosophy, sight came to be characterised as uncertain or paradoxical - mental images no longer resembled the external world. Was seeing really believing? Stuart Clark explores the controversial debates of the time - from the fantasies and hallucinations of melancholia, to the illusions of magic, art, demonic deceptions, and witchcraft. The truth and function of religious images and the authenticity of miracles and visions were also questioned with new vigour, affecting such contemporary works as Macbeth - a play deeply concerned with the dangers of visual illusion. Clark also contends that there was a close connection between these debates and the ways in which philosophers such as Descartes and Hobbes developed new theories on the relationship between the real and virtual. Original, highly accessible, and a major contribution to our understanding of European culture, Vanities of the Eye will be of great interest to a wide range of historians and anyone interested in the true nature of seeing.
Download or read book Origin of Mental Species written by Henry James Derbyshire and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Anti Gospel written by Edward Hendrie and published by Great Mountain Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Hendrie uses God’s word to strip the sheep’s clothing from false Christian ministers and expose them as ravening wolves preaching an anti-gospel. The anti-gospel is based on a myth that all men have a will that is free from the bondage of sin to choose whether to believe in Jesus. The Holy Bible, however, states that all men are spiritually dead and cannot believe in Jesus unless they are born again of the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 2:1-7; John 3:3-8. God has chosen his elect to be saved by his grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:3-9; 2:8-10. God imbues his elect with the faith needed to believe in Jesus. Hebrews 12:2; John 1:12-13. The devil’s false gospel contradicts the word of God and reverses the order of things. Under the anti-gospel, instead of a sovereign God choosing his elect, sovereign man decides whether to choose God. The calling of the Lord Jesus Christ is effectual; all who are chosen for salvation will believe in Jesus. John 6:37-44. The anti-gospel has a false Jesus, who only offers the possibility of salvation, with no assurance. The anti-gospel blasphemously makes God out to be a liar by denying the total depravity of man and the sovereign election of God. All who preach that false gospel are under a curse from God. Galatians 1:6-9.
Download or read book Aesop s Animals written by Jo Wimpenny and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turns a critical eye on Aesop's Fables to ask whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of his animals. Despite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned from these tales continue to inform our judgements, but have the stories also informed how we regard their animal protagonists? If so, is there any truth behind the stereotypes? Are wolves deceptive villains? Are crows insightful geniuses? And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race? In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables to discover whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of the animal kingdom. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest findings on some of the most fascinating branches of ethological research – the study of why animals do the things they do. In each chapter she interrogates a classic fable and a different topic – future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception – concluding with a verdict on the veracity of each fable's portrayal from a scientific perspective. By sifting fact from fiction in one of the most beloved texts of our culture, Aesop's Animals explores and challenges our preconceived notions about animals, the way they behave, and the roles we both play in our shared world.
Download or read book The Poem Itself written by Stanley Burnshaw and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available again for a new generation, this classic work contains over 150 of the greatest modern French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian poems presented in the original languages and brilliantly illuminated by English commentaries.
Download or read book Unleashing God s Truth written by Dywen Lauren and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleashing God's Truth, The Overcomers, was formerly released as two individual books: As I Also Overcame, and He Who Overcomes. Together they portray the personal journey of the author, Dywen Lauren, and how God trains her to be an overcomer, and empowers her to teach others the qualities necessary to gloriously overcome. Whether you are an earnest seeker who wants to find the one true God, or the sincere Christian who wants to live a life of victory while pleasing and honoring God, you will find this book enlightening and full of convicting truths. Christians who are wavering will find powerful reasons to fear the Lord and return to Him—to their first love. “The destiny of the nation lies in the destiny of the Church, and God’s will for the Church is to be an overcomer. I’m sure as you read this book, you’ll find yourself challenged, encouraged, nourished in Christ, and empowered to move on to greater things in your life.” —Dr. Rajan Thiagarajah, Senior Pastor, Mighty Living Waters Life Fellowship, Australia “Dywen brings a timely warning and needed reminder to all Christians and even to Pastors, of the perilous times we are in. The deceptions that are highlighted in this book already exist and the Lord Jesus said that even the “very elect” would be deceived, if it were possible. This book will open the eyes of those who are not watchful.” —Khim Ang, Senior Pastor, River of Life Sanctuary, Malaysia “This book makes you think about the importance of abiding in and living the Truth, to discern deceptions and overcome the works of our flesh in order to live as an overcomer.” —Pastor Larry Leong, Singapore
Download or read book The African American Pulpit written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
