Download or read book The Top 10 Dumbest Christian Beliefs written by La Monte McNeese and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Top Ten Dumbest Christian Beliefs" is a witty, easy to read, thought provoking, soft cover manuscript that readers will not want to put down. It is a concise and refreshing challenge to the learned ignorance commonly preached and taught from today''''s pulpits. "The Top Ten Dumbest Christian Beliefs" is surprisingly non-judgmental and not heavy on theological jargon. It cuts through the psycho babel, enlightening the reader with objective views that will strengthen their faith and cause them to become critical thinkers. "The Top Ten Dumbest Christian Beliefs" is a life changing walk through the Christian no spin zone that will arouse the intellect, stimulate emotions and cultivate a desire to study and learn more about God''''s word.
Download or read book The Top 10 Dumbest Christian Beliefs written by Lamonte Mcneese and published by . This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Top Ten Dumbest Christian Beliefs" is a witty, easy to read, thought provoking, soft cover manuscript that readers will not want to put down. It is a concise and refreshing challenge to the learned ignorance commonly preached and taught from today''''s pulpits. "The Top Ten Dumbest Christian Beliefs" is surprisingly non-judgmental and not heavy on theological jargon. It cuts through the psycho babel, enlightening the reader with objective views that will strengthen their faith and cause them to become critical thinkers. "The Top Ten Dumbest Christian Beliefs" is a life changing walk through the Christian no spin zone that will arouse the intellect, stimulate emotions and cultivate a desire to study and learn more about God''''s word.
Download or read book The 10 Dumbest Things Christians Do written by Mark Atteberry and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2006-08-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and pastor Mark Atteberry takes a fresh look at why believers' efforts to serve God are often woefully ineffective. These dumb things explain why the world has a hard time taking us seriously, and worst of all, they provide Satan with a never ending supply of opportunities to make the people of God look foolish.
Download or read book Ten Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe written by Larry Osborne and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2009-04-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delightfully personal and practical book, respected Bible teacher Larry Osborne confronts ten widely held beliefs that are both dumb and dangerous. People don’t set out to build their faith upon myths and spiritual urban legends. But somehow such falsehoods keep showing up in the way that many Christians think about life and God. These goofy ideas and beliefs are assumed by millions to be rock-solid truth... until life proves they’re not. The sad result is often a spiritual disaster: confusion, feelings of betrayal, a distrust of Scripture, loss of faith, anger toward both the church and God. But it doesn’t have to be so. Respected Bible teacher Larry Osborne confronts ten widely held beliefs that are both dumb and dangerous, including: • Faith can fix anything • God brings good luck • Forgiving means forgetting • Everything happens for a reason • A godly home guarantees good kids Get ready to be shocked, relieved, and inspired in the pages of Ten Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe. Because the truth is meant to set us free—not hurt us.
Download or read book Ten Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe written by Larry Osborne and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2009-04-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delightfully personal and practical book, respected Bible teacher Larry Osborne confronts ten widely held beliefs that are both dumb and dangerous. People don’t set out to build their faith upon myths and spiritual urban legends. But somehow such falsehoods keep showing up in the way that many Christians think about life and God. These goofy ideas and beliefs are assumed by millions to be rock-solid truth... until life proves they’re not. The sad result is often a spiritual disaster: confusion, feelings of betrayal, a distrust of Scripture, loss of faith, anger toward both the church and God. But it doesn’t have to be so. Respected Bible teacher Larry Osborne confronts ten widely held beliefs that are both dumb and dangerous, including: • Faith can fix anything • God brings good luck • Forgiving means forgetting • Everything happens for a reason • A godly home guarantees good kids Get ready to be shocked, relieved, and inspired in the pages of Ten Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe. Because the truth is meant to set us free—not hurt us.
Download or read book Boy the Window written by Donald Earl Collins and published by . This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a preteen Black male growing up in Mount Vernon, New York, there were a series of moments, incidents and wounds that caused me to retreat inward in despair and escape into a world of imagination. For five years I protected my family secrets from authority figures, affluent Whites and middle class Blacks while attending an unforgiving gifted-track magnet school program that itself was embroiled in suburban drama. It was my imagination that shielded me from the slights of others, that enabled my survival and academic success. It took everything I had to get myself into college and out to Pittsburgh, but more was in store before I could finally begin to break from my past. "Boy @ The Window" is a coming-of-age story about the universal search for understanding on how any one of us becomes the person they are despite-or because of-the odds. It's a memoir intertwined with my own search for redemption, trust, love, success-for a life worth living. "Boy @ The Window" is about one of the most important lessons of all: what it takes to overcome inhumanity in order to become whole and human again.
Download or read book What It Means to Be Moral written by Phil Zuckerman and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A thoughtful perspective on humans' capacity for moral behavior.” —Kirkus Reviews “A comprehensive introduction to religious skepticism.” —Publishers Weekly In What It Means to Be Moral: Why Religion Is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life, Phil Zuckerman argues that morality does not come from God. Rather, it comes from us: our brains, our evolutionary past, our ongoing cultural development, our social experiences, and our ability to reason, reflect, and be sensitive to the suffering of others. By deconstructing religious arguments for God–based morality and guiding readers through the premises and promises of secular morality, Zuckerman argues that the major challenges facing the world today—from global warming and growing inequality to religious support for unethical political policies to gun violence and terrorism—are best approached from a nonreligious ethical framework. In short, we need to look to our fellow humans and within ourselves for moral progress and ethical action. “In this brilliant, provocative, and timely book, Phil Zuckerman breaks down the myth that our morality comes from religion—compellingly making the case that when it comes to the biggest challenges we face today, a secular approach is the only truly moral one.” —Ali A. Rizvi, author of The Atheist Muslim
Download or read book Finding More written by Rico Tice and published by . This book was released on 2019-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there something more to life? Fascinating life stories of people who found the answer
Download or read book God Is Not Great written by Christopher Hitchens and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Hitchens, described in the London Observer as “one of the most prolific, as well as brilliant, journalists of our time” takes on his biggest subject yet–the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. In the tradition of Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris’s recent bestseller, The End Of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope’s awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix.
Download or read book The Sources of Islam written by William St. Clair Tisdall and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ten Stupid Things That Keep Churches from Growing written by Geoff Surratt and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on interviews with pastors of growing churches, as well as personal experience, this book identifies the most common mistakes pastors make that keep otherwise healthy churches from reaping the harvest God has prepared. Each chapter spotlights a common mistake, gives real-life examples, uses a generous dose of humor, and provides a practical course of action to recover from the error. The book draws from the experience of Seacoast Church as well as pastors such as Craig Groeschel, Chris Hodges, Perry Nobel, Mark Batterson, Dave Ferguson, Scott Chapman, Dino Rizzo, Ron Hamilton, and Dave Browning, Church leaders will be encouraged to realize that they are not the only ones who struggle, and that turning their situation around may not be as daunting a task as they think. This is a field guide for the common pastor based on actual churches of all sizes.
Download or read book Are You Really That Stupid written by Joshua Christian and published by Fifth Estate Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Are You Really That Stupid?" explores the history, politics, and missteps behind the formation of our accepted Christian doctrines, and does so in a most unusual way. The author examines some of our sacred theological cows using humor, irony, and science. The result is a book that will enlighten and enrage. "Are You Really That Stupid?" will make you laugh, and write hate-mail to the author. At the end, you will have a better understanding of your faith.
Download or read book Don t Be Stupid written by Joshua Beck and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't be stupid. is a thoughtful, fresh, and often funny call for a more intelligent Christianity. Helping Christians think through what their faith is, why it's true, and how to live it out -- so they reflect the truth and beauty of the Gospel they believe. Joshua's approachable style is light and fun to read, but also rich and powerful in its message. With grace and humor, he addresses the need in our culture for smarter Christians. Our modern culture sees Christians as stupid, out of touch, and irrelevant -- far off from the true and beautiful Gospel we believe. After reading Don't be stupid. you'll be prepared to dive deep into the richness of Christianity and begin to more meaningfully live it out. Joshua answers questions like: What is faith? Is it okay to doubt? Is Christianity true? How does your worldview affect your work? How do you treat those with whom you disagree? And he draws wisdom from the lives of those like William Wilberforce and C. S. Lewis. It's time to clear away the clutter of Christianity, so our world can see Christ. It's time to not be stupid.
Download or read book 1001 Stupid Questions Atheists Ask Christians written by Stephen McGrath and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atheists pose some of the most ridiculous and annoying questions imaginable: Does the Christian God already know if the world is going to end by human hands or natural causes? Does the Christian God know the exact date and time the sun will die? If a boy gets hit by a meteorite next week, wouldn't the Christian God have known about its trajectory for millions of years and yet failed to move the boy 10 feet out of the way? If every human on Earth died, would the Christian God continue to keep Saturn orbiting the sun? ______ More of a debate primer than a literary work of scholarship, this book gets into the mind of the atheist by revealing the absurdity of their faulty logic and tactics in their attack on Christianity. Formatted in an easily digestible list of questions, paraphrased from real-life atheist dialog across the web, this work is not only amusing, but also informative. With this book, Christians now have the ammunition to defend Faith with a secret preview of the arguments that comprise the outlandish philosophy of atheism.
Download or read book Religion for Atheists written by Alain De Botton and published by Signal. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Architecture of Happiness, a deeply moving meditation on how we can still benefit, without believing, from the wisdom, the beauty, and the consolatory power that religion has to offer. Alain de Botton was brought up in a committedly atheistic household, and though he was powerfully swayed by his parents' views, he underwent, in his mid-twenties, a crisis of faithlessness. His feelings of doubt about atheism had their origins in listening to Bach's cantatas, were further developed in the presence of certain Bellini Madonnas, and became overwhelming with an introduction to Zen architecture. However, it was not until his father's death -- buried under a Hebrew headstone in a Jewish cemetery because he had intriguingly omitted to make more secular arrangements -- that Alain began to face the full degree of his ambivalence regarding the views of religion that he had dutifully accepted. Why are we presented with the curious choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of consoling, subtle and effective rituals and practices for which there is no equivalent in secular society? Why do we bristle at the mention of the word "morality"? Flee from the idea that art should be uplifting, or have an ethical purpose? Why don't we build temples? What mechanisms do we have for expressing gratitude? The challenge that de Botton addresses in his book: how to separate ideas and practices from the religious institutions that have laid claim to them. In Religion for Atheists is an argument to free our soul-related needs from the particular influence of religions, even if it is, paradoxically, the study of religion that will allow us to rediscover and rearticulate those needs.
Download or read book Christians The Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Christianity written by William Spier and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2018-05-10 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses what in this author's opinion is the most offensive aspect of Christianity both to other Christians and to the world looking in - namely judgmental Christians. And the meddlesome, annoying Christians who do this act as if Romans 14 has been struck from the Bible like someone's just line-item vetoed that chapter out of the Bible. If they had read it or would read it, they'd keep their mouths shut and mind their own business. However, it is quite often true that the worst and most obstinate such Christians, are really not Christians at all. Jesus himself says these "Christians" will find themselves quite surprised on Judgement Day. So my hope for this book is you, the reader, will not just recognize this is true, but be able to distinguish who such people are in your own life, and recognize they do not represent Jesus or what Christianity should look and feel like at the hands of real Christians who evidently love Jesus by virtue of what they do and say. The phony or fake, SPC (self-proclaimed Christians) who I refer to as "Christians" in the title and throughout the book, do damage to the cause of Christ by alienating both people in the church and without. And so, my final hope in writing this book is to those who have been hurt, and those who will be hurt by those claiming to be a Christians, is you will think back to the pages herein and realize how this person who hurt you may not be a Christian at all, and you'll refuse to let that be your reason for not personally asking Jesus to pour out His love on you. Contents Overview: False prophets; Fake Christians - a.k.a. "Christians" or SPCs - Self-proclaimed Christians; Phony Christians; Adiaphora; Judgmental Christians; The Book of Romans chapter 14; The Book of Matthew; Judgement Day; Christian Character Case Studies William Spier was born and raised in Berkeley, CA and at the age of sixteen, through an invitation by his dad's barber, started attending church in El Cerrito, CA where he soon discovered no one goes to Heaven just because they do more good things than bad, so he asked Jesus into his heart. Learning that our sins have to be completely taken away, which Jesus has already done, and all we have to do is accept, he did. Twenty years later in the middle of a burgeoning career as an engineering designer, William felt led to get into the ministry full time and so he went back to school, starting seminary outside of Philadelphia, PA, where in 2006 he earned a Masters of Divinity degree. His plan was to start a church ministry or become a missionary or evangelist, but no matter how he tried getting into a formal ministry, those doors just kept closing while the industry kept opening. So finally he followed what he felt was the Lord calling him to take his ministry to the industry, and he has quietly but effectively reached many coworkers and professional acquaintances for the Lord for over ten years now.
Download or read book The Latest Illustrated Polyglot Family Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Together with the Apocrypha written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
