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52 Weeks Of Ordinary People Extraordinary God
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Book Synopsis 52 Weeks of Ordinary People - Extraordinary God by : Jody Neufeld
Download or read book 52 Weeks of Ordinary People - Extraordinary God written by Jody Neufeld and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2005-03-16 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many small groups fumble when they try to find topics for small group meditation and study. This book is designed to provide 52 weekly devotions for a group to use to ignite study, prayer, and witness in their prayer of devotional group. Jody Neufeld shares from her heart "ordinary moments with an extraordinary God." Upon her retirement from nursing and then beginning into ministry with her husband Henry, a Bible teacher, Jody felt the Lord urging her to share a daily devotion with people she knew still in an outside workplace. "I know that when I was working in a hospital or a doctor's office or in homes delivering hospice care, I wish someone had sent me an email devotion each morning that would give me a focus and a lesson for the day." This ministry went from 12 people to hundreds and continues today. This weekly devotion book is made up of 52 devotions with questions or suggestions for discussion that will work well with small groups. It provides an excellent way to 'jump start' a small group with diverse members or give an established group a new perspective.
Book Synopsis Identifying Your Gifts and Service by : Henry Neufeld
Download or read book Identifying Your Gifts and Service written by Henry Neufeld and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a process for discovering and activating spiritual gifts in your congregation. It is not a typical scientific survey designed to discover what kind of personality you have, what you feel like doing, or even what your talents are. Instead, it is a process designed to help a church congregation discover God's gifts and leading in their lives. In going through this process you will be invited to shake off some of the walls and limitations you have placed on yourself and open yourself up to the full call that God has on your life. Discovering and using your Spiritual Gifts is an adventure!
Book Synopsis Who's Afraid of the Old Testament God? by : Alden L Thompson
Download or read book Who's Afraid of the Old Testament God? written by Alden L Thompson and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old Testament God generally has a rather poor reputation, even in Christian circles. But as the author points out, The Old Testament Scriptures can remain alive and will lead us to a fresh appreciation of all that God has done for us. Targeted to thoughtful readers, this book addresses a cluster of issues often troubling for the person who seeks to understand the Old Testament. Who's Afraid of the Old Testament God? speaks very frankly about some of these "problems," things like sin and the fall, Satan, "moral blemish" passages, strange laws, etc. The chapter titles follow: Don't let your New Testament get in the way of your Old Testament Behold it was very good and then it all turned sour Whatever happened to Satan in the Old Testament Strange people need strange laws Could you invite a Canaanite home to lunch? The worst story in the Old Testament - Judges 19-21 The best story in the Old Testament - the Messiah What kind of prayers would you publish if you were God? This new, fifth edition leaves the text unchanged, but has larger type and wider margins.
Book Synopsis Except for Fornication by : H Van Dyke Parunak
Download or read book Except for Fornication written by H Van Dyke Parunak and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it morally acceptable for a person who is divorced to remarry while their former spouse is alive? What did Jesus mean by his statements on this topic? Except for Fornication is a brief study, less than 80 pages, of statements in the Gospels relating to divorce and remarriage. Dr. Parunak examines the background and context of the statements of Jesus regarding divorce, and relates them to the Old Testament commands on which Jesus was commenting. This historical depth and detailed linguistic analysis will prove useful to Bible students, whether or not they ultimately agree with the author's conclusions. This is investigation is laid out as a mystery, with each aspect examined carefully in the light of historical and contextual clues. The author examines texts in the original languages and discusses the use of key words in the relevant literature. Pastors and lay readers alike will benefit from this thorough study.
Book Synopsis Ultimate Allegiance by : Robert D Cornwall
Download or read book Ultimate Allegiance written by Robert D Cornwall and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2010-12-13 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Prayer changes things." It's a common saying, and too often Christian discussion of prayer deals only with how we can change other things and other people through prayer. But what if prayer is much more than we imagine? What if it is also the means of correcting our relationship to the Creator and at the same time of changing our relationships with one another? Perhaps prayer can ultimately help transform our theology, what we believe about God, into character and action. In Ultimate Allegiance, Dr. Bob Cornwall takes us to the Lord's Prayer, a short and simple prayer that is well-known and often recited. But in each of its major petitions, he finds deep meaning that challenges us to think and to change. In fact, this prayer of Jesus brings us to the ultimate question of just where we should place our ultimate allegiance. This book can be read individually but is designed especially for small group or church studies, especially in conjunction with the related study guide.
Book Synopsis Not Ashamed of the Gospel by : Henry E Neufeld
Download or read book Not Ashamed of the Gospel written by Henry E Neufeld and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2005-03-28 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we be both rooted in scripture and also conscious of God's voice as God continues to speak to each one of us today?
Book Synopsis Soup Kitchen for the Soul by : Renee Crosby
Download or read book Soup Kitchen for the Soul written by Renee Crosby and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2010-05-28 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soup Kitchen for the Soul combines testimony with a challenging scriptural foundation and follows it with specific guidance on how you can get out of your church and make a difference in your community. Each chapter builds on a Bible story and the author's personal experience, and ends with thought questions, and then action questions. References include specific ways in which you can take action on what you have been studying in the book. This book is suitable for personal or small group study, or could be used effectively by an entire church to transform their ministry. In the introduction Crosby says: "Upon entering Seminary, I was required to serve in the community and begrudgingly accepted my assignment, choosing to serve in a soup kitchen. While serving in the soup kitchen, God revealed himself to me in a profound and miraculous way. It was in restudying the scriptures with this new heart knowledge of God that allowed me to see a message of a mission for His people that we lack a connection with today. I began asking, 'What if ... What if I'm not the only one who doesn't understand the whole mission God has planned for us? What exactly are we supposed to be doing? Where in the Bible can we find directives on our missions for God? What if I wrote a book about radically new old ways of doing the gospel?'" Soup Kitchen for the Soul is that book.
Book Synopsis From Inspiration to Understanding by : Edward W. H. Vick
Download or read book From Inspiration to Understanding written by Edward W. H. Vick and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The way in which we read the Bible grows out of what we believe the Bible to be. Thus it is impossible to discuss methods of interpretation without considering our view of inspiration, the gathering of the canon, and even the reception of the Bible by the community of faith. And so, Edward W. H. Vick starts this comprehensive discussion of hermeneutics—the interpretation of Scripture—by looking at what the Bible is, and what empowers its authority. He brings a lifetime of experience, teaching and writing to the task. In this examination, he takes up such diverse topics as inspiration, canonization, authority, infallibility, inerrancy, verbal inspiration, sola scriptura, tradition, myth, and many related topics. Dr. Vick always relates these elements to the overarching questions: How shall we read Scripture? How shall we understand it? How does it impact the way we live and act? There are many books on how to read the Bible, but there are few that will offer this comprehensive and systematic study. If you apply the principles you find here to your own study, you will find the scriptures opening up in new ways. Dr. Vick will help you move beyond the assumptions that often stand in the way of our personal Bible study and see the remarkable variety and power that is mediated through this book we call the Bible.
Download or read book Ephesians written by Robert D. Cornwall and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the outlines of the Participatory Study Method, Dr. Robert Cornwall presents a study guide to the book of Ephesians that is both usable and challenging while not skirting the difficult issues. These eight lessons take you through the letter leading from the history and background to modern application and sharing in corporate study and worship. Whether you are approaching this book as an individual, as a small group, or in a larger classroom setting, this study guide will provide you with direction, exercises, and questions for discussion and further investigation. This study guide will be useful for individual study, as a guide to key topics in Ephesians, or for small groups.
Download or read book Philippians written by Bruce G. Epperly and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philippians: A Participatory Study Guide is the sixth volume in the Participatory Study Series. From beginning to end, the student is invited to absorb the text and allow God’s message to change her or his life. At the same time, it maintains the series standard of providing a guide that takes account of current biblical scholarship and helps the student examine the text critically while also listening to and being guided by the Holy Spirit.This guide contains eight lessons suitable for use by an individual student, but best used in a small group. The lessons are clearly written so that a laity-led class or small group can use them to advantage. In addition, there is a guide to using the book that provides insights into Bible study in general, and two appendices, one outlining the process of Bible study and one listing and describing useful resources.Each lesson includes prayers, spiritual exercises, thought questions, and theological reflection. These are designed to help students learn to see the text in a new way and to realize their full potential through the power of the Holy Spirit. This book will not only impact your knowledge of scripture; it will change the way you pray, live, witness, and relate to your community of faith and the world.
Book Synopsis The Sacred Journey by : Christopher D Surber
Download or read book The Sacred Journey written by Christopher D Surber and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sacred Journey is a collection of insights, thoughts, and personal experiences centered on and emanating from the Beatitudes of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount. Within its pages we are invited to consider the radical love with which God pursues His creation. God in Jesus Christ was determined to make a way for sinners to be forgiven at the Cross. While man had sinned and caused a divide between himself and His creator, God has insisted that those who receive the grace and mercy offered in His Son shall be forgiven of sin and reconciled unto God in eternally secure love. God in salvation is singly focused on reconciling all who will place their trust, their faith, and their hope in that sacrifice. It is not we who make our way to God through good works, right belief, perfectly ordered creedal statements, or any other edifice of human composition. It is God who pursues us heatedly to receive the radical beauty of the violence of the Cross. God has pursued, forgiven, and reconciled us unto Himself. Through the wrath which was poured out upon Jesus, mercy was poured out on us. Salvation is purely the work of God's mercy and grace. We who have received Him have done so by faith when we have responded to the pull of God on our hearts. Grace rests upon us because God has loved us. What, in response to such a violent grace, should our reply to God be?
Book Synopsis Rite of Passage for the Home and Church by : D. Kevin Brown
Download or read book Rite of Passage for the Home and Church written by D. Kevin Brown and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2011-05-19 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us today would agree that the children of this new millennium are growing up in a world that is filled with pitfalls and treacherous paths that previous generations have not had to negotiate. How do we prepare these children to not only survive these paths but be victorious? Father, former youth pastor, and now church pastor, Kevin Brown shares the vision he has been given for teaching about and expecting from our children an involved, discipled way of life. He believes "The Christian faith depends upon the transfer of the gospel from one generation to the next." Rite of Passage in the Home and Church describes, not a "program," but instead a family's commitment to making a change in priorities that will impact them for generations to come. Pastor Kevin says, "The family has been fractured and splintered by the culture and this segregation of family by age has been brought to the church." At his home church, the family worships together. There is no children's church, no youth services...just the family of God worshiping together as indicated in Scripture. Kevin believes the only hope for our culture is the church and the only hope for the church is the restoration of the family. This book will be of value to you individually, but is designed for use in a church community for best results.
Book Synopsis "In the Original Text It Says" by : Benjamin J. Baxter
Download or read book "In the Original Text It Says" written by Benjamin J. Baxter and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you hear the words "in the original text it says" or "in the original text this means," it's time to be wary. Those words often provide the introduction to misleading information. But how can the hearer discern just what is correct and what is misleading? How can pastors avoid giving their congregations misleading information? "In the Original Text It Says" takes a look at word-study fallacies and how you can avoid them. Author Ben Baxter gives an introduction to word meaning and how word meaning differs between languages. He then examines a series of fallacies, errors that people make in assigning meaning to words in the original languages of the Bible. But he doesn't leave it with that theoretical examination. After providing the basis for how to understand Biblical words, he examines the discussion of specific words and phrases from passages in both the Old Testament and the New. He takes these examples from commentaries commonly used by pastors and teachers in sermon and lesson preparation. With each example, he shows how one might misunderstand the linguistic evidence provided, and also how one can properly apply this information. This book is designed for readers who have had some contact with Greek or Hebrew, but will also be useful to those who have more language skill, but may not have studied linguistics or looked carefully at how to apply their knowledge in teaching.
Book Synopsis Along Bible Paths by : Henry E. Neufeld
Download or read book Along Bible Paths written by Henry E. Neufeld and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2010-06-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along Bible Paths: Summer Devotions grew out of the daily devotional e-mail list that Jody Neufeld began in 1999 to encourage others to begin their day with the Lord. Many continue to enjoy these thoughts in their e-mail every weekday morning, or via the Jody's Devotionals blog. This book is a collection organized for the summer. We hope many more will enjoy these in printed form.
Book Synopsis Christian Archy by : David Alan Black
Download or read book Christian Archy written by David Alan Black and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the Kingdom of God? What does it mean to be part of the kingdom? These are questions that should occupy the mind of every Christian. But we frequently shy away from the full meaning of God's rule. In Christian Archy, Dr. David Alan Black examines the New Testament to find the truly radical and all-encompassing claims of God's kingdom. In doing so, he discovers that the character of this kingdom is widely different from what is commonly contemplated today. Its glory is revealed only through suffering - a point that Jesus' disciples, then and now, have been slow to understand. This truth has tremendous implications for church life. The kingdom of God is in no way imperialistic. It has no political ambitions. It conquers not by force but by love. It is this humble characteristic of the kingdom that is a stumbling block to so many today. Christ's claim to our total allegiance is one we seek to avoid at all costs. But there is only one way to victory and peace, and that way is the way of the Lamb. This is the first volume in the new Areopagus Critical Christian Issues Series from Energion Publications. We believe it is an appropriate way to begin that series by addressing this foundational question of who we are as part of the Christian church, and why it is important for us to immerse ourselves in God's word.
Book Synopsis Learning and Living Scripture by : Geoffrey D Lentz
Download or read book Learning and Living Scripture written by Geoffrey D Lentz and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2010-02-26 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoffrey Lentz and Henry Neufeld, a pastor and a teacher team up in Learning and Living Scripture to present the Participatory Bible Study Method, an approach to Bible study that is rooted in the conviction that God can and will speak to us in scripture. They bring together their different experiences and perspectives to present this method of study in a practical, usable way. There are three key elements to this study: 1. The integration of prayer and study 2. Serious questioning and research that is nonetheless within reach of the non-scholar 3. Study in community with both witness and accountability through sharing In this guide you will learn to integrate prayer and scripture reading while also being faithful to the historical meaning of the text and its use throughout history by the community of faith. This method is not just about study and learning facts; it's about letting the God who gave scripture live in and through you, as you learn and share.
Book Synopsis Why Four Gospels? by : David Alan Black
Download or read book Why Four Gospels? written by David Alan Black and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we have four gospels in the New Testament? How were they written, preserved, and chosen? In Why Four Gospels? noted Greek and New Testament scholar David Alan Black concisely and clearly presents the case for the early development of the gospels, beginning with Matthew, rather than Mark. This is much more than a discussion of the order in which the gospels were written. Using both internal data from the gospels themselves and an exhaustive and careful examination of the statements of the early church fathers, Dr. Black places each gospel in the context of the early development of Christianity. Though Markan priority is the dominant position still in Biblical scholarship, Dr. Black argues that this position is not based on the best evidence available, that the internal evidence is often given more weight than it deserves and alternative explanations are dismissed or ignored. If you would like an outline of the basis for accepting both early authorship of the gospels and the priority of Matthew, this book is for you.
