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Book Synopsis Nail Scarred Hands Made New by : John Shorack
Download or read book Nail Scarred Hands Made New written by John Shorack and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cutting-edge missional witness just got bloodier and yet more hopeful than ever! Many Christians in America have lost loved ones who gave their lives in military service to save the country and the "free world." John Shorack is one of them. His father, Theodore James Shorack Jr., was shot down in Vietnam in 1966. Unlike many, John didn't conform to his father's legacy of military sacrifice for the nation. He found a completely different way to give his life--for Christ and his kingdom among the poor of the nations. Nail Scarred Hands Made New speaks from the trenches of a violent, Latin American slum. With deeply personal and theologically probing reflections, John speaks to the next generation of mission workers who feel compelled to lay down their lives--in the surprising hopefulness of God's ability to use the good, bad, and ugly of our kingdom-seeking efforts to accomplish his restoration of all creation.
Book Synopsis Joy in the Sorrow by : Matt Chandler
Download or read book Joy in the Sorrow written by Matt Chandler and published by The Good Book Company. This book was released on 2019-09-27 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving, compelling, hope-filled book that will bolster your faith in times of trial. We all wonder how we will cope in times of terrible suffering, and how we can best support others who are suffering. And we all ask the question: how does suffering square with God’s character and purpose? As a young pastor, Matt Chandler knew he needed to learn how to help hurting people. He studied the Scriptures, and he learned from people at the Village Church who remained joyful in their suffering. And then suddenly he was having to live what he'd learned. This is the moving story of Matt's battle with a potentially fatal brain tumor. But it's also the stories of those who taught him, and teach him, how to walk with joy in sorrow. This book will make you cry, laugh, and worship God. And you will see how you can live with joy when times of sorrow come, and how you can support others going through tough times.
Book Synopsis Poems from the Heart by : Barbara Bookholt
Download or read book Poems from the Heart written by Barbara Bookholt and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, using poetic prose writes about love and faith. God sits at the center of these volumes of poetry. The collection opens with the poems; A New Beginning, Behold Him and I Sing Over You. These poems were written to inspire the reader to praise the Lord. Rainbow's Promise opens a volume of poems about God's promise of blessing His people. The third volume features the poems Dear God, Reigning in Life, and The Harvest and are about encouragement and faith. This work may appeal to readers who enjoy Christian poetry, and by them be encouraged, uplifted and strengthened in their walk with Jesus.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Christian Education by : George Thomas Kurian
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Christian Education written by George Thomas Kurian and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 1667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity regards teaching as one of the most foundational and critically sustaining ministries of the Church. As a result, Christian education remains one of the largest and oldest continuously functioning educational systems in the world, comprising both formal day schools and higher education institutions as well as informal church study groups and parachurch ministries in more than 140 countries. In The Encyclopedia of Christian Education, contributors explore the many facets of Christian education in terms of its impact on curriculum, literacy, teacher training, outcomes, and professional standards. This encyclopedia is the first reference work devoted exclusively to chronicling the unique history of Christian education across the globe, illustrating how Christian educators pioneered such educational institutions and reforms as universal literacy, home schooling, Sunday schools, women’s education, graded schools, compulsory education of the deaf and blind, and kindergarten. With an editorial advisory board of more than 30 distinguished scholars and five consulting editors, TheEncyclopedia of Christian Education contains more than 1,200 entries by 400 contributors from 75 countries. These volumes covers a vast range of topics from Christian education: History spanning from the church’s founding through the Middle Ages to the modern day Denominational and institutional profiles Intellectual traditions in Christian education Biblical and theological frameworks, curricula, missions, adolescent and higher education, theological training, and Christian pedagogy Biographies of distinguished Christian educators This work is ideal for scholars of both the history of Christianity and education, as well as researchers and students of contemporary Christianity and modern religious education.
Book Synopsis Looking Unto Jesus Grace So Divine by : Wayne Bills
Download or read book Looking Unto Jesus Grace So Divine written by Wayne Bills and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lyrical pieces of this compilation are verses built with gratitude, thankfulness, and reverence. Touching a wide range of spiritually inclined topics, this book contains prayer poems on healing, forgiveness, compassion, faith, belief, redemption, and more. Through rhyme, rhythm, and captivating images, Looking Unto Jesus can also serve as your family’s spiritual guide for everyday. Bring Jesus into your life through these enlightening and subtle lines of prose and poems.
Book Synopsis Dark Valley ...and Beyond by : J. B. Lamann
Download or read book Dark Valley ...and Beyond written by J. B. Lamann and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DARK VALLEY .and Beyond is the story of a journey through traumatic grief. When the great love of her life was taken, deep grief was compounded by the testing of her faith. The very foundations of life seemed to be swept away. Yet the faithful Shepherd, though hidden for a time, held her through the storm, sent help when needed, and "restored her soul." This is a record of God's faithfulness "though I walk through the Valley of the shadow of death..." It is a record of pain and struggle leading to healing, hope and purpose. The author grew up in a small village nestled in a farming community. It was there, as a child, that she met God. After high-school she attended a Bible College where she came to know, respect, then to love a young man who also worshiped the Lord. She taught school for a short time, then they married and together raised four children. The relationship with her earthly love, shared for more than half a century, was recognized both by herself and others as uniquely precious, a gift from the very hand of God. When death tore them apart, grief struck like a tsunami; the storm of dark, excruciating anguish nearly destroyed her. But God, though for a time unseen in those shadows, held her close and brought her through-changed, still acutely aware of deep loss-but trusting the purpose of the Almighty, the deepest Love of her life.
Book Synopsis Amazing Modern-Day Miracles by : Suzanne Frey
Download or read book Amazing Modern-Day Miracles written by Suzanne Frey and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witness the power of faith and prayer! A bullet stopped. A crashing helicopter stabilized. An eating disorder conquered. Generational abuse broken. The unexpected success of an autistic boy. A son set free from drug addiction. From heartwarming to awe-inspiring, these amazing and memorable stories will encourage your faith and inspire you to pray to God in courageous new ways. "Every page is a powerful reminder that we are surrounded by the miracles of answered prayer." Alice Gray Stories for the Heart series
Download or read book Art and Faith written by Makoto Fujimura and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity’s quintessential—and often overlooked—role in the spiritual life “Makoto Fujimura’s art and writings have been a true inspiration to me. In this luminous book, he addresses the question of art and faith and their reconciliation with a quiet and moving eloquence.”—Martin Scorsese “[An] elegant treatise . . . Fujimura’s sensitive, evocative theology will appeal to believers interested in the role religion can play in the creation of art.”—Publishers Weekly Conceived over thirty years of painting and creating in his studio, this book is Makoto Fujimura’s broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of “making.” What he does in the studio is theological work as much as it is aesthetic work. In between pouring precious, pulverized minerals onto handmade paper to create the prismatic, refractive surfaces of his art, he comes into the quiet space in the studio, in a discipline of awareness, waiting, prayer, and praise. Ranging from the Bible to T. S. Eliot, and from Mark Rothko to Japanese Kintsugi technique, he shows how unless we are making something, we cannot know the depth of God’s being and God’s grace permeating our lives. This poignant and beautiful book offers the perspective of, in Christian Wiman’s words, “an accidental theologian,” one who comes to spiritual questions always through the prism of art.
Download or read book Meet Mr. Smith written by Eric Ludy and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2007-10-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Mr. Smith offers a radical alternative to the over-romanced, casual-sex lifestyle popular in today's world. Reawakening the ancient ideas of sacred sex, purity, and holy love, relationship experts Eric and Leslie Ludy introduce a new language and framework for our sex-in-the-city culture. Meet Mr. Smith exposes and tackles hot topics like: What does God think about pre-marital sex? What about oral sex and self sex? Why would God give me a sex drive if He didn't plan on me using it? How far is too far? Meet Mr. Smith is a funny, fresh, romantic conversation about the true nature of love and sex. So go ahead. Open the pages of this book and prepare to meet the companion of your dreams. hyou're about to enjoy an encounter that could transform your relationships – and life.
Book Synopsis Enter His Courts by : Christina Corbitt
Download or read book Enter His Courts written by Christina Corbitt and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-10-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are trials and struggles. In the midst of all this, mistakes are made. Guilt and shame are the driving force in the search for hope. Pain and sorrow cause us to question more than we ever did before. Life is leading us somewhere, but where and why? He never promised a life without these issues. What he promised was that we wouldn’t be alone during them. He waits for us to enter his gates to find rest and peace. His courts are ready for forgiveness and healing if we’d only come. He calls us to come enter his courts.
Book Synopsis What Makes Life Meaningful? by : Thaddeus Metz
Download or read book What Makes Life Meaningful? written by Thaddeus Metz and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can human life be meaningful? What does talk about life’s meaning even mean? What is God’s role, if any, in a meaningful life? These three questions frame this one-of-a-kind debate between two philosophers who have spent most of their professional lives thinking and writing about the topic of life’s meaning. In this wide-ranging scholarly conversation, Professors Thaddeus Metz and Joshua W. Seachris develop and defend their own unique answers to these questions, while responding to each other’s objections in a lively dialog format. Seachris argues that the concept of life’s meaning largely revolves around three interconnected ideas—mattering, purpose, and sense-making; that a meaningful human life involves sufficiently manifesting all three; and that God would importantly enhance the meaningfulness of life on each of these three fronts. Metz instead holds that talk of life’s meaning is about a variety of properties such as meriting pride, transcending one’s animal self, making a contribution, and authoring a life-story. For him, many lives are meaningful insofar as they exercise intelligence in positive, robust, and developmental ways. Finally, Metz argues that God is unnecessary for an objective meaning that suits human nature. Metz and Seachris develop and defend their own unique answers to these three questions, while responding to each other’s objections in a dialog format that is accessible to students though—given their new contributions—will be of great interest to scholars as well. Key Features Offers an up-to-date scholarly conversation on life’s meaning by two researchers at the forefront of research on the topic. Provides a wide-ranging, yet orderly discussion of the most important issues. Accessible for the student investigating the topic for the first time yet also valuable to the scholar working on life’s meaning. Includes helpful pedagogical features, like: - Chapter outlines and introductions; - Annotated reading lists for both students and research-level readers; - A glossary; and - Clear examples, thought experiments, narratives, and cultural references, which enhance the book’s role in thinking about life’s meaning and related topics.
Book Synopsis I Won't Survive I'll Thrive! by : Aurea McGarry
Download or read book I Won't Survive I'll Thrive! written by Aurea McGarry and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You can turn tragic into magic, as my friend Aurea has and shows you how to also. I love her brilliance and wisdom and so will you." -Mark Victor Hansen Co-creator, #1 New York Times best-selling series Chicken Soup for the Soul r; Co-author, Cracking the Millionaire Code and The One Minute Millionaire "A dynamic book. McGarry shares her experiences with the confidence of a wise teacher. Readers who view alternative health books with suspicion will be inspired by her story." -Laura Axelrod, The Birmingham News "This book is a must read for those who believe anything is possible with God and equally important to the one who is ready to give up. McGarry defines "can do" and outlines the way up from down in a way that few others are capable of. Rarely does a guest come on my show and receive the positive feedback from the audience that she did. Read this book and you'll understand why!" -Doug A. Kaufmann, Best-selling author and host of the television show "Know The Cause"
Book Synopsis Give God The Praise by : Darrell Anthony Boone
Download or read book Give God The Praise written by Darrell Anthony Boone and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter Seven New and Improved God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. and there was evening, and there was morning--the sixth day. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. and God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. Genesis 2: 1-3Though you cannot know the totality of it, there are several conclusions you can draw from Scripture that give clues to understanding the Will of God:o God's Will is irrefutable. o God's Will is good. o God's Will is acceptable. o God's Will is perfect. o God's Will is already done. in order to gain insight into this you must follow the instructions of Jesus and look beyond the appearances to what is real. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is -- his good, pleasing and perfect will. - Romans 12:2To begin to discover what God's will for you is, let us go all the way back to the beginning. in Genesis the first chapter you find God busy preparing a place for you. On the First Day God created heaven & earth, and day & night (a unity of opposites which exists throughout all creation). in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. and God said, Let there be light, and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light day, and the darkness he called night. and there was evening, and there was morning--the first day. - Genesis 1: 1-5Light is wisdom; and the first day's work is the calling of light or wisdom into expression. Light represents intelligence, and darkness represents undeveloped capacity. Symbolically these are day and night. - Charles Fillmore, Mysteries of Genesis P.14On the Second Day God created the firmament, the expanse of sky, to separate the waters above (aspiration) from the waters below (desire). and God said, Let there be an expanse [firmament] between the waters to separate water from water. So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. and it was so. God called the expanse sky. and there was evening, and there was morning--the second day. - Genesis 1: 6-8The second step in creation is the development of faith or the firmament. the waters represent the un-established elements of the mind. ...unexpressed possibilities in mind. There must be a firm starting point or foundation established. This foundation or firmament is faith moving upon the unformed capacities of Spirit consciousness. the divine Logos--God as creative power--gives forth the edict Let there be a firmament. the first step or day in creation involves light or understanding, and the second step, faith in the knowing quality of mind. Mysteries of Genesis P.16 -17On the Third Day God divided the waters below into dry land and seas (the mineral kingdom) as a provision for the growth of the vegetable kingdom. and the land produced vegetation in bountiful supply, all with the means of reproducing and continuing the creation process. and God said, Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear. and it was so. God called the dry ground land, and the gathered waters he called seas. and God saw that it was good. Then God said, Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds. and it was so. the land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. and God saw that it was good. and there was evening, and there was morning--the third day.- Genesis 1: 9-13The third step in creation is the beginning of the formative activity of the mind called imagination. This gathers the waters . . . together unto one place so that the dry land appears. Then the imagination begins a great multiplication of forms and shapes in the mind. Mysteries of Genesis P.18On the Fourth Day God created the sun (the greater light) the moon (the lesser light) and the stars. Thus was provided a source of Light and energy. All of this in preparation for what is to come next. and God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth. and it was so. God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. and God saw that it was good. and there was evening, and there was morning--the fourth day. - Genesis 1: 14-19The fourth step in creation is the development of the two great lights, the will and the understanding, or the sun (the spiritual I AM) and the moon (the intellect). These are but reflectors of the true light; for God had said, Let there be light: and there was light--before the sun and the moon were created. the firmament of heaven is the consciousness of Truth that has been formulated and established. Mysteries of Genesis P.19;On the Fifth Day the animal kingdom emerges as God calls forth the creatures of the sea and sky to feed upon the provisions of the sea and land. They too are blessed with all that is necessary to perpetuate creation as God commands them to be fruitful and multiply. and God said, Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky. So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. and God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth. and there was evening, and there was morning--the fifth day. - Genesis 1: 20-23The fifth step in creation is the bringing forth of sensation and discrimination. the creatures are thoughts. the birds . . . in the open firmament of heaven are ideas approaching spiritual understanding. Water represents the unformed substance of life, always present as a fecundating element in which ideas (living creatures) increase and multiply, just as the earth produces a crop when sown with seed. the birds represent the liberated thoughts or ideas of mind (heavens). Mysteries of Genesis P.22On the Sixth Day we see calling forth the creatures of the land to further develop the animal kingdom. and God said, Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind. and it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. and God saw that it was good. Genesis 1: 24-25On the sixth day of creation ideas of life are set into activity. Cattle represent ideas of strength established in substance. Creeping things represent ideas of life that are more subtle in their expression, approaching closer to the realm of sense. They are the micro-organisms. the beasts stand for the free energies of life that relate themselves to sensation. Divine ideas are always instantly set into activity: and it was so. Mysteries of Genesis P.24Having created all of these things as a provision for God's final creati
Book Synopsis How Was I Supposed to Know That God Has Created a Perfect World/Universe? by : Miles Austin
Download or read book How Was I Supposed to Know That God Has Created a Perfect World/Universe? written by Miles Austin and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Revealing the Tapestry by : Marianne Snyder
Download or read book Revealing the Tapestry written by Marianne Snyder and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We will embark upon a fascinating study through the first book of Samuel. Along the way God in His amazing splendor will reveal His beautiful tapestry of time and eternity. We will learn how each of us can find God's purpose for our own lives. This journey will take us through the adventures of kings and fugitives, the bloodshed and heart ache of the innocent, the victories of the mighty and the love of the loyal. There are kingdoms to conquer and hearts to be stolen all in this study before us.
Download or read book Rich Wounds written by David Mathis and published by The Good Book Company. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profound reflections on the cross that help you to meditate on and marvel at the sacrificial love of Jesus. This book can be used as a devotional, especially during Lent and Easter. These profound reflections on the cross from David Mathis, author of The Christmas We Didn’t Expect, will help you to meditate on and marvel at Jesus’ life, sacrificial death, and spectacular resurrection-enabling you to treasure anew who Jesus is and what he has done. Many of us are so familiar with the Easter story that it becomes easy to miss subtle details and difficult to really enjoy its meaning. This book will help you to pause and marvel at Jesus, whose now-glorified wounds are a sign of his unfailing love and the decisive victory that he has won: “He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5) This book can be used as a devotional. The chapters on Holy Week make it especially helpful during the Lent season and at Easter.
