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Outgrowing Cultic Christianity

Author : Robert P. Vande Kappelle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725299755
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Outgrowing Cultic Christianity written by Robert P. Vande Kappelle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a time of religious warfare, not just between different religions, but also between those with differing versions of the same faith. This religious distrust and political conflict may be the worst in American history since the Civil War. Speaking as a “progressive conservative,” biblical scholar Robert Vande Kappelle uses a four-stage model of faith development to rethink core Christian doctrines. Starting with current events and a discussion on the role of religion, this book examines how inadequate faith development makes people of faith susceptible to misinformation, conspiracy thinking, and even to cultic mindsets. People of faith do not choose to believe a lie; they all want to believe what is true. Hence, it is surprising that, in the realm of religion, so many people are willing to rely upon untested and even highly disputed beliefs, beliefs most received as children. Unfortunately, many of these teachings are based upon ancient hopes and fears rather than upon factual historical information. Taken literally, dualistic teachings concerning heaven and hell, sin and salvation, good and evil, and apocalyptic beliefs such as the “end times” and the imminent return of Christ to earth are questionable, not only because they are beyond historical and scientific verification, but also because they can be misused by authoritarian leaders to control and mislead devout individuals. Thankfully, there is a way to outgrow cultic Christianity. The path to spiritual maturity comes by restoring the role of religion, a form of spirituality discovered not by addition, but by a process of subtraction. Outgrowing Cultic Christianity is useful for individual or group study. Each chapter concludes with questions suitable for discussion or reflection.

Outgrowing the Ingrown Church

Author : C. John Miller
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310284112
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Outgrowing the Ingrown Church written by C. John Miller and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1986 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book for pacesetters -- church leaders who desire to help their churches break free of the things that turn them in on themselves. It is a masterly mix of biblical principle, objective analysis, and personal experience.

The Church Alumni Association

Author : Robert P. Vande Kappelle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666725765
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book The Church Alumni Association written by Robert P. Vande Kappelle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people today, including Christians of deep conviction, are deciding, for one reason or another, to stop attending church. They have been swept up by the avalanche in America known simply as the "nones," thereby joining the ranks of the religiously unaffiliated dubbed the "church alumni association"--or perhaps more accurately "believers in exile"--by Anglican Bishop John Shelby Spong. Research shows that during the first two decades of the twenty-first century, a seismic shift occurred in the U.S. population away from religious institutions and toward disaffiliation. While the causes and effects of this dislocation are varied and numerous, by 2015, the phenomenon of shrinking faith communities was so widespread that "nones" became the third largest religious identity in the world, behind Christians and Muslims. Today there are more religious "nones" than Catholics or evangelicals, and 36 percent of those born after 1981 do not identify with any religion. Does this shift mark a loss of spirituality, or do these changes point to a new global religious awakening, one that affirms religious pluralism and views faith relationally rather than dogmatically--as a way of the heart and not of the head? While some Christians are staying put, experiencing the current shift in traditional church settings, this book proposes a new understanding of the church, a new pattern and vision for Christian living and thinking that can transform our understanding of God, others, nature, and ourselves. Useful for individual or church study, each chapter of The Church Alumni Association concludes with questions for discussion and reflection.

Christlikeness

Author : Robert P. Vande Kappelle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666764949
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Christlikeness written by Robert P. Vande Kappelle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-12-20 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human beings are happiest when they live virtuously. For Jesus and his first followers, living virtuously meant loving God and others as extensions of oneself. However, what began as an inclusive ethical way of life based on unconditional love gradually degenerated into an exclusive social and political religious movement that came to be known as Christendom. Originally a continuation of Jewish messianism, the Christian movement aligned itself with Platonic and Aristotelian elements, comprising a marriage of specific elements of Greek philosophy with Roman imperialism. What if, instead of aligning with the dualist, idealist, exclusivist, and supremacist Socratic movement perpetuated by Plato and his followers, ancient Christians had aligned with the nondualist, realist, inclusivist, and egalitarian Stoic movement spread by Zeno and his followers, an ethical tradition that, like the teachings of Jesus, was guided by providential and natural law ethics? The results of such a synthesis, laid out in this innovative study, are practical, inspiring, and transformative, for they are based on the greatest vision possible for humanity, a nondualist approach to life that counters authoritarian and exclusivist behavior fostered by supremacist political, ethical, and social religious ideologies. Unlike Christendom, based on ecclesiastical triumphalism, the way of Christlikeness, envisioned by Jesus for humanity, is grounded in humility, compassion, service, and love of others.

A Bible for Today

Author : Robert P. Vande Kappelle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666756466
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book A Bible for Today written by Robert P. Vande Kappelle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you ever wished to read through the Bible but hit a snag along the way, this book is for you, for it presents an ideal opportunity to become intimately acquainted with the biblical message and storyline while providing momentum for even the most skeptical and hesitant reader. If you can commit fifteen to twenty minutes a day and are willing to stick to the schedule presented in this book, in less than a year, you can read through the Bible and know you have acquired a basic grasp of its individual and overall message. Aggressive readers can complete the task in half the time if they wish to double the time commitment or split their reading into two fifteen-minute blocks a day. Those who follow this method will find that the readings reduce the Old Testament by 44 percent and the New Testament by 32 percent, for a total reduction of 41 percent of the biblical text. To counter immature, skewed, or harmful attitudes regarding scripture, A Bible for Today offers an approach to biblical reading and study that is valid, inspiring, and practical. It does so by eliminating not only repetitive passages, but also blocks of material that modern readers wishing to build on a Christian foundation find ponderous, lengthy, and no longer applicable. In contrast to most abridgments and condensations of scripture, this volume provides a logical sequence of readings that students of scripture can follow in whatever version they select, acquainting themselves with essential biblical passages and teachings in less than a year's time. In addition, this book provides introductory overviews to each book of the Bible, succinct enough to be readable, yet literarily, historically, and theologically reliable and informative.

The Christian Eucharist and the Pagan Cults

Author : William Mansfield Groton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Christian Eucharist and the Pagan Cults written by William Mansfield Groton and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Our Exodus Story

Author : Robert P. Vande Kappelle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666782815
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Our Exodus Story written by Robert P. Vande Kappelle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-07-06 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every person has an exodus story, a vast, complex, multilayered spiritual journey. On the one hand, it is a biological journey from birth to death, and a social journey from infancy to adulthood. In this regard, it is a story of growing up, of leaving home and taking risks, of making mistakes and learning from them, of reaching goals and surpassing them. Our Exodus Story speaks of human life as a gossamer bridge that binds us as people with God, others, and with our inner being. This journey of faith is described as a "holy balancing act" between the three sources of authority for people of faith--experience, Scripture, and tradition. Bonded umbilically to one another and to God, each of us bears exodus-like and cross-like experiences. Personality and spirituality are deeply interrelated, so much that neither function adequately apart from the other. Though not identical, they strive to be in sync, balancing one another in profound and intimate ways. Personality takes the lead, and where personality goes, spirituality follows, though not blindly or passively. Spirituality has its own voice, and when its desires are addressed and heeded, personality thrives. This book is unique in that each of its four protagonists exhibits distinct dominant personality characteristics, their experiences bearing archetypal relevance and universal appeal. Their stories, individual and combined, are epic, the protagonists and families as complex as their biblical patriarchal and matriarchal counterparts, yet as current as today's top stories. As you read, you are invited on your own inner journey to peace, wholeness, and well-being.

Outgrowing God

Author : Richard Dawkins
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1984853910
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Outgrowing God written by Richard Dawkins and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the world’s greatest science writers tells us why we shouldn’t. Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God. Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, he’d felt certain they must have had a designer. Learning about evolution changed his mind. Now one of the world’s best and bestselling science communicators, Dawkins has given readers, young and old, the same opportunity to rethink the big questions. In twelve fiercely funny, mind-expanding chapters, Dawkins explains how the natural world arose without a designer—the improbability and beauty of the “bottom-up programming” that engineers an embryo or a flock of starlings—and challenges head-on some of the most basic assumptions made by the world’s religions: Do you believe in God? Which one? Is the Bible a “Good Book”? Is adhering to a religion necessary, or even likely, to make people good to one another? Dissecting everything from Abraham’s abuse of Isaac to the construction of a snowflake, Outgrowing God is a concise, provocative guide to thinking for yourself. Praise for Outgrowing God “My son came home from his first day in the sixth grade with arms outstretched plaintively demanding to know: ‘Have you ever heard of Jesus?’ We burst out laughing. Maybe not our finest parenting moment, given that he was genuinely distraught. He felt that he had woken up one day to a world in which his peers were expressing beliefs he found frighteningly unreasonable. He began devouring books like The God Delusion, books that helped him formulate his own arguments and helped him stand his ground. Dawkins’s new book is special in the terrain of atheists’ pleas for humanism and rationalism precisely since it speaks to those most vulnerable to the coercive tactics of religion. As Dawkins himself says in the dedication, this book is for ‘all young people when they’re old enough to decide for themselves.’ It is also, I must add, for their parents.”—Janna Levin, author of Black Hole Blues “When someone is considering atheism I tell them to read the Bible first and then Dawkins. Outgrowing God—second only to the Bible!”—Penn Jillette, author of God, No!

Outgrowing Cultic Christianity

Author : Robert P. Vande Kappelle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725299771
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Outgrowing Cultic Christianity written by Robert P. Vande Kappelle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a time of religious warfare, not just between different religions, but also between those with differing versions of the same faith. This religious distrust and political conflict may be the worst in American history since the Civil War. Speaking as a "progressive conservative," biblical scholar Robert Vande Kappelle uses a four-stage model of faith development to rethink core Christian doctrines. Starting with current events and a discussion on the role of religion, this book examines how inadequate faith development makes people of faith susceptible to misinformation, conspiracy thinking, and even to cultic mindsets. People of faith do not choose to believe a lie; they all want to believe what is true. Hence, it is surprising that, in the realm of religion, so many people are willing to rely upon untested and even highly disputed beliefs, beliefs most received as children. Unfortunately, many of these teachings are based upon ancient hopes and fears rather than upon factual historical information. Taken literally, dualistic teachings concerning heaven and hell, sin and salvation, good and evil, and apocalyptic beliefs such as the "end times" and the imminent return of Christ to earth are questionable, not only because they are beyond historical and scientific verification, but also because they can be misused by authoritarian leaders to control and mislead devout individuals. Thankfully, there is a way to outgrow cultic Christianity. The path to spiritual maturity comes by restoring the role of religion, a form of spirituality discovered not by addition, but by a process of subtraction. Outgrowing Cultic Christianity is useful for individual or group study. Each chapter concludes with questions suitable for discussion or reflection.

The Voices We Carry

Author : J. S. Park
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0802498817
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Voices We Carry written by J. S. Park and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reclaim Your Headspace and Find Your One True Voice As a hospital chaplain, J.S. Park encountered hundreds of patients at the edge of life and death, listening as they urgently shared their stories, confessions, and final words. J.S. began to identify patterns in his patients’ lives—patterns he also saw in his own life. He began to see that the events and traumas we experience throughout life become deafening voices that remain within us, even when the events are far in the past. He was surprised to find that in hearing the voices of his patients, he began to identify his own voices and all the ways they could both harm and heal. In The Voices We Carry, J.S. draws from his experiences as a hospital chaplain to present the Voices Model. This model explores the four internal voices of self-doubt, pride, people-pleasing, and judgment, and the four external voices of trauma, guilt, grief, and family dynamics. He also draws from his Asian-American upbringing to examine the challenges of identity and feeling “other.” J.S. outlines how to wrestle with our voices, and even befriend them, how to find our authentic voice in a world of mixed messages, and how to empower those who are voiceless. Filled with evidence-based research, spiritual and psychological insights, and stories of patient encounters, The Voices We Carry is an inspiring memoir of unexpected growth, humor, and what matters most. For those wading through a world of clamor and noise, this is a guide to find your clear, steady voice.

The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Eclectic Magazine

Author : John Holmes Agnew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 878 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eclectic Magazine written by John Holmes Agnew and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Eclectic Magazine

Author : John Holmes Agnew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book The Eclectic Magazine written by John Holmes Agnew and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Eclectic Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eclectic Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age

Author : John Holmes Agnew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 880 pages
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Download or read book Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age written by John Holmes Agnew and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Celtic Mythology & The Religion of the Ancient Celts

Author : John Arnott MacCulloch
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Celtic Mythology & The Religion of the Ancient Celts written by John Arnott MacCulloch and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Arnott MacCulloch's 'Celtic Mythology & The Religion of the Ancient Celts' is a comprehensive exploration of the religious beliefs and myths of the ancient Celts. The book delves into the rich tapestry of Celtic mythology, discussing the gods, goddesses, and sacred rituals that formed the core of Celtic spirituality. MacCulloch's writing style is scholarly yet accessible, making this book a valuable resource for anyone interested in Celtic culture and history. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including ancient texts and archaeological evidence, MacCulloch paints a vivid picture of the spiritual world of the Celts and its significance in their daily lives. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of Celtic spirituality and mythology.

Celtic Mythology: History of Celts, Religion, Archeological Finds, Legends & Myths

Author : J. A. MacCulloch
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Celtic Mythology: History of Celts, Religion, Archeological Finds, Legends & Myths written by J. A. MacCulloch and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 1306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited collection present the mythology, religion, history and the legacy of Celts. Contents: Introduction: Earliest References Golden Age of the Celts Alliances with the Greeks The Era of Alexander the Great The Sack of Rome Celtic Place-names in Europe Early Celtic Art Celts and Germans Downfall of the Celtic Empire Unique Historical Position of Ireland The Celtic Character Cæsar's Account Strabo on the Celts Polybius Diodorus Ammianus Marcellinus What Europe Owes to the Celt Religion: The Religion of the Celts The Gods of Gaul and the Continental Celts The Irish Mythological Cycle The Tuatha dé Danann The Gods of the Brythons The Cúchulainn Cycle The Fionn Saga Gods and Men The Cult of the Dead Primitive Nature Worship River and Well Worship Tree and Plant Worship Animal Worship Cosmogony Sacrifice, Prayer, and Divination Tabu Festivals Accessories of Cult The Druids Magic The State of the Dead Rebirth and Transmigration Elysium The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries Myths: Mythic Powers of the Gods Myths of Origins The Irish Invasion Myths The Early Milesian Kings Tales of the Ultonian Cycle Tales of the Ossianic Cycle The Voyage of Maeldūn Myths and Tales of the Cymry The Mabinogion