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The Bible For Grown Ups
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Book Synopsis The Bible for Grown-Ups by : Simon Loveday
Download or read book The Bible for Grown-Ups written by Simon Loveday and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Loveday's case is that the mantle of historical truth and divine authority has placed upon the Bible an intolerable weight, crushing it as a creative work of immense imaginative and inspirational power. His argument is both fascinating and persuasive.' Matthew Parris The Bible for Grown-Ups neither requires, nor rejects, belief. It sets out to help intelligent adults make sense of the Bible – a book that is too large to swallow whole, yet too important in our history and culture to spit out. Why do the creation stories in Genesis contradict each other? Did the Exodus really happen? Was King David a historical figure? Why is Matthew's account of the birth of Jesus so different from Luke's? Why was St Paul so rude about St Peter? Every Biblical author wrote for their own time, and their own audience. In short, nothing in the Bible is quite what it seems. Literary critic Simon Loveday's book – a labour of love that has taken over a decade to write – is a thrilling read, for Christians and anyone else, which will overturn everything you thought you knew about the Good Book.
Book Synopsis Children's Stories of the Bible the Adult Version by :
Download or read book Children's Stories of the Bible the Adult Version written by and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Irresistible written by Andy Stanley and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at the earliest Christian movement reveals what made the new faith so compelling...and what we need to change today to make it so again. Once upon a time there was a version of the Christian faith that was practically irresistible. After all, what could be more so than the gospel that Jesus ushered in? Why, then, isn't it the same with Christianity today? Author and pastor Andy Stanley is deeply concerned with the present-day church and its future. He believes that many of the solutions to our issues can be found by investigating our roots. In Irresistible, Andy chronicles what made the early Jesus Movement so compelling, resilient, and irresistible by answering these questions: What did first-century Christians know that we don't—about God's Word, about their lives, about love? What did they do that we're not doing? What makes Christianity so resistible in today's culture? What needs to change in order to repeat the growth our faith had at its beginning? Many people who leave or disparage the faith cite reasons that have less to do with Jesus than with the conduct of his followers. It's time to hit pause and consider the faith modeled by our first-century brothers and sisters who had no official Bible, no status, and little chance of survival. It's time to embrace the version of faith that initiated—against all human odds—a chain of events resulting in the most significant and extensive cultural transformation the world has ever seen. This is a version of Christianity we must remember and re-embrace if we want to be salt and light in an increasingly savorless and dark world.
Download or read book Revealed written by Ned Bustard and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instead of cute cartoons of sweet stories, this "storybook Bible" offers gripping artwork--from medieval woodcuts to contemporary linocuts--depicting well-known passages along with those shocking stories that are often hidden from view. Revealed intends to portray the people in the Bible as exactly what they were--rapists, murderers, philanderers, failures, and liars.
Book Synopsis Becoming Better Grownups by : Brad Montague
Download or read book Becoming Better Grownups written by Brad Montague and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times-bestselling author looks for the meaning of a good life by seeking advice from the very young and the very old. When his first book tour ended, Brad Montague missed hearing other people's stories so much that he launched what he dubbed a Listening Tour. First visiting elementary schools and later also nursing homes and retirement communities, he hoped to glean new wisdom as to how he might become a better grownup. Now, in this playful and buoyant book, he shares those insights with rest of us --timeless, often surprising lessons that bypass the head we're always stuck in, and go straight to the heart we sometimes forget. Each of the book's three sections begins with the illustrated story of "The Incredible Floating Girl." Brad weaves this story together with lessons of success, fear, regret, gratitude, love, happiness, and dreams to reveal the true reason we are here: to fly, and to help others fly. Beautifully designed and featuring Montague's own whimsical 4-color illustrations that appeal to the kid in all of us, Becoming Better Grownups shares the purpose and meaning we can all discover merely by listening, and reveals that--in a world that seems increasingly childish--the secret to joy is in fact to become more childlike.
Book Synopsis The Story of God's Love for You by : Sally Lloyd-Jones
Download or read book The Story of God's Love for You written by Sally Lloyd-Jones and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s an adventure story about a young Hero who comes from a far country to win back his lost treasure. It’s a love story about a brave Prince who leaves his palace, his throne—everything—to rescue the one he loves. The best thing about this Story is—it’s true! And at the center of the Story, there is a baby. The Child upon whom everything would depend. All the stars, mountains, oceans, and galaxies were nothing compared to how much God loved his children. He would move heaven and earth to be near them. Always. Whatever happened, whatever it cost him, he would always love them. And so it was that the wonderful love story began. The Story of God’s Love for You: Is for teenagers and adults who want to read and learn about the story of God’s love for them Includes 44 short chapters that lead you through the beautiful story of the Bible—Genesis to Revelation Masterfully shows how all the individual Bible stories fit together into one cohesive narrative that points to Jesus Makes the big picture of Scripture clear to new believers, and helps seasoned believers fall in love with the Bible all over again Features text from bestselling author Sally Lloyd-Jones that brings the truths of the Bible into a new light for today’s world The beauty and peace that only God’s love can provide pulses through every page. Just as The Jesus Storybook Bible is an essential book for the library of every child, The Story of God’s Love for You is an essential book for the library of every adolescent and adult.
Download or read book The Better Mom written by Ruth Schwenk and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mothering is messy. Our joy and hope in raising children doesn’t change the reality that being a mom can be frustrating, stressful, and tiring. But just as God is using us to shape our children, God is using our children and motherhood to shape us. In The Better Mom, author Ruth Schwenk, herself a mother of four children, encourages us with the good news that there is more to being a mom than the extremes of striving for perfection or simply embracing the mess. We don’t need to settle for surviving our kids’ childhood. We can grow through it. With refreshing and heartfelt honesty Ruth emboldens moms to: Find freedom and walk confidently in purpose Create a God-honoring home environment Overcome unhealthy and destructive emotions such as anger, anxiety, and more Avoid glorifying the mess of mom-ing or idolizing perfection Cultivate life-giving friendships At the heart of The Better Mom is the message that Jesus calls us to live not a weary life, but a worthy life. We don’t have to settle for either being apathetic or struggling to be perfect. Both visions of motherhood go too far. Ruth offers a better option. She says, “It’s okay to come as we are, but what we’re called to do and be is far too important to stay there! The way to becoming a better mom starts not with what we are doing, but with who God is inviting us to become."
Book Synopsis 199 Bible People, Places, and Things by : Jean Fischer
Download or read book 199 Bible People, Places, and Things written by Jean Fischer and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fun and fascinating overview of the most important topics in scripture covers people (from Aaron to Zacchaeus), places (from Antioch to Zion), and things (from altars to worship). Each brief, easy-to-read entry provides a clear description of the topic at hand, along with supporting scripture references. Though kids could read and understand it, 199 Bible People, Places, and Things also promises fresh insights even for longtime readers of the Bible. It's a real value at only $1.99!
Book Synopsis Gospel Discipleship Congregation Guide by : Michelle J. Morris
Download or read book Gospel Discipleship Congregation Guide written by Michelle J. Morris and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each congregation has a unique mission field. Several tools for developing disciples and for engaging in discipleship are available to churches; however, the resources assume that the churches using them are similar to the church that created them. With Gospel Discipleship, individuals and churches learn how to engage in self-reflection, which then defines a path that fits their context. The discipleship path for each individual disciple is assessed and determined through the Gospel Discipleship Participant Guide while this Gospel Discipleship Congregation Guide guides the implemntation of the program and assesses the discipleship path for the congregation as a whole. Therefore, the program leader(s) needs the congregation guide while individual particpants need their own participant guide. With Gospel Discipleship, churches can identify a pathway for discipleship applied from one of the four Gospel storytellers: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Each had a distinct approach to discipleship which can be applied to a given church's identity, vision, and mission. As disciples are encouraged by the church to step beyond the door and engage the needs of people, they can be sent forth confidently with an awareness of personal, unique gifts, and insights into the actual mission field where they participate with God in changing the world.
Book Synopsis How the Bible Actually Works by : Peter Enns
Download or read book How the Bible Actually Works written by Peter Enns and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Controversial evangelical Bible scholar, popular blogger and podcast host of The Bible for Normal People, and author of The Bible Tells Me So and The Sin of Certainty explains that the Bible is not an instruction manual or rule book but a powerful learning tool that nurtures our spiritual growth by refusing to provide us with easy answers but instead forces us to acquire wisdom. For many Christians, the Bible is a how-to manual filled with literal truths about belief that must be strictly followed. But the Bible is not static, Peter Enns argues. It does not hold easy answers to the perplexing questions and issues that confront us in our daily lives. Rather, the Bible is a dynamic instrument for study that not only offers an abundance of insights but provokes us to find our own answers to spiritual questions, cultivating God’s wisdom within us. “The Bible becomes a confusing mess when we expect it to function as a rulebook for faith. But when we allow the Bible to determine our expectations, we see that Wisdom, not answers, is the Bible’s true subject matter,” writes Enns. This distinction, he points out, is important because when we come to the Bible expecting it to be a textbook intended by God to give us unwavering certainty about our faith, we are actually creating problems for ourselves. The Bible, in other words, really isn’t the problem; having the wrong expectation is what interferes with our reading. Rather than considering the Bible as an ancient book weighed down with problems, flaws, and contradictions that must be defended by modern readers, Enns offers a vision of the holy scriptures as an inspired and empowering resource to help us better understand how to live as a person of faith today. How the Bible Actually Works makes clear that there is no one right way to read the Bible. Moving us beyond the damaging idea that “being right” is the most important measure of faith, Enns’s freeing approach to Bible study helps us to instead focus on pursuing enlightenment and building our relationship with God—which is exactly what the Bible was designed to do.
Book Synopsis Paw Paw Chuck's Big Ideas in the Bible by : Charles R. Swindoll
Download or read book Paw Paw Chuck's Big Ideas in the Bible written by Charles R. Swindoll and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories telling how people in the Bible dealt with real-life troubles are followed by stories using bear characters and showing how young people today can find answers to their everyday struggles.
Book Synopsis The One Year Praying through the Bible for Your Kids by : Nancy Guthrie
Download or read book The One Year Praying through the Bible for Your Kids written by Nancy Guthrie and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only sure thing you can count on when it comes to your kids . . . is that God has got them. As parents we strategize and agonize. We wish for secret formulas and surefire methods. But somewhere along the way, we discover that what our kids need most is for God to do in their lives what only He can do. This beautiful deluxe edition of The One Year Praying through the Bible for Your Kids is designed to provide you with a daily dose of parenting perspective and hope. Join trusted author Nancy Guthrie as she takes you through The One Year Bible reading plan, helping you to mine each day's passages to discover how the Scriptures speak into the triumphs and turbulence of parenting, as well as provide fresh ways to pray for each of your children. Day by day you'll find yourself worrying less and praying more as your dreams and desires for your kids are increasingly shaped by the Scriptures rather than the culture around you. Let go of fear, and expect God to work as you pray through the Bible for your kids.
Download or read book ESV Story of Redemption Bible written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ESV Story of Redemption Bible is a journey through the sweeping storyline of Scripture, with nearly 900 notes written by pastor Greg Gilbert interspersed throughout the full ESV text, and a foldout timeline in the back.
Download or read book Bible Stories written by Martin H. Manser and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis New Testament Bible Story Illustrations by : Linda Wright
Download or read book New Testament Bible Story Illustrations written by Linda Wright and published by Classic Bookwrights. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavish collection of 40 antique Bible story illustrations features sophisticated artwork printed on premium 70 lb. paper that is acid-free and archival. To enhance your enjoyment of coloring a page, each drawing is back-printed with an excerpt from the Bible story it depicts. For gift-giving, an ornate Presentation Page is provided. This book is a collection of Bible stories as much as it is a coloring book. Through the life of Christ, his teachings and miracles, his disciples, prophets and crucifixion, you can share in these recorded experiences and flood them with color while taking the opportunity for reflection. Several sacred allegories are also included. For adding color, colored pencils are suggested. These intricate engravings have been shaded using the artistic techniques of hatching and cross-hatching. Simply color over the top of these areas and allow the patterns below to show through. For further depth, additional shading can be applied with colored pencils. You may also find parts of certain drawings too detailed to color in every little area, so in this case, you may also choose to color over the top. This inspirational coloring book is perfect for color enthusiasts who want to create works of beauty and devotion while enjoying the peace and calm of coloring. Classic Bookwrights has used state-of-the-art technology and techniques to restore and preserve this exceptional collection of 19th century Bible story illustrations with crisp black line-art and intricate detail for modern-day colorists. Enjoy coloring ¿New Testament Bible Story Illustrations¿ along with its companion book, ¿Old Testament Bible Story Illustrations¿.
Book Synopsis Taylor's Bible Story Book by : Kenneth Nathaniel Taylor
Download or read book Taylor's Bible Story Book written by Kenneth Nathaniel Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred ninety-eight stories retold from the Old and New Testaments.
Book Synopsis Consider the Lilies by : Sara Joseph
Download or read book Consider the Lilies written by Sara Joseph and published by Bible & Art, Book. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worried about the future because of health, financial or other concerns? This adult coloring devotional journal focuses on Jesus' words to consider the lilies for carefree living. Illustrated by award-winning artist, Sara Joseph, it is also a Bible study with poetry, prompts, and lined pages for meditations to help you color your way to peace.
