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Book Synopsis The Convenient Christian by : K NELSON RYBOLT
Download or read book The Convenient Christian written by K NELSON RYBOLT and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author K Nelson Rybolt provides a bold new look into the dangers that face our nation by marrying religion and politics. K Nelson Rybolt insists the separation of church and state must be taken seriously now more than ever before due to these polarizing changing times in our nation and our politics.
Book Synopsis A Convenient Christian by : Dwane C. Craft
Download or read book A Convenient Christian written by Dwane C. Craft and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walking with Christ is never a simple task, especially in today's society. For LaShawn, Brandon, and Sonia that walk will be everything except easy. The three all met and grew up in the house of God. Life's trials and tribulations will test the faith of LaShawn and her friends as they navigate their way through this world as adults. They'll be pushed to their spiritual limits in this story about love, life, and maintaining relationships with family and friends. LaShawn, a single mother of two, inherited what seems to be a curse. For her, the challenge of living a Christian lifestyle is even greater. She'll face the most devastating of circumstances, which will require faith in order for her to know God is in control of it all. With the Lord's help, she's determined to defeat the powerful forces Satan uses to lure us into temptation. Brandon chose to give up his faith due to the loss he suffered as a teen. He replaced it with self-destructive practices that caused him to lose everything he has ever cared about. Life will have to knock him down, in order for him to learn how to get up again. Sometimes, there's no better testimony than what you experience firsthand. Sonia feels God abandoned her long ago. At ten years of age, she experienced a life altering event. How she deals with her past is what will make the difference between her being a child of God or a child of the world. The power of The Almighty will change even the most doubtful person into knowing that The Lord is always at work in our lives. The one thing that will factor into all of their lives, is their belief in the power of prayer and God Almighty.
Book Synopsis The Convenient Christian by : K. Nelson Rybolt
Download or read book The Convenient Christian written by K. Nelson Rybolt and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author K Nelson Rybolt provides a bold new look into the dangers that face our nation by marrying religion and politics. K Nelson Rybolt insists the separation of church and state must be taken seriously now more than ever before due to these polarizing changing times in our nation and our politics.
Download or read book Perseverance written by Eugene Peterson and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 1996-05-24 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six studies, based on Eugene Peterson's classic on Christian commitment, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, encourage you to continue in the path Christ has set before you.
Book Synopsis Convenient Christianity by : Rachel Grepke
Download or read book Convenient Christianity written by Rachel Grepke and published by Rachel Grepke. This book was released on 2023-06-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many come to faith in Jesus, but after a while, begin going their own way or just living ordinary lives. As believers in Christ, we are called to be set apart, to not look like this world, and to not be straddling the fence. You have to choose one side of the fence or the other. For many, especially in western countries, Christianity is seen as simply a box to checkmark or a part of your identity instead of what it really is; full surrender of your life to His. Throughout these pages you will find that we desire convenience over our faith many times when given the chance. But this is not how it should be. Because Christianity is not about convenience, it is about Christ.
Book Synopsis The Presence of God by : J. Ryan Lister
Download or read book The Presence of God written by J. Ryan Lister and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "God is with us." We say this in our sermons, prayers, and songs, but what does it really mean? For many Christians, the whole notion of God's presence remains vague and hard to define. Exploring both the Old and New Testaments, professor J. Ryan Lister seeks to recover the centrality of the presence of God in the whole storyline of Scripture—a theme that is too often neglected and therefore misunderstood. In a world that longs for—yet struggles to find—intimacy with the Almighty, this book will help you discover the truth about God's presence with his people and what his drawing near means for the Christian life.
Book Synopsis The Convenient Season by : Richard William Church
Download or read book The Convenient Season written by Richard William Church and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Comfort Trap written by Tim Bascom and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tim Bascom alerts readers to the subtle dangers of the comfort trap, shows them how to break free and urges all to take hold of the true freedom (exciting, meaningful and satisfying) that God offers. 180 pages, paper
Book Synopsis The Convenient Christian by : Julie A. Vermacelli
Download or read book The Convenient Christian written by Julie A. Vermacelli and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Convenient Christian is the story of mirror twin brothers, identical, yet opposite, a rare subset in twins. One brother is right-handed and the other is left-handed. One boy is outgoing while the other is painfully shy. Charlie Drummond is a gifted, natural athlete; while Eddie Drummond is merely average. Charlie graduates at the top of his class and is given an athletic scholarship to an Ivy League college. The two brothers have a fight and Charlie leaves home. Eddie Drummond stays home to care for his recently widowed mother. He doesn't see his brother again for nearly twenty years.Charlie returns to Hibbing when their mother passes away, but he isn't Charlie any longer. He now goes by Charles and he's made quite a name for himself as both an author, and the host of a nationally syndicated radio talk show. Five days a week, Charles touts the virtues of the conservative political movement. He's married to Lilly Drummond, a supermodel, and together they have two children. Eddie is worried about seeing his brother after so many years. He is married to July, a waitress, and they also have two children. The funeral seems to put an end to the bad blood between the two brothers. Soon, the two families are forming bonds and Charles confides that he and his family would like to spend the summer in Hibbing. They've grown tired of the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple and with Eddie's blessings, he'd like to rent an office in town and broadcast his show from there. Despite his reservations, Eddie gives Charles his blessings.The fireworks begin as Charles starts taking shots at Eddie. What begins as carefully placed, backhanded comments, turns into an all-out assault on Eddie's faith, his character, his political beliefs, his meager possessions, and even his wife and children. Too late, Eddie realizes that his brother is not the good Christian he pretends to be. This emotionally-charged tale tackles the issues of the day and takes a hard look at the blatant hypocrisy (on both sides aisle) of the American political system. The Convenient Christian is the tragic story of a faithless man, the anti-Midas, who ultimately destroys everything he comes into contact with.
Book Synopsis Conversion and Discipleship by : Bill Hull
Download or read book Conversion and Discipleship written by Bill Hull and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discipleship occurs when someone answers the call to learn from Jesus how to live his or her life as though Jesus were living it. The end result is that the disciple becomes the kind of person who naturally does what Jesus did. How the church understands salvation and the gospel is the key to recovering a biblical theology of discipleship. Our doctrines of grace and salvation, in some cases, actually prevent us from creating an expectation that we are to be disciples of Jesus. A person can profess to be a Christian and yet still live under the impression that they don’t need to actually follow Jesus. Being a follower is seen as an optional add-on, not a requirement. It is a choice, not a demand. Being a Christian today has no connection with the biblical idea that we are formed into the image of Christ. In this ground-breaking new book, pastor and author Bill Hull shows why our existing models of evangelism and discipleship fail to actually produce followers of Jesus. He looks at the importance of recovering a robust view of the gospel and taking seriously the connection between conversion—answering the call to follow Jesus—and discipleship—living like the one we claim to follow.
Book Synopsis Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by : Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Download or read book Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation written by Kristin Kobes Du Mez and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “paradigm-influencing” book (Christianity Today) that is fundamentally transforming our understanding of white evangelicalism in America. Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping, revisionist history of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, revealing how evangelicals have worked to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism—or in the words of one modern chaplain, with “a spiritual badass.” As acclaimed scholar Kristin Du Mez explains, the key to understanding this transformation is to recognize the centrality of popular culture in contemporary American evangelicalism. Many of today’s evangelicals might not be theologically astute, but they know their VeggieTales, they’ve read John Eldredge’s Wild at Heart, and they learned about purity before they learned about sex—and they have a silver ring to prove it. Evangelical books, films, music, clothing, and merchandise shape the beliefs of millions. And evangelical culture is teeming with muscular heroes—mythical warriors and rugged soldiers, men like Oliver North, Ronald Reagan, Mel Gibson, and the Duck Dynasty clan, who assert white masculine power in defense of “Christian America.” Chief among these evangelical legends is John Wayne, an icon of a lost time when men were uncowed by political correctness, unafraid to tell it like it was, and did what needed to be done. Challenging the commonly held assumption that the “moral majority” backed Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020 for purely pragmatic reasons, Du Mez reveals that Trump in fact represented the fulfillment, rather than the betrayal, of white evangelicals’ most deeply held values: patriarchy, authoritarian rule, aggressive foreign policy, fear of Islam, ambivalence toward #MeToo, and opposition to Black Lives Matter and the LGBTQ community. A much-needed reexamination of perhaps the most influential subculture in this country, Jesus and John Wayne shows that, far from adhering to biblical principles, modern white evangelicals have remade their faith, with enduring consequences for all Americans.
Book Synopsis Is God a Christian by : R. Kirby Godsey
Download or read book Is God a Christian written by R. Kirby Godsey and published by . This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And while Christianity is continuing to grow at a modest rate, other religions are growing at a faster pace. Some scholars predict that Islam will overtake Christianity as the world's largest religion by the middle of the twenty-first century. Predictions aside, religions are competing for the world stage, and in the competition, Christians seem certain that God is on their side. Christians often think and behave as though God is a Christian. This book is written to ask if that assumption is true and to foster a more open conversation about other world religions. The world has grown too small and the stakes for mankind have grown too high for any of us to engage our faith as if our understanding of God represents the only way God's presence may be known in the world. We need, more than ever before, to develop creative communities of conversation. Conversation does not begin with talking. It begins with listening. Like Quakers of old, we need to gather in humility and honesty to face the meanness and evil that religion itself has sometimes heaped upon mankind. Godsey asserts that "We should open ourselves to new spectrums of light that may emanate from faiths foreign to our own. Our high calling is to commit ourselves to building a better pathway for creating understanding and mutual respect among people of faith throughout the world." Book jacket.
Book Synopsis The Awesome Book of Bible Answers for Kids by : Josh McDowell
Download or read book The Awesome Book of Bible Answers for Kids written by Josh McDowell and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kids are curious about Jesus and God and yet, by the time they are teens, the majority stop asking questions about faith and starting questioning faith altogether. Respected Christian apologist Josh McDowell encourages children to stand on the foundation of truth with this contemporary gathering of concise, welcoming answers for kids ages 8 to 12. A fun format includes key Bible verses and pre-teen friendly explorations of topics that matter most to kids: God’s love and forgiveness Right and wrong and making choices Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and God’s Word Different beliefs and religions Church, prayer, and sharing faith The next time a child asks “Who is God?” parents, grandparents, and church leaders will want this practical and engaging volume handy. Helpful tips and conversation ideas for adults will help them connect with kids hungering for straight talk about faith in Jesus.
Book Synopsis The Case for Christianity Answer Book by : Lee Strobel
Download or read book The Case for Christianity Answer Book written by Lee Strobel and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Answers to the most-asked questions about Christian faith! The Case for Christianity Answer Book is a great book for both newer and seasoned Christians alike. The Q&A format lends itself to helping believers know how to effectively defend their faith. Perfect for those ready to consider Jesus, longtime believers, someone seeking the truth, or even a skeptic. This book is great for anyone looking for a handy reference. The Case for Christianity Answer Book provides succinct answers to real questions about Christianity. Strobel, a former atheist, uses his investigative journalism skills to dig deep into the Bible to provide compelling and concise answers about Christianity. In this answer book, bestselling author Lee Strobel offers biblically based answers to questions such as: Did God use evolution when He created the world? If God is loving, why is there so much suffering? Do the resurrection accounts in the four Gospels contradict each other? Can you have doubts and still be a Christian?
Book Synopsis A New Kind of Christian by : Brian D. McLaren
Download or read book A New Kind of Christian written by Brian D. McLaren and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book That Launched a Movement The first installment of Brian D. McLaren's trilogy recounts a lively and intimate conversation between fictional characters Pastor Dan Poole and his daughter's high-school science teacher, Neil Oliver. They reflect together about faith, doubt, reason, mission, leadership, and spiritual practice in the emerging postmodern world. A New Kind of Christian offers a tale of hope and spiritual renewal for those who thought they had to give up on faith, God, and church.
Book Synopsis The Case Against Christianity by : Michael Martin
Download or read book The Case Against Christianity written by Michael Martin and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this systematic philosophical critique of the major tenets of Christianity, Michael Martin examines the semantic and epistemological bases of religious claims and beliefs. Beginning with a comparison and evaluation of the Apostles' Creed, the Niceno-Chalcedonian Creed, and the Athanasian Creed, Martin discusses the principal theological, historical, and eschatological assumptions of Christianity. These include the historicity of Jesus, the Incarnation, the Second Coming, the Virgin Birth, the Resurrection, Salvation through faith in Jesus, and Jesus as a model of ethical behavior. Until now, an adequately convincing criticism of Christianity did not exist. Martin's use of historical evidence, textual analysis, and interpretations by philosophers and theologians provides the strongest case made to date against the rational justification of Christian doctrines.
Book Synopsis Almost Christian by : Kenda Creasy Dean
Download or read book Almost Christian written by Kenda Creasy Dean and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-16 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the National Study of Youth and Religion--the same invaluable data as its predecessor, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers--Kenda Creasy Dean's compelling new book, Almost Christian, investigates why American teenagers are at once so positive about Christianity and at the same time so apathetic about genuine religious practice. In Soul Searching, Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton found that American teenagers have embraced a "Moralistic Therapeutic Deism"--a hodgepodge of banal, self-serving, feel-good beliefs that bears little resemblance to traditional Christianity. But far from faulting teens, Dean places the blame for this theological watering down squarely on the churches themselves. Instead of proclaiming a God who calls believers to lives of love, service and sacrifice, churches offer instead a bargain religion, easy to use, easy to forget, offering little and demanding less. But what is to be done? In order to produce ardent young Christians, Dean argues, churches must rediscover their sense of mission and model an understanding of being Christian as not something you do for yourself, but something that calls you to share God's love, in word and deed, with others. Dean found that the most committed young Christians shared four important traits: they could tell a personal and powerful story about God; they belonged to a significant faith community; they exhibited a sense of vocation; and they possessed a profound sense of hope. Based on these findings, Dean proposes an approach to Christian education that places the idea of mission at its core and offers a wealth of concrete suggestions for inspiring teens to live more authentically engaged Christian lives. Persuasively and accessibly written, Almost Christian is a wake up call no one concerned about the future of Christianity in America can afford to ignore.
