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Author : Bernice Oakeley Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (893 download)
Download or read book The Spiritual Imperative of the Christian Church written by Bernice Oakeley Jones and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel C Rhodes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)
Download or read book The Holy Spirit Imperative written by Daniel C Rhodes and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Person, Power, and Ministry of the Holy Spirit spans the entire history of humanity and the world...even before time began. Unless the power of the Holy Spirit is active in today's churches, people may discount the supernatural reality of the Christian Faith. Without the supernatural power of God, Christianity would be just another human philosophy.In this book, you will learn more about: -The Person, Power, and Ministry of the Holy Spirit in the World and in Your Personal Life.-The Person, Power, and Ministry of the Holy Spirit in Christ's Church and in the Kingdom of God.-How We Can Renew Our Emphasis on the Holy Spirit.
Author : Jon Canas
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 166984983X
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (698 download)
Download or read book Religion, Politics, and Reclaiming the Soul of Christianity written by Jon Canas and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-10-12 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God’s unconditional love is the quintessential element, the heart and soul of the teachings of Jesus Christ. The rise of modern American Christian fundamentalism, with its narrowly defined moralism and zeal to impose its restrictive views on all Americans, attacks our country’s democracy. Today’s Christian fundamentalists energize exclusionary right-wing politics, embolden xenophobia, and in the process abandon the very roots of their own religious tradition. The author takes a comprehensive look at the origins, characters, and spiritual essence that shaped Christianity. In three sweeping sections, he traces the evolution of Christian dogma and its use for political purpose, the rise in consciousness from Law to Grace, the derailment of the authentic “Good News” message of Jesus Christ, and finally the necessity for our actions as modern Christians to be coherent with our beliefs. His book is an urgent invitation to reclaim and return the soul of Christianity to its loving heart.
Author : Richard S. Gilbert
Publisher : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
ISBN 13 : 9781558964112
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (641 download)
Download or read book The Prophetic Imperative written by Richard S. Gilbert and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2000 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Greg Johnson
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310116066
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Still Time to Care written by Greg Johnson and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the gay rights movement in 1969, evangelicalism's leading voices cast a vision for gay people who turn to Jesus. It was C.S. Lewis, Billy Graham, Francis Schaeffer and John Stott who were among the most respected leaders within theologically orthodox Protestantism. We see with them a positive pastoral approach toward gay people, an approach that viewed homosexuality as a fallen condition experienced by some Christians who needed care more than cure. With the birth and rise of the ex-gay movement, the focus shifted from care to cure. As a result, there are an estimated 700,000 people alive today who underwent conversion therapy in the United States alone. Many of these patients were treated by faith-based, testimony-driven parachurch ministries centered on the ex-gay script. Despite the best of intentions, the movement ended with very troubling results. Yet the ex-gay movement died not because it had the wrong sex ethic. It died because it was founded on a practice that diminished the beauty of the gospel. Yet even after the closure of the ex-gay umbrella organization Exodus International in 2013, the ex-gay script continues to walk about as the undead among us, pressuring people like me to say, "I used to be gay, but I'm not gay anymore. Now I'm just same-sex attracted." For orthodox Christians, the way forward is a path back to where we were forty years ago. It is time again to focus with our Neo-Evangelical fathers on care--not cure--for our non-straight sisters and brothers who are living lives of costly obedience to Jesus. With warmth and humor as well as original research, Still Time to Care will chart the path forward for our churches and ministries in providing care. It will provide guidance for the gay person who hears the gospel and finds themselves smitten by the life-giving call of Jesus. Woven throughout the book will be Richard Lovelace’s 1978 call for a "double repentance" in which gay Christians repent of their homosexual sins and the church repents of its homophobia--putting on display for all the power of the gospel.
Author : Dave Breese
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780802466327
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (663 download)
Download or read book Living for Eternity written by Dave Breese and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Obery M. Hendricks, Jr.
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807057401
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Christians Against Christianity written by Obery M. Hendricks, Jr. and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely and galvanizing work that examines how right-wing evangelical Christians have veered from an admirable faith to a pernicious, destructive ideology. Today’s right-wing Evangelical Christianity stands as the very antithesis of the message of Jesus Christ. In his new book, Christians Against Christianity, best-selling author and religious scholar Obery M. Hendricks Jr. challenges right-wing evangelicals on the terrain of their own religious claims, exposing the falsehoods, contradictions, and misuses of the Bible that are embedded in their rabid homophobia, their poorly veiled racism and demonizing of immigrants and Muslims, and their ungodly alliance with big business against the interests of American workers. He scathingly indicts the religious leaders who helped facilitate the rise of the notoriously unchristian Donald Trump, likening them to the “court jesters” and hypocritical priestly sycophants of bygone eras who unquestioningly supported their sovereigns’ every act, no matter how hateful or destructive to those they were supposed to serve. In the wake of the deadly insurrectionist attack on the US Capitol, Christians Against Christianity is a clarion call to stand up to the hypocrisy of the evangelical Right, as well as a guide for Christians to return their faith to the life-affirming message that Jesus brought and died for. What Hendricks offers is a provocative diagnosis, an urgent warning that right-wing evangelicals’ aspirations for Christian nationalist supremacy are a looming threat, not only to Christian decency but to democracy itself. What they offer to America is anything but good news.
Author : Teesha Hadra
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1501879189
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Black and White written by Teesha Hadra and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working against racism is part of what it means to call Jesus Lord and Savior. Most of us don’t need to make speeches. We need to make friends. This is the core message of Black and White: racism can be disrupted by relationships. If you will risk forging friendships with those who do not look like you, it will change the way you see the world, and that could change the world. The authors, Teesha Hadra, a young African American woman, and John Hambrick, a sixty-year-old white man, bring a confident and redemptive tone to this hope because that is exactly what they’ve experienced. Black and White leverages their story, surrounding it with other’s stories, practical advice, and exploration of the systems of racism to motivate you to consider your own role in change. Learn about the various and often subtle ways racism continues to be a part of American culture. Discover how simple (albeit not always easy) it is to get involved in what God is doing to disrupt racism. Become equipped to take faithful, practical, next steps in obedience to God’s call to join the movement against racism. “Awareness creates discontent. A lack of awareness often results in complacency. When it comes to racism there’s no room for complacency. Especially for Christ followers. In Black & White my friends Teesha Hadra and John Hambrick stir our awareness. My hope—their hope—is that having become aware we will become permanently and passionately discontent with racism in all of its insidious forms and expressions.” —Andy Stanley, pastor and founder of North Point Community Church, author of Irresistible
Author : Pope Francis
Publisher : Image
ISBN 13 : 0553419544
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (534 download)
Download or read book The Joy of the Gospel written by Pope Francis and published by Image. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect gift! A specially priced, beautifully designed hardcover edition of The Joy of the Gospel with a foreword by Robert Barron and an afterword by James Martin, SJ. “The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus… In this Exhortation I wish to encourage the Christian faithful to embark upon a new chapter of evangelization marked by this joy, while pointing out new paths for the Church’s journey in years to come.” – Pope Francis This special edition of Pope Francis's popular message of hope explores themes that are important for believers in the 21st century. Examining the many obstacles to faith and what can be done to overcome those hurdles, he emphasizes the importance of service to God and all his creation. Advocating for “the homeless, the addicted, refugees, indigenous peoples, the elderly who are increasingly isolated and abandoned,” the Holy Father shows us how to respond to poverty and current economic challenges that affect us locally and globally. Ultimately, Pope Francis demonstrates how to develop a more personal relationship with Jesus Christ, “to recognize the traces of God’s Spirit in events great and small.” Profound in its insight, yet warm and accessible in its tone, The Joy of the Gospel is a call to action to live a life motivated by divine love and, in turn, to experience heaven on earth. Includes a foreword by Robert Barron, author of Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith and James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage
Author : Pierre Maury
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532667183
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)
Download or read book Election, Barth, and the French Connection, 2nd Edition written by Pierre Maury and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karl Barth’s famous account of the doctrine of election in his mammoth Dogmatics has been described as the heart of his theology—a great hymn to the grace of God in Christ. Discover the person who initially stimulated Barth’s mammoth reworking of the “classical” view of the doctrine—pastor/theologian Pierre Maury (1890–1956). Their close friendship and especially a seminal paper Maury gave in 1936 entitled “Election and Faith” helped stimulate Barth’s reflection. Discover some never-before-translated works of Maury as well as a revision of a previously published piece on predestination. In this revised and expanded second edition, seven theologians reflect on the significance of these works for us today from historical, textual, pastoral, and theological standpoints, and seek to draw conclusions for us in our contemporary setting.
Author : Cort Tangeman
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
ISBN 13 : 1662944969
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Foundation: 5 imperative truths of the Christian faith written by Cort Tangeman and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the product of over 40 years of piloting experience and nearly 30 years of teaching and pastoral ministry. It combines the critical and exacting nature of information management of airline transport operations and the challenges of separating the unnecessary and confusing narratives of many of our current church doctrines. Imperative biblical truths are clear in scripture and are given freely and simply for the edification of every person who is earnestly seeking for eternal truth. Understanding and appropriating these imperative truths is essential to our eternal outcome, as no human activity or achievement is of any lasting value if, as Jesus states in Mark 8:36, “what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul?”
Author : Weng Fong Toh
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1512722731
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (127 download)
Download or read book The Next Journey written by Weng Fong Toh and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-12-18 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the early 1950s through the twenty-first century, it has become more and more difficult for Christians, who face the daily pressures of the world, to keep the living and active Word of God close to their hearts. With the imminent first return of Christs second comingthe rapture of the Christian churchit is imperative that Christians get their walk right with God. In The Next Journey, author Weng-Fong Toh both warns and encourages Christians to take their individual spiritual pilgrimage seriouslyfrom their spiritual birth in Christ to the judgment seat of Christ. W.F. Toh offers a guide for Christians as they travel on their Next Journey, and the book serves to instruct, encourage, and warn Christians about the importance of loving the Lord Jesus Christ as they live their remaining days on earth. The Next Journey communicates why Christians need to develop a deep personal relationship with God after receiving their salvation in Christ Jesus and how they can take this pilgrimage from their spiritual birth to the judgment seat of Christ. Covering theology with depth and dimension, The Next Journey offers a thorough analysis of topics essential for believers to become more spiritually mature. With supporting Scripture, it helps Christians ascend to higher levels of knowledge in the Word of God in order to obtain a more intimate and spiritual relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Author : Congregational Churches in the United States. National Council
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Addresses, Discussions, Minutes, Statements of Benevolent Societies, Constitution, Etc. of the Twelfth Triennial Session written by Congregational Churches in the United States. National Council and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mike Aquilina
Publisher : Emmaus Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1945125713
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (451 download)
Download or read book The Healing Imperative: The Early Church and the Invention of Medicine as We Know It written by Mike Aquilina and published by Emmaus Road Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you; heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’” —Luke 10:8-9 When Jesus sent seventy disciples on ahead of him, part of their mission was to heal the sick. In fact, they were supposed to heal the sick before they preached the Gospel. Best-selling author Mike Aquilina calls this command the healing imperative. And it’s an imperative that ushered in the world of modern medicine. The Healing Imperative: The Early Church and the Invention of Medicine as We Know It reconstructs the fascinating history of a uniquely Christian institution: the hospital. Underlining how the virtues of charity and hospitality motivated the first generations of Christians, along with Jesus’ explicit command to heal the sick, Aquilina shows just how revolutionary the actions of Christian doctors and nurses were and how they transformed society in ways that still reverberate today. The radical developments in health care spearheaded by Christians influenced culture, society, and civilization. As The Healing Imperative proves, now more than ever, the compassion of Christians is needed to guide the world of medicine. Jesus’ command still resonates, and Aquilina urges us to respond.
Author : Roy Hession
Publisher : CLC Publications
ISBN 13 : 1619581302
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Be Filled Now written by Roy Hession and published by CLC Publications. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is not, be filled tomorrow, when we hope we shall have improved, but be filled now in the midst of our failure and current need. This experience of present-tense blessedness can only be possible by the grace of God making every blessing available on street level.
Author : Paul Avis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567424928
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (674 download)
Download or read book A Church Drawing Near written by Paul Avis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book begins by defining the core tasks (or mission) of the Church in biblical and theological terms, and then asks how these tasks can best be carried out in the conditions of modernity and post-modernity.Paul Avis describes and evaluates contemporary expressions of spirituality, drawing on many empirical studies; the functions of the Church's 'occasional offices' or rites of passage; the ways in which the Church and its ministers can engage constructively with the community and with civil society; the pastoral method in mission and its practical, policy consequences. Throughout the book Avis urges the imperative for the Church and its ministers to break out from the privatization of Christian values into full participation in contemporary social issues and public life.This book is an authoritative and interdisciplinary study of theology and practice: a much-needed applied theology of mission and ministry for today.
Author : Kevin DeYoung
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433564424
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)
Download or read book Grace Defined and Defended written by Kevin DeYoung and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2019-04-17 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians love to celebrate grace, but often talk about it in vague generalities. But such an important biblical concept ought to be clearly defined so it can be consistently defended. In this book, best-selling author Kevin DeYoung points modern readers back to an old document originally written to do just that. Warmly pastoral and broadly accessible, this book introduces readers to the Canons of Dort, a 17th-century work summarizing the central doctrines of the Christian faith. Widely regarded as a key pillar of the Reformed tradition, the Canons of Dort stand as a faithful witness to God's grace—offering a depth of understanding that the church still needs today. In three concise sections—covering history, theology, and practical application—DeYoung explores what led to the Canons and why they were needed, the five important doctrines that they explain, and Dort's place in the Reformed tradition today.
