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Strategies For Deliverance Course: Bs106 Student Workbook
By Robin Dinnanauth. 2019
This course presents guidelines for ministering to those affected by demonic powers. In order to receive the Gospel these captives…
must first be delivered from bondage. (RDM Institute of Spiritual Development offers a course entitled "Spiritual Strategies: A Manual Of Spiritual Warfare" which details the activities of Satan and his demonic forces. If you are not familiar with spiritual warfare, you should obtain this course before you begin the ministry of deliverance.)Christian Truth Made Plain: Faith Seeking Understanding
By Dave Sheasley. 2019
The book provides a clear and straightforward presentation of Christian truth for the average Christian believer in understandable, non-ecclesiastical, language.…
It is intended to help the believer understand the ultimate truth about God and human beings and, with the knowledge of such truth, experience the peace, comfort, and assurance of God's love and purpose.God has made Himself known through the magnificence of the natural world and astounding complexity of life itself. Today we also know that the universe was created in the Big Bang, which requires a Creator who exists outside the universe.Although believers know that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, an indispensable part of God's true nature is his love. This is demonstrated through God's ultimate revelation in Jesus Christ. It is his love of human beings and his desire for a love relationship with us that is his reason for creating us and our purpose for being.But sin entered the world with Adam's disobedience in the Garden of Eden. The true nature of sin is understood as self-centeredness, a misplaced priority of putting our own needs and wants above those of the One who created us. Adam's original sin resulted in a genetic change that has been inherited by all human beings born after Adam, and accounts for the sin nature of self-centeredness that exists within each one of us. It is this original sin which accounts for all the pain and suffering, even from natural disasters and disease.God's act to remedy human sin and restore our relationship with Him is Jesus Christ. The Bible describes our condition and his solution using legal terms such as guilt and punishment, as a debt which we owe to God but cannot repay, and as slavery to our sinful nature. We are unable to do anything ourselves to remedy our condition. Salvation is a gift which God offers us. All we have to do is believe the truth.In the second part of the book, various troublesome topics that confront the Christian believer are discussed in order to bring understanding, comfort, and assurance. God's existence outside of time is presented to correct the misunderstandings of predestination. The truth of God's grace, the free gift He offers through Jesus Christ, is explained, showing that a gift offered must be accepted in order to be complete.The contemporary issue of evolution is shown to be wholly consistent with Christian truth when the established scientific facts and Christian truth are both understood. God's hand, rather than chance, explains the development of new species through genetic changes in DNA, while human beings came into existence through the image of God which He miraculously breathed into Adam and Eve in a second step following the physical and physiological development of the bodies which we inhabit.Insights are provided into the usually avoided topics of Jesus Christ as the only way to God and the seeming mystery of death.The Better Voice
By Robert Trindade. 2019
Many things keep us from a child-like faith in a loving God. Our experience shapes our beliefs and expectations for…
life and greatly influence our view of who God is, and who He could and couldn't be. The Gospel is the universal message that stands in stark contrast to the sins of the world we've lived in. The God of the Gospel is unfortunately viewed through eyes that have only seen evil apart from any of God's goodness. God's love is not limited or flawed as we receive from all others. God's character is purely different from man's, and the message of the Gospel is beauty that only a God can give.Believe in You: Big Sister Stories and Advice on Living Your Best Life
By Christina Cimorelli, Katherine Cimorelli, Lisa Cimorelli, Amy Cimorelli, Lauren Cimorelli, Dani Cimorelli. 2019
Growing up can be tough, and sometimes you just need a big sister to help you through it. In Believe…
in You, the six Cimorelli sisters share their experiences and accumulated wisdom on everything from dating and friendship to faith and family.As Christina, Katherine, Lisa, Amy, Lauren and Dani tour the world with their music and read their social media messages, they meet and hear from thousands of girls sharing their hearts. Now, in Be URself, the sisters are connecting with young women who have the same concerns.The teen years may be difficult, confusing, awkward and scary, but it's a lot better when you have someone to go to for advice and some positive, encouraging words. Reading Believe in You is like receiving a big hug and the assurance that you never, ever have to try to change who you genuinely are to be like someone else. You are amazing and unique!When Words Fail: Practical Ministry to People with Dementia and Their Caregivers
By Kathy Berry. 2016
Encouragement and guidance for ministering to those with dementiaMillions of Christians suffer from dementia diseases such as Alzheimer's, making ministry…
to them difficult as they lose memories and the ability to communicate. Drawing on her years of experience as a long-term care chaplain, Kathy Berry provides practical information and tools to equip ministers and lay leaders to meet the spiritual and pastoral needs of those living with dementia.Chapters cover vital topics, including these:Identifying those who may be showing signs of dementia and learning how to support them as they seek a diagnosisCommunicating with dementia patients as their language skills declineMeeting the emotional, spiritual, and physical needs of people with dementia--and the needs of their caregiversAn invaluable resource to meet a growing need for congregations around the country, When Words Fail equips readers to answer Christ's call to minister to "the least of these."La Preghiera di Gesù
By Esteban Emaús. 2018
L’incontro con Dio inonda la nostra anima e ci riempie di pace. Quando la sua grazia arriva al nostro intimo…
vorremmo prolungare quel momento perché duri tutto il giorno. Ma la quotidianità ce lo impedisce; i nostri doveri e obblighi ci impongono di stare nel mondo, con i suoi movimenti e rumori. Tuttavia, esiste un modo diverso di pregare, chiamato Preghiera del Cuore, un insegnamento che proviene dalle prime comunità cristiane, ereditato poi dai cristiani d’Occidente, che ne hanno fatto un’abitudine. Grazie a questo tipo di preghiera, possiamo arrivare all’incontro con nostro Signore e rimanere alla sua presenza anche durante il lavoro quotidiano, quando siamo con i nostri cari o svolgiamo una qualunque attività, senza perdere i frutti della presenza di Gesù, a tal punto da trasmetterli a coloro che ci circondano. Alcuni temi trattati nel libro: -LA MENTE VAGABONDA -LA TIRANNIA DEL CORPO -IL COMBATTIMENTO SPIRITUALE -LA VOLONTÀ DI DIO -LA FEDE -LA MEDITAZIONE SILENZIOSA -INIZIAZIONE ALLA PREGHIERA DI GESÙ - VIGILANZA -ESICHIA E COMPUNZIONE -IL LUOGO DELLA PRESENZA -LA RESPIRAZIONE -IL SILENZIO -L’APOSTOLATO -STATI INTERIORI -VIVERE NELLA FIDUCIA -IL LUOGO DELLA PREGHIERA -COME SI FA UNA RICHIESTA? -MAGGIORE CONSAPEVOLEZZA -L’APPARTENENZA DEL CUORE -IMPEGNI: OFFERTE DEL CUOREA Oração de Jesús Iniciação à Prática
By Monise Moreno de Souza, Esteban Emaús. 2018
A experiência da solitude e da íntima busca de Deus no próprio coração, levam o homem ao silêncio. Nesse vazio…
de pensamentos, com os anseios calmos e o corpo tranquilizado, ilumina a Presença que sempre se buscou. O eremitismo histórico encontra sua raiz neste desejo de eternidade e liberdade a partir deste mesmo mundo. O paraíso torna-se presente agora mesmo no interior do eremita, que por isto mesmo transfigura o mundo com seu olhar. Esta solitude do coração não se deve necessariamente ao afastamento dos homens, mas a uma vida atenta à presença divina, em qualquer circunstância. Assim vivem também os eremitas urbanos, que em seu silêncio anônimo mantêm vivo o espírito original das primeiras comunidades cristãs; tão próximas de Cristo quanto afastadas de toda pompa, boato ou hierarquia organizada. A Oração de Jesus é um caminho rápido ao coração da Presença. O Irmão Esteban de Emaús nos apresenta esse caminho a partir de sua própria experiência.Woven: A Faith for the Dissatisfied
By Joel McKerrow. 2019
‘This book is about Jesus. It is about my journey toward Jesus. Which may sound strange to some of you,…
but it is true. It is a journey of losing a Jesus that was too small and looked way too much like me, to a Jesus that began to mesmerise me. A Jesus calling me to something much grander and more holistic and more inclusive than I had thought possible. A Jesus who was drawing me into the true and into the beautiful.’This is not a book of cookie-cut spirituality. It is not a book of answers, nor programmable spiritual growth. This book is a question. An invitation. A beckoning toward movement and a faith that can weather the storms of life.In Woven, Joel McKerrow dares to put forth that our questions, struggles and doubts are not something to be feared, but may actually provide us with the path toward a vibrant faith. Joel takes us on a pilgrimage, from childhood belief to grief over a lost religion, to a richer, more sustaining faith that was previously unimaginable to him.This is a demanding and compelling account of what it means to rethink our Christian beliefs and find both a restoration and a reconstruction into the expansiveness of God’s story.Catholic Missionaries in Early Modern Asia: Patterns of Localization (Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World)
By Nadine Amsler, Andreea Badea, Bernard Heyberger, Christian Windler. 2020
Over recent decades, historians have become increasingly interested in early modern Catholic missions in Asia as laboratories of cultural contact.…
This book builds on recent ground-breaking research on early modern Catholic missions, which has shown that missionaries in Asia cooperated with and accommodated the needs of local agents rather than being uncompromising promoters of post-Tridentine doctrine and devotion. Bringing together some of the most renowned and innovative researchers from Anglophone countries and continental Europe, this volume investigates how missionaries’ entanglements with local societies across Asia contributed to processes of localization within the early modern Catholic church. The focus of the volume is on missionaries’ adaptation to four ideal-typical social settings that played an eminent role in early modern Asian missions: (1) the symbolically loaded princely court; (2) the city as a space of especially dense communication; (3) the countryside, where missionary presence was only rarely permanent; (4) and the household – a central arena of conversion in early modern Asian societies. Shining a fresh light onto the history of early modern Catholic missions and the early modern Eurasian cultural exchange, this will be an important book for any scholar of religious history, history of cultural contact/global history and early modern history in Asia.Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System
By Cyntoia Brown-Long. 2019
In her own words, Cyntoia Brown shares the riveting and redemptive story of how she changed her life for the…
better while in prison, finding hope through faith after a traumatic adolescence of drug addiction, rape, and sex trafficking led to a murder conviction. Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to life in prison for a murder she committed at the age of sixteen. Her case became national news when celebrities and activists made the hashtag #FreeCyntoia go viral in 2017. She was granted full clemency after having served fifteen years, walking out a free woman on August 7, 2019. This is her story, in her own words. In these pages, written over the fifteen years she was incarcerated, Cyntoia shares the difficult early life that lead to that fateful night and how she found the strength to not only survive, but thrive, in prison. A coming-of-age memoir set against the shocking backdrop of a life behind bars, Free Cyntoia takes you on a spiritual journey as Cyntoia struggles to overcome a legacy of family addiction and a lifetime of feeling ostracized and abandoned by society. Born to a teenage alcoholic mother who was also a victim of sex trafficking, Brown reflects on the isolation, low self-esteem, and sense of alienation that drove her straight into the hands of a predator. Though she attempts to build a positive path and honor the values her beloved adoptive mother taught her, Cyntoia succumbs to harmful influences that drive her to a cycle of promise and despair. After a fateful meeting with a prison educator turned mentor, Cyntoia makes the pivotal decision to take classes at Lipscomb University and strive for a better future, even if she’s never freed. For the first time ever, Cyntoia shares the details of her transformation, including a profound encounter with God, an unlikely romance, and an unprecedented outpouring of support from social media advocates and A-list celebrities, which ultimately lead to clemency and her release from prison. Giving a rare look at the power of love, forgiveness, and self-discovery in the darkest of places, Free Cyntoia is a deeply personal portrait of one woman’s journey for redemption within a system that had failed her from childhood.The Spirit and the Common Good: Shared Flourishing in the Image of God
By Daniela C. Augustine. 2019
A fresh vision of the common good through pnumatological lensesDaniela C. Augustine, a brilliant emerging scholar, offers a theological ethic…
for the common good. Augustine develops a public theology from a theological vision of creation as the household of the Triune God, bearing the image of God in a mutual sharing of divine love and justice, and as a sacrament of the divine presence. The Spirit and the Common Good expounds upon the application of this vision not only within the life of the church but also to the realm of politics, economics, and care for creation. The church serves a priestly and prophetic function for society, indeed for all of creation. This renewed vision becomes the foundation for constructing a theological ethic of planetary flourishing in and through commitment to a sustainable communal praxis of a shared future with the other and the different.While emphatically theological in its approach, The Spirit and the Common Good engages readers with insights from political philosophy, sociology of religion, economics, and ecology, as well as forgiveness/reconciliation and peacebuilding studies.God's Spies: The Stasi's Cold War Espionage Campaign inside the Church
By Elisabeth Braw. 2019
The real-life cloak-and-dagger story of how East Germany’s notorious spy agency infiltrated churches here and abroadEast Germany only existed for…
a short forty years, but in that time, the country’s secret police, the Stasi, developed a highly successful “church department” that—using persuasion rather than threats—managed to recruit an extraordinary stable of clergy spies. Pastors, professors, seminary students, and even bishops spied on colleagues, other Christians, and anyone else they could report about to their handlers in the Stasi. Thanks to its pastor spies, the Church Department (official name: Department XX/4) knew exactly what was happening and being planned in the country’s predominantly Lutheran churches. Yet ultimately it failed in its mission: despite knowing virtually everything about East German Christians, the Stasi couldn’t prevent the church-led protests that erupted in 1989 and brought down the Berlin Wall.Healing Together: A Guide to Supporting Sexual Abuse Survivors
By Anne Miller. 2019
Sex is such an intimate topic historically wrapped in shame and when someone shares they were sexually abused, we may…
not know how to respond.With recent #MeToo and #ChurchToo movements, we are learning just how many men, women, boys, and girls have suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a trusted person, often family members or leaders in the church. Sexual abuse is rampant in modern society and now--sometimes many years later--sexual abuse survivors are sharing their stories.Anne Marie Miller is a survivor of childhood clergy sexual abuse and has shared her journey toward healing with audiences all over the world. After speaking with thousands of survivors and their loved ones, she saw the need for a fundamental and practical guide for helping supporters of sexual abuse survivors understand the basics of abuse, trauma, healing, and hope. Drawing from her own experience as a survivor and evidence-based research, Anne addresses these questions and more in Healing Together:What is sexual abuse?How can I help survivors?Who are predators and how do they groom victims?How does trauma affect survivors?What happens when someone doesn't remember the details of their abuse?How does abuse wound the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of people who have been abused?When and how should authorities be contacted?How do you talk to your children about sexual abuse?What are the warning signs of abuse?Is healing possible?Whether you are a spouse, a family member, a friend, or a church leader looking for easy-to-navigate resources to understand and support sexual abuse survivors, you'll find answers and hope in these pages.Adult Bible Studies Winter 2019-2020 Teacher
By Jan Turrentine. 2019
Winter Theme: Promise Genesis | Hebrews | Isaiah|Matthew | Acts | Ruth | 2 Samuel | Jeremiah | Exodus This…
winter, our lessons support the theme of "Promise." The teacher book writer is Von Unruh. Hope The five lessons in this unit center on one of the things promise gives us: hope. Hope––the expectation that, regardless of what is happening in the present, God has a good future for us––is an underlying and uniting theme in these lessons. Lesson 1 follows Abraham, who left his homeland and moved to Canaan, trusting that God had something good ahead for him. Lesson 2 recalls how Abraham's trust that God was going to give him a place as an inheritance motivated him to make the move. Lesson 3, based on one of the servant songs from Isaiah, speaks of the hope of a servant who "will bring justice to the nations" (Isaiah 42:1). Lesson 4 focuses on the angel's announcement to Joseph that Mary would bear God's Son, declaring that Jesus is the fulfillment of "God with us." Lesson 5 looks at Jesus' final words to his disciples before ascending into heaven, planting in them the hope of the Holy Spirit's coming and the reality of Spirit-filled living. Spiritual Practice: Scripture Covenants: The Basis for Committed Relationships The four lessons in this unit focus on covenants and the promises they include. God's covenant with Abram, Ruth's covenant with Naomi, God's covenant with David, and God's new covenant announced through Jeremiah and extended to us remind us of God's faithfulness in keeping promises. Spiritual Practice: Anam Cara (Soul Friend) Holiness Expressed The four lessons in this unit call us to live into the promise God gives us to be holy people. Holiness, a primary attribute of God, is also present in the world God has created; these lessons invite us to look at holiness in four of the ways in which it is expressed: holy place, holy presence, holy people, and holy purpose. Spiritual Practice: Works of Justice Both supplementary and complementary to the Adult Bible Studies student book, the teacher book provides small-group leaders, teachers, and facilitators with additional biblical background and exposition and suggestions for guiding group discussion. Now, in response to feedback, we are introducing new features and benefits for teachers, and their students including: A comprehensive Bible study plan with more flexibility in terms of Scripture selection and topics. Additional information, as well as suggestions, designed to help leaders and facilitators lead with confidence. Observation of the church seasons, including Advent and Lent. Suggestions for developing spiritual practices (prayer, confession, worship, mindfulness, solitude, community, hospitality, neighboring, service, and celebration). One font size in the student edition to accommodate all readers. No printed Scripture text allowing you to choose your own Bible translation. Visit AdultBibleStudies.com and sign up for the FREE weekly newsletter to automatically receive the FREE Current Events Supplement and other information about these resources and more!Beyond the Tyranny of the Text: Preaching in Front of the Bible to Create a New World
By James Henry Harris. 2019
Preachers and students of preaching need help communicating hope! They want their sermons to communicate the promises of scripture, so…
that people can envision a new world in which their lives will be transformed. Preachers want to experience a new sense of freedom in their preaching, and to extend liberation based on their reading and interpretation of the scripture. James Henry Harris introduces interpretation theory and continental philosophy as a resource for preachers to resist and overcome interpretive oppression, and lays out a new theory of scriptural interpretation. He analyzes philosopher Paul Ricoeur’s hermeneutics as a helpful guide for modern preachers, and incorporates in his analysis of the lived experience of the Black church. Harris highlights the preaching of several 19th and 20th century Black women, including Jarena Lee, Maria Stewart, and Mary Evans. Beyond the Tyranny of the Text develops a five-part method for preaching that stretches from preparation to proclamation, and demonstrates how this method for interpretational creativity emerges from fidelity to the text. Harris demonstrates his method with sermonic exegesis of the Book of Jonah. With this new process of reading, rereading, un-reading, writing, and un-writing the text, the author offers wisdom and tools for reflection and illumination. At its core, Beyond the Tyranny of the Text challenges the field of homiletics and all preachers to un-write like Jesus Christ: to get in front of the text, to understand preparation and preaching as a creative and transformative enterprise.Worship Like Jesus: A Guide for Every Follower
By Constance M. Cherry. 2019
Worship in local churches has changed dramatically over the past fifty years, not only in North America but in many…
places on every continent. Have these widespread and varying shifts left us with vague or even false impressions of what the weekly worship event is all about? Do followers of Jesus Christ grasp the importance of their role in worship? Do they know how to become fully engaged participants? Do they realize Jesus himself is our best guide and model for worship? Worship Like Jesus guides Christ-followers through the essential features of Christian worship, transforming the reader’s understanding and experience of worship. This leads people—even entire congregations—to experience worship in exciting and profound ways as never before. This type of worship also leads people into deeper and more committed discipleship. Imagine a community of fully engaged, deeply committed disciples! Revered author and scholar Constance Cherry offers this practical and foundational resource for ministry leaders and their worship communities. Each chapter follows the same helpful structure: Introduction Description of the chapter topic and its importance Discovery of Jesus’s own practice Deliberation or reflection on how Jesus’s model makes a difference Determination—readers consider how their worship will be shaped as a result of this chapter; includes questions for reflection Prayer At the end of each chapter, an exercise is suggested to help people take a practical step toward greater participation and engagement. A Leader Guide is included as an Appendix. This equips pastors, worship leaders and others to facilitate group study of the book. It is a powerful tool for transforming leadership teams and entire congregations.A Brief Life of Christ
By Fulton Sheen. 2011
Fulton J. Sheen turned his voice and pen to many subjects during the course of a long and remarkable apostolate.…
But nothing came closer to the core of his message than bringing the life and saving words of Jesus to the problems of modern life and the modern world. In A Brief Life of Christ, Sheen draws out the meaning of the life of Jesus for our time and shows how Christ issues His challenge alike to nations, peoples, and individual souls. The final chapters on Christ's public life, and Passion, Death, and Resurrection contain tremendous insights and provide material for a lifetime of reflection.Excellence in Leadership: Essays in Honour of Peter and Merrill Corney
By Denise Cooper-Clarke, Stephen Hale. 2017
Peter and Merrill Corney spent most of their working life in one church, St Hilary’s Kew, yet they shaped the…
nature of church life and inspired a generation of leaders across Australia. Excellence in Leadership is a tribute to them on the occasion of Peter’s 80th birthday.Following an introduction by Stephen Hale, Denise Cooper-Clarke outlines the stories of the Corney’s lives and Paul Perini describes what it is like to follow after a great leader. The next eleven chapters each deal with a specific area of ministry, and the authors were asked to answer two questions: what was the unique contribution of Peter and Merrill in this area, and what are the issues faced in this area of ministry today?The areas covered are evangelism (Stephen Abbott), raising up and releasing leaders (Karl Faase), engaging children and families (Sue Bluett), women in leadership (Tracy Lauersen), youth ministry (Peter Carolane), preaching (Anthea McCall), creativity (Russell Lloyd), pastoral care (Steve Webster), justice and mercy (Deb Storie), connecting with our culture (David Fuller) and cross-generational ministry (Mark McDonald).Peter and Merrill’s passion for an authentic Christian life that witnesses to the gospel in thought, word and deed shines through each essay, as well as the great love and esteem in which they are held.O Incrível mundo de rochas e gemas
By Linda Henderson. 2019
Jonas vai fazer um passeio e procurar por pequenas rochas, mas encontra muito mais do que procurava. Ele encontra um…
amigo muito especial ao longo do caminho. Se você tem interesse em saber mais sobre rochas, este livro explica as diferenças entre os três tipos básicos de rochas Ígneas, sedimentares e metamórficas. O livro também contém lindas imagens para crianças dos 7 aos 9 anos de idade.Como a lagarta curiosa se tornou uma bela borboleta
By Linda Henderson. 2019
Esta história ensina crianças sobre a incrível transformação que ocorre quando uma lagarta se torna numa borboleta. Explica passo a…
passo num nível que as crianças podem entender como acontece. Se gostaria de explicar aos seus filhos de onde vêm as borboletas, esse recurso útil ajudará a fazê-lo. Também relaciona aspectos espirituais de como uma nova vida e transformação estão disponíveis para os crentes em Cristo.