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Why are so many 20- and 30-something Christians disappearing from
the church?They are told how much the church wants young people,
yet there is growing suspicion among young believers about who is
in and who is out of the scope of Christian orthodoxy. Through this
suspicion, a rift between the generations has emerged. In the face
of frustration, of being cut out because they don't seem to fit,
young believers often take their gifts and leave the church.This
book helps those who feel displaced by this generational collision
to find a sense of place and welcome with a church that is still
becoming all that God wants it to be. If you are a young person who
wonders if there is a place in the church for someone like you, or
if you want to know if your own church can be the kind of body in
which young people are welcome, A Seat at the Table will give you a
new personal and kingdom perspective. Embrace the challenge to
re-imagine your relationship with the church in light of this
generational collision, not seeing it as an unredeemable rift, but
as an opportunity to give and receive hospitality.
What would you do to inherit a million dollars? Would you be
willing to change your life? Jason Stevens is about to find out.
Red Stevens has died, and the older members of his family receive
their millions with greedy anticipation. But a different fate
awaits young Jason, whom his great-uncle Stevens believed might be
the last vestige of hope in the family. "Although to date your life
seems to be a sorry excuse for anything I would call promising,
there does seem to be a spark of something in you that I hope we
can fan into a flame. For that reason, I am not making you an
instant millionaire." What Stevens does give Jason leads to The
Ultimate Gift. Young and old will take this timeless tale to heart.
Daar woed elke dag, die hele dag lank, ’n onsigbare oorlog om vroue.
Dit kan nie gesien of gehoor word nie, maar dit kan in elke aspek van
’n mens se lewe gevoel word. ’n Onwrikbare, bose vyand wil chaos
veroorsaak in alles wat vir ’n vrou saak maak: haar hart, gedagtes,
huwelik, kinders, verhoudings, drome en toekoms. Maar sy oorlogsplan
behels dat hy haar onverhoeds en ongewapen moet vang.
In die Bybelstudie Die wapenrusting van God, deur New York
Times-topverkoperouteur en motiveringspreker Priscilla Shirer, word
vroue met behulp van Skrifstudie en besprekingsvrae toegerus met die
wapenrusting van God, waarvan gebed die belangrikste is.
Die wapenrusting van God is meer as net ’n Bybelse beskrywing van ’n
gelowige se wapenrusting; dit is ’n 7-week-aksieplan om oorwinning te
behaal in die geestelike stryd.
""It is late October, and the temperature is already -40 degrees .
. . My thoughts are filled with frozen rivers that may or may not
hold my weight; empty, forgotten valleys haunted by emaciated
ghosts; and packs of ravenous, merciless wolves.""
Having left his job as a high-school geography teacher, Rob
Lilwall arrived in Siberia equipped only with a bike and a healthy
dose of fear. "Cycling Home from Siberia "recounts his epic
three-and-a-half-year, 30,000-mile journey back to England via the
foreboding jungles of Papua New Guinea, an Australian cyclone, and
Afghanistan's war-torn Hindu Kush. A gripping story of endurance
and adventure, this is also a spiritual journey, providing poignant
insight into life on the road in some of the world's toughest
corners.
'n Lewe voor God bestaan uit 366 dagstukkies uit die pen van
een van Suid-Afrika se mees geliefde skrywers en teoloë,
Stephan Joubert. Stephan help ons om elke dag bewustelik en
met oorgawe in die aangesig van God te leef. Hy lei ons deur
middel van alledaagse temas soos gebed, naasteliefde,
vergifnis en genade om elke dag in eerlikheid voor God ons
lewe aan te pak.
In hierdie praktiese, toeganklike en lekkerlees-dagstukkieboek
is daar elke dag ’n nuwe bruistablet om in afsondering te lees,
te absorbeer en toe te pas in jou lewe – om jou innerlik te
versterk as mens. Dit is ’n reis na groter egtheid en verdieping
as kinders van die Here sodat jy (en ek) meer kan bruis en
minder kan brul te midde van ons realiteit en probleme.
Amid Passing Things is a collection of meditations on all the ways
God enters our lives, even when we're unaware. Based on his own
life experiences, Franciscan friar Jeremiah Shryock offers both
struggles and joys that come in a life that's consciously
encountering God-the Holy One all around us-not in some far-off
place, but right here and now in this life, amid passing things.
In 1982 aanvaar Nico Smith ’n beroep na die NG Kerk in Afrika
se Mamelodi-gemeente. Hy en sy vrou laat hulle gemaklike
lewe agter en gaan bly in Mamelodi. Hier leer Nico en Ellen
rêrig die hart van Mamelodi se mense ken, en beleef swaarkry
saam met hulle. Hulle leer wat dit beteken om swart te wees in
Suid-Afrika onder apartheid. Hulle leer ’n ander God ken, nie
die God van Nico se vaders nie, maar die God van die
verworpenes en die verdruktes.
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