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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian life & practice
A moving story, told in Ken Blanchard's appealing parable style,
of how a local church can be either a blessing or a curse to their
community.
The Most Loving Place in Town is the story of two men, a
disillusioned church elder and a gifted young pastor, who recognize
that their church has lost sight of its number one priority: loving
God and each other. They begin a search, independently at first, to
recapture their lost love and then together lead their fellowship
in a successful discovery of the secret to becoming a beacon of
love in their community. By the end of the story you clearly see
and understand why this secret, so simple yet so profound, is vital
and how to apply it to your own life and the life of your
church.
Called a "must read for Christians paralyzed in survival mode,"
Holy Currencies teaches you how your ministry can become
sustainable, grow, and thrive. Money is not the only currency your
ministry needs. Author Eric H. F. Law shows us how the six
blessings of time and place, gracious leadership, relationship,
truth, wellness, and money flow through successful missional
ministries. And they can flow through your ministry too Learn how
to use these gifts to rejuvenate, recirculate, regenerate, and
expand your ministry through Law's insightful stories, instruction,
processes, exercises, and activities. Tools in the book help
evaluate how your church uses each gift and enables church members
to measure and value the six blessings. Holy Currencies will push
you to think beyond your church's current boundaries and create
rich, sustainable missional ministries.
On Thursday as they ate the Passover meal with Jesus, the disciples
believed that the kingdom was coming and they were on the front end
of a revolution. Then came the tragedy of Friday and, somehow even
worse, the silence of Saturday. They ran. They doubted. They
despaired. Yet, within the grave, God's power was still flowing
like a mighty river beneath the ice of winter. And then there was
Sunday morning. Real, raw, and achingly honest, A Glorious Dark
meets readers in the ambiguity, doubt, and uncertainty we feel when
our beliefs about the world don't match up to reality. Tackling
tough questions like Why is faith so hard? Why do I doubt? Why does
God allow me to suffer? and Is God really with me in the midst of
my pain? A. J. Swoboda puts into sharp focus a faith that is
greater than our personal comfort or fulfilment. He invites readers
to develop a faith that embraces the tension between what we
believe and what we experience, showing that the very tension we
seek to eliminate is where God meets us.
Journey with your students through 8 weeks of the beatitudes. With
both community and individual challenges each week, this study
helps students engage the kingdom in every aspect of their
lives.This book is available as an e-book! Click here to see other
selections available electronically.
This revised and updated edition provides an even better
understanding of the essential characteristics of love. Readers
will learn the five various types of love and read an explanation
of love as many know it and as it should be. Dr. Gills provides an
in-depth study on the hindrances of love, God's agape love, and
love at its worst. The ultimate goal of this book is to receive
love at its finest by accepting God's love for us, showing our love
for God, and giving love to others.
Children aged 5-8 will enjoy memorizing 77 of the Bible’s key Scripture
verses in this fun and engaging format. First they read the Scripture
verse, then they write it out and then they color in the creatively
designed Scripture verse. Repetition is the key to memorization and
this easy-to-use tool will help parents and Sunday school teachers sow
the seeds of Scripture into children’s hearts. Ideal for use in Sunday
School and homeschooling Christian curriculum.
The author of "The Gospel of" "Inclusion" continues to rouse
organized religion as he raises controversial issues and provides
enlightening answers to the deepest questions about God and faith.
What is God? Where is God? Who is the one true God? Questions such
as these have driven a thousand human struggles, through war,
terrorism, and oppression. Humanity has responded by branching off
into multiple religions, including Christianity, Judaism,
Islam--each one pitted against the other. But it doesn't have to be
that way.
In "God Is Not a Christian, nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu" . . ., the
provocative and acclaimed Bishop Carlton Pearson follows up on his
celebrated first book, "The Gospel of Inclusion," to tackle these
questions and many more, exploring new ideas about God and faith
and putting forth the stunning assertion that God belongs to no
particular religion but is an ever-loving presence available to
all. For these beliefs, Bishop Pearson lost his thriving
Pentecostal ministry but was catapulted instead into a greater
pulpit. His readership has grown through appearances on national
television and an extensive speaking schedule. With the world in
the midst of a holy war, there is no better time for the wisdom of
Bishop Pearson to reach a global audience.
Bishop Pearson's many loyal fans, along with new readers, will
surely welcome this provocative and eye-opening exploration of a
deeper faith, one that goes far beyond any fundamentalist way of
thinking, be it Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, etc. Simply put,
Bishop Pearson dares to tell the truth so many others are too
afraid to face.
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