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Ministry of Healing was first published in its present form in
1905. Its roots, however, began as far back as the 1860s with
materials Ellen White wrote for publications such as Health
Reformer, Good Health, Appeal to Mothers, How to Live, and
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene. This electronic version is
a full text rendition. Over 200 hand drawn illustrations from that
era have been restored and add much to its attractiveness and study
value. Christ spent more time healing and ministering to the
physical needs of suffering humanity than he did to preaching. He
related to people in the areas of their felt need and after gaining
their attention and indebtedness he ministered to their spiritual
needs, encouraging them to "go and sin no more." He was indeed the
pattern Medical Missionary. Through His example in ministry He
calls not only health professionals but every admirer of His to
"come and follow Me." This book helps us to see the natural laws of
our bodies as the divine laws of a loving Creator. Practical
counsel guides us in our day-to-day care of our physical being in
ways that will greatly maintain physical health and in general
provide us a longer, more productive, and enjoyable life span.
There is also much information on how to best minister to those who
are suffering physically, mentally, and spiritually. There is good,
practical advice on how to provide effective home health care
which, in many instances, will diminish, the need for professional
health care and fewer medications.
When Mike got his dream job as an FBI agent, he never thought he
would also be called as an LDS bishopfour times! Follow Mike as he
recalls his adventures as an FBI agent and inspiration as a bishop.
As Mike "fought crime and Satan with a pistol in one hand and
scriptures in the other," he learned the importance of obedience in
both jobs. Filled with surprises and unexpected thrills, and told
with humor and ease, Agent Bishop: True Stories from an FBI Agent
Moonlighting as a Mormon Bishop is the perfect memoir for the FBI
agent in all of us!
American evangelicalism often appears as a politically
monolithic, textbook red-state fundamentalism that elected George
W. Bush, opposes gay marriage, abortion, and evolution, and
promotes apathy about global warming. Prominent public figures hold
forth on these topics, speaking with great authority for millions
of followers. Authors Stephens and Giberson, with roots in the
evangelical tradition, argue that this popular impression
understates the diversity within evangelicalism an often insular
world where serious disagreements are invisible to secular and
religiously liberal media consumers. Yet, in the face of this
diversity, why do so many people follow leaders with dubious
credentials when they have other options? Why do tens of millions
of Americans prefer to get their science from Ken Ham, founder of
the creationist Answers in Genesis, who has no scientific
expertise, rather than from his fellow evangelical Francis Collins,
current Director of the National Institutes of Health?
Exploring intellectual authority within evangelicalism, the
authors reveal how America s populist ideals, anti-intellectualism,
and religious free market, along with the concept of anointing
being chosen by God to speak for him like the biblical prophets
established a conservative evangelical leadership isolated from the
world of secular arts and sciences.
Today, charismatic and media-savvy creationists, historians,
psychologists, and biblical exegetes continue to receive more
funding and airtime than their more qualified counterparts. Though
a growing minority of evangelicals engage with contemporary
scholarship, the community s authority structure still encourages
the anointed to assume positions of leadership.
Exploring the surprising presence of Christian Science in American
literature at the turn of the 20th century, L. Ashley Squires
reveals the rich and complex connections between religion and
literature in American culture. Mary Baker Eddy's Church of Christ,
Scientist was one of the fastest growing and most controversial
religious movements in the United States, and it is no accident
that its influence touched the lives and work of many American
writers, including Frances Hodgson Burnett, Willa Cather, Theodore
Dreiser, Upton Sinclair, and Mark Twain. Squires focuses on
personal stories of sickness and healing-whether supportive or
deeply critical of Christian Science's recommendations -penned in a
moment when the struggle between religion and science framed
debates about how the United States was to become a modern nation.
As outsized personalities and outlandish rhetoric took to the
stage, Squires examines how the poorly understood Christian Science
movement contributed to popular narratives about how to heal the
nation and advance the cause of human progress.
"The is one of the most illuminating updates on the current state
of Mormonism that I have ever seen. It brings Mormonism's unstable,
changeable truth clearly into view, and provides a convincing
warning against the most polytheistic religion ever offered to the
modern world." - Dr. Gleason Archer, Professor of Old Testament and
Semitics at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
This book candidly examines Seventh-day Adventist history and
doctrines. Beginning with self-appointed prophet William Miller who
convinced over 50,000 New Englanders that in1844 Christ would come
again in fiery judgment. Then the birth of Adventism as those who
explained that Miller had misunderstood the prophecy and judgement
had begun not on earth but in heaven. The book explores SDA
prophetess, Ellen White whose "visions" urge their members to
proclaim that in end-times all Christians worshipping on the first
day of the week will receive the Mark of the Beast, then hunt down
and torture Adventists. The book thoroughly documents the history
of Sunday church services to disabuse member's belief that those
who worship on Sunday are disobeying the fourth commandment.
Written to lift the wounded Adventist's eyes to Christ for healing;
however pastors, theologians, those with Adventist family,
neighbors, colleagues and friends will find this book a treasure in
understanding Adventism.
Rooted in Mennonite Central Committees nearly six decades of work
alongside Palestinians and Israelis, "Under Vine and Fig Tree"
examines ways in which the Bible has been used to justify violence
and dispossession, and ways it can be received as a life-giving
word for Palestinians and Israelis wishing to live securely under
their own vines and fig trees. (Christian)
Bring the Spirit into your home and raise your children in
righteousness with this fabulous help for mothers. Not only will
you learn some slick tricks for teaching your children, but you
will also find yourself uplifted, edified, and ready to take on the
challenge of child-raising!
This 1879 edition is divided into chapters and verses, with
references. It is in a single column format originally published by
Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Understanding the illusionary concept that holds millions of
Jehovah's Witnesses captive by controlling how they think and act
without them realizing it.
Is Bethany Baptist Academy God's choice? Ask the fundamentalist
Christians who teach there or whose children attend the academy,
and their answer will be a yes as unequivocal as their claim that
the Bible is God's inerrant, absolute word. Is this truth or
arrogance?
In "God's Choice," Alan Peshkin offers readers the opportunity to
consider this question in depth. Given the outsider's rare chance
to observe such a school firsthand, Peshkin spent eighteen months
studying Bethany's high school--interviewing students, parents, and
educators, living in the home of Bethany Baptist Church members,
and participating fully in the church's activities. From this
intimate research he has fashioned a rich account of Christian
schooling and an informed analysis of a clear alternative to public
education.
The -culture story- of evangelicalism during the second half of the
twentieth century has been well told. It is important now to think
about the theological mission of the church in an ever-increasing
post-Christian and post-partisan context. What is the theologian's
calling at the beginning of the third millennium? How do global
realities impact the mission of evangelical theology? What sense
can be made of the unity of evangelical theology in light of its
many diverse voices? This collection of essays draws together a
stellar roster of evangelical thinkers with significant
institutional memory of the evangelical movement who nonetheless
see new opportunities for the evangelical voice in the years ahead.
Contributors Os Guinness Michael S. Horton Richard Lints Bruce
McCormack Mark Noll J. I. Packer Gary Parrett Rodney Peterson
Cornelius Plantinga Tite Tienou Kevin J. Vanhoozer Adonis Vidu
Miroslav Volf
Published for the first time fifty years after the author's death,
Studies of the Book of Mormon presents a respected member of the
LDS hierarchy's investigation into Mormonism's founding scripture.
Reflecting his talent for combining history and theology, B. H.
Roberts considered the parallels between the Book of Mormon and
Ethan Smith's View of the Hebrews, which predated publication of
the Latter-day Saint scripture by seven years. If the Book of
Mormon reflects misconceptions current in Joseph Smith's day
regarding Indian origins are its theological claims suspect,
Roberts wondered.
In this and other research, it was Roberts's proclivity to go
wherever the evidence took him -- in this case to anticipate and
defend against potential future problems but also to discover for
himself the truth of the matter. Yet the manuscript was poorly
received by his colleagues. For other church leaders, institutional
priorities overshadowed epistemological integrity; the questions
Roberts raised would remain unaddressed.
Roberts's path-breaking work has been judged by editor Brigham
D. Madsen to be methodologically sound and as relevant today as
when it was first penned. Madsen includes the documents'
provenances, a biographical essay, correspondence to and from
Roberts relating to the manuscript, and other scholarly
apparata.
The emergence of the Mormon church is arguably the most radical
event in American religious history. How and why did so many
Americans flock to this new religion, and why did so many other
Americans seek to silence or even destroy that movement? Winner of
the MHA Best Book Award by the Mormon History Association Mormonism
exploded across America in 1830, and America exploded right back.
By 1834, the new religion had been mocked, harassed, and finally
expelled from its new settlements in Missouri. Why did this
religion generate such anger? And what do these early conflicts say
about our struggles with religious liberty today? In No Place for
Saints, the first stand-alone history of the Mormon expulsion from
Jackson County and the genesis of Mormonism, Adam Jortner
chronicles how Latter-day Saints emerged and spread their faith-and
how anti-Mormons tried to stop them. Early on, Jortner explains,
anti-Mormonism thrived on gossip, conspiracies, and outright fables
about what Mormons were up to. Anti-Mormons came to believe Mormons
were a threat to democracy, and anyone who claimed revelation from
God was an enemy of the people with no rights to citizenship. By
1833, Jackson County's anti-Mormons demanded all Saints leave the
county. When Mormons refused-citing the First Amendment-the
anti-Mormons attacked their homes, held their leaders at gunpoint,
and performed one of America's most egregious acts of religious
cleansing. From the beginnings of Mormonism in the 1820s to their
expansion and expulsion in 1834, Jortner discusses many of the most
prominent issues and events in Mormon history. He touches on the
process of revelation, the relationship between magic and LDS
practice, the rise of the priesthood, the questions surrounding
Mormonism and African Americans, the internal struggles for
leadership of the young church, and how American law shaped this
American religion. Throughout, No Place for Saints shows how
Mormonism-and the violent backlash against it-fundamentally
reshaped the American religious and legal landscape. Ultimately,
the book is a story of Jacksonian America, of how democracy can
fail religious freedom, and a case study in popular politics as
America entered a great age of religion and violence.
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