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While there are a growing number of researchers who are exploring
the political and social aspects of the global Renewal movement,
few have provided sustained socio-economic analyses of this
phenomenon. The editors and contributors to this volume offer
perspectivesin light of the growth of the Renewal movement in the
two-thirds world.
In our day, a powerful revelation has been released, teaching all believers how to enter the realm of breakthrough prayer and Kingdom authority—the Courts of Heaven.
As a believer operating in the Courts of Heaven, you have been granted the legal right to issue divine restraining orders against satan and his demons!
Through revelatory insights, Biblical examples, and supernatural testimonies, Dr. Francis Myles invites you to enter Heaven’s courtrooms, step into your place of spiritual governance, and release divine restraining orders that destroy the schemes of the enemy!
This groundbreaking teaching will empower you to:
- Restrain the devil’s power against your life.
- Increase your spiritual authority as a judge in the Courts of Heaven.
- Identify and overcome the “Delilah Spirit” that aims at your destiny.
- Apply practices modeled by key biblical figures to issue divine restraining orders.
Featuring a special chapter from bestselling author Robert Henderson, this fresh teaching includes 18 powerful activation prayers for issuing divine restraining orders against spiritual attacks, abuse, witchcraft, the spirit of poverty, premature death, and more.
Learn to demolish the adversary’s plots and step into the fullness of your Kingdom destiny!
Evangelical Bible study groups are the most prolific type of
small group in American society, with more than 30 million
Protestants gathering every week for this distinct purpose, meeting
in homes, churches, coffee shops, restaurants, and other public and
private venues across the country. What happens in these groups?
How do they help shape the contours of American Evangelical life?
While more public forms of political activism have captured popular
and scholarly imaginations, it is in group Bible study that
Evangelicals reflect on the details of their faith. Here they
become self-conscious religious subjects, sharing the intimate
details of life, interrogating beliefs and practices, and
articulating their version of Christian identity and culture.
In Words upon the Word, James S. Bielo draws on over nineteen
months of ethnographic work with five congregations to better
understand why group Bible study matters so much to Evangelicals
and for Evangelical culture. Through a close analysis of
participants' discourse, Bielo examines the defining themes of
group life--from textual interpretation to spiritual intimacy and
the rehearsal of witnessing. Bielo's approach allows these
Evangelical groups to speak for themselves, illustrating Bible
study's uniqueness in Evangelical life as a site of open and
critical dialogue. Ultimately, Bielo's ethnography sheds much
needed light on the power of group Bible study for the
ever-evolving shape of American Evangelicalism.
The Amish relationship to the environment is much more complicated
than you might think. The pastoral image of Amish communities
living simply and in touch with the land strikes a deep chord with
many Americans. Environmentalists have lauded the Amish as iconic
models for a way of life that is local, self-sufficient, and in
harmony with nature. But the Amish themselves do not always embrace
their ecological reputation, and critics have long questioned the
portrayal of the Amish as models of environmental stewardship. In
Nature and the Environment in Amish Life, David L. McConnell and
Marilyn D. Loveless examine how this prevailing notion of the
environmentally conscious Amish fits with the changing realities of
their lives. Drawing on 150 interviews conducted over the course of
7 years, as well as a survey of household resource use among Amish
and non-Amish people, they explore how the Amish understand nature
in their daily lives and how their actions impact the natural
world. Arguing that there is considerable diversity in Amish
engagements with nature at home, at school, at work, and outdoors,
McConnell and Loveless show how the Amish response to regional and
global environmental issues, such as watershed pollution and
climate change, reveals their deep skepticism of environmentalists.
They also demonstrate that Amish households are not uniformly lower
in resource use compared to their rural, non-Amish neighbors,
though aspects of their home economy are relatively
self-sufficient. The first comprehensive study of Amish
understandings of the natural world, this compelling book
complicates the image of the Amish and provides a more realistic
understanding of the Amish relationship with the environment.
You Were Created to Know the Shepherd's Voice--and Speak His Words
to the World This is a pivotal time in the Body of Christ: As the
world tumbles into darkness, credibility issues have arisen within
the prophetic movement, causing believers to be disillusioned,
frustrated and unsure whom to trust. Yet God is speaking more
clearly than ever before. Are we willing--and able--to listen? Full
of hope and practical insights, this book brings you back to the
basics of how to hear and speak the words of God. By digging into
10 biblical, prophetic values, Pastor James Levesque shows how
cultivating qualities like perseverance, hope and generosity will
help you hear God clearly and accurately--and represent Him with
integrity. In these unprecedented times, His voice must be our
guide, and His Word must be our lamp. And as you follow where He
leads, you will speak peace to the enemy's storms and be the light
the world so desperately needs.
Why do you believe what you believe? Do you base it on your own
opinions, other people's opinions, popular culture, scholars, the
media? Or do you base your beliefs on the Bible, and the Bible
only? God's inspired Word has stood the test of time, and it is the
only solid foundation that we have to base our beliefs on.
Thirty-Five Reasons Why I Keep the Bible Sabbath relies on the Word
of God to clearly document why the seventh-day Sabbath of the Bible
is, was, and will remain the true Sabbath. With clarity and sound
conclusions, the author outlines thirty-five biblical reasons why
he keeps the Sabbath, and why all Christians should return to their
biblical roots. This book is an excellent resource for personal
study. It is also a wonderful book for sharing with others or using
as a basis for Bible studies.
The ?Nonconformist conscience? was a major force in late Victorian
and Edwardian politics. The well-attended chapels of England and
Wales bred a race of Christian politicians who tried to exert a
moral influence on public affairs. This book analyses the political
impact of the Nonconformists at the peak of their strength when
they were near the centre of key debates of the time over such
matters as the growth of the British Empire and state provision of
social services. They had also launched campaigns of their own to
disestablish the Church of England and to secure public control of
the nation's schools. Based on extensive original research, this
study is the first to examine these themes.
Development was founded on the belief that religion was not
important to development processes. The contributors call this
assumption into question & explore the practical impacts of
religion by looking at the developmental consequences of
Pentecostal Christianity in Africa, & contrasting Pentecostal
& secular models of change.
How has a Christian movement, founded at the turn of the twentieth
century by the son of freed slaves, become the fastest-growing
religion on Earth? Neo-Charismatic Pentecostalism has some 600
million followers worldwide, and by 2050 their numbers will grow to
1 billion: that's one in ten people. This is the religion of the
Holy Spirit, with believers gaining direct experience of God and
all that comes with it: success for the mind, body, spirit and
wallet. But Pentecostalism is also a cultural movement. It speaks
to the most impoverished people in Africa and Latin America, and
inspires anti-establishment leaders from Europe to Australia, South
Korea to Brazil. It throws itself into culture wars and online
activism, offering meaning and community to rootless Westerners
adrift in a fragmenting world. Beyond Belief is the first
journalistic investigation into this revolution exploding across
the globe. Visiting twelve countries and eight American states,
Elle Hardy exposes a timeless tale of miracles, money and power,
set in our volatile age of extremes. She exposes the Pentecostalist
agenda: not just saving souls, but transforming societies. These
modern prophets, quietly embedded in our institutions, have the
cash and the influence to do it. 'A fantastic read. Hardy gets
right into the nucleus of the Pentecostal movement with empathy and
a sharp journalistic eye. An incredibly important book.' - Erica
Buist, author of This Party's Dead: Grief, Joy and Spilled Rum at
the World's Death Festivals 'An arresting, page-turning narrative,
worthy of the pageantry, vivacity and charm of Pentecostalism.
Ambitious in its coverage and earnest in its exploration, Beyond
Belief is a truly compelling account of the world's foremost
Christian renewal movement.' - Ebenezer Obadare, author of
Pentecostal Republic 'Informative, engaging, and unsettling, Beyond
Belief is an in-depth exploration of global Pentecostalism in
lively, accessible prose.' - Chrissy Stroop, journalist,
commentator and senior researcher on the Postsecular Conflicts
Project
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