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The Sealed Portion-Another Testament of Jesus Christ is the second
part of the Book of Mormon, which millions of people throughout the
world accept as the word of God along with the Bible. Joseph Smith,
Jr. (1830), the founder of the Mormon faith, claimed to have
received gold plates from an angel of God named Moroni. When he
received the plates, Smith relates that 2/3 of them were sealed.
The angel Moroni commanded him not to break the seals, but to
translate only the portion of the plates that was unsealed. It was
prophesied that the sealed portion of the plates would one day be
given to the people of the world. Using two stones called the Urim
and Thummim, Joseph Smith translated the unsealed portion. Before
returning the plates to the angel Moroni, Joseph showed them to
several others. These men gave their personal testimony as
witnesses to the existence of the plates and to the truthfulness of
the Book of Mormon. Claiming to have received the same instructions
to translate the sealed portion of the gold plates, an obscure man,
once an active member of the LDS faith, who goes only by the name
of Christopher, has published the remaining sealed portion. Though
others have made similar claims before him, none has ever testified
that he received the Urim and Thummim that was prepared by God to
translate the plates, and none has made claim that he has received
the exact same gold plates that were in Joseph Smith's
possession-except for Christopher. This book is a result of that
translation. The Sealed Portion-The Final Testament of Jesus
Christ, written by Moroni, relates the vision seen by the Brother
of Jared. Within the pages, the entire history of mankind is
covered. It begins with the kingdom where the spirits of the
children of men were first created, and continues through until the
end of the millennium, when the earth will be restored to a state
similar to the garden of Eden, and the planets will be prepared as
the degrees of glory in the kingdom of God. The most accurate and
precise account ever given of the life of Christ is contained
within the pages, including his early years with his family, his
youth, baptism, marriages, mission, and death. Moroni explains the
atonement, the LDS temple endowment, and some of the hidden
symbolism of the book of Revelation. He recounts the prophets
Ubaid, Zarathustra, Antioch, Socrates, Sythipian, Mohammad, and
Joseph Smith, Jr., among others. The histories of the Egyptians,
Hittites, Babylonians, Romans, and Americans are also covered. Also
given is the in-depth and beautiful description of Jesus'
intercessory prayer among the Nephites and the Lamanites on the
American continent. Along with the translation of the sealed
portion, the first part of the gold plates that was translated by
Joseph Smith, Jr. and subsequently lost by his scribe, Martin
Harris, is also included in this extraordinary work. This part is
known as the Book of Lehi (the lost 116-page manuscript). The full
text of Joseph Smith's reported First Vision, in which he claims to
have been visited by God the Father and Jesus Christ, is also
included in the book. The reader is lead from blindness into the
light as he or she discovers the truths written within these pages.
Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles
of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus
from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief
within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American
communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice
polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon
establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these
Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God.
At the core of Krakauer's book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty,
who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a blameless
woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched
account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer constructs a
multi-layered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion,
polygamy, savage violence, and unyielding faith. Along the way he
uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America's fastest growing religion,
and raises provocative questions about the nature of religious
belief.
Believers don't have to wait for the promised baptism in the Holy
Spirit. Following the steps outlined in this book can help them
receive this precious gift.
Let the Spirit live inside you Are you hungry for an encounter with
Jesus? Do you want to make an impact on the world? In this
power-packed book, Bill Johnson discusses how "you "can be a person
who hosts the Presence of God. Though all believers obviously have
the Spirit of God within them, there is "more" that enables you to
be so full that you overflow His Spirit into your world. Take a
journey and meet many great prophets and kings from the Old
Testament who were known as people of the Presence--people who, in
Johnson's words, "God wanted to be with." In this succinct and
powerful book, Johnson encourages you toward a pursuit of the
Presence of God above all else. In this book, you will discover:
How to pay attention to the Holy Spirit and respond to Him. How the
Holy Spirit manifests Himself. Biblical figures who were hungry for
more of God's Spirit and learned to host Him. Stories of
Presence-filled revivalists and personal encounters with the
Presence Bill Johnson writes: "We are enabled to partner with the
Kingdom of Heaven and see it released here on earth The Presence of
God within us will bring reformation to the world around
us--encountering a loving God " Host more of Him today
This book offers an authoritative overview of the history of
evangelicalism as a global movement, from its origins in Europe and
North America in the first half of the eighteenth century to its
present-day dynamic growth in Africa, Asia, Latin America and
Oceania. Starting with a definition of the movement within the
context of the history of Protestantism, it follows the history of
evangelicalism from its early North Atlantic revivals to the great
expansion in the Victorian era, through to its fracturing and
reorientation in response to the stresses of modernity and total
war in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It
describes the movement's indigenization and expansion toward
becoming a multicentered and diverse movement at home in the
non-Western world that nevertheless retains continuity with its
historic roots. The book concludes with an analysis of contemporary
worldwide evangelicalism's current trajectory and the movement's
adaptability to changing historical and geographical circumstances.
The Moravian Church became widely known and respected for its
'missions to the heathen', achieving a high reputation among the
pious and with government. This study looks at its connections with
evangelical networks, and its indirect role in the great debate on
the slave trade, as well as the operations of Moravian missionaries
in the field. The Moravians' decision, in 1764, to expand and
publicise their foreign missions (largely to the British colonies)
coincided with the development of relations between their British
leaders and evangelicals from various denominations, among whom
were those who went on to found, in the last decade of the century,
the major societies which were the cornerstone of the modern
missionary movement. These men were profoundly influenced by the
Moravian Church's apparent progress, unique among Protestants, in
making 'real' Christians among the heathen overseas, and this led
to the adoption of Moravian missionary methods by the new
societies. Dr Mason draws on a wide range of primary documents to
demonstrate the influences of the Moravian Church on the missionary
awakening in England and its contribution to the movement.
Russell Jeung's spiritual memoir shares the difficult, often
joyful, and sometimes harrowing account of his life in East
Oakland's Murder Dubs neighborhood and of his Chinese-Hakka
history. On a journey to discover how the poor and exiled are
blessed, At Home in Exile is the story of his integration of social
activism and a stubborn evangelical faith. Holding English classes
in his apartment (which doubled as a food pantry for a local
church) for undocumented Latino neighbors and Cambodian refugees,
battling drug dealers who threatened him, exorcising a spirit
possessing a teen, and winning a landmark housing settlement
against slumlords with a gathering of his neighbors-Jeung's story
is, by turns, moving and inspiring, traumatic and exuberant. As
Jeung retraces the steps of his Chinese-Hakka family and his
refugee neighbors, weaving the two narratives together, he asks
difficult questions about longing and belonging, wealth and
poverty, and how living in exile can transform your faith: "Not
only did relocation into the inner city press me toward God, but it
made God's words more distinct and clear to me...As I read
Scriptures through the eyes of those around me-refugees and
aliens-God spoke loudly to me his words of hope and truth." With
humor, humility, and keen insight, he describes the suffering and
the sturdiness of those around him and of his family. He relates
the stories of forced relocation and institutional discrimination,
of violence and resistance, and of the persistence of Christ's love
for the poor.
Jesus’ disciples heard every message, witnessed every miracle and
deliverance and healing and we don’t see one recorded time where they
asked Him, “Teach us to preach,” or “Teach us to heal,” or “Teach us to
deliver.” After spending three and a half years with the Son of God in
the flesh, they cried out to Him, “We want Your prayer life… Teach Us
to Pray!” They understood that Jesus’ public life of ministry was the
result of His private life of prayer with the Father.
It’s in light of this reality that we must begin to shift all of our
discipleship and training of the next generation. We are living in
turbulent days, therefore we must get back to the foundational
realities of intimate connection with heaven. We must come out of the
swirl of noise and busyness and distraction and reconnect to heaven so
that we will see heaven’s invasion into the earth.
Corey Russell has given himself to 30-plus hours of prayer a week for
the last 20 years, and longs to take the lessons he has learned through
all the seasons of life and impart them to as many as will receive.
Discover how:
- To tune out the noise, distractions, and busyness of our
culture and cultivate hours at the feet of Jesus
- To allow the Lord to remove all of the props we build our
lives on and hear His voice
- To ascend to the throne of God and see His power manifested
in our families, our circumstances, and our world
- To persevere in prayer when you hit walls of resistance
- To be sent with authority and power and compassion into the
world around you
- To build a life of consistent prayer that hosts the
anointing of prayer
- To go from being an echo of someone else’s message to
becoming a voice in your generation
- To develop a deeper intimacy with the Holy Spirit+BB36
Teach Us to Pray will ignite your prayer life from one that is filled
with boredom into one that is filled with power!
Practical Keys to Transforming the World around You In a world
where evil dominates the headlines, we are often left wondering,
Will good really triumph over evil? Or are we hurtling toward
oblivion? It's here, during this very hour--when political chaos
seems to reign and the media persecutes anyone who disagrees with
them--that God is searching for men and women who long for an
infusion of boldness that possesses their souls, who will take a
stand and be a voice for the Kingdom. His vision for the future is
not bleak, and he is readying a heavy rain of transformation and
revival. Here is the guidance and inspiration you need to become a
vessel that catches the downpour of the Spirit's rain--and helps
release God's Kingdom like a flood.
An explosive first-person account by a young woman who spent fifteen years in a sex cult called the Children of God, which encouraged "sacred prostitution" and taught that "The Lord is our pimp." Miriam Williams was an idealistic child of the sixties who, at seventeen, accepted an invitation from a "Jesus person" to visit a commune in upstate New York. She would soon be prostituting herself for a perverse cult that used sex to lure sinners to the Lord -- and this is her shocking, searingly honest account of a fifteen-year spiritual odyssey gone haywire. The Children of God turned its female devotees into Heaven's Harlots, leading strangers to the love of God by enticing them with the pleasures of the flesh. At its height, the cult boasted 19,000 members around the world: In such places as France and Monte Carlo, young women, Miriam among them, mingled with the rich and famous to save their souls, and in this unsparing, unnerving autobiography, she'll identify some of her high-profile "clients." She left this bizarre world in an attempt to protect her son, born through an arranged marriage and kidnapped by his father. Now, in a clear, compelling, cautionary tale, she shares both her extraordinary existence as a holy whore and the daunting experience of rebuilding a normal life -- an ordeal that led her to found a group dedicated to helping other cult survivors reclaim their souls as well.
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This collection of essays by a team of evangelical scholars
explores the legacy of Carl F. H. Henry, a neglected giant of
twentieth-century evangelicalism-contending masterfully for Henry's
continued relevance in a changing world.
On September 25, 1890, the fourth Mormon prophet, Wilford Woodruff,
publicly instructed his followers to abandon polygamy. In doing so,
he initiated a process that would fundamentally alter the
Latter-day Saints and their faith. Trading the most integral
elements of their belief system for national acceptance, the
Mormons recreated themselves as model Americans. Mary Campbell
tells the story of this remarkable religious transformation in
Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image. One of the
church's favorite photographers, Johnson (1857 1926) spent the
1890s and early 1900s taking pictures of Mormonism's most revered
figures and sacred sites. At the same time, he did a brisk business
in mail-order erotica, shooting and selling stereoviews that he
referred to as his "spicy pictures of girls." Situating these
images and more within the religious, artistic, and legal culture
of turn-of-the-century America, Campbell reveals the unexpected
ways in which they worked in concert to bring the Saints back into
the nation's mainstream after the scandal of polygamy. ?Engaging,
interdisciplinary, and deeply researched, Charles Ellis Johnson and
the Erotic Mormon Image demonstrates the profound role that
pictures played in the creation of both the modern Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints and the modern American nation.
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