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In his fourth God's Generals volume, Roberts Liardon
chronicles God's great healing evangelists of the
twentieth century.
* Oral Roberts
* Lester Sumrall
* Charles & Frances Hunter
* George Jeffreys
* F. F. Bosworth
As you read about the lives of these ministry pioneers, your
faith for signs and miracles will grow as you anticipate
seeing God's mighty hand move in the church today.
Larry Hart s Truth Aflame brings together charismatic renewal and
classic evangelical faith better than anything I have read. An
important contribution to the contemporary renaissance in
systematic theology Timothy George Dean of Beeson Divinity School
of Samford University, Executive Editor of Christianity Today As
the Pentecostal/charismatic movement continues to grow, so does the
need for solid theological resources for its members. While there
are many volumes of systematic theology available, very few are
written from a distinctly charismatic perspective. Truth Aflame
seeks to meet that need. While academically sound, Truth Aflame is
written with a practical, pastoral flavor. Larry Hart defines
systematic theology as the process of taking what the Bible teaches
and relating it to contemporary questions and knowledge. His
passion for the subject is evident: he is concerned that the reader
both grasps the magnificence of the study of God and allows these
great truths to be transformative. This Truth, then---liberating,
enlivening, and transforming Truth---becomes central to the ongoing
renewal of the church that we are seeing in our day. Dr. Hart
treats each of the traditional categories---revelation, God,
creation, humanity, sin, Christ, salvation, the church, and last
things---from a Pentecostal/charismatic perspective. He addresses
other theological viewpoints but does not get bogged down in
analysis and rebuttal. Further, he seeks to build bridges of
understanding to those evangelicals outside the charismatic
tradition. Clear, succinct, and readable, this revised and updated
edition of Truth Aflame is well-suited not only for students, but
for anyone desiring a greater understanding of
Pentecostal/charismatic theology."
This book takes a look at the faith, philosophy, and way of life of
the country's one remaining Shaker community. Lauber explores their
spiritual and daily lives by weaving together proprietary Shaker
quotations, interviews, and photographs. The result is a book that
pierces many misconceptions, most notably that the Shakers and
their faith are dead. Lauber places the topics of faith, community,
work, and worship in the context of Shaker history and contemporary
developments on the American landscape.
With over 140 million copies in print, and serving as the principal
proselytizing tool of one of the world's fastest growing faiths,
the Book of Mormon is undoubtedly one of the most influential
religious texts produced in the western world. Written by Terryl
Givens, a leading authority on Mormonism, this compact volume
offers the only concise, accessible introduction to this
extraordinary work.
Givens examines the Book of Mormon first and foremost in terms of
the claims that its narrators make for its historical genesis, its
purpose as a sacred text, and its meaning for an audience which
shifts over the course of the history it unfolds. The author traces
five governing themes in particular--revelation, Christ, Zion,
scripture, and covenant--and analyzes the Book's central doctrines
and teachings. Some of these resonate with familiar
nineteenth-century religious preoccupations; others consist of
radical and unexpected takes on topics from the fall of Man to
Christ's mortal ministries and the meaning of atonement. Givens
also provides samples of a cast of characters that number in the
hundreds, and analyzes representative passages from a work that
encompasses tragedy, poetry, sermons, visions, family histories and
military chronicles. Finally, this introduction surveys the
contested origins and production of a work held by millions to be
scripture, and reviews the scholarly debates that address questions
of the record's historicity.
Here then is an accessible guide to what is, by any measure, an
indispensable key to understanding Mormonism. But it is also an
introduction to a compelling and complex text that is too often
overshadowed by the controversies that surround it.
About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and
style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of
life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the
newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about
the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from
philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.
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!
Premier Renewal Leaders Present Complete, Accessible Guide to
Healing Ministry
The Bible is full of accounts of miraculous healing. And God is
moving as amazingly today as he was back then. Thousands are being
healed all over the world--and his children are part of it.
For the first time, premier renewal leaders Bill Johnson and Randy
Clark team up to equip Christians to minister healing. Grounded
from start to finish in Scripture, Johnson and Clark lay out the
rich theological and historical foundation for healing in the
church today. Full of inspiring stories, this book offers
practical, proven, step-by-step guidance to ministering healing,
including how to
- understand the authority of the believer in healing
- create an atmosphere of faith
- receive words of knowledge
- implement the five-step model of healing prayer
The ministry of healing is not reserved for a select few. God's
miraculous healing is part of the Good News--and every believer can
become a conduit for his healing power.
Now for the first time you can enjoy the full text of the Pearl of
Great Price as part of the popular Gospel Studies Series. This
incredibly useful guide to better understanding the Pearl of Great
Price is a helpful, user-friendly tool for your scripture study.
The full text of the Pearl of Great Price is included, with brief
notes of explanation between and within the verses to aid your
comprehension of the scriptures.
Brought to you by best-selling author David J. Ridges, Your
Study of the Pearl of Great Price Made Easier is an essential part
of our popular Gospel Studies Series. With this convenient,
informative guide, you will be better able to grasp the meaning of
the Lord's words as you feast upon them.
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.
Examines Pentecostal conversion as a force of change, revealing new
insights into its dominant role in global Christianity today. There
has been an extraordinary growth in Pentecostalism in Africa, with
Brazilian Pentecostals establishing new transnational Christian
connections, initiating widespread changes not only in religious
practice but in society. This book describes its rise in Maputo,
capital of Mozambique, and the sometimes dramatic impact of
Pentecostalism on women. Here large numbers of urban women are
taking advantage of the opportunities Pentecostalism offers to
overcome restrictions at home, pioneer new life spaces and change
their lives through the power of the Holy Spirit. Yet, conversion
can also mean a violent rupturing with tradition, with family and
with social networks. As the pastors encourage women to cut their
ties with the past, including ancestral spirits, they come to see
their kin and husbands as imbued with evil powers, and many leave
their families. Conquering spheres that used to be forbidden to
them, they often live alone as unmarried women, sometimes earning
more than men of a similar age. They are also expected to donate
huge sums to the churches, often money that they can ill afford,
bringing new hardships. Linda van de Kamp is Assistant Professor in
the Department of Sociology, University of Amsterdam, The
Netherlands.
Judy Robertson shares her unique insider's viewpoint as a woman in
the Mormon church. After she and her husband rediscovered God's
truth, they faced torment and persecution upon leaving the LDS
church. This reader-friendly book is one of the few Christian books
that focuses first on an individual's journey from Mormonism rather
than on theology or Christian doctrines. The revised edition
includes testimonies of others who have left the Mormon church and
what God is doing today through Concerned Christians. Readers will
find Out of Mormonism a useful resource for understanding and
witnessing to friends and family in the LDS church.
This is the biography of a contested memory, how it was born, grew,
changed the world, and was changed by it. It's the story of the
story of how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began.
Joseph Smith, the church's founder, remembered that his first
audible prayer, uttered in spring of 1820 when he was about
fourteen, was answered with a vision of heavenly beings. Appearing
to the boy in the woods near his parents' home in western New York
State, they told Smith that he was forgiven and warned him that
Christianity had gone astray. Smith created a rich and
controversial historical record by narrating and documenting this
event repeatedly. In First Vision, Steven C. Harper shows how
Latter-day Saints (beginning with Joseph Smith) and others have
remembered this experience and rendered it meaningful. When and why
and how did Joseph Smith's first vision, as saints know the event,
become their seminal story? What challenges did it face along the
way? What changes did it undergo as a result? Can it possibly hold
its privileged position against the tides of doubt and disbelief,
memory studies, and source criticism-all in the information age?
Steven C. Harper tells the story of how Latter-day Saints forgot
and then remembered accounts of Smith's experience and how Smith's
1838 account was redacted and canonized. He explores the dissonance
many saints experienced after discovering multiple accounts of
Smith's experience. He describes how, for many, the dissonance has
been resolved by a reshaped collective memory.
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