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BATTERED BUT NOT SHATTERED Rape, incest, alcoholism, addiction,
mentally torture...the list could go on and on with ways that sin
poisons our lives. Whether the sin is self- imposed or committed by
someone else, it always has the power to cause us utter despair and
a deep-seated sense of shame. Shame often convinces us we are
irreparably damaged at our very core. The enemy wants us to believe
this lie. God says that there is nothing about us that cannot be
redeemed God can bring absolute and total healing to the places
where we bury our darkest, most shameful secrets. In our lives,
storms come and go. Some storms come to take you down but some come
to take you higher. The word God lets us know in the book of Mark
chapter 4:37-39, that there was a great storm that arose. The wind
was fierce and the waves were so ferocious that the boat which
Jesus and His disciplines were in was full of water. This story
tells us that Jesus was in the rear of the ship, asleep on a
pillow. His disciples woke him up and asked him, "Don't you care if
we perish, Master?" Jesus got up and rebuked the wind, and said to
the sea "Peace be still." When Jesus spoke to the storm, the wind
ceased and there was great calm. This incident teaches us that
despite the storms we face in life, when Jesus is in our boat (our
lives), and we let Him speak to our storms, we may get battered but
we will never be shattered. Loretta Hunt Freeman, a preacher, and
teacher. Her obedience's is is to go wherever God leads to share
his powerful word . Carson Samuel Freeman, Loretta 's husband is a
great Guitarist.
This volume considers two authors who represent different but
complementary responses to social injustice and human degradation.
The writings of Walter Rauschenbusch and Dorothy Day respond to an
American situation that arose out of the industrial revolution and
reflect especially-but not exclusively-urban life in the east coast
of the United States during the late nineteenth and first half of
the twentieth century. Although these two authors differ greatly,
they both reacted to the extreme social inequality and strife that
occurred between 1890 and the beginning of World War II. They
shared a total commitment to the cause of social justice, their
Christian faith, and an active engagement in the quest for a just
social order. But the different ways they reacted to the situation
generated different spiritualities. Rauschenbusch was a pastor,
writer, historian, and seminary professor. Day was a journalist who
became an organizer. The strategic differences between them,
however, grew out of a common sustained reaction against the
massive deprivation that surrounded them. There is no spiritual
rivalry here. They complement each other and reinforce the
Christian humanitarian motivation that drives them. Their work
brings the social dimension of Christian spirituality to the
surface in a way that had not been emphasized in the same focused
way before them. They are part of an awakening to the degree to
which the social order lies in the hands of the people who support
it. Both Rauschenbusch and Day are examples of an explicit
recognition of the social dimension of Christian spirituality, and
a radical acting out of that response in two distinctly different
ways.
As one of the most revered Baptist preachers of his time, Charles
Haddon Spurgeon's eventful and prolific life and career offer
outstanding inspiration for all Christians to this day. In the
first volume of Spurgeon's autobiography, we witness his rise from
modest obscurity, embarking on a long road toward fame and
admiration as a representative of God on Earth. A lengthy, lively
and detailed biography is helped by the fact that Spurgeon was an
effusive and prolific talker and author of many documents: he would
recount incidents of his life on paper and in speeches regularly.
We find in this volume the famous instance in which the young
Spurgeon encountered his call from God. When Spurgeon was aged
fifteen, a violent snowstorm forced him from his route into a
Methodist church where he felt the Lord beckon him to service.
After this, he undertook parochial study with great fervor, and
quickly became a respected teacher in his local Sunday School,
gaining the nickname 'the boy-preacher of the Fens'.
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An Unforgettable Story of Life After Death "The cold voice of the
anesthesiologist recited the typical 'count backward from 10'
cadence. Darkness closed around me before he got to 7. That's when
I found out what it's like to die--and to come back from the dead."
It was a beautiful winter's day, showing no signs of what was to
come. Steve Sjogren, pastor of one of America's fastest growing
churches, went into the hospital for routine gall bladder surgery
and died--twice. What began as a tragic medical accident led to
Steve's encounter with death, an experience of unimaginable peace
and some surprises, with comforting words from God, a meeting with
an angel, and seeing those who had died before him. If you, or
someone you know, are fearful of dying, curious about heaven, or
simply desiring to live life to its fullest, this encouraging book
could change how you view life and death.
R. Donald Shafer knows life is a story and that all of our
stories are different. This memoir spans seven decades of his life
as a son, brother, friend, husband, father, pastor, bishop, church
administrator, and grandfather. Shafer chronologically and
topically narrates his unique journey with the hope that his
stories will encourage others to look up, laugh, love, and
ultimately lift their spirits to accept all that life has to
offer.
Shafer begins with his birth in a little Pennsylvania village
where he tells of peaceful times growing up near his grandparents.
With four siblings, caring parents, an affirming pastor, and
fascinating neighbors, life is exciting. During his adolescence
Shafer decides to follow Jesus, a decision that changes his life
forever. Working at mowing lawns, delivering newspapers, dancing at
the high school prom, and a few car accidents are escapades of his
youth. Shafer details his college life and love stories of meeting
his future wife. Beyond his expectations, he becomes an ordained
pastor, church leader, bishop, and even a public relations man.
Contemporary church planting on a shoestring and relational caring
for pastors marked this church administrator's career.
"Laugh, Love, and Lift" shares one man's uplifting journey
through life as he discovers the importance of loving
relationships, unyielding faith, and hope for the future.
Satish Kumar and his friend EP Menon embarked on an 8,000-mile
peace pilgrimage from India to Washington, from the grave of
Mahatma Gandhi to the grave of John F Kennedy. Walking at the
height of the cold war, taking no money with them and declining all
offers of transport and donations, they talked to heads of state
around the world and met with peace activists such as Martin Luther
King Jr. along the way. Kumar, author of No Destination and Earth
Pilgrim, tells the story of their pilgrimage in this autobiography.
When the philosopher Bertrand Russell was imprisoned for his
anti-nuclear activities, this was a call to action for Kumar. If a
90-year-old man would go to jail for peace, what could Kumar
contribute to the struggle? So he set out to walk to the four
nuclear capitals of the world - Moscow, Paris, London and
Washington. A young Georgian woman he met along the way gave him
packets of tea to give to the leaders of these countries, so that
they would stop and have a cup of tea when they might "get the mad
impulse to press the nuclear button". He was determined to deliver
a packet of this Peace Tea to each of the leaders. From New Delhi
to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and the Soviet Union, through
Poland, East and West Germany, Belgium, France and England, to the
US and finally Japan, Kumar and Menon walked for two and a half
years. They faced severe challenges - walking illegally without a
visa in the Soviet Union, imprisonment in France and experiencing
the Jim Crow laws in the USA - but everywhere they were met with
incredible generosity from the people who housed and fed them.
Pilgrimage for Peace is a book about trust - in yourself, your
companions, and humanity - about confidence, resilience and the
courage to stretch your limits. It is an ode to the power and the
solace of pilgrimage, to peace, disarmament and hospitality. It is
an adventure story that shows how travel can bring people together
in hope and help them understand one another. It demonstrates how
you don't always need money to see the world, just time and
patience. With conflict and war constantly in the news today, this
book is a timely testament not only to these pilgrims for peace,
but to the many people who cheered them on their way, seeing in
them the harbinger of a new peaceful future.
" The cop busted through the door and I dove out the window and
into the cold night air. It was 4am, mid-December, and all I was
wearing was my underwear. A thin swirl of snow circled the ground,
three floors below.
With his gun in one hand, the cop grabbed my leg as soon as I
was out the window. He held me in place, and I stood perpendicular
to the outside wall of the building. I tried to kick off the wall
with the foot that was free, but I kicked the cops hand instead,
and he dropped his gun and loosened his grip on my leg.
I pulled free and flew away, and as I floated in the air, time
played a cruel trick on me. It let me fall so slow that I had
plenty of time to think how bad it was going to hurt when I
landed.
I calmly wondered if I would be alive once I hit the ground. I
was comforted by the thought, that; if I wasn't, I would have made
good my escape. The cops would certainly have me then; but, at
least I would be free.
It felt good, sailing through that black void, expecting what
was to come. Because, in that period of time, I was free ... I was
as free as a bird in captivity."
The book of Soulties is about a litte girl who from the beginning
of her life of entering into the world is faced with some very
difficult challenges. This is the first time that God began
performing miracles, but it would not be the last Thankfully she
comes from a family of believers who knew how to go before the Lord
and have the faith to believe that He would perform miracles, but
as she grew up her life began taking turns that would lead her
astray until her life was plagued with some serious health issues
and after being told to prepare for her funeral did she learn that
this was the first time in her life that she had to go to God for
herself. This book is about why the enemy tries to attack as soon
as we enter into this world and how God is fighting for us to make
the right decisions because he knows what He has in store for our
lives It's all about exposing the enemy and moving forward into the
things of God.
Many times in our lives things happen to us that we know without a
shadow of a doubt that God intervened. Matthew 1: 23. Most of the
time we do not realize until after the experience for months and
years later that God intervened. Without the Holy Spirit we could
miss the work of the Lord altogether. Over a period of years, I
have been a witness of the Lord. The Lord has spoken with me to
write down these experiences to bless, encourage and build faith in
many. To stay humble, anointed, stating each experience, and the
miracle way the Lord himself has performed them in my life. Most of
all let them know. I am alive: yes Jesus is alive and working the
same miracles today as He did when He was on earth. He is the same
yesterday, today and forever more. He is Omnipresent, Omnipotent,
and Omniscient.
The first half of this two part book tells the story of an
ordinary boy enriched by his mother's faith yet torn apart by a
bitter divorce. Maintaining his religious underpinnings, Mark
struggles through the divorce and graduates from college with a
degree in finance. This takes him to the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange where he makes millions of dollars, marries his wife and
retires at the age of 36. Shortly after, Mark received a Master's
degree in Theology setting the foundation for the remainder of his
life. The first half of the book ends with the death his forth
child, Kevin, which becomes the catalyst for a tremendous spiritual
conversion.
The second half of the book walks the reader through that
conversion documenting the steps taken to accomplish it. A
discussion of physics is used to set up a foundation for further
explanations in theology. This discussion results in a need to
re-evaluate the meaning of Mark 8:29 when Jesus asks: "Who do you
say that I am?" The result is a shift from orthodox religion to a
focus on Sophian Gnosticism. Time is spent focusing on Kabbalah and
The Tree of Life, and on a special sign Mark created called the
"Sign of the Tree." Kabbalistic teachings on reincarnation and
suffering are explored. Mark applies these teachings to his life by
leaving the material world behind, going to work at a homeless
shelter, and becoming a hospice volunteer.
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