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When Jesus commissioned his followers, he was not just inaugurating
the historical church, he was founding a missionary
movement.Originally released by Missional Press and now revised and
expanded to include a multi-session discussion guide, Steve
Addison's Movements That Change the World draws from biblical,
historical and contemporary case studies to isolate the essential
elements of a dynamic missionary movement. The church fulfills its
mission today to the extent that it honors these essential
elements, modelled perfectly in Jesus? missionary enterprise:
white-hot faith commitment to the cause contagious relationships
rapid mobilization adaptive methods Throughout the ages Jesus'
followers have been called to continue his movement in the power of
the Holy Spirit. Like many such movements, it changed the world.
Unlike most movements, which have their historical moment and then
fade away, Christianity is actively, continually changing the world
for the better.
If you want to know where and how the church is going to grow,
think local and global. Think glocal. Glocal is Bob Roberts' term
for the seamless connectedness between the local and global. That
connection is affecting the church in ways that never could have
been imagined in the first-century church, or even the
twentieth-century church. And it's creating unprecedented
opportunities for individuals and churches-for you and your
church-to live out their faith in real time across the world.
Glocalization offers a vision of the unprecedented changes of our
times and how they are impacting the church. Discover how these
changes will transform the way churches define their mission and
how Christians relate to one another and to the world. This
provocative book turns the traditional mission-agency model upside
down and shows how transformed people and churches can make a
glocal (global and local) impact. Glocalization offers an exciting
vision for churches and individuals who want to reach this changing
world for Christ.
Transformation lays the groundwork for what church and Christian
community can become in this new century. Author and pastor Bob
Roberts Jr. is one of the architects of this unique approach to
Christianity-based on biblical and missional discipleship-that he
calls T-Life (transformed life), which leads to a T-World
(transformed world). Ever since Jesus' commission to make disciples
in his name, Christianity has transformed lives and the world at
large. To those watching, it must have looked like an upstart
religion led by a group of men, most of whom were martyred for
their beliefs. The voice of secular culture today is no louder and
no more indulgent than it was in those days. And yet much of the
Western church has settled for becoming just another mass media
market that's adding to the noise, instead of a movement that
continues to turn the world upside down. Drawing inspiration from
early church history and the emerging church in the developing
world, Roberts envisions a new way of engaging the local church to
achieve common goals. He calls for: Building a church culture
rather than a church program. Empowering the local church to invest
in the global missions field. Consistently reestablishing our
relationship with Jesus Christ in order to experience true
transformation. In fact, all this begins with a growing,
interactive relationship with God that includes personal and
corporate worship. This, in turn, results in community. As
community serves others, transformation has both a global and local
impact and creates transformation in the world. Transformation
redefines the focus and practice of the church, not from external
bells and whistles, but from the internal transformation of the
very character of its people.
As Christians, we're called to love our neighbors--"all" our
neighbors. But is that even possible? And can we truly love them
well?
People often think of their neighbors as those already belonging
to their "tribe" or community. It's safe, it's easy, and it doesn't
often cause conflict--politically or religiously. But in today's
world, everyone and everything is interconnected globally in an
ever-changing cultural landscape, while religious strife runs
rampant. Is it feasible for Christians to live their faith boldly
and lovingly while entering into a true relationship with
"neighbors" of other faiths, both locally and globally?
In "Bold as Love," Pastor Bob Roberts shows you what it looks
like to live out your faith daily in the global public square among
people of other faiths--Jews, Muslims, atheists, Hindus, Buddhists.
While he admits that it can be challenging to engage people of
other faiths whose beliefs are as strong as yours, he demonstrates
how to enter into this critical dialogue in a radical yet loving
way. "We have to learn to speak with one conversation and give the
same message everywhere to everyone," he says. "We are commanded to
love God and love others. And sometimes that requires risky
boldness."
Roberts invites you to respond to this call to live a life of
fearless and loving engagement with the world. So take the risk
Your faith wasn't made to live in isolation. It's something you do
face-to-face, heart-to-heart, hand-to-hand. Whether you are in a
suburb of Houston or a village in India, put away the fear and
suspicion and, instead, answer the call to radically love others
the way God loves. And get ready to see your life "and" the lives
of those you touch--your family, your community, even your
enemies--transformed
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Rough and Tumble (Paperback)
Bob Roberts; Foreword by Richard May
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Bob Roberts and his friend Bully worked nights and saved every
penny they could make to buy Thelma, a 27-foot Looe smack, and fit
her out for her epic voyage. After testing her out in the North
Sea, they headed for Panama, by way of Madeira and the Azores.
Australia was in their minds, as times were hard in England. Their
plans fell apart in the Cocos islands, where they were shipwrecked,
and soon found themselves on a hair-raising voyage with treasure
hunters aboard the bluenose schooner, "Franklin Barnet".
I wrote this book to share my experiences with this terrible
disease, and to hopefully give others some information up front
before they get deep into the throws of this horrible Wishing
blessings on everyone touched by this disease, and patience in
abundance toward those they are caring for.
"Putemdown Bob" battles the universal problem of toilet seat
injustice as he guides his readers to the ultimate solution in "The
Ups and Downs of Toilet Seat Etiquette." He traces the course of
toilet history and cites the social upheaval caused by this
evolution of modern life. He uses both common sense and scientific
principles to bring forth an enlightened rule of etiquette for all
to follow. In what will ultimately become the new "bathroom bible"
he exhorts us to follow his new rule and eliminate toilet seat
terror throughout the world.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This is the fate of an unlikely romance that transcends the
barriers of age and race. There is humour, passion, irresistible
electric attraction, guilt, and heart-breaking sadness.
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