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The Bible is clear that the Christian life involves suffering and
temptation. So how do we find strength to handle these realities?
Bestselling author Vaughan Roberts urges Christians to be realistic
about the fallen world we live in, and also offers positive ways to
face daily struggles with confidence.
What is the nature of true worship? What are we actaully doing when
we meet together for 'church' on Sundays? And how does that connect
with what we do the rest of the week? Vaughan Roberts answers these
questions and more, as he brings readers back to the Bible in order
to define what worship is and isn't, and what it should and
shouldn't be. While we may struggle to define worship by arguing
about singing hymns with the organ, versus modern songs with
guitars and drums, or about the place of certain spiritual gifts,
Roberts suggests we are asking the wrong questions. For true
worship is more than this - it is to encompass the whole of life.
This book challenges us to worship God every day of the week, with
all our heart, mind, soul and strength.
Sixty-six books written by forty people over nearly 2,000 years, in
two languages and several different genres. A worldwide bestseller
published in countless sizes and bindings, translations and
languages. Sworn by in court, fought over by religious people,
quoted in arguments. The Bible is clearly no ordinary book. How can
you begin to read and understand it as a whole?In this excellent
overview, Vaughan Roberts gives you the big picture--showing how
the different parts of the Bible fit together under the theme of
the kingdom of God. He provides both the encouragement and the
tools to help you read the Bible with confidence and understanding.
And he points you to the Bible's supreme subject, Jesus Christ, and
the salvation God offers through him.
Is there meaning to life? Is history just random? Where does my
life fit in? These are topical questions in any age, but
particularly so in our postmodern era. Vaughan Roberts addresses
these questions and others by examining what the Bible presents as
the "turning points" in history, from creation to the end of
time.This does not read like a normal history book. It does
something far more important, to help you see history as God does,
so that you might fit in with His plans for the world.
In a fresh and readable style, Vaughan Roberts, issues a
challenging call to Christians to live out their faith. We should
be different from the world around us.Targeting difficult but
crucial areas such as our attitude to money and possessions,
sexuality, contentment, relativism and service, this teaching is
holiness in the tradition of J.C Ryle for the contemporary
generation. Roberts helps us to consider how we are to respond
biblically to the temptations and pitfalls surrounding us--giving
what we cannot keep to gain what we cannot lose.
The book God's Big Picture by Vaughan Roberts has been a valued
resource for individuals and churches in giving a simple but
thorough overview of the Bible. This DVD course provides a new
resource to accompany the book. Using the same simple thematic
approach the DVD has nine 12 minute high quality videos presenting
the content of each chapter of the book. There are free
downloadable leaders guide and members notes for each video. Gods
Big Picture - the Book. The Bible - Sixty-six books, forty authors,
written over nearly 2,000 years, in many different genres. A
worldwide best-seller published in countless translations and
languages. A book that has been sworn by in court, fought over, and
quoted in arguments. Clearly, the Bible is no ordinary book. So how
can we begin to read and understand the Bible as a whole? In this
excellent overview, Vaughan Roberts paints the big picture, showing
how the different parts of the Bible fit together under the theme
of the kingdom of God. He offers us tools to read it with
confidence, enthusiasm and understanding. Vaughan points us to the
Bible's supreme subject, Jesus Christ, and the salvation God offers
through him.
How can the sixty-six books of the Bible have a single message for
us today? What unites the vastly different accounts of God's work
in the world? How do the various genres of the Bible work together?
Vaughan Roberts believes that the Bible tells a single story for
all time. He draws out the Bible's message of Jesus Christ and
God's redemption through him in six big questions: Who rules the
world?What does it mean to be human?How should we view money?Is a
perfect relationship possible?How does the Holy Spirit work in the
world and in our lives?What is God's plan for the world?This
companion volume to Roberts's previous book, God's Big Picture,
will not only help you answer these questions, but also give you
tools to transform your own Bible study in light of the whole story
of God.
What does it mean to be a truly spiritual Christian? At a time when
there is no shortage of answers competing for our attention, how do
we know what really is from God? This book looks for answers in the
Bible, focusing on Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth.
The Corinthians really thought they had arrived. By contrast, Paul
was unspiritual, ignorant, weak and foolish. Paul writes a strongly
corrective letter, not simply to defend his reputation but to
restore them to true Christian faith. He picks up the words that
they themselves use and says, 'This knowledge, power and wisdom you
claim to have are not the real thing. What you call spirituality is
worldly. You are being directed by the mindset of the non-Christian
world rather than by the Holy Spirit.' That challenge still
applies. Paul's appeal is God's appeal to us. We too need to repent
of inadequate understandings of what it means to live by the Spirit
and instead embrace true spirituality.
What was God thinking? We live in a complex and intricate world in
a vast and awe-inspiring cosmos. It's difficult to look around and
not think No one could think all of this up or Nothing makes sense
in this world or even more troubling, This universe is so big that
something as small as I am must be insignificant.Vaughan Roberts
believes that these conclusions are tragically inaccurate. We lose
sight of our Creator and his great purpose behind our creation when
we indulge such feelings of meaninglessness. In God's Big Design he
explores the first chapters of the Bible to consider five big
questions: What is our Creator like?Why did God make human
beings?What's so special about the earth?What does God think about
sex and marriage?Is work a punishment or a gift from God?Reading
God's Big Design will remind you that despite the immensity of
God's creation, he has plans for each of us, and we can each find
our place and meaning in him.
Sixty-six books written by forty people over nearly 2,000 years, in
two languages and several different genres. A worldwide bestseller
published in countless sizes and bindings, translations and
languages. Sworn by in court, fought over by religious people,
quoted in arguments. The Bible is clearly no ordinary book. How can
you begin to read and understand it as a whole? In this excellent
overview, Vaughan Roberts gives you the big picture--showing how
the different parts of the Bible fit together under the theme of
the kingdom of God. He provides both the encouragement and the
tools to help you read the Bible with confidence and understanding.
And he points you to the Bible's supreme subject, Jesus Christ, and
the salvation God offers through him.
There is a great deal of interest in churches across the UK, US and
Europe about applying ideas from the world of leadership and
management to Christian ministry. There are those who wish to apply
(sometimes quite uncritically) mechanistic approaches which they
hope will enable churches to be run in a more `business-like'
manner. There are also those who argue that insights from
organizational studies have no place whatsoever in churches. This
innovative and original book builds on qualitative thinking about
organizational narrative and argues that it can provide significant
insights into how churches function, which is much more in keeping
with their ethos and history. As well as analysing how stories and
storytelling work in churches it also provides practical ideas for
how they can be used to improve church leadership. Taking the work
of organizational thinkers and researchers and bringing it into
conversation with biblical scholars, theologians, and church
historians, the authors establish a conversation across these
disciplines and explore how story and narrative work through and
within churches. Table of Contents: 1. What Is Leadership? 2.
Leading the Stories and Storying the Leading 3. Stories and
Identities: Story, Character and Becoming 4. Living in Multiple
Stories 5. Who Owns the Story? 6. Church Narratives: Interpretive
Stories 7. Church Narratives: Identity Stories 8. Church
Narratives: Improvised Stories 9. Curating Congregational Stories
in a Tick Box Church? Conclusion: Ten Ideas for Leading By Story in
Churches
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++++ The Poetical Works Of Herbert And Vaughan: With A Memoir Of
Each George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Robert Aris Willmott, Henry
Francis Lyte Houghton, Osgood, 1879
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