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God's identity is beyond what we could ever fully express in human words. But Scripture uses one particular word to describe the distinctiveness of God's character: the Hebrew word hesed.
Hesed is a concept so rich in meaning that it doesn't translate well into any single English word or phrase. Michael Card unpacks the many dimensions of hesed, often expressed as lovingkindness, covenant faithfulness, or steadfast love. He explores how hesed is used in the Old Testament to reveal God's character and how he relates to his people. Ultimately, the fullness of hesed is embodied in the incarnation of Jesus.
As we follow our God of hesed, we ourselves are transformed to live out the way of hesed, marked by compassion, mercy, and faithfulness. Discover what it means to be people of an everlasting love beyond words.
God desires for us to pour out our hearts to Him, whether in joy or
pain. But many of us don't feel right expressing our anger,
frustration, and sadness in prayer. From Job to David to Christ,
men and women of the Bible understood the importance of pouring
one's heart out to the Father. Examine their stories and expand
your definition of worship.Also available: "A Sacred Sorrow
Experience Guide" (9781576836682, sold separately), to help
individuals or small groups get the most out of this book.
Jesus' life is a song that still resonates down through the ages.
His deeds and words speak with beauty and mystery, both comforting
and confounding us. Who is this man? Over the course of his career,
singer-songwriter Michael Card has explored the depths of Scripture
by bringing together biblical study and the power of the
imagination. Now he sheds light on the life of Jesus through
lyrical reflections on the four Gospels. These forty meditations
lead us to a place where Jesus becomes real and we can hear him
with both hearts and minds. Listen again to the life of the
Nazarene. And discover anew the music of Christ in your soul.
"When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the
truth." - John 16:13 "He who saw this has testified so that you
also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows he is telling
the truth." - John 19:35 With time and experience comes wisdom.
John, the longest-surviving of the apostles, recorded in his Gospel
a portrait of Jesus that displays the depth of years of reflection
on who Jesus is and what he means to the world. Writing in light of
the philosophies of his day, John describes Jesus as the incarnate
Word, the divine Logos, the embodiment of all truth and wisdom. In
this last volume of the Biblical Imagination Series, Michael Card
completes his work on the four Gospels. He shows how John stands
alongside the other Gospel writers to fill out the picture of
Jesus' divine identity, with stories and sayings of Jesus not
recorded by the others. This Jesus reorients our understanding of
ourselves and the world around us, offering us nothing less than
the way, the truth and the life. Like John before him, Card has
written these words so that we may better believe that Jesus is the
Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing we have life in his
name.
Jesus was condemned . . . so we could be set free. He was wounded .
. . so we can be healed. He died . . . so we might have life. The
cross has lost much of its appeal as a symbol of Christianity. Yet
what Christ did at the cross remains central to our faith. In this
richly designed book, Michael Card reflects on what it means for
Christians that we meet our savior at a cross. Card combs the Old
Testament prophecies and Gospel accounts of Jesus' self-sacrifice,
seeking a renewed vision of the cross-the inconceivable meeting
place of violence and grace.
"Follow Me," Jesus told them, "and I will make you into fishers of
men " Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. --Mark
1:17-18 The Gospel of Mark is a book of action and passion. Events
happen one after another, with a vivid sense of immediacy and
urgency. Jesus? emotions come through strongly--at times he is
angry and distressed, other times filled with compassion. In this
volume, Michael Card provides a lively tour of the Gospel of Mark.
As a friend and interpreter of Simon Peter, Mark gives firsthand
glimpses of the life and ministry of Jesus in vibrant and energetic
narration. The first Gospel to be written, Mark is a "pamphlet for
hard times," encouraging Christians that all their sufferings were
already endured by Jesus. Accompany Mark on his journey with Jesus.
The more clearly you see Jesus here, the greater your passion will
be for him.
"His father and mother were amazed at what was being said about
Him." Luke 2:33 "Everyone was amazed at all the things He was
doing." Luke 9:43 "He went home, amazed at what had happened." Luke
24:12 From start to finish, the book of Luke is filled with
amazement. Throughout the life and ministry of Jesus, those who met
him were astonished by their encounter, from the shepherds at the
nativity to the disciples at the empty tomb. With careful attention
to detail, Michael Card embarks on an imaginative journey through
the Gospel of Luke. He introduces us to Luke the historian and
imagines his life as a Gentile, a doctor and a slave. Card explores
Luke's compelling account of this dynamic rabbi who astounded his
hearers with parables and paradoxes. What might Luke have
experienced as he interviewed eyewitnesses of Jesus? What leads
Luke to focus on the marginalized and the unlikely? Why does Luke
include certain details that the other Gospel writers omit? Join
Michael Card in the work of opening heart and mind to the "Gospel
of Amazement."
What did Jesus write in the sand while the angry crowd dropped
their stones and drifted away? Michael Card suggests scholars have
debated the wrong question for years, and that we should ask not
what Jesus wrote but why. He points us to a deeper understanding of
the creative impulse, our hunger for beauty and its essential part
of our lives in Christ.
Have you ever had an experience where you felt particularly aware
of God? If God is real, and we are created in God's image, then it
makes sense that our minds and bodies would be designed with the
perceptive ability to sense and experience God. Scientists are now
discovering ways that our bodies are designed to connect with God.
Brain research shows that our brain systems are wired to enable us
to have spiritual experiences. The spiritual circuits that are used
in prayer or worship are also involved in developing compassion for
others. Our bodies have actually been created to love God and serve
our neighbors. Award-winning journalist Rob Moll chronicles the
fascinating ways in which our brains and bodies interact with God
and spiritual realities. He reports on neuroscience findings that
show how our brains actually change and adapt when engaged in
spiritual practices. We live longer, healthier, happier and more
fulfilling lives when we cultivate the biological spiritual
capacity that puts us in touch with God. God has created?our bodies
to fulfill the Great Commandment; we are hardwired to commune with
God and to have compassion and community with other people. Moll
explores the neuroscience of prayer, how liturgy helps us worship,
why loving God causes us to love others, and how a life of love and
service leads to the abundant life for which we were created. Just
as our physical bodies require exercise to stay healthy, so too can
spiritual exercises and practices revitalize our awareness of God.
Heighten your spiritual senses and discover how you have been
designed for physical and spiritual flourishing.
"You are the salt of the earth . . . You are the light of the
world." Matthew 5:13-14 "I also say to you that you are Peter, and
on this rock I will build My church." Matthew 16:18 The world tries
to define us in different ways. We try to define ourselves one way
or another. But who are we really? How does God define us? The
Gospel of Matthew was written to a group of Christians who didn't
yet know who they were. They were faithful Jews in the synagogue
community in Galilee who had found the Messiah. Jesus had changed
everything. But how should they think of themselves now, as Jewish
or Christian? What did it all mean? Matthew writes his Gospel to
help his readers define their new identity as followers of Jesus
the Messiah. Michael Card unpacks how Matthew's emphasis on
fulfillment confirms their Jewish connection to the Torah, while
his focus on the kingdom helps them understand their new identities
in Christ. Matthew presents this process of redefinition as an
exercise of the imagination, in which Jesus reshapes who we are in
light of who he is. Come alongside Matthew in this pilgrimage, and
discover how your new identity in Christ fulfills all that you are
meant to be.
This is an anthology written by the writers' group, Breathe. We are
a small group located mostly in the extreme north of Maine.
However, a few of our members have moved to other parts of the
globe. This is our fifth book together.
With this Bible study, a companion book to "A Sacred Sorrow"
(9781576836675, sold separately), you and your small group can
fully grasp the importance of voicing your heart's joys and pains
to the Father. Job, David, Jeremiah, and Jesus Himself understood
the necessity of lament.
"The ultimate reason for getting to know Peter is so together we
might better know Jesus. For the story of Peter is the story of
Jesus. Perhaps, if you and I do our best, the same will be said of
us someday"--Michael Card. In A Fragile Stone, songwriter and
musician Michael Card explores the dynamic, contradictory life of
the apostle Peter. The fruit of years of careful study, A Fragile
Stone revisits well-known passages and discovers unexpected
insights, painting a portrait of Peter that is both familiar and
jarring. With a scope spanning the entire New Testament, Card
reveals how the impetuous fisherman of the Gospels was transformed
into the pivotal leader of the early church. The life of Simon
Peter thus serves as a model for Christian discipleship, offering
hope that we likewise can be changed as Jesus calls us to follow
him. This companion study guide, written by Michael Card with Dale
and Sandy Larsen, provides nine inductive Bible studies on the life
of Peter, with discussion questions for group study or individual
reflection.
Most of us, at some point, experience the sense of God's absence.
Michael Card says that rather than letting the distance widen, this
is exactly the time for a deeper pursuit of God. The method he
proposes is recovery of the profound, biblical practice of lament.
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