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Author: Daniel Erlander
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9780984841417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough imagination, clarity, humor and cartoon, Daniel Erlander retells the Bible's story. Follows the themes of bread and forgiveness.
Author: Lenny Duncan
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2019-07-02
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 1506452574
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLenny Duncan is the unlikeliest of pastors. Formerly incarcerated, he is now a black preacher in the whitest denomination in the United States: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Shifting demographics and shrinking congregations make all the headlines, but Duncan sees something else at work--drawing a direct line between the church's lack of diversity and the church's lack of vitality. The problems the ELCA faces are theological, not sociological. But so are the answers. Part manifesto, part confession, and all love letter, Dear Church offers a bold new vision for the future of Duncan's denomination and the broader mainline Christian community of faith. Dear Church rejects the narrative of church decline and calls everyone--leaders and laity alike--to the front lines of the church's renewal through racial equality and justice. It is time for the church to rise up, dust itself off, and take on forces of this world that act against God: whiteness, misogyny, nationalism, homophobia, and economic injustice. Duncan gives a blueprint for the way forward and urges us to follow in the revolutionary path of Jesus. Dear Church also features a discussion guide at the back--perfect for church groups, book clubs, and other group discussion.
Author: Herbert W. Chilstrom
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781932688610
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe memoir of the Rev. Dr. Herbert W. Chilstrom, the first presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It is the story of his life as it intertwines with the church from baptism to the present day. The book begins with a reflective account of his family roots, childhood, education, pastoral and teaching career. Subsequent chapters include his life as a synod bishop, his role in the formation of the ELCA and his ministry as the first presiding bishop of that church. Although central to the narrative is his focus on leadership, it is done in the context of the larger scene, bringing into focus the major historical events that were happening at the time. Embedded in his story are deeply personal accounts of his family experience, including the role of his wife Corinne, the trauma of the death of their son Andrew, and the impact of his handicapped brother David.
Author: Megan Rohrer
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2016-05-12
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 1365105261
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA unique combination of sermons, essays and storytelling, Queerly Lutheran provocatively examines the roots of Lutheran tradition and delivers Good News to Lutherans of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Using the sex life of Martin Luther as a model, Queerly Lutheran invites readers and the contemporary church to reexamine our past and work towards a more welcoming future. This text includes an Extraordinary Prayer Calendar for congregations and individuals who would like to include queer saints (past and present) to their prayer life.
Author: George A. Mayer
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This is the history of a certain Frederick Mayer family of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, starting in the middle of the 19th century ... The story first centers on Frederick Mayer and Philippina Laubenheimer Mayer ... The word 'Mayerei" designates and includes all members of this particular Mayer family."--Introduction.
Author: Theodore Gerhardt Tappert
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1959-01-01
Total Pages: 742
ISBN-13: 9781451418941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConfessional writings of the Lutheran Church and other information essential to understanding the confessions.
Author: Various Authors,
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2008-09-02
Total Pages: 6793
ISBN-13: 0310294142
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.
Author: Etan Diamond
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2003-06-24
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780253109811
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho has time for community in the modern metropolis? The answer may surprise you: apparently lots of us. As this book discusses, religious communities have long been an important way for people in all parts of the modern city to come together. Whether in new suburban subdivisions, in rural areas undergoing change, or in inner-city neighborhoods, people of all social backgrounds, races, and economic means have used their congregations as a way to set down new roots and to hold on to old ones. Focusing on Indianapolis, Indiana, a city in America's geographical and cultural heartland, Souls of the City describes the range of changes to America's cities and American religion during the last decades of the 20th century. In showing the historical ability of religious congregations to become "places" of worship, this book challenges those who lament the soulless nature of modern metropolitan life.
Author: Josephus Nelson Larned
Publisher:
Published: 1911
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13:
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