A Heavenly College Education on an Earthly Budget
A Heavenly College Education on an Earthly Budget

Author: Lee Martinson

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing

Published: 2008-12

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 159858667X

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Don't pay an arm and a leg through the nose for a lousy college degree This 2-in-1 book has what you need to doto gain admission to a Heavenly Education college and win scholarships. Serious advice-sprinkled with humor Inside you'll discover: Book One-Get an education of worth and pay less - Why a college degree may be a financial disaster unless done right - 10 Financial Aid planning things to do immediately - Proven methods that will guarantee you free money for college - How to find a college that'll set your brain on fire-a college free of drugs and violence where you'll love learning - Book Two-Strategies for college admission and winning scholarships. - Why some straight-A students are rejected - Avoid stink-bomb essay themes - Write drop-dead gorgeous essays - Use a resume as a secret weapon - Uniqueness and how to have it

Practice for Heaven
Practice for Heaven

Author: Gabriel C. Statom

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2015-02-16

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1498207219

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Do you wonder what our worship will be like in Heaven? The center of our faith is based on believing in Jesus Christ, with the assurance that we will live with him and the Father for eternity. God gives us a glimpse of what that will be like in heaven while we are on earth. Throughout the Bible, we see the pomp and circumstance that surrounds the throne of God. With angels and trumpets, white robes and crowns, we see that God is enthroned with true worship from beings that desire to give him their undivided worship and praise. The visions of heavenly worship presented throughout scripture are the most concrete images that the Bible gives the church for interpreting how we should conduct earthly worship in our corporate gatherings. Practice for Heaven looks at the role of music in the bible, the corporate consensus of what has been acceptable for public worship in the past, and why church music should look to heaven for creating music to aid the churches ongoing worship. Just as a musician practices his or her instrument, all of our worship--and all of our music in corporate worship--is essentially practice for heaven.

Life as a Vapor
Life as a Vapor

Author: John Piper

Publisher: Multnomah

Published: 2009-01-16

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 0307563863

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31 meditations from the founder of Desiring God that will connect you to a fresh understanding of God and renew your faith. "You do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away" (James 4:14). Living knowing that your life is a vapor is different than just living. Things here are passing away. You’ve got to hold on to what will stand. Savor what matters. This collection of thirty-one articles is full of that heart-longing after Christ that distinguishes Piper’s preaching ministry. You will feel as though you have stumbled into a garden as you enter these pages. The Scripture cuts, Christ is exalted in God, and we worship Him. Life Is Short. Eternity Is Long. Live Like It. You will exist forever. You and God are both in the universe to stay—either as friends on His terms, or enemies on yours—which it will be is proven in this life. And this life is a vapor. Two seconds, and we will be gone. In these thirty-one meditations, John Piper will connect you to a fresh understanding of God and a renewed relationship with Him. You’ll find your faith stirred to make every day count for Christ when you consider life as a vapor. Story Behind the Book Time is precious. We are fragile. Life is short. Eternity is long. Every minute counts. Oh, to be a faithful steward of the breath God has given me. Three texts resound in my ears: “Redeem the time” (Ephesians 5:16 ); “It is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy” (1 Corinthians 4:2); “His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me” (1 Corinthians 15:10 ). Surely God means for our minutes on earth to count for something significant. Paul said, “In the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain” (Philippians 2:16). In the same way, I have good hope from the Lord that my “labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58 ).

The Spiritual Practice of Remembering
The Spiritual Practice of Remembering

Author: Margaret Bendroth

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 0802868975

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We often dismiss history as dull or irrelevant, but our modern disengagement from the past puts us fundamentally out of step with the long witness of the Christian tradition. Yet, says Margaret Bendroth, the past tense is essential to our language of faith, and without it our conversation is limited and thin. This accessible, beautifully written book presents a new argument for honoring the past. The Christian tradition gives us the powerful image of a vast communion of saints, all of God's people, both living and dead, in vital conversation with each other. This kind of connection with our ancestors in the faith, Bendroth maintains, will not happen by wishing or by accident. She argues that remembering must become a regular spiritual practice, part of the rhythm of our daily lives as we recognize our world to be, in many ways, a gift from others who have gone before.

A Thousand Hills to Heaven
A Thousand Hills to Heaven

Author: Josh Ruxin

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0316232890

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One couple's inspiring memoir of healing a Rwandan village, raising a family near the old killing fields, and building a restaurant named Heaven. Newlyweds Josh and Alissa were at a party and received a challenge that shook them to the core: do you think you can really make a difference? Especially in a place like Rwanda, where the scars of genocide linger and poverty is rampant? While Josh worked hard bringing food and health care to the country's rural villages, Alissa was determined to put their foodie expertise to work. The couple opened Heaven, a gourmet restaurant overlooking Kigali, which became an instant success. Remarkably, they found that between helping youth marry their own local ingredients with gourmet recipes (and mix up "the best guacamole in Africa") and teaching them how to help themselves, they created much-needed jobs while showing that genocide's survivors really could work together. While first a memoir of love, adventure, and family, A Thousand Hills to Heaven also provides a remarkable view of how, through health, jobs, and economic growth, our foreign aid programs can be quickly remodeled and work to end poverty worldwide.