Firsthand
Firsthand

Author: Ryan Shook

Publisher: WaterBrook

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1601427220

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Stop copying someone else's religion. Start living out a faith that's all your own. A “firsthand” faith is never what somebody tells you it should be, even if that person is a parent, friend, or pastor. “Firsthand” means you went after it for yourself and now it’s all yours. That kind of faith is changes everything, but most people only find it by facing tough questions. Like: • If God is real, why does he feel far away? • Can I ever get past the dos and don’ts of church? • Why should I even try to follow God when I fail so often? • How do I experience a relationship with Christ that’s more than surface level? • Is it possible to have authentic faith when I have so many doubts? • How can I connect with others who take firsthand faith seriously? In these pages, Ryan and Josh Shook talk candidly about growing up in church only to realize that “how things are supposed to be” had stopped working for them. They set out to find what makes a young person’s faith stick—or not. Each chapter is designed to spark a discussion, and comes complete with personal inventories, Bible teaching, small-group discussion questions, and links to original video. Now includes bonus “Looking Back from Here” Q&A with the authors

First Hand Faith
First Hand Faith

Author: Bruce Wilkinson

Publisher: Vision House

Published: 1996-05

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781885305374

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"Why do godly parents have rebellious kids?" is a question asked by many heartbroken parents. This book has answers and solutions. It's based on Bruce Wilkinson's classic message called, The Three Chairs. This book includes the distinct roles of dads and moms, what to do when children make bad choices, how to create a legacy that can be passed on to children, and much, much more.

Secondhand Jesus
Secondhand Jesus

Author: Glenn Packiam

Publisher: David C Cook

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781434766397

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When life derails, our thin view of God is challenged. We can walk away, or let our questions lead us home. As you wrestle with God, engaging Him for yourself, you--like Jacob, Job and David--will see rumors die and revelation come alive.

Migrating Faith
Migrating Faith

Author: Daniel Ramírez

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2015-09-14

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1469624079

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Daniel Ramirez's history of twentieth-century Pentecostalism in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands begins in Los Angeles in 1906 with the eruption of the Azusa Street Revival. The Pentecostal phenomenon--characterized by ecstatic spiritual practices that included speaking in tongues, perceptions of miracles, interracial mingling, and new popular musical worship traditions from both sides of the border--was criticized by Christian theologians, secular media, and even governmental authorities for behaviors considered to be unorthodox and outrageous. Today, many scholars view the revival as having catalyzed the spread of Pentecostalism and consider the U.S.-Mexico borderlands as one of the most important fountainheads of a religious movement that has thrived not only in North America but worldwide. Ramirez argues that, because of the distance separating the transnational migratory circuits from domineering arbiters of religious and aesthetic orthodoxy in both the United States and Mexico, the region was fertile ground for the religious innovation by which working-class Pentecostals expanded and changed traditional options for practicing the faith. Giving special attention to individuals' and families' firsthand accounts and tracing how a vibrant religious music culture tied transnational communities together, Ramirez illuminates the interplay of migration, mobility, and musicality in Pentecostalism's global boom.

Lessons on Faith
Lessons on Faith

Author: Alonzo Trevier Jones

Publisher: TEACH Services, Inc.

Published:

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1479605158

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This is a compilation of articles and sermons given in the 1890's by Jones and Waggoner on Righteousness by Faith. A popular best seller for years, this is one of the finest books on victorious Christian living available. It gives the "how-to" of overcoming, and explains many hard-to-understand passages in the Book of Galatians. Find out firsthand what the 1888 message really is!

Faith at the Edge
Faith at the Edge

Author: Robert N. Wennberg

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2009-10-23

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 0802864732

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Wennberg explores the important questions of existential doubt using the wisdom and insight of such figures as Blaise Pascal, G.K. Chesterton, Simone Weil, C.S. Lewis, and Martin Marty. He lays out a credible theological account of what happens during doubt.

Be the Message
Be the Message

Author: Kerry Shook

Publisher: WaterBrook

Published: 2014-09-09

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0307729613

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Maybe you’re troubled by the disconnect between the words you speak and the life you live. Maybe you’d like to see your faith become more active and life-changing in the world around you. Pastor Kerry and Chris Shook felt that way. Even though their calling involved preaching and teaching, they became weary of sermons and words. They felt a gap between what they were saying and the needs of people around them. They decided to do something about it. Be the Message is their story of waking up to the gospel—not just a gospel of words and sermons, but the gospel of intention and action and people. They discovered a profound secret: You Are the Gospel As they explored the deeper truths of scripture, the verse “the word of God lives in you” came alive. Digging deeper, they discovered that the gospel message is really about life message—your life lived out. God’s call to you is simple: Be the Message Be the Message opens up a new world of understanding about what God calls you to. As the Shooks learned, the gospel is not about what you say. It’s about who you are and what you do—and how you can be God’s hands and feet in the world. What would happen if we talked about God less and walked with God more? Be the Message reminds us that Christianity was meant to be a faith of action, not a faith of words. Yet often we sacrifice doing something for the sake of talking about it. When we actually act out on our faith, we find our faith grows even more. You can do more than nothing. People’s lives are changed when you allow your life to be the gospel to the world. Living out the gospel in the world today is both simple and costly. The Shooks explore that paradox through biblical stories and their own experience of making a decision to live out the gospel in practical ways. Choosing to be the gospel changed their family, church and personal relationships with God. How can it change your life?

Mexican Martyrdom
Mexican Martyrdom

Author: Fr. Wilfrid Parsons

Publisher: TAN Books

Published: 1936

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1505104300

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Mexican Martyrdom is a series of true stories of the terrible anti-Catholic persecutions which took place in Mexico in the 1920s. Told by the Jesuit priest, Fr. Wilfrid Parson, these stories are based upon cases he had seen himself or that had been described to him personally by the people who had undergone the atrocities of those times. Though most contemporary readers don t know it, a full-fledged persecution of the Church, with thousands of martyrdoms, took place in modern times, just south of our own border including the famous Jesuit priest, Fr. Miguel Pro, was martyred before a firing squad during this persecution.

Ferguson and Faith
Ferguson and Faith

Author: Francis, Leah Gunning

Publisher: Chalice Press

Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0827211058

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The shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, reignited a long-smoldering movement for justice, with many St. Louis-area clergy stepping up to support the emerging young leaders of today's Civil Rights Movement. Seminary professor Leah Gunning Francis was among the activists, and her interviews with more than two dozen faith leaders and with the new movement's organizers take us behind the scenes of the continuing protests. Ferguson and Faith demonstrates that being called to lead a faithful life can take us to places we never expected to go, with people who never expected us to join hands with them. Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community is the first book from the partnership of the Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE) and Chalice Press.

Portable Faith
Portable Faith

Author: Sarah Cunningham

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2013-03-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1426771266

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Help church members to talk their faith into their everyday worlds. Portable Faith provides simple but effective ways to help people go public with their faith. Author Sarah Cunningham provides samples of activities and exercises that encourage people to meet others in the community—for example: begin by mapping out where your church members live; create a fellowship meal of ethnic foods that come from the church's surrounding community; start a reading group at work; or simply participate in a neighborhood watch. These activities are flexible and workable even with small budgets. They can be done by individuals, Bible study groups, Sunday morning classes, or by the entire church. By the end of the book, Sarah Cunningham hopes that readers will look at their church community with new eyes.