More Like the Master teaches us how to reflect Christ's character in daily living, attempting to bridge the gap between doctrine and everyday life. This is done through word studies on terms like grace, love, and righteousness, with application to Jesus and how these terms apply to us. This book shows the unity between the Old Testament and New and demonstrates how Israel should have known God and recognized Him in the person of Jesus.Dr. Jaeggli seeks to answer questions such as, Do we seek to worship the true God? Or do we merely worship our own concept of God?
I have been interested in writing since the second grade, but it was only after I trusted in God and began a close walk with Him that I have written this book. God truly has spoken to my heart and allowed me to write the poetry and prose found in When God Speaks. This is a book that has been written from life experiences and deep meditation. I write about many joys and sorrows that come straight from the heart. Many of the words are the way I perceive life in and through others. People are a blessing and are meant to be encouraged and filled with love and happiness. It is with joy that I share my thoughts, poetry, and prose with family and friends and, yes, with strangers yet to become friends. I hope you find this book a joy and an encouragement to read again and again. Frances Ann Spillers
In the aftermath of the waves of discipleship programs that have swept over the church in the last 30 years, clergy, and laypersons alike are more confused than ever about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. What should a disciple of Jesus look and act like today? What is the relationship between discipleship and salvation, between discipleship and sanctification, between discipleship and ministry? How were disciples of Jesus different from other disciples in the ancient world? How did the early church carry out Jesus' agenda in "making disciples of all the nations"? In Following the Master, Michael J. Wilkins addresses these and many other questions that perplex the church today- not by offering another discipleship program or manual but by presenting a comprehensive biblical theology of discipleship. Following the Master compares other forms of master-disciple relationships in existence in the ancient Judaism and Greco-Roman world, traces Jesus' steps as he called and developed disciples, and Mediterranean world as it followed Jesus' command to make disciples. Following the Master lays the groundwork necessary for developing biblical discipleship ministries in the church, on the mission field, and in parachurch ministries. It is essential reading for all pastors, students, and Christian workers.
From the Foreword: "This book of gospel music is a collection of lyrics and chords representing th e familiar praises of Jesus Christ. The chords, noted above the lyrics, will aid in the accompaniment of the songs. The starting note indicates the first note of the melody. The main purpose of this book is to give the gospel singer a place to find his favorite songs and all the verses he may wish to sing. Some of these familiar songs date back to the early Christian Church, while others are contemporary. One will find here th e longstanding hymns of the Church, revival songs and choruses, Negro spirituals, and children’s songs. I have truly enjoyed putting this collection together for you. I hope you will find this book both a blessing and an inspiration to your spiritual life. God bless you."
The Bible is God's description of His creation from the beginning of time to the end of time. Amid all the pages, of wonder and mystery, are people like you and me. AIM to Be Like Jesus describes the thread God has woven around human lives""a thread by which He calls out to mankind. His words are simply, "Here I am! I stand by the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20). While writing the book The BE Attitudes for Christians, I very clearly observed the many characters, whose lives God has given us as examples. It was these characters who inspired me to write my next book, AIM to Be Like Jesus. There were many characters I could have chosen, but I chose people who, in my opinion, portrayed a unique quality. These Bible characters have human attitudes that they purposely chose to use for God. This book begins with Abel, who was considered righteous because of his pleasing sacrifice to God. It ends with Jesus, who was righteous, perfect, and was used as the final sinless sacrifice for mankind. The acronym "AIM" is to help the reader focus on: the attitude to be developed, instruction about the characters, and meditation on Scripture about the characters. When characters in the Bible come alive, I often wonder, "Could I be like that?"
To question the idea of hell as a default destination is to question the entire fundamentalist evangelical worldview. This book does just that. Fundamentalist evangelicalism holds that the Bible is an infallible authority and that all are born in sin. Sinners go to hell, but Jesus, taking their place, died to save them from hell. How did this belief come to be? What were the effects on people brought up with a belief in the reality of hell? What has been the process of people leaving the fundamentalist evangelical movement? In Bad Girls and Boys Go To Hell (or not), Gloria Neufeld Redekop takes us on her own personal journey as she engages a movement in which she was raised, conducting a careful study of the history of fundamentalist evangelicalism, the attachment to a literal-factual interpretation of the Bible, and an analysis of the experience of those who have left the movement.
A Horse and His Christian is all about change - how to make wonderful changes in your life. It describes in a very entertaining story how Reginald Ridgeland, your average Christian, discovers the three concepts that will produce real and lasting change. It teaches you all about the Horse who actually runs your life. And each of us has such a Horse. You are invited to the wonderful world of Reginald Ridgeland and his Horse Reg. They will transform your life-if you want them to. You're in for quite a ride! JOHN TUFF was born and raised in the Finger Lakes region of central New York. Upon graduation from Roberts Wesleyan College he became the founding Director of the Teen Challenge Center in Rochester, New York. This was followed by twenty years as a pastor and ten years as a counselor. He has a master's degree in counseling from SUNY Brockport. John's previous book, "The Magic of God's Love," describes the spiritual journey, which led him to the conviction that God is love. In this book, he shares the amazing principles that can actually change our lives. John thoroughly enjoys his life as a presenter and writer; especially when talking about God's love and the transformation it produced in him. He shares his journey with his wife Patty, 3 children and 4 grandchildren. John and Patty reside in Florida where he continues to council and teach.
Journey with a family through six months in “the valley of the shadow of death” as an aggressive lung cancer takes a beloved, firstborn son through the worst battle of his life. A Purple Heart recipient from the Afghan war, Scott’s war with cancer will highlight and underline the survival on a distant battlefield only to die on a familiar home front. Share the thoughts and memories of a dad reflecting on the irony of the number forty, and read of his memories of his past that helped him endure one of the greatest tragedies of his life, the death of his son in his fortieth year. Witness the miracles in the midst of the misery as family and friends rally to help this family cope with an incurable disease. Note the sadness that comes when this father’s father passes away at the height of his grandson’s struggle for survival. Hear the glimmer of hope that comes from looking “beyond” to happier and fairer days coming in the blessed place called heaven. See the faith that sustains through insomnia and illness, heartache and heartbreak. Learn the precepts from the Bible that that will not only help one understand the process but understand the purpose of why someone so young passes away. This book is more about departing than dying; more about heaven than earth; and more about acceptance than bitterness.
Christ was not a boring preacher! 'How wonderful it would be,' says Stuart Olyott in the introduction to Ministering Like the Master, 'if Christian preachers throughout the world were ministering like their Master!' Drawing on examples of Christ's preaching from the Gospels, Olyott challenges preachers today with three features of their Master's ministry. Christ's style and method were not boring, but gripping. Christ's preaching was evangelistic. Christ's ministry was more than just preaching; his whole life was ministry. In a fresh, compelling and practical way, Olyott guides preachers away from some of the perils and pitfalls that could hinder their success. In so doing, he shows us just how essential Christ's example is to those who seek to minister in his name today.
