The Scandal of Stumbling Blocks
The Scandal of Stumbling Blocks

Author: James Durham

Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books

Published: 2020-10-20

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1601788029

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Have you ever considered the seriousness of causing someone else to stumble? That is, to hinder someone’s spiritual wellbeing. Does it surprise you that the apostle Paul describes it as evil (Rom. 14:20)? In The Scandal of Stumbling Blocks , James Durham helps us to consider the matter deeply by defining the nature of stumbling as well as showing its serious consequences. He looks in considerable detail at different kinds of stumbling and identifies the ways that people can stumble and be stumbled. Durham provides practical advice for avoiding and preventing offense. Now edited in modern English, Durham’s classic treatment on considerate Christianity can be used to edify a new generation. Table of Contents: 1. Why Is Stumbling Important? 2. What Is Stumbling? 3. What Are the Different Kinds of Stumbling? 4. What Ways Do We Stumble Others? 5. To What Extent Should We Avoid Stumbling Others? 6. How Can Believers Prevent Stumbling? 7. How Can Ministers Prevent Stumbling? 8. What Are the Key Truths about Stumbling?

The Scandal of Undisciplined Disciples
The Scandal of Undisciplined Disciples

Author: James Durham

Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books

Published: 2022-12-30

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1601789645

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Mention church discipline and people often react in discomfort. But did you know that Jesus made discipline a test of whether a church meets His approval (Revelation 2–3)? In The Scandal of Undisciplined Disciples, James Durham helps us to understand the matter by defining the nature of discipline and explaining when it is necessary. He identifies practical issues related to administering church discipline and shows how we can know when a case has been satisfactorily resolved. He also explains why simply leaving a church fails to address the issue and even provides practical advice for unfortunate instances when discipline is defective. Now presented in modern English, Durham’s classic treatment on the importance of church discipline can be used to edify a new generation. Table of Contents: 1. Why Does Church Discipline Matter? 2. When Is Church Discipline Necessary? 3. How Should Church Courts Handle Disciplinary Cases? 4. When Has a Discipline Case Been Satisfactorily Resolved? 5. What Practical Issues Arise in Administering Church Discipline? 6. Why Does Separation from a Church Fail to Address the Issue? 7. What Should Church Members Do when Discipline Is Defective?

The Internal Stumbling Block
The Internal Stumbling Block

Author: Dr.D. K. Olukoya

Publisher: The Battle Cry Christian Ministries

Published: 2014-06-26

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13:

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There is an unhealthy phenomenon in the modern day Church. The majority of believers, today, have simply refused to grow up. Instead of living as adult believers, they have remained babyish in their comportment and behaviour. Many christians have idols hidden in their heart. Many may not see them but they are open secrets before God. Many are experts at deceiving themselves. A fresh fire from heaven is needed to effect a change in these situations. Are you interested in departing from a life of the valley for the mountain-top-life? Is it your earnest desire that God should use your life as a battle axe? Are you tired of spiritual epilepsy in your walk with the Lord? Then this simple, profound and heart-searching book is for you

Bread of Life
Bread of Life

Author: Father Louis J. Cameli, PhD

Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications

Published: 2022-01-05

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 161833042X

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Bread of Life: Exploring the Presence of Eucharist in Our Lives, by Fr. Louis Cameli, focuses on the role that the Eucharist takes in Catholic life. Fr. Cameli gives a personal account of the role of the Eucharist in his own life, explores what Jesus wanted to give us when he gave us the Eucharist by considering chapter six of John’s account of the Gospel, and considers central human questions through the lens of the Eucharist. Reflection questions are included so that readers may reflect on the book on their own or in discussion with others.

The Scandal of the Gospels
The Scandal of the Gospels

Author: David McCracken

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0195084284

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This book argues that the gospels are in an important sense "occasions for offense." The Jesus of the gospels is a scandal (skandalon, in the original Greek) and he is never more scandalous than when he is speaking in parables. Interpreters of the gospels over the centuries have consistently labored to domesticate the offense or to eliminate it entirely. David McCracken, focusing on parables, Matthew's narrative contexts, and the gospel of John, seeks to recover the gospels' sense of Jesus as skandalon. To this end, he enlists the help of Kierkegaard, the philosopher of offense, and to a lesser extent that of Bakhtin, both of whom prove to be surprisingly apt conversation partners for the evangelists.

Second Corinthians
Second Corinthians

Author: David E. Garland

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 0805401296

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One in an ongoing series of esteemed and popular Bible commentary volumes based on the New International Version text.

Baxter's Practical Works, Volume 1
Baxter's Practical Works, Volume 1

Author:

Publisher: Lettermen Associates

Published: 2007-12

Total Pages: 1034

ISBN-13: 9780963682109

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"The editor's preface (1707), p. xiii stated that the works of Richard Baxter are 'perhaps the best body of practical divinity that is extent in our own or any other tongue.' Richard Baxter lived from 1615-1691. The DIRECTORY was completed in 1665. Its scope was intended to cover all of practical theology, a summa of casuistry . . ." Timothy Keller calls it "the greatest manual on Biblical counseling ever produced."