The Slumber of Christianity
The Slumber of Christianity

Author: Ted Dekker

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2005-07-03

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1418513881

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As believers, our walk with God is motivated by hope-not the bland, vague notion most people have, but the expectation of an exotic, pleasurable inheritance that guides us and fires our passion...or, at least, should. Ted Dekker has written an exposé on the death of pleasure within the Church. Because many of us have set aside hope and the inspired imagination that drives it, Dekker says we have been lulled into a slumber of boredom, even despondency. Our faith wanes, the joy at having been liberated fades, and we feel powerless. The Slumber of Christianity explores what robs us of happiness and how we can rediscover it and live lives that rekindle hope. The pursuit of pleasure is a gift to all humans-a function of the Creator himself, who is bent upon our happiness. It's time for Christians to reclaim our inheritance of pleasure. The Slumber of Christianity will inflame hearts toward full-fledged, mind-expanding encounters with hope, through the imagination.

The Insanity of God
The Insanity of God

Author: Nik Ripken

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 1433673088

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An amazing story of a missionary couple's journey into the toughest places on earth is combined with stories about remarkable people of faith they encountered to challenge and inspire those curious about the sufficiency of God.

Arise Sleeping Giant
Arise Sleeping Giant

Author: Tammy Gilstrap

Publisher: WingSpan Press

Published: 2010-09

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1595944168

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The Church has been lulled to sleep for generations by the tickling of her ears, with the masterful strokes of watered down doctrines that are powerless to change anything or anyone! The Church must arise in this critical hour and pursue uprightness. Thousands are leaving the Church daily. The Church has a divorce rate that rivals the world! Scores of souls are wandering around lost, dying and undone with nowhere to turn! Where are the true leaders of our day? When will they show up, step forth and put all things back into the control of our Master-Yeshua (Jesus)? We must prepare ourselves for the return of The King of Kings. The Church is not ready for that Great and Dreadful Day! Walk through the pages of this message with Tammy, a ten-year journey of gaining understanding from our Fathers perspective as to why the Church today lacks the luster and the power of her former self, and how we are to get it back!

God's Peace When You Can't Sleep
God's Peace When You Can't Sleep

Author: Thomas Nelson

Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0718037898

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God’s Peace for When I Can’t Sleep is a wonderful means for calming the mind and soothing the spirit during drawn-out restless nights. Find Comfort and Peace during Long Sleepless Nights Every evening, millions of people crawl into bed and struggle either to go to sleep or stay asleep through the quiet hours of the night. What's worse, lying awake during those dark and silent times can bring on a busy mind and anxious thoughts that make sleeping seem even more impossible. Instead of recharging and resting peacefully before the alarm rings, the early morning sunbeams are met with exhaustion and difficulty focusing. God's Peace for When I Can't Sleep is a wonderful means for calming the mind and soothing the spirit during those drawn-out periods of restlessness. Short and simple anecdotes, quotes, Bible verses, blessings, and prayers help direct ones thoughts toward a serene and tranquil place of rest, a place full of God's presence of peace. It's the perfect companion to keep within reach for any time of night or early morning hours. This is the first in a series of other topics such as: God's Peace for When I'm Anxious God's Peace for When I'm Busy (or Overwhelmed?) God's Peace for When I'm Worried God's Peace for When I'm Afraid

Overcoming Spiritual Slumber
Overcoming Spiritual Slumber

Author: Panton J. Okon, Ph.d.

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-12-29

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 9781522970514

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Overcoming Spiritual Slumber is a booklet written to encourage and challenge God's people to be passionate about God and His Kingdom, inculcating spiritual vibrancy that will foster fruitfulness and spiritual exploits. The devil tempts Christians to compromise in subtle ways but God has called His people to "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called..." (1 Timothy 6:12, MEV). This book gives insight into 1) How to harness God's grace 2) How to avoid the devil's snare 3) How to overcome distractions and offences 4) How to experience Resurrection Power 5) How to appropriate our inheritance as children of God 6) How to remain fruitful through prayer Our warfare is real and .."we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." (Ephesians 6:12, MEV). Satan tries to induce spiritual slumber in the lives of Christians but by the grace of God we can remain alert. The Bible says, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour." (1 Peter 5:8, MEV). We cannot afford to slumber for God has provided all we need to be victorious (2 Peter 1:3). This author, Rev. Panton Okon hopes that this short book will galvanize God's children into action in such a way that they would exude spiritual vibrancy and joy as we wait for the coming of our Lord, Savior and King, Jesus Christ.

Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces

Author: Jim Palmer

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2007-12-02

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1418537543

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Jim Palmer's critically acclaimed Divine Nobodies was only half the story - the deconstruction and shedding of a religious mentality that hindered his knowing God. In his next book, Jim takes the reader along into the wide open spaces of exploring and experiencing God beyond religion. Jim writes, "It is no secret that God can be lost beneath the waving banner of religion. Divine Nobodies is my story of how this happened to me. Sometimes you have to disentangle God from religion, even Christ from Christianity, to find the truth. With the help of some unsuspecting nobodies, I uncovered a new starting line with God. As I've put one foot in front of another, I've experienced God in ways that are deeply transforming." Each chapter revolves around a central question related to knowing God on fresh terms: Is God a belief system? Is the Bible a landing strip or launching pad? Can what we're feeling inside be God? Are we too religiously minded to be any earthly good? Brian McLaren wrote, "I am tempted to say that Jim Palmer could well be the next Don Miller, but what they have in common, along with an honest spirituality and extraordinary skill as storytellers, is a unique voice." The Library Reviews said of him, "Jim Palmer's casual, yet compelling writing style cuts through the religious rhetoric and gets to the real issues...readers will love this author! His sense of humor is alternately mixed with shocking sentences and poignant moments. Laced throughout is a refreshing honesty that ties his ideas together with a ribbon of reality...each turn of the page strips away a little more of the contrived mystery of Christianity until the simplicity and sincerity of it stands in realistic splendor." More and more people seek a deeper spirituality beyond status-quo religion. Others are left empty and weary from a shallow and narrow pop-Christianity. Palmer says that God's kingdom of love, peace, and freedom can be a present reality in any person's life. He proclaims that God is indeed in the process of birthing something deep and wide among unlikely people in unconventional ways, which is changing the world...one "nobody" at a time.

Slumber
Slumber

Author: Ted Cummings

Publisher:

Published: 2020-02-02

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 9781674513942

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SLUMBER is a Black science fiction novel that takes place in post-apocalyptic America. It is a dystopian tale in which a mutated virus devastates America. Millions become infected and succumb to the virus. As a result, the country is in chaos. The remaining population must now decide how and if it can survive in the face of many obstacles and many enemies. The SLEEPERS book series explores the removal of the current societal order in America and its redistribution of resources to the country's remaining woke citizens. Books I - V chronicle the urgent transition of America in the wake of this event and the seemingly irreversible changes in the country.

Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead

Author: John Eldredge

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0718080890

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Waking the Dead—newly revised and updated for these trying times—reveals the secret of finding a full life, identifying the fierce battle over our hearts, and embracing all that God has in store. Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” That’s the offer of Christianity, from God himself. Jesus touched people, and they changed: the blind had sight, the lame walked, the deaf heard, the dead were raised. To be touched by God, in other words, is to be restored, to be made into all God means us to be. That is what Christianity promises to do—make us whole, set us free, bring us fully alive.

Religion in America Today
Religion in America Today

Author: Richard Stivers

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-11-09

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1725293137

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Religion in American Today describes how sacred powers and secular religions have overtaken and infiltrated Christianity. Secular religion is now dominant in America: It assumes the forms of personal religion and political religion. Christianity makes its living within the confines of these secular religions. The point of the book is to identify the idolatry in what now passes for Christianity. Technology and the political state are socially constructed as sacred powers. As such they are idols. In its slumber Christianity embraces technology and the political state to the point of becoming subordinate to them. Concurrently technology and the political state give rise to the dominant secular religions. Personal religion acts as a consumer service, a psychological technique, to acquire health and happiness in this life. Political religion is a consequence of politics replacing religion in the quest for collective meaning in a technological society. Political movements become religious revivals and political parties, churches. This book is an attempt to awaken Christians to the idols that beckon.