When Children Became People
When Children Became People

Author: Odd Magne Bakke

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published:

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9781451415308

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Bakke paints a fascinating picture of children's first real emergence as people against a backdrop of the ancient world.Using theological and social history research, Bakke compares Greco-Roman and Christian attitudes toward abortion and child prostitution, pedagogy and moral upbringing, and the involvement of children in liturgy and church life. He also assesses Christian attitudes toward children in the church's developing doctrinal commitments.Today, growing numbers of children are impoverished, exploited, abandoned, orphaned, or killed. Bakke's insightful work begins to untangle the roots of their complex plight.

When Children Became People
When Children Became People

Author: Odd Magne Bakke

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780800637255

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Bakke paints a fascinating picture of children's first real emergence as people against a backdrop of the ancient world. Using theological and social history research, Bakke compares Greco-Roman and Christian attitudes toward abortion and child prostitution, pedagogy and moral upbringing, and the involvement of children in liturgy and church life. He also assesses Christian attitudes toward children in the church's developing doctrinal commitments. Today, growing numbers of children are impoverished, exploited, abandoned, orphaned, or killed. Bakke's insightful work begins to untangle the roots of their complex plight.

Not All Who Wander (Spiritually) Are Lost
Not All Who Wander (Spiritually) Are Lost

Author: Traci Rhoades

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2020-05-15

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1640652809

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A delightfully-written exploration of faith for those who are searching and for those who are settled What if we stopped trying to find the perfect church in the right Christian tradition and intentionally explored our faith with all our Christian brothers and sisters? Can Christians embrace God fully by exploring other faith traditions? In Not All Who Wander, we discover that we do indeed find Jesus in a church, and traces of him in our everyday lives as well. Not All Who Wander walks readers through the author’s faith journey, and how her experience with churches in a number of traditions has left her longing for more of Jesus than any one church offers. It also presents stories from other believers to give readers a sense of how alike, and different, our spiritual experiences can be. Rhoades has developed a passion for discovering all the ways we worship Jesus and invites readers to join her. With utter delight, she’s discovered no matter which traditions she worships with, Jesus meets her there.

Grown-Up Faith
Grown-Up Faith

Author: Kevin Myers

Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM

Published: 2019-01-29

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1400208467

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Why isn't life everything we expected it to be? And why doesn't our faith resolve our frustrations and problems? Kevin Myers, the founding pastor of 12Stone Church, a congregation of more than 30,000 active attenders near Atlanta, believes the reason we don't experience a transformed life is that we fail to grow up spiritually. We focus on developing physically, intellectually, emotionally, and financially, yet our faith remains immature and anemic. In this powerful new book, Myers offers a deep yet simple roadmap to a grown-up faith through understanding the whole context of the Bible, developing spiritual intimacy with God, and gratefully embracing holy obedience. As you understand the Bible and the big picture of God's story with humanity, you begin to find answers to life's most compelling questions. As you begin to understand God more, your longing and ability to experience spiritual intimacy with him increases, as does your desire to obey what God asks of you and your ability to follow through. This is the way to the bigger life, a life even better than you expected--or even dreamed possible.

"Let the Little Children Come to Me"

Author: Cornelia B. Horn

Publisher: CUA Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 0813216745

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Providing a wealth of detail about childhood and family structure, this book explores the hidden lives of children at the origins of Christianity. "Let the Little Children Come to Me" pays careful attention to the impact of gender, class, and slave status on children's lives.

The Faith of a Child
The Faith of a Child

Author: Art Murphy

Publisher: Moody Publishers

Published: 2000-08-01

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1575678144

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Research shows that if children do not accept Christ before they are fourteen, their chance of becoming believers greatly diminishes. Children's pastor Art Murphy offers help for anyone who struggles with the issue of children and salvation. The Faith of a Child is designed to teach parents, grandparents, or anyone who works with children how to be equipped and confident in guiding them to a saving faith in Christ.

Being a Christian
Being a Christian

Author: David Walters

Publisher: Good News Ministries

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780962955921

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David Walters provides answers to young peoples' questions about what Christians really believe.

The Child in Christian Thought
The Child in Christian Thought

Author: Marcia J. Bunge

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780802846938

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A collection of seventeen essays presenting theological perspectives on children throughout history. Discusses the care of children, their spiritual education, and the role of parents, the church, and the state in raising children.

The Complete Book of Christian Parenting and Child Care
The Complete Book of Christian Parenting and Child Care

Author: William Sears

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 1997-09-15

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 1433669501

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This total child care book offers Christian- centered, medically authoritative advice on every aspect of parenting, from choosing an obstetrician to disciplining teenagers. As parents of eight children, William and Martha Sears draw on thirty years of practical and professional experience, resulting in a valuable reference book no family should be without.

Hope When It Hurts
Hope When It Hurts

Author: Sarah Walton

Publisher: The Good Book Company

Published: 2017-04-01

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1784980749

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Thirty biblical meditations for women that offer hope in times of suffering. Thirty biblical meditations for women that offer hope in times of suffering. Hurt is real. But so is hope. Kristen and Sarah have walked through, and are walking in, difficult times. So these thirty biblical reflections are full of realism about the hurts of life-yet overwhelmingly full of hope about the God who gives life. This book will gently encourage and greatly help any woman who is struggling with suffering-whether physical, emotional or psychological, and whether for a season or for longer. It is a book to buy for yourself, or to buy for a member of your church or friend. For anyone who is hurting, this book will give hope, not just for life beyond the suffering, but for life in the suffering. Each chapter contains a biblical reflection, with questions and prayers, and a space for journaling.