A Simple Way to Pray
A Simple Way to Pray

Author: Martin Luther

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9780664222734

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When asked by his barber and good friend, Peter Beskendorf, for some practical guidance on how to prepare oneself for prayer, Luther responded by writing this brief treatise, first published in the spring of 1535. After 500 years, his instruction continues to offer words of spiritual nurture for us today.

Connected to Christ
Connected to Christ

Author: Mark A. Wood

Publisher: Connected to Christ

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780758668530

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Evangelism is broken people bringing the Good News of Christ to other broken people. But as a broken person yourself, you may feel inadequate to the task. Evangelism may feel burdensome or may become a source of frustration, fear, and guilt rather than joy. It's understandable if you feel this way, given all the misguided ideas about being a witness. Author Mark Wood can help you and other Christians discover the joy of being Christ's witnesses, offering insights into being a disciple of Jesus that will aid you in actively sharing the Good News. There's a world full of broken people-including your neighbors, co-workers, friends, and family members-counting on it. Book jacket.

Disruptive Witness
Disruptive Witness

Author: Alan Noble

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2018-07-17

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 0830881093

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What should Christian witness look like in our contemporary society? In this timely book, Alan Noble looks at our cultural moment, characterized by technological distraction and the growth of secularism, laying out individual, ecclesial, and cultural practices that disrupt our society's deep-rooted assumptions and point beyond them to the transcendent grace and beauty of Jesus.

Leaving the Witness
Leaving the Witness

Author: Amber Scorah

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2020-06-02

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 073522255X

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"A fascinating glimpse into the consciousness of being an outsider in every possible way, and what it takes to find your path into the life you'd like to lead."--Nylon A riveting memoir of losing faith and finding freedom while a covert missionary in one of the world's most restrictive countries. A third-generation Jehovah's Witness, Amber Scorah had devoted her life to sounding God's warning of impending Armageddon. She volunteered to take the message to China, where the preaching she did was illegal and could result in her expulsion or worse. Here, she had some distance from her community for the first time. Immersion in a foreign language and culture--and a whole new way of thinking--turned her world upside down, and eventually led her to lose all that she had been sure was true. As a proselytizer in Shanghai, using fake names and secret codes to evade the authorities' notice, Scorah discreetly looked for targets in public parks and stores. To support herself, she found work at a Chinese language learning podcast, hiding her real purpose from her coworkers. Now with a creative outlet, getting to know worldly people for the first time, she began to understand that there were other ways of seeing the world and living a fulfilling life. When one of these relationships became an "escape hatch," Scorah's loss of faith culminated in her own personal apocalypse, the only kind of ending possible for a Jehovah's Witness. Shunned by family and friends as an apostate, Scorah was alone in Shanghai and thrown into a world she had only known from the periphery--with no education or support system. A coming of age story of a woman already in her thirties, this unforgettable memoir examines what it's like to start one's life over again with an entirely new identity. It follows Scorah to New York City, where a personal tragedy forces her to look for new ways to find meaning in the absence of religion. With compelling, spare prose, Leaving the Witness traces the bittersweet process of starting over, when everything one's life was built around is gone.

60 Questions Every Jehovah's Witness Should be Asked
60 Questions Every Jehovah's Witness Should be Asked

Author: Ian Brown

Publisher: Ambassador-Emerald, International

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781889893860

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Many people believe that "Jehovah's Witnesses" are authorities on the Bible. The truth is they are not. But they are experts in evangelism. The next time a JW knocks at your door, be prepared to engage them -- not in discussion or arguments -- but rather by asking them questions which defeat their arguments using their own Bible translation; perhaps God will use these questions to penetrate their programmed responses, shatter their belief in the Watchtower Organization and ultimately lead them into a personal salvation through Jesus Christ. Book jacket.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1985, volume 3
The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1985, volume 3

Author: Witness Lee

Publisher: Living Stream Ministry

Published:

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13: 1536006467

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The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1985, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from July 4 through September 28, 1985. At the beginning of June Brother Lee returned to Anaheim, California, from Taipei, Taiwan, and, except for a brief visit to Berkeley, California, at the end of August, he remained in Anaheim until the end of September. The contents of this volume are divided into ten sections, as follows: 1. A message given in Anaheim, California, on July 4. This message is included in this volume under the title Raising Up, Perfecting, and Supporting the Full-time Serving Ones in the Lord's Recovery. 2. Eight messages given in Chinese in Anaheim, California, on July 31 through September 18. These messages were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled The Living Needed for Building Up the Small Group Meetings. They are included in this volume under the same title. 3. Eight messages given in Anaheim, California, on August 2 through September 20. These messages were edited into seven chapters and were previously published in a book entitled The Home Meetings--the Unique Way for the Increase and the Building Up of the Church. They are included in this volume under the same title. 4. A message given in Chinese in Anaheim, California, on August 12. This message was translated into English and is included in this volume under the title The Proper Service to God in the Church. 5. A message given in Chinese in Anaheim, California, on August 19. This message was translated into English and is included in this volume under the title The Proper Vision and Practice of the Young People in the Lord's Recovery. 6. Seven messages given in Berkeley, California, on August 29 through September 2. These messages are included in this volume under the title Perfecting the Saints to Speak for the Lord for the Building Up of the Church. 7. Five messages given in Berkeley, California, on August 30 through September 2. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Divine Speaking and are included in this volume under the same title. 8. A message given in Berkeley, California, on August 31. This message is included in this volume under the title The Need for the Young People to Function in the Meetings. 9. Nine messages given in Anaheim, California, on September 23 through 28. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Elders' Training, Book 5: Fellowship concerning the Lord's Up-to-date Move and are included in this volume under the same title. 10. Eight messages given in Anaheim, California, on September 25 through 28. These messages were previously published in a ten-chapter book entitled Elders' Training, Book 6: The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles and are included in this volume under the same title.