Making Sense of God

Making Sense of God

Author: Timothy Keller

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016-09-20

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0525954155

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We live in an age of skepticism. Our society places such faith in empirical reason, historical progress, and heartfelt emotion that it’s easy to wonder: Why should anyone believe in Christianity? What role can faith and religion play in our modern lives? In this thoughtful and inspiring new book, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller invites skeptics to consider that Christianity is more relevant now than ever. As human beings, we cannot live without meaning, satisfaction, freedom, identity, justice, and hope. Christianity provides us with unsurpassed resources to meet these needs. Written for both the ardent believer and the skeptic, Making Sense of God shines a light on the profound value and importance of Christianity in our lives.


The Best Yes

The Best Yes

Author: Lysa TerKeurst

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2014-08-19

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1400205867

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Are you tired of living with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule and aching with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul? Do you find yourself unable to say no even when you should? Are you stuck under the weight of endless demands and responsibilities? The good news is: it doesn't have to be this way. In The Best Yes, New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst guides you through the insightful lessons she's learned about what it means to live out the purpose that God has in store for you. Lysa demonstrates the incredible power of two words--yes and no--and the way that these simple, daily decisions can shape the story of our lives. Lysa has learned firsthand that there's a big difference between saying yes to everyone and saying yes to God. Drawing from applicable scriptures and her own personal experiences, Lysa teaches us that if we know and believe that God has a plan for each of us, we'll live it out--serving as living proof of His never-ending grace and kindness. Throughout The Best Yes, Lysa will give you the practical tools you need to: Stop people-pleasing by embracing a biblical understanding of love Escape the guilt of disappointing others by learning the secret of the small no Overcome the agony of hard choices by grounding your decisions in wisdom Grow closer to God as you sharpen your own discernment Learn to be intentional with your time, your choices, and yourself Incorporate the Best Yes as a filter for your daily decision making If we take time to slow down and rise above the rush of the world's endless demands, we can rest assured that God's wisdom will help us make decisions that will still be good tomorrow. No matter what season of life you find yourself in, you deserve the chance to make decisions that bring out the best you.


Invitation to Retreat

Invitation to Retreat

Author: Ruth Haley Barton

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2018-09-18

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 0830873937

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When we choose retreat we make a generous investment in our friendship with Christ. Seasoned spiritual director Ruth Haley Barton gently and eloquently leads us into an exploration of retreat as a key practice that opens us to God, guiding us through seven invitations to retreat. You will discover how to say yes to God's winsome invitation to greater freedom and surrender.


Understanding the Politics of Jesus

Understanding the Politics of Jesus

Author: Ajaga Nji

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2018-11-30

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 1525529501

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Understanding the Politics of Jesus is a unique, mind-searching collection of audacious thoughts and a synopsis of the author’s vision of the good, the beautiful and sublime society. Based on the Sociological Imagination, the sermons share some salient ingredients for building humane, enabling, inclusive and progressive societies in which people will feel proud to be born, to grow, to work, to retire and to die. Christians and nonbelievers, clergy of all denominations, politicians, civil society leaders and actors, educators, development professionals and students of society will find in this book an inspirational reader on how to energize participation and engage involvement in personal development as well as promote good values and morality in the youth and adults alike and enhance ownership and sustainability in community development.


Love Makes Things Happen

Love Makes Things Happen

Author: Jarred Mercer

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2022-11-30

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 033405995X

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We can’t truly participate in prayer, or worship, or the sacraments, or the reading of Scripture, and so on, in a way that is divorced from the doctrine of the Trinity, or the Incarnation, or the Resurrection. Following on from its predecessor, Love Makes No Sense each chapter in this book deals with central issues of Christian practice, and presents an introduction to Christian doctrine without losing focus of the lived Christian life. The book sets forth central aspects of Christian living and practice that are the natural expression of those doctrines when they are understood properly as a lived phenomenon.


Welcome Inn Christmas

Welcome Inn Christmas

Author: Mary Beth Osiecki

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2022-12-29

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13:

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Welcome Inn Christmas is a compilation of poems and prayers God sent to me just before Christmas--one poem each Christmas for more than three decades--that have a universal appeal any time of the year for those seeking a deeper encounter with the divine Creator. If you want to make your Christmas celebration a truly spiritual one, pray with one selection each day of December, and Jesus will be born anew in your heart and life. Come see the face of God as you allow these words to speak to your heart and the illustrations to enter your soul. Spend time making room for the Lord of all and discover a fresh perspective that will change everything. God is waiting.


Engaging the Written Word of God

Engaging the Written Word of God

Author: James Innell Packer

Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1598569619

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In this collection of articles written over forty years, Packer sets out his beliefs about the authority of Scripture and the principles that should be applied when interpreting it. Important topics such as the adequacy of human language, upholding the unity of Scripture, and challenges in Biblical interpretation are considered in the first two sections: "Gods Inerrant Word" and "Interpreting the Word." In the final section, "Preaching the Word," Packer turns his attention to pastoral leaders and the importance of correct and responsible expository preaching.