Seeking God's Design

Seeking God's Design

Author: Lowery, Richard H.

Publisher: CBP

Published: 2019-07-15

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 082723547X

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Seeking God’s Design honors the 50th anniversary of The Design. It is focused around a series of audiotaped interviews that Disciples of Christ Historical Society President James Seale conducted from 1989 to 1993 with Disciples leaders who played important roles in Restructure. It provides historical context and offers a series of reflections from key Disciples leaders today, as we honor and critically evaluate the work of our predecessors while looking ahead to the next 50 years of our life as a church. Seeking God’s Design is the first volume of the James and Mary Dudley Seale Series on Disciples and Public Engagement, a partnership between the Disciples of Christ Historical Society and Chalice Press.


What it Means to be a Man

What it Means to be a Man

Author: Rhett Smith

Publisher: Moody Publishers

Published: 2013-04-12

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 0802487084

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We hear the story of David and Goliath and wonder, “Do we have what it takes to slay the giant?” Men today are confronted with many different expectations of who they’re supposed to be and what role they should be filling. By looking at history, the clichés of manhood, and what intimacy with God looks like, this short book will help men (and women) rethink what it means to be a man in today’s culture. Counselor and pastor Rhett Smith works through tough questions like: How can men look up to role models without following their flaws? Is it possible to strike a balance between passivity and aggression? How can men speak up, find intimacy, and take care of others without neglecting themselves? When Christ calls us to follow Him, He paves a path that is different than our cultural expectations, a path that leads us to a relationship with Him and to true knowledge of what it means to be a man.


Mental Health and the Church

Mental Health and the Church

Author: Stephen Grcevich, MD

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0310534828

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The church across North America has struggled to minister effectively with children, teens, and adults with common mental health conditions and their families. One reason for the lack of ministry is the absence of a widely accepted model for mental health outreach and inclusion. In Mental Health and the Church: A Ministry Handbook for Including Children and Adults with ADHD, Anxiety, Mood Disorders, and Other Common Mental Health Conditions, Dr. Stephen Grcevich presents a simple and flexible model for mental health inclusion ministry for implementation by churches of all sizes, denominations, and organizational styles. The model is based upon recognition of seven barriers to church attendance and assimilation resulting from mental illness: stigma, anxiety, self-control, differences in social communication and sensory processing, social isolation and past experiences of church. Seven broad inclusion strategies are presented for helping persons of all ages with common mental health conditions and their families to fully participate in all of the ministries offered by the local church. The book is also designed to be a useful resource for parents, grandparents and spouses interested in promoting the spiritual growth of loved ones with mental illness.


Different by Design

Different by Design

Author: John MacArthur

Publisher: Chariot Victor Publishing

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781564762474

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Created Male and Female Almost without notice, our homes and churches have become the newest laboratory for sex-role experimentation. Lured by the world's acceptance and a national obsession with fairness, we've replaced the once-clear biblical boundaries between men and women with a confusing, frighteningly secular hybrid. The harmony and effectiveness we were promised never came--only a treacherous rift that is ruining marriages, dividing families, and splitting churches top to bottom. Different by Design offers hope for bridging that gap and finding fulfillment and success in your family and church. In his thorough, no-nonsense style, John MacArthur sets aside prevailing cultural standards and helps you understand and apply the biblical principles for men's and women's roles. Discover the beauty, balance, and benefits of God's unique role for you in this practical, well-researched tool--one you'll turn to again and again! The MacArthur Study Series is designed to help Christians better understand and apply the Bible by better understanding some of its key truths and doctrines.


The Surprising Work of God

The Surprising Work of God

Author: Garth M. Rosell

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2020-03-18

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1532699476

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The Surprising Work of God tells the story of how America’s mid-twentieth-century spiritual awakening became a worldwide Christian movement. This seminal study brings a unique perspective to the history, personalities, and institutions of that period and offers an intimate look at evangelicalism through the window of the life, ministry, and writings of Harold John Ockenga and his long friendship with Billy Graham. Ockenga was pastor of the historic Park Street Congregational Church in Boston and cofounder of Fuller Theological Seminary, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, the National Association of Evangelicals, and Christianity Today. As such, he was a central figure in the birth and development of American neo-evangelicalism. This lively, engaging story will be of value to anyone with an interest in the American church of the last century.


The Disciples—Second Edition

The Disciples—Second Edition

Author: D. Duane Cummins

Publisher: Chalice Press

Published: 2023-07-14

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 0827237340

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This new second edition, refined, updated and revised, contains the story of those 15 years along with revisions in how a humble gathering evolved over two centuries into the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a modern denomination of international stature. The Disciples: A Struggle for Reformation, Revised Edition discusses how Disciples progressed from congregationalism to Covenant, how they survived the tumult of Civil War, how they developed a ministry of missions on a global scale, and how they met the brutal challenge of 21st century COVID.


No man in alien

No man in alien

Author: John Robert Nelson

Publisher: Brill Archive

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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Man, by E.J. Burrus.--The effects of colonialism upon the Asian understanding of man, by J.G. Arapura.--Religious pluralism and the quest for human community, by S.J. Samartha.--From Confucian gentleman to the new Chinese 'political' man, by D.A. Robinson.--The scientific revolution and the unity of man, by B. Towers.--Language and communication, by E.A. Nida.--Man and the son of man, by J. Moltmann.--The potentiality of conciliarity: communion, conscience, council, by W.B. Blakemore.--Oneness must mean wholeness, by J.R. Nelson.


The Oxford Handbook of Reinhold Niebuhr

The Oxford Handbook of Reinhold Niebuhr

Author: Robin Lovin

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2021-03-03

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13: 0198813562

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This authoritative Handbook features 38 chapters placing Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) in his historical context to offer readers an appreciation of his insights and how he was received by his contemporaries.