Sifted
Sifted

Author: Wayne Cordeiro

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2012-04-23

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0310494486

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Planting and leading churches is a difficult calling. It can put strain on your mental and physical health, on your relationships with others, and even your relationship with God. Sifted offers practical guidance and hope for anyone going through a tough time in ministry or pastoral work. Founding pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii Wayne Cordeiro speaks the truth in love, offering wisdom and insight to walk alongside leaders as they face the challenges and hardships of planting and leading churches, while providing encouragement and inspiration for the journey. A seasoned church leader, Wayne shares the things he wishes he'd known when he was starting a new church. With additional stories from Francis Chan and Larry Osborne, each chapter includes a thought-provoking challenge question to develop a heart that is surrendered to God, focused on "being and becoming" versus "doing and accomplishing." Wayne will walk you through how to develop a healthy balance of personal care and spiritual leadership. But instead of a "how to" book on models and methods from men who have it all figured out, Sifted will help you process your journey in a way that: Challenges leaders' common scorecards of success. Encourages leaders to realize that they are not alone in what they are experiencing. Provides wisdom for the long haul to position younger leaders for a life of ministry. You many find yourself in a season of sifting. If you respond correctly, this season can be every bit as important as the time of harvest. Sifting builds the muscle of faith, giving us what we need for what lies just around the corner.

Sifted
Sifted

Author: Karen Harmening

Publisher: Little Cricket Books

Published: 2024-06-04

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13:

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The Death of a child. Bearing the unbearable. A journey of faith. The complex questions, experiences, and emotions that accompany grief are painfully isolating. Seize this rare opportunity to intimately journey alongside a grieving mother through the first seven years of grief. Candidly confront many painful yet common struggles of grief, and reconcile shattering loss with faith in God June 8, 2017, Scott and Karen Harmening's seventeen-year-old daughter, Sarah, was killed in a tragic church bus crash outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Scott was driving behind the bus and watched helplessly as it crossed into the adjacent lane striking another vehicle, sharply overcorrected, and then flipped across the interstate. After crawling through the wreckage to get to Sarah, he frantically called Karen to tell her to pray for Sarah who was pinned beneath the wreckage. Karen and their remaining daughters prayed together and hurriedly began the three-and-a-half hour drive from Huntsville, Alabama, to Scott and Sarah; only to learn upon their arrival that Sarah had died hours before. Karen, a Christian writer and blogger, immediately began writing to process the excruciating questions, experiences, and emotions that accompany the death of a child; Sifted is the collected work of seven years of writings. With raw honesty, explore the depths of the valley of the shadow of death with her to reconcile shattering loss with faith in God. Witness the unexpectedly sweet mingling of sorrow with hope and peace. And discover, deep in the shadowed valley, a costly joy rendered by sorrow so pure and precious that it is "inexpressible and full of glory." Highlights: -One hundred entries written over a span of seven years -Each entry is a transparent account of wrestling through a specific question, experience, or struggle related to grief -Entries may be read in chronological order or topically by using the included topical index -If you are grieving-read and be encouraged you are not alone -If you love someone who is grieving-read to better understand suffering and grief -If you love stories of faith triumphing in adversity-read and be blessed Explore topics such as: -Understanding Grief -Hard Questions Like "What If?" and "Why?" -Surviving the Many Hard Days and Dates -Finding Hope -Finding Joy -Loneliness and Abandonment -Spiritual Warfare -Will It Ever Get Better?

The Sifted Generation
The Sifted Generation

Author: Michael L. Henderson

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2015-04-08

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 149087089X

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Has the final end-time generationspoken of by Jesus and the prophetsfinally arrived? Could our generation be the one that is witnessing the beginning phases of the second coming of the Lord? If so, will you be one of the faithful Jesus finds when He calls His church to heaven? In The Sifted Generation, Pastor Michael Henderson takes a unique look at the final generation from which the true church will be sifted just prior to the days of tribulation that are coming on the entire earth. The Bible tells us the times of that generation will be perilous! Blasphemies, selfishness, rebelliousness, gracelessness, slanderous hearts, hedonistic behavior, and a lack of respect for God, His church, and His commandments will rule the day. As evidenced in the social and cultural wars around the globe, it is evident that the world is already choosing its sides. Ironically, the Bible declares that a man will arise in the last days. He will be a religious leader who will have great charisma and the uncanny ability to garner support from large sections of unbelieving humanity. Through deceptive words, promises, and the quasi miraculous, this religious leader will then persuade his followers to support one even more sinister than he. This partner in deception will pounce on the opportunity to take the reins of the world under his control. The Sifted Generation explores what life will be like on Earth just before the Lord begins the consummation of all things. The question is: When the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the Earth? (Luke 18:8). Other titles by the author are 25 Reasons to Believe, editor and co-author with Bernie Lutchman and John Snyder, and, Those Who Are Wise Will Shine! Michael also writes for the periodical, The American Church Magazine.

Sifted Like Wheat
Sifted Like Wheat

Author: Dan Robinson

Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.

Published: 2021-04-26

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1644688581

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A cock crows as eyes lock and Peter remembers. Empty words, so many well intended promises and fixed convictions vaporize as one fisherman's noble vow sours in bitter tears. "Lord, I'm willing to go to prison and even to death with You." Jesus nods. He sees, He knows. His impact on this simple Galilean was as real as it was secure, but the work was by no means finished. How could this now crippled son of Jonah have possibly wrapped his brain around participation in Jesus's passion, that he had to be sifted like wheat? How about us? Our identification as believers with One who loved and gave Himself is more than a nod with grateful approval, a "thank you Jesus for what You've done." We too participate. Literally. Actually. Necessarily. Sifting takes a believer's personal know how and determination to the threshing floor where they are crushed and dismantled, crucified with Christ. See it as the place where even your best efforts and my highest aspirations are exposed for what they are, filthy rags! At the cross and nowhere else can we find genuine rest and consummate relief by way of brokenness that leads to surrender-life and that more abundantly.

Sifting the Trash
Sifting the Trash

Author: Alice Twemlow

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2017-05-19

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0262035987

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How product design criticism has rescued some products from the trash and consigned others to the landfill. Product design criticism operates at the very brink of the landfill site, salvaging some products with praise but consigning others to its depths through condemnation or indifference. When a designed product's usefulness is past, the public happily discards it to make room for the next new thing. Criticism rarely deals with how a product might be used, or not used, over time; it is more likely to play the enabler, encouraging our addiction to consumption. With Sifting the Trash, Alice Twemlow offers an especially timely reexamination of the history of product design criticism through the metaphors and actualities of the product as imminent junk and the consumer as junkie. Twemlow explores five key moments over the past sixty years of product design criticism. From the mid-1950s through the 1960s, for example, critics including Reyner Banham, Deborah Allen, and Richard Hamilton wrote about the ways people actually used design, and invented a new kind of criticism. At the 1970 International Design Conference in Aspen, environmental activists protested the design establishment's lack of political engagement. In the 1980s, left-leaning cultural critics introduced ideology to British design criticism. In the 1990s, dueling London exhibits offered alternative views of contemporary design. And in the early 2000s, professional critics were challenged by energetic design bloggers. Through the years, Twemlow shows, critics either sifted the trash and assigned value or attempted to detect, diagnose, and treat the sickness of a consumer society.

Bulletin
Bulletin

Author: Missouri. State Dept. of Agriculture

Publisher:

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 1080

ISBN-13:

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5 Full-Length SIFT Math Practice Tests
5 Full-Length SIFT Math Practice Tests

Author: Reza Nazari

Publisher: Effortless Math Education www.EffortlessMath.com

Published: 2020-03-25

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1646124650

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This book is your ticket to ace the SIFT Math Test! 5 Full-Length SIFT Math Practice Tests, which reflects the 2020 and 2021 test guidelines and topics, is designed to help you hone your math skills, overcome your exam anxiety, and boost your confidence -- and do your best to ace the SIFT Math Test. The full-length SIFT Math tests show you how the test is structured and what math topics you need to master. The practice test questions are followed by answer explanations to help you find your weak areas, learn from your mistakes, and raise your SIFT Math score. The surest way to succeed on SIFT Math Test is with intensive practice in every math topic tested-- and that's what you will get in 5 Full-Length SIFT Math Practice Tests. This SIFT Math new edition has been updated to replicate questions appearing on the most recent SIFT Math tests. This is a precious learning tool for SIFT Math test takers who need extra practice in math to improve their SIFT Math score. After taking the SIFT Math practice tests in this book, you will have solid foundation and adequate practice that is necessary to succeed on the SIFT Math test. This book is your ticket to ace the SIFT Math! 5 Full-Length SIFT Math Practice Tests contains many exciting and unique features to help you improve your test scores, including: Content 100% aligned with the 2019 - 2020 SIFT Math test Written by SIFT Math tutors and test experts Complete coverage of all SIFT Math concepts and topics which you will be tested Detailed answers and explanations for every SIFT Math practice questions to help you learn from your mistakes 5 full-length practice tests (featuring new question types) with detailed answers This SIFT Math book and other Effortless Math Education books are used by thousands of students each year to help them review core content areas, brush-up in math, discover their strengths and weaknesses, and achieve their best scores on the SIFT test. Get ready for the SIFT Math Test with a PERFECT test book! Published By: Effortless Math Education www.EffortlessMath.com

SIFT Math Study Guide 2020 - 2021
SIFT Math Study Guide 2020 - 2021

Author: Reza Nazari

Publisher: Effortless Math Education www.EffortlessMath.com

Published: 2020-03-26

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1646124723

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A Perfect book to help you prepare for the SIFT Math Test! Successfully Used by Thousands of SIFT Test Takers SIFT Math Study Guide, which reflects the 2020 - 2021 test guidelines, is designed by top SIFT Math instructors and test prep experts to help test takers succeed on the SIFT Math Test. The updated version of this comprehensive SIFT Math preparation book includes Math lessons, extensive exercises, sample SIFT Math questions, and quizzes with answers and detailed solutions to help you hone your math skills, overcome your exam anxiety, boost your confidence—and do your best to ace the SIFT exam on test day. Upon completion of this perfect SIFT Math prep book, you will have a solid foundation and sufficient practice to ace the SIFT Math test. Not only does this all-inclusive prep book offer everything you will ever need to prepare for the SIFT Math test, but it also contains two complete and realistic SIFT Math tests that reflect the format and question types on the SIFT to help you check your exam-readiness and identify where you need more practice. SIFT Math Study Guide contains many exciting and unique features to help you prepare for the SIFT Math test, including: Content 100% aligned with the 2020 SIFT test Written by SIFT Math instructors and test experts Complete coverage of all SIFT Math concepts and topics which you will be tested Step-by-step guide for all SIFT Math topics Abundant Math skill building exercises to help test-takers approach different question types that might be unfamiliar to them Exercises on different SIFT Math topics such as integers, percent, equations, polynomials, exponents and radicals 2 full-length practice tests (featuring new question types) with detailed answers This SIFT Math prep book and other Effortless Math Education books are used by thousands of students each year to help them review core content areas, brush-up in math, discover their strengths and weaknesses, and achieve their best scores on the SIFT test. Recommended by Test Prep Experts Visit www.EffortlessMath.com for Online Math Practice

A Time of Sifting
A Time of Sifting

Author: Paul Peucker

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2015-06-19

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0271070714

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At the end of the 1740s, the Moravians, a young and rapidly expanding radical-Pietist movement, experienced a crisis soon labeled the Sifting Time. As Moravian leaders attempted to lead the church away from the abuses of the crisis, they also tried to erase the memory of this controversial and embarrassing period. Archival records were systematically destroyed, and official histories of the church only dealt with this period in general terms. It is not surprising that the Sifting Time became both a taboo and an enigma in Moravian historiography. In A Time of Sifting, Paul Peucker provides the first book-length, in-depth look at the Sifting Time and argues that it did not consist of an extreme form of blood-and-wounds devotion, as is often assumed. Rather, the Sifting Time occurred when Moravians began to believe that the union with Christ could be experienced not only during marital intercourse but during extramarital sex as well. Peucker shows how these events were the logical consequence of Moravian teachings from previous years. As the nature of the crisis became evident, church leaders urged the members to revert to their earlier devotion of the blood and wounds of Christ. By returning to this earlier phase, the Moravians lost their dynamic character and became more conservative. It was at this moment that the radical-Pietist Moravians of the first half of the eighteenth century reinvented themselves as a noncontroversial evangelical denomination.