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Author: Marva J. Dawn
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780664225957
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDawn identifies the social and cultural issues and attitudes that contribute to despair and lack of hope in the world, and provides a way for Christians to identify appropriate primary concerns around which they should live their lives.
Author: Marva J. Dawn
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2003-03-31
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1611644445
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this prophetic call to faithful Christian living, Marva Dawn identifies the epidemic socio-cultural attitudes that destroy hope in our modern lives. Because affluent persons don't know what to value--how to choose what's important and weed out the rest--we remain dissatisfied with what we have and are compelled to want more. Dawn demonstrates, however, how Christians can organize their lives to live in ways that allow them to love God and neighbor and, in the process, alleviate the despair in their lives and in the lives of others in the world.
Author: Mandy Smith
Publisher: Brazos Press
Published: 2021-05-18
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 1493431145
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Smith's sage advice will aid Christians in recognizing the simple joys of practicing their faith."--Publishers Weekly Western culture is in a tailspin, and Christian faith is entangled in it: we do kingdom things in empire ways. Western approaches to faith leave us feeling depressed, doubting, anxious, and burned out. We know something is wrong with the way we do faith and church in the West, but we're so steeped in it that we don't know where to begin to break old habits. Popular pastor and speaker Mandy Smith invites us to be unfettered from the deeply ingrained habits of Western culture so we can do kingdom things in kingdom ways again. She explores how we can be transformed by new postures and habits that help us see God already at work in and around us. The way forward isn't more ideas, programs, and problem-solving but in Jesus's surprising invitation to the kingdom through childlikeness. Ultimately, rediscovering childlike habits is a way for us to remember how to be human. Unfettered helps us reimagine how to follow God with our whole selves again and join with God's mission in the world. Foreword by Walter Brueggemann.
Author: Hendrickson Publishers
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Published: 2021-04-18
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 1619706091
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Bible study guide leads women through the spiritual practice of Community. It includes 4 separate Bible studies on this topic, and each study includes the following:Meditation on selected scripture focusing on a facet of the practiceSidebars that feature quotes, insights, or challengesDiscussion questionsPoints to PonderPrayerExercise for the weekTakeaway TreasureLeader’s GuideThis Bible study is standalone and can be used with any Bible. There are references to supplementary material in the Everyday Matters Bible for Women that are also self-contained.
Author: Abeneazer G. Urga
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Published: 2023-02-28
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 1645084574
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGaining New Insights from Hebrews God’s interactions with Israel were a foreshadowing of the perfect reality in the person of Jesus: absolutely God and absolutely human. Jesus came to earth to establish his kingdom and all that God had initiated in the old covenant. There is a continuity of theological understanding as we move from the Old Testament to the letter sent to the Christians in Rome. The discussion on the theology of mission in the New Testament usually focuses on Jesus and Paul, with minimal attention given to the General Epistles. However, Reading Hebrews Missiologically tries to fill that gap and focuses on the theology of mission in the book of Hebrews and fleshes out the unique contribution it has to the discussion of a New Testament theology of mission. The twelve contributors—from various theological, geographical, and missiological contexts—explore the missionary motive, the missionary message, and the missionary method of the Epistle to the Hebrews. All Scripture can be read missiologically, and the letter to the Hebrews, with its emphasis on the supremacy of Christ, is no exception. We pray that this book will inspire fresh approaches to practical mission in the world today.
Author: Erich J. Goller
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2015-09-08
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 1329530985
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is Erich's Tenth book, a wonderful variety of poetry about, life, inspiration, love, nature, dreams, faith, wisdom, fantasy, humor, lyrics, written in different poetic styles for all ages to Enjoy. It might bring back some pleasant memories and may stimulate some of your dreams,
Author: Jon R. Stock
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2006-11-01
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 1621892565
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf the church is more than just a building, what could it mean to live in it--to inhabit it as a way of life? From their location in new monastic communities, Otto, Stock, and Wilson-Hartgrove ask what the church can learn from St. Benedict's vows of conversion, obedience, and stability about how to live as the people of God in the world. In storytelling and serious engagement with Scripture, old wisdom breathes life into a new monasticism. But, like all monastic wisdom, these reflections are not just for monks. They speak directly to the challenge of being the church in America today and the good news Christ offers for the whole world.
Author: Marva J. Dawn
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2006-02-21
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780802844590
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn "Keeping the Sabbath Wholly," Dawn introduced the vital Sabbath aspects of resting, ceasing, feasting, and embracing. Now, she expands these into a way of life for serving God and the Kingdom every single day of the week. (Practical Life)
Author: Ruth Valerio
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2016-03-10
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1473613345
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGlobalisation and consumerism affect every area of our lives. But it's not just about shopping; these powerful forces shape our personal lives, how we relate to one another, how we view the world - and they are having a seriously detrimental impact both on the lives of the global poor, and on the health of the planet itself. Every Christian in every generation down through the history of the church has had to work out what it means to be a follower of Jesus in their particular culture; for us in the twenty-first century, we must think about discipleship in a globalised, consumerist context. Environmentalist and theologian Ruth Valerio examines these issues in a book that is intellectually rigorous yet practical, and as inspiring as it is challenging.
Author: Tom Rubens
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Published: 2016-09-14
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1845404971
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA progressive secular society is one committed to the widening of scientific knowledge and humane feeling. It regards humanity as part of physical nature and opposes any appeal to supernatural agencies or explanations. In particular, human moral perspectives are human creations and the only basis for ethics. Secular values need re-affirming in the face of the resurgence of aggressive supernatural religious doctrines and practices. This book gives a set of ‘secular thoughts for the day' – many only a page or two long – on topics as varied as Shakespeare and Comte, economics, science and social action.
