Apostolic Identity in a Postmodern World
Author : David K. Bernard
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,82 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Oneness Pentecostal churches
ISBN : 9780757760730
The Apostolic Life
Author : David K. Bernard
Publisher :
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 24,17 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Oneness Pentecostal churches
ISBN : 9781567226959
Book Description
The Apostolic Mandate
Author : Colette Toach
Publisher : Apostolic Movement International, LLC
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,30 MB
Release : 2017-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781626641730
Book Description
As one called to be an apostle, there is a fire in your bones that cannot be contained. The Lord Jesus himself has given you a mandate, and a commission, that seeks its rightful place in the earth. However, there is a problem. The task at hand can seem overwhelming and the implementation too great, if the foundation is not laid correctly. How do you take what burns inside of you and incorporate it into your family, business and spiritual life? How do you lead those with a similar fire and look up to you in the right way? How do you start the vision and then keep driving it forward from glory to glory? Follow Colette Toach in this book as she takes you down this exciting and empowering road to finding your true mandate from God, the steps to take to set it in place and then the wisdom need to bring it all together, to launch it into this world and see it become all the Lord Jesus had called it to be. Yes... As an apostle, you have a mandate. Yes, it will come to pass. Yes, it will reach the mark. How long or to what extent, depends on you. Allow this book to take you through these unclear waters. Step past the traps of the enemy, so that you can take your rightful place, implementing a mandate that will change the body of Christ.
Christian Identity
Author : Borght
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 27,69 MB
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9047442547
Book Description
In this age of globalization, a need for a communicative explanation of personal and group positions also motivates Christians to describe more precisely their identity in relation to other actors in society. What makes a Christian a Christian? What is specifically Christian in social acions or political calling? Is there a difference between Christian justice and justice in general – and the way Christians deal with justice? What is our calling as Christians? The contributions in this volume are the result of the 6th biannual IRTI conference in Seoul 2005 on this theme.
Island Gospel
Author : Melvin L. Butler
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,18 MB
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 0252051769
Book Description
Pentecostals throughout Jamaica and the Jamaican diaspora use music to declare what they believe and where they stand in relation to religious and cultural outsiders. Yet the inclusion of secular music forms like ska, reggae, and dancehall complicated music's place in social and ritual practice, challenging Jamaican Pentecostals to reconcile their religious and cultural identities. Melvin Butler journeys into this crossing of boundaries and its impact on Jamaican congregations and the music they make. Using the concept of flow, Butler's ethnography evokes both the experience of Spirit-influenced performance and the transmigrations that fuel the controversial sharing of musical and ritual resources between Jamaica and the United States. Highlighting constructions of religious and cultural identity, Butler illuminates music's vital place in how the devout regulate spiritual and cultural flow while striving to maintain both the sanctity and fluidity of their evolving tradition.Insightful and original, Island Gospel tells the many stories of how music and religious experience unite to create a sense of belonging among Jamaican people of faith.
Paul and the Creation of Christian Identity
Author : William S. Campbell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 36,20 MB
Release : 2008-04-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567184242
Book Description
In the dominant interpretation of the Antioch incident Paul is viewed as separating from Peter and Jewish Christianity to lead his own independent mission which was eventually to triumph in the creation of a church with a gentile identity. Paul's gentile mission, however, represented only one strand of the Christ movement but has been universalized to signify the whole. The consequence of this view of Paul is that the earliest diversity in which he operated and which he affirmed has been anachronistically diminished almost to the point of obliteration. There is little recognition of the Jewish form of Christianity and that Paul by and large related positively to it as evidenced in Romans 14-15. Here Paul acknowledges Jewish identity as an abiding reality rather than as a temporary and weak form of faith in Christ. This book argues that diversity in Christ was fundamental to Paul and that particularly in his ethical guidance this received recognition. Paul's relation to Judaism is best understood not as a reaction to his former faith but as a transformation resulting from his vision of Christ. In this the past is not obliterated but transformed and thus continuity is maintained so that the identity of Christianity is neither that of a new religion nor of a Jesus cult. In Christ the past is reconfigured and thus the diversity of humanity continues within the church, which can celebrate the richness of differing identities under the Lordship of Christ.
Apostolic Function
Author : Alan R. Johnson
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 14,47 MB
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0878080341
Book Description
In the past we have focused on the “why” of missions in terms of motives, the “what” of missions in terms of the content of the message, and the “how” of missions in terms of methodologies and strategies, but the “where” question, in terms of where we send cross-cultural workers, has simply been assumed; it has meant crossing a geographic boundary. In Apostolic Function in 21st Century Missions, Alan R. Johnson introduces the idea of apostolic function as the paradigm of missionary self-identity that reminds us to focus our efforts on where Christ is not named. He then examines in detail the “where” paradigm in missions, frontier mission missiology, with a sympathetic critique and a review of the major contributions of unreached people group thinking. Johnson concludes by illustrating his notion of seeking to integrate missions paradigms and discussing of issues that relate specifically to the “where” questions of missions today. 2nd in the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, J. Philip Hogan World Missions Series
Apostolicity
Author : John G. Flett
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830899731
Book Description
At the heart of the ecumenical discussions over the past century lies the issue of what constitutes the apostolicity of the church. In an attempt to forge structural agreements, these discussions have ignored the diversity of world Christianity. In this groundbreaking study, John Flett presents a bold account of an apostolicity that embraces plurality.
The Joy of the Gospel
Author : Pope Francis
Publisher : Image
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 13,29 MB
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0553419544
Book Description
The perfect gift! A specially priced, beautifully designed hardcover edition of The Joy of the Gospel with a foreword by Robert Barron and an afterword by James Martin, SJ. “The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus… In this Exhortation I wish to encourage the Christian faithful to embark upon a new chapter of evangelization marked by this joy, while pointing out new paths for the Church’s journey in years to come.” – Pope Francis This special edition of Pope Francis's popular message of hope explores themes that are important for believers in the 21st century. Examining the many obstacles to faith and what can be done to overcome those hurdles, he emphasizes the importance of service to God and all his creation. Advocating for “the homeless, the addicted, refugees, indigenous peoples, the elderly who are increasingly isolated and abandoned,” the Holy Father shows us how to respond to poverty and current economic challenges that affect us locally and globally. Ultimately, Pope Francis demonstrates how to develop a more personal relationship with Jesus Christ, “to recognize the traces of God’s Spirit in events great and small.” Profound in its insight, yet warm and accessible in its tone, The Joy of the Gospel is a call to action to live a life motivated by divine love and, in turn, to experience heaven on earth. Includes a foreword by Robert Barron, author of Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith and James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage
Paul and the Vocation of Israel
Author : Lionel J. Windsor
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 45,55 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3110369834
Book Description
The Apostle Paul was the greatest early missionary of the Christian gospel. He was also, by his own admission, an Israelite. How can both these realities coexist in one individual? This book argues that Paul viewed his mission to the Gentiles, in and of itself, as the primary expression of his Jewish identity. The concept of Israel’s divine vocation is used to shed fresh light on a number of much-debated passages in Paul’s letter to the Romans.
