Author : Masters Academy International The
Publisher :
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,54 MB
Release : 2019-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780960020393
A 365 page-a-day devotional to enable you to Journey each day through Scripture with shepherds from around the world as your guide. Be encouraged and challenged as God's truth is faithfully explained and applied. Watch your faith be strengthened and your prayer life revitalized.
Author : David M. Howard
Publisher : IVP Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 13,8 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780877847847
Author : John Piper
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,57 MB
Release : 2017-04-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 143355352X
The Bible reveals glorious things. And yet we often miss its power because we read it the same way we read any other book. In Reading the Bible Supernaturally, best-selling author John Piper teaches us how to read the Bible in light of its divine author. In doing so, he highlights the Bible's unique ability to reveal God to humanity in a way that informs our minds, transforms our hearts, and ignites our love. With insights into the biblical text drawn from decades of experience studying, preaching, and teaching Scripture, Piper helps us experience the transformative power of God's Word—a power that extends beyond the mere words on the page. Ultimately, Piper shows us that in the seemingly ordinary act of reading the Bible, something supernatural happens: we encounter the living God.
Author : Jerry Rankin
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,99 MB
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433671751
The mission of God to “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19, HCSB) is a major target of spiritual warfare today. In this new book by International Mission Board president Jerry Rankin and noted missiologist Ed Stetzer, the authors call out Satan’s ongoing strategy to convince Christians that the Great Commission is optional. Through deceit, he is eroding the authoritative mandate of Scripture, leading believers to tell themselves that international discipleship is a task better left to denomination and mission agencies—not the sort of kingdom work that every believer can do. But for every evil success, Rankin and Stetzer point to where Satan is failing, thus encouraging readers to renew their passion to declare God’s glory among the nations. Indeed, by taking up the call to action here, we can be sure that the kingdoms of the world will become the kingdom of the Lord.
Author : Katie M. Reid
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 35,67 MB
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0735291322
An invitation for overachievers to discover what it means to rest as God's daughters without compromising their God-given design as doers. Are you a Martha who feels guilty for not being a Mary? Do you want to sit at Jesus’s feet as Mary did—but you feel the need to get things done? In Made Like Martha, Katie M. Reid invites you to exchange try-hard striving for hope-filled freedom without abandoning your doer’s heart in the process. Through her own story and rich biblical illustrations, Katie reminds you that it’s not important whether you sit and listen or stand and work. What matters is that your spiritual posture is one of a beloved daughter who knows she doesn’t need to earn God’s love. Your desire to get things done is not something to temper but something to embrace as you serve from a place of strength and peace—knowing Christ already did His most important work for you on the cross. With “It Is Finished” activities at the end of each chapter and a fiveweek Bible study included, Made Like Martha helps you find rest from striving even as you celebrate your God-given design to “do.” “Made Like Martha will infuse your life with a fresh perspective as you learn both to embrace your God-given personality and also discover how—and when—to rest and retreat.” —Karen Ehman, Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker and New York Times bestselling author of Keep It Shut
Author : Philip Jenkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 37,71 MB
Release : 2006-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0195300653
Named one of the top religion books of 2002 by USA Today, Philip Jenkins's phenomenally successful The Next Christendom permanently changed the way people think about the future of Christianity. In that volume, Jenkins called the world's attention to the little noticed fact that Christianity's center of gravity was moving inexorably southward, to the point that Africa may soon be home to the world's largest Christian populations. Now, in this brilliant sequel, Jenkins takes a much closer look at Christianity in the global South, revealing what it is like, and what it means for the future.The faith of the South, Jenkins finds, is first and foremost a biblical faith. Indeed, in the global South, many Christians identify powerfully with the world portrayed in the New Testament--an agricultural world very much like their own, marked by famine and plague, poverty and exile, until very recently a society of peasants, farmers, and small craftsmen. In the global South, as in the biblical world, belief in spirits and witchcraft are commonplace, and in many places--such as Nigeria, Indonesia, and Sudan--Christians are persecuted just as early Christians were. Thus the Bible speaks to the global South with a vividness and authenticity simply unavailable to most believers in the industrialized North.More important, Jenkins shows that throughout the global South, believers are reading the Bible with fresh eyes, and coming away with new and sometimes startling interpretations. Some of their conclusions are distinctly fundamentalist, but Jenkins finds an intriguing paradox, for they are also finding ideas in the Bible that are socially liberating, especially with respect to women's rights. Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, such Christians are social activists in the forefront of a wide range of liberation movements.It's hard to overstate how interesting, how eye-opening, how frequently surprising (and sometimes disturbing) Jenkins' findings are. Anyone interested in the implications of these trends for the major denominations, for Muslim-Christian conflict, and for global politics will find The New Faces of Christianity provocative and incisive--and indispensable.
Author : Chris Tomlin
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 46,67 MB
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1400212278
What happens when we praise God? What are the benefits of praising Him? Do you know what praise actually means? In Holy Roar, Chris Tomlin and Darren Whitehead share a fresh perspective from the worship practices of the ancient world. They take readers on a praise journey that answers questions and provides valuable insight. After reading Holy Roar, you will: Grow an understanding of praise with Darren's unique insights. Gain a deeper understanding of how to worship. Be inspired as Chris shares how those insights take shape in the stories behind some of your favorite worship songs, including "How Great Is Our God," "We Fall Down," and "Good Good Father." Holy Roar is for: Readers of all ages interested in growing their faith Pastors, worship leaders, and small group teachers leading believers In the ancient world, something extraordinary happened when God's people gathered to worship Him. It was more than just singing; it was a declaration, a proclamation, a time to fully embody praise to God for who He is and what He has done. In fact, in the Psalms, seven Hebrew words are translated into the English word praise, each of which represents a different aspect of what it means to truly praise God.
Author : Mathew Bartlett
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 47,97 MB
Release : 2019-01-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532668716
Daily devotional readings for Advent 2018 with select scriptures on the subject of God’s glory. Beginning December 2nd (the first Sunday in Advent in 2018) going through Christmas Day. Put God’s glory at the centre of your Christmas season. Includes a daily Bible reading plan, and prayers for reflection. Christmas Eve: The Radiance of God’s Glory The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. (Hebrews 1:3) It’s Christmas Eve—time for us to look again at the baby of Bethlehem. He is worth a long and careful look, for as the writer to the Hebrews says, he expresses God’s nature and glory in a unique and powerful way. The New Testament writers comprehend Jesus as God. Even as he lay in the animal’s feeding trough, he was the Word made flesh. Even as the donkey brushed against his makeshift crib, he remained the one who “sustains all things by the word of his power,” (Hebrews 1:3) keeping all the countless stars in place—stars he had named! Some theologians speak of Jesus as laying aside his glory to be born into this world. The New Testament presents quite a different picture, that of Christ being the perfect manifestation of God’s glory (see 2 Corinthians 4:4; Colossians 1:15–16). Others speak of Christ emptying himself to become human, whereas the New Testament speaks not of emptiness but the “fulness of the godhead” dwelling in him “in bodily form” (Colossians 2:9). Jesus Christ came to reveal God’s glory, a glory which is “full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). The radiance of God’s glory reaches out to you and me, inviting us in, to love the one who first loved us, worship the one who was born to redeem us, and praise the name of the one who died, so that the costly rescue mission he began at Bethlehem could be accomplished. Prayer: Lord, we praise you for the glory of Christmas—that God is with us and will never leave us. We praise you, for you so loved us, that gave up your heavenly home, shedding your blood on the cross to save us. It is this love, more than anything else, that reveals the fulness of God’s glory to us. Amen. Advent Themes: First Week: God Reveals His Glory. Second Week: The Prophets Foretell Future Glory. Third Week: God’s Glory Revealed in Christ. Fourth Week: To God be the Glory!
Author : Timothy C. Tennent
Publisher : Kregel Academic
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 29,18 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0825438837
A primary resource introducing missions for the passionate follower of Christ
Author : Helen Roseveare
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,54 MB
Release : 2007-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781845502942
Christian Sacrifice Joy in living Missionary stories from the African Congo
