Evangelism for the Fainthearted


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(Foreword by Luis Palau; updated edition) A real-life, proven approach for communicating the gospel through meaningful conversations, earning trust, and studying the Bible with interested seekers. This comfortable and natural approach replaces guilt with positive results.




The Complete Evangelism Guidebook


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This comprehensive resource includes contributions from well-known evangelists, such as Rick Warren, Josh McDowell, and Luis Palau, on everything a person needs to know about sharing his or her faith.




Sacred Pace


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How do we hear from God and discern His will when it’s time to make big decisions? Terry Looper shares a four-step process for doing just that - a process he has learned and refined over thirty years as a Christian entrepreneur and founder of a multi-billion dollar company. At just thirty-six years old, Terry Looper was a successful Christian businessman who thought he had it all—until managing all he had led to a devastating burnout. Wealthy beyond his wildest dreams but miserable beyond belief, Terry experienced a radical transformation when he discovered how to align himself with God’s will in the years following his crash and burn. Sacred Pace is a four-step process that helps Christians in all walks of life learn how to slow down their decision-making under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, sift through their surface desires and sinful patterns in order to receive clear, peace-filled answers from the Lord, gain the confident assurance that God’s answers are His way of fulfilling the true desires he has placed in their hearts, and grow closer to the One who loves them most and knows them best. Sacred Pace is not another example of name-it-and-claim-it materialism in disguise. Instead, it walks Christians through the sometimes-painful process of “dying to self” in their decisions, both big and small, so that they desire God’s will more than their own.




What You Need to Know About Salvation in 12 Lessons


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Bad news first: everyone is born lost. Now the good news: Jesus saves! Simple enough. But today’s secular and new age optimism blinds many to the reality that we need a Savior. And even some who come to Christ don’t fully understand the stupendous treasure God gives when He saves them. What You Need to Know about Salvation will fortify your confidence in the salvation you’ve received and help you experience more of its infinite riches. You’ll thrill at the drama of redemption as it unfolds through Scripture: the glory of creation, the tragedy of sin and the Fall, the provision of salvation in Jesus Christ, and its application today through the Holy Spirit. And you’ll be moved to worship your Savior and share the good news with others. Features include: 12 lessons you can complete in under one hour each Real-life application of biblical truth Explanations of prominent Christian views on the topic Easy-to-teach resources, including previews and summary features Questions for discussion Core teachings on Christianity that will challenge any seeker, new believer, or veteran believer looking for a stronger foundation What You Need to Know study guides sold to date: More than 200,000




What You Need to Know about Salvation


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What You Need to Know about Salvation will fortify your confidence in the salvation you've received and help you experience more of its infinite riches.




New Brethren in Flanders


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New Brethren in Flanders is the story of the planting and remarkable growth of Brethren churches in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium at the end of the twentieth century. The Evangelische Christengemeenten Vlaanderen (ECV) began in the early 1970s as a result of evangelistic church-planting efforts led by a group of Canadian Christian Brethren missionaries. In just under twenty years, the ECV grew from one evangelistic, home Bible study to over thirty local churches in Flanders, the Netherlands, and Germany composed almost entirely of newly converted evangelical Christians. As one of those who grew up in these churches notes, "The Spirit of God, through the ECV's founders, built up an altogether masterly piece of work right in front of us."




The Message of the Holy Spirit


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Despite the teaching of the Bible and church tradition, it seems that many Christians can still lack an appreciation of God the Holy Spirit. He has sometimes been valued more for the gifts he bestows than for who he is; or he has been viewed simply as the 'third person of the Godhead'. However, Keith Warrington's conviction is that the Holy Spirit is more important, more central, more immanently involved in his creation, the church, and individual believers, more often and more strategically, than many Christians realise. When Jesus left his disciples and went to heaven, he gave the best gift he could - the Holy Spirit - knowing that he will be our dynamic guide and partner as we seek to live as God's people. In this practical, biblically based exploration of the Spirit, Warrington encourages believers to recognize that the same Spirit seeks to encounter us and desires that we encounter him.




Noise of Dry Bones


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Issachar File


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Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research


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Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research VOLUME ONE FALL 2009 The Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research (JBPR) is a new international peer-reviewed academic serial dedicated to narratively and rhetorically minded exegesis of biblical and related texts. Potential topics include theological and pneumatological interpretation, the role of spiritual experience with authorial, canonical, and contemporary contexts, and the contextual activity of Ruach Yahweh, Ruach Elohim, and various identifications of the Holy Spirit. JBPR hopes to stimulate new thematic and narrative-critical exploration and discovery in both traditional and under-explored areas of research. CONTENTS: Contextual Analysis and Interpretation with Sensitivity to the Spirit as Interactive Person: Editor's Explanation and Welcome to JBPR KEITH WARRINGTON Suffering and the Spirit in Luke-Acts WILHELM J. WESSELS Empowered by the Spirit of Yahweh: A Study of Micah 3:8 KENNETH BASS The Narrative and Rhetorical Use of Divine Necessity in Luke-Acts JACQUELINE GREY Acts of the Spirit: Ezekiel 37 in the Light of Contemporary Speech-Act Theory JOHN C. POIRIER Spirit-Gifted Callings in the Pauline Corpus, Part I: The Laying On of Hands ROB STARNER Luke: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist: A Review Article Review of Wilda C. Gafney, Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel (Leonard P. Mare) Review of Richard M. Davidson, Flame of Yahweh: Sexuality in the Old Testament (Roger D. Cotton) Review of Robby Waddell, The Spirit of the Book of Revelation (David G. Clark) Review of Graham Twelftree, In the Name of Jesus: Exorcism Among Early Christians (Jon Mark Ruthven) Reviews of Gordon Fee, Galatians (Janet Meyer Everts and George Lyons)