Author : Wang Wang
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 15,34 MB
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1514004143
In this important body of theology, key writings from the Chinese house church movement have been compiled, translated, and made accessible to English speakers. This unique resource will be valuable to practical and political theologians and anyone interested in international relations, political philosophy, history, and intercultural studies.
Author : Bruce G. Epperly
Publisher : Energion Publications
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 42,17 MB
Release : 2016-07-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1938434641
In Healing Marks (Energion Publications, 2012), Dr. Bruce Epperly challenged Christians to take the healings of Jesus seriously as a pattern for how we can become healing communities. Now he turns to the book of Acts as a pattern for the church in the 21st century. He says, “I believe that Acts of the Apostles provides a fluid, open-spirited, and holistic faith for twenty-first century people as well as a vision for congregational transformation and renewal. Anything can happen to those who follow Jesus. Life is adventurous, surprising, and interesting. Worship leads to mission and mission challenges narrow-mindedness and self-imposed limitations. For those who embrace the spirit of Acts of the Apostles, worship will never be boring and every day will be a holy adventure.” This book is not just an exposition of the book of Acts. It is a call to action. But it is more than that. It draws from the lessons of the early church a plan of individual and communal action to live an adventurous life of faith and to change the world. Each chapter includes activities to help you apply the content to your life and mission. Labeled “Transforming Acts” these point to the transforming acts you can take in your personal or congregational life . Acts is a story of a small group of people who set out to do what appeared humanly impossible – change their world. In this book you are invited to become a part of that story, to attempt the humanly impossible, and to bring transformation and renewal to the church and to the entire world.
Author : Jill Peterfeso
Publisher : Fordham University Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 19,9 MB
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0823288293
This book is openly available in digital formats thanks to a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. While some Catholics and even non-Catholics today are asking if priests are necessary, especially given the ongoing sex-abuse scandal, The Roman Catholic Womanpriests (RCWP) looks to reframe and reform Roman Catholic priesthood, starting with ordained women. Womanpriest is the first academic study of the RCWP movement. As an ethnography, Womanpriest analyzes the womenpriests’ actions and lived theologies in order to explore ongoing tensions in Roman Catholicism around gender and sexuality, priestly authority, and religious change. In order to understand how womenpriests navigate tradition and transgression, this study situates RCWP within post–Vatican II Catholicism, apostolic succession, sacraments, ministerial action, and questions of embodiment. Womanpriest reveals RCWP to be a discrete religious movement in a distinct religious moment, with a small group of tenacious women defying the Catholic patriarchy, taking on the priestly role, and demanding reconsideration of Roman Catholic tradition. Doing so, the women inhabit and re-create the central tensions in Catholicism today.
Author : Josiah D. Boyd
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 15,85 MB
Release : 2021-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1666720429
As a child needs nutrient-rich calories to grow healthily, so God's people experience maturation through consistent, Spirit-empowered feedings from the Bible prepared by a capable, Spirit-filled chef. This is why Paul emphatically charged Timothy, an overseer of a local congregation, to unwaveringly and unrelentingly "preach the word" (2 Tim 4:1-2), a task that assumes not only Scripture's right explanation but also its valid application. Unfortunately, while much scholarly attention has been paid to the former facet, less has been given to the latter. One homiletician, Abraham Kuruvilla (Privilege the Text! A Theological Hermeneutic for Preaching), has recently attempted to fill this void by articulating and demonstrating a methodology through which a preacher can, with confidence and clarity, lead the people of God from the word of God to its intended, and thus binding, application. This work explores the effectiveness of his proposed theology and hermeneutic for the identification, development, communication, and reception of biblically founded, theologically valid, and hearer-relevant application.
Author : Hoffmann
Publisher :
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 12,82 MB
Release : 1883
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Author : Prof. Thomas B. Slater
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 25,37 MB
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1501841750
The book of Revelation is a form of civil disobedience that focuses upon sustaining a faithful witness in spite of the consequences. The author defines civil disobedience as resisting unjust laws in nonviolent ways even if it means the potential death of the protestor (e.g., Rev. 12:11). Along those same lines, the book also redefines conquering as sustaining a faithful witness under duress, modeled after the faithfulness of Jesus, even to death (e.g., 1:5; 2:10, 26-28; 6:9-11; 14:12; 20:4). Even when resistance is expressed in military terms, Christians never take up arms (e.g., Rev 12:7-12; 14:1-5; 19:11-21) but overcome evil through their faithful witness. Slater argues, for example, that Rev 19:21 symbolically refers to a powerful spoken witness that defeats evil. This study develops a way for Christians to read and appreciate the book of Revelation. Many decry the violent nature of the book without noting that Christians are never encouraged to take up arms. Along those same lines, many laypersons see the book as a justification for military intervention against Satan and his minions. They too miss the fact that the book of Revelation never tells Christians to arm themselves. Rather, Christians defeat evil by witnessing faithfully. Both sides would be challenged to rethink and reassess their respective positions given the stress on faithful witness in the book.
Author : Dr. Ricky Edwards
Publisher : Aion Multimedia
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 21,97 MB
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 173303322X
Dr. Ricky Edwards was born on August 16th in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He was four of five children, born to Johnny and Ruthie Edwards. Ricky was raised on a farm Northeast of Pawnee. Here he became a cowboy to the core; working the farm, riding bulls, and breaking horses. He grew up in a Christian home where his father was the song leader and a deacon at the First Assembly of God Church in Skedee, Oklahoma. Since 1986, he and his wife Sally have endeavored to reach and teach people of all ages bringing forth God’s message of salvation, healing, hope and deliverance. Their vision has remained the same and that is to bring restoration to the Body, and teach people who they are in Christ. Their desire is to see that the Harvest is brought in.Today, Pastors Ricky and Sally, pastor Family Worship Center and travel across the country teaching and preaching the Word of God with signs following. They are proclaiming that we are "In the Glory!" They have raised nine children and have seventeen grandchildren.
Author : Ecclesia Bible Society,
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 1665 pages
File Size : 23,19 MB
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 1401679129
Compass is about helping you find the answers you’re looking for in the pages of the Scriptures and allowing that truth to navigate your life. Packed with Bible-reading study helps and using an energizing, new Bible translation, Compass is a Bible designed with you in mind. Do you want to start reading and applying the Bible to your life, but aren’t quite sure where to start? Let Compass point you in the right direction. Features include: In-text notes that include cultural, historical, theological, and devotional thoughts God’s Promises® - Thomas Nelson’s bestselling guide to Scripture for your every need Book introductions Reading plans for every day of the year Topical guides to Scripture and notes In-text maps Part of the Signature Series line of Thomas Nelson Bibles
Author : Paul Estabrooks
Publisher : Castle Quay Books
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 40,13 MB
Release : 2023-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1988928796
Paul Estabrooks- Living Like A Lamb Among 21st Century Wolves: Balancing Grace and Truth - in a day when the polar opposite world views are endlessly hostile, confrontational and seemingly intent on eliminating each other from public dialogue and discourse of each’s particular views of life, this is a book on how we Christians should respond to our current world dilemmas as well as to each other – with grace and truth! Carefully and skillfully handling Scripture, culture and history, Paul Estabrooks lays out a map for all Christians on how to maintain a grace-filled approach to what are clearly 'wolves intent on Christian destruction and silence’ while sharing the stories of persecuted Christians elsewhere who exemplify being overcomers.
Author : Kirsteen Kim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 14,54 MB
Release : 2022-04-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0192567586
The Oxford Handbook of Mission Studies represents more than a century of scholarship related to the theology, history, and methodology of the propagation of Christian faith and the engagement of Christians with cultures, religions, and societies worldwide. It contains more than 40 articles by experts from different disciplinary and ecclesial perspectives, who are from all continents. It not only offers a broad overview of key approaches and issues in mission studies but it also highlights current trends and suggests future developments. The Handbook builds on renewed interest in mission studies this century generated by recent key statements on mission from ecumenical, evangelical, Catholic, and Orthodox sources, and by a spate of academic works on the topic. Western church leaders now apply insights from foreign missions (such as, inculturation, liberation, interfaith work, and power encounter) to today's multicultural societies. Meanwhile, there are new initiatives in mission from the Majority World, where most Christians live, so that sending is not only 'from the west to the rest' but 'from everywhere to everywhere'. Therefore, this volume aims to reflect the voices of the receivers of mission as well as its protagonists and to raise awareness of new movements. In a time of growing recognition of 'religions' more generally, this work examines and theorizes the missional dimensions of the world's largest religion: its agendas, growth, outreach, role in public life, effect on cultures, relevance for development, and its approaches to other communities.
