Giving Up Or Pressing Onward


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Have you wanted to give up and leave everything behind? Everybody has trials in their lives, but sometimes these trials can become overwhelming, and you want to find a way to escape. You may want to give up because you think there isn't a way out, but instead of giving up, you have to learn how to cope with your trials. That is a difficult thing to do when you're in the midst of a trial. In this book, I'll show you how I've pressed onward to meet my goals in life.







Literary Museum


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From the Heart of a Pastor, J. Alfred Smith Sr.


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This book captures over three decades of Dr. Smith Sr’s prayers, pastor pens and sermon outlines. First, he demonstrates that the Bible is a lasting and sure foundation for powerful preaching. Secondly, Pastor Smith demonstrates that relevant preaching does not seek to hide God in techniques of popularity and hunger for quick success. Thirdly, Dr. Smith Sr., demonstrates that we cannot lead people to God with godless preaching and teaching. A commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ does not require us to despise, demean and disrespect other faith traditions. When Jesus healed he did not ask for birth certificates, nationality oaths ethnic or racial loyalty oaths. Jesus is an inclusive Redeemer and Liberator. This book is a must read for pastors, professors, parents, students and others who desire to grow in the knowledge of preaching, praying and applying God’s words to the deeper human rights struggle. The section on prayers reflect petitions to God for varying occasions; congregational prayers, public events, church anniversaries baby dedications, bereavements, sickness, intercessory prayers, weddings, funerals and a host of others. Using ordinary words, they reflect sincerity, simplicity and selflessness. Lastly, in the tradition of keeping in touch with the congregation, the Pastor Pen is a weekly bulletin Sunday writing that varies from current events, biblical subjects, and others challenges the church may be experiencing including financial appeals and a reminder that giving is a part of worshiping.




The Leisure Hour


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My Opinions and Betsy Bobbet's


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.







Pathways to Joy


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Welcome on the journey in Pathways to Joy. You will embark on a journey that everyone will face at one time or another, and for many, it will be several times. It is called the valley of the shadow of death, as described in Psalm 23. The main focus of the valley of the shadow of death is that we go through it! We don't set up camp and make a permanent dwelling; we go through it! Difficulties are not our destiny, but it leads to our destiny. My difficulties have brought a destiny for me to write Pathways to Joy. For far too many, the valley of the shadow of death becomes a lonely place, making it more difficult to get through. In Pathways to Joy, I share with you one of my most difficult times while prompting you to share yours. We will take this journey together. Every person has a story to tell, and I believe it is vital to have someone to share your story with. This one-month soul-care-prompting book will guide you in steps to stay close to the Lord, keeping loneliness at bay. Following the example of Paul's letters, you are encouraged to give thanks, give praise, pray continually, confess to one another, build up your faith, and proclaim the good news. Be encouraged, my brother and sister. You are not alone. If at any time, you need someone to talk to you can reach me or a team member at [email protected]. Our goal is to biblically guide you through your journey and be the living example of Ecclesiastes 4:9-10: "Two are better than one... For if they fall one will lift up his companion." We are with you and for you. Be encouraged. You are going to make it! You are not alone.




Onward


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Christianity Today "Beautiful Orthodoxy" Book of the Year in 2016. Keep Christianity Strange. As the culture changes all around us, it is no longer possible to pretend that we are a Moral Majority. That may be bad news for America, but it can be good news for the church. What's needed now, in shifting times, is neither a doubling-down on the status quo nor a pullback into isolation. Instead, we need a church that speaks to social and political issues with a bigger vision in mind: that of the gospel of Jesus Christ. As Christianity seems increasingly strange, and even subversive, to our culture, we have the opportunity to reclaim the freakishness of the gospel, which is what gives it its power in the first place. We seek the kingdom of God, before everything else. We connect that kingdom agenda to the culture around us, both by speaking it to the world and by showing it in our churches. As we do so, we remember our mission to oppose demons, not to demonize opponents. As we advocate for human dignity, for religious liberty, for family stability, let's do so as those with a prophetic word that turns everything upside down. The signs of the times tell us we are in for days our parents and grandparents never knew. But that's no call for panic or surrender or outrage. Jesus is alive. Let's act like it. Let's follow him, onward to the future.