Book Description
As a journey guide, this book delivers compelling answers to some difficult questions such as: what was Jesus' original church like and how is God reshaping Christianity today?
Author : Paul Vieira
Publisher : Karis Pub Incorporated
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 16,22 MB
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780971804081
As a journey guide, this book delivers compelling answers to some difficult questions such as: what was Jesus' original church like and how is God reshaping Christianity today?
Author : Keith Crowley
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 28,15 MB
Release : 2012-07-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1781480788
In 'The Bible Exposed -Why God has left the building' the author deconstructs many of Christianity's most cherished illusions. He lifts the lid off the Christian Bible's collection of scientific errors, ancient myths, legends and constant contradictions, and demonstrates that the Bible can only be a man-made artefact untouched by divine involvement or inspiration. The difference between what the Bible actually says and what Christianity teaches will astonish you. For instance, who killed Goliath? Everyone thinks that they know the answer. Everyone is amazed when they read what the Bible actually says.
Author : Peter Keese
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 49,89 MB
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1630875023
Contrary to what many church people (particularly church "professionals") say, God does not dwell in church, and church doesn't have the franchise on good news. Instead, author Peter Keese proposes the optimistic view that good news is much larger and more all-encompassing than any church can contain or convey, and that good news is everywhere to be found and experienced. In this imaginary dialogue between a traditionalist and his protagonist for a god-in-the-world perspective, Keese's sermons illustrate his conviction that God is out there, inviting us to join in and enjoy the riches of God's life and work. Indeed, as Keese writes, "Jesus has left the building--with all its strictures--and beckons us to come along where life in all its chaotic glory is to be experienced--and enjoyed!"
Author : Paul Vieira
Publisher :
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2007
Category :
ISBN : 9789078643043
Author : Toni Campbell
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 38,13 MB
Release : 2021-07-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781736008003
Author and church benevolent minister Toni Campbell shares the fruit of a decade of planning community outreach events with her team, reaching a large extended population in central New Jersey. Jesus Has Left the Building features the nitty gritty details culled from the experience of hundreds of volunteers and takes the time-consuming guesswork out of church'outreach plans. Step-by-step details and fine-tuning tips ensure that you won't have to reinvent the wheel in outreach efforts, but concentrate on the primary mission to generously share Jesus with people and meet their physical needs through the practical goals of saving time, money, and volunteer effort. Twelve outreach events are outlines in specific detail, plus leadership tips for volunteer team building and follow-up discipleship necessities.
Author : Robert Boyd Munger
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 32,54 MB
Release : 2010-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830863699
More than ten million readers have enjoyed Robert Boyd Munger's spiritually challenging meditation on Christian discipleship. Now revised and expanded, My Heart--Christ's Home leads you to examine for yourself all the aspects of your life--considering what Christ most desires for you.
Author : Joyce Palmer
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 22,43 MB
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781484861011
This book tells not where you should worship, but how you should worship. It tells the true meaning of the word Church, how place doesn't matter, and how prospering financially isn't nearly as important as prospering spiritually.
Author : Michael Plekon
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1498239579
The origin of the phrase "the church has left the building" lies with Elvis. In order to clear halls of his riotous fans after concerts, it was announced that "Elvis has left the building." Here, the expression highlights intense change within the church. Not only does the church change for its own existence, it also does so for the life of the world. The church cannot avoid the many past and future changes of our constantly transforming society, demographic changes long in process. What you have before you is a gathering of first-hand reflections--stories really--from a diverse group of Christians, lay as well as ordained. While each has a distinctive experience of the church in our time, all of them have something to say about the many changes in our society and how these are affecting our faith, the parish, and pastoral work. Contributors: Mary Breton Nicholas Denysenko Adam A. J. DeVille John C. Frazier David Frost Carol Fryer Kenneth J. Guest Brett Hoover Abbie Huff Wongee Joh Justin Mathews Maria Gwyn McDowell William C. Mills Robert Corin Morris Sarah Hinlicky Wilson Michael Plekon
Author : Scott Sauls
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 25,28 MB
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1496403835
Whether the issue of the day on Twitter, Facebook, or cable news is our sexuality, political divides, or the perceived conflict between faith and science, today’s media pushes each one of us into a frustrating clash between two opposing sides. Polarizing, us-against-them discussions divide us and distract us from thinking clearly and communicating lovingly with others. Scott Sauls, like many of us, is weary of the bickering and is seeking a way of truth and beauty through the conflicts. Jesus Outside the Lines presents Jesus as this way. Scott shows us how the words and actions of Jesus reveal a response that does not perpetuate the destructive fray. Jesus offers us a way forward—away from harshness, caricatures, and stereotypes. In Jesus Outside the Lines, you will experience a fresh perspective of Jesus, who will not (and should not) fit into the sides.
Author : Kyndall Rae Rothaus
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 33,96 MB
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1506469159
We are all born inside a fence. Not the same fence, but we all have our own variation of restrictions-passed-down-to-us. The narrative passed down to Christian women by patriarchal religion tells us not only that we are bad, but that we need someone outside ourselves to save us. We need a revolutionary new spirituality, and a revolutionary term to describe it: the queendom of God. Telling the stories of some of the strongest women in all of Scripture--like Delilah, Deborah, and Jael--as well as some of the most brutalized--like the daughter of Jephthah--Thy Queendom Come offers a new path forward. In the queendom of God, we are no longer waiting on a rescuer. We realize we are ready to conceive and give birth to new life--a creative act between God and us, no masculine authority necessary. We can, as women, say yes to the divine annunciation, quite apart from any sinner's prayer, the blessing of priests, or an ordination by men. We can leave the narrow kingdom behind and embrace a more vibrant, just, and inspiring spiritual life in God's queendom.