Author : David Ravenhill
Publisher : Destiny Image Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,30 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Forgiveness
ISBN : 9780768427196
Combined with G. Campbell Morgan's classic The Parable of the Father's Heart, author David Ravenhill recasts the prodigal son story into 20th-century settings, citing parallels between the prodigals of yesterday and today. Welcome Home warns and warms the heart, as it not only chronicles the steady downward spiral from prosperity to the pig pen; but it also provides steps leading to full relationship restoration.
Author : Various Authors,
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 6637 pages
File Size : 28,44 MB
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0310294142
The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.
Author : Henri J. M. Nouwen
Publisher : Image
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,28 MB
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0804152128
With over a million copies sold, this classic work is essential reading for all who ask, “Where has my struggle led me?” A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on an unforgettable spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal and resonant meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chosen to dwell. As Nouwen reflects on Rembrandt’s painting in light of his own life journey, he evokes a powerful drama of the classic parable in a rich, captivating way that is sure to reverberate in the hearts of readers. Nouwen probes the several movements of the parable: the younger son’s return, the father’s restoration of sonship, the elder son’s resentfulness, and the father’s compassion. The themes of homecoming, affirmation, and reconciliation will be newly discovered by all who have known loneliness, dejection, jealousy, or anger. The challenge to love as God loves, and to be loved as God’s beloved, will be seen as the ultimate revelation of the parable known to Christians throughout time, and is here represented with a vigor and power fresh for our times.
Author : Ron Nichols
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 16,65 MB
Release : 2005-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781413789577
Welcome Home, Son is the story of a prodigal son, not the prodigal son, but one of tens of thousands. The story of the prodigal is retold from the very personal and all too real perspective of a husband, father, and a credentialed minister of the Word who seemingly had it all together. However, on the inside he lived a life of secret addiction, self-condemnation and torment. One day it erupted into a painful journey. However, it did not end there. Just like in the story told by Jesus, this prodigal repented and was welcomed home. It is our prayer that fellow prodigals will find hope in this true-life account because, even though consequences of our prodigal journey must be faced, the Father is not in the habit of kicking the prodigal son in the pants when he finally comes home.
Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,36 MB
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 144063789X
The New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet uncovers the essential message of Jesus, locked inside his most familiar parable. Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C.S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a feature on his first book, The Reason for God. In that book, he offered a rational explanation of why we should believe in God. Now, in The Prodigal God, Keller takes his trademark intellectual approach to understanding Christianity and uses the parable of the prodigal son to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation. Within that parable Jesus reveals God's prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. This book will challenge both the devout and skeptics to see Christianity in a whole new way.
Author : Philip Yancey
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 50,71 MB
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310367816
OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD! It's the most powerful force in the universe, our only hope for love and forgiveness, and a foretaste of eternal life: amazing, radical, life-changing grace. Millions of lives have been changed by award-winning author Philip Yancey's startling exploration of grace at street level. Grace is the one thing the world can't duplicate, the healing force we need, and the key to transforming a broken world. In this revised and updated edition of his personal and provocative book, Yancey offers true portraits of grace's life-changing power. These stories, set in the midst of life's stark realities, evoke such questions as: If grace is God's love for the undeserving, how do I get it? How well are we dispensing grace to a world that knows far more of strife and unforgiveness than it does of mercy? Can grace make a difference in the midst of such atrocities as the Nazi holocaust, and how can it withstand the brutality of hate? With powerful stories, rich theology, and practical suggestions, Yancey challenges us to become living answers to a world that desperately needs to know, What's So Amazing About Grace?
Author : George Everard
Publisher :
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 48,45 MB
Release : 1871
Category : Christian life
ISBN :
Author : Mark A. Stelter
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,32 MB
Release : 2011-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1610976878
Christianity is in crisis. We live in a time when millions of people profoundly misunderstand the message of the Gospel. They believe that being a Christian means little more than being a nice person. They view Jesus as a wise moral teacher who showed us how to live better lives, and they conclude that the love of humanity is our greatest cause and its progress our primary purpose. Whatever else may be said of this view of Christianity, it is certainly not what Jesus taught. It is an attempt to replace the concepts of sin, redemption, and salvation with the more socially acceptable virtues of tolerance, compassion, and social progress. It elevates humanity and the world above God and his kingdom and reduces Jesus to a mere moral philosopher. But who did Jesus say he was? What was the essential message of Christ? The Gospel According to Christ answers those questions by examining the words of Jesus, in their context and in their entirety. The answers will be shocking to many Christians.
Author : Spencer Tillman
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 27,3 MB
Release : 2005-09-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1418565172
The "Red Zone." The last 20 yards from the opponent's goal line. It's difficult to score there because the defending team can concentrate its efforts. Likewise, the offensive team has less area in which to maneuver. It takes the focused and precise execution of all players doing their assigned tasks to advance the ball in the Red Zone and score. In business and in every other area of life, we encounter many Red Zones-situations where the pressure is on and our "wiggle room" is limited. It's there where we have to draw on preparation, experience, and strength of character if we hope to reach our objective. We need a solid game plan -- and that's exactly what Scoring in the Red Zone provides. Through personal anecdotes, illustrations from sports, and timeless wisdom, Spencer Tillman challenges you and your team to win when the pressure is on.
Author : Smith
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 24,75 MB
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1483681742
This book describes the unique Christian cure for the moral illness that has crippled mankind throughout history and still runs rampant today. It examines this problem identified by all major religions and philosophies of the world. Then follows the detailed description of the proven and fully available (though sometimes unpleasant) cure. Best of all, it discusses the anti-toxin to prevent re-infection!
