Christianity Incorporated


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These days "getting religion" is generally considered a rather quaint thing of the past. "Getting spirituality," on the other hand, is the hottest thing on the market. In fact, corporate-sponsored spiritual salve is becoming the most popular prescription for the overworked and soul-weary employees. But for many Christians, this antidote has become its own epidemic. How is this epidemic infecting the church? How should the church respond as a community of believers? According to authors Michael Budde and Robert Brimlow, the church must resist becoming the "chaplain to capitalism." Christianity Incorporated reminds us that Christ-centered discipleship is fundamentally at odds with consumer capitalist priorities. The church must have a mission and a voice in society that is distinct from, rather than in chorus with, watered-down corporate spirituality. Christianity Incorporated is a wake-up call for all Christians. Courageous, current, and accessible, this book will provide guidance and insight to anyone concerned with pursuing Christian discipleship in our consumer culture.




Big Business


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The manner in which Britain, Germany and France have conducted business this century is analysed in this comparative study. It focuses on key companies and business elites and their performance at critical times.




Big Business and the State


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Examines the evolution of corporate form and managerial process from the 1880s to the 1990s, detailing how corporations influenced government to affect changes in response to economic transitions.




They Like Jesus but Not the Church


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Many people today, especially among emerging generations, don’t resonate with the church and organized Christianity. Some are leaving the church and others were never part of the church in the first place. Sometimes it’s because of misperceptions about the church. Yet often they are still spiritually open and fascinated with Jesus. This is a ministry resource book exploring six of the most common objects and misunderstandings emerging generations have about the church and Christianity. The objections come from conversations and interviews the church has had with unchurched twenty and thirty-somethings at coffee houses. Each chapter raises the objection using a conversational approach, provides the biblical answers to that objection, gives examples of how churches are addressing this objection, and concludes with follow-through projection suggestions, discussion questions, and resource listings.




Like a Tree


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Like a Tree is a collection of inspirational weekly columns that appeared in the Telegram Newspaper under the heading: Walking By Faith between 2001 and 2013. This third volume, Like a Tree, contains select powerful messages. These writings fulfill Janine’s mandate to ‘Go Girl’: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). These articles have blessed countless readers in Michigan, across the United States and abroad. Some have been published in other periodicals, circulated via email, U.S. mail, shared Facebook posts and blogs. These powerful messages are timeless and will continue to bless readers.




Inherit the Kingdom: Heirs of God and Joint Heirs with Christ


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Only you know what roads you have traveled, what burdens you have borne. You alone know what experiences you have had to bring you to this book You can do whatever it is that you must do with your life, beginning right here and right now. Sharing fifty years of knowledge and experience in spiritual healing, Reverend Peck offers a new realm of possibilities for obtaining better health, a greater sense of wealth, and a feeling of brotherly love. He tackles the difficult topics of establishing a working relationship between God and man and overcoming the evils and temptations in life. Many of Reverend Pecks controversial ideasas well as his startling approach for the reorganization of the churchdemand the readers open-mindedness and attention. Reverend Peck effectively guides the reader through a step-by-step approach to the various aspects concerning spiritual healing and the many ways of practicing Jesus teachings in our daily lives. Paul Lachlan Peck is an ordained minister and family counselor and teacher of New Age theology. He has spent more than fifty years practicing spiritual healing, thirty-five of those years he spent healing by the laying on of hands.




The Standard


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Congressional Record


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Theological Foundations for Collaborative Ministry


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This book examines the theological foundations of a collaborative approach to Christian ministry. The discovery that Christians are members 'one of another' creates energy and joy in ministry and empowers the Church in an age of mission.Outlining the present challenges for ministry, Stephen Pickard offers an historical perspective on ministry over the last century; develops a theory of collaborative ministry based on a dialogue between theology and science; and explores some implications of collaborative ministry for lay and ordained people of the Church.This book breaks new ground in its theory of collaborative ministry through a dialogue with the sciences of emergence. It also offers fresh insights on important texts in ministry; relationships between Christology, pneumatology and ministry; a relational ontology of ministry; episcopacy, ecumenism, ordination vows and wisdom for team ministry.




Social Service Review


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