Author : Michael W. Stroope
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 11,71 MB
Release : 2017-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830882251
Is the language of mission clearly evident across the broad reaches of time? Or has the modern missionary enterprise distorted our view of the past? Michael Stroope investigates how the modern church has come to understand, speak of, and engage in the global expansion of Christianity, offering a hopeful way forward in this pressing conversation.
Author : Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 10,76 MB
Release : 2002-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 142676328X
"Mission" has become, for many North American Christians, an ambiguous and often uncomfortable term. To many it brings to mind a past in which western culture was identified with the gospel in missionary practice and programs. Distressed with this history and uncertain about how to overcome it, many prefer to ignore the New Testament mandate that the church must be in mission if it is to be the church. Others swing the other way, declaring that everything the church does is mission, depriving the idea of mission of its power to define those specific actions of God which proclaim the gospel and build God's kingdom. "The church exists by missions, just as fire exists by burning." With these words of Emil Brunner, the author reminds us that to be the church is to be in mission. After describing the various "captivities of mission" which plague North American Christianity, the author argues for a robust and engaged practice of mission, beginning in congregations and extending to the broader community.
Author : Don C. Richter
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,69 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780835899475
Churches and other organizations are launching mission trips with ever-increasing frequency. Don Richter describes how those on mission can become servant-guests who embody Christ's love. He provides a number of aids to support that process, including: spiritual practices, mission trip stories, key biblical passages, activity and reflection suggestions "for the journey". Mission Trips That Matter will inspire and guide groups to reflect on their life together as they prepare for, engage in, and interpret short-term mission trips and service projects. Book jacket.
Author : Margie Hunter
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 21,45 MB
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1483460215
When Margie Hunter was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999, she embarked on a journey to find wellness. In Transcending MS, she describes a breakthrough and effective approach to reducing or eliminating MS symptoms through an application of both Eastern and Western medicine and techniques-steps she used to conquer the illness. A yoga practitioner, today Hunter is symptom-free and lives a higher quality of life than before her diagnosis. She shares what MS sufferers need to know to return to balanced health: - a simple, straightforward, self-care treatment plan; - comprehensive breathing, meditation, and stress management techniques for all levels; - detailed yoga postures to incorporate into daily life; - a nutritional and supplement guide to adjust the dietary lifestyle for the better; - recommendations Hunter used to overcome MS symptoms; and - a thirty-one-day process that supports the first month toward vibrant health.
Author : George Jaramillo
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 48,33 MB
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1800732228
Even as the global economy of the twenty-first century continues its dramatic and unpredictable transformations, the landscapes it leaves in its wake bear the indelible marks of their industrial past. Whether in the form of abandoned physical structures, displaced populations, or ecological impacts, they persist in memory and lived experience across the developed world. This collection explores the affective and “more-than-representational” dimensions of post-industrial landscapes, including narratives, practices, social formations, and other phenomena. Focusing on case studies from across Europe, it examines both the objective and the subjective aspects of societies that, increasingly, produce fewer things and employ fewer workers.
Author : Gen Lamrimpa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 29,80 MB
Release : 2012-08-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0861717929
Inspired by years of scholarly training and decades of solitary retreat, Tibetan monk Gen Lamrimpa offers a concise overview of all phases of the Kalachakra practice: the preliminaries, the initiation, and finally, the stages of generation and completion. With remarkable clarity, he makes the Six-Session Guruyoga practice accessible to all practitioners, and deepens our understanding and appreciation of this sublime teaching of the Buddha. Gen Lamrimpa begins this eminently practical explanation by emphasizing the importance of a compassionate motivation for spiritual practice. He then explores the nature of suffering and the cycle of existence that traps all living beings, and concludes with a detailed account of the Six-Phase Yoga, which is meant to be recited and contemplated three times during the day and three times at night. Alan Wallace's introduction illuminates both Kalachakra's rich history and Gen Lamrimpa's unique contribution to our understanding. This book provides a clear explanation of Kalachakra as set forth within the context of the Six-Session Guruyoga, a daily meditation practice for initiates. Transcending Time presents all phases of Kalachakra practice--the preliminaries, the initiation, and finally, the stages of generation and completion.
Author : John Stott
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 25,87 MB
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830844392
Newly updated and expanded by Christopher J. H. Wright, John Stott's classic book presents an enduring and holistic view of Christian mission that must encompass both evangelism and social action. Through a thorough biblical exploration, Stott provides a biblically based approach to mission that addresses both spiritual and physical needs.
Author : James F. Engel
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 19,23 MB
Release : 2000-02-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830822393
James F. Engel and William A. Dyrness offer a sympathetic yet courageous analysis of the challenges that North American and other Western Christian missions face.
Author : Marc Seifer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 15,42 MB
Release : 2008-08-13
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1594779619
A study of the new scientific understanding of consciousness and the mind as a fifth dimension of reality • Introduces the existence of a fifth dimension--one of mind--an inner- or hyperspace where time is transcended • Shows how the barrier of the speed of light is actually a gateway demarking the fifth dimension Since the introduction of Descartes’ dualism in the seventeenth century, the mind and the physical world have been viewed as disconnected entities. Yet qualities of mind such as awareness, purposeful action, organization, design, and even decision-making are present within the structure of matter and within the dimensions of space and time. The space-time continuum of scientists generally ignores the realm of the mind, though phenomena such as imaginary numbers, used by Einstein to combine space with time, are concepts that only exist in the mind. Marc Seifer contends that the inadequacy of four-dimensional models to account for our experience of mental phenomena points to the consciousness of the mind as a higher organizing principle, a fifth dimension where thoughts are as real and quantifiable as our familiar physical world. He shows that because thought enables us to move backward and forward through time--reflecting on the past and making plans for the future--this fifth dimension of mind breaks the laws of relativity, thereby transcending the speed of light. His extensive study of this fifth dimension ranges from relativity and ether theory to precognition, telepathy, and synchronicity, all from the perspective of the conscious universe.
Author : J. D. Payne
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 14,63 MB
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1493434926
A leading expert in the field of Christian missions encourages the church to recover the apostolic imagination that fueled the multiplication of disciples in the first century. J. D. Payne examines the contemporary practice of Western missions and advocates a more central place for Scripture in defining missionary language, identity, purpose, function, and strategy. He shows that an apostolic understanding of the church's disciple-making commission requires rethinking every aspect of missionary engagement. The book includes end-of-chapter discussion questions and action steps to help pastors and church leaders develop an apostolic imagination.
