Author : Christian Smith
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 35,91 MB
Release : 2011-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1587433036
A world-renowned sociologist argues that evangelical biblicism is impossible and produces unwanted pastoral consequences.
Author : Scott Johnson
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 18,79 MB
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1606834746
God loves you so much that He wants you to live from the spiritual dimension where He is, and where everything is possible. So often we try to pull God down to our level, but He tells us very clearly in His word that His ways and thoughts are higher. He can’t be pulled down–but we can ascend upward into His thoughts, ways and...
Author : Herbert Cooper
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 23,60 MB
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310338948
Herbert Cooper was headed down a very different road, living a reckless lifestyle that would have destroyed him in the end, but God had a different plan. He heard the gospel at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting, at which he wasn’t even supposed to be, and he gave his life to Christ. Two words changed Cooper’s life: But God. These two words can change every single person’s life— But God. Each word is only three letters long. The phrase is short, but the implications are huge. The path may look bleak, dim, and hopeless...but GOD changes everything... We’ve all sinned - whether it is sex outside of marriage, a bitter heart, alcohol or drug abuse, cheating, or lying. Maybe you’re at a place in your life where it just feels like things are falling apart. Perhaps you’re portraying one thing on the outside and living something else on the inside. Maybe you are simply going through the motions of a life that’s not quite what you hoped it would be. These moments drag us down - leaving us feeling hopeless and lost. You need something to happen in your life to change. You need a But God... moment. The But God moments are when God comes in and offers a new path and hope for our lives. These moments occur when we are at are lowest, and turn our down-trodden worlds around for the better. It is up to us to recognize and seize these moments when they occur and follow the renewed path God offers.
Author : Kathryn Petras
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 19,19 MB
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0761179887
Pursuing a dream is hard work, but the right words delivered at the right time—by people who’ve been there and done that—can give us just the motivation we need. The right words can rekindle our enthusiasm, re-energize our efforts, dispel doubt, let us know we’re not alone, and show us that the fight is worth it—and winnable. Kathryn and Ross Petras are masters at choosing and delivering just the right words. Their books—such as “Age Doesn’t Matter Unless You’re a Cheese” and “Dance First. Think Later.”—and bestselling calendar, The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said, have over 5.2 million copies in print. Now comes a book for dreamers and doers, plus writers, entrepreneurs, graduates, artists, future movers and shakers. Collecting the hard-won, brilliantly expressed advice from pioneers who have paved the way, including everyone from Rumi to Steve Jobs, Michelangelo to Oprah to Tina Fey, “It Always Seems Impossible Until It’s Done” is like a rousing locker-room speech, inspiring courage, commitment, and perseverance. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan “Go for it, baby! Life ain’t no dress rehearsal.” —Tallulah Bankhead “Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.” —Neil Gaiman “If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?” —T. S. Eliot “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” —Nelson Mandela
Author : Sarah Walton
Publisher : The Good Book Company
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 13,57 MB
Release : 2017-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1784980749
Thirty biblical meditations for women that offer hope in times of suffering. Thirty biblical meditations for women that offer hope in times of suffering. Hurt is real. But so is hope. Kristen and Sarah have walked through, and are walking in, difficult times. So these thirty biblical reflections are full of realism about the hurts of life-yet overwhelmingly full of hope about the God who gives life. This book will gently encourage and greatly help any woman who is struggling with suffering-whether physical, emotional or psychological, and whether for a season or for longer. It is a book to buy for yourself, or to buy for a member of your church or friend. For anyone who is hurting, this book will give hope, not just for life beyond the suffering, but for life in the suffering. Each chapter contains a biblical reflection, with questions and prayers, and a space for journaling.
Author : Shiroko Sokitch
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 10,54 MB
Release : 2018-10-15
Category :
ISBN : 9780692188279
Healing When It Seems Impossible is a fascinating and comprehensive resource to restore your health and explore the physical, emotional and spiritual practices required to finally heal. I especially love all the insightful actions and the blend of Eastern and Western medicine.¿Joe Tatta, PT, DPT Author of Heal Your Pain Now YouCan Heal . . . Even when it seems impossible How do you heal when a diagnosis remains elusive? Where do you go to find solutions?What do you do when, no matter how many tests you take or doctors you see, you still don't know what's wrong or how to resolve your symptoms? Dr. Shiroko's pivotal and transformative book, Healing When It Seems Impossible, peels back the layers of what it means to heal, and guides you to explore the mysteries of your body and reveal the answers within. Inside this book, discover tools to finally: ¿ Release fear and anxiety about your health ¿ Gain greater awareness and meaning of your body and its messages ¿ Ignite hope for your healing, while uncovering the root of your health issue ¿ Explore and recover the connection between your body, spirit and emotions ¿ Experience your own strength and aliveness like never before "By integrating Western science with Chinese medicine and the principles of love and awareness, you can learn to listen, trust, understand, and act upon what your body is saying. From that place, you become whole in your body, mind, and spirit¿and then you can truly heal." ¿Dr. Shiroko Sokitch
Author : Lindsay Lackey
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 24,50 MB
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 125020285X
A bit of magic, a sprinkling of adventure, and a whole lot of heart collide in All the Impossible Things, Lindsay Lackey's extraordinary middle-grade novel about a young girl navigating the foster care system in search of where she belongs. "Wise and wondrous, this is truly a novel to cherish.” —Katherine Applegate, New York Times–bestselling author of Wishtree An Indies Introduce Selection Red’s inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby “Red” Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can’t figure out how. This time, the wind blows Red into the home of the Grooves, a quirky couple who run a petting zoo, complete with a dancing donkey and a giant tortoise. With their own curious gifts, Celine and Jackson Groove seem to fit like a puzzle piece into Red’s heart. But just when Red starts to settle into her new life, a fresh storm rolls in, one she knows all too well: her mother. For so long, Red has longed to have her mom back in her life, and she’s quickly swept up in the vortex of her mother’s chaos. Now Red must discover the possible in the impossible if she wants to overcome her own tornadoes and find the family she needs.
Author : Adele Ahlberg Calhoun
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 10,14 MB
Release : 2011-05-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830868704
God's invitations to rest, follow, remember or repent may seem less compelling than your to-do list. But Adele Calhoun believes invitations like these can heal, restore and shape where we go, what we do and who we become. Here she includes reflection questions, exercises and disciplines to help you attend to the quiet voice of the Great Inviter.
Author : Aubrey Sampson
Publisher : NavPress
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 37,87 MB
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1631469037
Lament helps us hear God’s louder song. When you’re in the midst of suffering, you want answers for the unanswerable, resolutions to the unresolvable. You want to tie up pain in a pretty little package and hide it under the bed, taking it out only when you feel strong enough to face it. But grief won’t be contained. Grief disobeys. Grief explodes. In one breath, you may be able to say that God’s got this and all will be well. In the next, you might descend into fatalism. No pretending. Here, you are raw before God, an open wound. There is a pathway through this suffering. It’s not easy, but God will use it to lead you toward healing. This path is called lament. Lament leads us between the Already and the Not Yet. Lament minds the gap between current hopelessness and coming hope. Lament anticipates new creation but also acknowledges the painful reality of now. Lament recognizes the existence of evil and suffering—without any sugarcoating—while simultaneously declaring that suffering will not have the final say. In the midst of your darkest times, you will discover that lament leads you back to a place of hope—not because lamenting does anything magical, but because God sings a louder song than suffering ever could, a song of renewal and restoration.
Author : Ann Voskamp
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 15,4 MB
Release : 2013-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1414388519
The New York Times bestselling Christmas classic. Over 250,000 books in print. An annual bestseller. Thousands of readers have already fallen in love with Ann Voskamp’s One Thousand Gifts, and this Christmas, Ann will help readers celebrate the lineage and the majesty of God’s greatest gift—Jesus Christ. In what has already become a holiday classic, Voskamp reaches back into the pages of the Old Testament to explore the lineage of Jesus via the advent tradition of “The Jesse Tree.” Beginning with Jesse, the father of David, The Greatest Gift retraces the epic pageantry of mankind, from Adam to the Messiah, with each day’s reading pointing to the coming promise of Christ. Sure to become a holiday staple in every Christian home, The Greatest Gift is the perfect gift for the holidays and a timeless reminder of the true meaning of Christmas.
