Author: Mark Allan Powell
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451413717
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The essence of spirituality is loving God, says Powell. The Bible, the Talmud, and the Qu'ran all direct their followers not merely to believe in God, to trust God, to obey God, and to serve God but to love God. But how does one do that? Can we learn to love God? In this biblical spirituality for today, Powell's earnest plea is for Christians to revisit their faith not by blazing in religious enthusiasm but by harboring a steadier flame and deeper commitment. Living at the poetic heart of faith, he argues, entails seeing the coordinates of religious life love, understanding, truth, hope and especially devotion in a new way. Powell espouses the old-fashioned idea of piety. Drawing on his wide knowledge of the Bible and Christian tradition, as well as insights from his own journey, he shows how simple religious practices move us beyond the old certitudes of a naove and youthful faith into the less certain but more bracing terrain of a second naovete, a closer walk with Jesus.
Loving Jesus
Author: Mark Allan Powell
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451413717
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The essence of spirituality is loving God, says Powell. The Bible, the Talmud, and the Qu'ran all direct their followers not merely to believe in God, to trust God, to obey God, and to serve God but to love God. But how does one do that? Can we learn to love God? In this biblical spirituality for today, Powell's earnest plea is for Christians to revisit their faith not by blazing in religious enthusiasm but by harboring a steadier flame and deeper commitment. Living at the poetic heart of faith, he argues, entails seeing the coordinates of religious life love, understanding, truth, hope and especially devotion in a new way. Powell espouses the old-fashioned idea of piety. Drawing on his wide knowledge of the Bible and Christian tradition, as well as insights from his own journey, he shows how simple religious practices move us beyond the old certitudes of a naove and youthful faith into the less certain but more bracing terrain of a second naovete, a closer walk with Jesus.
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451413717
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The essence of spirituality is loving God, says Powell. The Bible, the Talmud, and the Qu'ran all direct their followers not merely to believe in God, to trust God, to obey God, and to serve God but to love God. But how does one do that? Can we learn to love God? In this biblical spirituality for today, Powell's earnest plea is for Christians to revisit their faith not by blazing in religious enthusiasm but by harboring a steadier flame and deeper commitment. Living at the poetic heart of faith, he argues, entails seeing the coordinates of religious life love, understanding, truth, hope and especially devotion in a new way. Powell espouses the old-fashioned idea of piety. Drawing on his wide knowledge of the Bible and Christian tradition, as well as insights from his own journey, he shows how simple religious practices move us beyond the old certitudes of a naove and youthful faith into the less certain but more bracing terrain of a second naovete, a closer walk with Jesus.
Handle with Care
Author: Lore Ferguson Wilbert
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1535962321
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Whether it’s fearful side hugs on one side or sexual abuse on the other, both the culture and the church aren’t doing very well with touch. Singles are staying single longer, dating is wrought with angst over purity, and marriages struggle to not interpret all forms of touch as sexual. Even the Bible seems to have endless rules about not touching things. There is simply no place where touch doesn’t seem threatened or threatening. But a curious thing happens when Jesus comes into His ministry: He touches. Jesus touches the sick and the outcast, the bleeding and the unclean. What could it mean for families, singles, marriages, churches, communities, and the world to have healthy, pure, faithful, ministering touch? Somewhere in the mess of our assumptions and fears about touch, there is something beautiful and good and God-given. As Jesus can show us, there is ministry in touching.
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1535962321
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Whether it’s fearful side hugs on one side or sexual abuse on the other, both the culture and the church aren’t doing very well with touch. Singles are staying single longer, dating is wrought with angst over purity, and marriages struggle to not interpret all forms of touch as sexual. Even the Bible seems to have endless rules about not touching things. There is simply no place where touch doesn’t seem threatened or threatening. But a curious thing happens when Jesus comes into His ministry: He touches. Jesus touches the sick and the outcast, the bleeding and the unclean. What could it mean for families, singles, marriages, churches, communities, and the world to have healthy, pure, faithful, ministering touch? Somewhere in the mess of our assumptions and fears about touch, there is something beautiful and good and God-given. As Jesus can show us, there is ministry in touching.
Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God
Author: Brian Zahnd
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 1601429525
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Pastor Brian Zahnd began "to question the theology of a wrathful God who delights in punishing sinners, and has started to explore the real nature of Jesus and His Father. The book isn’t only an interesting look at the context of some modern theological ideas; it’s also offers some profound insight into God’s love and eternal plan." —Relevant Magazine (Named one of the Top 10 Books of 2017) God is wrath? Or God is Love? In his famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Puritan revivalist Jonathan Edwards shaped predominating American theology with a vision of God as angry, violent, and retributive. Three centuries later, Brian Zahnd was both mesmerized and terrified by Edwards’s wrathful God. Haunted by fear that crippled his relationship with God, Zahnd spent years praying for a divine experience of hell. What Zahnd experienced instead was the Father’s love—revealed perfectly through Jesus Christ—for all prodigal sons and daughters. In Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, Zahnd asks important questions like: Is seeing God primarily as wrathful towards sinners true or biblical? Is fearing God a normal expected behavior? And where might the natural implications of this theological framework lead us? Thoughtfully wrestling with subjects like Old Testament genocide, the crucifixion of Jesus, eternal punishment in hell, and the final judgment in Revelation, Zanhd maintains that the summit of divine revelation for sinners is not God is wrath, but God is love.
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 1601429525
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Pastor Brian Zahnd began "to question the theology of a wrathful God who delights in punishing sinners, and has started to explore the real nature of Jesus and His Father. The book isn’t only an interesting look at the context of some modern theological ideas; it’s also offers some profound insight into God’s love and eternal plan." —Relevant Magazine (Named one of the Top 10 Books of 2017) God is wrath? Or God is Love? In his famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Puritan revivalist Jonathan Edwards shaped predominating American theology with a vision of God as angry, violent, and retributive. Three centuries later, Brian Zahnd was both mesmerized and terrified by Edwards’s wrathful God. Haunted by fear that crippled his relationship with God, Zahnd spent years praying for a divine experience of hell. What Zahnd experienced instead was the Father’s love—revealed perfectly through Jesus Christ—for all prodigal sons and daughters. In Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, Zahnd asks important questions like: Is seeing God primarily as wrathful towards sinners true or biblical? Is fearing God a normal expected behavior? And where might the natural implications of this theological framework lead us? Thoughtfully wrestling with subjects like Old Testament genocide, the crucifixion of Jesus, eternal punishment in hell, and the final judgment in Revelation, Zanhd maintains that the summit of divine revelation for sinners is not God is wrath, but God is love.
Love Like Jesus: How Jesus Loved People (and how you can love like Jesus)
Author: Kurt Bennett
Publisher: Enoch Media
ISBN: 0984189556
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Based on Kurt Bennett's popular-ish blog God Running, Love Like Jesus begins with the story of how after a life of regular church attendance and Bible study, Bennett was challenged by a pastor to study Jesus. That led to an obsessive seven-year deep dive. After pouring over Jesus' every interaction with another human being, he realized he was doing a much better job of studying Jesus' words than he was following Jesus' words and example. The honest and fearless revelations of Bennett's own moral failures affirm he wrote this book for himself as much as for others. Love Like Jesus examines a variety of stories, examples, and research, including: -Specific examples of how Jesus communicated God's love to others. -How Jesus demonstrated all five of Gary Chapman's love languages (and how you can too). -The story of how Billy Graham extended Christ's extraordinary love and grace toward a man who misrepresented Jesus to millions. -How to respond to critics the way Jesus did. -How to love unlovable people the way Jesus did. -How to survive a life of loving like Jesus (or how not to become a Christian doormat). -How Jesus didn't love everyone the same (and why you shouldn't either). -How Jesus guarded his heart by taking care of himself--he even napped--and why you should do the same.-How Jesus loved his betrayer Judas, even to the very end. With genuine unfiltered honesty, Love Like Jesus, shows you how to live a life according to God's definition of success: A life of loving God well, and loving the people around you well too. A life of loving like Jesus.
Publisher: Enoch Media
ISBN: 0984189556
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Based on Kurt Bennett's popular-ish blog God Running, Love Like Jesus begins with the story of how after a life of regular church attendance and Bible study, Bennett was challenged by a pastor to study Jesus. That led to an obsessive seven-year deep dive. After pouring over Jesus' every interaction with another human being, he realized he was doing a much better job of studying Jesus' words than he was following Jesus' words and example. The honest and fearless revelations of Bennett's own moral failures affirm he wrote this book for himself as much as for others. Love Like Jesus examines a variety of stories, examples, and research, including: -Specific examples of how Jesus communicated God's love to others. -How Jesus demonstrated all five of Gary Chapman's love languages (and how you can too). -The story of how Billy Graham extended Christ's extraordinary love and grace toward a man who misrepresented Jesus to millions. -How to respond to critics the way Jesus did. -How to love unlovable people the way Jesus did. -How to survive a life of loving like Jesus (or how not to become a Christian doormat). -How Jesus didn't love everyone the same (and why you shouldn't either). -How Jesus guarded his heart by taking care of himself--he even napped--and why you should do the same.-How Jesus loved his betrayer Judas, even to the very end. With genuine unfiltered honesty, Love Like Jesus, shows you how to live a life according to God's definition of success: A life of loving God well, and loving the people around you well too. A life of loving like Jesus.
Healing Hands of Jesus
Author: Rekha Vidyarthi
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466914327
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Archangel Michael taught interactive healing to author Rekha Vidyarthi; through this technique, she has assisted the healing process in people for sixteen years. Michael said to her You need to heal yourself in order to heal others. Written with Jesuss guidance, Healing Hands of Jesus illustrates how you can choose to change the karmic things and past lives that are happening right now. Angels heal many lives at once by healing one personality and integrating one fragment at a time into the higher self, shortening the incarnation of a troubled past and present. Every experience in life is created by unconscious thoughts. Your outer situation triggers your innermost emotions and feelings. The mind requires answers in order to change ones perspective. Because most answers lie either in childhood or in a past life, it is necessary to look within. The angels trigger our memories to identify the connection, which is when healing begins. Such things as parental imprinting, family karma, ego, anger, fear, guilt, sadness, depression, or learned behavior perpetuate from one life to the next. These issues repeat themselves through many lives until we learn how to heal the issues. Healing Hands of Jesus explains that we must ask forgiveness for the negative things that are happening to us now in order to heal ourselves.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466914327
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Archangel Michael taught interactive healing to author Rekha Vidyarthi; through this technique, she has assisted the healing process in people for sixteen years. Michael said to her You need to heal yourself in order to heal others. Written with Jesuss guidance, Healing Hands of Jesus illustrates how you can choose to change the karmic things and past lives that are happening right now. Angels heal many lives at once by healing one personality and integrating one fragment at a time into the higher self, shortening the incarnation of a troubled past and present. Every experience in life is created by unconscious thoughts. Your outer situation triggers your innermost emotions and feelings. The mind requires answers in order to change ones perspective. Because most answers lie either in childhood or in a past life, it is necessary to look within. The angels trigger our memories to identify the connection, which is when healing begins. Such things as parental imprinting, family karma, ego, anger, fear, guilt, sadness, depression, or learned behavior perpetuate from one life to the next. These issues repeat themselves through many lives until we learn how to heal the issues. Healing Hands of Jesus explains that we must ask forgiveness for the negative things that are happening to us now in order to heal ourselves.
My Valentine for Jesus
Author: Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310713331
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
A child shares his love with his family, but saves his most special valentine for Jesus.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310713331
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
A child shares his love with his family, but saves his most special valentine for Jesus.
Loving the Way Jesus Loves
Author: Philip Ryken
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
ISBN: 1844749509
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Most people are familiar with the ‘love chapter’ of the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13, yet Phil Ryken still has something new to say. He draws on the earthly life and ministry of Jesus to illustrate Paul’s several statements about what love is and isn’t. These aspects of love are then illuminated chronologically through the story of Christ’s advent, teaching, miracle working, sufferings, crucifixion, death, resurrection and ascension. Jesus never does anything without love. His love is everything the love chapter says that love should be. It is patient with sinners and kind to strangers. It does not envy or boast, but offers itself in humble service. It does not insist on its own way, but submits to the Father. It is able to forgive, trust, hope and persevere. This approach highlights the crucial truth that we are able to love only because Christ first loved us in this particularly profound, very real, and transformative manner.
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
ISBN: 1844749509
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Most people are familiar with the ‘love chapter’ of the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13, yet Phil Ryken still has something new to say. He draws on the earthly life and ministry of Jesus to illustrate Paul’s several statements about what love is and isn’t. These aspects of love are then illuminated chronologically through the story of Christ’s advent, teaching, miracle working, sufferings, crucifixion, death, resurrection and ascension. Jesus never does anything without love. His love is everything the love chapter says that love should be. It is patient with sinners and kind to strangers. It does not envy or boast, but offers itself in humble service. It does not insist on its own way, but submits to the Father. It is able to forgive, trust, hope and persevere. This approach highlights the crucial truth that we are able to love only because Christ first loved us in this particularly profound, very real, and transformative manner.
Humble Calvinism
Author: J. A. Medders
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784983727
Category : Calvinism
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Understanding Calvinism in our hearts as well as in our heads
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784983727
Category : Calvinism
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Understanding Calvinism in our hearts as well as in our heads
Reflecting Him
Author: Carla McDougal
Publisher: Rlmpublishing
ISBN: 9781936417292
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Reflecting Him: Living for Jesus and Loving It Do you see Jesus in your daily life, or save Him for emergencies? God longs for you to spend your day with Him. The more you ask the Holy Spirit to open your eyes, the more you recognize God''s hand on your life. As a result, you become His reflection. In ten weeks, through Reflecting Him, you will: · Realize life is not about me, but all about Him. · See daily applications for lessons learned from scripture. · Understand how God is directing your life - often without you knowing it. · Learn the importance of prayer in your everyday activities. · Discover the joyful intimacy of a life filled with Jesus. · Realize how your personal relationship with Jesus changes when you make Him part of everything you do. Carla McDougal''s study comes in small enough bites to digest, but deep enough content to stimulate change and growth. Like Jesus'' parables which teach important lessons by creating visual pictures, Reflecting Him uses familiar objects and situations to draw comparisons between your physical and spiritual lives. Samples of questions asked throughout the weeks of study: · How does the pottery process resemble your spiritual life? · How can God use our five senses to teach us about Jesus? · What spiritual truths can we gain from studying the sun-earth connection? · What can God teach us about prayer as we walk through each room of the house? · How can pumping gas into a car remind us of faith? · Is working in your garden or flowerbed enjoyable? You will love this powerful analogy! · How can road construction teach you to live daily for Jesus? · Exercise is essential for our physical bodies. Why is spiritual exercise vital for a believer? Each week is divided into five days (lessons), supporting the central theme for the week. Each daily lesson includes these elements: · Introduction to the lesson topic and a Life Connection · Scripture Excavation - Digging into Scripture · Hidden Treasures - Connecting the week''s theme with the designated Scripture · Celebrating Treasured Gifts - Applying Jesus'' teachings to life, and taking time to praise God · Reflection Pause - Connecting the dots between the Life Connection, the weekly topic, and God''s word. Intermingled throughout the lessons are some funny but true stories, personal testimonies, and real-life facts. Reflecting Him is written to meet you where you are in life. If you prefer to do the study by yourself, that works great! If you need the accountability of a group, this study encourages discussions about what you and others in your group learn from the Holy Spirit each week. But whether you are in a small group, a large one, or by yourself, be ready for an exciting adventure that holds laughter as well as tears! If you are a new believer yearning to study God''s word, or someone well trained in the Word of God you will see how a true relationship with the Lord can change your life. Jesus tells us to abide in Him. This study helps you develop your walk with Jesus so you become excited about living for God and loving it! Reflecting Him is more than just a Bible study. The Reflecting Him Video Teaching Series is designed to accompany the ten-week Bible study. Each week''s lesson starts with Carla McDougal speaking about something pertaining to the lesson. She brings to life the way God is involved in everything we do. The session also includes an episode from Behind the Veil, an original movie which shows how lives are changed when God''s truths are revealed. Follow a daughter who learns to reconnect with God when she goes home after her father''s death. Watch her son learn about his roots, and at the same time discover what it means to be a child of God. Watching these characters begin to reflect Jesus in their lives leaves an imprint on the heart of the audience. The Reflecting Him Leader''s Guide is a downloadable PDF available on www.reflectivelifeministries.org. It was created to help facilitator''s encourage and connect the women embracing this study. It includes summaries of the lessons for each week as well as helpful hints to the leaders and facilitators. An Invitation invites the listener to soak, reflect and rest in the arms of Jesus. This inspirational, soft jazz CD, written and performed by Cindy Vinson, captivates the audience, creating sweet moments of worship and praise. It is designed to accompany the Reflecting Him Bible study. Get ready for some intimate and powerful moments with God.
Publisher: Rlmpublishing
ISBN: 9781936417292
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Reflecting Him: Living for Jesus and Loving It Do you see Jesus in your daily life, or save Him for emergencies? God longs for you to spend your day with Him. The more you ask the Holy Spirit to open your eyes, the more you recognize God''s hand on your life. As a result, you become His reflection. In ten weeks, through Reflecting Him, you will: · Realize life is not about me, but all about Him. · See daily applications for lessons learned from scripture. · Understand how God is directing your life - often without you knowing it. · Learn the importance of prayer in your everyday activities. · Discover the joyful intimacy of a life filled with Jesus. · Realize how your personal relationship with Jesus changes when you make Him part of everything you do. Carla McDougal''s study comes in small enough bites to digest, but deep enough content to stimulate change and growth. Like Jesus'' parables which teach important lessons by creating visual pictures, Reflecting Him uses familiar objects and situations to draw comparisons between your physical and spiritual lives. Samples of questions asked throughout the weeks of study: · How does the pottery process resemble your spiritual life? · How can God use our five senses to teach us about Jesus? · What spiritual truths can we gain from studying the sun-earth connection? · What can God teach us about prayer as we walk through each room of the house? · How can pumping gas into a car remind us of faith? · Is working in your garden or flowerbed enjoyable? You will love this powerful analogy! · How can road construction teach you to live daily for Jesus? · Exercise is essential for our physical bodies. Why is spiritual exercise vital for a believer? Each week is divided into five days (lessons), supporting the central theme for the week. Each daily lesson includes these elements: · Introduction to the lesson topic and a Life Connection · Scripture Excavation - Digging into Scripture · Hidden Treasures - Connecting the week''s theme with the designated Scripture · Celebrating Treasured Gifts - Applying Jesus'' teachings to life, and taking time to praise God · Reflection Pause - Connecting the dots between the Life Connection, the weekly topic, and God''s word. Intermingled throughout the lessons are some funny but true stories, personal testimonies, and real-life facts. Reflecting Him is written to meet you where you are in life. If you prefer to do the study by yourself, that works great! If you need the accountability of a group, this study encourages discussions about what you and others in your group learn from the Holy Spirit each week. But whether you are in a small group, a large one, or by yourself, be ready for an exciting adventure that holds laughter as well as tears! If you are a new believer yearning to study God''s word, or someone well trained in the Word of God you will see how a true relationship with the Lord can change your life. Jesus tells us to abide in Him. This study helps you develop your walk with Jesus so you become excited about living for God and loving it! Reflecting Him is more than just a Bible study. The Reflecting Him Video Teaching Series is designed to accompany the ten-week Bible study. Each week''s lesson starts with Carla McDougal speaking about something pertaining to the lesson. She brings to life the way God is involved in everything we do. The session also includes an episode from Behind the Veil, an original movie which shows how lives are changed when God''s truths are revealed. Follow a daughter who learns to reconnect with God when she goes home after her father''s death. Watch her son learn about his roots, and at the same time discover what it means to be a child of God. Watching these characters begin to reflect Jesus in their lives leaves an imprint on the heart of the audience. The Reflecting Him Leader''s Guide is a downloadable PDF available on www.reflectivelifeministries.org. It was created to help facilitator''s encourage and connect the women embracing this study. It includes summaries of the lessons for each week as well as helpful hints to the leaders and facilitators. An Invitation invites the listener to soak, reflect and rest in the arms of Jesus. This inspirational, soft jazz CD, written and performed by Cindy Vinson, captivates the audience, creating sweet moments of worship and praise. It is designed to accompany the Reflecting Him Bible study. Get ready for some intimate and powerful moments with God.
Love-Powered Parenting
Author: Tom Holladay
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310331684
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Love-Powered Parenting is written out of a love for parenting and a deep desire to encourage parents. Yes, there are experiences in parenting that can cause deep hurt. Yes, there are realities in parenting that certainly will cause you to feel inept. Yet at the core of it all there is a deep gratefulness for the gift that God gives in the opportunity to love a child. This book is a biblical guide to parenting. And by "biblical guide" we mean these pages are intended to take you on a journey through what the truth of God's Word has to say about parenting. The main goal is not to uncover psychological truths about your child--there are many good resources on psychological theory; nor does it include practical tips for everyday circumstances such as how to get your kids to eat their green beans. Here, we will explore the simple and profound principles of God's Word to distinguish psychological truth from error, educational reality from untested theory, and we'll be looking at these tips within the broader context of God's principles for parenting.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310331684
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Love-Powered Parenting is written out of a love for parenting and a deep desire to encourage parents. Yes, there are experiences in parenting that can cause deep hurt. Yes, there are realities in parenting that certainly will cause you to feel inept. Yet at the core of it all there is a deep gratefulness for the gift that God gives in the opportunity to love a child. This book is a biblical guide to parenting. And by "biblical guide" we mean these pages are intended to take you on a journey through what the truth of God's Word has to say about parenting. The main goal is not to uncover psychological truths about your child--there are many good resources on psychological theory; nor does it include practical tips for everyday circumstances such as how to get your kids to eat their green beans. Here, we will explore the simple and profound principles of God's Word to distinguish psychological truth from error, educational reality from untested theory, and we'll be looking at these tips within the broader context of God's principles for parenting.