Author: John Eldredge
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 0718038002
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge offers readers a breathtaking look into God’s promise for a new heaven and a new earth. This revolutionary book about our future is based on the simple idea that, according to the Bible, heaven is not our eternal home--the New Earth is. As Jesus says in the gospel of Matthew, the next chapter of our story begins with "the renewal of all things," by which he means the earth we love in all its beauty, our own selves, and the things that make for a rich life: music, art, food, laughter and all that we hold dear. Everything shall be renewed "when the world is made new." More than anything else, how you envision your future shapes your current experience. If you knew that God was going to restore your life and everything you love any day; if you believed a great and glorious goodness was coming to you--not in a vague heaven but right here on this earth--you would have a hope to see you through anything, an anchor for your soul, "an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God" (Hebrews 6:19). Most Christians (most people for that matter) fail to look forward to their future because their view of heaven is vague, religious, and frankly boring. Hope begins when we understand that for the believer nothing is lost. Heaven is not a life in the clouds; it is not endless harp-strumming or worship-singing. Rather, the life we long for, the paradise Adam and Eve knew, is precisely the life that is coming to us. And that life is coming soon.
Author: Joseph F. Eagan
Publisher: Sheed & Ward
ISBN: 1461675200
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Author: Paul Y. Hoskisson
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
ISBN: 9781590385333
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 371
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Author: Cris Rogers
Publisher: SPCK
ISBN: 0281087016
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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The Church is entering a season of change. Together, we need to restore, renew and rebuild to create a more hopeful, faith-filled future – and the book of Nehemiah shows us how. With contributions from Debra Green and Paul Weston, Cris Rogers explores how we can learn from Nehemiah’s story and restore our hearts, our focus and our world so that the Church can thrive as we join in with God’s heart for restoring all things. An inspiring call to action, this book will challenge and equip you to join God’s mission and the full ministry of Jesus.
Author: Benjamin L. Gladd
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1493402404
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Many people think eschatology refers to events occurring at the end of history. In this book, two scholars with expertise in biblical eschatology argue that God's kingdom breaking into this world through Jesus Christ has inaugurated a new creation, a reality that should shape pastoral leadership and be reflected in the life and ministry of the church. Brief and accessibly written, this book articulates the practical implications of G. K. Beale's New Testament Biblical Theology and features an introductory chapter by Beale. Each chapter concludes with practical suggestions and a list of books for further study.
Author: Mark A. Simon
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725299666
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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The letter to the Ephesians is missional to its core. It effectively exhorts its readers to understand, support, and participate in God’s mission to rescue humanity and all creation from the damage and distortion of sin, and so bring about a renewed creation filled with God’s glorious fullness. Working at the creative intersection of biblical studies and missiology, this study adopts a missional hermeneutic to overcome the scholarly neglect of mission in Ephesians. The book systematically explores each passage in Ephesians, delving into the characterization of God and his mission; allusions to Old Testament missional texts in Ephesians; and the portrayal of the apostle Paul and believers as participants in God’s mission. A multi-faceted vision of mission emerges which encompasses God’s actions in salvation history; the church as mediator of God’s glory, reconciliation and grace to the nations; prayer; ethical witness; and verbal proclamation of the gospel. Reading Ephesians through this missional lens yields fresh insights into its purpose and context, and the richness of its portrait of mission.
Author: Carey C. Newman
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780830815876
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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This book, edited by Carey C. Newman, offers a multifaceted and critical assessment of N. T. Wright's work, Jesus and the Victory of God. Wright responds to the essayists, and Marcus Borg offers his critical appraisal.
Author: Bill Vincent
Publisher: RWG Publishing
ISBN: 139342256X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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GLORY: REVIVAL PRESENCE OF GOD is an exciting fresh look into Revival Glory. Bill Vincent has written other Glory books such as; Glory: Pursuing God's Presence, Glory: Increasing God's Presence and Glory: Expanding God's Presence. GLORY: REVIVAL PRESENCE OF GOD will give the readers greater understanding of their true spiritual inheritance that will help unlock the power of who they are in Christ Jesus as sons and daughters of God. It will release a new outlook concerning Revival and the presence of God. Fasten your seatbelt as you continue reading this outstanding book GLORY: REVIVAL PRESENCE OF GOD.
Author: Grant Buchanan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567709264
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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Considering the importance of pneumatological themes for interpreting Paul's argument of Galatians, Grant Buchanan explores how Paul draws from Jewish traditions of creation and the Spirit and presents a fresh cosmogony to the Galatian church. He suggests that Galatians outlines an epistemological shift in how Paul sees past, present, and future reality in light of Christ and the presence of the Spirit in the lives of the believers. The most crucial aspect of this new cosmogony is the centrality of the Spirit in Paul's argument in Galatians 3:16:17, with Buchanan's exegesis revealing that the Spirit, the Galatians' identity as children of God and the new creation motif are not merely elements of Paul's argument but intrinsic to it. Buchanan demonstrates that Paul renders Jewish and Gentile identities no longer valid, instead revealing that God's favour and election is already with them by stating that those who have the promised Spirit are all children of God. He examines Jewish biblical and Second Temple extra-biblical texts that explicitly connect the Spirit to creation themes, including Genesis, Ezekiel, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Wisdom of Solomon. Taking Galatians 6:1117 as the body-closing of the letter, the new creation motif directly implies the activity of the Spirit in the creation of Christian identity. Analysing 6:15 from this pneumatological perspective, Buchanan argues that the new creation motif represents a key aspect of Paul's generative cosmogony and pneumatology, indicating a far broader socio-cosmic transformation than previously assumed, and it becomes a key to understanding Paul's argument.
Author: Carl Friedrich Keil
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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