Author: Stuart Briscoe Publisher: CLC Publications ISBN: 1619580047 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 159
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In this engaging book by Stuart and Jill Briscoe, you will discover that there is no conflict with being thoroughly happy, truly healthy, and practically holy. And you will also learn what God is asking of you when He says, “Be holy, because I am holy.”
Author: Stuart Briscoe Publisher: CLC Publications ISBN: 9781936143177 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 214
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In this engaging book by Stuart and Jill Briscoe, you will discover that there is no conflict with being thoroughly happy, truly healthy, and practically holy. And you will also learn what God is asking of you when He says, "Be holy, because I am holy."
Author: Richard Renwick Smyth Publisher: Chiron Publications ISBN: 1630514756 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 252
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A disquieting question persists: “What if I should die before I feel life is full?” It is deeply personal, hauntingly spiritual. It’s a challenge to re-visit beliefs and the dynamics of faith, love, hope. Exploration brings a fresh encounter: the human and spiritual elements of “self.” These are not contending identities; each supplies unique initiatives for life’s fullness. Both need nurturing; either can be ignored. Spiritual experience makes promise and mystery real; this enhances earthly achievements. These Meditations focus on spiritual vitality—especially for seniors. They reach beyond a biological birth-death time-frame. They touch on continuity beyond earth-time. God’s initiatives enrich the spiritual self—grace energizes faith. This generates and motivates people to offer acts of love. Love fosters grander character and perspective, wholesome relationships, healing for the heart-hungry/heart-broken. The outcome: a healthier self experiencing joy and peace—wholeness for life beyond death. Richard Smyth’s missionary service in India was designated “church development.” The Indian church prepared for autonomy, to assure continuity of American mission initiatives. “Development” involved identifying and implementing specific ministries. The challenge: match peoples’ needs with relevant opportunities. This affected worship/activity in local congregations as well as their outreach efforts. The goal: design culturally valid strategies, structures and services for the church’s mission, organization, workers. An emphasis was proper leadership and resources. He built up a multi-cultural congregation in one of New Delhi’s new suburban areas. This housed government, business and military personnel called to national offices. The congregation’s focus: build strong fellowship ties and initiate outreach services in the community. This pattern was used for nation-wide training programs by denominational and para-church groups. The last 15 years expanded the ministry to facilitate similar transitions by mission institutions in 14 Asia/Pacific nations. Richard and Sylvia Smyth retired in 1998; they reside in Asheville, North Carolina. Their family of 5 Indian children and spouses, grandchildren and great-grandchildren live in New Delhi, Manila, Dubai and Stockholm.
Author: Thomas G. Reed Publisher: Laurus Books ISBN: 9781938526282 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 112
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Holiness! It must be the goal of every Christian who is serious about their relationship with God in the here and now and the blessed hope of seeing Him then in the hereafter and throughout eternity. Why are we so convinced of this? Because we believe the Word of God when it says, "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord" (Hebrews 12:14). Repeat: without holiness, no man shall see the Lord. Can it be any plainer than that? It's a frightening thought, especially in today's society where most of us are far from living a holy lifestyle. This may be because we hope God will judge us all on the curve, but it's probably because of an unfounded teaching among many Christians that simple belief in Christ's death and resurrection qualifies them as holy in the sight of God-no further action required; they are eternally secure. This erroneous teaching could cost souls their heavenly rewards, if not their eternity with Christ. In Holiness we try to discount and disprove that false teaching and lay the groundwork (according to our understanding of God's Word) for the model walk before God, a walk that ensures we will see God when this current reality ends but also our only real hope in these troubled times that, we believe, are a prelude to the Great Tribulation, the end of time, and the return of Jesus Christ.
Author: A. W. Tozer Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 112
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True religion confronts earth with heaven and brings eternity to bear upon time. The messenger of Christ, though he speaks from God, must also, as the Quakers used to say, "speak to the condition" of his hearers; otherwise he will speak a language known only to himself. His message must be not only timeless but timely. He must speak to his own generation. The message of this book does not grow out of these times but it is appropriate to them. It is called forth by a condition which has existed in the Church for some years and is steadily growing worse. I refer to the loss of the concept of majesty from the popular religious mind. The Church has surrendered her once lofty concept of God and has substituted for it one so low, so ignoble, as to be utterly unworthy of thinking, worshipping men. This she has done not deliberately, but little by little and without her knowledge; and her very unawareness only makes her situation all the more tragic.
Author: Charles Panati Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101656077 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 609
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In this enlightening and entertaining work, Charles Panati explores the origins of hundreds of religious rituals, customs, and practices in many faiths, the reasons for religious holidays and sacred symbols, and the meanings of vestments, sacraments, devotions, and prayers. Its many revelations include: * Why the Star of David became the Jewish counterpart of the Christian cross * What mortal remains of the Buddha are venerated today * How the diamond engagement ring became a standard * That the first pope was a happily married man * How Hindu thinkers arrived at their concept of reincarnation * Why Jews don't eat pork, why some Muslims don't eat certain vegetables, and how some Christians came to observe meatless Fridays Sacred Origins of Profound Things is an indispensable resource for all those interested in the history of religion and the history of ideas--and an inspiring guide to those seeking to understand their faith.
Author: Publisher: Lettermen Associates ISBN: 9780963682109 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 1034
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"The editor's preface (1707), p. xiii stated that the works of Richard Baxter are 'perhaps the best body of practical divinity that is extent in our own or any other tongue.' Richard Baxter lived from 1615-1691. The DIRECTORY was completed in 1665. Its scope was intended to cover all of practical theology, a summa of casuistry . . ." Timothy Keller calls it "the greatest manual on Biblical counseling ever produced."
Author: Mohamad Reza Ghiasian Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004377220 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 359
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In Lives of the Prophets Mohamad Reza Ghiasian analyses the images of the two extant illustrated copies of Hafiz-i Abru’s Majmaʿ al-tawarikh, which were produced for the Timurid ruler Shahrukh (r. 1405–1447).
Author: R. W. Lightbown Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300102860 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 580
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Venetian artist Carlo Crivelli (c. 1430–1495) is a painter whose individuality of style and mastery of powerful line have fascinated many, but whose life and art have remained enigmatic. This absorbing book, drawing on extensive research in Venice and the Marches, the region of central Italy that Crivelli dominated artistically from 1468 until his death, examines his paintings in depth and traces the fundamental influences of the Vivarini, of Squarcione and Mantegna, and later of Flemish art. Ronald Lightbown, eminent historian of Italian Renaissance art, interweaves stylistic and iconographical analysis of Crivelli’s work with historical and cultural background. The author uncovers the reasons that led patrons to choose the saints that figured in Crivelli’s altarpieces, discusses the initiations of new cults and the devising of an iconography for them, and demonstrates Crivelli’s independence from clerical dictation in the symbolism of his still-life pictures.
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