Author: Ray S. Anderson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725244691
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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Pastors, leaders of Christian organizations, and lay persons will find an invaluable guide and spiritual wisdom in this book. Focusing primarily on the what rather than the how of managing Christian organizations, Ray Anderson clearly presents a biblical and theological basis for understanding the unique characteristics of Christian organizations and what it means to manage such organizations in a Christian way. Anderson emphasizes the role of leadership for pastors and those who manage Christian organizations, providing helpful teaching on issues such as strategic planning, the development of mission statements as a definition of the organization's goals, and what it means to use biblical principles, prayer, and dependence on the Holy Spirit in carrying out the organization's goals.

Author: R. Paul Stevens
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802833985
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Stevens explores the potential of business as both a location for practicing everyday spiritual disciplines and a source of creativity and deeper relationship with God. This volume should encourage and challenge businesspersons in all segments of the marketplace to more faithfully integrate their faith and work lives.

Author: Mark Ward
Publisher: Lexham Press
ISBN: 1683590562
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 115

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The King James Version has shaped the church, our worship, and our mother tongue for over 400 years. But what should we do with it today? The KJV beautifully rendered the Scriptures into the language of turn-of-the-seventeenth-century England. Even today the King James is the most widely read Bible in the United States. The rich cadence of its Elizabethan English is recognized even by non-Christians. But English has changed a great deal over the last 400 years—and in subtle ways that very few modern readers will recognize. In Authorized Mark L. Ward, Jr. shows what exclusive readers of the KJV are missing as they read God's word.#In their introduction to the King James Bible, the translators tell us that Christians must "heare CHRIST speaking unto them in their mother tongue." In Authorized Mark Ward builds a case for the KJV translators' view that English Bible translations should be readable by what they called "the very vulgar"—and what we would call "the man on the street."

Author: Ray S. Anderson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 056760084X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 789

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This is a collection of essential passages on the ministry of the church. By selecting significant sources which share a common assumption concerning the nature of theology and its methodology, the editor presents a single consistent theology of ministry. The book is carefully organised to allow a thorough exploration of the different aspects of ministry. Contributors include Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Hans Küng, Helmut Thielicke and Thomas F. Torrance.

Author: Valerie Love
Publisher: Urban Books
ISBN: 1599832623
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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God Is In Love With You presents a radically transformative spiritual perspective: God is head over heels in love with you and will stop at nothing to express it in every moment of every day, and in every circumstance. Realizing our own capacity to connect with God's unconditional love creates an opportunity for blissful living. There is nothing love cannot heal, no matter how traumatic. This book offers a creative blend of scripture, inspirational quotes, and examples of God's loving presence in our everyday lives. With these lessons, readers will learn to consciously connect with the healing power of God's love and grace like never before, to live a divinely wondrous life. Let God Is In Love With You inspire you to develop and nurture a loving relationship with the Creator.

Author: Giacomo Sartori
Publisher: Restless Books
ISBN: 1632062151
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219

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Diabolically funny and subversively philosophical, Italian novelist Giacomo Sartori’s I Am God is the diary of the Almighty’s existential crisis that erupts when he falls in love with a human. I am God. Have been forever, will be forever. Forever, mind you, with the razor-sharp glint of a diamond, and without any counterpart in the languages of men. So begins God’s diary of the existential crisis that ensues when, inexplicably, he falls in love with a human. And not just any human, but a geneticist and fanatical atheist who’s certain she can improve upon the magnificent creation she doesn’t even give him the credit for. It’s frustrating, for a god. God has infinitely bigger things to occupy his celestial attentions. Yet he can’t tear his eyes (so to speak) from the geneticist who’s unsettlingly avid when it comes to science, sex, and Sicilian cannoli. Whatever happens, he must safeguard his transcendental dignity. So he watches—disinterestedly, of course—as the handsome climatologist who has his sights set on her keeps having strange accidents. And as the lanky geneticist becomes hell-bent on infiltrating the Vatican’s secret files, for reasons of her own…. A sly critique of the hypocrisy and hubris that underlie faith in religion, science, and macho careerism, I Am God takes us on a hilarious and provocative romp through the Big Questions with the universe’s supreme storyteller.

Author: Jack Burns
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830896171
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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This comprehensive text for Christians on organizational leadership provides theological foundations while tracing the historic roots of management, organization and leadership theories. All of this leads to five essential challenges and practices--communication, negotiation, decision-making, financial stewardship and personal development.

Author: Wale Akinyemi
Publisher: Syncterface Media
ISBN: 095650437X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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Nowadays so many of us seem to find one reason or the other for not following our passion. We come up with excuses like, "I do not have enough money to fund it," "I cannot find the help I require," "I do not think it is what i should do at the moment..". the list goes on and on. But is there really an excuse good enough to stop you from running with that God-given dream? Living on the Edge is more than just a book; it is a manual full of adventure, a handbook for anyone who truly wants to reach for the heights. As you take in each page you will be inspired, provoked and challenged to attain greatness. However, more importantly you will come to see that indeed all things are possible to him that believes in Him.

Author: MaryKate Morse
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830878513
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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You don't just lead with your voice and your decisions. You lead with your body. The way you take up space in a room, the way you use or don't use your body in group settings, influences others. And all of us hold power to lead in our bodies. Yet, pastor and spiritual director MaryKate Morse contends, most of us are unaware of the ways we do or can use our bodies to influence others. Some of us cower in the corner, trying to hide. Others try to speak but are never heard. Still others are the focal point as soon as they walk in a room. What makes the difference? And how can we learn to lead in our own individual way with confidence? In Making Room for Leadership Morse explores different types of power in the body, delineating how each type can be used for good or for harm highlights how people gain and give leadership in group settings helps you identify the kind of power you as a unique individual hold Throughout, Christ's use of power serves as the guide for how to lead in ways that are life-giving and empowering to others. We all can lead. We all have some kind of power in us. Once we become aware of our influence, we can direct it toward good, toward building others up. Doing just that in these pages, Morse helps you learn to do the same in the places you live, move and have your being.

Author: Rev. Gregory Wadleigh
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1524621005
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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This sorrow remembers what passed between us, scraping and scouring my soul with missing you. Surely it is just preparing the way for a happy return, tilling the ground in anticipation of new blooms.