Author: Rodney R. Clapp Publisher: InterVarsity Press ISBN: 9780830819904 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 260
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Rodney Clapp asks and answers the question, How can the church provide a significant alternative to the culture in which it is embedded?
Author: John Piper Publisher: Crossway ISBN: 1433552663 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 223
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God has provided a way for all people, not just scholars, to know that the Bible is the Word of God. John Piper has devoted his life to showing us that the glory of God is object of the soul’s happiness. Now, his burden in this book is to demonstrate that this same glory is the ground of the mind’s certainty. God’s peculiar glory shines through his Word. The Spirit of God enlightens the eyes of our hearts. And in one self-authenticating sight, our minds are sure and our hearts are satisfied. Justified certainty and solid joy meet in the peculiar glory of God.
Author: Elaine J. Lawless Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813184169 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 184
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"Holy Rollers"—with this epithet most people dismiss members of the Pentecostal sect as wild religious fanatics. In this new study, folklorist Elaine Lawless draws on fieldwork among Pentecostal congregations in the limestone region of southern Indiana to offer a sympathetic view of the Pentecostals as a special group distinguished by their own folk traditions and religious expression. From her findings she describes the members' codes of dress and behavior, their attitudes toward themselves and others, their special use of words, and their distinctive religious practices. Focusing on the activity of a particular church, she then analyzes the structure of the service and shows how its elements—singing, praying, testifying, preaching, and speaking in tongues—exhibit, not a formless display of fervor, but rather an ordered and traditional sequence that creates a unique religious expression. Important to the study is the attention given the role of women. Although the Pentecostal interpretation of Biblical teachings accords men dominance, women occasionally preach in the church and during the testifying part of the service they are often able to exercise control and religious authority. Many of the women have relatives in the dangerous work of the limestone quarries, and for these women the personal experience and close relationship fostered by the Pentecostal church, Lawless finds, offers welcome emotional support. This readable study affords a new understanding of one Pentecostal sect and an appreciation of the role of women in fundamentalist religious practices.
Author: John Piper Publisher: Crossway ISBN: 1433568373 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 529
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New from Best-Selling Author John Piper From Genesis to Revelation, the providence of God directs the entire course of redemptive history. Providence is "God's purposeful sovereignty." Its extent reaches down to the flight of electrons, up to the movements of galaxies, and into the heart of man. Its nature is wise and just and good. And its goal is the Christ-exalting glorification of God through the gladness of a redeemed people in a new world. Drawing on a lifetime of theological reflection, biblical study, and practical ministry, pastor and author John Piper leads us on a stunning tour of the sightings of God's providence—from Genesis to Revelation—to discover the allencompassing reality of God's purposeful sovereignty over all of creation and all of history. Piper invites us to experience the profound effects of knowing the God of all-pervasive providence: the intensifying of true worship, the solidifying of wavering conviction, the strengthening of embattled faith, the toughening of joyful courage, and the advance of God's mission in this world.
Author: Ronald L. Schow Publisher: ISBN: 9781560850465 Category : Homosexuality Languages : en Pages : 0
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Mormons embrace the term "peculiar people" as a badge of honor. It represents pride in being God's people and therefore different from the rest of society. The term is equally applicable to gay Mormons who experience misunderstanding, guilt, and derision, often at the hands of fellow parishioners for whom discrimination is now a distant memory. In Peculiar People, a wealth of resources chronicles the experiences of LDS homosexuals. Those who have chosen celibacy are occasionally admitted into full church fellowship. Others, fearing censure and humiliation, conceal their orientation. Many decide that they "will not go where they are not welcome" and drift away from the community that once nurtured them. The church views same-sex intimacy as sin, though stops short of advising homosexuals to marry heterosexuals. For some time now church clerics, social workers, theologians, and sociologists have been engaged in debate about what place such people should occupy in the church community and what remedies or consolations should be offered them. To this discussion, Ron and Wayne Schow and Marybeth Raynes contribute their wide professional experience and bring a range of perspectives to this volume.
Author: S.F. Wise Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 0773595716 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 287
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For the first time, the major essays of distinguished Canadian scholar S.F. Wise are collected in this book. God's Peculiar Peoples will be essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of the political culture of English-speaking Canada and its intellectual history.
Author: Augustus Hare Publisher: ChicagoReviewPress + ORM ISBN: 1613732155 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 324
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These days hardly anyone remembers Augustus John Curthbert Hare (1834-1903). But in his prime, the late Victorian age, his name was on the lips of anyone who mattered. He was a travel writer, a storyteller and a memoirist of the first order, and his work is a fascinating record of a lost way of life amongst the strangest upper classes of English society.
Author: Rev. James A. Tazewell Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: 1973696576 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 67
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Believers face the temptations of sin every day. In Becoming a Peculiar Person in Christ, author The Reverend James A. Tazewell offers a look at helping Christians build their life around the will of God. Supported by a host of scripture, Tazewell presents a case for how you should live a righteous life to please God, love unconditionally, and avoid sin and evil. He addresses questions about how to stay connected to God in Christ while fighting life’s many challenges. Tazewell, who has learned his lessons through trials and tribulations, helps you increase your faith, enhance your walk, and build your relationship with Christ. He encourages you to follow the guidelines God has given for living in and being part of the kingdom of heaven.
Author: Dale Warren Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781549718748 Category : Languages : en Pages : 155
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My mind wandered for a moment as I thought about pallbearers on John Deere tractors and women pallbearers in the same month. I stood next to the mahogany casket and thought about the many blessings God had sent into my life. God's special people, "peculiar people". Was the Lizardman, a creature, monster, hero or just another one of God's many peculiar people? Annabel with her women only pallbearers, "The men of the church didn't take me out living - They are not carrying me out dead!" Young men that overcame huge obstacles to become powerful ministers for the Lord. People that lovingly accepted God's children regardless of our differences.God's Word describes us as HIS "peculiar people". Most people misunderstand, because they think peculiar is only defined as - strange, odd, or unusual but another definition is - belonging exclusively to. Yes, we belong exclusively to a loving God. Join us on this visit to Leesville and meet several of our closest friends and God's peculiar people.A chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; 1 Peter 2:9 KJV
Author: Rodney R. Clapp
Author: John Piper
Author: Elaine J. Lawless
Author: John Piper
Author: Ronald L. Schow
Author: James White
Author: S.F. Wise
Author: Augustus Hare
Author: Rev. James A. Tazewell
Author: Dale Warren