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Author: David Platt
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1601422210
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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New York Times bestseller What is Jesus worth to you? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily... But who do you know who lives like that? Do you? In Radical, David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple--then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a "successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus. Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment -- a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring.

Author: Ernest Lopez
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493158694
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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The search for a medieval archangel--and, yes, a female archangel. You see, that was part of her penance--to be forgotten by the church and its followers, but it did not include ancient stories passed down through the ages mostly by those she helped. She was known by many names in different parts of the known world. In Italy, she was known only as Louchiana. She championed only the ugly, the unwanted children wherever she went. You see, there was no one else. Ancient legend has it that she was one of the Lord's favorites. Most beautiful of all angels, her wings much larger, she could soar higher above all the rest. the Lord sent her down to right a great wrong brought on by many that lived and died by the sword. To them, nothing else mattered; to win made it right. She did sweep down between two oncoming armies as they gasped in awe at her beauty but refused to stop. She cut them all down with her mighty sword, cutting and slashing away at both armies until none were left standing. She left the bloody battlefield as she rose to the high heavens. She knew she had gone too far and now must face her Lord. Her sins were, first, vanity then came vengeance. This alone belongs to her Lord. She had shown her great beauty to both armies, yet they would not stop, so she cut them all down as they charged forward. It was swift, with no mercy. All she could say was "Please forgive me, my Lord." the Lord did love her. He would not let Satan have her. Instead, she is charged with a penance, a way to win back what is stripped away to champion the cause and the plight of the ugly, unwanted children of the world for as long as it takes without her beautiful wings, without her mighty sword, and her beauty can only be used to help in any way the unwanted, the ugly children, yet she has only her womanly wiles that any earth-bond woman possesses to survive, and yes, she too must risk death like her sisters. How long she has been on earth is unknown. You see, it was first recorded during the First Crusade, the only one won by the Christian armies. A baron knight took her as his prize to let go women and children. He left before the city fell. He and his knights sailed for home, a fortress that still stands today high up on a plateau on jagged rocky cliffs, overlooking a small valley in Italy where a small village still works the fields and still lives as they did so long ago. the story was known through the whole valley. the old folks tell it the best to their young as it passes on through time. If you have not heard the legend of La Louchiana the Archangel, how can you judge if she ever was? You know, you could have already run across her and not even know it. Next time you see an unmarked picture or statue of an angel with very large wings, beautiful, about twenty years old, with deep, wide brown eyes that seem to look deep into your soul, holding this mighty sword, or then again a painting or statue of a beautiful lightly clad woman with deep, wide brown eyes, no wings, no sword, but her beauty shocks you deep inside, and to this day, you still remember her, or then she might have just passed you by. This doesn't mean she never existed. I can only say maybe you aren't ugly enough. You see, it never ends for her. Next time you see a young beautiful woman with deep brown eyes, look deep into them--could this be? You think? You better find and read the story then decide.

Author: Glen Elmer
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 151274915X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 86

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This an inspirational account of the authors life before and after Vietnam. It reflects the power of our Lord throughout those life challenges that we encounter in life. It is a riveting suspense-filled biography that will bring tears of sorrow leading to tears of joy, that the author has searched for most of his life.

Author: Glen Elmer
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 9781512749168
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This an inspirational account of the author's life before and after Vietnam. It reflects the power of our Lord throughout those life challenges that we encounter in life. It is a riveting suspense-filled biography that will bring tears of sorrow leading to tears of joy, that the author has searched for most of his life.

Author: Kelli Serena Wheeler-Weaver
Publisher: kelli wheeler-weaver
ISBN: 0578032074
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 123

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I was Lost, But Now I’m Found… So What’s Your Excuse? By K. Serena Wheeler-Weaver - Is your past ruining your relationship? - Are you struggling with distructive thoughts of suicide? - Have too many memories replaying in your mind? Your dreams? - Are you holding on to a secret that you think no one will understand? - Regretting things you’ve done just to fit in? I’ve discovered that going into your past, helps you find out why you turned out the way that you are today. How you move forward day by day will also determine your future. The great news is you don’t have to be the same way you are today! God gave us free will. That means FREE to CHANGE, FREE to FORGIVE, FREE to MOVE ON, FREE to LET GO, FREE to LOVE and FREE to BE TRULY LOVED BY GOD! “I Was Lost, But Now I’m Found… So What’s Your Excuse” is a compilation of real situations in my life from childhood to adulthood. I am going to tell you some of the good, bad and down right shameful things I’ve done, had done to me and wished I had never been exposed to. This insight into my life as God spoke to me, through me and continues to transform me, will move you from glory to glory as you remove the yoke and the burdens from your past to the great and magnificent future God has for you today!!

Author: Stuart Townend
Publisher: Shawnee Press (TN)
ISBN: 9781480332911
Category : Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 3 parts) with piano
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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(Glory Sound Simply Sacred). The increasing treasury of modern hymns and sacred songs by Keith and Kristyn Getty and collaborator Stuart Townend are explored in this new resource designed for choirs of any level. Many of this writing team's biggest successes are included, all lovingly adapted by some of our most gifted arrangers. Music for the entire church year is contained in this collection. Transcending stylistic boundaries, the music and message are home in both contemporary-styled worship venues and traditional programs. Creative instrumental adornments offer additional options for performance while sensitive arranging make this compilation accessible to choirs of any size. Available separately: SAB, Listening CD, Preview Pack (Book/CD Combo), 10-Pack Listening CDs, Instrumental CD-ROM (Score & parts for flute, penny whistle, oboe, acoustic guitar, electric bass, drum set, percussion, violin 1 & 2, viola, cello *Note, instrumentation varies on each song), StudioTrax CD (Accompaniment Only), SplitTrax CD.

Author: Fr. Henry J. Charles
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 149315883X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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This book is a compilation of homilies of Fr. Henry Charles composed and delivered over a period of at least twenty years. The homilies were written out and were eventually typed up and it is possible that Fr. Henry had himself thought about publishing them, though we do not know this for sure. While many persons were privileged to receive emailed copies and others actually heard his preaching, the homilies were thought to be deserving of a wider audience. The underlying message of his preaching is that discipleship of Jesus Christ requires not only the grace of faith but also demands perseverance, courage and discipline, critical elements of the process he terms “ongoing conversion.” In addition, Fr. Henry advocates moral excellence, not settling for the merely moderate or the mediocre, but striving always to “be perfect.” Fr. Henry faces up to and wrestles with the “perplexities” of the Gospel and he believed that one of the keys to overcoming these is an appreciation of its many paradoxes and that as a consequence, we are required to see things from a different perspective, not as we are normally inclined to see them, but as God sees them. The homilies have been arranged thematically—On God; On Jesus; What Jesus Calls Us To Be; What Jesus Calls Us To Do; Faith; Hope; Love; Loss, Suffering, Death and Heaven; Virtues and Vices; Human Dignity; Spirituality; Church, Liturgy and Ritual and Culture Society and Leadership. There is of course considerable overlap among the various themes. The subjects he refers to and the examples he gives are contemporary and relevant, not only to a Caribbean audience, but we think to audiences globally. The style is informal and conversational for the most part and this quality of the writing has been maintained. The homilies have been edited for clarity and for obvious errors and omissions in the transcripts, and some have been retitled, but they have otherwise been reproduced and stand as he wrote them.

Author: Nichole Forbes
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460254430
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 177

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Finding Me in Him is a powerful, compelling, and deeply personal collection of reflections on scripture, family, and the purpose that comes with discovering your God-worth. It is brimming with potent lessons and an insatiable passion for a life in Christ that is as infectious as it is inspiring. After being diagnosed with cancer, Nichole Forbes began to realize how precious life is and felt compelled to share the lessons she has learned along the way. This book combines carefully selected passages from the Bible with personal anecdotes and observations brought together seamlessly by an author who happily describes herself as a work in progress, because "God isn't finished with me yet!"

Author: Tullian Tchividjian
Publisher: Faithhappenings Publishing
ISBN: 9781941555439
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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It's so easy to forget what the Christian faith is all about. We struggle so much, work so hard, and fail so often that we frequently sense something in the equation of life must be missing.Tullian Tchividjian argues that what we are missing is the gospel-a fuller, more powerful understanding of what the finished work of Jesus means for everyday life.During a year of great turmoil, Pastor Tchividjian discovered the power of the gospel in his own life. Sharing his story of how Jesus became more real to him, Tchividjian delves deeply into the fundamentals of the faith, explaining the implications of Christ's sufficiency, a revelation that sets us free and keeps us anchored through life's storms.Ultimately, Tchividjian reminds us that Jesus is the whole of the equation as he boldly proclaims that Jesus plus nothing really is everything.

Author: Michael Jean Nystrom-Schut
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1504986466
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 531

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In the mind of each person on the planet, a set of notions and ideas of God or gods reside. Some of these systems are basic and simple. Others are highly complex and complicated. Some borrow their God/god notions from authority, or from others they know. Others are much more original - eclectically piecing together many separate parts from multiple sources. No two people in the world experience and translate God/gods in the same way. And this is what makes things so interesting! As I have encountered this wonderful life, I have also bumped up against countless people who were in the position to explain exactly who God was and was not. They were quite sure of themselves, and anxious to impart this wisdom to me. But because I had a mind and heart of my own, this put me on the outside looking in, for much of my life. We all come to a place where we realize we must make our minds up as to what we will and will not do, how we will think and who we will be. As I have encountered them and their God/gods, I have found my own way through this foggy maze, and discovered a modicum of peace and reconciliation in the process. This is the massive task of all of us, as well as why I needed to lay it out to you, in this lengthy, 2-part book.