Bible Conversation Teasers for the Rest of Us

Bible Conversation Teasers for the Rest of Us
Author: Kimberly Bruce
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2020-07-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 197369476X

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Are you a new Christian and want to learn more about God but don’t know where to start? Are you a busy professional and don’t have the time you think it would take to study the Bible? Are you a curious college student that wants to know what this Bible stuff is all about? Maybe you just want to learn a little bit about Christianity in order to keep up a conversation with your book club or religious friends? Is there something else wrong in your life and you can’t quite put your finger on what it could be? Maybe still you are a leader in a church and you are trying to figure out how to get people like the ones I just mentioned to come to your church—for more than just Easter and Christmas that is. This book will be able to assist with all the above and more in a quest for knowledge while removing the notion that the Bible can only be read by certain people with certain schooling. We believe that the Bible is the word of God and that there is a custom made message in it for everyone who come to it with a willing heart. And that everyone includes me and it includes you.

Bible Made Impossible, The

Bible Made Impossible, The
Author: Christian Smith
Publisher: Brazos Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2011-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1587433036

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A world-renowned sociologist argues that evangelical biblicism is impossible and produces unwanted pastoral consequences.

Christians in the Age of Outrage

Christians in the Age of Outrage
Author: Ed Stetzer
Publisher: NavPress
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1496433645

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Are you tired of reading another news story about Christians supposedly acting at their worst? Today there are too many examples of those claiming to follow Christ being caustic, divisive, and irrational, contributing to dismissals of the Christian faith as hypocritical, self-interested, and politically co-opted. What has happened in our society? One short outrageous video, whether it is true or not, can trigger an avalanche of comments on social media. Welcome to the new age of outrage. In this groundbreaking book featuring new survey research of evangelicals and their relationship to the age of outrage, Ed Stetzer offers a constructive way forward. You won’t want to miss Ed’s insightful analysis of our chaotic age, his commonsensical understanding of the cultural currents, and his compelling challenge to Christians to live in a refreshingly different way.

American Fascists

American Fascists
Author: Chris Hedges
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2008-01-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0743284461

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From the celebrated author of "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" comes a startling expos of the political ambitions of the Christian Right--a clarion call for everyone who cares about freedom.

Inspiration and Incarnation

Inspiration and Incarnation
Author: Peter Enns
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2015-09-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 149340010X

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How can an evangelical view of Scripture be reconciled with modern biblical scholarship? In this book Peter Enns, an expert in biblical interpretation, addresses Old Testament phenomena that challenge traditional evangelical perspectives on Scripture. He then suggests a way forward, proposing an incarnational model of biblical inspiration that takes seriously both the divine and the human aspects of Scripture. This tenth anniversary edition has an updated bibliography and includes a substantive postscript that reflects on the reception of the first edition.

Fierce Marriage

Fierce Marriage
Author: Ryan Frederick
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2018-04-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493412779

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Ryan and Selena Frederick were newlyweds when they landed in Switzerland to pursue Selena's dream of training horses. Neither of them knew at the time that Ryan was living out a death sentence brought on by a worsening genetic heart defect. Soon it became clear he needed major surgery that could either save his life--or result in his death on the operating table. The young couple prepared for the worst. When Ryan survived, they both realized that they still had a future together. But the near loss changed the way they saw all that would lie ahead. They would live and love fiercely, fighting for each other and for a Christ-centered marriage, every step of the way. Fierce Marriage is their story, but more than that, it is a call for married couples to put God first in their relationship, to measure everything they do and say to each other against what Christ did for them, and to see marriage not just as a relationship they should try to keep healthy but also as one worth fighting for in every situation. With the gospel as their foundation, Ryan and Selena offer hope and practical help for common struggles in marriage, including communication problems, sexual frustration, financial stress, family tension, screen-time disconnection, and unrealistic expectations.

Happy Church

Happy Church
Author: Tim McConnell
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2016-01-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830893695

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Has your church lost its sense of gladness? Most Christians resist the idea of pursuing happiness. We're comfortable with finding joy or being blessed, but seeking happiness seems too superficial. Offering a radical call to reclaim happiness, Tim McConnell shares his countercultural vision for radiating a deep sense of joy in a world that desperately needs it.

52 Discussions to Confirm the Faith of Your Teenagers

52 Discussions to Confirm the Faith of Your Teenagers
Author: David Lynn
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2009-12-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310668735

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If you're tired of the Christianese answers you're getting from the teens in your youth group, challenge them to discuss issues of faith and discover what they believe. With these one-page, reproducible handouts that are easy to use and can facilitate meaningful discussions in your youth group, Sunday school, small group, or confirmation class, teens will explore God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Bible, salvation, discipleship, and more.

Characters of the Bible

Characters of the Bible
Author: David Waddell
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2015-02-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1490867732

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As we study the Bible, we may believe we are far removed from the people described on those pages. After all, many played significant roles in helping Jesus spread the gospel. Most of us find it difficultif not impossibleto picture ourselves in that disciple-type role because we are sinful and dont always make the wisest decisions. In Characters of the Bible: Finding My Stories in Their Stories, author David Waddell shares his discovery of his similarity to characters in the Bible. He found a relationship with the woman in John 8:111. He saw himself in a crowd of Pharisees urging punishment of a woman who did something they had done or wanted to do. Waddell was the woman looking for love in all the wrong places. He was the woman at the mercy of Jesus who was forgiven of all her sins without defending herself. Waddell realized the connection he had with biblical characters because like him, and like us, they were sinful. And if were truthful with ourselves, we can be mean, deceitful, conniving, and abusing, just like many people described in the Bible. Yet God used them for His purposes, and He will use us if we let Him. In Characters in the Bible: Finding My Stories in Their Stories, we can find comfort in knowing we are just as flawed, goofy, wrong, and misdirected as these biblical characters. It is through the lives of these people that we can see so much of ourselves.

Truth Or Territory

Truth Or Territory
Author: Jim Osman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2015-09-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692512449

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This book offers a critique of common spiritual warfare practices including binding Satan, renouncing curses, spiritual mapping and exorcisms. Using Scripture, and Scripture alone, Pastor Jim Osman shows that true spiritual warfare is not a battle over territory, but a battle for the truth. The book is divided into four sections: Establishing Biblical Principles, Exposing Unbiblical Practices, Explaining Biblical Perspectives and Examining a Biblical Passage. A biblical approach to spiritual warfare recognizes the Bible as the sole authority, rejects unbiblical and man-made methods, and rests in Christ and His finished work for victory. Many in the modern spiritual warfare movement teach a methodology of spiritual warfare that is more akin to something you would find in a Harry Potter novel (renouncing curses and using prayer mantras to seize territory) than anything described in Scripture. Many of these practices reflect a theology built on anecdotes, experience, and interviews with demons rather than a sound exegesis of Scripture. Footnoted quotations of authors like Mark Bubeck, Neil T. Anderson, and others are compared against Scripture to show that modern spiritual warfare "experts" have abandoned the authority of Scripture and opted for man-made methods to wage spiritual battle. The chapters include a study of the three enemies that every Christian faces: the world, the flesh, and the devil. Pastor Osman answers from Scripture the questions: Can a Christian be demon-possessed? Is Christ's authority ours? and, What about exorcisms? One chapter includes a helpful discussion of the link between spiritual warfare and a believer's sanctification. The foreword is written by international conference speaker Justin Peters (justinpeters.org). This book is being published as an e-book as a fundraiser to finish the new church building of Kootenai Community Church (www.kootenaichurch.org) of which Jim is one of the pastors. All the proceeds go the building fund for the completion of that project. You can see regular updates at http: //www.truthorterritory.com .