Resurrecting Excellence
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Author | : L. Gregory Jones |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2006-03-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780802832344 |
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Resurrecting Excellence aims to rekindle and encourage among Christian leaders an unselfish ambition for the gospel that shuns both competition and mediocrity and rightly focuses on the beauty, power, and excellence of living as faithful disciples of the crucified and risen Christ. Drawing on ancient traditions and on contemporary voices, L. Gregory Jones offer both a theology of excellence and portraits of pastors, lay leaders, and congregations that embody "a more excellent way."--Publisher's description.
Author | : Emma Ineson |
Publisher | : SPCK |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2019-11-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0281080135 |
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'Be encouraged by Bishop Emma's advice and inspired by her wisdom and humour.' JUSTIN WELBY, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY Counting things is very much on the table at the moment. But what is the theology around notions of ambition and success? Why do they sit so uncomfortably in a Christian context? After all, growth is not the preserve of big business when viewed through the lens of the story of God and his people. So, we need to ask, what is right about ambition for the Christian leader? And what were Jesus' views? Inevitably (because everything interesting is paradoxical), success and failure are close bedfellows. The single most successful event in the history of humankind - the victory of love over sin and death - looked very much like one man, naked, shamed and abandoned by most of his followers, hanging on a cross. If we keep a vision of the Kingdom of God at the centre of all we do, we cannot go far wrong. This lively and liberating book includes a brilliant take on Jesus' teaching in 'The Beatitudes for Ambitious Leaders'. Here Emma Ineson describes key spiritual dispositions that will enable us - whether in the church or living out our vocation elsewhere - to do just that.
Author | : William H. Johnston |
Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0814662692 |
Download Care for the Church and Its Liturgy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In the apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, Pope Benedict XVI made the preconciliar Mass more widely available for Catholics who seek it, designating it the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite. The Mass as revised after Vatican II thus received the designation of ordinary form.
Author | : Bryan P. Stone |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 066423349X |
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Drawing on their research involving urban pastors from across the United States, Bryan Stone and Claire Wolfteich identify and examine spiritual practices that foster excellence in urban ministry. After discussing the specific challenges facing urban pastors and presenting the kinds of excellence required of them, Stone and Wolfteich explore several practices that help sustain ministers working in urban contexts, such as cultivating holy friendships, practicing Sabbath, maintaining lives of prayer and study, and setting appropriate boundaries. Throughout, the authors weave together stories from urban pastors from a variety of denominations with insights from the history of Christian spirituality and theology to chart a theological course for the formation and renewal of pastors in diverse contemporary contexts.
Author | : Ilan Stavans |
Publisher | : Random House Digital, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0805242317 |
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A study of the resurrection of the Hebrew language from extinction focuses on the role of Eliezer ben Yehuda in the nineteenth-century revival of Hebrew, as well as the part language plays in Jewish survival, the origins of Israel, Zionism, the Diaspora, and the idea of a promised land. 20,000 first printing.
Author | : N. T. Wright |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2008-02-05 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0061551821 |
Download Surprised by Hope Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
For years Christians have been asking, "If you died tonight, do you know where you would go?" It turns out that many believers have been giving the wrong answer. It is not heaven. Award-winning author N. T. Wright outlines the present confusion about a Christian's future hope and shows how it is deeply intertwined with how we live today. Wright, who is one of today's premier Bible scholars, asserts that Christianity's most distinctive idea is bodily resurrection. He provides a magisterial defense for a literal resurrection of Jesus and shows how this became the cornerstone for the Christian community's hope in the bodily resurrection of all people at the end of the age. Wright then explores our expectation of "new heavens and a new earth," revealing what happens to the dead until then and what will happen with the "second coming" of Jesus. For many, including many Christians, all this will come as a great surprise. Wright convincingly argues that what we believe about life after death directly affects what we believe about life before death. For if God intends to renew the whole creation—and if this has already begun in Jesus's resurrection—the church cannot stop at "saving souls" but must anticipate the eventual renewal by working for God's kingdom in the wider world, bringing healing and hope in the present life. Lively and accessible, this book will surprise and excite all who are interested in the meaning of life, not only after death but before it.
Author | : Gary R. Habermas |
Publisher | : Kregel Publications |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780825494109 |
Download The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"A phenomenal resource that is both user-friendly and up-to-date, [and will] equip believers to defend this crucial issue." - Josh McDowell. Includes an interactive CD in a game-show format to test your memory of the key issues and concepts.
Author | : L. Roger Owens |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2010-03-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1621893197 |
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The Shape of Participation is a work of constructive theology addressed to theologians, seminarians, and thoughtful pastors. Owens engages and deepens recent popular discussions of church practices by approaching practices from the church Fathers' understanding of the church's participation in God. Through a wide-ranging engagement with theologians, both ancient and contemporary--including Cyril of Alexandria, Maximus the Confessor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Herbert McCabe--Owens argues that the embodied practices of the church are the church's participation in the life of God, making the church Jesus' own continued, peaceable embodiment in and for the world. This book is for theologians, pastors, and anyone who wants a deeper understanding of how the visible presence of God's church is extraordinarily good news in a violent world.
Author | : Nicholas Thomas Wright |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 854 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780800626792 |
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Explores ancient beliefs about life after death, highlighting the fact that the early Christians' belief about the afterlife belonged firmly on the Jewish spectrum, while introducing several new mutations and sharper definitions, forcing readers to view the Easter narratives not simply as rationalizations, but as accounts of two actual events: the empty tomb of Jesus and his "appearances." Simultaneous. Hardcover no longer available.
Author | : Adyashanti |
Publisher | : Sounds True |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-04-01 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1622031628 |
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For almost two millennia, the story of Jesus has shaped the lives of countless people. Yet today, even though the majority of us grew up in a culture suffused by the mythos of Jesus, many of us feel disconnected from the essence of his teachings. With Resurrecting Jesus, Adyashanti invites us to rediscover the life and words of Jesus as a direct path to the most radical of transformations: spiritual awakening. Jesus crossed all of the boundaries that separated the people of his time because he viewed the world from the perspective of what unites us, not what divides us. In Resurrecting Jesus, Adya embarks on a fascinating reconsideration of the man known as Jesus, examining his life from birth to Resurrection to reveal a timeless model of awakening and enlightened engagement with the world. Through close consideration of the archetypal figures and events of the Gospels, Adya issues a call to “live the Christ” in a way that is unique to each of us. “When the eternal and the human meet,” writes Adya, “that’s where love is born—not through escaping our humanity or trying to disappear into transcendence, but through finding that place where they come into union.” Resurrecting Jesus is a book for realizing this union in your own life, with heart and mind wide open to the mystery inside us all. With an all-new foreword by Episcopalian priest and scholar Cynthia Bourgeault.