From Here to Maturity

From Here to Maturity
Author: Thomas E. Bergler
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2014-11-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802869440

Many American Christians today are not sure what spiritual maturity is or how to get there. Thomas Bergler has written this accessible guide to help both individuals and whole faith communities to grow spiritually. Bergler claims that spiritual maturity - which he defines as basic competence in the Christian life - is not only desirable but attainable, and he identifies its character from pertinent New Testament passages. He further offers a wealth of practical, research-based guidance for effectively fostering spiritual maturity in Christian believers and entire congregations. -- Publisher.

From Here to Maturity

From Here to Maturity
Author: Rodney Cam
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
Total Pages: 336
Release:
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 178792050X

In From Here to Maturity Rodney follows up his highly successful autobiography The Landlords Son with the continuation of his life story, including the formation and running of his Construction Company. A story of a colourful life in all its phases; happy, traumatic, challenging, controversial and sad. The book covers Rodney’s charitable voluntary work, legal challenges and family life. Personal recollections of a life between the 70's and modern day. All profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the British Heart Foundation.

The Juvenilization of American Christianity

The Juvenilization of American Christianity
Author: Thomas Bergler
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2012-04-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802866840

Pop worship music. Falling in love with Jesus. Mission trips. Wearing jeans and T-shirts to church. Spiritual searching and church hopping. Faith-based political activism. Seeker-sensitive outreach. These now-commonplace elements of American church life all began as innovative ways to reach young people, yet they have gradually become accepted as important parts of a spiritual ideal for all ages. What on earth has happened? In The Juvenilization of American Christianity Thomas Bergler traces the way in which, over seventy-five years, youth ministries have breathed new vitality into four major American church traditions -- African American, Evangelical, Mainline Protestant, and Roman Catholic. Bergler shows too how this "juvenilization" of churches has led to widespread spiritual immaturity, consumerism, and self-centeredness, popularizing a feel-good faith with neither intergenerational community nor theological literacy. Bergler s critique further offers constructive suggestions for taming juvenilization. Watch the trailer:

Artificial Maturity

Artificial Maturity
Author: Tim Elmore
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2012-06-19
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1118258061

How to raise kids who can handle the real world Today's Generation iY (teens brought up with the Internet) and Homelanders (children born after 9/11) are overexposed to information at an earlier age than ever and paradoxically are underexposed to meaningful relationships and real-life experiences. Artificial Maturity addresses the problem of what to do when parents and teachers mistake children's superficial knowledge for real maturity. The book is filled with practical steps that adults can take to furnish the experiences kids need to balance their abilities with authentic maturity. Shows how to identify the problem of artificial maturity in Generation iY and Homelanders Reveals what to do to help children balance autonomy, responsibility, and information Includes a down-to-earth model for coaching and guiding youth to true maturity Artificial Maturity gives parents, teachers, and others who work with youth a manual for understanding and practicing the leadership kids so desperately need to mature in a healthy fashion.

A Model of Christian Maturity

A Model of Christian Maturity
Author: D. A. Carson
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2007-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781441201751

We live in a time when leadership and showmanship are seen as far greater virtues than humility and meekness. Even the church has often got it backward. And in Paul's second letter to the Corinthians, he confronts similar problems in the first-century church. D. A. Carson believes we can learn valuable lessons from Paul's letter about what it really means to be a mature Christian in the face of adversity. In A Model of Christian Maturity he takes the reader step by step through an exposition of 2 Corinthians 10-13 and then helps them apply these Scriptures to everyday life in the church. Perfect for pastors, students, and laypeople, this book highlights the power of weakness in the life of the Christian.

Called to Be Saints

Called to Be Saints
Author: Gordon T. Smith
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2013-12-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 083086489X

Theologies of justification are too numerous to count. In this book, Gordon Smith synthesizes a lifetime of writing on calling, conversion, discernment and spiritual formation in a comprehensive and compelling theology of sanctification. Smith presents holiness in its christological, sapiential, vocational, social and emotional dimensions.

At Your Best

At Your Best
Author: Carey Nieuwhof
Publisher: WaterBrook
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2021-09-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0735291365

“A perceptive and practical book about why our calendars so rarely reflect our priorities and what we can do to regain control.”—ADAM GRANT “Carey’s book will help you reorganize your life. And then you can share a copy with someone you care about.”—SETH GODIN You deserve to stop living at an unsustainable pace. An influential podcaster and thought leader shows you how. Overwhelmed. Overcommitted. Overworked. That’s the false script an inordinate number of people adopt to be successful. Does this sound familiar: ● Slammed is normal. ● Distractions are everywhere. ● Life gets reduced to going through the motions. Tired of living that way? At Your Best gives you the strategies you need to win at work and at home by living in a way today that will help you thrive tomorrow. Influential podcast host and thought leader Carey Nieuwhof understands the challenges of constant pressure. After a season of burnout almost took him out, he discovered how to get time, energy, and priorities working in his favor. This approach freed up more than one thousand productive hours a year for him and can do the same for you. At Your Best will help you ● replace chronic exhaustion with deep productivity ● break the pattern of overpromising and never accomplishing enough ● clarify what matters most by restructuring your day ● master the art of saying no, without losing friends or influence ● discover why vacations and sabbaticals don’t really solve your problems ● develop a personalized plan to recapture each day so you can break free from the trap of endless to-dos Start thriving at work and at home as you discover how to be at your best.

The Journey to Spiritual Maturity

The Journey to Spiritual Maturity
Author: Jamie Buckingham
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1985-05
Genre: Christian life
ISBN: 9780941478588

Jamie Buffingham retraces the steps of Moses and the children of Israel and teaches the lessons that were learned along the way.