Balancing the Christian Life

Balancing the Christian Life
Author: Charles C. Ryrie
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1994-10-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1575676214

GENUINE AND WHOLESOME SPIRITUALITY This is the goal of all Christian living. It sounds so simple, doesn't it? Perhaps the principle may be, but living by the principle is another matter altogether. In Balancing the Christian Life, Charles Ryrie reminds you that 'the Bible must be the guide and test for all our experiences in the spiritual life ...and if any experience fails to pass that test, it must be discarded.' He warns that 'an unbalanced application of the doctrines related to spirituality will result in an unbalanced Christian life.' Ryrie examines numerous key issues of spirituality, including The old and the new life Sanctification Using your gifts Routine faithfulness Wiles of the Devil Temptation Confessing and forgiving For more than 25 years, Balancing the Christian Life has been changing lives worldwide. Take time to read this classic study--and allow it to change yours.

Go and Sin No More

Go and Sin No More
Author: Michael L. Brown
Publisher: Renew
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1999
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830723959

The resident theologian of the Brownsville Revival reveals the key to empowered, passionate living--uncompromising, liberating holiness.

The Desire of Ages

The Desire of Ages
Author: Ellen G. White
Publisher: Bytes 4 the Heart
Total Pages: 886
Release: 1898
Genre: Seventh-Day Adventists
ISBN:

Church Comes Home

Church Comes Home
Author: Dave Barnhart
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1791007341

People have lost faith in all collective institutions: government, corporations, the media, and the church. We are in the midst of a spiritual disaster, a flood of biblical proportions, and house churches provide lifeboats for people who are seeking a more authentic, life-giving form of Christian community. Many people remember that the early church started in homes, but they don’t understand that house churches are still a legitimate and viable model today. House churches can create the intimacy so many people are hungry for. They can nurture life-changing discipleship for individuals and create justice-centered communities. Networked house churches can become truly diverse, multi-ethnic communities that spread the Gospel by emphasizing practices over programs. These communities de-center the preacher, opting instead for grassroots organizing, but they are not leaderless — they are leader-full. This book provides an alternative model for denominations and established churches to consider. It will help pastors reconnect with the traditions of community organizing, itinerant preaching, and discipleship training that sparked Methodism and other church movements in the United States. Church Comes Home offers alternative ways to look at some of the problems facing our church and our culture.

The Grace Message

The Grace Message
Author: Andrew Farley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2022-03-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1684512875

What Is God’s Grace—and What Does It Mean for You? Grace. It’s a word we’ve heard since the very first step in our faith journey—but do we really believe in God’s grace? Grace raises eyebrows. It begs questions. Grace turns everything upside down. The Grace Message invites you to discover the best flavor of Christianity and celebrate the good news of the Gospel to the fullest. Here, you’ll learn: • how to abandon rule-based living and stop trying to measure up • why your new identity in Jesus matters more than you can imagine • how you can now enjoy God’s New Covenant way of grace Bestselling author and radio host Andrew Farley’s no-nonsense straight talk will awaken you to a revolutionary perspective every healthy Christian should have. Life is too short to miss out on God’s best—and what you don’t know can hinder you from experiencing Jesus in every area of your life. So if you’ve been weighed down by ruthless religion, or you’ve been searching for that high-octane version of the Gospel that you know must be out there somewhere, here it is. This thought-provoking book will challenge you to dismiss the lies you’ve believed and to make up your own mind about how big God’s grace really is. “Andrew Farley shows why the good news is actually great news. This extraordinary, battle-tested message of hope and freedom has a proven track record of transforming lives. The Grace Message is bursting with truth. The love of God practically drips from its pages. Read it and see for yourself!” —Bart Millard, singer/songwriter for MercyMe

The Hyper-Grace Gospel

The Hyper-Grace Gospel
Author: Paul Ellis
Publisher: KingsPress
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2014-04-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1927230403

Silver Medal Winner: Illumination Book Awards! Just as you cannot measure the universe, you cannot fathom the limits of God’s love for you. God’s grace is extreme, super-abundant, and over-the-top. His hyper-grace exceeds your wildest dreams! In this book, Paul Ellis draws a line between the muddled messages of manmade religion and the hyper-grace gospel of Jesus Christ. Drawing on insights gleaned from more than 40 grace preachers, he addresses common misperceptions and accusations some have made against the modern grace message.The Hyper-Grace Gospel will leave you marveling at the relentless love of your Father. It will show you how to walk in his amazing grace and help you rediscover the joy that is found in Jesus. Get your copy now.

Go, and Sin No More

Go, and Sin No More
Author: Mark Uraine
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2019-07-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0359789196

We may be surprised to find that our paradigm of sin is rooted in Greek philosophy, and not in Hebraic concepts held by the authors of the Bible. The theology of sinful nature is a Hellenized version of the Hebrew yetzer ha'ra. This book brings light to this historical perspective and will challenge the reader to reexamine their paradigm. As communicated by God to Cain in Genesis 4:7, we can overcome sin, or be ruled by it. It is a choice, not a destiny we are born unto.

Love Can Open Prison Doors

Love Can Open Prison Doors
Author: Starr Daily
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2014-07-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781500625214

In the early 1900s, Starr Daily was a hardened criminal, the kind of man who seemed destined to spend his life behind bars. Everyone, including Starr himself, believed that he was beyond rehabilitation and without hope in this world. Then, like the poet once said, he was “touched by the Master's hand.” Where HATE had once been the driving force of his life, now LOVE ruled. The love of God changed Starr Daily; and as he learned to walk in that love, he changed his circumstances, the people around him, the prison institution, and the course of his life.Love Can Open Prison Doors does more than tell the story of how one man was changed by God's love. It opens the eyes of the reader to the limitless possibilities of what love can do.

Practicing the Power

Practicing the Power
Author: Sam Storms
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310533856

The Bible teaches us that we are to be filled with God's Spirit and that God's presence and grace is manifested among his people as they serve, love, and minister to one another. Yet some of the gifts that God offers to his people aren't commonly seen in many churches today. Gifts of prophecy, healing, tongues, and other supernatural gifts of God seem to be absent, and many Christians are unsure how to cultivate an atmosphere where God's Spirit can work while remaining committed to the foundational truth of God's Word. How can Christians pursue and implement the miraculous gifts of the Spirit without falling into fanatical excess and splitting the church in the process? In Practicing the Power, pastor and author Sam Storms offers practical steps to understanding and exercising spiritual gifts in a way that remains grounded in the word and centered in the gospel. With examples drawn from his forty years of ministry as a pastor and teachers, Storms offers a guidebook that can help pastors, elders, and church members understand what changes are needed to see God move in supernatural power and to guard against excess and abuse of the spiritual gifts. If you long to see God's Spirit move in your church and life, and aren't sure why that isn't happening or where to begin, this book is for you.

And Sin No More

And Sin No More
Author: Marian J. Morton
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 1993
Genre: Cleveland (Ohio)
ISBN: 0814206026

In this compelling study, Marian Morton traces the development of public and private health-care policies for single mothers and identifies the ways in which attitudes about religion, race, and cultural definitions of womanhood affected their treatment. Focusing on the history of the public hospital and four private maternity homes in Cleveland, Morton considers the care of unwed mothers in the context of developing American social policy from the mid-nineteenth century to today. While social policy has taken on a growing responsibility for health care of dependent people, the perception of unwed mothers as "sinful" by the Christian church and "undeserving" because their situation was brought about by moral failure has differentiated them from other dependent populations. Government provides unmarried mothers with the least support, and private maternity homes, run mostly by churches, have remained committed to the nineteenth-century notion of spiritual reclamation. As Morton shows, regardless of the time period, women pregnant out-of-wedlock have been the dependent population most easily disciplined by private agencies and the most resented and politically vulnerable recipients of public assistance. This vital work sheds new light on the current controversies over public assistance and legalized abortion and offers a powerful appraisal of the uncertainties and inequities of American social policy as it applies to women who fail to conform to social definitions of womanhood.