God's Design for the Church

God's Design for the Church
Author: Conrad Mbewe
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020
Genre: Christianity
ISBN: 9781433566448

"A survey of biblical teaching regarding the church, written for African pastors and ministry leaders"--

God's Design for Man and Woman

God's Design for Man and Woman
Author: Andreas J. Köstenberger
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2014-08-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433537028

Equipping a New Generation to Live Out God’s Design This thorough study of the Bible’s teaching on men and women aims to help a new generation of Christians live for Christ in today’s world. Moving beyond other treatments that primarily focus on select passages, this winsome volume traces Scripture’s overarching pattern related to male-female relationships in both the Old and New Testaments. Those interested in careful discussion rather than caustic debate will discover that God’s design is not confining or discriminatory but beautiful, wise, liberating, and good.

Rethinking Sexuality

Rethinking Sexuality
Author: Dr. Juli Slattery
Publisher: Multnomah
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2018-07-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0735291489

This ground-breaking resource challenges and equips Christians to think and act biblically and compassionately in matters of sexuality. Sexual abuse, sex addiction, gender confusion, brokenness, and shame plague today's world, and people are seeking clarity and hope. By contesting long-held cultural paradigms, this book equips you to see how sexuality is rooted in the broader context of God's heart and His work for us on earth. It provides a framework from which to understand the big picture of sexual challenges and wholeness, and helps you recognize that every sexual question is ultimately a spiritual one. It shifts the paradigm from combating sexual problems to confidently proclaiming and modeling the road to sacred sexuality. Instead of arguing with the world about what's right and wrong about sexual choices, this practical resource equips you to share the love and grace of Jesus as you encounter the pain of sexual brokenness--your own or someone else's.

Seeking God's Design

Seeking God's Design
Author: Lowery, Richard H.
Publisher: CBP
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2019-07-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 082723547X

Seeking God’s Design honors the 50th anniversary of The Design. It is focused around a series of audiotaped interviews that Disciples of Christ Historical Society President James Seale conducted from 1989 to 1993 with Disciples leaders who played important roles in Restructure. It provides historical context and offers a series of reflections from key Disciples leaders today, as we honor and critically evaluate the work of our predecessors while looking ahead to the next 50 years of our life as a church. Seeking God’s Design is the first volume of the James and Mary Dudley Seale Series on Disciples and Public Engagement, a partnership between the Disciples of Christ Historical Society and Chalice Press.

God's Design for Women

God's Design for Women
Author: Sharon James
Publisher: EP BOOKS
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Women
ISBN: 9780852345030

The 20th century saw a transformation in the lives of women in the Western world. From a biblical standpoint, the important "God's Design for Women" discusses how women should respond to these changes and what it means to be a Christian women in the postmodern world.

God's Good Design (Second Edition)

God's Good Design (Second Edition)
Author: Claire Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2019-05
Genre: Men (Christian theology)
ISBN: 9781925424515

Claire Smith looks closely at seven key Bible passages about men and women and how they should relate together in God's purposes.

Church Reset

Church Reset
Author: Jack Wilkie
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-04-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9780979635618

In Church Reset: God's Design for So Much More, Jack Wilkie traces the problem back to its roots to show how we've deviated from God's plan and how we can get back on track. How can we stop operating as an organization and start living like a family? How do we stop creating church customers and start making dedicated disciples? How do we abandon man-made strategies and rediscover the power of God's design? Church Reset casts an exciting vision for what Christ's church can be by pointing back to what it was meant to be from the very start.

When God Builds a Church

When God Builds a Church
Author: Bob Russell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2010-06-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1451604793

Pastor Bob Russell shares the ten principles upon which Southeast Christian Church, one of the largest and fastest growing churches in America, was founded. He shares not only the story of one of the most amazing churches in America, but also what your church can become if you follow the principles and allow God to build your church. Can the church truly be the "city on a hill that cannot be hidden" that Jesus talked about in the Sermon on the Mount? Can it grow large enough to attract throngs of seekers and yet be loving enough to care for each individual that comes? Bob Russell, pastor of Southeast Christian Church—one of the largest and fastest growing churches in America—says that it most certainly can. But it can only be done when we are submissive to God's will and allow Him to build that church. In the pages of this far-sighted, uncompromising book, Bob Russell and his son Rusty share the ten principles upon which this remarkable church was founded. Throughout the book, you will see God's mighty power at work in a church that began in 1962 with only 50 members and has now grown to over 14,000 and has become a bustling "city on a hill" whose beaming faith powerfully impacts its community and the world. This book shares not only the story of one of the most amazing churches in America but also the story of what your church can become as you follow these ten time-tested principles and allow God to build your church.

You're Only Human

You're Only Human
Author: Kelly M. Kapic
Publisher: Brazos Press
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2022-01-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493435256

Work. Family. Church. Exercise. Sleep. The list of demands on our time seems to be never ending. It can leave you feeling a little guilty--like you should always be doing one more thing. Rather than sharing better time-management tips to squeeze more hours out of the day, Kelly Kapic takes a different approach in You're Only Human. He offers a better way to make peace with the fact that God didn't create us to do it all. Kapic explores the theology behind seeing our human limitations as a gift rather than a deficiency. He lays out a path to holistic living with healthy self-understanding, life-giving relationships, and meaningful contributions to the world. He frees us from confusing our limitations with sin and instead invites us to rest in the joy and relief of knowing that God can use our limitations to foster freedom, joy, growth, and community. Readers will emerge better equipped to cultivate a life that fosters gratitude, rest, and faithful service to God.

God's Design

God's Design
Author: E. A. Martens
Publisher: D & F Scott Publishing Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9780941037518

The third edition of Martens's well known study of Old Testament theology which has become a standard textbook at evangelical seminaries and bible colleges. Exodus 5:22-6:8 reveals God's design for building his kingdom, a design with four components: 1) Deliverance, 2) Community, 3) Knowledge of God, 4) The Abundant Life. From these components, Martens constructs a grid through which the entire message of the Old Testament can be read. God's Design presents an overview of the Old Testament all Bible students will find fascinating.