GPS: Finding Direction on Your Faith and Life Journey

GPS: Finding Direction on Your Faith and Life Journey
Author: John Strommen
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2024-07-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666781460

"What's the point of it all?" In the postmodern world, the meaning and direction of human existence is increasingly a question mark with few satisfying answers forthcoming. People of faith are not immune to such questions as they struggle to meaningfully connect their faith to their daily lives. In GPS: Finding Direction on Your Faith and Life Journey, Strommen makes the case that much of this existential struggle is born of an anthropocentric worldview that has banished God to the margins, leaving humans with the futile task of playing God as they attempt to create their own meaning, purpose, and identity. Drawing on core Christian understandings through a Lutheran lens, the author asserts that life-giving meaning and purpose are gifts given by God alone, who frees people from their self-justifying ways to take an inventory of their many gifts and participate in a new creation where love of neighbor is the social currency. It is the core theme of this book that God is in fact present, deeply invested and at work in the everyday world, calling everyone daily to partner with God to co-create a more trustworthy, loving, and hopeful world.

Bible Made Impossible, The

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

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

How to Make the Right Decision Every Time

How to Make the Right Decision Every Time
Author: Karen Jensen Salisbury
Publisher: Charisma Media
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2015-01-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1629980269

How to Make the Right Decision Every Time reveals biblical and practical keys to help you find direction, uncover your purpose, discover God’s will, and get it right every time.

Framing Faith

Framing Faith
Author: Matthew Knisely
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0529102226

Stop. Slow down. Be present. The moment matters. Like a photographer or storyteller, Jesus exhibited time and again how easy it is to capture moments of profound importance just by noticing, stopping, and responding to his surroundings. In a world moving way too fast, Framing Faith is a book for people seeking to focus their lives, to find a deeper knowledge of God, and a more authentic Christian faith. In this modern age, many of us fill every “spare” moment we have rather than taking an intermission to see the true works of God and realize that he is present in every moment. Matt Knisely communicates biblical truths in a fresh way, allowing you to really hear them, as if for the first time. He illustrates a new way to see God and to help us live in the moment through the exploration of various photography concepts, including perspective, composition, processing, and darkness versus light. His probing questions and unexpected presentation lead readers into a place of honest self-examination, causing them to ask, “Am I listening to God?” Framing Faith provokes its readers toward reflection; it reveals God is in everything we see and do.

The Emotionally Destructive Marriage

The Emotionally Destructive Marriage
Author: Leslie Vernick
Publisher: WaterBrook
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2013-09-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0307731197

Something Has to Change… You can’t put it into words, but something is happening to you. Your stomach churns, your heart aches, and the tension in your marriage is making you feel weary and a little crazy. The constant criticism, disrespect, cruelty, deceit, and gross indifference are eroding your confidence and breaking your spirit. For any woman caught in an emotionally destructive marriage, Leslie Vernick offers a personalized path forward. Based on decades of counseling experience, her intensely practical, biblical advice will show you how to establish boundaries and break free from emotional abuse. Learn to: · identify damaging behaviors · gain the skills to respond wisely · promote healthy change · stay safe · understand when, why, and even how to leave · recognize that God sees and hates what is happening to you Trying harder to be a perfect fantasy wife won’t help fix what’s wrong your marriage. Discover instead how you can initiate effective changes to stop the cycle of destruction and restore hope for the future. “Women in an emotionally abusive marriage do not need another book on how to have a good marriage; those books rub salt in raw wounds. No, they desperately need this book so that they can diagnose just how bad their marriage is and then, with Leslie’s clear expertise, develop a plan that will either begin to turn their marriage around...or give them a wise route of escape.” —Dee Brestin, author of Idol Lies and The Friendships of Women

A Long-Ago Birth in a Right-Now World

A Long-Ago Birth in a Right-Now World
Author: Michael B. Brown
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2022-09-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666742325

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John each has his own way of telling the Story of stories—an account of the arrival of the Messiah into our world. Each author writes to a unique audience with a specific purpose in mind for addressing them as he does. But in every case, the author’s message connects not only with his specific readers back then, but also with us personally here and now. The Story becomes our story. A Long-Ago Birth in a Right-Now World brings the meaning of Bethlehem from a manger to our doorsteps, where it intersects with our personal needs and fears, hopes and dreams, guilt and grief, priorities, relationships, and spiritual journeys in an oftentimes challenging world.

Journey GPS

Journey GPS
Author: Dr. Sasie
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2024-05-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

As we travel throughout our journey of living life we may already be a believer that God and His power is real yet still struggle at times deliberately developing a more personal and intimate relationship with God that we begin to realize that the scripture in Psalms 34, that many are the afflictions of the righteous, is quite true and as a result, we may also begin to realize what more it is that we may need to learn or do that will better prepare as well as equip us for our journey yet ahead no matter the terrain or storms that may come our way! In book 3 of the 4-part book series, the focus is on ensuring that we as believers realize that just as we prepare for a new season or a change in weather conditions in the natural, so should we in the spiritual by ensuring that we have indeed put on the whole armor of God so that we truly are able to weather the storm while continuing to trust God as our true GPS believing that not only will He GUIDE as well as PROVIDE, but He also will be our SHIELD during our times of uncertainty, unchartered territory and the unknown.

Living Stewardship [Multiage]

Living Stewardship [Multiage]
Author: Alyson Huntly
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1846945720

Being a steward is about how you live your life and express your values to others. Faithful followers of Jesus live shalom by living in harmony with others and the world. We are called to live as generous creatures created by a generous God who shares responsibility with us for all creation ? to live stewardship. Activities in this book are designed for an adult who is working with two or more children, ages 5-14, so that these children can experience practices of faith together. These activities take into consideration the needs and abilities of all the children involved and recommend steps for leading and learning across the age span. An extra chapter offers suggestions for involving older persons in this group. Practicing our faith is a lifelong process. When completed, this series will offer 24 practices in 10 different life settings. This series can be used at any time or stage in your life.

Living Stewardship [Youth]

Living Stewardship [Youth]
Author: Christopher I. Xenakis
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1846945798

Being a steward is about how you live your life and express your values to others. Faithful followers of Jesus live shalom by living in harmony with others and the world. We are called to live as generous creatures created by a generous God who shares responsibility with us for all creation ? to live stewardship. Youth (ages 11-15) connect to the faith community through their family or peers. Youth sometimes think and behave as older children and sometimes as older youth. They need to experience being grounded in a nurturing congregation that allows room for questioning and doubts. Practicing our faith is a lifelong process. When completed, this series will offer 24 practices in 10 different life settings.

Faith

Faith
Author: Jaymes W. Carter
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2008-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1606479067

Are you equipped for the journey? The journey of life is full of unexpected encounters that will challenge our faith in God. On some days we will be turned around. On others, we will have the wind knocked out of us. We are prone to stumble and fall, be wounded, make mistakes, and wonder where God is in the midst of all that swirls around us. Faith: A Journey Worth Taking is a devotional meant to encourage readers on those days when the sun is hiding behind the clouds and the silver lining has yet to appear. More importantly, it draws readers' hearts closer to God as they embark upon the most epic quest that they will ever take... the journey of faith. Jaymes W. Carter has been writing and sending devotionals for several years to encourage people to trust God with the measure of faith that God has given them. In addition, Jaymes writes poetry and has had many of his short plays performed in different venues. He practices architecture, is part of the Diaconate ministry in his church, and lives in North Carolina with his wife.