Savoring God's Word

Savoring God's Word
Author: Jan Johnson
Publisher: NavPress Publishing Group
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9781576833995

When committees are redesigned to function as communities, meetings become more productive, group members start looking forward to serving, and the overall spirit of the church begins to improve. If your church is looking for a fresh, more effective way to accomplish its goals, change your outlook by making groups of people into communities.

Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ (Revised Edition)

Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ (Revised Edition)
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2004-10-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433517310

Who is Jesus Christ? You've never met him in person, and you don't know anyone who has. But there is a way to know who he is. How? Jesus Christ-the divine Person revealed in the Bible-has a unique excellence and a spiritual beauty that speaks directly to our souls and says, "Yes, this is truth." It's like seeing the sun and knowing that it is light, or tasting honey and knowing that it is sweet. The depth and complexity of Jesus shatter our simple mental frameworks. He baffled proud scribes with his wisdom but was understood and loved by children. He calmed a raging storm with a word but would not get himself down from the cross. Look at the Jesus of the Bible. Keep your eyes open, and fill them with the portrait of Jesus in God's Word. Jesus said, "If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority." Ask God for the grace to do his will, and you will see the truth of his Son. John Piper has written this book in the hope that all will see Jesus for who he really is and will come to enjoy him above all else.

Reading the Bible Supernaturally

Reading the Bible Supernaturally
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2017-04-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 143355352X

The Bible reveals glorious things. And yet we often miss its power because we read it the same way we read any other book. In Reading the Bible Supernaturally, best-selling author John Piper teaches us how to read the Bible in light of its divine author. In doing so, he highlights the Bible's unique ability to reveal God to humanity in a way that informs our minds, transforms our hearts, and ignites our love. With insights into the biblical text drawn from decades of experience studying, preaching, and teaching Scripture, Piper helps us experience the transformative power of God's Word—a power that extends beyond the mere words on the page. Ultimately, Piper shows us that in the seemingly ordinary act of reading the Bible, something supernatural happens: we encounter the living God.

Savoring God

Savoring God
Author: Gloria Maité Hernández
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2021-07-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 019090738X

Savoring God is a comparative study that examines the creative interaction of poetry and theology in two mystical poems central to the Christian and the Hindu traditions, the sixteenth-century Spanish Cántico espiritual (Spiritual Canticle), by Saint John of the Cross, and the Sanskrit R=asa L=il=a (Dance of Love), which originated in the oral tradition. Alongside the poems, Gloria Maité Hernández examines theological commentaries on the texts: the Comentarios, written by Saint John of the Cross on his own poem, and the foundational commentary on the R=asa L=il=a by 'Sr=idhara Sv=ami as well as commentaries by the sixteenth-century theologian J=iva Gosv=ami, from the Gau.d=iya Vai.s.nava school, and other Gau.d=iya theologians. The phrase "savoring God" conveys the Spanish gustar a Dios (to savor God) and the Sanskrit madhura bhakti rasa (the sweet savor of divine love). In the Christian and Hindu commentaries these two concepts describe a way of approaching the poems that is simultaneously vulnerable to the emotions evoked by the poetical imagery and responsive to its theological demands. While "savoring" does not mean the precisely the same thing to the Christian and the Hindu theologians, Hernández demonstrates that both traditions interpret the term to suggest poetry's power in mediating an encounter with the divine.

Savoring Single

Savoring Single
Author: Shelley Black
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2017-11-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1973610582

Why savoring single? Because you were meant to enjoy it! Finding purpose, knowing love, and experiencing adventure arent reserved solely for the married girls! You can enjoy a full and vibrant life even while being single. Its also a perfect time to partner with what God wants to develop in you through this once-in-a-lifetime part of your journey! Girl, being single is okay. There is a purpose for it, and it wont last forever. So savor it!

Savor

Savor
Author: Shauna Niequist
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2015-03-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310352126

Read, learn, pray, cook, and share with New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist. Savor is a 365-day devotional that invites you to expand your perspective about Christ-centered living by incorporating prayer and recipes for gathering with family and friends over breakfasts, dinners, and late-night snacks. Shauna becomes a friend across the pages as she shares her heart with yours, keeps you company, and invites you into the abundant life God offers. Savor teaches us: To savor each day, whatever it holds: work and play, coffee and kids, meals and prayers, the good stuff, and the hard stuff Life is all about relationships, and your daily relationship with God is worth savoring in every moment Recipes from Shauna's kitchen to enjoy around a table with people you love Savor has a beautiful linen cover. Inside you'll find: 21 delicious recipes and a helpful recipe table of contents 365 devotions—each devotional includes a short Bible passage, an insightful story from Shauna, and a thoughtful prompt to help you grow A ribbon marker to help you keep your place This devotional makes a perfect gift for a friend looking to experience a more integrated faith— and anyone who loves trying out new recipes or enjoys hosting gatherings for loved ones. Look for additional inspirational books and audio products from Shauna: I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet Present Over Perfect Bread and Wine

Taste and See

Taste and See
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Multnomah
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2016-06-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 160142860X

A Devotional Powerhouse! This revision of the follow-up to the popular A Godward Life adds twenty fresh entries to the original 120 daily meditations that are solid meat and sweet milk from God’s Word. The new entries broach current and controversial subject matter, such as partial-birth abortion and gay marriage. Piper asks the hardest questions and finds wonderfully poignant but practical and applicable truths from the Bible. These 350 pages of substantive spiritual nourishment will brace readers’ minds with truth and nourish their hearts with God’s sovereign grace. Pastors and lay leaders particularly will appreciate the three indexes included. They don’t need to look any further to find a pertinent illustration or tidbit of inspiration! Expanded Edition of the Popular Godward Life II Devotional Taste and see…The Lord is good. Psalm 34:8 The soul tastes truth like the lips taste food. Spiritual hunger cries out for rich, substantial nourishment. It is remarkable how much meat these daily portions contain. Skillfully presented by pastor John Piper, this devotional of contemporary meditations on biblical reality will whet your appetite for more of God Himself and refresh you in your daily communion with Christ. “This volume is a treasure of true doctrine applied to life.” -R. Albert Mohler Jr., president, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary “Going to sleep with John Piper’s words on your mind will coax you from complacency and wake you up to a passionate faith.” -Phil Callaway, speaker and bestselling author Story Behind the Book John Piper’s life-long love affair with his church is evidenced in each of the 140 articles included in Taste and See. Originally, each article was written for his flock at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis . They are sometimes follow-ups to Sunday sermons; sometimes meditations of a pastor’s heart, expressing his longing for the holiness of his congregation. Many of the entries are his own relentless interrogations of a biblical text. A few are colorful anecdotes from a pastor’s daily life—a pastor whose heartbeat for God pulsates through every word.

A Godward Life

A Godward Life
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Multnomah
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2009-11-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 030757427X

A Godward Life is the first of three devotional volumes by John Piper, each feature 120 vignettes that focus on the radical difference it makes when we choose to live with God at the center of all that we do. Scripture-soaked and touching on the issues which most affect our lives today, A Godward Life is a passionate, moving, and articulate call for all believers to live their lives in conscious and glad submission to the sovereignty and glory of God.

Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing

Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing
Author: Sally Lloyd-Jones
Publisher: Zonderkidz
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2012-11-20
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0310740517

From Sally Lloyd-Jones and Jago, the creators of the bestselling The Jesus Storybook Bible, comes a gorgeous and innovative collection of 101 simple-yet-profound thoughts on faith, to turn the reader’s eyes toward the God who loves them with a Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love. Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing shares: Profound spiritual truths from the Bible in a conversational tone—drawing insights from creation, history, and science The writings of great thinkers, preachers, writers, and more—to remind children that God loves them with a Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love This wonderful collection: Contains 101 readings on a variety of topics that will help you and your children look at the world in a new, fresh way Teaches children ages six and up about God’s love through word and image Is perfect for family devotions, bedtime, story time, or even as an inspirational companion to The Jesus Storybook Bible Includes beautiful, colorful artwork on every page Has a sturdy binding and pages that hold up to years of daily use, even with little hands Makes a wonderful gift for Christmas, Easter, baptisms, and birthdays

A Peculiar Glory

A Peculiar Glory
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2016-03-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433552663

God has provided a way for all people, not just scholars, to know that the Bible is the Word of God. John Piper has devoted his life to showing us that the glory of God is object of the soul’s happiness. Now, his burden in this book is to demonstrate that this same glory is the ground of the mind’s certainty. God’s peculiar glory shines through his Word. The Spirit of God enlightens the eyes of our hearts. And in one self-authenticating sight, our minds are sure and our hearts are satisfied. Justified certainty and solid joy meet in the peculiar glory of God.