The Gymnasium of Christ

The Gymnasium of Christ
Author: Stephen Kaung
Publisher: Christian Fellowship Publishers
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2013-06-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0935008993

“Exercise thyself unto piety [or godliness]; for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety [godliness] is profitable for everything, having promise of life of the present one and of that to come” (1 Timothy 4:8). People nowadays are most conscious of the need to engage in physical exercise, but unfortunately God’s people are considerably negligent regarding the need for spiritual exercise. They may have had some experience of being in the school of Christ where they learn something of God’s truth mentally, yet they are quite ignorant when it comes to the gymnasium of Christ where through spiritual exercise they may learn of Christ himself and grow up in Him daily. This causes them to be large in head but small in feet. They know a lot but advance very little along the pathway towards spiritual maturity. In view of this disappointing situation, brother Stephen Kaung gave a series of twenty messages on the necessity for Christians to be attendees and participants daily in the gymnasium of Christ.

Our Oneness in Christ

Our Oneness in Christ
Author: Ian Johnson
Publisher: PublishAmerica
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2006-12-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1456090232

This book starts by establishing that all believers in Christ are already, in fact, one with each other in Christ. This leaves us with the challenge, not of creating unity where it does not exist, but of living consistently with the oneness that already exists. The first section explains why living consistently with our oneness is important, including God’s commands and expectations, the benefits of living in oneness and the hazards of living contrary to the truth. Part two explains what oneness is and is not, including the concepts that oneness is a harmony of diverse believers each doing their own part, not unison, unanimity or strict conformity to the same mold. The third section deals with practical barriers to living in oneness—selfishness, misunderstandings, heresy, and incorrect understanding of the origin of the organizational divisions in the universal Church—and suggests how to overcome them.

Christ-Centered Fitness

Christ-Centered Fitness
Author: Jason Berry
Publisher: Rise UP Publications
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2021-03-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1644572192

You are a unique creation...no one can take your place. It’s time to take your life OFF OF HOLD and seize victory in every aspect of life with Christ-Centered Fitness. God has specifically called you to do mighty things for Him, but are you prepared to maximize that calling with a fit body? Your body is the vessel by which you preach the gospel, serve others, and live out your abundant life. This vessel needs to be healthy! With shackles such as low energy, obesity, sickness, and sedentary lifestyles, people feel restricted and incapable of serving the Lord to the best of their ability. Jason Berry shows you how to achieve a state of physical fitness and health that is readily prepared to accomplish the will of the Father. In his easy-to-understand style, he outlines everything needed from Biblical fundamentals to workout plans. You’ll discover ways to win the battle inside your mind, overcome by faith, Biblical truths for health—all at your fingertips. This is YOUR appointed time for victory. Grab a water bottle, double-knot your sneakers, break the shackles, and claim your place...it’s time for Christ-Centered Fitness! “This book fills a niche for Christians' health and shows God’s intention for His followers.” ~Patricia London (D. Ed. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health and Physical Education, Messiah College) “Jason uses Biblical truths to present a fresh Christian perspective to physical fitness.” ~James Smith (Retired Supervisor of Health, Physical Education, and Aquatics, Cumberland Valley School District) About the Author Dynamic speaker, youth pastor, PE teacher, U.S. Military veteran, and certified personal trainer, Jason Berry's diverse fitness experience ranges from Iraq's battlefields to a master's degree in Exercise Science. His passion for fitness is surpassed only by his passion for Christ and his family.

God's Gym

God's Gym
Author: Stephen D. Moore
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780415917575

In this strikingly original work, Stephen Moore considers God's male bodies--the body of Yahweh in the Hebrew Bible, and the Father of Jesus Christ, and Jesus himself in the New Testament--and our obsessive earthly quest for a perfect human form. God's Gym is about divinity, physical pain, and the visions of male perfectability. Weaving together his obsession with human anatomy and dissection, an interest in the technologies of torture, the cult of physical culture, and an expert knowledge of biblical criticism, Moore explains the male narcissism at the heart of the biblical God. God's Gym is an intensely personal book, brimming with our culture's phobias and fascinations about male perfectability.

Gay Girl, Good God

Gay Girl, Good God
Author: Jackie Hill Perry
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2018-09-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1462751237

“I used to be a lesbian.” In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless and experienced gender confusion. She embraced masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. But was she supposed to change herself? How was she supposed to stop loving women, when homosexuality felt more natural to her than heterosexuality ever could? At age nineteen, Jackie came face-to-face with what it meant to be made new. And not in a church, or through contact with Christians. God broke in and turned her heart toward Him right in her own bedroom in light of His gospel. Read in order to understand. Read in order to hope. Or read in order, like Jackie, to be made new.

Paul and Union with Christ

Paul and Union with Christ
Author: Constantine R. Campbell
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Total Pages: 636
Release: 2015-05-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310523184

Paul and Union with Christ fills the gap for biblical scholars, theologians, and pastors pondering and debating the meaning of union with Christ. Following a selective survey of the scholarly work on union with Christ through the twentieth century to the present day, Greek scholar Constantine Campbell carefully examines every occurrence of the phrases ‘in Christ’, ‘with Christ’, ‘through Christ’, ‘into Christ,’ and other related expressions, exegeting each passage in context and taking into account the unique lexical contribution of each Greek preposition. Campbell then builds a holistic portrayal of Paul’s thinking and engages contemporary theological discussions about union with Christ by employing his evidence-based understanding of the theme. This volume combines high-level scholarship and a concern for practical application of a topic currently debated in the academy and the church. More than a monograph, this book is a helpful reference tool for students, scholars, and pastors to consult its treatment of any particular instance of any phrase or metaphor that relates to union with Christ in the Pauline corpus.