The Study of Spirits

The Study of Spirits
Author: Randy Delp
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2018-02-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781986029674

Spirits are more than dead people, ghosts and unseen spooky things. In fact, spirits are quite normal and are part of our everyday life. God is spirit, angels are spirits and even people are spirit creatures. Dr. Randy Lee Delp's investigation of spirits has brought clarity to life's failures and successes. Through his personal experiences and documentation of biblical stories, Delp has presented an organized assessment of the spirit world that brings sanity to the idea of a co-existing realm that explains people's behavior. He links the spiritual world to the physical world through neuro-scientific studies about thoughts and bridges our thought life to words, emotions and behavior.The Study of Spirits authenticates one's belief in God and explains how and why we react and respond to adversity. He delves into personal encounters with spirits and helps the reader understand how to be free from the evil that plagues our world.Although written as a textbook, this book provides the reader, who is eager to know about the spiritual realm, a fresh and insightful description of what exists beyond the physical.His recent publications, Impact of The Book of Enoch Upon Christianity and Other Religions and The Living Enoch, Chapter By Chapter has brought definition to ancient literature that is still influencing society today. Dr. Delp has taught the Bible and Christian literature for over forty years. His tenured experiences as educator, pastor and author qualify him as an expert in the field of Pneumatology.

Spirit, Soul, and Body

Spirit, Soul, and Body
Author: Andrew Wommack
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2018-12-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1606830376

Have you ever asked yourself what changed when you were "born again?" You look in the mirror and see the same reflection - your body hasn't changed. You find yourself acting the same and yielding to those same old temptations - that didn't seem to change either. So you wonder, Has anything really changed? The correct...

An Anthropological Study of Spirits

An Anthropological Study of Spirits
Author: Christine S. VanPool
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2023-05-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3031259203

This book discusses the cultural importance of spirits, what spirits want, and how humans interact with them, using examples from around the world and through time. Examples range from the vengeful spirits of the Zulu that cast lightning bolts from clear skies to punish wrongdoers, to the benevolent Puebloan Kachina that encourage prosperity, safety, and rain in the arid American Southwest. The case studies illustrate how humans seek to cooperate (or counteract) spirits to heal the physical and spiritual ailments of their people, to divine the truth, or to gain resources. Building from their cross-cultural analyses, the authors further discuss how our physiology and psychology impact our interaction with the spirits. Readers will come away with an appreciation of the beauty and power of the spirits that continue to shape the lives of people around the world.

Jesus and the Spirit

Jesus and the Spirit
Author: James D. G. Dunn
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1997-06-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802842916

Explores the religious experiences of Jesus, Paul, and the early church with special emphasis on the Holy Spirit and charismatic experiences.

Discerning the Spirits

Discerning the Spirits
Author: Cornelius Plantinga
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2003-11-18
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780802839992

Christian worship in North America has undergone great change in recent years. But change always brings uncertainty -- at times even division -- about what constitutes "authentic worship." This important book reviews a wide variety of current perspectives and offers a fresh outlook on the contemporary practice of Christian worship. In order to provide the widest, most insightful discussion on present-day worship practices yet assembled, the authors gathered a team of church musicians, ministers, worship leaders, and educators from eight church traditions. Discerning the Spirits is the fruit of their work. Shaped by the wisdom of men and women like Marva Dawn, Justo Gonzalez, C. Michael Hawn, and John Witvliet, this book broadens today's "worship wars" into a bigger, richer discussion that moves from arguments over musical tastes to good thinking about the overall purpose of worship in relation to church life and God himself. Sidebar articles and quotes are meant to draw readers and study groups into dialogue on these issues. Whether one plays a leadership role in church worship or is simply grappling with questions about it, Discerning the Spirits is a must-read.

The Human Spirit

The Human Spirit
Author: Marjorie O’Rourke Boyle
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2018-11-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0271082941

In this volume, Marjorie O’Rourke Boyle probes significant concepts of the human spirit in Western religious culture across more than two millennia, from the book of Genesis to early modern science. The Human Spirit treats significant interpretations of human nature as religious in political, philosophical, and physical aspects by tracing its historical subject through the Priestly tradition of the Hebrew Bible and the writings of the apostle Paul among the Corinthians, the innovative theologians Augustine and Aquinas, the reformatory theologian Calvin, and the natural philosopher and physician William Harvey. Boyle analyzes the particular experiences and notions of these influential authors while she contextualizes them in community. She shows how they shared a conviction, although distinctly understood, of the human spirit as endowed by or designed by a divine source of everything animate. An original and erudite work that utilizes a rich and varied array of primary source material, this volume will be of interest to intellectual and cultural historians of religion, philosophy, literature, and medicine.

Sacred Pace

Sacred Pace
Author: Terry Looper
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2019-02-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 078522338X

How do we hear from God and discern His will when it’s time to make big decisions? Terry Looper shares a four-step process for doing just that - a process he has learned and refined over thirty years as a Christian entrepreneur and founder of a multi-billion dollar company. At just thirty-six years old, Terry Looper was a successful Christian businessman who thought he had it all—until managing all he had led to a devastating burnout. Wealthy beyond his wildest dreams but miserable beyond belief, Terry experienced a radical transformation when he discovered how to align himself with God’s will in the years following his crash and burn. Sacred Pace is a four-step process that helps Christians in all walks of life learn how to slow down their decision-making under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, sift through their surface desires and sinful patterns in order to receive clear, peace-filled answers from the Lord, gain the confident assurance that God’s answers are His way of fulfilling the true desires he has placed in their hearts, and grow closer to the One who loves them most and knows them best. Sacred Pace is not another example of name-it-and-claim-it materialism in disguise. Instead, it walks Christians through the sometimes-painful process of “dying to self” in their decisions, both big and small, so that they desire God’s will more than their own.

The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit
Author: Kevin DeYoung
Publisher: Gospel Coalition Booklets
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781433527678

This Gospel Coalition booklet presents the Holy Spirit as our ultimate gift. DeYoung details the Spirit's role in our lives, including his activity in conviction, conversion, glorification, and the imparting of gifts.

The spirits’ book

The spirits’ book
Author: Allan Kardec
Publisher: FEB Editora/CEI
Total Pages: 527
Release: 2021-11-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 6555703024

After you have read The Spirits’ Book, you will no longer have any reason to fear death. The Spirits’ Book will provide you with the answers to nearly all the questions you may have with regards to the origin, nature and destiny of each and every soul on earth – and those of other worlds as well. It also addresses the issues of God, creation, moral laws and the nature of spirits and their relationships with humans. The book contains answers that were dictated to mediums by highly evolved spirits who love God. The Spirits’ Book is the initial landmark publication of a Doctrine that has made a profound impact on the thought and view of life of a considerable portion of humankind since the first French edition was published in 1857.

Original Blessing

Original Blessing
Author: Danielle Shroyer
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2016-10-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 150642029X

Of the worlds major religions, only Christianity holds to a doctrine of original sin. Ideas are powerful, and they shape who we are and who we become. The fact that many Christians believe there is something in human nature that is, and will always be, contrary to God, is not just a problem but a tragedy. So why do the doctrines assumptions of human nature so infiltrate our pulpits, sermons, and theological bookshelves? How is it so misconstrued in times of grief, pastoral care, and personal shame? How did we fall so far from Gods original blessing in the garden to this pervasive belief in humanitys innate inability to do good? In this book, Danielle Shroyer takes readers through an overview of the historical development of the doctrine, pointing out important missteps and overcalculations, and providing alternative ways to approach often-used Scriptures. Throughout, she brings the primary claims of original sin to their untenable (and unbiblical) conclusions. In Original Blessing, she shows not only how we got this doctrine wrong, but how we can put sin back in its rightful place: in a broader context of redemption and the blessing of humanitys creation in the image of God.