Jesus's Hidden Mission and Our Hidden Uniqueness

Jesus's Hidden Mission and Our Hidden Uniqueness
Author: Stephen Bettum
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2022-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1640274014

Section one: We know very little because of our limitations. Our limitations have affected all human history, especially religious and scientific. Humanity has actually succeeded because we had to act even in the midst of our ignorance. We developed hubris. Section two: Our mental evolution is different from our physical evolution and is unique to each person. We understand and can think in future time. This, our freedom and our opinions are what give us "our hidden uniqueness." Section three: We rely on our opinions. We have very elaborate religions and sciences that are not filled with facts. We have been thinking using opinions for so long, that in our own minds, facts and opinions are equal. Our opinions are sometimes wrong. Section four: We have oversold God. We have made up absolute definitions of God and have trapped God and ourselves in these definitions. Given our real limits, we do not even have the correct words or concepts to grasp God in any significant detail. Jesus bridged the gap between God and humanity. Section five: We have undersold Jesus. The Trinity Doctrine about Jesus is wrong. This led to the "Hidden Mission of Jesus." For this mission, Jesus needed to assume human form so that God could completely understand humanity. This is why Jesus is unique and why he changed everything in the relationship between God and each of us. Section six: This is a call for the old People of the Book to become the "People of God." Judaism, Christianity, and Islam must realize that they are all worshiping the same God. God is not happy with them fighting and killing each other. Humanity needs to get over itself and get into a right relationship with God and with other people. Then at least humanity has a chance.

The Uniqueness of Jesus

The Uniqueness of Jesus
Author: Leonard J. Swidler
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1556356528

Since publication of his landmark book, No Other Name?, Paul Knitter's work has crystallized discussions and defined some of the most basic questions in Christian theology. This is so particularly in the debate over the uniqueness of Jesus as God's son and as all of humankind's sole redeemer. In The Uniqueness of Jesus, Knitter responds to the request of editors Leonard Swidler and Paul Mojzes to state the most adequate case for a viable Christian theology of religionsand for the demands of living ecumenically in a religiously plural world. The result is Knitter's five basic theses on the uniqueness of Jesus that comprise the opening statement of this dialogue. In response, a score of influential women and men comment on these five theses, including Harvey Cox, Monika Hellweg, Hans Kung, Wesley Ariarajah, Clark H. Pinnock, Jose Miquez Bonino, John McQuarrie, Raimon Panikkar, John Sanders, John Mbiti, Ingred Shafer, Michael Alamadoss, Kajsa Ahlstrand, Michael von Bruck, John B. Cobb Jr., Kenneth Cragg, Antony Fernando, John Hick, Karl-Josef Kuschel, and Seiichi Yagi. Knitter then responds to his critics, some of whon, he concedes, make substantial points that reveal the difficulties of the road ahead.

The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture

The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture
Author: Shane Hipps
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2005
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310262747

"Shane Hipps reveals the subtle secrets of electronic culture and the hidden ways it is shaping the church. Looking beyond the details of what's happening in communities of faith, Hipps analyzes the broader impact of technology and media on the church."--BOOK JACKET.

The Real Kosher Jesus

The Real Kosher Jesus
Author: Michael L. Brown
Publisher: Charisma Media
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2012
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1621360075

Jesus-Yeshua. The most influential Jew who ever lived. The most controversial Jew who ever lived. He has been called a rabbi, a rebel, a reformer, a religious teacher, a reprobate sinner, a revolutionary, a redeemer. Some have claimed he was a magician, others the Messiah. Some say he was a deceiver; others say he was divine. Who is this Jesus-Yeshua, and why are we still talking about him two thousand years later? Recently a prominent Orthodox Jewish rabbi presented a new version of Jesus, a "Kosher Jesus" that Jews can accept. By reclaiming Yeshua as a fellow Jew and rabbi, he has taken a very major and truly wonderful step in the right direction, but by re-creating Jesus, he has also robbed him of his uniqueness. The Real Kosher Jesus takes you on a journey to uncover the truth. It is a journey filled with amazing discoveries and delightful surprises, a journey that is sometimes painful but that ends with joy, a journey through which you will learn the real story of this man named Yeshua: the most famous Jew of all time, the Jewish nation's greatest prophet, the most illustrious rabbi ever, the light of the nations and Israel's hidden Messiah.

Baxter's Explore the Book

Baxter's Explore the Book
Author: J. Sidlow Baxter
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 1846
Release: 2010-09-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310871395

Explore the Book is not a commentary with verse-by-verse annotations. Neither is it just a series of analyses and outlines. Rather, it is a complete Bible survey course. No one can finish this series of studies and remain unchanged. The reader will receive lifelong benefit and be enriched by these practical and understandable studies. Exposition, commentary, and practical application of the meaning and message of the Bible will be found throughout this giant volume. Bible students without any background in Bible study will find this book of immense help as will those who have spent much time studying the Scriptures, including pastors and teachers. Explore the Book is the result and culmination of a lifetime of dedicated Bible study and exposition on the part of Dr. Baxter. It shows throughout a deep awareness and appreciation of the grand themes of the gospel, as found from the opening book of the Bible through Revelation.

Andrea Carter and the Family Secret

Andrea Carter and the Family Secret
Author: Susan K. Marlow
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Total Pages: 492
Release:
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0825493579

Even after dealing with escaped convicts and wild horses, Andi isn't prepared for her latest surprise: a sister she never knew she had.

Disability in Mission

Disability in Mission
Author: David Deuel
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 168307288X

Disability in Mission: The Church’s Hidden Treasure outlines a radical change in approaches to missiology, missions, and praxis for the twenty-first-century global cultural context. It explores a pattern whereby God works powerfully in missions through disability and not in spite of it. No matter what our disability or vulnerability may be, God can use us; and if the body of Christ is supportive, people with disability can be effective agents of transformation in the mission field. Via a number of case studies of people with disabilities who are involved in missions, and with robust biblical and missiological justification, this book examines the role of those with disability in missions. Includes a foreword by Joni Eareckson Tada. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Foreword by Joni Eareckson Tada Introduction by Nathan G. John 1. Disability and Biblical Weakness by David C. Deuel 2. Moses, Messenger of Weakness by David C. Deuel 3. Kingdom Impact through Weakness and Disability by Bonnie Baker Armistead 4. Unformed yet Ordained by J. M. Paul 5. Called and Equipped through Paraplegia by Barry Funnell 6. Paul the Leper and Olive the Servant by David C. Deuel 7. Being a Mission Partner with Disability in Kenya by Paul Lindoewood 8. People with Disabilities on Short-Term Mission by Jeff McNair 9. Weak to Weaker: For Children with Disabilities across the Globe by Natalie Flickner 10. Deciding to Go on Mission with Disability by Justin Reimer 11. Mission Possible: The Role of Member Care in Mobilizing Workers with Disabilities by Deanna Richey Conclusion: Disability and Mission: For His Glory by Nathan G. John

Campus Life

Campus Life
Author: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2019-06-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0830865233

In 1990 the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching published a classic report on the loss of a meaningful basis for true community on college campuses—and in the nation. Now this expanded edition of Campus Life reintroduces educational leaders to the report's proposals while offering up-to-date analysis and recommendations for Christian campuses today.

The Open Secret

The Open Secret
Author: Lesslie Newbigin
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 201
Release: 1995-02-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1467420743

Aimed at bringing contemporary concerns in mission theology to a wide-reading public, this volume flows from Newbigin's extensive experience in the mission field and from lectures developed especially to prepare men and women for missionary service. Newbigin describes the Christian mission as the declaration of an open secret—open in that it is preached to all nations, secret in that it is manifest only to the eyes of faith. The result is a thoroughly biblical attempt to lead the church to embrace its Christ-given task of presenting the gospel in our complex modern world. This revised edition includes a helpful index and a new preface.

United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

United States Catholic Catechism for Adults
Author: Catholic Church. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Total Pages: 668
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781574554502

Includes bibliographical references (pages 540-542) and indexes.