Living in Faith September 2020

Living in Faith September 2020
Author: Binu Alexander
Publisher: Tranzmedia Netvision Pvt Ltd
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2020-08-13
Genre: Bibles
ISBN:

Living in Faith is the Catholic Mass Book for praying and living the Eucharist. It has the complete Order of the Mass, including all four Eucharistic Prayers, with the responses of the assembly, each day’s assigned Scripture readings, all prayers for the Mass of the day, brief reflections on each day’s readings, engaging articles, liturgical seasons, and devotional practices. A priest can say a complete mass using this. Also Ideal for families, nuns, congregations, lay people, parishes. Follows NRSV Bible liturgy.

The God Who Trusts

The God Who Trusts
Author: Wm. Curtis Holtzen
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2019-12-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830866671

The Bible resounds with affirmations that God is faithful and trustworthy. But might he also exhibit faith and trust? Wm. Curtis Holtzen contends that because God is a being of relational love and exists in relationship with humans, then God is a God who trusts. Holtzen argues that understanding the relationship between divine trust and human faith can give us a fuller, truer picture of who God is and who we are.

Mere Discipleship

Mere Discipleship
Author: Alister E. McGrath
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2019-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493417517

In exploring Christian discipleship, Alister McGrath encourages readers to move beyond a superficial grasp of their faith to discover its depth and riches. He equips readers to grow in wisdom and develop an accurate Christian worldview that informs the way they think, imagine, and act. Helpfully drawing on the insights of other illuminating writers, including Dorothy L. Sayers, C. S. Lewis, John Stott, and J. I. Packer, McGrath offers counsel on holding on to hope while journeying through darkness and on how to live meaningfully in a world in which things don't always seem to make sense.

White Evangelical Racism

White Evangelical Racism
Author: Anthea Butler
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1469661187

The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals play a strikingly unified, powerful role in the disunion. These evangelicals raise a starkly consequential question for electoral politics: Why do they claim morality while supporting politicians who act immorally by most Christian measures? In this clear-eyed, hard-hitting chronicle of American religion and politics, Anthea Butler answers that racism is at the core of conservative evangelical activism and power. Butler reveals how evangelical racism, propelled by the benefits of whiteness, has since the nation's founding played a provocative role in severely fracturing the electorate. During the buildup to the Civil War, white evangelicals used scripture to defend slavery and nurture the Confederacy. During Reconstruction, they used it to deny the vote to newly emancipated blacks. In the twentieth century, they sided with segregationists in avidly opposing movements for racial equality and civil rights. Most recently, evangelicals supported the Tea Party, a Muslim ban, and border policies allowing family separation. White evangelicals today, cloaked in a vision of Christian patriarchy and nationhood, form a staunch voting bloc in support of white leadership. Evangelicalism's racial history festers, splits America, and needs a reckoning now.

The End of the Christian Life

The End of the Christian Life
Author: J. Todd Billings
Publisher: Brazos Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493427547

We're all going to die. Yet in our medically advanced, technological age, many of us see death as a distant reality--something that happens only at the end of a long life or to other people. In The End of the Christian Life, Todd Billings urges Christians to resist that view. Instead, he calls us to embrace our mortality in our daily life and faith. This is the journey of genuine discipleship, Billings says: following the crucified and resurrected Lord in a world of distraction and false hopes. Drawing on his experience as a professor and father living with incurable cancer, Billings offers a personal yet deeply theological account of the gospel's expansive hope for small, mortal creatures. Artfully weaving rich theology with powerful narrative, Billings writes for church leaders and laypeople alike. Whether we are young or old, reeling from loss or clinging to our own prosperity, this book challenges us to walk a strange but wondrous path: in the midst of joy and lament, to receive mortal limits as a gift, an opportunity to give ourselves over to the Lord of life.

God on the Brain

God on the Brain
Author: Brad Sickler
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2020-07-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433564467

The human brain is incredibly complex. Both Christian and secular scholars alike affirm this fact, yet the traditional view of humanity as spiritual beings made in the image of God has come under increased pressure from humanistic and materialistic thinkers who deny that humans are anything more than their physical bodies. Christians have long affirmed that humans are spiritual beings made by God to know and fellowship with him, while the humanist position views humans as merely evolved animals. Bradley Sickler provides a timely theological, scientific, and philosophical assessment of the human brain, highlighting the many ways in which the gospel informs the Christian understanding of cognitive science. Here is a book that provides a much-needed summary of the Bible’s teaching as it sheds light on the brain, with careful interaction with the claims of modern science, arguing that the Christian worldview offers the most compelling vision of the true nature of humanity.

Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith
Author: Lianna Davis
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2020-01-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802497950

An In-Depth, Theologically-Rich Study of the Book of Jude In a culture of subjectivity and "speaking your truth," we need to know how to lovingly fight for our biblically-based, truth-filled faith. That’s where Jude comes in. With a striking combination of humility, genuine love, doctrinal faithfulness, and directness, the biblical writer Jude teaches you how to treasure the gifts of salvation, the faith, the Church, and—most of all—Jesus Christ. By unpacking Jude’s meaning-laden words, we can learn to keep ourselves for Christ, even as Christ is ably keeping us for Himself. You’ll be amazed at how much you can learn as you walk verse-by-verse through this small epistle. In this 6-week study, you’ll learn: Why Jude uses metaphors like waterless clouds and wild waves What was going on in Jude’s time theologically and why it matters Why the warning passages can be a deep comfort to the believer To appreciate new dimensions of your belonging in Christ Get to know the oft-neglected voice of Jude, be comforted and challenged in your faith, and build community as you gather friends and study His Word together in Keeping the Faith.

Walk by Faith: A Journey of Faith, Love, and Adventure

Walk by Faith: A Journey of Faith, Love, and Adventure
Author: Brandi Beck Smith
Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2020-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781647732400

"Be assured, if you walk with Him and look to Him, and expect help from Him, He will never fail you." George Mueller Do you have big dreams, but you lack the resources to accomplish them? Has God put something on your heart to do but you don't know how to do it? Are you scared of what other people will think of you? If you answered, "yes," to any of those questions, be inspired by our journey of faith. Have you ever wondered what it's like to live a life by faith? Have you ever wondered if it's possible to trust God like the people in the Bible did? Do you want God to use your life? Again, if you answered, "yes," know that God can miraculously provide for your needs as you walk with Him and trust Him. It may not be easy but it sure is a story worth telling! This book is one such story--let it inspire you to live your own story of faith!

Pilgrim Theology

Pilgrim Theology
Author: Michael Horton
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Total Pages: 711
Release: 2013-02-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310555671

Pilgrim Theology is a map for Christians seeking to better understand the core beliefs of their faith. Even though it's the study of God, theology has a reputation for being dry, abstract, and irrelevant for daily living. But theology is a matter of life and death. It affects the way you think, the decisions you make, the way you relate to God and the world. Reformed theologian and professor Michael Horton wrote Pilgrim Theology as a more accessible companion to his award-winning systematic theology The Christian Faith: widely praised for its thorough treatment of the biblical and historical foundations of Christian doctrine. In Pilgrim Theology, his focus is in putting the study of theology into the daily drama of discipleship. Each chapter will orient you toward a clear understanding about: Who God is. What our relationship is to him. And what our faith in Jesus Christ means in our daily walk as well as in the context of the narrative of Scripture and the community of the church. Through accessible chapters on individual doctrines, as well as frequent "Key Distinction" boxes that succinctly explain the differences between important themes, you'll gain an understanding of doctrines that may have sounded like technical seminary terms to you before: justification, sanctification, glorification, union with Christ, and others. You have a working theology already—an existing understanding of God. It's the goal of Pilgrim Theology to help you examine that understanding more closely and have it challenged and strengthened.

Never Settle

Never Settle
Author: Greg Holder
Publisher: NavPress
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1631466364

Don’t settle for a lukewarm Christian life. No one chooses a “less than” life, but sometimes it happens. Sometimes without being aware of the change, our faith becomes apathetic and bland. Fortunately, there is a way to be free from a lukewarm life. Compelling and transformative, Never Settle challenges every Christian to move past the boundaries of complacency and live courageously, one faithful act at a time. It is a tangible and encouraging reminder that your everyday decisions, habits, and relationships have incredible potential for world-changing, redemptive impact. Author Greg Holder offers a fresh vision for the Church: to boldly follow Jesus into the world, dripping with Christian compassion and driven to reach people with radical love. Offering a practical plan for stepping forward in faith and resting in the power of the Holy Spirit, Never Settle will transform your spiritual life and send you forward with new motivation. Because you—yes, you—are called to be a part of what God is doing in the world. “This is the best of both an all-out challenge to live differently as followers of Christ and a beautiful reminder of who we are in Him.” —Sadie Robertson Huff, speaker and New York Times bestselling author “A practical road map that will lead you out of a lukewarm, bland faith into a vibrant Kingdom life.” —Edgar Sandoval Sr., president of World Vision US “This puts culture, loving people, and being a world changer into their proper perspective—enveloped within God’s Word. I cannot say Amen any louder!” —John Cooper, leader singer and founder of Skillet