A Faith Worth Believing Living And Commending

Author : Dennis Ngien
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498275729
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Faith Worth Believing, Living, and Commending written by Dennis Ngien and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The materials presented here are reflections on a variety of topics: a belief in God's suffering and the pastoral implications of this; Luther's theology of preaching; practical approaches to evangelistic preaching; pastoral advice on death and dying; apologetic preaching in a post-Christian culture on the model of Paul; effective living in the power of the Holy Spirit, striking a balance between enthusiastic service and fervent love; the image of God's love in the Old Testament; and personal exhortations. Although this book was written on the balcony of my own study where reflection and meditation are carried out, it is cognizant of ministry contexts where people's needs and struggles are most evident. With anecdotes and analyses, the readers will be enabled to discern the signs of divine transcendence in their lives, and to apprehend, or rather to be apprehended by, the beauty of God's grace--the abiding basis of our being and well-being. What has been written in this book reveals the heartbeat of a mentor who earnestly hungers for divine beauty and holiness, a mentor whose hunger God eagerly fulfills, just as he promises, and a mentor who wishes this same fulfillment to happen for readers. The basic assumption in this book is this: a faith that is worth believing is a faith that is worth living, and thus worth commending. The book is also an exercise of faith seeking understanding--understanding only God could supply. It is written with the hope that it will lead readers from knowing God to loving him, to enjoying him, and finally to proclaiming him so that others will be brought into the orbit of God's inestimable grace. Not until our hearts, which God's heart touches, touch the heart of others is our ministry complete and our life found pleasing to God.

Author : Dennis Ngien
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1556356811
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Faith Worth Believing, Living, and Commending written by Dennis Ngien and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The materials presented here are reflections on a variety of topics: a belief in God's suffering and the pastoral implications of this; Luther's theology of preaching; practical approaches to evangelistic preaching; pastoral advice on death and dying; apologetic preaching in a post-Christian culture on the model of Paul; effective living in the power of the Holy Spirit, striking a balance between enthusiastic service and fervent love; the image of God's love in the Old Testament; and personal exhortations. Although this book was written on the balcony of my own study where reflection and meditation are carried out, it is cognizant of ministry contexts where people's needs and struggles are most evident. With anecdotes and analyses, the readers will be enabled to discern the signs of divine transcendence in their lives, and to apprehend, or rather to be apprehended by, the beauty of God's grace--the abiding basis of our being and well-being. What has been written in this book reveals the heartbeat of a mentor who earnestly hungers for divine beauty and holiness, a mentor whose hunger God eagerly fulfills, just as he promises, and a mentor who wishes this same fulfillment to happen for readers. The basic assumption in this book is this: a faith that is worth believing is a faith that is worth living, and thus worth commending. The book is also an exercise of faith seeking understanding--understanding only God could supply. It is written with the hope that it will lead readers from knowing God to loving him, to enjoying him, and finally to proclaiming him so that others will be brought into the orbit of God's inestimable grace. Not until our hearts, which God's heart touches, touch the heart of others is our ministry complete and our life found pleasing to God.

Author : Tom Stella
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780060750572
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Faith Worth Believing written by Tom Stella and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we have an authentic faith when we no longer have well-defined, codified beliefs? Where do we turn to better understand our relationship with God when the messages of the Church seem simplistic? This book is for all those who are asking the tough questions and are not satisfied with the answers they are receiving.

Author : Doug Pagitt
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 : 0470287950
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Christianity Worth Believing written by Doug Pagitt and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2008-08-29 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Christianity Worth Believing offers an engaging, 'come-with-me-on-a-journey-of-exploring-the-possibilities' approach to what it means to be a follower of Jesus in our day. Written by Doug Pagitt?a leading voice in the Emergent conversation—this beautifully written book weaves together theological reflections, Christian history, and his own story of faith transformation. Pagitt invites readers to follow him as he tells the story of his un-churched childhood, his life-altering conversion at age 16, his intense involvement in the church, and his growing sense of unease with the version of Christianity he was living. On page after page, Pagitt lays out his journey toward an authentic, passionate expression of a faith that feels alive, sustainable, and meaningful.

Author : David Platt
Publisher : Multnomah
ISBN 13 : 9781601424303
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radical written by David Platt and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT IS JESUS WORTH TO YOU? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily... BUT WHO DO YOU KNOW WHO LIVES LIKE THAT? DO YOU? In Radical, David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple--then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus. Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment -- a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring. (From the 2010 edition)"

Author : Douglas F. Ottati
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467465429
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Belief written by Douglas F. Ottati and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading theologian’s concise guide to the beliefs, commitments, and practices of Christianity. What do Christians believe? But also, what do they do? And feel? With decades of experience teaching the essentials of Christian faith, Douglas Ottati still finds these questions—and more like them—dynamic and compelling. In Living Belief, he moves beyond trite answers, drawing from the deep well of tradition to offer up wisdom from the Apostles’ Creed, the Ten Commandments, the Sermon on the Mount, and the Lord’s Prayer. In so doing, Ottati explores key Christian themes, such as creation, redemption, and love—of neighbor, enemy, and the weak and dependent. Concise and approachable, Living Belief makes no claims to be a definitive account of Christianity but rather attempts “to introduce a faith that remains a source of meaning and direction, that orients, that encourages and assures, that supplies moral standards and calls for contrition, and that furnishes grounds for perseverance and hope.” In connection with each chapter, Ottati includes questions for discussion, so that readers—those revisiting the core components of their Christian faith and those learning about it for the first time—can together continue the work, begun here, of understanding the multifaceted life of devotion that is Christianity.

Author : Dennis Ngien
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 162189522X
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interpretation of Love written by Dennis Ngien and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-12-24 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ministry is more than preaching, but preaching is its priority. This conviction is one Dr. Ngien has lived and worked with. As a sequel to A Faith Worth Believing, Commending and Living, and Giving Wings to the Soul, Interpretation of Love: God's Love and Ours is a third collection of sermons and talks, preached with rigor and humor, reverence and relevance. Basic to the book is the assertion that the one possessed of a penetrating eye, coupled with a compassionate heart, could interpret, and thus be an effective agency of love. We are saved not so that we might be good, but so that we are God's--chosen and set apart to be his holy, beloved family. Because we are his, we are to dress ourselves differently (Col. 3:12-13). The wardrobe of the holy saints is full of love. The imperative of the new self is to reflect Christ's holiness in the way that we relate to each other. The selfishness that was at the core of our existence now gives way to a loving self-sacrifice for the good of others, resulting in a theology of radical reversal, which is the theology of a holy life: (i) compassion instead of contempt for or indifference to others; (ii) kindness instead of malice; (iii) humility instead of arrogance; (iv) gentleness instead of rudeness; (v) patience instead of anger; (vi) forbearance instead of resentment; and (vii) forgiveness instead of revenge. This is the fruit of Christ's redemptive act on the cross manifest in those who live in joyous obedience and willful submission to the Holy Spirit. Readers will be drawn into the depth of biblical and theological truths presented with anecdotes and antidotes.

Author : Tom Stella
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062113208
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Faith Worth Believing written by Tom Stella and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we have an authentic faith when we no longer have well-defined, codified beliefs? Where do we turn to better understand our relationship with God when the messages of the Church seem simplistic? This book is for all those who are asking the tough questions and are not satisfied with the answers they are receiving.

Author : Jack E. Shick
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1728327482
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Faith Worth Living written by Jack E. Shick and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Faith Worth Living looks at the reasons why one should have faith and addresses the many questions that people put forth as to why they do not consider faith an option in their lives. It also addresses what impact faith could have for one’s life. Finally, it provides a clear and reasonable argument for the completeness and beauty of the Catholic Faith. It is a complete and total argument for that faith. It is a must read for those who are searching as well as those who are comfortable in their faith.

Author : Heather Zempel
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830866973
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Community Is Messy written by Heather Zempel and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on her background in environmental engineering and her current pastoral role, Heather Zempel assesses the perils and possibilities inherent in small groups and other environments for Christian community. The book helps leaders begin to see the inherent "mess" of such gatherings as raw material for arriving at something beautiful.