Embracing The Prophets In Contemporary Culture Participants Workbook

Author : Walter Bruggemann
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 160674142X
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Embracing the Prophets in Contemporary Culture Participant's Workbook written by Walter Bruggemann and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Brueggemann, arguably America’s leading Old Testament scholar and theologian, takes us on a exhilarating ride through the poetic prophecy of the Hebrew Scripture. Brueggemann draws connections between Israel’s sociological, economic and spiritual status and that of America today. What was the message of these remarkable poet-prophets in their own time and place? What is their message for us today? Who are today’s prophetic voices? How has the contemporary church been coopted by culture? What steps can we take to reclaim the prophetic message of distributive justice, nonviolence, loss and hope? And what is your role in bringing God’s perspective to today’s society? Each of the six sessions begins with a 10-15 minute video presentation by Walter Brueggemann, followed by filmed interaction with a diverse small group. This Participant’s Workbook then helps your own local small group “join the conversation.” It includes all study materials needed by participants an those who lead. Each participant will need one copy. SOLD SEPARETLY. Embracing the Prophets in Contemporary Culture DVD.

Author : Thomas G. Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566997909
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Communication in the Church written by Thomas G. Kirkpatrick and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication is integral to the mission of the church, but it can go awry in myriad ways, both obvious and subtle. Communication in the Church helps congregations create healthier ways for their members to relate to one another for greater personal and congregational success. The book offers practical guidelines to help readers become more effective in how they build relationships, lead meetings, experience trust, practice forgiveness, use power, and bridge cultures. Communication in the Church distills the latest social science research for readers including clergy, lay leaders, continuing education planners, students, scholars, and others. Each chapter includes real-life scenarios, sensible guidelines, practical applications, and suggestions for further learning. This book aims to help readers communicate more effectively—from leading more engaging and productive meetings to preventing or addressing communication breakdowns.

Author : Keith Ferrante
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781545451618
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Embracing the Emerging Prophets written by Keith Ferrante and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embracing the emerging prophets is a book designed to help church leaders and those desiring to discover if they're a prophet. This book helps people understand the new season upon them where God is raising up many prophets in our day. It teaches you how to welcome and steward the development of those prophetic voices. It also helps unpack the needed tools to do so. There are many powerful unknown prophetic voices out there in our churches and communities that need training, development, and someone to believe in them until they get healthy, whole, and ready for service. This book also helps people that are called to be prophets but may disqualify themselves from that call. It describes the many different types of prophets that are in the Bible and helps readers begin to paint a grid for where they could fit amongst those different types of prophets.

Author : Kathleen Norris
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1606741438
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Embracing a Life of Meaning written by Kathleen Norris and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling author Kathleen Norris provides a unique viewpoint of “what matters most,” including: Belief Matters: Why does belief matter? To what do we give our hearts? What is the core message of what we believe—creeds or commitment? To what extent is to believe also “to belove”? The Bible Matters: The Bible is our collective story. How is that story reflected in our daily lives? What is it about the Bible that always seems to address our present moment? Community Matters: In community, individualism and imperfection meet grace and acceptance. What is our part in the Body of Christ? Place Matters: In what ways is faith set within the physical space of home, church, land and people? We Matter: What it means to remain in God’s image and to counter our selfishness by embracing the world and its needs? Ideal for adult and young-adult small groups, Christian educators, clergy, chaplains and campus ministries. SOLD SEPARATELY. Also available is the Embracing a Life of Meaning Small-Group DVD. Each of the five DVD sessions begins with a 10-15 minute video presentation by Kathleen Norris followed by filmed interaction with a diverse small group of adults. This Participant’s Workbook then helps your own local small group “join the conversation.” This book includes all study materials need by participants and those who lead. Each participant will need one copy.

Author : JR Woodward
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830866795
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating a Missional Culture written by JR Woodward and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, Moses had had enough. Exhausted by the challenge of leading the Israelites from slavery to the Promised Land, Moses cried out to God, "What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? . . . If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me" (Exodus 11:11, 15). If that sounds hauntingly familiar to you, you may be the senior pastor of a contemporary church. The burden of Christian leadership is becoming increasingly unbearable--demanding skills not native to the art of pastoring; demanding time that makes sabbath rest and even normal sleep patterns seem extravagant; demanding inhuman levels of efficiency, proficiency and even saintliness. No wonder pastors seem and even feel less human these days. No wonder they burn out or break down at an alarming rate; no wonder the church is missing the mark on its mission. In Creating a Missional Culture, JR Woodward offers a bold and surprisingly refreshing model for churches--not small adjustments around the periphery of a church's infrastructure but a radical revisioning of how a church ought to look, from its leadership structure to its mobilization of the laity. The end result looks surprisingly like the church that Jesus created and the apostles cultivated: a church not chasing the wind but rather going into the world and making disciples of Jesus.

Author : Marcus J. Borg
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1606740571
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Embracing an Adult Faith Participant's Workbook written by Marcus J. Borg and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... An exciting, five-session, adult-formation resource for those seeking a richer understanding of issues in contemporary Christian practice and theology: Who was Jesus? Who is God? What is salvation? How do we practice our faith? How do we live in community?"--Container.

Author : Walter Brueggemann
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9780800632878
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prophetic Imagination written by Walter Brueggemann and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this challenging and enlightening treatment, Brueggemann traces the lines from the radical vision of Moses to the solidification of royal power in Solomon to the prophetic critique of that power with a new vision of freedom in the prophets. Here he traces the broad sweep from Exodus to Kings to Jeremiah to Jesus. He highlights that the prophetic vision and not only embraces the pain of the people but creates an energy and amazement based on the new thing that God is doing. In this new edition, Brueggemann has completely revised the text, updated the notes, and added a new preface.

Author : James E. Plueddemann
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830866302
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leading Across Cultures written by James E. Plueddemann and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missiologist James E. Plueddemann presents a roadmap for crosscultural leadership development in the global church. With keen understanding of current research on cultural dynamics, he integrates theology with leadership theory to apply biblical insights to practical issues in world mission.

Author : John Newton
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0819232629
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Falling into Grace written by John Newton and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus was quite clear that we must lose our life before we find it. This book gives a hopeful and realistic look at what losing our life entails, articulating how “growth” in the Christian life is not our ascent to God but the process by which our eyes are opened to the beauty God has already given to us. It is a book about descending into God, and into our own inner depths, about the deep waters of the Christian faith. “Put out into the deep and let your nets down for a catch.” (Luke 5:4) We live in a world that values productivity and success, and we vainly imagine that God expects us to be spiritually productive and successful, too. It doesn’t matter how much we talk about grace, our conversation is often narrowly focused on what we need to do for God—so much so that we often block the work God longs to do in us. This book does not articulate God’s work as a process by which we become spiritually strong, but rather as the process by which we embrace our weakness as the place where we most fully experience God’s perfect strength (2 Corinthians 12:9).

Author : Phyllis Tickle
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441239650
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emergence Christianity written by Phyllis Tickle and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever else one might say about Emergence Christianity, says Phyllis Tickle, one must agree it is shifting and re-configuring itself in such a prodigious way as to defy any final assessments or absolute pronouncements. Yet the insightful and well-read Tickle offers us a dispatch from the field to keep us informed of where Emergence Christianity now stands, where it may be going, and how it is aligning itself with other parts of God's church. Through her careful study and culture-watching, Tickle invites readers to join this investigation and conversation as open-minded explorers rather than fearful opponents. As readers join Tickle down the winding stream of Emergence Christianity, they will discover fascinating insights into concerns, organizational patterns, theology, and most pressing questions. Anyone involved in an emergence church or a traditional one will find here a thorough and well-written account of where things are--and where they are going.