Worship At A Crossroads

Author : Melinda A. Quivik
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666792055
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Worship at a Crossroads written by Melinda A. Quivik and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book calls Protestant churches, and the ELCA in particular, to a church-wide conversation about racism. It is a response to the 2019 book Dear Church by Lenny Duncan, a former Lutheran pastor who is Black and who, among other reparations, calls for changing the church's worship in order to address segregated Sundays. Changes in worship affect theological foundations. Informed consideration is essential. Because entering into life-changing conversations requires vulnerability and commitment, this book includes several narratives: my life as a White woman and pastor, the history of the Black church as defined by Black theologians, the development of the liturgical renewal movement, and my experiences as a professor navigating worship conflicts as my seminary struggled with financial constraints and a changing student body. The seminary conflicts offered me a window into how better to address racism inspired by the example of post-WWII German truth-telling and how some US Southern states have come to grips with the history of the Jim Crow South (described in Susan Neiman's Learning from the Germans). This book outlines a way forward for churches in responding to racism by encouraging healthy engagement with contentious relationships as a necessity for healing.

Author : Michael J. Kruger
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830887512
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity at the Crossroads written by Michael J. Kruger and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity in the twenty-first century is a global phenomenon. But in the second century, its future was not at all certain. Michael Kruger's introductory survey examines how Christianity took root in the second century, how it battled to stay true to the vision of the apostles, and how it developed in ways that would shape both the church and Western culture over the next two thousand years.

Author : Ken Coley
Publisher : Lifeway Church Resources
ISBN 13 : 9781535907958
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Praying at the Crossroads - Bible Study Book written by Ken Coley and published by Lifeway Church Resources. This book was released on 2019-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn from the prayers of Old Testament leaders at critical moments in their faith journeys.

Author : Albert Y. Hsu
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830813537
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Singles at the Crossroads written by Albert Y. Hsu and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 1997-10-27 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albert Y. Hsu provides a balanced, biblical understanding of Christian singleness that debunks the myth of the "gift of singleness" and honors singleness as a status equal to marriage. Includes an interview with John Stott.

Author : Dr. Mark E. Williams
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664139680
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crossroads written by Dr. Mark E. Williams and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crossroad, a book based on a cycle of healing and returning to our first love. Instructing us to teach, preach and reach out in healing one another all over the world. It’s time for all to band together in unity and love because all lives matter

Author : Aída Besançon Spencer
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830878548
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marriage at the Crossroads written by Aída Besançon Spencer and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered how egalitarian and complementarian marriages play out differently on a day-to-day level? In this unique book AÍda and William Spencer and Steve and Celestia Tracy, two couples from the differing perspectives of egalitarianism and soft complementarianism, share a constructive dialogue about marriage in practice. They cover a variety of topics like marriage discipleship, headship and submission, roles and decision-making, and intimacy in marriage. Also included are responses from three additional cultural frameworks: North American Hispanic, Korean American and African American. Whether you're still working out your views on marriage or have found an approach you're comfortable with, this book will help you better understand the two perspectives on the ground level. While the theological starting points are different, you may be surprised to see the degree of convergence on practical issues as the dialogue unfolds.

Author : Gene Edward Veith Jr.
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433565811
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Post-Christian written by Gene Edward Veith Jr. and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Undaunted Hope in a Post-Christian World We live in a post-Christian world. Contemporary thought—claiming to be “progressive” and “liberating”—attempts to place human beings in God’s role as creator, lawgiver, and savior. But these post-Christian ways of thinking and living are running into dead ends and fatal contradictions. This timely book demonstrates how the Christian worldview stands firm in a world dedicated to constructing its own knowledge, morality, and truth. Gene Edward Veith Jr. points out the problems with how today’s culture views humanity, God, and even reality itself. He offers hope-filled, practical ways believers can live out their faith in a secularist society as a way to recover reality, rebuild culture, and revive faith.

Author : Eleanor Bernstein
Publisher : Health Policy Advisory Center
ISBN 13 : 9780814621462
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disciples at the Crossroads written by Eleanor Bernstein and published by Health Policy Advisory Center. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jared Kennedy
Publisher : New Growth Press
ISBN 13 : 1645071715
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Made Me for Worship written by Jared Kennedy and published by New Growth Press. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God Made Me for Worship (a part of the God Made Me series) by Jared Kennedy helps children understand the complexity of a Christian worship gathering by using the vision of Isaiah 6. This beautifully illustrated children's book celebrates how God reveals himself to his people in the movements of worship. Sitting in a worship service for any young child can be a difficult experience. One minute everyone is singing loudly, the next everyone is sitting and listening quietly (without talking!). Sometimes the adults know something that should be said out loud, like, "Thanks be to God!" How did they know what to say? How do people know when to talk to one another and shake hands? God Made Me for Worship focuses on teaching kids about the key liturgical movements in a worship gathering, including the call to worship, praise and adoration, confession, assurance and passing the peace, ministry of the Word and sacraments, and benediction and sending. Kennedy guides parents to help their kids understand why we're intentional about worship, encouraging them to engage—not just to manage behavior during a worship gathering, but to invite kids to respond to God along with the whole church body.

Author : Brett Heintzman
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1490866620
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crossroads written by Brett Heintzman and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-01-21 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We've lost our way, and God is calling us to return to Him. Every church walks a "path," comprised of methods, programs, worship styles, etc. The paths our churches travel may have served us well in the past, but they are losing their effectiveness with every passing day. Christian churches in America are facing the challenge of decline, yet many cling to their current paths expecting fresh results of revival and renewal. We are deceived and need direction. God told Israel through the prophet Jeremiah, This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, 'We will not walk in it'" (Jeremiah 6:16 NIV). Today, churches are standing at a crossroads. The Crossroads is a critical point of decision that can mean life and fruitfulness or death and extinction, depending on the choices we make today. Will we stay on the unfruitful paths, or will we seek God for the ancient paths of His choosing: Paths of Holy Spirit power and Kingdom purposes? At the crossroads, the choice must be made. The Crossroads points the way to the ancient paths of true Kingdom fruitfulness.