Your God Is Too Somber

Author : Christopher Dreisbach
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532655991
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your God is Too Somber written by Christopher Dreisbach and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your God is too somber if your posture before him lacks a spirit of joy and a commitment to rejoice as much as possible. While life has its sadness and tragedy, the good news of Jesus Christ is that God’s kingdom has won; and the suffering we face for a time is shorter compared with the endless delight that God promises. So, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice!” (Phil 4:4). Your God is too somber if you embrace a theology of tears, rather than a theology of laughter. Of course, salvation and Christ’s sacrifice are serious business, and we should engage in moments of penitential reflection, confession, and atonement. But all of this so we can shake off the shackles of our shortcomings and celebrate God fully and joyfully. Your God is too somber if you fail to see the humor in the Bible: the calls to joy, paradox, irony, burlesque, play, and wordplay. God laughs, sometimes with us, sometimes at us, and Jesus’s humor is evident in parables and sayings, with the goal of teaching us the truth. Is your God too somber? This book aims to help you answer that question.

Author : Francis Chan
Publisher : David C Cook
ISBN 13 : 0781407257
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Erasing Hell written by Francis Chan and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing a variety of views on hell, the Bible, and the character of God, offers an eloquent response to the recent media storm surrounding questions of eternal destiny.

Author : John Koessler
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310864216
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Stranger in the House of God written by John Koessler and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up the son of agnostics, John Koessler saw a Catholic church on one end of the street and a Baptist on the other. In the no-man’s land between the two, this curious outside wondered about the God they worshipped—and began a lifelong search to comprehend the grace and mystery of God. A Stranger in the House of God addresses fundamental questions and struggles faced by spiritual seekers and mature believers. Like a contemporary Pilgrim’s Progress, it traces the author’s journey and explores his experiences with both charismatic and evangelical Christianity. It also describes his transformation from religious outsider to ordained pastor. John Koessler provides a poignant and often humorous window into the interior of the soul as he describes his journey from doubt and struggle with the church to personal faith

Author : R.T. Kendall
Publisher : Charisma Media
ISBN 13 : 1629997196
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Is Your God Too Nice? written by R.T. Kendall and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you worship the God of the Bible, or a fictional character? This book will bring us back to the God of the Bible. Not the God we like or the way we wish He were, but the very God of the Bible—unembellished, unvarnished—as He really is. This does not mean we will like Him. Many times we are embarrassed by the God of the Bible, especially the God of the Old Testament. We are even embarrassed by the teachings of Jesus when it comes to His being the only way to be saved, as well as God’s right to judge and reward or condemn. We attempt to manage God’s PR and fix His image in the modern world. We are tempted to modify and mold God into what we want Him to be—what we think He should be. Instead we should be finding out where God is and meet Him there, even if that takes us out of our comfort zones. This book will challenge you to give up your conception of what you would like God to be and come to know Him as He really is. Other Books by R.T. Kendall: Word and Spirit (2019) ISBN-13:978-1629996493 Total Forgiveness (2010) ISBN-13: 978-1599791760 Whatever Happened to the Gospel? (2018) ISBN-13: 978-1629994710 Popular in Heaven Famous in Hell (2018) ISBN-13: 978-1629995519 The Presence of God (2017) ISBN-13: 978-1629991573 Holy Fire (2014) ISBN-13: 978-1621366041

Author : Mark Ballenger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781548333362
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Intertwined written by Mark Ballenger and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't you just want to be happy? Why does it seem so hard sometimes? Perhaps we struggle to consistently live with joy because we do not consistently live with purpose. God made you for a specific reason, and until you embrace his mission for your life, the roller coaster ride of emotions will just keep going. Happiness, purpose, and freedom are available, but it all depends on intertwining your good with God's glory. God's plan for our joy is not tied to life events but to the life of Christ. Intertwined is meant to dust off the cobwebs of the most profound phrase ever given to humanity, "The glory of God." When we rediscover what this means, we have rediscovered the path to everything good.

Author : Mark Buchanan
Publisher : Multnomah
ISBN 13 : 1576737748
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your God is Too Safe written by Mark Buchanan and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2001-02-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's a thoughtful, probing exploration of why Christians get stuck in the place of complacency, dryness, and tedium -- and how to move on to new levels of spiritual passion! Buchanan shows how the majority of Christians begin their spiritual journey with excitement and enthusiasm -- only to get bogged down in a "borderland" -- an in-between space beyond the "old life" but short of the abundant, adventurous existence promised by Jesus. Citing Jonah, he examines the problem of "borderland living" -- where doubt, disappointment, guilt, and wonderlessness keep people in a quagmire of mediocrity -- then offers solutions ... effective ways to get unstuck and move into a bold, unpredictable, exhilarating walk with Christ. Inspired writing!

Author : Karyn Henley
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780842355360
Total Pages : 898 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Day by Day Kid's Bible written by Karyn Henley and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular children's author Karyn Henley, author of The Beginner's Bible, has created a unique tool to help children establish Bible-reading habits for a lifetime—with an investment of just seven minutes per day. In this revised version of God's Story, daily Bible readings lead readers ages seven and up through the Scriptures in just one year. The Day by Day Kid's Bible bridges the gap between a Bible storybook and a full-text Bible since the Scriptures are simplified for young readers. New features include dated Bible readings for every day of the year, two-color interior, and full-color pictorial time line of events.

Author : Pamela Ann Moeller
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725227029
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Worship Anew written by Pamela Ann Moeller and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In search of a way to worship that is relevant today and into the twenty-first century, Moeller proposes an approach based on the "great commandment" to love God and one's neighbor as oneself. With special attention to the time, space, sounds, sights, touches, and symbols that form the context of every worship service, she argues for a collaborative approach to the worship service in which the participants are involved from preparation to celebration. Illustrating this highly evocative, thoroughly feminist theology of worship is a sample service that pays particular attention to how the process and design of worship impact the experience of the worshipers.

Author : J. B. Phillips
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your God is Too Small written by J. B. Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Cowles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.5J/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hebrew History from the Death of Moses to the Close of the Scripture Narrative written by Henry Cowles and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: