The Concept of Grace: Essays on the Way of Divine Love in Human Life
ISBN: 9781498204989 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The word ""grace,"" already current in classical and Hellenistic Greek, received a great enrichment of meaning in the New Testament. In the course of Christian history, this meaning has frequently been obscured and even debased, though it has never been wholly lost. During the Reformation it was largely rediscovered; in the Evangelical Revival it was reaffirmed, though not without some differences of emphasis; and today, through the revival of biblical theology, it is again coming into its own. In the first chapter, the author examines the use of the term by Saint Paul, who must be regarded...
The word ""grace,"" already current in classical and Hellenistic Greek, received a great enrichment of meaning in the New Testament. In the course of ...
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Facing Decline, Finding Hope: New Possibilities for Faithful Churches
ISBN: 9781566997324 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Church today isn't the same as it was fifty years ago--or even ten years ago. In spite of the powerful stories of turn-around churches with skyrocketing memberships, the difficult reality is that most congregations are getting smaller. Jeffrey D. Jones asks brave questions for congregations facing this reality--what if membership growth isn't the primary goal for a church? How can churches remain vital, even with declining attendance? Facing Decline, Finding Hope is an essential resource to help congregations confront their shrinking size while looking towards the hopeful reality that God is...
Church today isn't the same as it was fifty years ago--or even ten years ago. In spite of the powerful stories of turn-around churches with skyrocketi...
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188,87 zł |
Facing Decline, Finding Hope: New Possibilities for Faithful Churches
ISBN: 9781566997720 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Church today isn't the same as it was fifty years ago--or even ten years ago. In spite of the powerful stories of turn-around churches with skyrocketing memberships, the difficult reality is that most congregations are getting smaller. Jeffrey D. Jones asks brave questions for congregations facing this reality--what if membership growth isn't the primary goal for a church? How can churches remain vital, even with declining attendance? Facing Decline, Finding Hope is an essential resource to help congregations confront their shrinking size while looking towards the hopeful reality that God is...
Church today isn't the same as it was fifty years ago--or even ten years ago. In spite of the powerful stories of turn-around churches with skyrocketi...
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377,54 zł |
Saying No to Say Yes: Everyday Boundaries and Pastoral Excellence
ISBN: 9781566997287 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the difficulties clergy face when they attempt to say no by setting effective boundaries in order to say yes to the life-giving call of ministry. It illustrates the benefits of good boundaries, even as it traces the legacy of denominational boundary trainings in the wake of the public clergy sexual misconduct crisis. Devor and Olsen supplement anecdotes from their experience leading boundary trainings with an examination of clergy/congregation dynamics through the lenses of both self-psychology and family systems theory elucidating how some obstacles to effective boundary...
This book explores the difficulties clergy face when they attempt to say no by setting effective boundaries in order to say yes to the life-giving cal...
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182,78 zł |
Spiritual Discovery: A Method for Discernment in Small Groups and Congregations
ISBN: 9781566997348 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spiritual Discovery: A Method for Discernment in Small Groups and Congregations is a practical guide for groups desiring a prayerful approach to decision-making. The discernment method developed by authors Catherine Tran and Sandra Boyd begins with a prayer model a process for guiding prayer in small groups created by Jane E. Vennard. This model brings elements of silence and spiritual reflection to the entire decision-making proceeding. The prayer is followed by a time of thoughtful exploration and discussion, resulting in decision-making that draws on both the spirit and the intellect. The...
Spiritual Discovery: A Method for Discernment in Small Groups and Congregations is a practical guide for groups desiring a prayerful approach to decis...
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182,78 zł |
Saying No to Say Yes: Everyday Boundaries and Pastoral Excellence
ISBN: 9781566997676 / Angielski / Twarda / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the difficulties clergy face when they attempt to say no by setting effective boundaries in order to say yes to the life-giving call of ministry. It illustrates the benefits of good boundaries, even as it traces the legacy of denominational boundary trainings in the wake of the public clergy sexual misconduct crisis. Devor and Olsen supplement anecdotes from their experience leading boundary trainings with an examination of clergy/congregation dynamics through the lenses of both self-psychology and family systems theory elucidating how some obstacles to effective boundary...
This book explores the difficulties clergy face when they attempt to say no by setting effective boundaries in order to say yes to the life-giving cal...
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341,02 zł |
Spiritual Discovery: A Method for Discernment in Small Groups and Congregations
ISBN: 9781566997737 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spiritual Discovery: A Method for Discernment in Small Groups and Congregations is a practical guide for groups desiring a prayerful approach to decision-making. The discernment method developed by authors Catherine Tran and Sandra Boyd begins with a prayer model a process for guiding prayer in small groups created by Jane E. Vennard. This model brings elements of silence and spiritual reflection to the entire decision-making proceeding. The prayer is followed by a time of thoughtful exploration and discussion, resulting in decision-making that draws on both the spirit and the intellect. The...
Spiritual Discovery: A Method for Discernment in Small Groups and Congregations is a practical guide for groups desiring a prayerful approach to decis...
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The Volunteer Church: Mobilizing Your Congregation for Growth and Effectiveness
ISBN: 9780310519157 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Working with volunteers can be a rewarding and exciting experience--for them as well as for those who recruit, train, and maintain their services. However, if church leaders are honest, they know there are times that it can be frustrating. They know that volunteers are essential, vital to creating growth and new ministries, and are the key to introducing youth and children to Jesus Christ. They have the welcoming smiles at the door, they serve the food, pray for needs, stuff bulletins, organize missions trips, and on and on. If they want to see their church grow, it must be a... Working with volunteers can be a rewarding and exciting experience--for them as well as for those who recruit, train, and maintain their services. ... |
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What Pastors Don't Tell You About the Prosperity Message: Uncovering the reasons wealth stays in the pulpit and seldom reaches the pews!
ISBN: 9781604148411 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After over a decade of sowing, sacrificing and standing on God's promise for prosperity, I was barely making ends meet. I sought God for the answers, retracted my steps, did a self examination and conducted an extensive study on the prosperity message. What I found in my study was so shocking, I had to share it so that others won't fall victim to the manipulation I experienced. What your pastor didn't tell you about the prosperity message is the reason many Christians are still waiting for their financial breakthrough. It is the key that unlocks the door to increase and closes the door to...
After over a decade of sowing, sacrificing and standing on God's promise for prosperity, I was barely making ends meet. I sought God for the answers, ...
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56,47 zł |
The New Evangelization: Faith, People, Context and Practice
ISBN: 9780567657374 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Second Vatican Council endorsed an engagement with the modern and secularized world through a renewed proclamation of the Gospel. John Paul II described this as the New Evangelization, and in 2010, Benedict XVI confirmed this priority by creating the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization to 're-propose the perennial truth of the Gospel.' The New Evangelization was the subject of the Synod of Bishops in 2012 and in 2014 Pope Francis gave his reflections on the topic in Evangelii Gaudium. The New Evangelization draws on material... The Second Vatican Council endorsed an engagement with the modern and secularized world through a renewed proclamation of the Gospel. John Paul II ... |
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The Gratitude Path: Leading Your Church to Generosity
ISBN: 9781630883195 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Gratitude Path is a five-session study designed for use by churches, leadership teams, and small groups. This step-by-step guide helps congregations grow in generosity by focusing on gratitude for God's blessings. Chapters conclude with questions for personal reflection and devotion. The book includes a 12-step plan for pastors and other leaders to successfully conduct their own Gratitude Campaign in a church of any size or denomination.
If you have ever cringed at the thought of the annual giving campaign, this is the book for you. With practical instruction for conducting a... The Gratitude Path is a five-session study designed for use by churches, leadership teams, and small groups. This step-by-step guide helps congregatio...
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78,20 zł |
Against All Odds: A Miracle Journey of Recovery and Success
ISBN: 9780989173513 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Against All Odds tells the story of Joe Tarasuk's journey that included time in a mental hospital, being a major East Coast drug dealer, and involvement in a cult trying to revolutionize the world through music. After his arrest in Georgia in 1986, Joe was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison, but the Lord had other plans and he was released after just eighteen months. Despite many challenges after his release, the Lord placed a mission in Joe's heart to reach out to men and women like himself who were caught in devastating cycles of addiction and shame. Today Joe and his wife, Maria, are...
Against All Odds tells the story of Joe Tarasuk's journey that included time in a mental hospital, being a major East Coast drug dealer, and involveme...
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Developing a Vision for Ministry
ISBN: 9780801018732 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Strong leaders have vision that is both far-reaching and focused on the details. Having that vision is what separates the church with a hodge-podge of ineffective programs and activities from churches that reach people effectively, efficiently, and consistently with the Good News. Now in its third edition, this groundbreaking book continues to offer church planters, pastors, and ministry leaders concrete help with crafting vision statements, encouraging buy-in from the influencers in the church, turning up the energy level, and ultimately growing the church.
Strong leaders have vision that is both far-reaching and focused on the details. Having that vision is what separates the church with a hodge-podge of...
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What Kind of Church Do You Want?
ISBN: 9780990925095 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This project is intended to answer two central questions: to what extent
do we concern ourselves with the selection of a church in a Christian environment or to remain in a church that we are currently in. The other question is related to the church itself: in view of the first question, will your church be functioning tomorrow? The essential problem is that many families and individuals look for a church by just attending a service or two and make selections without understanding problems that may arise. Making selections too quickly may result is beginning the process again simply because... This project is intended to answer two central questions: to what extent do we concern ourselves with the selection of a church in a Christian |
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Democracy: Biblical Principle or Man-made Institution?
ISBN: 9781498431910 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Preaching the Old Testament: A Lectionary Commentary
ISBN: 9780664262105 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this third and concluding volume of their lectionary commentary collection (Preaching the Gospels without Blaming the Jews and Preaching the Letters without Dismissing the Law), Ronald Allen and Clark Williamson encourage the church and its preachers to rediscover the Old Testament as a vibrant wellspring of Christian faith and life. Preachers often neglect the Old Testament, misrepresent it, or regard its theological content as superseded by Jesus and the New Testament, Allen and Williamson claim. The...In this third and concluding volume of their lectionary commentary collection (Preaching the Gospels without Blaming the Jews |
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Black Queen Without a Throne: The Garden in Eden to America
ISBN: 9781592441020 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Preaching the Whole Counsel of God: Design and Deliver Gospel-Centered Sermons
ISBN: 9780310519638 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Preaching the Whole Counsel of God is a primary textbook on the art and science of preaching for pastors and pastors-in-training that teaches you how to practice expository, Christ-focused hermeneutics, combined with Gospel-centered, audience-transforming homiletics. It will guide you to:
Preaching the Whole Counsel of God is a primary textbook on the art and science of preaching for pastors and pastors-in-training that teac... |
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108,63 zł |
Contemplative Bible Reading
ISBN: 9781498224338 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new way to read the Bible.
Spiritual disciplines are simply ways to open ourselves to God. They help us become aware of the many ways God speaks to us and provide us with ways to respond to God. This book explores and explains how the historical disciplines and perspectives of the Christian faith can deepen both our walk with God and our community with others. Reading the Bible is something that most of us are familiar with. Some even do it regularly. But do we really think about how we read and respond to Scripture? How deeply do we allow ourselves to be impacted by it? Contemplative Bible... A new way to read the Bible.
Spiritual disciplines are simply ways to open ourselves to God. They help us become aware of the many ways God speaks... |
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Women in the Church: Reclaiming the Ideal
ISBN: 9780891120216 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For conservative churches continuing to seek the middle ground between radical feminism on the one hand and an unhealthy patriarchalism on the other, it is useful to discuss existing options. Radical feminism and patriarchalism fail to survive biblical and sociological analysis. Egalitarianism and hierarchal complementarianism must be critiqued in terms of their biblical basis and sociological viability... Because this book has been out of print for some time and numerous people have urged that it be reprinted, this second edition, subtitled Reclaiming the Ideal, provides... For conservative churches continuing to seek the middle ground between radical feminism on the one hand and an unhealthy patriarchalism on the othe... |
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107,06 zł |