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Faith in Jesus Christ incorporates all Christians into the body of Christ, the invisible communion of all believers. But the church, as a human institution, remains broken and unable to embody fully this unity or oneness. Too often, the failure of Christians to manifest God's love is rooted in differences in culture, traditions, or language that lead to fear and misunderstanding.
This book brings together a collection of stories-of songs-that give...
2) Veneno
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A través de los ojos de un adolescente, Veneno nos adentra al poco hablado lado oscuro de la época secundaria. La historia nos lleva de una escalada de emociones hasta un dramático e inesperado final. Es una historia real y cruda sobre el tema del bullying (acoso escolar), sus máximas consecuencias y los daños que puede causar. Además, contiene una guía práctica y directa para padres, maestros y líderes donde se ven los diferentes tipos de...
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God uses diverse friendships to fulfill his miraculous will in the world.
In an increasingly polarized world, our collective ability to navigate friendships with people whose backgrounds, experiences, and views differ from our own has diminished. Along the way, valuing diversity has come to be seen by many Christians as a secular pursuit. However, we love and serve a diverse God (being three unique persons himself) who taught us to love those we...
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Un libro dirigido a líderes juveniles, educadores, consejeros espirituales, padres y jóvenes en general.EN ESTE LIBRO PODRÁS:• Conocer quiénes son, cómo piensan y cómo viven los integrantes de las tribus urbanas de la actualidad.• Saber por qué se establecen, cuáles son los agentes internos y externos que ayudan a su formación. • Desarrollar una teología urbana que los abarque y contenga. • Aprender de las experiencias de líderes...
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The Let My People Go handbook is a practical guide to equip churches to love their most vulnerable neighbors. The name, Let My People Go, recalls the words of Moses as he spoke to those who had enslaved his people. Moses called for holistic freedom, freedom from physical and spiritual bondage. It's the authors' prayer that this guide would help you and your church take up this mantle of liberty in your community.
Human trafficking is the exploitation...
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Do conservatives or progressives "own" the teachings about what the Bible says about human sexuality and marriage? For some-perhaps a vocal minority-the question is no longer up for debate or discussion: conservatives win. For others, the issues are not that simple. A fresh, rigorous, but yet concise, theological examination of the Bible's teachings is required. There are other ways to interpret scripture faithfully with respect to sexuality other...
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Confronting the Controversies is a 7-session group study of "tough issues" based on Adam Hamilton's sermons on these topics. The seven sessions are:
1 — The Separation of Church and State
2 — Creation and Evolution in the Public Schools
3 — The Death Penalty
4 — Euthanasia
5 — Prayer in Public Schools
6 — Abortion
7 — Homosexuality
The study is designed as a "fishing expedition," with tools and helps that will enable congregations...
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God is calling us to live differently. The challenges we face are imminent. GreenFaith provides vision, inspiration, and practical tools to help you build your faith while inhabiting a creation that is at risk. With honesty and candor, Fletcher Harper shows that it takes belief and practice, science and faith to sustain us and our planet. The book gives concrete examples and tips that will help people of faith and worshiping communities engage in...
9) The Refuge
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When your world comes crashing down around you there is only one place of safety-the Refuge. Convinced that many Christians are already experiencing tough times, Jim Bakker offers hope to believers, showing how to make it through the dark nights and difficult days ahead. Security will not be in money or materialism; it will be in Christ and His family, working to overcome the obstacles in life. Drawing upon lessons he learned the hard way, Bakker...
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Christians are invited to practice the way of Jesus by engaging in four formative practices representing central themes of the Wesleyan way: humility, hospitality, healing, and holiness. These four practices function as counterpoints to four growing dangers based on fear in the contemporary church and in society:
1. Christian fundamentalism
2. Nationalism
3. Dispensationalism
4. Antinomianism.
Each of the four practices is an antidote...
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From globalization to the digital revolution, secularization to the great recession, change has never happened so fast and wide and deep as we have seen in recent years. The nature of information and the speed with which it travels is unparalleled, and it is changing our world in seismic ways that reach into every crevice of our lives. It's as if the tectonic plates of society and culture are being torn apart and reshaped right under our feet. We...
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Propelled by George Floyd's murder in her hometown of Minneapolis, Meg Gorzycki addresses the question of why peace is difficult to cultivate and sustain, and finds that America has always had a love-hate relationship with peace. The Peace We Can't Reach posits that peace is more than the absence of war and aggression, and in its most profound sense is shalom, the commitment to live for the well-being of all so that compassion and justice might prevail....
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Questions and conflict about homosexual practice and the church abound. We encounter media reports of
same-gender unions and clergy trials. This leads to talk in congregations and district preacher's meetings, in the hallways at
district, conference and general church gatherings, and in the deliberations of the Council of Bishops where we hear prayers,
questions, and an outpouring of conviction or anguish.
We observe The United Methodist Church...
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Everyone agrees that America is polarized, with ever-hardening positions held by people less and less willing to listen to one another. No one agrees on what to do about it.
One solution that hasn't yet been tried, says Adam Hamilton, is for thinking persons of faith to model for the rest of the country a richer, more thoughtful conversation on the political, moral, and religious issues that divide us. Hamilton rejects the easy assumptions and sloppy...
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God invites us to judge and to help correct wrongs from a place of understanding. Sometimes we pre-judge a person based on our own biases and superficial experiences. We stifle dialog before the conversation even begins. If all we know is our own faith, and we never put it side-by-side with what others believe, our spiritual growth and commitments can be easily stunted. By truly listening and learning from those with different beliefs, we can broaden...
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Auch in christlichen Gemeinden "menschelt" es. Entscheidungsfindung, Zielvorstellungen, Strukturen, Fragen von Leitung, Finanzen usw. - überall lauern Versuchungen der Macht. Und nicht wenige Gemeinden (und Werke) sind durch subtile innere Machtmechanismen, dubiose Einflussnahmen sowie den daraus resultierenden Konflikten geistlich und menschlich gelähmt.
Verständlich und engagiert beschreibt der Autor die offenen und verborgenen Fallen der Macht...
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The struggle against abortion in our nation has been going on a long time. Sometimes it seems like an evil that will never go away. People want to get involved in the fight, but it feels futile, and increasingly the culture tells Christians to stay out of politics. Longtime activist Rev. Frank Pavone counters this frustrated mindset with challenge, encouragement, plain facts, and a healthy dose of strategy. He explores biblical, moral, historical,...
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The gown of the Bride of Christ is being shredded by sibling rivalry within the Christian community. The Church's life is weakened and its witness compromised. This is nowhere more evident than the issue of homosexuality. Dr. Steve Harper laments this sad state of affairs and offers a way of love through the dilemma. His pastoral spirit and practical counsel offer guidance and hope for the future.
"A dark picture is emerging-a contentiousness between...
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Desire for beauty is at the heart of human existence. Some find this meaning out of their religious or spiritual perspective. Some find it at the edge of their traditions. And others find it outside any recognizable tradition. This book speaks especially to the second and third groups of people.
Desire releases us to explore difference, and to honor alternatives. Desire shapes our lives in unique ways. It centers our energies for personal and relational...
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With tender words and touching photos, Nicole Johnson guides us toward the "flat thud of grace" that can change our lives when we drop our rocks and choose to love instead.
"When your son tells you he's homosexual, your best friend confesses in agony she's having an affair, or your sister tearfully describes her abortion, you have a choice to leave mere theory behind and enter the gritty reality of relationship. Love is giving you a chance to choose."
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