Burning Faith

Author : Christopher B. Strain
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813065748

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Burning Faith by Christopher B. Strain Pdf

In the 1990s, churches across the southeastern United States were targeted and set ablaze. These arsonists predominately targeted African American congregations and captured the attention of the media nationwide. Using oral histories, newspaper accounts, and governmental reports, Christopher Strain gives a chronological account of the series of church fires. Burning Faith considers the various forces at work, including government responses, civil rights groups, religious forces, and media coverage, in providing a thorough, comprehensive analysis of the events and their fallout. Arguing that these church fires symbolize the breakdown of communal bonds in the nation, Strain appeals for the revitalization of united Americans and the return to a sense of community. Combining scholarly sophistication with popular readability, Strain has produced one of the first histories of the last decade and demonstrates that the increasing fragmentation of community in America runs deeper than race relations or prejudice. A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller

Author : Emely Batin-Orillos
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781665561792

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Faith on Fire... the Burning Holy Vagina of Jesus by Emely Batin-Orillos Pdf

Inspired by the Holy Spirit, this book is dedicated to the suffering people of Ukraine especially the children who are the most helpless victims of the Russian invasion. One day while the author was tending to her zoo, an image of the Holy Wound of Jesus flashed vividly upon her mind which guided her in writing of the hostilities of the war and how steadfast and burning faith serves to help people overcome life’s ordeals on a daily basis of routine in the backdrop of a global pandemic and raging war. This book is a must read as it is the fruit of an encounter with God in the simple everyday life of a widow who has been called to write of heaven’s caveats for today’s world.

Author : Christopher B. Strain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015076153017

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Burning Faith by Christopher B. Strain Pdf

In the 1990s, churches across the southeastern United States were targeted and set ablaze. These arsonists predominately targeted African American congregations and captured the attention of the media nationwide. Using oral histories, newspaper accounts, and governmental reports, Christopher Strain gives a chronological account of the series of church fires. Burning Faith considers the various forces at work, including government responses, civil rights groups, religious forces, and media coverage, in providing a thorough, comprehensive analysis of the events and their fallout. Arguing that these church fires symbolize the breakdown of communal bonds in the nation, Strain appeals for the revitalization of united Americans and the return to a sense of community. Combining scholarly sophistication with popular readability, Strain has produced one of the first histories of the last decade and demonstrates that the increasing fragmentation of community in America runs deeper than race relations or prejudice. A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller

Author : Steven Bornbach
Publisher : Faithburn
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780578827865

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Faith That Doesn't Burn by Steven Bornbach Pdf

Steve Bornbach was a simple country boy growing up in central Wisconsin, U.S.A. Growing up in the beautiful township of Saratoga afforded many memorable stories; such as dirt track races, hillbillies on go carts, voices of women’ screaming in the night, wasps making music on hot summer days, a dry run full of water, fighting against snapping turtles, and much more. Teenage years became filled with loneliness, rejection, and pain, which became a catalyst for making wrong choices. This resulted in Steve becoming ensnared in a web of drugs and crime causing him to question what life is all about. What is faith and what do we put our faith in? God had a plan for Steve’s life and he has a plan for your life. Come take a journey with, “Faith that Doesn’t Burn.”

Author : Susan Claire Potts
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595373901

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Burning Faith by Susan Claire Potts Pdf

The Saga of the People of Holy Martyrs Continues in the sequel to... Glory of the Olive "Fr. Riley motioned that it was time to leave, and she stood up reluctantly. They were not allowed to stay for the interment. It was forbidden. There were a great many things they were not allowed to do since the rise of Yeshue ben Dan, the emperor of the world, the man who called himself the King of Kings, the Anointed One... The Catholics knew him as Antichrist." From... Burning Faith Susan Claire Potts

Author : Makoto Fujimura
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300254143

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Art and Faith by Makoto Fujimura Pdf

From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity’s quintessential—and often overlooked—role in the spiritual life “Makoto Fujimura’s art and writings have been a true inspiration to me. In this luminous book, he addresses the question of art and faith and their reconciliation with a quiet and moving eloquence.”—Martin Scorsese “[An] elegant treatise . . . Fujimura’s sensitive, evocative theology will appeal to believers interested in the role religion can play in the creation of art.”—Publishers Weekly Conceived over thirty years of painting and creating in his studio, this book is Makoto Fujimura’s broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of “making.” What he does in the studio is theological work as much as it is aesthetic work. In between pouring precious, pulverized minerals onto handmade paper to create the prismatic, refractive surfaces of his art, he comes into the quiet space in the studio, in a discipline of awareness, waiting, prayer, and praise. Ranging from the Bible to T. S. Eliot, and from Mark Rothko to Japanese Kintsugi technique, he shows how unless we are making something, we cannot know the depth of God’s being and God’s grace permeating our lives. This poignant and beautiful book offers the perspective of, in Christian Wiman’s words, “an accidental theologian,” one who comes to spiritual questions always through the prism of art.

Author : Michael Taylor
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781450006231

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The Many Faces of Faith by Michael Taylor Pdf

Faith is one of the most critical aspects of the Christian life, because it is the means by which we receive all that God has secured for us; yet the nature of faith is one of the most misunderstood concepts of Christianity. Some conceptualize faith as some mental state that one must reach before they are able to “tap into” God’s “resources.” Others view faith as some sort of incorporeal substance that is “out there” for which we must reach. All of these concepts of faith are deficient, if not heretical, and yet all of them are found in the church. Others view faith as a mere fantasy or hope with no basis in reality, and thus religious claims are excluded from the arena of knowledge. “For a number of years my heart has been trilled over the doctrine of faith as it is received and taught among evangelical Christians everywhere. Great emphasis is laid upon faith in orthodox circles, and that is good, but still I am troubled. Specifically, my fear is that the modern conception of faith is not the biblical one; that when the teachers of our day use the word, they do no mean what Bible meant when they used it”. I also share the same concerns with A.W.Tozer, when he said; “the cause of my uneasiness are these”: 1. The lack of spiritual fruits in the lives of so many who claim to have faith. 2. The rarity of a radical change in the conduct and general outlook of persons professing their new faith in Christ as their personal Savior. 3. The failure of our teachers to define or even describe the thing to which the word faith is supposed to refer. 4. The heartbreaking failure of multitudes of seekers is they are even so earnest to make anything out of the doctrine or to receive any satisfying experience through it. 5. The real danger that a doctrine that is parroted so widely and received so uncritically by so many is false as understood by them. 6. I have seen faith put forward as an escape from reality, a refuge from the necessity of hard thinking, a hiding place for weak character, natural optimism, emotional thrills and nervous tics. Therefore, in the pages of this book, I will endeavor to outline for your benefit the dynamics of faith. What is faith? How does faith works? How to grow in faith? The power of faith; the Excellency of faith; the demand of faith; the perseverance of faith; the challenges of faith; the object of faith, the effect of faith; the response of faith; the discipline of faith; the necessity of faith and many more are discussed.

Author : Jeremy Likness
Publisher : Lose Fat, Not Faith
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780976907947

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Lose Fat, Not Faith by Jeremy Likness Pdf

What if you could wave a magic wand and suddenly look into your mirror to find the lean, healthy body you've always dreamed of smiling back at you? What if you could stop falling out of breath when you tie your shoes, and instead have the energy to keep pace with your own children? What if you had the confidence and self esteem to pursue your dreams? It's not as easy as waving a wand, swallowing a magic pill, or snapping your fingers ... but if you feel it is difficult or impossible, it's time you experience the keys to releasing your fat and embracing your faith. It's time you join those around the world who have overcome obstacles and triumphed through the power of International Health Coach Jeremy Likness' expert advice contained within Lose Fat, Not Faith: A Transformation Guide.

Author : Douglas Sean O'Donnell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725295919

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O Woman, Great is Your Faith! by Douglas Sean O'Donnell Pdf

The concept of “faith” holds a central position in New Testament and early Christian thought, yet this concept has not received the careful attention it deserves in the Synoptic Gospels. The present study offers a comprehensive analysis of “faith” as a key motif in the Gospel of Matthew, where it plays a major role in communicating this Gospel’s vision for how readers should respond to the person and message of Jesus. The argument propounded is that Matthew’s unique narrative portrayal of the Canaanite woman’s faith (15:21–28) is used for pedagogical purposes, namely, that by comparing and contrasting her “great faith” with those characters expressing “no faith” and “little faith,” Matthew uses Jesus’s quantitative πίστ-terms to teach on the nature of true faith. She embodies Matthew’s theological vision of faith! Even though she is a gentile outsider/enemy, she comprehends the universal scope and abundant blessings of Jesus’s mission. Moreover, she acknowledges Jesus’s messianic identity, correctly perceiving him to be both David’s royal heir and David’s Lord. Finally, based on who she perceives Jesus to be and the purpose of his mission, she demonstrates faith as trust manifested in action.

Author : Abbé Martinet
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783375054267

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Faith and Reason by Abbé Martinet Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.

Author : Keith G Allen
Publisher : Wells of Water
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0978946200

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Symbols of Faith and the Miracles of God by Keith G Allen Pdf

Author : Claire North
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316498852

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Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North Pdf

“ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE READ IN RECENT YEARS. THOUGHT PROVOKING, IMAGINATIVE AND PACKS A HELL OF AN EMOTIONAL PUNCH.” —Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time From one of the most imaginative writers of her generation comes an extraordinary vision of the future… Ven was once a holy man, a keeper of ancient archives. It was his duty to interpret archaic texts, sorting useful knowledge from the heretical ideas of the Burning Age—a time of excess and climate disaster. For in Ven's world, such material must be closely guarded so that the ills that led to that cataclysmic era can never be repeated. But when the revolutionary Brotherhood approaches Ven, pressuring him to translate stolen writings that threaten everything he once held dear, his life will be turned upside down. Torn between friendship and faith, Ven must decide how far he's willing to go to save this new world—and how much he is willing to lose. “A riveting tale of subterfuge and deadly self-indulgence” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) from award-winning author Claire North, Notes from the Burning Age puts dystopian fiction in a whole new light. Also by Claire North: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Touch The Sudden Appearance of Hope The End of the Day 84K The Gameshouse The Pursuit of William Abbey

Author : Carol Kent
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310421702

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Unquenchable by Carol Kent Pdf

Where is your faith today—first sparks of faith, bright blue flames, radiating heat, raging bonfire, red-hot coals, cooling embers, cold grey ashes? Is your love for God burning so brightly that you are consumed by its passion? Are those who surround you drawn to its radiance and warmed by its heat? Are sparks flying from you, spreading a wildfire faith that ignites passion in others? Or has your passion cooled, your light dimmed, or your fire been quenched? Throughout history God has chosen fire to represent his awesome power, his judgment and wrath, his protection, and his Shekinah glory: the flaming sword guarding Eden, the burning bush, the pillar of fire, the fiery furnace, the chariot of fire, the burning coal, the flame upon the altar, the lake of fire, and the flaming eyes of the Son of Man upon the throne—these are only a few of the images he has seared into our minds that we might know him more fully. God is the source of that first flicker that sparked your faith and one day you will stand in his holy presence, look into the flaming eyes of Jesus, and see his burning love for you face to face. But between that first flicker and that heavenly meeting, there is life to be lived on this earth. The challenge we all face is that life can dim our fire or even quench it, whether by the soggy mist of the mundane, or the quenching downpour of crisis. Carol Kent has discovered that God’s Word is filled with the secrets of nurturing his fire in our lives, sometimes painfully so, other times even undetected, refining, purifying, cauterizing, healing, and ultimately reshaping us into the image of his Son. Author and speaker Carol Kent will take you into God’s word, and into your own story, to reveal the true power of the fire God has placed in you, to fan the flames of your faith, stir your passion, and embolden you to spark wildfires that will spread to forever change the landscape of this world beyond your wildest imagination. God’s fire is in your life. Fan the flames. Burn brightly. Start a wildfire!

Author : John E. Semonche
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780585245898

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Keeping the Faith by John E. Semonche Pdf

This ambitious and accessible history of the nation's highest court contains information important for every American to know.

Author : Janet Schaeffler
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814646526

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Deepening Faith by Janet Schaeffler Pdf

Since the ending of Vatican II, the church has officially published no fewer than eight major documents calling for adults to be the center of the church's educational mission. And the Catholic faithful are calling on the church to quench their thirst for a deepening of their lived faith. They realize that the catechesis they received as children simply isn't enough to continue in the faith as adults in the church and world; they desire a deepened faith. In Deepening Faith, Janet Schaeffler, OP, offers a practical guide and source of encouragement to parish and diocesan committees, catechists, and adult faith formation teams. She outlines the essential foundations, methods and strategies that can support this journey for today's adults of all ages and generations.