Christianity Outside The Box

Author : Nigel Scotland
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621898993

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A major aspect of the history of Christian missions is the way groups who have jumped the ecclesiastical ship have renewed and recalled their parent bodies back to biblical roots and a biblical vision. This book examines fourteen such vibrant Christian movements which operated outside the box. Each chapter ends with a practical section highlighting those factors that made the particular group successful. They were all missional movements that pursued a Christian vision and developed structures to facilitate it. In contrast, the traditional organizations from which they emerged tended to do mission from an established, given structure. Here are seriously committed movements that offer a dynamic challenge to our contemporary churches.

Author : Crea A. Copeland
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781591604266

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Christianity Outside the Box by Crea A. Copeland Pdf

Author : A. King
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781532061653

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I Tripped over Myself & Came up Saved / Christianity Outside the Box by A. King Pdf

This book is about being locked in a love affair between two human beings - one a follower the address driving to win the heavyweight championship of the boxing world. Lynn spend her day shopping Champ, along with long-time manager Mr. Malcolm Buzzy Johnson, we’re out promoting the fight. News break - a car accident! Manager Bugsy died on the scene. Champ was airlifted by helicopter to trauma center. No fight, and all bets were off. Lynn found herself with no place to go and no one to talk to. What to do? Through trials of life she finds Christ.

Author : Richard Harries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0007132964

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Author : Richard Harries
Publisher : SPCK Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Apologetics
ISBN : 028105522X

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Is the Church a box from which God has escaped? Are people finding spirituality and relating to God in ways that have nothing to do with the Church? Men and women today have strong values and beliefs about caring for animals and for the creation, about tolerance for others of different beliefs and customs, and about how we each may live mature and fulfilled lives. They often feel that the Church's moral teaching does not come up to their standards. Objections to the traditional Christian view of God and religion include: Christianity focuses on sin and guilt: God's an egomaniac - he's designed the world solely for his praise: God sentences people to everlasting punishment: religion keeps people immature: religion is stuck in the past: religion is divisive: the belief in a wise and loving creator is not compatible with the suffering and agony evident in the world. In 'God Outside the Box', Richard Harries takes seriously thoughts and criticisms such as these and answers them in detail. "Bishop Harries believes that "Christianity has within its treasure store enormous spiritual riches". His book has certainly helped to display some of those riches which modern society desperately needs." The Tablet.

Author : Rick Richardson
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830875123

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Evangelism Outside the Box by Rick Richardson Pdf

It used to be that providing clear evidence for the resurrection of Jesus or the reliability of the Bible was a pretty effective way to reach people with the Good News. But today, many folks think all truth is relative, even our historical and scientific data about Christianity. So how can we reach them? We need new ways of telling people the old, old story. We need to look again at our usual mental habits if we want to reach people who have a brand new mindset of their own. We need to get outside the box of ideas and practices that are sacred to us but are not sacred to God. That's what Rick Richardson's book is all about. Here are fresh perspectives on relying on the Holy Spirit, awakening spiritual interest in others, appealing to what they value (instead of what we think they should value) and leading them into a transforming experience with God. Also included is Richardson's Circles of Belonging, a new, straightforward presentation of the message of Jesus (yes, it can even be sketched out on a napkin!) that is true to Scripture and true to the new way people live and think. As an experienced evangelist and leader of evangelism programs, Richardson offers in this helpful book the principles and practices that will help us all grow in love for--and communicate effectively with--people who need Jesus.

Author : Paul Meier
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781630473877

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Experiencing God Outside the Box by Paul Meier Pdf

The greatest calling we can have during our brief journey here on Planet Earth is to earnestly yearn and search, without prejudice, for an intimate relationship with the one and only true Creator God, outside the box. The vast masses of humans never get this deep and blindly believe whatever they have been taught about God, often out of fear of rejection by family or peers. Others see God as a Heavenly Version of their earthly fathers. Paul Meier, MD, is a psychiatrist and theologian whose books have been read by over seven million people in over thirty languages all around the world, and he describes the many prejudicial mountains that must be climbed to become intimate with the real God. Dr. Meier also gives many positive ways to assist you to make that earnest search for "Experiencing God Outside the Box".

Author : Jane Brister
Publisher : WestBowPress
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490814704

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It's a Mystery by Jane Brister Pdf

From special dreams in a dialogue between an angel and a young boy, this story plays out in a fanciful way that resembles a storybook. Through some interesting encounters between Angel Antonio and a young child, Jacob, the dream conversations lead to unexpected drama as Jacob and his playground friend Sammy become totally involved in some unusual adventures. As young Jacob relays what his angel friend reveals about many of the secrets and mysteries of the Christian faith, Sammy is quite intrigued. Each day on the school playground, young Sammy can hardly wait for recess, to catch the next episode. As Jacob and Sammy grow into young adults, their professions take them into some unique situations, as they maintain a stable schedule for their continued work activities. Their occupations involve interesting times beyond their wildest dreams. In later years, they seem to be able to turn some of the sadness in their lives into triumphant living. Both of these gentlemen believed that for the Christian, death is the ultimate out-of-the-box experience! Its a Mystery is a delightful read, tracing the guidance and goodness of God in developing lives. I especially enjoyed the adult years with Dr. J and Sammy, and the interweaving of life challenges and developments with Scripture. You will appreciate this book. Dr. Steve Wende, senior pastor, First Methodist Houston This spiritual coming of age story follows Jacob from a fortuitous playground encounter at age 7 through a busy and productive life. It contains apropos Biblical, philosophical, and other quotations. Robin Moore, CEO East Texas Community Health Services, Inc.

Author : ,Aking
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781098087371

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I Tripped Over Myself and Came Up Saved by ,Aking Pdf

This book is about two people locked in in a love affair. Champ is challenging Dee 2 Riley for the heavyweight championship of the boxing world, along with his side chick, Lynn, who spends her day shopping. While Champ and his longtime manager, Malcolm Buzzy Johnson, were out promoting the fight, a dreadful news came out. Newsbreak: Boxing world champion, Champ, and his manager, Buzzy Johnson, got into a car accident. Johnson died on the scene while Champ was airlifted by a helicopter to a trauma center. No fight is going to happen; all bets are off. Lynn found herself with no place to go or someone to talk with. What to do next? The trials in her life have brought her closer to Christ.

Author : Anne Robertson
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780819226273

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Blowing the Lid Off the God-Box by Anne Robertson Pdf

What’s in your God-box? Each of us, says author Anne Robertson, builds our own way of understanding God—our “God-box”-- and fills it up with bits of scripture, wisdom, and our experiences of God at work in our lives. It’s a perfectly good way to puzzle out what God means to us. Encountering God through our human limitations, we learn something about the meaning of Incarnation. But to say that our experience of God is the only valid one is to put a lid on the box and create an idol. This book is about examining our God-boxes and bursting them wide open. Blowing the Lid Off the God-Box starts with the ministry of Jesus – who blew the lid off everyone’s God-box by constantly challenging his followers with the unexpected. Subsequent chapters examine the God-boxes we create with scripture, worship, and political and social agendas. In a world marked by extremism on both the right and left, the author calls readers to spiritual balance as they learn to integrate others’ experiences of God, rather than insisting on their own. Anne Robertson is a United Methodist minister who leads a parish in Dover, New Hampshire. Active in the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church, she is a regular columnist for Zion’s Herald, a national publication.

Author : Armon Eaton
Publisher : ChristianEternalism.org
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Christian Eternalism by Armon Eaton Pdf

John A. Widtsoe said "The Gospel may be said to be 'The philosophy of Eternalism.' The Gospel is immersed in the ocean of eternity." Neal A. Maxwell said "Eternalism is defined as that view of man and the universe which not only acknowledges, but exults in, the existence of a Heavenly Father...Eternalism focuses on the individual and on those processes in which the individual is taught correct principles and then is given optimum opportunity to govern himself...For those who believe we are all going to be around forever, it is both natural and wise to concern ourselves with such questions and also with such principles which are also going to be around forever." These quotes involving the word "Eternalism" indicate a deep philosophical foundation underlying everything about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. This book describes some of the philosophical foundations of what Latter-day Saints call the Restoration. In the broadest sense, philosophy is concerned with mankind's relationship to existence, whereas theology is concerned with mankind's relationship to God. Both philosophy and theology are important to Latter-Day Saints because one's view of God is greatly influenced by one's view of reality. Eternalism then, in the broadest sense, is Latter-day Saint theology explained within a philosophically sound structure.

Author : Mark Townsend
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781846943263

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Jesus Outside the Box by Mark Townsend Pdf

Jesus Outside the Box is a re-released, re-titled version of the author's previous book The Magician's Tale. It a short book of twelve incredible stories written from the perspective of some of the lesser known characters of the New Testament. Each story offers an exciting and radical new portrait of the one we call The Christ. The author's intention was to present a picture of Jesus, without the 2,000 of Christian doctrine and dogma that have put him some great ecclesiastical box (and suffocated him the process). The Jesus of these tales has broken free from that box of Churchianity and will help readers do the same. This Jesus is human yet magical, gentle yet dangerous, distrustful of religion, yet unconditionally loving. He is exciting beyond our dreams. You may just discover that you'd thrown the divine baby out with the holy water.

Author : Stanley R. Dyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1460013638

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God Speaks...Outside the Box by Stanley R. Dyer Pdf

Author : John W. Loftus,Peter Boghossian
Publisher : Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781634310581

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How to Defend the Christian Faith by John W. Loftus,Peter Boghossian Pdf

The first book on Christian apologetics written by a leading atheist figure that teaches Christians the best and worst arguments for defending their faith against attack The Christian faith has been vigorously defended with a variety of philosophical, historical, and theological arguments, but many of the arguments that worked in an earlier age no longer resonate in today's educated West. Where has apologetics gone wrong? What is the best response to the growing challenge presented by scientific discovery and naturalistic thought? Unlike every work on Christian apologetics that has come before, How to Defend the Christian Faith is the first one written by an atheist for Christians. As a former Christian defender who is now a leading atheist thinker, John Loftus answers these questions and more. He shows readers why Christian apologists have failed to reach the intelligent nonbeliever and offers practical advice for Christians, whether they want to better defend their faith against atheist arguments, or actively convert more individuals to Christianity.

Author : Michael G. Cartwright
Publisher : University Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Apostolate (Christian theology)
ISBN : 188093874X

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Exploring Christian Mission Beyond Christendom: United Methodist Perspectives by Michael G. Cartwright Pdf