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Christianity Without Insanity

Boyd C. Purcell, Ph.D.,Dr Boyd C Purcell Ph D

Author : Boyd C. Purcell, Ph.D.,Dr Boyd C Purcell Ph D
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1478322381

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Christianity Without Insanity: For Optimal Mental/Emotional/Physical Health, by Boyd C. Purcell, Ph.D., is about love-based vs. fear-based Christianity [includes a chapter on other major religions]. This book, per the subtitle, is based on the truth of holistic health inherent in psychopathology which Dr. Purcell has taught at a university graduate college. Dr. Lewis Whaley, an oncologist, endorsed this author's previous book, Spiritual Terrorism, with this statement. "As a physician, I can validate Dr. Purcell's understanding of psychopathology. The anxiety which religion, or any other factor, generates has the potential to depress the human immune system, affect every organ, and impair bodily functions." The apostle John captured the essence of the dynamics of psychopathology in these comforting, encouraging, and inspiring words: "Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers" (III John 2). No person's soul can prosper and, therefore, no one can be in optimal holistic health if one is living in fear of eternal torture in hell for oneself and/or loved ones. Do you know the symbolic meaning of the mixed metaphor, "salted with fire," of which few people have even heard? If not, you owe it to yourself to read this solidly Biblically-based book. One can believe in Christian Universalism (CU), not in spite of what The Holy Bible teaches, but because of exactly what The Holy Bible teaches about sin, salvation, and hell. Based on Biblical and historical facts, Jesus clearly taught CU—both implicitly and explicitly—just as surely as the grass is green, the sky is blue, God is in heaven, and Christ is Lord!

Spiritual Terrorism

Boyd C. Purcell

Author : Boyd C. Purcell
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-09
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781452010663

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Spiritual Terrorism by Boyd C. Purcell Pdf

Spiritual Terrorism is about theimpact of fear-based religion on people's lives who have been spiritually abused by a negative conception of God through eternal hell-fire preaching and teaching. The doctrine of eternal punishment in literal fire is at the heart of many forms of spiritual abuse and all forms of spiritual terrorism which is the most extreme form of spiritual abuse. This book effectively explains the symbolic use of fire in the Holy Bible and other Holy Books. The common misunderstanding of the metaphorical usage of fire is the primary cause of spiritual terrorism. Dr. Purcell clarifies the confusion over the Christian doctrine of salvation by grace and judgment which is based on the deeds of lifegood or bad. This allows readers to grasp the liberating truth that people are totally free to live their lives but are also totally accountable, at the end of life, for how they have lived their lives. God will ultimately teach universal empathy and bring about perfect justice for all without violating anyone's free will. Spiritual abuse has the potential to affect all stages of life: in the womb, childhood, youth, young adults, older adults, end of life, and bereavement after the deaths of loved ones. Spiritual abuse may also affect all areas of life: marriage/divorce, emotional/mental/physical abuse, medical treatment or refusal of such treatment for self and children, and domestic and international terrorism. All major world religions are addressed: Judeo/Christianity, Islam, and the Eastern ReligionsBuddhism and Hinduism. Included as well are Native American Beliefs. There is a theme running through all major religions of God's unconditional love, amazing grace, infinite mercy, perfect justice, and a universal homecoming.

The Insanity of God

Nik Ripken,Gregg Lewis

Author : Nik Ripken,Gregg Lewis
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781433673085

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An amazing story of a missionary couple's journey into the toughest places on earth is combined with stories about remarkable people of faith they encountered to challenge and inspire those curious about the sufficiency of God.

Raising Hell

Julie Ferwerda

Author : Julie Ferwerda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-23
Category : Hell
ISBN : 0984357815

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- Why does He fail to mention hell in Genesis as the price for sin? - Why doesn't the Old Testament ever speak of hell? - Why does Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, never once mention hell? - Why was hell not part of early Church established doctrine?

The Insanity of Obedience

Nik Ripken

Author : Nik Ripken
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433682292

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Wise Sheep Among the Wolves All Christian disciples have one thing in common: as they carry the gospel across the ocean and across the street, persecution will become the norm for those who choose to follow Jesus. How believers respond in the face of persecution reveals everything about their level of faith and obedience. The Insanity of Obedience is a bold challenge to global discipleship. Nik Ripken exposes the danger of safe Christianity and calls readers to something greater. The Insanity of Obedience challenges Christians in the same, provocative way that Jesus did. This book dares you—and prepares you—to cross the street and the oceans with the Good News of Jesus Christ. Some of Jesus’ instructions sound uncomfortable and are potentially dangerous. We may be initially encouraged by His declaration, “I am sending you out.” But how are we to respond when He then tells us that He is sending us out “like sheep among wolves"? In light of the words of Jesus, how can modern day believers rest comfortably in the status quo? How can we embrace casual faith in light of the radical commands of Jesus which are anything but casual? Ripken brings decades of ministry experience in some of the most persecuted areas of the world to bear on our understanding of faith in Jesus. The Insanity of Obedience is a call to roll up your sleeves . . . and to follow and partner with Jesus in the toughest places on this planet. "We have the high privilege of answering Jesus’ call to go," Ripken says. "But let us be clear about this: we go on His terms, not ours. If we go at all, we go as sheep among wolves." Jesus gives us Himself. And He gives us the tools necessary for those who dare to journey with Him.

The Misunderstood God

Darin Hufford

Author : Darin Hufford
Publisher : Windblown Media
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781935170099

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The Misunderstood God tells the truth about who the Creator is. This book analyzes what religion says about God's heart and personality and measures it up to what God calls Himself: Love. It simplifies a generation's tangled perceptions of God by taking a journey through the sixteen aspects of love described in one of the most well-known Bible passages in the world: 1 Corinthians 13, also known as "the love chapter." So many Christians have been bombarded with confusing teachings and doctrines that their understanding of God resembles a tightly tangled ball of Christmas tree lights. This book takes that twisted mess and replaces it with one soft, warm light of truth that anyone can embrace: God is love.

Insanity and Sanctity in Byzantium

Youval Rotman

Author : Youval Rotman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674057616

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Prologue. Insanity and religion -- Part I. Sanctified insanity: between history and psychology -- The paradox that inhabits ambiguity -- Meanings of insanity -- Part II. Abnormality and social change: early Christianity vs. rabbinic Judaism -- Abnormality and social change -- Socializing nature: the ascetic totem -- Epilogue. Psychology, religion, and social change

Christianity Made Me Talk Like an Idiot

Seth Andrews

Author : Seth Andrews
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1977250823

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Christianity Made Me Talk Like an Idiot by Seth Andrews Pdf

Seth Andrews wasn't an idiot during his thirty years as an evangelical Christian. He wasn't unintelligent, nor did his IQ shift when he ultimately left religion entirely. He considered himself thoughtful, moral, reasonable, and at least as smart as the average person. In other words, he wasn't an idiot. Yet strangely, he often sounded like one. In any other context, Christians would likely smirk, scoff, or recoil at many of their "normal" beliefs and practices: reenacted Easter crucifixions, eating monthly communion "flesh," singing hymns about being washed in blood, and the embrace of a Bible containing scripture verses about golden hemorrhoids, apocalypse dragons, and human sacrifice, So what gives? Are these notions embraced only because they're familiar? Do they make any sense? And do they cause otherwise reasonable people to sound like idiots? Seth Andrews admits that, for himself, the answer was a definite yes. For everyone else? Read the book and decide.

The Inescapable Love of God

Thomas Talbott

Author : Thomas Talbott
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781625646903

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The Inescapable Love of God by Thomas Talbott Pdf

Will the love of God save us all? In this book Thomas Talbott seeks to expose the extent to which the Western theological tradition has managed to twist the New Testament message of love, forgiveness, and hope into a message of fear and guilt. According to the New Testament proclamation, he argues, God's love is both unconditional in its nature and unlimited in its scope; hence, no one need fear, for example, that God's love might suddenly turn into loveless hatred at the moment of one's physical death. For God's love remains the same yesterday, today, and forever. But neither should one ignore the New Testament theme of divine judgment, which Talbott thinks the Western theological tradition has misunderstood entirely. He argues in particular that certain patterns of fallacious reasoning, which crop up repeatedly in the works of various theologians and Bible scholars, have prevented many from appreciating St. Paul's explicit teaching that God is merciful to all in the end. This second edition of Talbott's classic work is fully revised, updated, and substantially expanded with new material. ALSO AVAILABLE IN AUDIO FORMAT The Inescapable Love of God is also available as an unabridged audiobook wonderfully narrated by the actor George W. Sarris (running time: 11 hours and 2 minutes). The audiobook can be downloaded from christianaudio.com and Audible.

The Insanity of God

Nik Ripken,Gregg Lewis

Author : Nik Ripken,Gregg Lewis
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433678646

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The Insanity of God is the personal and lifelong journey of an ordinary couple from rural Kentucky who thought they were going on just your ordinary missionary pilgrimage, but discovered it would be anything but. After spending over six hard years doing relief work in Somalia, and experiencing life where it looked like God had turned away completely and He was clueless about the tragedies of life, the couple had a crisis of faith and left Africa asking God, "Does the gospel work anywhere when it is really a hard place? It sure didn't work in Somalia. Nik recalls that, “God had always been so real to me, to Ruth, and to our boys. But was He enough, for the utter weariness of soul I experienced at that time, in that place, under those circumstances?” It is a question that many have asked and one that, if answered, can lead us to a whole new world of faith. How does faith survive, let alone flourish in a place like the Middle East? How can Good truly overcome such evil? How do you maintain hope when all is darkness around you? How can we say “greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world” when it may not be visibly true in that place at that time? How does anyone live an abundant, victorious Christian life in our world’s toughest places? Can Christianity even work outside of Western, dressed-up, ordered nations? If so, how? The Insanity of God tells a story—a remarkable and unique story to be sure, yet at heart a very human story—of the Ripkens’ own spiritual and emotional odyssey. The gripping, narrative account of a personal pilgrimage into some of the toughest places on earth, combined with sobering and insightful stories of the remarkable people of faith Nik and Ruth encountered on their journeys, will serve as a powerful course of revelation, growth, and challenge for anyone who wants to know whether God truly is enough.

The God Insanity

James Andre Blunt

Author : James Andre Blunt
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781480871991

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Humans have been suffering from an illusion, or self-deception for thousands of years. Ancient people experienced great fear, anxiety and discomfort from unexplained natural phenomena and from the hardships of a primitive life. To control these fears, they relied on defense mechanisms; with the unfortunate result, seen even today, of the widespread belief in an imaginary, supernatural being, known as God. The God Insanity will reveal this belief as an illusion—a mere by-product of ancient self-defense mechanisms intended to explain a confusing, mysterious world. Looking at the example of the Christian belief system, author James Andre Blunt uses critical thinking and logic to dismantle and disprove all of the laws and concepts of biblical Christianity, leaving no gray areas. In addition, we will discover that there is nothing remotely similar or consistent between the teachings of the Bible and the modern laws and sociocultural ethics of the United States. For too long we have been shackled to an unfounded belief system—one that has even been used to promote slavery and discrimination, among other unacceptable practices. Yet, with more knowledge about the world and its workings, and by critically examining the foundations of religious beliefs like Christianity, we can free ourselves from unconscious defense mechanisms and explore these timeless questions for ourselves.

Christianity Is Insanity: How the World's Most Popular Religion Is Based Upon a Fictional Book

William Peters

Author : William Peters
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0359832709

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Christianity Is Insanity: How the World's Most Popular Religion Is Based Upon a Fictional Book by William Peters Pdf

"Christianity is Insanity," first and foremost, holds words written in "The Bible" accountable for their usage, meaning, and claims of reality. Throughout my book, biblical chapters, verses, and words are quoted and then examined, scrutinized, questioned, disputed, and left exposed as to whether the truth has been adequately and accurately presented by those same biblical chapters, verses, and words. Word-by-word analysis of the biblical verses quoted are "put under the microscope." Every single discussion of a biblical "story" or "event" that is presented in "Christianity is Insanity" arrives at the conclusion that each story or event is fictional - without basis in reality, substantiated by utilizing the words of "The Bible" as evidence against itself.

Holy War, Martyrdom, and Terror

Philippe Buc

Author : Philippe Buc
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812290974

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Holy War, Martyrdom, and Terror by Philippe Buc Pdf

Holy War, Martyrdom, and Terror examines the ways that Christian theology has shaped centuries of conflict from the Jewish-Roman War of late antiquity through the First Crusade, the French Revolution, and up to the Iraq War. By isolating one factor among the many forces that converge in war—the essential tenets of Christian theology—Philippe Buc locates continuities in major episodes of violence perpetrated over the course of two millennia. Even in secularized or explicitly non-Christian societies, such as the Soviet Union of the Stalinist purges, social and political projects are tied to religious violence, and religious conceptual structures have influenced the ways violence is imagined, inhibited, perceived, and perpetrated. The patterns that emerge from this sweeping history upend commonplace assumptions about historical violence, while contextualizing and explaining some of its peculiarities. Buc addresses the culturally sanctioned logic that might lead a sane person to kill or die on principle, traces the circuitous reasoning that permits contradictory political actions, such as coercing freedom or pardoning war atrocities, and locates religious faith at the backbone of nationalist conflict. He reflects on the contemporary American ideology of war—one that wages violence in the name of abstract notions such as liberty and world peace and that he reveals to be deeply rooted in biblical notions. A work of extraordinary breadth, Holy War, Martyrdom, and Terror connects the ancient past to the troubled present, showing how religious ideals of sacrifice and purification made violence meaningful throughout history.

Christian Controversies

Scott Haraburda

Author : Scott Haraburda
Publisher : Meaningful Publications
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780988607217

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Christian Controversies by Scott Haraburda Pdf

"The Greatest is Love." God wants us to love our neighbors. If this is the premise of being Christian, then why do thousands of denominations claim to be the "right and true" one, implying that all others are false? The author searches for truth and explores real world issues concerning Christians throughout history and today, and the future of Christianity in this ever-changing world. Join the author as he challenges you to think outside of your comfort zone and questions what you might have been told not to question about the Word of God. This book contains many facts and true stories, some you might recognize and some from the author's own life, as he logically discusses controversial subjects such as a Perfect Bible, sex, lying, killing, ethics, Christian leadership, Bible-thumping judgment, and women's rights. It is well documented and written in easy-to-understand language to arm you with the knowledge you need to discuss Scripture in an educated and meaningful way, and to develop a real-world perspective of Christianity; a must-read for all who profess to be Christian!

White Too Long

Robert P. Jones

Author : Robert P. Jones
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781982122874

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White Too Long by Robert P. Jones Pdf

"WHITE TOO LONG draws on history, statistics, and memoir to urge that white Christians reckon with the racism of the past and the amnesia of the present to restore a Christian identity free of the taint of white supremacy"--

Christianity Without Insanity

Christianity Without Insanity by Boyd C. Purcell, Ph.D.,Dr Boyd C Purcell Ph D Pdf

Spiritual Terrorism by Boyd C. Purcell Pdf

The Insanity of God by Nik Ripken,Gregg Lewis Pdf

Raising Hell by Julie Ferwerda Pdf

The Insanity of Obedience by Nik Ripken Pdf

The Misunderstood God by Darin Hufford Pdf

Insanity and Sanctity in Byzantium by Youval Rotman Pdf

Christianity Made Me Talk Like an Idiot by Seth Andrews Pdf

The Inescapable Love of God by Thomas Talbott Pdf

The Insanity of God by Nik Ripken,Gregg Lewis Pdf

The God Insanity by James Andre Blunt Pdf

Christianity Is Insanity: How the World's Most Popular Religion Is Based Upon a Fictional Book by William Peters Pdf

Holy War, Martyrdom, and Terror by Philippe Buc Pdf

Christian Controversies by Scott Haraburda Pdf

White Too Long by Robert P. Jones Pdf

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