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To Bring the Good News to All Nations by Lauren Frances Turek Pdf
"This book examines the growth and influence of evangelical Christian foreign policy lobbying groups in the United States beginning in the 1970s, assessing the effectiveness of Christian efforts to attain foreign aid for favored regimes and to impose economic and diplomatic sanctions on those nations that persecuted Christians and stifled evangelism"--
Is the Good News of Christianity for You? People all over the world have important questions about Christianity. Who is Jesus? Is the Bible Gods Word? Is Christianity a western religion? If you are an international student or scholar who wants to understand what Christianity is about, this handbook is for you! Good News for All Nations uniquely combines Bible reading and discovery questions with clear explanations, dynamic illustrations, and ESL word definitions to help you discover the life-changing message of Gods Word. The good news of Christianity is that Jesus opens the way to God for people from all nations, cultures, and backgrounds. Are you ready to explore this good news?
'Mission is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exist because worship doesn't. Worship is ultimate.' John Piper's contemporary classic draws on key biblical texts to demonstrate that worship is the ultimate goal of the church and that proper worship fuels missionary outreach. Piper offers a biblical defence of God's supremacy in all things, providing a sound theological foundation for missions. He examines whether Jesus is the only way to salvation and issues a passionate plea for God-centredness in the missionary enterprise, seeking to define the scope of the task and the means for reaching 'all nations'. Let the Nations Be Glad! is a trusted resource for missionaries, pastors, church leaders, youth workers, seminary students, and all who want to connect their labours to God's global purposes. This third edition has been revised and expanded throughout and includes new material on the 'prosperity gospel'.
WINNER OF THE 2022 ECPA CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD FOR NEW AUTHOR Healthy relationships across cultures are possible. Dr. Michelle Reyes takes a close look at the concept of cultural accommodation found in Scripture—and especially in the letter of 1 Corinthians—to redefine how Christians interact with cultural narratives that are different from their own. Christians—whose standard of living is oneness in Christ, whose gospel is radically nonexclusive—should be at the frontlines of justice and of cross-cultural unity. But many of us struggle to reach outside of our own cultural bubbles and form real relationships that move beyond stereotypes and lead to understanding, healing, and solidarity across cultural lines. Why is that? Why is it so difficult to reconcile our call to be united in Christ with a celebration of different cultural expressions? What are the reasons for cultural differences and how do they so often lead to stereotyping, appropriation, gentrification, racism, and other forms of injustice? What does the Bible say about human beings as cultural image bearers? How do we reevaluate our awareness of culture identity in a healthy and constructive way? These are just some of the questions that Dr. Reyes explores as she faces the challenges surrounding cross-cultural relationships in America today and her thoughts on the way forward. Spoiler Alert! The way forward does require willingness to change. It requires embracing cultural discomfort. But by engaging with this book, you will be empowered to learn how to become all things to all people—that is: how to reflect Jesus' love in a multicultural, multiracial body of Christ and to share that love with a hurting world.
Revised and updated, the MacArthur Study Guide Series continues to be one of the best selling study guide series on the market today. For small group to individual use, intriguing questions and new material take the participant deeper into God s Word."
How can the church move forward in unity amid such political strife and cultural contention? As Christians, we’ve felt pushed to the outskirts of national public life, yet even within our congregations we are divided about how to respond. Some want to strengthen the evangelical voting bloc. Others focus on social justice causes, and still others would abandon the public square altogether. What do we do when brothers and sisters in Christ sit next to each other in the pews but feel divided and angry? Is there a way forward? In How the Nations Rage, political theology scholar and pastor Jonathan Leeman challenges Christians from across the spectrum to hit the restart button by shifting our focus from redeeming the nation to living as a nation already redeemed rejecting the false allure of building heaven on earth while living faithfully as citizens of a heavenly kingdom letting Jesus’ teaching shape our public engagement as we love our neighbors and seek justice When we identify with Christ more than a political party or social grouping, we can return to the church’s unchanging political task: to become the salt and light Jesus calls us to be and offer the hope of his kingdom to the nations.
Martin Goldsmith believes Churches have lost sight of the absolute priority that the Bible places on mission. He feels that some churches have become too inward-looking and fail to send or support missionaries, others preach only the lessons of practical experience and seem unaware of the wealth of teaching on the subject available in the scriptures. This book aims to offer a comprehensive insight into what the New Testament teaches about mission, the teachings of Jesus, and the challenges faced by the early church.
To All Nations From All Nations by Justo L. González,Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi Pdf
Sharing the Good News might be understood as the prime directive of the Church from its earliest times, but the Church soon discovered unforeseen obstacles and its own set of temptations, including its lust for power and domination. Although the gospel might be joyfully offered, it was not always received in the same spirit. And the Church was not always gracious with dissent and criticism. Even so, the Church continues to reach out to the least, the last, and the lost—attempting to bring them into the family of God. But for mission to be effective today, it must take advantage of indigenous resources and recognize its limitations as well as its gifts. This book broadly introduces prominent missionary practices and major historical figures using three perspectives. First, it takes into account the missionary activity proceeding from the margins rather than only discussing the center of theological and ecclesial activity. Second, it narrates the cross-cultural, cross-confessional, and cross-religious dynamics that characterize Christian missionary activity. And third, it emphasizes that much missionary activity is generated by national rather than international missionaries. The text concludes with a chapter on the postmodern and postcolonial world.
What Jesus Demands from the World by John Piper Pdf
Looks at the Gospels and examines what Christ requires of his followers in a redemptive-historical context. New and seasoned believers will see God's loving plan for their ultimate satisfaction. Now in paperback.
Looking for a trustworthy evangelistic resource for ESL outreach? Good News for All Nations is uniquely designed to teach the redemptive story of God's Word to one of the most dynamic, yet neglected mission fields of our time: international students and English language learners. This meaty handbook blends Bible discovery study methods (so that students see Biblical truth for themselves) with important explanations (so that learners understand what they are reading) to help the reader achieve maximum understanding of God's good news. In these eight lessons, students will learn the essential gospel truths about God the Creator, man the sinner, Jesus the Savior, and the need for repentance and faith. "This concise work provides both an arc of the Gospel story of Scripture and the simplicity of language needed to reach the young, the immigrant, and the seeker. This is the kind of tool that the increasingly diverse US evangelical church needs as we seek to minister the Gospel in a refreshingly historic way." ~ Philip Thompson, Online Learning Coordinator, The Gospel Coalition
The Bible tells us what to believe––the gospel. Did you know it also shows how to contextualize the gospel? In One Gospel for All Nations, Jackson Wu does more than talk about principles. He gets practical. When the biblical writers explain the gospel, they consistently use a pattern that is both firm and flexible. Wu builds on this insight to demonstrate a model of contextualization that starts with interpretation and can be applied in any culture. In the process, he explains practically why we must not choose between the Bible and culture. Wu highlights various implications for both missionaries and theologians. Contextualization should be practical, not pragmatic; theological, not theoretical.
The Calling of the Nations by Mark Vessey,Sharon Betcher,Robert Daum,Harry O. Maier Pdf
Current notions of nationhood, communal identity, territorial entitlement, and collective destiny are deeply rooted in historic interpretations of the Bible. Interweaving elements of history, theology, literary criticism, and cultural theory, the essays in this volume discuss the ways in which biblical understandings have shaped Western – and particularly European and North American – assumptions about the nature and meaning of the nation. Part of the Green College Lecture Series, this wide-ranging collection moves from the earliest Pauline and Rabbinic exegesis through Christian imperial and missionary narratives of the late Roman, medieval, and early modern periods to the entangled identity politics of 'mainstream' nineteenth-and twentieth-century North America. Taken together, the essays show that, while theories of globalization, postmodernism, and postcolonialism have all offered critiques of identity politics and the nation-state, the global present remains heavily informed by biblical-historical intuitions of nationhood.
From Double-Minded to Destiny by Tyrelle Smith Pdf
Do you battle with doubts, unbelief, and confusion? Do fear and hesitancy inhibit your steps of faith? Do you feel tossed to and fro or struggle to make decisions and then keep them? Do your thoughts race like a hamster on a wheel but leave you exhausted and no further ahead? These are symptoms of double-mindedness and you are not alone. All Christians wrestle with times of double-mindedness, but God has a roadmap; a how-to guide for standing firm in your faith with an undivided heart and singleness of mind. Through each chapter, you will engage keys for your journey that will enable you to know His unfailing love and character, remove doubt and wavering in decision making and cut off the second head of double-mindedness. You will learn to confidently use your undefeatable spiritual weapons and fight from victory to win the battle for your faith and follow God's promptings with new confidence and singleness of mind. Stop struggling and start stepping into your God-given destiny today.
25 Advent Readings by Pastor and Author John Piper Come, let us adore him. This beloved Advent refrain captures the heart of the season. Advent is for adoring Jesus. It is a season of preparation to ready our hearts for the glory of Christmas Day as we celebrate the coming of the eternal God in our frail humanity. These twenty-five short devotional readings from John Piper aim to help you keep Christ at the center of the Advent season.
