Gospel Without Borders

Author : Miriam Adeney
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830893935

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Kingdom Without Borders by Miriam Adeney Pdf

The twenty-first century has opened with a rapidly changing map of Christianity. While its influence is waning in some of its traditional Western strongholds, it is growing at a phenomenal pace in the global South. And yet this story has largely eluded the corporate news brokers of the West. Layered as it is with countless personal and corporate stories of remarkable faith and witness, it nevertheless lies ghostlike behind the newsprint and webpages of our print media, outside the camera's vision on the network evening news. Miriam Adeney has lived, traveled and ministered widely. She has walked with Christians in and from the far reaches of the globe. As she pulls back the veil on real Christians--their faith, their hardships, their triumphs and, yes, their failures--an inspiring and challenging story of a kingdom that knows no borders takes shape. This is a book that coaxes us out of our comfortable lives. It beckons us to expand our vision and experience of the possibilities and promise of a faith that continues to shape lives, communities and nations.

Author : Jim Rotholz
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498209656

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Gospel Without Borders by Jim Rotholz Pdf

To what degree does culture facilitate or distort the Christian faith, the gospel of Jesus, and the life of the church? In America, the distortion is enormous. Gospel Without Borders carefully examines the complex intersection of culture and faith in America, providing insights that allow for better understanding and a more genuine experience of biblical and historic Christianity. Gospel Without Borders analyzes the formative and interactive roles that human nature and cultural history play in contemporary expressions of Christianity in America. It outlines their profound but little appreciated influence upon the shape and scope of Christian faith within society-at-large, the church, and the lives of individuals. The study illuminates the dimensions of a largely unheralded gospel message characterized by unimpeded faith that fully accords with the kingdom Jesus stridently proclaimed. It outlines the dimensions of faith freed from the disappointing forms of "culturalized" Christianity that always prove insufficient on a personal level and woefully inadequate to the demands of contemporary life within our globalizing world. Today's world can only be effectively impacted through a "gospel without borders"--a compelling gospel most Americans have yet to hear, and too many Christians--of every cultural and denominational background--have yet to fully embrace.

Author : William A. Dyrness,Oscar García-Johnson
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441248787

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Theology without Borders by William A. Dyrness,Oscar García-Johnson Pdf

Global theology represents one of the most important trends in theology today. What does it mean to do theology in a global context? How can Christian theology be understood as a conversation between different parts of the world and various streams of Christian history? This concise introduction explores the major issues involved in rethinking theology in light of the explosion of world Christianity. Combining the voices of a Western and a non-Western theologian, it integrates Western theological tradition with emerging global perspectives. This work will be of interest to theology and missiology students as well as church leaders and readers interested in the changing face of world Christianity.

Author : Ryan Roach
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666738322

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Preaching without Borders by Ryan Roach Pdf

Though the United States has been a relatively diverse nation, Americans have historically lived close to those who are ethnically and culturally like them. The unfortunate effects of slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, housing discrimination, prejudice, and bigotry have been key reasons for demographic divisions. While divisions remain, communities that were once monoethnic are experiencing changes that are enriching. The challenge for these communities is to work to break down barriers that prevent lasting authentic relationships resulting in spiritual growth. Churches in these communities are at a crossroads and face a choice: do they keep doing what is comfortable despite the changes in their neighborhoods, or do they work to resemble their neighbors? Preaching Without Borders addresses the challenges preachers face when they attempt to be faithful to the text while contextualizing it so that people of every nation, tribe, and tongue can be transformed Jesus.

Author : Melani McAlister
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190213442

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The Kingdom of God Has No Borders by Melani McAlister Pdf

Award of Merit, 2019 Christianity Today Book Awards (History/Biography) More than forty years ago, conservative Christianity emerged as a major force in American political life. Since then the movement has been analyzed and over-analyzed, declared triumphant and, more than once, given up for dead. But because outside observers have maintained a near-relentless focus on domestic politics, the most transformative development over the last several decades--the explosive growth of Christianity in the global south--has gone unrecognized by the wider public, even as it has transformed evangelical life, both in the US and abroad. The Kingdom of God Has No Borders offers a daring new perspective on conservative Christianity by shifting the lens to focus on the world outside US borders. Melani McAlister offers a sweeping narrative of the last fifty years of evangelical history, weaving a fascinating tale that upends much of what we know--or think we know--about American evangelicals. She takes us to the Congo in the 1960s, where Christians were enmeshed in a complicated interplay of missionary zeal, Cold War politics, racial hierarchy, and anti-colonial struggle. She shows us how evangelical efforts to convert non-Christians have placed them in direct conflict with Islam at flash points across the globe. And she examines how Christian leaders have fought to stem the tide of HIV/AIDS in Africa while at the same time supporting harsh repression of LGBTQ communities. Through these and other stories, McAlister focuses on the many ways in which looking at evangelicals abroad complicates conventional ideas about evangelicalism. We can't truly understand how conservative Christians see themselves and their place in the world unless we look beyond our shores.

Author : Tim Keesee
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433562600

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A Company of Heroes by Tim Keesee Pdf

“All Christians should read this book.” —Rosaria Butterfield Across the globe, the gospel is advancing through the work of Christians willing to risk everything in the hardest places. This book, written by a missions journalist as he traveled throughout twenty different countries, is filled with stories of Christians past and present whose examples of endurance, courage, sacrifice, and humility connect readers with God’s unstoppable work across the world. These heroes are simply ordinary people who have experienced the transformative power of a Savior who is alive and moving—and their stories will inspire readers to take faithfilled risks for the gospel.

Author : Gene L. Green,Stephen T. Pardue,K. K. Yeo
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783688869

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Jesus without Borders by Gene L. Green,Stephen T. Pardue,K. K. Yeo Pdf

Though the makeup of the church worldwide has undeniably shifted south and east over the past few decades, very few theological resources have taken account of these changes. Jesus without Borders — the first volume in the emerging Majority World Theology series — begins to remedy that lack, bringing together select theologians and biblical scholars from various parts of the world to discuss the significance of Jesus in their respective contexts. Offering an excellent glimpse of contemporary global, evangelical dialogue on the person and work of Jesus, this volume epitomizes the best Christian thinking from the Majority World in relation to Western Christian tradition and Scripture. The contributors engage throughout with historic Christian confessions — especially the Creed of Chalcedon — and unpack their continuing relevance for Christian teaching about Jesus today.

Author : Miriam Adeney
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002-02-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 083082345X

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Daughters of Islam by Miriam Adeney Pdf

Miriam Adeney introduces you to women such as Ladan, Khadija, Fatma and others from around the world. You'll learn about their lives, questions and hopes. And you'll gain new understanding of why Muslim women come to Christ.

Author : Leo D. Lefebure
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781647122423

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Theology without Borders by Leo D. Lefebure Pdf

Peter C. Phan’s contributions to theology and pioneering work on religious pluralism, migration, and Christian identity have made a global impact on the field. The essays in Theology without Borders offer a variety of perspectives across Phan’s fundamental work, providing an overview for anyone interested in his body of work and its influence.

Author : Norman Mailer
Publisher : Random House
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812986006

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The Gospel According to the Son by Norman Mailer Pdf

Norman Mailer fused fact and fiction to create indelible portraits of such figures as Marilyn Monroe, Gary Gilmore, and Lee Harvey Oswald. In The Gospel According to the Son, Mailer reimagines, as no other modern author has, the key character of Western history. Here is Jesus Christ’s story in his own words: the discovery of his divinity and the painful, powerful journey to accepting and expressing it, “as if I were a man enclosing another man within.” In its brevity and piercing simplicity, it may be Mailer’s most accessible, direct, and heartfelt work. Praise for The Gospel According to the Son “Quietly penetrating . . . [Norman Mailer’s] gospel is written in a direct, rather relaxed English that yet has an eerie, neo-Biblical dignity.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “A book of considerable intellectual force . . . The writer’s powerful mind works in a specialized way, not by theological argumentation but by telling or retelling a story.”—The New York Review of Books “Challenges readers on the religious right and the atheist left with equally rich interpretive tasks.”—The Dallas Morning News “An informed and believable work of fiction . . . of what may have been going through the mind of Jesus during his epic ministry.”—San Francisco Chronicle Praise for Norman Mailer “[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.”—The New York Times “A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.”—The New Yorker “Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure.”—The Washington Post “A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.”—Life “Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.”—The New York Review of Books “The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.”—Chicago Tribune “Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.”—The Cincinnati Post

Author : Zwick, Mark,Zwick, Louise
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781616436452

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Mercy Without Borders by Zwick, Mark,Zwick, Louise Pdf

This book is the Zwicks' story, a Catholic Worker story, interwoven with the stories, the joys, hopes, and tragedies of immigrants who have come to Houston, and an impassioned plea for a change in the political and economic forces that drive people to immigrate.

Author : Lucia Bellaspiga
Publisher : Ainosco Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789866286728

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Doctor Without Borders：Portrait of Carlo Urbani by Lucia Bellaspiga Pdf

Carlo Urbani was an infective disease specialist with a beaming career, one of the most experienced in the world. He has received the Nobel Peace Prize as a national president of Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, MSF). On March 29, Urbani, ironically as the very first doctor discovering Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), was killed by the mysterious virus in a remote hospital of the Far East. Doctor Without Borders: Portrait of Carlo Urbani documents his remarkable life stories by including contents of manuscripts, interviews, and letters, in an attempt to honor Urbani’s memories in every way possible.

Author : Jeffrey Thomas VanderWilt
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Lord's Supper
ISBN : 0814658784

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A Church Without Borders by Jeffrey Thomas VanderWilt Pdf

"What kind of Church arises from the Lord's table?" "Doctrine, customs, culture, and history divide the Churches. Christians do not share a common table. Can a divided and injured Church celebrate the Eucharist, the sacrament of Christian communion?" "These are a few of the questions addressed in this study of the ecclesiology of communion. The "borderless" Church of the infinite love of Christ exists today. The divided Churches need only receive the communion of God as their innermost nature - at the borderless table of God's kingdom."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Emmanuel R. Fernandez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9715062938

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A Sanctuary Without Borders by Emmanuel R. Fernandez Pdf

Author : Linda Vannoy-Castillo
Publisher : Broadstreet Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1424557615

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Live Without Borders by Linda Vannoy-Castillo Pdf

"Consider going on the adventure of your life--one of profound love, real joy, and many surprises along the way. [This book] is the true story of Linda Vannoy-Castillo, who chose to follow Jesus at age five, and three years later began her fifty-plus-year journey as a missionary. Her story is an inspirational illustration of a life dedicated to saying yes to Jesus anytime, anywhere--through disappointments, death of a spouse, infertility, and cancer diagnoses. In this book you will see Jesus at every turn and begin to understand that guidance is always nearby; detours can be unplanned adventures; relationships hold us and mold us; your life has a purpose and a plan. You are designed by God for something only you can do. Learn from your past, take charge of your present, and plan for your future."--