Sin Bravely

Author : Maggie Rowe
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781593766597

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A tour de force, voice-driven debut that examines how one woman finally found the middle ground between Heaven and Hell--an NPR Best Book of the Year. As a young girl, Maggie Rowe took the idea of salvation very seriously. Growing up in a moderately religious household, her fear of eternal damnation turned into a childhood terror that drove her to become an outrageously dedicated Born-again Christian —regularly slinging Bible verses in cutthroat scripture memorization competitions and assaulting strangers at shopping malls with the “good news” that they were going to hell. Finally, at nineteen, crippled by her fear, she checked herself in to an Evangelical psychiatric facility. And that is where her journey really began. Surrounded by a ragtag cast of characters, including a former biker meth-head struggling with anger management issues, a set of identical twins tormented by erotic fantasies, a World War II veteran and artist of denial who insists that he’s only “locked up for a tune-up,” and a warm and upbeat chronic depressive who becomes the author’s closest ally, Maggie launches a campaign to, in the words of Martin Luther, "Sin bravely in order to know the forgiveness of God."

Author : Mark Ellingsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441128331

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Sin Bravely by Mark Ellingsen Pdf

Mark Ellingsen dares you to go ahead and sin bravely! In this refreshing and unique book, he challenges the religious legalism pervasive throughout American evangelicalism today and encourages a new understanding of what it means to be both a Christian and a human being. Equipped with the joyful, rebellious vision of Martin Luther, father of the Protestant reformation, and the latest in neuroscientific research, Ellingsen offers a new approach for healthy living - one opposed to the duty-oriented, selfish and stifling conception of faith that has gained such a strong foothold in contemporary American culture. It is an approach that fully embraces the active role that God's grace plays in each person's life and the fun and freedom one gains from it. Beginning with the first theological analysis of Rick Warren's brand of Christianity, this book exposes the burdens and narcissism that purpose-driven and duty-bound living encourages, and includes the purveyors of the Prosperity Gospel, taught by such influential preachers like Joel Osteen, in his critique. Ellingsen writes that brave sinners, aware of God's grace in their lives, instead say "no" to narcissism and "yes" to healthy risk-taking that gets beyond selfish desires to the desire to help one another. When people sin bravely, acknowledging that everything done is done in sin with God's saving grace acting upon them, people can learn to recognize God. This awareness leads to freedom and joy, since the pressure is now removed to do and be good. In addition, total dependence on God entails a self-forgetfulness that leads to happiness. The more boldly someone acknowledges their sin, in failing to take credit for the good they have done, the more focused on God the individual becomes. Correspondingly, this self-forgetful lifestyle is a promising counter-cultural alternative to the cultural narcissism, which so dominate in many segments of contemporary American society. This book demonstrates both how and why brave sinning leads to joy, and in so doing offers readers practical advice on living this way. Ellingsen also cites recent neurobiological findings showing that when people forget themselves in order to focus on bigger projects, the pleasure centers of the brain are stimulated and people become happier and more content. It is this joyous risk-taking that he suggests brings people closer together, closer to God, and closer to a better understanding of themselves. Sin Bravely dares to be that joyful alternative to the purpose driven life.

Author : Ted Peters,Martin E. Marty
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451487688

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Sin Boldly! by Ted Peters,Martin E. Marty Pdf

Can faith as trusting God make a difference? Absolutely--by relieving our anxiety over self-justification and the need to scapegoat others. When we discover we don't justify ourselves because God has justified us, we become free. What Sin Boldly! points to is the presence of the crucified and living Christ in the human soul, placed there by the Holy Spirit. And this becomes transformative. Sin Boldly! provides an experiential analysis of the contrast between self-justification and justification by God. Those among us with fragile souls are anxious, and we shore up our anxiety with walls of self-justification that victimize those whom we scapegoat. Those among us with broken souls have lost the very moral universe that makes any kind of justification possible, and this usually leads to anomie and suicide. We must pose the question: how can the gospel of grace provide transformation for both fragile and broken souls? After an exposition of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, this book proposes the following answer: trusting in the God of grace relieves anxiety and provides a divine vocation that transcends our moral universe with the promise of forgiveness, renewal, and resurrection.

Author : Maggie Rowe
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781593766665

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Sin Bravely by Maggie Rowe Pdf

A tour de force, voice-driven debut that examines how one woman finally found the middle ground between Heaven and Hell--an NPR Best Book of the Year. As a young girl, Maggie Rowe took the idea of salvation very seriously. Growing up in a moderately religious household, her fear of eternal damnation turned into a childhood terror that drove her to become an outrageously dedicated Born-again Christian —regularly slinging Bible verses in cutthroat scripture memorization competitions and assaulting strangers at shopping malls with the “good news” that they were going to hell. Finally, at nineteen, crippled by her fear, she checked herself in to an Evangelical psychiatric facility. And that is where her journey really began. Surrounded by a ragtag cast of characters, including a former biker meth-head struggling with anger management issues, a set of identical twins tormented by erotic fantasies, a World War II veteran and artist of denial who insists that he’s only “locked up for a tune-up,” and a warm and upbeat chronic depressive who becomes the author’s closest ally, Maggie launches a campaign to, in the words of Martin Luther, "Sin bravely in order to know the forgiveness of God."

Author : Peter Bayne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101074363282

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Martin Luther, His Life and Work by Peter Bayne Pdf

Author : Julius Köstlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Lutheran Church
ISBN : HARVARD:32044105521264

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The Theology of Luther in Its Historical Development and Inner Harmony by Julius Köstlin Pdf

Author : Mark Ellingsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826429643

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Sin Bravely by Mark Ellingsen Pdf

Mark Ellingsen dares you to go ahead and sin bravely! In this refreshing and unique book, he challenges the religious legalism pervasive throughout American evangelicalism today and encourages a new understanding of what it means to be both a Christian and a human being. Equipped with the joyful, rebellious vision of Martin Luther, father of the Protestant reformation, and the latest in neuroscientific research, Ellingsen offers a new approach for healthy living - one opposed to the duty-oriented, selfish and stifling conception of faith that has gained such a strong foothold in contemporary American culture. It is an approach that fully embraces the active role that God's grace plays in each person's life and the fun and freedom one gains from it. Beginning with the first theological analysis of Rick Warren's brand of Christianity, this book exposes the burdens and narcissism that purpose-driven and duty-bound living encourages, and includes the purveyors of the Prosperity Gospel, taught by such influential preachers like Joel Osteen, in his critique. Ellingsen writes that brave sinners, aware of God's grace in their lives, instead say "no" to narcissism and "yes" to healthy risk-taking that gets beyond selfish desires to the desire to help one another. When people sin bravely, acknowledging that everything done is done in sin with God's saving grace acting upon them, people can learn to recognize God. This awareness leads to freedom and joy, since the pressure is now removed to do and be good. In addition, total dependence on God entails a self-forgetfulness that leads to happiness. The more boldly someone acknowledges their sin, in failing to take credit for the good they have done, the more focused on God the individual becomes. Correspondingly, this self-forgetful lifestyle is a promising counter-cultural alternative to the cultural narcissism, which so dominate in many segments of contemporary American society. This book demonstrates both how and why brave sinning leads to joy, and in so doing offers readers practical advice on living this way. Ellingsen also cites recent neurobiological findings showing that when people forget themselves in order to focus on bigger projects, the pleasure centers of the brain are stimulated and people become happier and more content. It is this joyous risk-taking that he suggests brings people closer together, closer to God, and closer to a better understanding of themselves. Sin Bravely dares to be that joyful alternative to the purpose driven life.

Author : David J. Lose
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506446929

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Making Sense of Martin Luther by David J. Lose Pdf

Making Sense of Martin Luther uses a conversational format to explore how Luther’s dynamic understanding of God’s life-changing gospel informs day-to-day faith and life in the world today. Introduction: Luther as Monk, Myth, and Messenger Chapter 1: The Reluctant Reformer—Introducing “the Monk Who Changed the World” Chapter 2: Freedom! Justification by Grace through Faith Chapter 3: The Present-Tense God—Law and Gospel Chapter 4: The Ambidextrous God—The Two Kingdoms and God’s Ongoing Work in the World Chapter 5: Called for Good—Vocation, Sinning Boldly, and the Respiratory System of the Body of Christ Chapter 6: God Hidden and Revealed—Luther’s Theology of the Cross and the Sacraments Chapter 7: Semper Simul—Sin, Forgiveness, and “Becoming Christian” Accompanying leader guide and DVD are available.

Author : Peter Bayne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UGA:32108019182487

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Books 8-15 by Peter Bayne Pdf

Author : Horatius Bonar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Bible
ISBN : HARVARD:HN5D61

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Light and Truth by Horatius Bonar Pdf

Author : Horatius Bonar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Bible
ISBN : UOM:39015063633161

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Light & Truth by Horatius Bonar Pdf

Author : William H. Traugott
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781434961990

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Where To, with Love? by William H. Traugott Pdf

Author : Ewan Fernie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136178573

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The Demonic by Ewan Fernie Pdf

Are we either good or bad, and do we really know the difference? Why do we want what we cannot have, and even to be what we’re not? Can we desire others without wanting to possess them? Can we open to others and not risk possession ourselves? And where, in these cases, do we draw the line? Ewan Fernie argues that the demonic tradition in literature offers a key to our most agonised and intimate experiences. The Demonic ranges across the breadth of Western culture, engaging with writers as central and various as Luther, Shakespeare, Hegel, Dostoevsky, Melville and Mann. A powerful foreword by Jonathan Dollimore brings out its implications as an intellectual and stylistic breakthrough into new ways of writing criticism. Fernie unfolds an intense and personal vision, not just of Western modernity, but of identity, morality and sex. As much as it’s concerned with the great works, this is a book about life.

Author : Cathleen Falsani
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310279471

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Sin Boldly by Cathleen Falsani Pdf

In this guide to grace, Falsani explains that justice is getting what one deserves; mercy is not getting what one deserves; and grace is getting what someone absolutely doesn't deserve.

Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004496484

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Handbook of Rabbinic Theology by Jacob Neusner Pdf

From his study of the rabbinic literature, Jacob Neusner shows how the rabbinic documents give expression to a theological system. Neusner discusses the how divine thought came to expression and he shows how the implicit theological system is expressed in the rules for the life of God’s chosen people. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.