When God Rescripts Your Life

Author : Jaci Velasquez
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781400212972

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When God Rescripts Your Life by Jaci Velasquez Pdf

Much of what happens in our lives is not what we planned, not what we expected, and certainly not what we would have chosen. At a young age, Jaci Velasquez’s singing career rocketed to stardom, and her marriage thrived—then both suddenly crashed. Losing her reputation, her record label, and even some of her most-treasured relationships, Jaci began a long, healing journey from thinking of herself not as a Christian music darling or a broken young woman but as a beloved child of God. Today, her renewed faith carries her through a resurrected career, the adventures of a second marriage, and the ups-and-downs of being a mother of a child who has autism. When God Rescripts Your Life is Jaci’s exploration of the lessons she’s learned living a story full of mistakes and grace, rejection and contentment, worldly success and spiritual rest. Drawing on lessons from biblical characters such as Aaron, Joseph, and Paul, as well as from illustrations from her own life, Jaci reminds us how God loves to rewrite pain and weakness into a glorious tale of redemption. The most difficult parts of life don’t need to be removed; they need to be rescripted.

Author : Becket Cook
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781400212347

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A Change of Affection by Becket Cook Pdf

The powerful, dramatic story of how a successful Hollywood set designer whose identity was deeply rooted in his homosexuality came to be suddenly and utterly transformed by the power of the gospel. When Becket Cook moved from Dallas to Los Angeles after college, he discovered a socially progressive, liberal town that embraced not only his creative side but also his homosexuality. He devoted his time to growing his career as a successful set designer and to finding "the one" man who would fill his heart. As a gay man in the entertainment industry, Cook centered his life around celebrity-filled Hollywood parties and traveled to society hot-spots around the world--until a chance encounter with a pastor at an LA coffee shop one morning changed everything. In A Change of Affection, Becket Cook shares his testimony as someone who was transformed by the power of the gospel. Cook's dramatic conversion to Christianity and subsequent seminary training inform his views on homosexuality--personally, biblically, theologically, and culturally--and in his new book he educates Christians on how to better understand this complex and controversial issue while revealing how to lovingly engage with those who disagree. A Change of Affection is a timely and indispensable resource for anyone who desires to understand more fully one of the most common and difficult stumbling blocks to faithfully following Christ today.

Author : Sue Monk Kidd
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061998140

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When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd Pdf

The bestselling author's inspiring autobiographical account of personal pain, spiritual awakening, and divine grace. "Inspiring. Sue Monk Kidd is a direct literary descendant of Carson McCullers."—Baltimore Sun "Grounded in personal experience and bolstered with classic spiritual disciplines and Scripture, this book offers an alternative to fast-fix spirituality."—Bookstore Journal Blending her own experiences with an intimate grasp of spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis, when life seemed to have lost meaning and her longing for a hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of "active waiting."

Author : Michael English,Lynn Vincent
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781418554682

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The Prodigal Comes Home by Michael English,Lynn Vincent Pdf

A painfully honest story of human weakness and God's unending forgiveness. Thirteen years ago, amidst scandal, sin, and shattered lives, Michael English fell from the pinnacle of the Christian music world. In 1994, newspapers around the world blared the headline, "Gospel Singer Named Artist of the Year Turns in His Awards After Confirming He Had an Affair with a Fellow Married Singer." From 1994 to 2002 Michael English's life went from bad to worse. Public shame, divorce, broken relationships, drug addiction, even homelessness. But in 2002, God reached out and rescued Michael from himself. Today Michael is whole again, and in this book he tells his story of redemption.

Author : Leah Payne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780197555262

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God Gave Rock and Roll to You by Leah Payne Pdf

An entertaining history of the soundtrack of American evangelical Christianity Few things frightened conservative white Protestant parents of the 1950s and the 1960s more than thought of their children falling prey to the "menace to Christendom" known as rock and roll. The raucous sounds of Elvis Presley and Little Richard seemed tailor-made to destroy the faith of their young and, in the process, undermine the moral foundations of the United States. Parents and pastors launched a crusade against rock music, but they were fighting an uphill battle. Salvation came in a most unlikely form. Well, maybe not that unlikely--the long hair, the beards, the sandals--but still a far cry from the buttoned-up, conservative Protestantism they were striving to preserve. Yet when a revival swept through counterculture hippie communities of the West Coast in the 1960s and 1970s a new alternative emerged. Known as the Jesus Movement--and its members, more colloquially, as "Jesus freaks"--the revival was short-lived. But by combining the rock and folk music of the counterculture with religious ideas and aims of conservative white evangelicals, Jesus freaks and evangelical media moguls gave birth to an entire genre known as Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). By the 1980s and 1990s, CCM had grown into a massive, multimillion-dollar industry. Contemporary Christian artists were appearing on Top 40 radio, and some, most famously Amy Grant, crossed over into the mainstream. And yet, today, the industry is a shadow of what it once was. In this book, Leah Payne traces the history and trajectory of CCM in America and, in the process, demonstrates how the industry, its artists, and its fans shaped--and continue to shape--conservative, (mostly) white, evangelical Protestantism. For many outside observers, evangelical pop stars, interpretive dancers, puppeteers, mimes, and bodybuilders are silly expressions of kitsch. Yet Payne argues that these cultural products were sources of power, meaning, and political activism. Throughout, she draws on in-depth interviews with CCM journalists, publishers, producers, and artists, as well as archives, sales and marketing data, fan magazines, merchandise--everything that went into making CCM a thriving subculture. Ultimately, Payne argues, CCM spurred evangelical activism in more potent and lasting ways than any particular doctrine, denomination, culture war, or legislative agenda had before.

Author : Wayne Grudem,C. John Collins,Thomas R. Schreiner
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433530029

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Understanding Scripture by Wayne Grudem,C. John Collins,Thomas R. Schreiner Pdf

Originally featured as articles in the ESV Study Bible, these eighteen essays have been repurposed and republished in a convenient format. Covering a diverse range of essential subjects, including how to read the Bible well and why it is reliable, the essays delve into specific topics such as world religions, canon, and archaeology. Useful as both a general overview of the Bible and as a tool for more specific reference and training, readers of this book will grow in their understanding of Scripture and their ability to apply the Bible to their lives. Pastors, lay leaders, students, and other Christians engaged in studying God's Word will benefit from this collection, written by notable contributors, including J. I. Packer, John Piper, David Powlison, and Vern Poythress.

Author : Jaci Velasquez,Thom Granger
Publisher : Touchstone
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0684846489

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A Heavenly Place by Jaci Velasquez,Thom Granger Pdf

In a book that is part inspiration and part "straight talk from the heart", one of America's top Christian pop singers talks about morality, spirituality, and how she keeps her Christian values intact in today's complex world.

Author : Crystal McVea,Alex Tresniowski
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476711874

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Waking Up in Heaven by Crystal McVea,Alex Tresniowski Pdf

A moving autobiographical testament to the power of divine love and forgiveness, Waking Up in Heaven shares the message of hope, healing, and compassion McVea brought back from her brush with God.

Author : David Powlison
Publisher : New Growth Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781645072744

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Take Heart by David Powlison Pdf

Journey through a year with David Powlison, learning to "take heart" by meditating on his favorite Scripture passages, hymns, and biblical themes, exploring the ways God meets us with daily grace right where we live.

Author : Uriah Smith
Publisher : Review and Herald Pub Assoc
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0828019460

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Daniel and the Revelation by Uriah Smith Pdf

Author : Joyce Meyer
Publisher : FaithWords
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781455587865

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Power Words by Joyce Meyer Pdf

Joyce Meyer, # 1 New York Times bestselling author, helps readers tap into the life-changing power of positive words and prayer to overcome everyday problems in POWER WORDS. Developing the habit of speaking God's Word will unlock the power of transformation in readers' lives. In this compact derivative of her bestselling book, Me and My Big Mouth, Joyce Meyer draws from personal experience and Scripture to illustrate how prayer and positive words can be used to overcome every challenge that stands in the way of fulfillment. Joyce teaches readers how to to stop talking idly about their problems and use God's POWER WORDS to defeat them.

Author : American Bar Association. House of Delegates,Center for Professional Responsibility (American Bar Association)
Publisher : American Bar Association
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : 1590318730

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Model Rules of Professional Conduct by American Bar Association. House of Delegates,Center for Professional Responsibility (American Bar Association) Pdf

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Author : Greg Carey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1481314777

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Sinners by Greg Carey Pdf

How did early Christians remember Jesus--and how did they develop their own Christian identities and communities? In this accessible and revelatory book, Greg Carey explores how transgression contributed to early Christian identity in the Gospels, Acts, Letters of Paul, and Revelation. Carey examines Jesus as a friend of sinners, challenger of purity laws, transgressor of conventional masculine values of his time, and convicted seditionist. He looks at early Christian communities as out of step with respectable practices of their time. Finally, he provides examples of contemporary Christians whose faith requires them to do the right thing, even when it means violating current definitions of respectability.

Author : Mary Ann Shaffer,Annie Barrows
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408803318

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer,Annie Barrows Pdf

The beloved, life-affirming international bestseller which has sold over 5 million copies worldwide - now a major film starring Lily James, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay and Penelope Wilton To give them hope she must tell their story It's 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton has writer's block. But when she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey – a total stranger living halfway across the Channel, who has come across her name written in a second hand book – she enters into a correspondence with him, and in time with all the members of the extraordinary Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Through their letters, the society tell Juliet about life on the island, their love of books – and the long shadow cast by their time living under German occupation. Drawn into their irresistible world, Juliet sets sail for the island, changing her life forever.

Author : David Stone Potter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190231620

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Constantine the Emperor by David Stone Potter Pdf

With a critical eye aimed at earlier accounts of Constantine's life, the author aims to provide the most comprehensive, authoritative and readable account of the Roman emperor's extraordinary life.