Randal Cole is the troubled pastor of a small, inner city church. After a prayer meeting, leaves church deciding to resign, but is approached by mysterious man outside who makes an unusual request – to place a single penny in the church offering the coming Sunday. Randal agrees and soon finds himself at the center of a growing global movement transforming lives throughout the world.But all does not go well. In the midst of his newfound success, a sudden sickness and dark secret threaten to destroy Randal's family and blossoming ministry. With the aid of a godly messenger and the power of faith, can Randal overcome disappointment, personal tragedy and wavering faith to become an unlikely here able to change the world?
40 Days of Faith is a devotional for anyone who desires a closer relationship with Christ and an outpouring of His anointing. Each time a person spent forty days praying, fasting, and seeking the Lord they came out of that period spiritually stronger and anointed. The same can happen with you as you follow the plan of forty individual days of reading, prayer and fasting each week laid out in this book. Each daily reading includes a carefully selected scripture along with an explanation of that particular verse. Each week in the 40 Days of Faith has a particular theme to help the reader focus on specific area. The six themes are:Week 1 – PrayerWeek 2 – Knowing GodWeek 3 – The Holy SpiritWeek 4 – SalvationWeek 5 – IntercessionWeek 6 – HolinessThis is a structured program which requires daily discipline and faithfulness and will produce daily results. By the end of the forty-day period, your faith will be greatly increased and you will experience a closer relationship with Christ. You will also see an increase in your effectiveness in prayer and knowledge of God's Word. Prepare to walk with the Lord each day and have him walk with you.
Have You Wondered What Life Will Be Like After the Rapture Will Jesus Christ return to rule the earth? Will there still be nations and governments? How will the saints be rewarded and what role will they play in the affairs of earth? With over 125 referenced scriptures, Revelation is revealed in Living in the New Millennium and Beyond. No other book makes the mystery of our future relationship with Jesus Christ clear like this one! Find out how we will we worship God after the Rapture Find out how what kind of lifestyle we will have in the New Millennium Learn what happens during The 1000 Year New Millennium period, The Day of Judgment, and The New Heaven and New Earth View a list of every scripture relating to End Times, The 1000 Year New Millennium period, The Day of Judgment, and The New Heaven and New Earth
No one knows the day or hour of the Rapture, but the Bible does provide specific details and instructions in the Old and New Testament about what will happen to prepare us for this event. This book takes an in-depth look at these events and instructions as well as: -The definition of the resurrection -The signs preceding the Second coming of Jesus Christ-14 specific events which occur before the Rapture -The relationship between the Tribulation Period and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ -Whether or not the Resurrection is different from the Second Coming of Jesus Christ -An examination of the "Resurrection Parables" -The current State of the Church in relation to the Rapture -A checklist to see if you are personally ready for the rapture This book will equip and motivate you to prepare for the rapture igniting a powerful passion to "know him and the power of his resurrection." -Philippians 3:10
40 Days of Faith is a devotional for anyone who desires a closer relationship with Christ and an outpouring of His anointing. Each time a person spent forty days praying, fasting and seeking the Lord they came out of that time period spiritually stronger and anointed. The same can happen with you as you go through the forty individual days of reading and prayer along with one day of fasting each week that are laid out in this book. Each daily readings include a carefully selected scripture along with an explanation of that particular verse. Each week in the 40 Days of Faith has a particular theme to help the reader focus on specific area. The six themes are: Week 1 – Prayer Week 2 – Knowing God Week 3 – The Holy Spirit Week 4 – Salvation Week 5 – Intercession Week 6 – Holiness This is a structured program which requires daily discipline and faithfulness and will produce daily results. By the end of the forty day period, your faith will be greatly increased and you will experience a closer relationship with Christ. You will also see an increase in your effectiveness in prayer and knowledge of God’s Word. Prepare to walk with the Lord each day and have him walk with you.
Ideas and the presidency flirt with each other, but can they really get along? "My Affair with Clinton" captures how the president's seductive charisma and the high hopes of the '60s generation came together in an exhilarating and disappointing "affair".
Nassir Ibrahim Berzovsky, the son of a Jewish mother and Muslim father is groomed from childhood by dark forces to one day control the entire world. He rises to political and military prominence, consolidating political states, religions and the world economy into one global entity. Opposing Nassir is Terry Sanders, the pastor of a small church in Lansing, Michigan and one of a select few given a plan by God to survive the imminent Tribulation Period. Sensing the Rapture is near and fearing persecution, he marshals his church into hiding to await the Coming of the Lord, but soon finds himself at the epicenter of a global spiritual revival and becomes the target of demonic destruction and angelic protection. Experience epic spiritual warfare across the natural and supernatural planes as told from the perspectives of the angels, demons and people vying for the souls of humanity.
The Ten Greatest Prayers of the Bible explores the intersection between ordinary and great prayers. Featuring actual prayers from biblical heroes such as Solomon, Hezekiah, Jesus and many others, this book shows you how to pray and achieve results from God the way that spiritual giants of the Bible did. In this book, you will: • Learn why profound vocabularies and long speeches are not necessary in order to achieve miraculous results • Learn how spoken and unspoken prayers can unlock healing, miracles and great blessings • Learn how to pray and receive what you ask from God and more! • Examine what roles faith, humility, brokenness and the willingness to struggle play in getting your prayers answered. This thorough study of the Bible’s greatest prayers reveals astounding truths about prayer and how to actually get miraculous results. By the time you finish this book, your old notions will be replaced by the reality of how real people prayed and achieved tremendous results. Prepare to move beyond rituals and learn how to shake heaven and earth as you pray the way great people of the Bible did.
Switzerland today is faced with a profound dilemma—its village life is dying, a casualty of the collision between communal norms and the need for national survival in an industrial, urbanizing world. Benjamin Barber traces the origins and evolution of communal liberty in the group of alpine villages that make up modern Canton Graubunden, and recreates their poignant thousand-year struggle to maintain this tradition in the face of a hostile environment, hierarchical feudal institutions, and European power polities. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Offers a vivid portrait of a global economy that overproduces goods and targets children as consumers ... where the primary goal is no longer to manufacture goods but needs." - cover.
In our crowded, noisy world—too many people, too much crime, too many wars, not enough time—it seems almost impossible to locate and preserve the common ground where a civil society might flourish. Whatever happened to the civic virtue and community life that nourished true democracy? In this provocative, hard-hitting book, political scientist Benjamin Barber tackles these questions head-on and, in answering them, retrieves the ideals of "civil society" from the nostalgists who want to re-create old-fashioned (and discriminatory) small communities and from the free-marketeers who associate it with unfettered commercial activity. Commentators have been making a fashion of civil society, but they tend to mean many different things by the phrase: this bracingly clear book shows how diverse the various notions are and how best to think about them. Barber proposes practical strategies for making civil society real, for civilizing public discourse and promoting civic debate, and for affirming values beyond those of work and leisure, commerce and bureaucracy.
The Ten Greatest Prayers of the Bible explores the intersection between ordinary and great prayers. Featuring actual prayers from biblical heroes such as Solomon, Hezekiah, Jesus and many others, this book shows you how to pray and achieve results from God the way that spiritual giants of the Bible did. In this book, you will 1) Learn why profound vocabularies and long speeches are not necessary in order to achieve miraculous results 2) Learn how spoken and unspoken prayers can unlock healing, miracles and great blessings 3) Learn how to pray and receive what you ask from God 4) Examine what roles faith, humility, brokenness and the willingness to struggle play in getting your prayers answered.This thorough study of the Bible's greatest prayers reveals astounding truths about prayer reveals how to actually get miraculous results. By the time you finish this book, your old notions will be replaced by the reality of how real people prayed and achieved tremendous results. Prepare to move beyond rituals and learn how to shake heaven and earth as you pray the way great people of the Bible did!
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened." Matthew 7:7-8 Jesus made three specific promises about prayer: 1. Everyone Asking in prayer will receive. 2. Everyone Seeking something in prayer will find what they are looking for. 3. Everyone Knocking on spiritual doors in prayer will eventually see them opened. With such an incredible guarantee, why are we not receiving everything we ask for? Either Matthew 7:7-8 is not true, or we need to learn the true meaning of Asking, Seeking and Knocking. It's time to take hold of the promise and begin Asking, Seeking and Knocking our way toward guaranteed results! This book is divided into three sections, which examine Asking, Seeking and Knocking, followed by a 7 day devotional.
The title 'Son of Man' in the Gospel of John is an apocalyptic reference that highlights, among a number of things, that Jesus is a heavenly figure. Benjamin E. Reynolds analyzes the background of 'Son of Man' from the 'one like a son of man' in Daniel 7 and the interpretations of this figure in Jewish apocalyptic and early Christian literature. Although there is no established 'Son of Man concept', the Danielic son of man is interpreted with common characteristics that suggest there was at least some general understanding of this figure in the Second Temple period. The author shows that these common characteristics are noticeable throughout the Son of Man sayings in John's Gospel. The context and the interpretation of these sayings point to an understanding of the Johannine Son of Man similar to those in the interpretations of the Danielic figure. However, even though these similarities exist, the Johannine figure is distinct from the previous interpretations, just as they are distinct from one another. One obvious difference is the present reality of the Son of Man's role in judgment and salvation. The Johannine Son of Man is an apocalyptic figure, and thus 'Son of Man' does not function to draw attention to Jesus' humanity in the Gospel of John. Nor is the title synonymous with 'Son of God'. 'Son of Man' may overlap in meaning with other titles, particularly 'Son of God' and 'Messiah', but 'Son of Man' points to aspects of Jesus' identity that are not indicated by any other title. Along with the other titles, it helps to present a richer Christological portrait of the Johannine Jesus.
John among the Apocalypses explains John's distinctive narrative of Jesus's life by comparing it to Jewish apocalypses and highlighting the central place of revelation in the Gospel. By engaging with modern genre theory, Reynolds reveals surprising similarities of form, content, and function between John's Gospel and Jewish apocalypses.
We keep recycling the same stories, because they're worth it. This book explores one such narrative--the story of a weighty grace and the road beyond--in the light of five compelling works of literature: Les Misérables, the tale of St. Moses, the parable of the Prodigal Son, The Velveteen Rabbit, and Crime & Punishment.This collection brings together the work of authors, poets, and artists from the East Tennessee region, exploring these stories and their common themes through a variety of mediums.
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