Do you want to learn the language of faith? Find true happiness? Improve your self–image? Build right relationships? Receive a healing? Experience God daily? You can accomplish these objectives consistently, every day. David Yonggi Cho, pastor of the world's largest church in Seoul, South Korea, shows in this power–packed...
A commemorative look at 50 years of Dr. Cho¿s min-istry of hope, released in time for his retirement this summer. Over the years, as he struggled to bring hope to people and build his church, God taught Dr. Cho not to depend upon himself but totally upon the Holy Spirit. In this book Dr. Cho tells the stories of his temptations and doubts, failures and successes, and how the Holy Spirit was with him in every situa-tion. The teaching in this book will inspire the reader to stand strong in the face of adversity, doubt, and fear. Followers worldwide will add this highly antici-pated autobiography to their collection of Dr. Cho¿s coveted works.
A commemorative look at 50 years of Dr. Cho¿s min-istry of hope, released in time for his retirement this summer. Over the years, as he struggled to bring hope to people and build his church, God taught Dr. Cho not to depend upon himself but totally upon the Holy Spirit. In this book Dr. Cho tells the stories of his temptations and doubts, failures and successes, and how the Holy Spirit was with him in every situa-tion. The teaching in this book will inspire the reader to stand strong in the face of adversity, doubt, and fear. Followers worldwide will add this highly antici-pated autobiography to their collection of Dr. Cho¿s coveted works.
Paul Yonggi Cho, pastor of the world's largest and fastest growing church, bestselling author and popular speaker reveals secrets for answered prayer, church renewal, and personal growth.
With 2,000 years of commentary and writings on the Lord’s Prayer, is it possible to glean anything new? Power Praying proves the answer is “yes!” Unique and transformational describe the content of this personal or group study. You will be excited and challenged as you dig deeply into this model prayer. Learn to tap into the same power—through prayer—that was displayed in Jesus’ ministry. Power Praying can be used as an individual read, or in a group study. Divided into 8 weeks, each week looks at a phrase from the Lord’s Prayer and provides helpful suggestions on including its principles in your own prayer life.
Paul Yonggi Cho, pastor of the world's largest and fastest growing church, bestselling author and popular speaker reveals secrets for answered prayer, church renewal, and personal growth.
The meaning of “the millennium”—the thousand-year reign of Christ spoken of in Revelation 20—has been controversial for much of the church’s history, and even the main perspectives on the matter turn out to be more variegated than is often realized. This book takes the oldest of those options, premillennialism, and offers an excellent introduction to a variety of models of premillennialism currently available, including classical dispensationalism, progressive dispensationalism, historic premillennialism, thematic premillennialism, and historic premillennialism in Asian context. The product of collaboration between a systematic theologian and a New Testament scholar, this book provides a fascinating reference tool for anyone interested in what Scripture teaches about the last things of redemptive history, the Parousia, and the millennial kingdom.
This fresh look at small groups starts with people and principles rather than program and structure. Stark and Wieland examine why many small-group ministries fall short of their goals, and they offer strategies that start with God's leading and people's needs. Straightforward, informative, and practical, this new organic system works for smaller churches as well as larger ones. Useful for lay leaders, small-group members, and pastors who want people to thrive and develop their spiritual gifts.
In 1974 nearly 3,000 evangelicals from 150 nations met at the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization. Amidst this cosmopolitan setting - and in front of the most important white evangelical leaders of the United States - members of the Latin American Theological Fraternity spoke out against the American Church. Fiery speeches by Ecuadorian René Padilla and Peruvian Samuel Escobar revealed a global weariness with what they described as an American style of coldly efficient mission wedded to myopic, right-leaning politics. Their bold critiques electrified Christians from around the world. The dramatic growth of Christianity around the world in the last century has shifted the balance of power within the faith away from the traditional strongholds of Europe and the United States to the Global South. To be sure, Western missionaries have carried religion abroad, but the line of influence has often run the other way. David R. Swartz demonstrates that evangelicals in the Global South spoke frankly to American evangelicals on matters of race, imperialism, theology, sexuality, and social justice. From the left, they have pushed for racial egalitarianism, ecumenism, and more substantial development efforts. From the right, they have advocated for a conservative sexual ethic. They forced American Christians to think more critically about their own assumptions. The United States is just one node of a sprawling global network that includes Korea, India, Switzerland, the Philippines, Guatemala, Uganda, and Thailand. Telling stories of the diverse array of evangelicals around the world, Swartz shows that evangelical networks don't only extend outward, but back home from the ends of the earth.
Our God is a God of faith, and it takes faith to please Him. It is easy to have faith in the little things, and many Christians exercise their faith by what they can see, hear and or feel; but omit to realise that God revealed Himself through Jesus, and set Jesus before us as the One to whom we must entrust ourselves for salvation. This Christian book explains what faith is, and elaborates on how we are to mature our faith through a relationship with Jesus in order to experience God at work in our lives! This book explains through examples how we, as Christians, are to walk by faith and not be dependent on our feelings or circumstances, by realising that faith is simply the hand that takes from the hand of God. ,
The word on spreading the word ... The Evangelical Christian movement is the fastest growing segment of American religion with 42% of all Christians in America identifying themselves as Evangelicals. Now, Evangelical Pastor David Cobia shares the genesis, history, and culture of this religion in America with a balanced, accessible tone. He also touches upon the controversies it's spawned regarding such topics as school curriculum, abortion, gay rights, and family structure. Written both for those inside the movement and those wanting to know more, it gives a clear, factual portrait of what this growing Christian movement is all about. --Balanced, positive yet objective tone and presentation of information --Provides a complete history of the movement, details about specific services and rituals, and interviews with Evangelical Christians about their beliefs and lifestyles --Discusses controversial topics and how Evangelical Christians feel about them
Discusses how to plant new churches in North America and around the world by examining important sociological, anthropological, and historical perspectives. Focuses on church-planting methods, selecting target areas, using effective resources, and measuring growth. Also includes data on the sending church and the Christian mission and other related material.
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible (Hebrews 11:3). Is there something beyond your current Christian experience? Is God calling you to the next level of His glory? Through Scripture and firsthand experience, David Herzog’s Glory Invasion unravels the mysteries of: Quantum Physics and the Glory Prophetic and Revelatory Glory Walking on Water and through Walls Invading Governments with the Glory Geographical Portals and Gateways Creative Miracles and Resurrections Dreams, Visions, and Being Transported This expanded edition brings an intimate God-experience into your personal space and time. You can walk in resurrection glory where people, body parts, prophecies, and callings that have been dormant are resurrected. You can learn how to access Heaven, creating revival and accelerating miraculous harvests from sowing in the glory zone. God is waiting for you to realize that your dream, prophecy, desire, or miracle is not dead—only sleeping! God is ready—today—to awaken those promises as you open yourself to His abundant glory.
The focus of this study is upon ecstasy as the confusing antecedent of Corinthian glossolalia. Most commentators accept ecstasy as the most significant characteristic of the Corinthian Christian glossolalic phenomenon. This assumption is questioned in this research, because it needs to be clarified. It is contended that ecstasy is the confusing element because it was characteristic of the contemporary Corinthian mystery religious practice and that that background was carried into the Corinthian church thus colouring Paul’s treatment of the subject. It is not to be seen as an essential element of glossolalia. Most commentators agree that the glossolalic phenomenon in the Acts is different from that at Corinth. What then is a valid charismatic glossolalia? It is contended that the Acts draws attention to the only authentic cases (and they are three) of glossolalia in the Bible. The book of First Corinthians gives a corrective to an abuse, with no clear authentication of a gift. Paul gives guidelines necessitated by the background of religious ecstasy. Hence, instead of proposing ground rules for a valid spiritual expression, it becomes apparent that First Corinthians is giving a restrained corrective against an abuse of contemporary culture that masqueraded as an authentic Christian experience. It is ecstasy that is the confusing element to this picture. It should be added, that the Acts experiences speak of valid one-stage linguistic phenomena, whilst the gift to the church in 1 Corinthians is clearly a two-stage phenomenon. Bergsma, reflecting on the repetitious and almost daily "unsignificant (sic) revelations" of modern glossolalists, believes that they are "misguided or ... presumptuous. It is like the Himalayan Mountain in obstetrical labour and producing a mouse!” The preoccupation and emphasis is out of all proportion to the minimal benefits derived, and indeed the mischief it generates. The overall significance of the study is to provide a basis for authenticating a valid glossolalic expression, and all this comes from the foundation of the test case in Corinth, which in turn is dependent upon an understanding of ecstasy in the antecedent Mystery Religions of Corinthian contemporary society. Dr Clifford Wilson - himself a prolific author – urged: “Whatever else happens, you must publish the historic material, there are very few people who have any idea of the true background of glossolalia within their denominations”.
It is widely understood that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution completely revolutionized the study of biology. Yet, according to David Sloan Wilson, the Darwinian revolution won’t be truly complete until it is applied more broadly—to everything associated with the words “human,” “culture,” and “policy.” In a series of engaging and insightful examples—from the breeding of hens to the timing of cataract surgeries to the organization of an automobile plant—Wilson shows how an evolutionary worldview provides a practical tool kit for understanding not only genetic evolution but also the fast-paced changes that are having an impact on our world and ourselves. What emerges is an incredibly empowering argument: If we can become wise managers of evolutionary processes, we can solve the problems of our age at all scales—from the efficacy of our groups to our well-being as individuals to our stewardship of the planet Earth.
IF THERE WERE SUCH A JOB AS THE NATION’S PASTOR, IT WOULD GO TO BILLY GRAHAM Graham wasn’t born with a mandate to become the face of modern evangelism. Growing up, he wasn’t much different from other boys in his town. Billy was more interested in going to the movies than the moving of the Holy Spirit, and he spent more time chasing girls than God. But at a revival meeting the day before his sixteenth birthday, Graham committed himself to Christ and never looked back. That day, he started on the path that would make him the most influential Christian leader in American history. In Billy Graham: His Life and Influence, acclaimed author David Aikman probes critical episodes of Graham’s life that help explain his profound impact, both on the public life of America and other nations and the private lives of their cultural and political leaders. From the racial upheaval of the civil rights movement to the social turmoil of the cold war, Aikman traces Graham’s profound influence on a nation as it went through wrenching changes over the span of more than a half century. Through vivid anecdotes and fascinating details, Billy Graham: His Life and Influence tells the story of how a country boy from Charlotte with a heart for God grew up to help shape the world.
This fully updated Sixth Edition of Religion in Sociological Perspective introduces students to the basic theories and methods in the field, and shows them how to apply these analytic tools to new groups they encounter. Authors Keith A Roberts and David Yamane explore three interdependent subsystems of religion—meaning, structure, and belonging—and their connections to the larger social structure. While they cover the major theoretical paradigms of the field and employ various middle-range theories to explore specific processes, they use the open systems model as a single unifying framework to integrate the theories and enhance student understanding.
In 1988, The General Conference of the United Methodist Church restored class leaders and class meetings to the Book of Discipline after an absence of fifty years. In this volume, David Lowes Watson explains what the recovery of this tradition can mean for congregations, and offers some guidelines for the revitalized office of class leader. Adapting the later Methodist class meeting as a pastoral subdivision of the congregation, Watson shows how class leaders, under the supervision of the pastor, can nurture the discipline of other church members in light of a "General Rule of Discipline" derived from the early Methodist societies: "To witness to Jesus Christ in the world, and to follow his teachings through acts of compassion, justice, worship, and devotion, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit." This volume is the second in a trilogy : Covenant Discipleship, Class Leaders, and Forming Christian Disciples.
God is calling out eleventh-hour workers for His harvest -- people like you who are desperately in love with Jesus and who are passionately committed to see Him loved by every people and nation. In these action-packed pages, you will discover a Global Jesus Generation that is creating discomfort in the church and change in missions worldwide. God is injecting a missions serum into spiritual bloodstreams. He is calling you to become part of a contagious epidemic of missions-hearted believers who will bring global fame to His name! David Shibley draws from a rich wealth of missions history, calling a new generation to become anchored radicals with the missions addiction! Book jacket.
A book that takes you beyond programs and spells out exactly how to put spiritual growth on steroids in your church.Here is an exciting way to think synergistically and dramatically accelerate authentic life change. There has never been a book more urgent to read than this one in our impersonal society and spiritually impoverished world.The foundational concept here is that small groups should be an intrigal part of a dynamic approach to ministry, not an isolated program. The result? A powerful synergism between Sunday school, worship, Bible studies, and small groups all producing true life change! Bring true vitality to your group or church with the biblical principles taught here. No other book will give you such a comprehensive and practical vision of the Great Commission to, “make disciples”. If you read only one book this year to add purpose to your life, and life in your church, this is the one!
Although a minority of the Asian population, Protestants in Asia are a fast-growing group. What are the political implications of this evangelical Christianity? In some cases, religion has enabled poor and marginalized people to gain greater prosperity, self-confidence and civic skills, and more open-minded and democratic societies. But does religion have the kind of cultural currency needed to generate political changes in governments such as China's? Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia provides six case studies on China, Western India, Northeast India, Indonesia, South Korea, and the Philippines. The contributors, mainly younger scholars based in Asia, bring first hand-knowledge to their chapters. The result is a groundbreaking work, indispensable to everyone concerned with the future of the region. Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia is one of four volumes in the series Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in the Global South and grew from a Pew-funded study that sought to answer the question: What happens when a revivalist religion based on scriptural orthodoxy participates in the volatile politics of the Third World? At a time when the global-political impact of another revivalist and scriptural religion - Islam - fuels debate, these volumes offer an unusual comparative perspective.
How does God get the Word out to a lost and dying world? This book will inspire you to see yourself as a tool for God's kingdom. God has a ministry for everyone, and He will use what you make available to Him. Missionary-preacher David Grant's name has become synonymous in the Assemblies of God with riveting storytelling that makes listeners laugh one minute and cry the next. Very human stories of a kid growing up in Southern parsonages mix with deeply moving stories that expose great human need around the world and the great heart of our compassionate God who cares for the neediest and exploited. In Born to Give, Grant tells his own riveting story, of a young boy who gave God his life in an offering pan at the invitation of a legendary missionary and became a missionary to the nations, ministering throughout Southern Asia, Europe, and Asia Pacific, and to victims of sexual slavery. Inspiring both laughter and tears, Born to Give is a refreshing and real story that will lead readers to place their own lives and resources in God's miracle-working hands and engage with Him to bring hope in a broken, unjust world.
There are few more contentious issues than the relation of faith to power or the suggestion that religion is irrational compared with politics and peculiarly prone to violence. The former claim is associated with Juergen Habermas and the latter with Richard Dawkins. In this book David Martin argues, against Habermas, that religion and politics share a common mythic basis and that it is misleading to contrast the rationality of politics with the irrationality of religion. In contrast to Richard Dawkins (and New Atheists generally), Martin argues that the approach taken is brazenly unscientific and that the proclivity to violence is a shared feature of religion, nationalism and political ideology alike rooted in the demands of power and social solidarity. The book concludes by considering the changing ecology of faith and power at both centre and periphery in monuments, places and spaces.
This moving story of young love, heartache, friendship, and war is entwined with 33 insightful Bible studies on walking with Christ through the battles of life.
David Edwards provides a sensitive critique which is helpful to those with no specialist knowledge and satisfying to the theologically educated." --Church Growth Digest>
Concerned that many Christians and churches live below their potential, David Palmer wrote this book to show how to be empowered under God's covering successfully. He provides an illustrated explanation of righteousness - one that takes right-standing out of the realm of 'theological' concept into a practical applicable hands-on understanding of our position in Christ and everyday living. He also gives a profound understanding of how Jesus-type leadership, faith, prophecy, intercession and gracious words provide a supernatural covering under which believers an grow in grace to their maximum potential without unnecessary hinderances. This book contains revelation vital to anyone wanting to live an empowered Christian life or desiring to provide leadership that facilitates the empowering of others.
The Bible is an incredible book. Not only is the Bible the written Word of God, but also its depth of meaning and beauty were masterfully supervised by the hand of God. There is a Hebrew poetry form called a chiasmus, which is beautifully balanced, where the first and last verse match in subject, working their way inward to the central and most important point. The New Testament has this balanced approach to its structure. Dr. Greene examines the purpose of their arrangement and their relationship to each other using the chiasmus as a tool. The results are amazing. This approach honors Scripture by allowing it to speak to those to whom it was written. The goal of this book is to present an alternative method of examining the Bible, understanding that all the Bible has been written for you, but only a part of the Bible was written to you.
Jack Hayford is rightly known as a “pastor of pastors.” The facts bear this out: he is the author of over 50 books, the writer of 600 hymns and choruses (including the internationally popular “Majesty”), and a pentecostal leader committed to building bridges while maintaining the integrity of the gospel. For Pastor Jack, David Moore was granted unrestricted access to Hayford’s journals and personal correspondence and completed over 60 hours of personal interviews to offer the first authorized biography of this extraordinary man. From the miraculous healings he experienced as a child to the moment he sensed God calling him to the pastorate for more than 60 years of fruitful ministry, Hayford has witnessed and proclaimed God’s mighty works with boldness and grace. This exploration of his life and legacy will inspire Hayford’s lifelong followers as well as those new to his words and faith.
Unless God is worshipped for His Own sake, we are reduced to idolatry. Segler, in his book Christian Worship, says: "God must be worshipped for His Own glory, or it is idolatry, however relatively worthy its motivation." (Segler 1967, 12, emphasis added). Again, we emphasise the pivotal focus on God alone. He alone is worthy of worship. The English word “worship” is derived from the Old English word weorthscipe—“worth” and “ship”—“worthship”— meaning worship; one worthy of reverence and honour. It is honour shown to an object. (Worship – Wikipedia). When we worship, we declare God’s worth. The 24 elders proclaimed: “You are worthy, our LORD and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” (Revelation 4:11, emphasis added). The angels sang: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and praise!” The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshipped. (Revelation 5:12, 14, emphases added). * * * * * You have taken a 4-wheel drive trip into the outback. You couldn’t be more remote. The horizon is a blur in the far distance. There is no town for miles! You are out of range for any mobile phone coverage. There is no passing traffic. And the old jalopy has “packed it in”. What do you do? For too many people it is an occasion of “venting their spleen”, cursing loud and long, blaming anyone and everyone, etc.—and kicking the wheel! The answer is very simple for the Christian. You worship! And don’t argue that there is no pipe organ or choir or anything that is usually related to “worship”. Now it is time to truly worship—and it is all and only to do with God. You might start with a devotional statement—a reminder of just Who God is: “Dear Lord. Almighty creator, ruler and sustainer of the universe. You are from everlasting to everlasting. You know all things—including our predicament. You are everywhere—including out here in this remote place. You are right here with us (His immanence), so we have nothing to worry about. As our omniscient God, You not only know of our predicament, but You have known all about it from the creation of the world. That being the case, it is no surprise to You what has happened today. So we need not to be surprised. And we are assured that You have it all under control. Our lives are in Your merciful and loving hands. With Your omnipotence, there will be no difficulty in providing a solution—however seemingly difficult it might appear”. This is true worship. True worship is an appreciation of God for His own sake. Without regard to the circumstances!! And without regard for the benefits that we might derive from Him—or even desperately hope to derive from Him. There is no bargaining. No demanding. No handwringing. No guidelines for your expectations. No angry retorts, like “If God knew this from the creation of the world why didn’t He let us know?” “If He is a sovereign God, why did He allow this to happen … here!?” True worship is an appreciation of God for His own sake. FULL STOP. Now what is the sovereign God going to do? Be assured that He only does all things well/perfectly. He is the judge of all the earth, and He will only do what is right. Can you trust Him for that? Can you expect more than that? Is that OK? Can you trust God to be God—overwhelming in mercy and care for His children? Do you think that He will be able to handle this without your advice and help? If He can’t, then there is no hope for any of us. So sit down and relax. It doesn’t depend on you. Can we say with relaxed surrender: "But I trust in you, LORD; I say, 'You are my God.' My times are in your hands …" (Psalm 31:14-15, emphases added).
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