Through the years I have become increasingly concerned about the direction of today's teaching on the Gospel or especially the teaching on how to be saved. We have continued through the years to make being saved more socially acceptable. We seemed to have lost sight of where we came from as mankind and, with it the why it was necessary for the coming of Jesus to die on the cross! We need to learn the true reason for the words in Isaiah 53:5 "...by his stripes we are healed." I am writing this book to help people understand the "why" of the Cross and to learn the "why" of the original teaching of being saved. I believe that unless we come to a firm conviction of our sin to the point of repentance, we will never be truly saved! True salvation is not as simple as "just believe and be saved". We need to be attentive to the words of Peter in 2 Peter 1:10, to "...make your calling and election sure...
I have spent many a year, and shed many a tear over bitterness in my life time, including experiencing the condemnation it brings. I grew up feeling very rejected in life. As a result, I developed a very low self-esteem of life. My biggest argument was always, 'But I know how I feel', when someone would try to offer me counsel. Our personal feelings are very real, but very false! I had to learn the truth of God's word of who I really am. Please read this book and allow the Holy Spirit to guide you to your freedom in Christ from the emotions you fight with every day. The second part deals with bitterness we could not avoid and that we need to deal with this bitterness with forgiveness as well.
Our entanglements with life often come about because of mixed emotions or battles within ourselves. I have learned that more often than not, that we become offended by what someone said or done, while in the middle of one of our inner battles. Many times our battles are due to negative prayers. We wonder why God has not answered our prayers. This book is about how we negate our positive prayers with negative prayers and never see our faith level of prayers develop into the promise of the Word. This is to help you to find your faith level prayer to witness your Faith Child of Promise!By learning to cease our negative prayers and pray positive prayers we can experience the promise of the scriptures. God's Word will produce the promises written, we just need to learn the correct path to witness the development of the promises. I pray that the reading of this book will help you find your Faith Child of Promise!
A Black-majority city with a history of the most severe segregation and inequity, Richmond is still grappling with this legacy as it moves into the twenty-first century. Marvin Chiles now offers a unique take on Richmond’s racial politics since the civil rights era by demonstrating that the city’s current racial disparities in economic mobility, housing, and public education actually represent the unintended consequences of Richmond’s racial reconciliation measures. He deftly weaves municipal politics together with grassroots efforts, examining the work and legacies of Richmond’s Black leaders, from Henry Marsh on the city council in the 1960s to Mayor Levar Stoney, to highlight the urban revitalization and public history efforts meant to overcome racial divides after Jim Crow yet which ironically reinforced racial inequality across the city. Compellingly written, this project carries both local and broader regional significance for Richmonders, Virginians, southerners, and all Americans.
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