Incorporating children in worship is a powerful and overlooked mark of God's kingdom. This book argues that children's full participation in worship signifies not only a vibrant, faithful communion but also offers a critical window into the Spirit's work of linking the church to Christ. Children have a vocation in worship. They embody the theological virtues in distinct ways that enrich the worship of the whole church. Moreover, incorporating children reflects the difference in unity that is God's triune life. Receiving children in their difference moves the worshipping body toward the telos of worship--glorification of God and sanctification of humanity--and habituates the worshipping body to incorporate other, often more threatening, kinds of difference.
From their theological and devotional writings to their social and ecclesial practices, the fathers and mothers of Pietism boldly declared the ethical spirit of the Christian faith. This seventeenth-century renewal movement inspired a simple Christian ethic by connecting Christian character with the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love. They sought to cultivate these virtues by reading Scripture together, empowering the common priesthood of believers, and engaging in social and ecclesial reform toward the end of spreading the gospel. Pietism brought together faith and life, Word and deed, and piety and social reform in effort to get back to the basic belief in the power of God's Word to engender faith and to transform human life. This book celebrates Pietism's contribution by telling the stories of three early figures--Philipp Jakob Spener, Johanna Eleonora Petersen, and August Hermann Francke--as they attended to issues of class, gender, poverty, and education through the lens of scripture. In addition to clarifying what historians call "one of the least understood movements in the history of Christianity," this book challenges a religious culture that juxtaposes faith and social action, and it rehabilitates the Pietist heritage and its central role in the birth of Evangelicalism.
From their theological and devotional writings to their social and ecclesial practices, the fathers and mothers of Pietism boldly declared the ethical spirit of the Christian faith. This seventeenth-century renewal movement inspired a simple Christian ethic by connecting Christian character with the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love. They sought to cultivate these virtues by reading Scripture together, empowering the common priesthood of believers, and engaging in social and ecclesial reform toward the end of spreading the gospel. Pietism brought together faith and life, Word and deed, and piety and social reform in effort to get back to the basic belief in the power of God's Word to engender faith and to transform human life. This book celebrates Pietism's contribution by telling the stories of three early figures--Philipp Jakob Spener, Johanna Eleonora Petersen, and August Hermann Francke--as they attended to issues of class, gender, poverty, and education through the lens of scripture. In addition to clarifying what historians call "one of the least understood movements in the history of Christianity," this book challenges a religious culture that juxtaposes faith and social action, and it rehabilitates the Pietist heritage and its central role in the birth of Evangelicalism.
Michelle was a nine-year-old little girl growing up in a two-parent home who was kind and joyful until one day she was put into an uncompromising situation. Ms. Strawberry lived life on the edge with guns, money, and drugs until one day she was faced with a life decision of all time.
Is there a life that you hoped for yet never thought possible? In The King’s Daughter: Divinely Orchestrated, Michelle will take you on a journey through her brokenness, life imprisoned by poverty, health challenges, insecurities, and questionable decisions that couldn’t withstand the power of God in the life of a believer to transform and heal. What is your journey from the darkest of times to the process of discovering God’s unyielding love? In this spiritual memoir, you will experience the testimony of how God was able to turn one woman’s humble beginnings and birth a story of hope, joy, and triumph. You Will Encounter Not being alone, The power of surrender, Deliverance through forgiveness, The revelation of your identity, The clarity to receive divine direction, Elevation through faith, and Authority to live victoriously.
In the course of a year, D. Michelle Stokes lost her mother, a close friend, and her job as a head college basketball coach. She is a witness that God's grace can sustain a person through anything.
BONUS: Study Guide & Journal sections! Join in a shared journey of spiritual, emotional, and mental transformation from an unhealthy, depressed, and broken woman to a born-again follower of Jesus Christ. Find out how God used everyday events to change her. Use the study guide along the way to discover more of God and yourself.
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