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Explore the Scriptures for yourself or with a group using these 52 Bible-based lessons. Composed of a full year of Radiant Life adult curriculum lessons, this volume will help you prepare for every session. Designed to be used by Sunday School teachers or small group leaders, this curriculum is also great for individual study. The commentary, thought-provoking questions, and applications will challenge you to seek a Spirit-filled life as you grow...
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Faith formation resource for children on human sexuality
For use in congregational, home, and school settings
This sexuality education resource from a mainline/progressive denominational prospective aids the leader, child (participant), and parent in learning about their body and using skills that enable them to embrace and affirm the wholeness of sexuality as part of who they are. Session plans will address facts about sexuality, vocabulary, decision...
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12 audio discs (approximately 780 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebooks (vi, 158 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
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This 24 lecture course provides a historical context to foster a fuller understanding of contemporary events and people in the New Testament. Discusses distinguishing characteristics between the Greco-Roman cults and Judaism and Christianity, Jesus as a historical figure, and each of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament.
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En este volumen, el conocido erudito bíblico pentecostal, Roger Stronstad, centra su atención en la construcción de una teología bíblica dominante que recorre desde Génesis a Apocalipsis. Ha volcado su considerable narrativa y sus aptitudes teológicas en esta tarea, y nos sugiere que todo el canon, desde la creación a la nueva creación, revela un formato claro y distintivo, así como un contenido que se puede rastrear mediante una serie de...
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Focusing on the transformation of world information into Christ-centered living through the scriptures in the Bible, "From the Cradle to the Grave" does just that. In the past, ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ were, focused on the symptoms, yet not the causes of self-righteousness. Dr. Ernest Branch guides the reader through recognizing the difference between the information of the world and the guidelines of scripture.
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Embracing Forgiveness is a five-session small group church study for adults and young adults incorporating a Participant Workbook and a DVD. This eBook is of the Participant Workbook with the corresponding Small Group DVD available separately. The Participant Workbook is available in this eBook format as well as in print format. In the small group using Embracing Forgiveness, each participant uses his/her own Workbook for study and reflection.
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Jennie Turrell walked into All Saints' Chapel on Good Friday, when her three-year-old son stopped her in the darkened doorway and quietly whispered, "Uh-oh." At that moment, she realized that changes in the physical space of the liturgy mattered to him. She had been whispering in his ear during liturgies since he was a baby, but it wasn't until that day that she knew he had been taking it all in-sights and sounds-all of it. In spite of squawking at...
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Have you ever wanted to read the Bible but didn't know where to start or how to make sense of it? Have you wondered what Christianity is about, and why Christians believe Jesus is so important? Do you want to know how the Bible and Christianity relate to our modern time and you personally?
This book addresses these questions and many others. It offers a straightforward, biblically based explanation of the Christian faith and shows its eternal value....
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A method for families to share the biblical story at home and learn the practice of sharing one another's stories as part of God's Story
Includes full color images of the materials described in text
Using Godly Play® methods, Jerome Berryman offers families a way of nourishing faith in the home while supporting children's spiritual growth through the practice of "storying," our most ancient way of making meaning. This book offers "storying" rituals...
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To take a journey is to travel from one place to another.
But what does a spiritual journey look like? How does a person move from one place to another when it comes to belief in God?
In our modern world, is a journey toward faith in God even defensible? Are there reasons for faith when most of us observe that the world seems to be terribly broken? Are there reasons for optimism when it seems clear that so many people are broken? And are there reasons...
11) Awakening
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Simon who was Peter returned as it had begun to get dark, he had to work quickly, he and his men had only three hours before the dawn of the Sabbath. He hoped that the Nazarene hadn't suffered, he hoped the mixture of gall and the potion that was concocted had been enough to convince the Sanhedrin and the Romans of his death. He'd been forced to bribe the guard to break the legs of both of the men on the other two crosses to convince the centurion...
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Are you looking for practical ways to nudge your discipleship students closer to God no matter where they are on their spiritual journey? Without question, things are different in the local church today than they were a few years ago. We are in an unprecedented competition for people's time, energy and attention. How can Sunday School or small groups successfully attract, keep, and nurture believers today? In the classic training manual, Student-Focused...
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Using the House of Bishop's Pastoral Teaching on the Environment, A Life of Grace engages participants in understanding how the teaching informs and deepens appreciation and love for God and God's work in Creation, and how that finds expression in their life of faith. As the first pastoral teaching on the environment from the Bishops, the document offers a guide for discovering how The Episcopal Church leadership views our call to care for Creation...
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In Job, one of the godliest men who ever lived, God shows us first that no saint is exempt from suffering. Second, he teaches us that because the faith of his children is precious to him, he throws it in the roaring fires of affliction, to remove its impurities and to reveal its heavenly quality. Third, and when we ask God why, his answer is, "For My glory."
Armed with these three truths, we can face suffering with confidence in our Father's wisdom...
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In Jesus: The Gift Without the Wrapping, Terry O'Brien presents an enlightened understanding of the humanity of Jesus. A window to God is opened because through Jesus, in his humanity, in the person he was and is, we can know God. This book is for the open-minded who want to live fully by following the spirit of the 'human' Jesus and who want to gaze at the mystery of God revealed in the human.
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Let God's Spirit show you His plan, the foundation and blueprint for mankind, to take back what the enemy has stolen. God's Almighty Blood and God's Almighty Blood Study Guide together, can help to open up the way to go deeper into relationship and understanding the heart and plan of God.
Written especially for today, God's Almighty Blood reveals the Father's heart, His meticulous plan for each individual to find identity, purpose and fulfillment....
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Escuela Dominical, el corazón de la Iglesia es una obra que desafía al creyente a volver al estudio sistemático de la Palabra de Dios. Hoy, cuando muchas congregaciones han dejado a un lado la escuela dominical, se siente la necesidad de forjar hombres, mujeres y niños con bases sólidas fundamentadas en las Escrituras. Ralph Williams plantea el reto con la esperanza de que la iglesia contemporánea responda afirmativamente.
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This book is the high school participant's guide to use during each session of the These Are Our Bodies program. It is filled with prayers, scripture, and reflection questions designed to help the participant see the connection between their sexuality and their faith. With lots of space for journaling, a glossary of important terms and words are included, as well as appropriate websites for further learning or help.
Audience: High school participants....
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The greatest expression of the New Testament church, as outlined in the book of Ephesians, is the army. I believe the army dimension is higher than the bride, the body, or the city. The army allows us to see the fulfillment of God's promises to His bride.This book is about taking back what the enemy has stolen and returning to Zion. For that to happen, we need believers trained in covert operations. We need people that know how to operate in secular...
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Graceful Nurture, written by Rebecca McClain, a long-time "Godly Player" and member of the Godly Play Foundation Board, presents the case for the use of Godly Play with adults. Rebecca lays out four creative "courses" for adults: The Heavenly Banquet - for preparing adults for baptism, confirmation, and reaffirmation of vows (12 weeks); Dessert Only - for preparing families who are beginning Godly Play; Slow Cooking - a Godly Play retreat weekend;...
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