Acts: Courageous Witness in a Hostile World
Title | Acts: Courageous Witness in a Hostile World PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Brant |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 377 |
Release | 2013-01-24 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1621896463 |
Most commentaries on Acts are written by Western scholars for a Western audience. This book comes out of more than forty years of teaching in the Majority World. It is aimed at the new breed of emerging missionaries from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The apostles in Acts faced a hostile world. Yet in that context, the Holy Spirit gave them incredible courage. The scenes of Peter, Stephen, and Paul facing angry mobs and the fury of the Jewish Sanhedrin are being played out in India, China, and Eritrea today. Acts teaches us how to have a "courageous witness in a hostile world." Further, this work addresses the powerful forces that assault the worldwide church--particularly the racism that splits the church all over the world. Acts: Courageous Witness in a Hostile World will thrill you as you see how God's Spirit overcomes every obstacle and keeps the church on track, even when we think all is lost. Read this book for yourself and become courageous.
Acts: Courageous Witness in a Hostile World
Title | Acts: Courageous Witness in a Hostile World PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Brant |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 299 |
Release | 2013-01-24 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1620326302 |
Most commentaries on Acts are written by Western scholars for a Western audience. This book comes out of more than forty years of teaching in the Majority World. It is aimed at the new breed of emerging missionaries from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The apostles in Acts faced a hostile world. Yet in that context, the Holy Spirit gave them incredible courage. The scenes of Peter, Stephen, and Paul facing angry mobs and the fury of the Jewish Sanhedrin are being played out in India, China, and Eritrea today. Acts teaches us how to have a "courageous witness in a hostile world." Further, this work addresses the powerful forces that assault the worldwide church--particularly the racism that splits the church all over the world. Acts: Courageous Witness in a Hostile World will thrill you as you see how God's Spirit overcomes every obstacle and keeps the church on track, even when we think all is lost. Read this book for yourself and become courageous.
Bearing Thorough Witness about God's Kingdom
Title | Bearing Thorough Witness about God's Kingdom PDF eBook |
Author | Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-06-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781646443512 |
The Holy Spirit Unleashed in You
Title | The Holy Spirit Unleashed in You PDF eBook |
Author | Kay Arthur |
Publisher | Harvest House Publishers |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 2002-06-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0736935959 |
Acts is a gold mine of truths about living and walking by the Spirit. Readers will discover the dynamic working of God's Spirit in the lives of early believers—and in the lives of believers today.
Overcoming the World
Title | Overcoming the World PDF eBook |
Author | Yevgeny Ustinovich |
Publisher | Langham Publishing |
Pages | 147 |
Release | 2024-04-04 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1839739924 |
From the first century to the twenty-first, Christians have never been immune to persecution, displacement, or trauma. However, by following Jesus’s example in the Gospel of John, and rooting themselves in their identity as children of God, they can experience God’s power to transform shame into glory. In the Gospel of John, Jesus experiences extreme forms of humiliation, rejection, and suffering. Yet, in sharp contrast to those around him, he seeks and sees God’s glory in everything he does and everything that is done to him. Beginning with this reality, Yevgeny Ustinovich examines how the Fourth Gospel invites Christ’s followers into this same way of seeing, where the glory of God is found even in the most difficult of circumstances. He explores the relevance of this invitation for the contemporary church, as it seeks to minister to victims of war, abuse, persecution, and other forms of violence. A powerful resource for dealing with trauma as a Christian community, this book offers its readers a deeper understanding of the Gospel of John, Christian identity, and the role of suffering in the Christian life.
New Testament Foundations
Title | New Testament Foundations PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph P. Martin |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 781 |
Release | 2018-09-12 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1620320886 |
Drawing upon over fifty years of scholarly experience of one of the most industrious contemporary scholars, this work, which was first published in 1975, has been revised, updated, and expanded to offer a fresh, in-depth introduction to the New Testament for today’s students. Students will be immersed into the world of the first century, learning about both Greco-Roman and Jewish backgrounds. While discussing the fundamental questions surrounding the content of each book including its authorship, audience, and message, this work also engages with the wider historical-critical discussion, helping students navigate the wider world of modern New Testament scholarship.
The Colson Way
Title | The Colson Way PDF eBook |
Author | Owen Strachan |
Publisher | Thomas Nelson |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2015-07-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1400206650 |
A leading young theologian and public intellectual shows how the life and legacy of Chuck Colson can equip Christians to live a bold and loving faith in the public square. During his life, Chuck Colson was the preeminent evangelical in American public life. He dedicated himself to public witness in the mold of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and William Wilberforce, creating and leading efforts such as Prison Fellowship, Angel Tree, Breakpoint, and the Centurions program. He worked tirelessly on behalf of humanity because he believed that all people needed help to flourish. He knew the importance of working practically to advance truth and justice in public. And he knew that to be courageous—and to speak and act courageously in line with Scripture—was by definition to be loving. Chuck Colson’s life reveals there is no division between truth and love, between embracing biblical guidance and loving our neighbor. The Colson Way uses the legacy and wisdom of Colson to show Christians a way of living in a public square increasingly hostile to evangelical conviction.