Recapturing an Enchanted World

Recapturing an Enchanted World
Title Recapturing an Enchanted World PDF eBook
Author John D. Rempel
Publisher InterVarsity Press
Pages 244
Release 2020-01-28
Genre Religion
ISBN 0830851178

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While the Free Churches rightly sought to cleanse the church of the abuses of sacramentalism, in that process they also set aside some of the church's historic practices and theology. In response to this liturgically thin space, Mennonite theologian and minister John D. Rempel considers the role of the sacraments and ritual within the Free Church tradition, helping us perceive the sacramental nature of our faith and worship.

Recapturing the Wonder

Recapturing the Wonder
Title Recapturing the Wonder PDF eBook
Author Mike Cosper
Publisher InterVarsity Press
Pages 185
Release 2017-07-14
Genre Religion
ISBN 0830890769

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When we're young, it's easy to believe in the supernatural. But as we grow older, even as Christians who believe in the resurrection, we live as if reality is merely what we can see. Mike Cosper has discovered disciplines that awaken the possibility of living again in an enchanted world. With thoughtful practices woven throughout, this book will feed your soul and help you recapture the wonder of your Christian walk.

Sacraments after Christendom

Sacraments after Christendom
Title Sacraments after Christendom PDF eBook
Author Andrew Francis
Publisher BoD – Books on Demand
Pages 158
Release 2022-01-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 071889622X

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In contemporary Western society the church has been pushed to the margins, leading experts to describe the current era as a time ‘after Christendom’. Many traditional churches and congregations are struggling, a condition worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic regulations. As the practice of churchgoing wanes, the performance of the sacrament is called into question. How can we bring the traditional, communal experience of sacrament into the modern world? In Sacraments after Christendom, Andrew Francis and Janet Sutton tackle this question head-on, exploring and discussing the enactment of the sacrament in the context of church decline and an increasingly isolated world. In doing so, they deconstruct traditional perceptions and broaden our understanding of ritual and community in order to rediscover the truth of the sacrament.

The Enchanted Life

The Enchanted Life
Title The Enchanted Life PDF eBook
Author Sharon Blackie
Publisher September Publishing
Pages 346
Release 2018-02-27
Genre Nature
ISBN 1910463892

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A book of natural wonders, practical guidance and life-changing empowerment, by the author of the word-of-mouth bestseller If Women Rose Rooted. 'To live an enchanted life is to pick up the pieces of our bruised and battered psyches, and to offer them the nourishment they long for. It is to be challenged, to be awakened, to be gripped and shaken to the core by the extraordinary which lies at the heart of the ordinary. Above all, to live an enchanted life is to fall in love with the world all over again.' The enchanted life has nothing to do with escapism or magical thinking: it is founded on a vivid sense of belonging to a rich and many-layered world. It is creative, intuitive, imaginative. It thrives on work that has heart and meaning. It loves wild things, but returns to an enchanted home and garden. It respects the instinctive knowledge, ethical living and playfulness, and relishes story and art. Taking the inspiration and wisdom that can be derived from myth, fairy tales and folk culture, this book offers a set of practical and grounded tools for reclaiming enchantment in our lives, giving us a greater sense of meaning and of belonging to the world.

Renewal Worship

Renewal Worship
Title Renewal Worship PDF eBook
Author Steven Félix-Jäger
Publisher InterVarsity Press
Pages 182
Release 2022-09-06
Genre Religion
ISBN 1514000156

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Theologian Steven Félix-Jäger offers a theology of renewal worship, including its biblical foundations, how its global nature is expressed in particular localities, and how charismatic worship shapes the community of faith. With this guidance, the whole church might better understand what it means to pray, "Come, Holy Spirit!"

Our True Beloved

Our True Beloved
Title Our True Beloved PDF eBook
Author Michael S. Whiting
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 125
Release 2024-10-17
Genre Poetry
ISBN 1666727938

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C. S. Lewis’s masterpiece The Four Loves, published in 1960, provided the world with a Christian exploration of four dimensions of human love: extolling the divine blessings and warning of the idolatrous distortions in familial belonging (storge), friendship as a common quest (philia), romantic desire for personal union (eros), and concluding with the perfection of divine, unconditional love (agape). Whiting uses the four loves as a framework to interpret the Christian love of God in historical movements across Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and Pentecostal/Charismatic churches. He illuminates the often reactionary and competing tensions swinging between emphases on loving God in liturgical ritual and worship (storge), the active moral life (philia), personal spiritual experience (eros), and approaches of faith to suffering (agape). Synthesizing a panoramic view of Christian history with philosophy, literature, and biblical reflection, Whiting shows how the love of God is diminished when the loves become fractured. He advocates for an integrated, holistic love of God that both avoids excesses and challenges the modern narrative of secular progress.

Sermons That Sing

Sermons That Sing
Title Sermons That Sing PDF eBook
Author Noel A. Snyder
Publisher InterVarsity Press
Pages 140
Release 2021-08-17
Genre Religion
ISBN 0830849343

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Preaching and music are both regular elements of Christian worship, yet they often don't interact or inform each other in meaningful ways. Theologian, pastor, and musician Noel A. Snyder considers how preaching that seeks to engage hearts and minds might be helpfully informed by musical theory—so that preachers might craft sermons that sing.