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121) Christ - A Sanctuary
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‘Christ -A Sanctuary’ is a message of meditation based on the Bible and written by one of the most important Christian writers of all time. A devotional message of faith and hope for you.
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Haddon Robinson's method as presented in Biblical Preaching is employed in twelve expository messages, offering concrete examples of how experienced preachers have made Robinson's homiletical principles work for them. Robinson comments on each expository message, interviews each preacher, and contributes a sermon of his own. The book shows how successfully his method of developing sermons can be adapted to different contexts.
123) The Power of God
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This book explores the power of God; a topic first examined by Pastor L.R. Shelton in 1963.
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In my observation of the lives of believers, and in my personal experience, I have been very deeply impressed with one thought. It is, that our prayer for the mighty working of the Holy Spirit through us and around us can only be powerfully answered as His indwelling in every believer is more clearly acknowledged and lived out. We have the Holy Spirit within us: only he who is faithful in the lesser will receive the greater. 'As we first yield ourselves...
125) Action in Waiting
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Given the number of people who've been "saved," you'd think the world was becoming a brighter place. It could be, too, if more people would grasp the joy of losing themselves in service to God and each other. People like Christoph Blumhardt, who, in his quest to get to the essentials of faith, burns away the religious trappings of modern piety like so much chaff. Blumhardt writes with unabashed fervor, but his passion encourages rather than intimidates....
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Insights from one of the most distinctive and eloquent scholar-preachers of our time
Inviting serious theological engagement with texts from all parts of the Christian Bible, Preaching the Luminous Word is a collection of fifty-one sermons and five related essays from noted preacher and biblical scholar Ellen F. Davis.
A brief preface to each sermon delineates its liturgical context and theological themes as well as distinctive elements of structure...
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North Carolina's Moral Monday protests have drawn tens of thousands of protestors in what has been called the new Civil Rights Movement. Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation shares the theological foundation for the Moral Monday movement, serving as a proclamation of a new American movement seeking equal treatment and opportunity for all regardless of economic status, sexual preference, belief, race, geography, and any other discriminatory...
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Le livre de l'Ecclésiaste nous présente une approche innovante du travail, en mettant en avant la valeur et le sens de nos efforts dans la vie. Jour après jour, il nous est rappelé d'être diligents et d'apprécier tout le bien qui découle de notre travail. Nous éprouvons une joie profonde lorsque nous honorons Dieu par l'utilisation productive de nos compétences et de notre temps. Nous voulons découvrir comment trouver le juste équilibre...
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The Knowledge of the Holy by popular evangelical author and Christian mystic A.W. Tozer illuminates God's attributes-from wisdom, to grace, to mercy-and in doing so, attempts to restore the majesty and wonder of God in the hearts and minds of all Christians. A modern classic of Christian testimony and devotion, The Knowledge of the Holy shows us how we can rejuvenate our prayer life, meditate more reverently, understand God more deeply, and experience...
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For more than three years, while imprisoned in a cell 30 feet below ground in Communist Romania, Richard Wurmbrand composed sermons for an audience of One. When released from prison, he retained the treasure that God had given him there-sermons composed in solitary confinement.
Though isolated from people, VOM founder Richard Wurmbrand was never separated from God's presence. In his
book If Prison Walls Could Speak, he shares how God graciously...
131) Sermones escogidos
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Leer los escritos inspirados es la mejor forma de conocer el mensaje profético de la mensajera del Señor para el tiempo del fin; pero "escuchar" sus sermones es una experiencia que no podemos perdernos. Por supuesto que no existen grabaciones de las predicaciones de Elena de White; pero sí hubo quienes las transcribieron, y hoy, con un poco de esfuerzo de la imaginación, podemos oír la calidad potente e impactante de la voz de aquella gran mujer...
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The Bible is often difficult to comprehend for those in the pews. Even those who value preaching as an important element of their ministry are challenged when confronted with difficult texts. Brooks welcomes the challenge and offers methods aimed at developing sermons that allow the good news to shine through even the most difficult of Bible texts.
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Nous avons suivi Jésus dans sa course terrestre. En l'accompagnant pas à pas, nous avons reconnu en lui un vrai homme et en même temps l'homme répondant parfaitement au dessein de Dieu; et dans cet homme accompli nous avons discerné un caractère divin, l'apparition du Fils éternel, venu pour réaliser lui-même dans notre nature humaine la tâche que nul homme n'avait remplie et ne pouvait désormais remplir, et qui, en sa personne, a conduit...
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With rich exposition saturated by Scripture, Charles Spurgeon masterfully captures Christ's suffering on his way to the cross and his everlasting victory upon it. Gleaming with vivid imagery and practical application, this collection of twelve sermons offers treasures of wisdom for Lent, Easter, and throughout the year.
Preached throughout Spurgeon's 40-year ministry, each stand-alone message explores a specific event in the life of Jesus, allowing...
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What began as a two-week mini-devotional in the book '365 Days of Devotion for Everyone' quickly evolved into a small book of its own. After that, it became a sermon series for Social Media Ministries. Now, that series is a book of its own!Learn more about the end-times according to visions from the books of Daniel and Revelation. Packed with in-depth and detailed information, this book is divided into 14 lessons that you can read weekly, daily, or...
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Beyond the Lectionary gives preachers a new year of Biblical texts that are not found on Sundays (or other mainline Protestant holy days) in the three-year cycle of the Revised Common Lectionary. It provides readings from the Hebrew Bible, Psalms, Epistles/New Testament and Gospels for each Sunday of the liturgical year, along with several midweek observances. The texts have been selected with an eye toward continuity (progressing in order) and complementarity...
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This popular book by N. T. Wright offers thirteen powerful meditations and sermons that challenge readers to assess anew the meaning of Jesus' death and resurrection and the life of the Spirit in Jesus' followers today.
In Part One, "The Crown of Thorns," Wright considers not the customary seven last words that Jesus spoke from the cross but, rather, seven words that various people spoke to Jesus on the cross - people like Mary and the Roman centurion,...
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La joie de l'Évangile est diffusée dans le temps liturgique du cycle de Noël que parcourent les homélies réunies dans ce volume. Le temps de l'Avent, c'est la joie attendue avec le désir ardent de la venue du Sauveur ; à Noël, l'ange annonce aux bergers « une grande joie », joie vécue durant l'octave de la Nativité ; à l'Épiphanie, la joie éclate et se répand sur les nations ; le Baptême du Seigneur complète l'épanouissement...
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One thing is certain-we live in uncertain and fast-changing times! Using the change and uncertainty that was experienced as the Year 2000 approached as an illustration, Bible teacher Brian Johnston draws from the writings of the apostle John to provide reassurance of things that John wanted his readers to be certain about-about salvation, about Jesus Christ, and about the future!
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It's the case with every great man in history that we don't know how he became great. They all seem to explode in popularity by something great they did at their mid-age. But, how? What shaped their character? What paved the way for them to rise into such a position that we still read about them centuries after their death?
This book answers these questions about many notable figures. It's a collection of religious texts that inspired men to make...
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