Freeing Jesus
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Freeing Jesus
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Author : Diana Butler Bass
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2021-03-30
Freeing Jesus written by Diana Butler Bass and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-30 with Religion categories.
The award-winning author of Grateful goes beyond the culture wars to offer a refreshing take on the comprehensive, multi-faceted nature of Jesus, keeping his teachings relevant and alive in our daily lives. How can you still be a Christian? This is the most common question Diana Butler Bass is asked today. It is a question that many believers ponder as they wrestle with disappointment and disillusionment in their church and its leadership. But while many Christians have left their churches, they cannot leave their faith behind. In Freeing Jesus, Bass challenges the idea that Jesus can only be understood in static, one-dimensional ways and asks us to instead consider a life where Jesus grows with us and helps us through life’s challenges in several capacities: as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence. Freeing Jesus is an invitation to leave the religious wars behind and rediscover Jesus in all his many manifestations, to experience Jesus beyond the narrow confines we have built around him. It renews our hope in faith and worship at a time when we need it most.
Summary Of Diana Butler Bass S Freeing Jesus
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Author : Everest Media,
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-06-30T22:59:00Z
Summary Of Diana Butler Bass S Freeing Jesus written by Everest Media, and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-30T22:59:00Z with Religion categories.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I had a favorite Sunday school teacher, Miss Jean, who would always tell me that Jesus loved me. She would put up a picture of Jesus surrounded by children, and say, Jesus loves little children. He will always be your friend. #2 The Bible describes God as a friend to Israel, and Christians have long believed that Jesus is God’s friend. The New Testament vividly recounts the closeness of Jesus’s circle of friends, women and men transformed through their relationship with him. #3 I had one close childhood friend who moved to Ohio shortly before kindergarten. Otherwise, I was a fairly isolated girl. I played alone in the wooded lot across the street from my house, acting out fairy tales and Bible stories. #4 I had a very open mind when it came to religion. I loved the Bible, and I loved Jesus. I thought they were one and the same. I was three when I first had the idea that Jesus might be a Communist.
Liberating The Gospels
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Author : John Shelby Spong
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Liberating The Gospels written by John Shelby Spong and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Religion categories.
In this boldest book since Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, Bishop John Shelby Spong offers a compelling view of the Gospels as thoroughly Jewish tests.Spong powerfully argues that many of the key Gospel accounts of events in the life of Jesus—from the stories of his birth to his physical resurrection—are not literally true. He offers convincing evidence that the Gospels are a collection of Jewish midrashic stories written to convey the significance of Jesus. This remarkable discovery brings us closer to how Jesus was really understood in his day and should be in ours.
Christianity After Religion
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Author : Diana Butler Bass
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2012-03-13
Christianity After Religion written by Diana Butler Bass and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-13 with Religion categories.
Diana Butler Bass, one of contemporary Christianity’s leading trend-spotters, exposes how the failings of the church today are giving rise to a new “spiritual but not religious” movement. Using evidence from the latest national polls and from her own cutting-edge research, Bass, the visionary author of A People’s History of Christianity, continues the conversation began in books like Brian D. McLaren’s A New Kind of Christianity and Harvey Cox’s The Future of Faith, examining the connections—and the divisions—between theology, practice, and community that Christians experience today. Bass’s clearly worded, powerful, and probing Christianity After Religion is required reading for anyone invested in the future of Christianity.
Breaking Free
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Author : Russell Willingham
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2010-08-28
Breaking Free written by Russell Willingham and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-28 with Religion categories.
Our world is awash in sex. We are bombarded with it everywhere we turn--TV, newspapers and magazines, music, movies and the Internet. When this ever-present temptation mixes with human weaknesses and unmet needs, many get pulled into addiction to sexually sinful behavior. They may detest their own habits, but they can't seem to break free. Is there any hope? Russell Willingham speaks from his own experience and that of the many he has counseled. His answer? "Yes! There is hope. Jesus offers forgiveness and healing." True stories show how the principles in this book can be put into action. The essentials are spelled out in practical steps that can help people begin to break free. Willingham deals with such issues as what all addicts have in common the hunt of the malnourished heart where to find the courage to face the dark side wrestling with shame and grace the healing effect of radical honesty This realistic yet hopeful book offers a new way to see the world for every person who wants to understand and break free from sexual addiction.
Freeing Congregational Mission
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Author : B. Hunter Farrell
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2022-01-25
Freeing Congregational Mission written by B. Hunter Farrell and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-25 with Religion categories.
There is a deepening crisis in mission as practiced by North American congregations. Many mission activities are more effective at satisfying church members than making a lasting difference, producing what's too often consumer-oriented "selfie mission." Too much effort is based on colonial-era assumptions of mission launched from a position of power. These practices are not just ineffective—they deviate from mission in the way of Jesus. Hunter Farrell and Bala Khyllep want to help free congregational mission from harmful cultural forces so churches can better partner with God's work in the world. They invite leaders to lay the foundation for more faithful and effective missions with three core elements: a Christ-centered theology of mission rooted in companionship an appetite and competence to engage across differences with cultural humility insights and strategies to accompany local and global neighbors in co-development Farrell and Khyllep deliver key takeaways from the latest mission research, inspiring examples from innovative congregations, and a set of step-by-step tools for churches to discern and implement sound practices that will work for them. The local church community is well-positioned to build a spreading circle of relationships centered in Jesus Christ. With this book, congregations of every Christian tradition will find practical help to direct their resources in truly life-giving ways as they seek the mission of God.
Jesus And Magic
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Author : Richard A Horsley
language : en
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
Release Date : 2015-04-30
Jesus And Magic written by Richard A Horsley and has been published by James Clarke & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-30 with Religion categories.
It has become standard in modern interpretation to say that Jesus performed miracles, and even mainline scholarly interpreters classify Jesus's healings and exorcisms as miracles. Some highly regarded scholars have argued, more provocatively, that the healings and exorcisms were magic, and that Jesus was a magician. As Richard Horsley points out, if we make a critical comparison between modern interpretation of Jesus's healing and exorcism, on the one hand, and the Gospel stories and other ancient texts, on the other hand, it becomes clear that the miracle and magic are modern concepts, products of Enlightenment thinking. 'Jesus and Magic' asserts that Gospel stories do not have the concepts of miracle and magic. What scholars constructed as magic turns out to have been ritual practices such as songs (incantations), medicines (potions), and appeals to higher powers for protection. Horsley offers a critical reading of the healing and exorcism episodes in the Gospel stories. This reading reveals a dynamic relationship between Jesus the healer, the trust of those coming for healing, and their support networks in local communities. Horsley's reading of the Gospel stories gives little or no indication of divine intervention. Rather, the healing and exorcism stories portray healings and exorcisms.
Jesus Frees Us
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Author : Shane Murray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-06-25
Jesus Frees Us written by Shane Murray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-25 with categories.
Statistics for addictions and moral failures are shockingly similar between Christians and non-Christians alike. This is disturbing because one who submits their life to Christ should have no need for a false idol such as alcohol, drugs, sex, porn, etc. The problem isn't with the freedom Jesus offers, but rather our application of that freedom. Jesus Frees Us challenges you to consider what it means to be set free. What are you freed from and why? Discover the ways and reasons that Christ has redeemed you and learn how to walk in that freedom. Join me as I reveal how I've broken free from my chains of bondage through Christ along with numerous testimonies of others who are now living in victory over their flesh and the sins that used to enslave them.
Healing Hands Of Jesus
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Author : Rekha Vidyarthi
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2012-03-23
Healing Hands Of Jesus written by Rekha Vidyarthi and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-23 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Archangel Michael taught interactive healing to author Rekha Vidyarthi; through this technique, she has assisted the healing process in people for sixteen years. Michael said to her You need to heal yourself in order to heal others. Written with Jesuss guidance, Healing Hands of Jesus illustrates how you can choose to change the karmic things and past lives that are happening right now. Angels heal many lives at once by healing one personality and integrating one fragment at a time into the higher self, shortening the incarnation of a troubled past and present. Every experience in life is created by unconscious thoughts. Your outer situation triggers your innermost emotions and feelings. The mind requires answers in order to change ones perspective. Because most answers lie either in childhood or in a past life, it is necessary to look within. The angels trigger our memories to identify the connection, which is when healing begins. Such things as parental imprinting, family karma, ego, anger, fear, guilt, sadness, depression, or learned behavior perpetuate from one life to the next. These issues repeat themselves through many lives until we learn how to heal the issues. Healing Hands of Jesus explains that we must ask forgiveness for the negative things that are happening to us now in order to heal ourselves.
A People S History Of Christianity
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Author : Diana Butler Bass
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-03-03
A People S History Of Christianity written by Diana Butler Bass and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-03 with Religion categories.
For too long, the history of Christianity has been told as the triumph of orthodox doctrine imposed through power and hierarchy. In A People's History of Christianity, historian and religion expert Diana Butler Bass reveals an alternate history that includes a deep social ethic and far-reaching inclusivity: "the other side of the story" is not a modern phenomenon, but has always been practiced within the church. Butler Bass persuasively argues that corrective—even subversive—beliefs and practices have always been hallmarks of Christianity and are necessary to nourish communities of faith. In the same spirit as Howard Zinn's groundbreaking work The People's History of the United States, Butler Bass's A People's History of Christianity brings to life the movements, personalities, and spiritual disciplines that have always informed and ignited Christian worship and social activism. A People's History of Christianity authenticates the vital, emerging Christian movements of our time, providing the historical evidence that celebrates these movements as thoroughly Christian and faithful to the mission and message of Jesus.