ʼn Feministiese roman vir konvensionele vroue Kantelpunt is die boekstawing van Nellie van der Merwe se wederopstanding. Nellie is pas 50, ʼn konvensionele, wit, Afrikaanse vrou wat haar lewe lank gedoen het wat almal van haar verwag – sy het stilgebly. Met haar stilte het sy haar plek gekoop in haar huwelik, haar gesin, haar familie, haar werk, in die kerk, in die land, in die samelewing. Maar dan ondergaan sy ʼn histerektomie, en haar wêreld kantel. Sy is losgesny van die ding wat van haar ʼn vrou gemaak het, en daarmee saam raak sy bevry van die stilte.
In Pseudo Discipleship George Verwer speaks of the pretentious forms of disciples among the Christians. He exposes Mr Halftruth, Mr Liar, Mr Tailbearer, Mr Faultfinder and others among those fakers. His thoughtful and humorous presentation makes it clear to the readers that that genuineness is the most inevitable quality in following Christ.
The Bible demands revolutionary commitment and sacrificial love. No Turning Back is a vigorous and practical call to Christians to really get involved in obeying Christ. God did not create us to live this life at minimum cost. What was His purpose? Not just that we should be saved and thus go back to where we ought to have started, but rather that we should go on to conquest and worship and enjoy life in abundance. A call to rededication, No Turning Back is designed to reveal how Christians can enter active service. It presents the disciple's weapons, teaches how to press on when the going gets tough, and seeks to help Christians to ? Live a life of love? Worthy of the God they serve?
This is a two-in-one book. Each of the two sections consists of six beautiful messages. The content of the book in one line is, ‘your tears will be wiped away and you are safe in the hands of Jesus forever.’ The reader will find that these messages are comforting and reassuring. Read and be blessed!
Longing for Community compiles the research and reflection of twenty missiologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and linguists' among them Muslims who have become believers in Jesus Christ, presented at the second Coming to Faith Consultation in February 2010. The contributors explore the multiple levels and hybrid nature of social identity, pointing to the need to free our discussions from single-dimensional scales, which are far from adequate to describe the complex nature of conversion and lived-out faith.
What are the reasons for the shallowness of our spirituality?
Why the body of Christ is divided into thousands of denominations?
How can we find a breakthrough which will enable us to improve our relationship with God and with one another?
An attempt has been made in this book to address some of the issues that are listed above with a hope that it will help many Christians in their spiritual journey.
Latent Thumb Impression of God is an effort to realize our precarious position because of the failure to identify the real enemy? Satan. The author points out the nefarious activities which the churches failed to discover. With the hidden biblical truths, this book strengthens its readers to become spiritual warriors.
A study of the end-time events is always fascinating to any serious student of the Bible. The ultimate consummation of God's eternal plan begins with the signs of Jesus? second coming. This book explains the events in a sequential order...
Lessons from the fig tree parable of Jesus
Rapid preparations for the Lord's Second Coming
The apostles' infallible teachings on end-time events
Significance of the seven-sealed scroll for the cosmos
The Epistle to the Hebrews is an extraordinary book in the New Testament. The epistle is an exhortation for the persecuted believers to continue in the grace of Jesus Christ. It addresses believers in Christ, seekers of Christ and those who have rejected Christ. Therefore, the writer of the epistle continues to emphasize on the superiority of Christ and his work in comparison to the High Priest and the sacrifices of the Old Testament. It is the superiority of our Lord Jesus that remains as the theme of the eloquently written epistle, and it is rich in foundational Christian doctrine.
This is a treasure guide of Bible references for those who have been given the responsibility to teach, preach and lead others in faith. It would also enrich believers of Christ with biblical knowledge in order to grow themselves into mature Christians and build their lives on true and firm foundation of God's Word.
The eye of the reader is opened as they are taken on a journey beyond the veil of ordinary life into the alluring domains of alternative spiritualities; spiritualities that are rapidly proliferating throughout the West and making a deep impression on the group mind of all first world nations. This is not a ho-hum, so what who cares, take it or leave it story.
“Pope Gregory the Great, at the end of the sixth century, divided all sins under seven heads. He said that every sin that a man commits can be classified by seven words. He named the sins: pride, anger, envy, impurity, gluttony, slothfulness and avarice. They have been called down through the centuries “the seven deadly sins.” These sins are nowhere collectively mentioned in a single passage in the Bible, and yet they are all condemned separately in many places. Thomas Aquinas and most of the great theologians have agreed with Pope Gregory, and these seven deadly sins have become a recognized part of moral theology.
Every Christian is called to be a disciple, but do we realize this? And what does it mean? Peter Maiden, after a lifetime of discipleship, shows from his own struggles and experiences that the life of discipleship is a life of relationship - a love between us and Jesus. We are called to servanthood, to being wise in the use of time and money.
This book presents a dynamic picture of Jesus and relates this picture to Jesus’ fundamental and underlying relationship with his Father through the Holy Spirit. The concrete expression of that relationship in Jesus’ life, ministry, death, and resurrection is presented in a unified manner, avoiding the pitfall of majoring on only one of these aspects.
‘Romans’ is a masterpiece of Apostle Paul. He wrote it to the church at Rome as a preparation to his arrival and also to give them an in-depth idea about how God saves both Gentiles and Jews. It deals with principal themes such as grace of God, salvation and justification.
The way of the Cross is the way of sacrifice, but with such sacrifice come peace and joy everlasting. For Jesus said: ?Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it? and ?If a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies? It bears much fruit?. This Christian classic has been reprinted because of the timeless nature of its message, and the great need for all Christians to allow themselves to be challenged to a deep and sacrificial walk with God.
Violence, trafficking and gender discrimination are on the increase for millions of girls and women living in the 21st Century. SOS: Save Our Sisters is a simple but powerful guide to the human rights issues most affecting half our worlds population. But this book goes beyond highlighting the ugly facts about female infanticide, child brides, girl soldiers, female genital mutilation, honor killings and other abuses. Its purpose is to inspire individuals and churches to prayer and action that can help turn the tide.
Spiritual Revolution tells the compelling story of 50 years of Operation Mobilisation (OM), today with more than 5000 workers in over 100 countries. Beginning with George Verwers conversion as a teenager in New York City, the story traces Gods faithfulness from the first outreach in Mexico City to OM becoming one of the worlds largest mission agencies. Stretching from India to Latin America, OM has pioneered short-term missions, ships for world evangelism, and has been at the cutting edge of the explosive growth of missions from the global church. This is ground-breaking history.
Paul Marsh reaffirms that the spiritual warfare is an unavoidable struggle in the life of every God's child. The text illuminates the intensified need of arming ourselves with the divine weapons and how one should mightily fight in a spiritual battle. The book also illustrates the devilish origin of spiritual warfare and how the Bible heroes could deal with when they went through their own fights. Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, David, Moses are a few sketched in the book to show how a believer can fight against the devil?s strategy as a good warrior by the power of mighty God. Sheds light into the present dark world of deceptions such as occultism, witchcraft, spiritual oppression and so on of the present world.
The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows refers to 14 images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The devotional exercise of visiting and praying in front of each of the station and meditating on the Passion of Christ stems from the practice of early Christian pilgrims who visited the scenes of the events in Jerusalem and walked the traditional route from the supposed location of Pilate’s house to Calvary.
Following Jesus is not something to be taken lightly. It means 100% commitment, unconditional obedience, sacrificial service and total devotion to Him. Lets face it, we don't like giving anything up, certainly not our whole lives, but that is what Jesus asks us to do.
Although for some people giving is a spiritual gift, all Christians are called to give. Christian giving is grounded in the character of God and in our relationship to him. It springs from an attitude of heart and mind.
Having been saved through the ministry of literature, George Verwer often felt guilty for challenging people to distribute literature without telling them how to do it. There is Dynamite in Literature fills the gap. Outlining the power, need, purpose and presentation of literature evangelism, this practical updated edition will project us forward as effective distributors and evangelists well into the 21st century.
Pastor Mathews commentary on Joshua is a direct comprehensive grasp of both testaments. Its clear and readable terms provide a resource for theological and ethical reflection. This compassionate guide of lucid presentation on grand themes of the book guides, helps, inspires and challenges the readers to live in reality by following Christ.
