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Christ’s letters to the seven churches still resonate today. Like those ancient churches, most churches today lie somewhere on the continuum between flourishing and withering, between faithfulness and faithlessness, between comfort and persecution. Using seven key themes, John Stott illustrates the timeless relevance of Christ’s exhortations and warnings to the universal church, while pointing to Christ, the Lamb turned Shepherd, who knows the unique opportunities and challenges that face each church. This is a helpful guide for preachers looking to feed their flock with this often visited passage from John’s vision of the apocalypse.

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This commentary presents the book of Ruth through a uniquely Asian lens that helps bring out the nuances of this Old Testament text that are often missed or misunderstood. The deep and skillful exegesis presented will satisfy a scholarly reader, yet the language used is accessible enough for lay preachers and teachers to understand, appreciate, and use. This commentary brings the text to life; Ruth is no longer a story in a time long gone, but one that effortlessly unfolds right in front of your eyes. The Asia Bible Commentary Series empowers Christian believers in Asia to read the Bible from within their respective contexts. Holistic in its approach to the text, each exposition of the biblical books combines exegesis and application. The ultimate goal is to strengthen the Body of Christ in Asia by providing pastoral and contextual exposition of every book of the Bible.

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The communities in which we live all suffer alienation from God and the sin, social disorder and brokenness that follows. As Christians, we yearn to see our communities saturated with the good news of Jesus Christ, but there are countless obstacles to overcome in our churches and mission agencies as we seek to fulfil this vision. In this book, Emerson Manaloto offers the model of New Testament-based house churches as the vehicle for gospel ministry in communities around the world with specific applications for the Filipino context.
Examining four areas – leaders, learners, lessons, and locations – Dr Manaloto presents foundational principles of the New Testament that can be the basis for our own contemporary churches and ministry. Manaloto critically analyzes the house church in terms of its concepts in the first century, its context in the Greco-Roman world and its practices as outlined in the New Testament. This analysis is then used to draw conclusions for how twenty-first century small groups in the Philippines can be stable, mature, and multiply, resulting in the birth of more churches locally and globally, and the transformation of lives and communities as they encounter Jesus Christ.

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The Christian faith presents a distinctive vision of last things: that God in Christ aims to reconcile the world to himself, and through his Spirit and a new people, to set all things to right. This good news is for all nations and peoples, but for too long the Christian doctrine of eschatology has focused on debates and arguments rooted solely in the Western church. In All Things New, leading theologians and biblical scholars from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and North America offer readers a glimpse of how Christians around the globe are perceiving and describing the Christian hope. The result is a remarkably refreshing and distinctive vision of eschatology guaranteed to raise new questions and add new insights to the global church’s vision of the eschaton.

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In this critical study, Dr Turbi Luka uses historical-theological methodology to engage in detail with Christologies of key African theologians and conventional theological sources for Christology, including the church fathers Tertullian and Athanasius as well as modern theologians. Turbi argues that existing African Christologies, specifically ancestor Christologies, are inadequate in expressing the person of Christ as Messiah and saviour, the fulfilment of Old Testament prophesies. Providing a new approach, Turbi proposes an African Linguistic Affinity Christology that explicitly portrays Jesus as Christ in a contextually relevant way for Africans in everyday life. This crucial study highlights the need for biblically rooted Christology and for sound theological understanding and naming of Jesus at every level. This book also warns the church in Africa, and elsewhere, to avoid repeating the dangerous christological heresies of the ancient church by remaining faithful to a biblical interpretation and orthodox theology of Christ.

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Our lives have been disrupted by a pandemic, but at some point we will find a new normal. What will we do then? Better, what should we do then? Bruce Epperly has been writing while living through this time as a pastor, teacher, author, and grandparent. He provided some lessons for a hopeful, fulfilling life during the pandemic in his book Faith in a Time of Pandemic . In this book, he goes beyond that time to look at what these experiences should challenge us to do. How can we live better in the world. Fearlessly but gently he takes on issues of injustice, intolerance, inequality in society and discusses how the interdependence we have found during this time needs to be lived out in our society as a whole. His solutions are spiritual, social, and yes, political.[/i] Each chapter of the book includes a section titled “Hopeful Activism,” with suggestions on what to do about the issues discussed, a section on spirituality, and a prayer—one that is challenging to pray! This book is suitable for individual reading, but it will find its greatest value as a small group or churchwide study, or perhaps as a hopeful, forward looking study to do together online while we continue in social distancing.

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Men, do you find yourself wondering if God is present in your everyday life? Is He around even in the smallest of encounters? In his book, Right in Front of You, Ken Sadler II has provided real-life examples that show God is present every day, from the significant occurrences to ones that are minor.<br><br>The daily devotionals are designed to be read in 5 minutes or less. The devotional starts out with an appropriate scriptural reading or inspirational saying. There is an action plan that relates to the devotional reading for that day. The action plan is simple and designed for immediate implementation. This book will inspire and motivate you to action.

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What is our part when it comes to walking in unstoppable increase in our lives and what does the God-kind of increase look like?<br><br>God is an &quot;if-then&quot; God. When we want to see God move in our lives, we have to do something first. Then&ndash;and only then&ndash;will He do His part. He promises us in His Word salvation, healing, provision, restoration, wisdom and increase… but only if we believe, receive, confess, obey and give to Him in faith, believing for our harvests. Only He can do what He can do. But only you and I can do what we can do. <br><br>Perhaps you&#39;ve been through some sort of wilderness experience and you&#39;ve wondered, Where is God in all this? There is a real devil in the world, and according to God&#39;s Word in John 10:10, he is working overtime to steal, kill and destroy. But that scripture also says Jesus is present in your life too, and He has come so you could have life…abundant life…life that is overflowing with provision and filled with increase in every area…spirit, soul and body. <br><br>

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How do you react when bad news visits your door? What happens when you are suddenly blind-sided and your life is being ravaged by a deadly, incurable disease? What do you do when it looks like your business is going down the tubes and you&#39;re about to lose everything financially? Where do you turn when you&#39;ve just received the shocking news that your son or daughter is hooked on drugs or alcohol? <br><br>Does God have a miracle when bad news strikes?<br><br>In the society in which we live, where we watch news on television or the internet 24/7, is it possible to believe that the bad news is wrong?<br><br>I say a resounding, YES! And I&#39;ve written this book to let you know that even if it looks like you&#39;re going under, and you&#39;re about to be engulfed in the roaring waves of the sea, Jesus Christ declared, &quot;Let us go over unto the other side.&quot; The devil may be in the storm business, but Jesus is still in the going-over business. The Bible, God&#39;s Word, is still the same Good News message that it was two thousand years ago. And the good news is the bad news is wrong!<br>

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Are you living your life as your best self and the life that you were created to live? <br><br>What if I told you that you were created for a life of glory and honor? So many of us live half-lives of the greatness that is within us because we believe that the life we have now is as good as it gets.<br><br>Are you ready for a mental and emotional detox from unhealthy belief systems that have kept you locked under the ungodly thought and word curses from the world, your own flesh, and the devil?<br><br>In this life-changing book, I will give you keys and strategies to find your true identity, your birthright, and help you move closer to your God-given destiny. Using real life case studies, simple, down-to-earth explanations, Biblical truths, prophetic words, prayer, and decree activations, you will step out from under the Curse of Ichabod, return to joy, and step into the life that you were always meant to live.

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