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In order to understand God’s Word more completely and effectively we must have our spiritual eyes opened. This “opening of spiritual eyes” involves correctly understanding and discerning the different symbols and figures of speech that God has employed in the revelation of his Word. The Bible is radically different from all other books in the world. God has divinely preserved the Bible for centuries and despite the fact that powerful leaders throughout the centuries have tried to destroy it, it is still the number one best seller! No other book comes close to the number and variety of...

This book is a culmination of multiple months of meditating on scripture in order to identify the principles contained in each passage, grouping them together in the seven chapters presented in this book. I wrote this book for myself as a personalized prayer guide. I also offer it to pastors, missionaries, board members of Christian organizations and anyone who feels the desire to cultivate a more effective prayer life with a little coaching from the Holy Spirit who inspired the writers of the New Testament to pass on the lessons they learned in the field of ministry during the greatest ...

This book is the sixth of seven in the series that explores each of the seven principle metaphors God employed in defining the nature and functioning of the Church. Imagining the King's bride looks back to how key women in the pages of scripture serve as prophetic types of the character and heart God desires to wed to his Son as his bride.

The reality that rampant dysfunction exists in evangelical churches today should be no mystery when one recognizes that churches typically fail to function according to the metaphor of Christ as the head of the body. Through this metaphor we can observe how dysfunction can be avoided by cultivating several types of functionality that God included in the human body. This book outlines five types of functionality that operate in the human body releasing it to fully express the character of the head: unified functionality, distinctive functionality, systemic functionality, expressive ...

No ready-made formulas exist for you to deal with each problem that may arise in your new life with Christ. However, when we are part of a family, through discipleship and close follow-up, we receive much more clarity about many things. In this manual, you will learn many things about God’s Word and about the New Birth, how to abandon the past and how to consecrate yourself. You will also learn how to forgive others, how to pray, among other indispensable disciplines that will strengthen you through the circumstances of life. The lessons of this manual will help you better understand the ...

It is clear from scripture that God created man to rule in life and to enjoy his existence as it reflects God's image and likeness. If Adam and Eve had not sinned and all of the generations of their offspring had remained faithful to God's command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, perhaps we would still be in the garden of Eden daily walking in God's presence and enjoying the experience of his Sabbath rest.The reality is however, that man fell. The bible clearly teaches that the first couple that God created fell into sin. Yet, across the centuries and millennium, ...

This is the last of the seven books dealing with the seven principle metaphors that God chose to define the nature and functioning of the Church. This book deals with the church as a the house, dwelling place, and habitation of God. Imagining God’s earthly house revisits the description of the construction and use of the Tabernacle of Moses as a shadow of the reality of the human heart as the house of God. A general observation of the building of the Tabernacle, the service of the priests, the measurements of the furniture and structures and the materials and colors employed in building ...

The Other-worldy represents an exposition of Christ’s first sermon, outlining God’s vision of the character, attitude and conduct of the spiritual work-force that he intends to use to usher in his long - awaited kingdom rule. They are out of this world!

COULD THE GREAT DEBATE BE OVER? The grace of Calvinism reconciled with the holiness of Arminianism Why should I be good? Salvation is free! Calvinism with holiness - Saved by grace, rewarded by works Have you ever asked yourself: Why should I be good aren’t Christians saved by grace? If so, then this book is for you! There are two main theological lines of thought concerning salvation: Calvinism and Arminianism. Calvinism emphasizes God’s sovereignty Arminianism emphasizes man’s responsibility Calvinism claims we are saved by grace Arminianism claims we are saved through our own ...

Dear small group leader, the purpose of this manual is to help you with practical matters of organization, leadership and functioning of a cell group, as well as guide you in each step along the way by strengthening fellowship, evangelism, service and discipleship in order to multiply one time each year. Throughout these pages, we give a thorough explanation of our vision, why we are a church in cells, what a cell is and what its objectives are. In a simple, non-superficial manner, we describe the key players of the small group, how they develop their functions and deal with the members of ...

Jesus said, I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Yet, statistics show that Americans do not give much value to the church anymore! Perhaps American Christians don’t love to hate the church but research suggests that they sure do hate to love it! • Each year for every church started, four close their doors! • Research suggests that 2.7 million church members fall into inactivity each year, leaving churches as hurting, wounded victims of some kind of abuse, disillusionment, or neglect. • Between 1992 and 2002, 77% to 87% of Americans identified ...

Discipleship redeemed is an apologetic addressing widespread disillusion that many churches hold with respect to Christ's method of multiplying his ministry at the end of his earthly ministry.