Praying Twice

Author: Brian A. Wren
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664256708
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 440

Book Description
Wren discusses the thorny issues involving congregational singing today: the indispensable nature of public worship; contemporary worship music; the lyrics of different types of congregational songs, such as choruses, hymns, chants and ritual songs; and the importance of using hymn lyrics as poetry. He shows why hymn lyrics are altered throughout time and how they illustrate theology.

Praying Twice

Author: Brian Wren
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 161164237X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 437

Book Description
In this in depth look at hymns, Brian Wren explores the theological significance of congregational song, asks how music has meaning for its singers, and considers the importance of contemporary worship music. He argues that a hymn is a complex art form, deserving of recognition and study for its contributions to worship, education, and pastoral care.

How to Pray

Author: R.A. Torrey
Publisher: Editora Dracaena
ISBN: 8582181558
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
A real manual on prayer, its importance and necessity in the Christian life. Written by a leading Christian leaders of the twentieth century. A book that will bring growth and knowledge about prayer and invite him to live with greater intimacy with God.

Two Hearts Praying as One

Author: Dennis Rainey
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 0307564622
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 101

Book Description
Dennis and Barbara Rainey, founders of FamilyLife, help couples establish the important daily habit of praying together, offering personal stories and answering questions about the dynamics of prayer. Daily entries -- including a short devotion, questions for reflection, and a prayer -- take husband and wife through topics related to prayer, spiritual growth, and key marital issues. “Sweetheart, let’s pray.” In the press of daily living, preserving a private moment to pray with and for your life-partner can be tough. Yet joining hearts before God is the single most transforming, intimate experience in marriage—a simple act that will fill your life, your relationship, and your home with wondrous love. A time to listen, a time to touch, a time to connect with what matters… Dennis and Barbara Rainey tell how a decision to pray together daily strengthened their understanding of one another, reduced conflict, and knit their hearts together in a deep, spiritual bond. Their thirty days of reflections can do the same for your relationship—starting today!

How To Pray

Author:
Publisher: CCEL
ISBN: 1931848270
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95

Book Description

HOW TO PRAY

Author: Edward D. Andrews
Publisher: Christian Publishing House
ISBN: 1945757108
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description

Besorah

Author: Mark S. Kinzer
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725264021
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
The gospel of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth has healed countless lives over the centuries, but the gospel itself has been wounded through neglect of one of its main components. The books of Luke and Acts reveal that the death and resurrection of Jesus are linked inextricably to the destruction and promised restoration of Jerusalem, the city that personifies the Jewish people as a whole. To highlight this expanded understanding of the gospel, Mark Kinzer and Russ Resnik unpack the Hebrew term for gospel, besorah, as a prophetic message of salvation for Israel and all nations. In Luke's besorah, the death and resurrection of the Messiah are a sign of the coming judgment and restoration of Jerusalem and the Jewish people--a restoration that brings with it the renewal of all creation. This prophetic dimension of the besorah is a key to healing the fractured gospel and restoring its power amidst the strife and tumult of the twenty-first century.

Romans and the Mission of God

Author: Mark J. Keown
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666719463
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 487

Book Description
Romans is a missional document. Yet, strangely, while many recognize the missional aspects of Romans, few monographs are totally devoted to unpacking Romans from a missional perspective. Romans and the Mission of God does this very thing. Part one explores the background of the letter with an eye to positioning Romans in the story of the mission of God, the apostle, the Roman world, and the early church. Part two considers how Romans is a contextually shaped presentation of the gospel. A range of other aspects of the way in which Paul shapes his message for the Romans are explored including salvation history, metaphors and rhetorical techniques, and aspects of the letter including elements opposed to God, salvation ideas, human response, ethics and Christian living, and the eschaton. Part three delves into issues that arise in Romans that are important for contemporary mission. These include such things as the cosmic scope of the mission, the gospel as the power of salvation, who does evangelism, the miraculous, social justice, ecology, social transformation, generosity and hospitality, God's sovereignty and human volition, prayer, the State, culture, Israel, apologetics, and theological thinking. This is a must-read for those serious about Paul, Romans, and God's mission.

Living in the Shade of Islam

Author: Ali Unal
Publisher: Tughra Books
ISBN: 1597848131
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
The How to Live as a Muslim series is an essential guide for anyone who seeks to acquire an accurate knowledge of Islam, as it elucidates all the facets of Islam with precise brevity in three volumes: An Introduction to Islamic Faith and Thought, Living in the Shade of Islam, and Living the Ethics and Morality of Islam. This book covers in detail the other four pillars of Islam: the establishment of the five daily prayers, the prescribed purifying alms, observing the fast of Ramadan, and the pilgrimage to Makka. The volume also examines cleanliness, the issues of marriage and family life, the lawful, and the unlawful

Rosary: Is this Prayer Biblical?

Author: Alan Cajetan Fernandes
Publisher: Burning Bush Publishing LLP
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 117

Book Description
Rosary is the treasured prayer of the Church. Praying the Rosary together, families have been built up in love and piety. In the Catholic spiritual tradition, the first prayers that children babble are of those of the Rosary. This book is intended to enable catholic to understand what we pray, and why we pray the Rosary prayer, so that we may pray it more meaningfully and joyfully, with deeper love, affection, and respect to our Blessed Mother. The book is primarily apologetic in nature, showing essentially how the prayer is Scriptural, and in the minimum explanation possible, attempts to answer some common doubts raised by our brethren outside the Catholic fraternity. This book is not an exhaustive theological treatise on the Rosary. It is written from a layman’s perspective trying to include in it the necessary biblical and theological explanations. In the process, I have relied heavily upon the Catechism of the Catholic Church to substantiate my arguments, since in it we have the official teaching of the Church.