The rate of interfaith marriage in the United States has risen so radically since the sixties that it is difficult to recall how taboo the practice once was. How is this development understood and regarded by Americans generally, and what does it tell us about the nation's religious life? Drawing on ethnographic and historical sources, Samira K. Mehta provides a fascinating analysis of wives, husbands, children, and their extended families in interfaith...

The Pursuit of God teaches us the value of knowing God through our personal experience instead of thinking of Him as an abstract being. With constant communication with God, we will be able to develop a personal relationship with Him. Tozer asserts that God never ceases to speak to us, and we only need to listen and engage in a conversation with our Heavenly Father. The author main goal is to provide insights on how we can establish habits and a lifestyle...

Practical Guidance for Pastors Each compact topical ministerial handbook in the new Pastoral Pocket Guides series helps equip and empower pastors and church leaders to carry out the day-to-day work of Christian ministry with excellence and confidence. In the Hospital Visits guide you'll find: • Tips for preparing for a visit • Practical guidance for your visit and follow up ideas • Scriptures and prayers to share • Active listening tips,...

Modern life is fast-paced. Even worse, it's often chaotic and confused. But it doesn't have to be that way. Our days and our weeks are part of God's created order; the sun setting and rising, the regular shift from work to rest: all of these form a rhythm for our lives, a rhythm that the church has historically observed through a set calendar of feasts and fasts. Maybe you've used an Advent calendar to count down the days till Christmas. Or you might...

Practical Guidance for Pastors Each compact topical ministerial handbook in the new Pastoral Pocket Guides series helps equip and empower pastors and church leaders to carry out the day-to-day work of Christian ministry with excellence and confidence. In the Communion guide you'll find: • Communion meditation prompts • Scriptures and suggested prayers • Communion service ideas for particular occasions and special days • Guidelines for Communion...

Combining careful Bible study with enlightening historical survey and practical suggestions, this book provides a rich resource for deepening and renewing a central practice of the Christian faith.

The closing words of the Lord Jesus to the eleven disciples are all-important for all time: 'And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit ..."' (Matt.28:18-19). This is the Lord's mandate to his apostles to teach and carry out the practice of baptism. This booklet endeavors to...

This book is for those who want to understand how to minister under a supernatural anointing that will cascade into every area of their life. It will equip the reader with the necessary tools to fulfill their God given potential.

Among the breath stealing natural wonders of the vast, wild expanse of the universe loom mysterious places, beliefs and practices perverse with myths, legends and dogma which prove that nature and humans are never less than impressive. Superstitions that are as strange as they are fearsome and beliefs that one event is the cause of another without any physical process linking the two are firmly clung to as if lives depend on such. "The Bizarre,...

With practical wisdom based on first-hand experience, Facilitating a 1 Corinthians 14:26 Meeting provides a biblical foundation for releasing the entire body of Christ into ministry.For those who want to experience a free flow of the Holy Spirit through His people, this book addresses fears while encouraging each believer to give an outward expression of their inward impressions. Richard and his wife, Rebecca, began a house meeting in 2002 with the...