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Discovering the Feminine Genius
by Katrina J. ZenoDiscovering the Feminine Genius presents a framework in which women can discover and understand their human and spiritual journey as a daughter of God, a woman, a unique individual, and spouse of the Spirit. Katrina Zeno, renowned speaker on the theology of the body, explores the role of women in our complex world and explains the concept of the feminine genius.
Discovering the Human Person: In Conversation with John Paul II
by Stanislaw GrygielA longtime friend and student of the late Pope John Paul II, Stanislaw Grygiel in this book reflects on the life and thought of this extraordinary pope, giving new insight into his character and his vision of beauty as the path that leads us to God.More than simply biographical information about John Paul II -- who was Bishop Karol Wojtyla before he became pope -- or a dry academic analysis of his teaching, Discovering the Human Person derives from Grygiel’s extensive firsthand interaction with Wojtyla. Grygiel reflects on the importance of Christian personalism, or communion, as the ground of John Paul II’s life, particularly in response to the communist environment that surrounded him in Poland. Grygiel also addresses the pope’s call for a new evangelization, his understanding of marriage and family, and the relationship of those to a genuine, healthy understanding of nation and state.
Discovering the Joy of Catalytic Giving - For Christ: Effective Stewardship - 100 to 1 Return For a Greater Harvest of Souls
by James P. GillsNetworking with like-minded people who share our love for God enables us to do together what could not be accomplished alone for the kingdom of God. The result is catalytic giving—maximized impact for reaching souls in every nation. James P. Gills will introduce you to extraordinarily successful entrepreneurs, businesspeople, Bible teachers, and other gifted servants of God who have one thing in common: all have discovered the supreme joy of uniting their God-given abilities, spiritual gifts, and material resources as a catalyst for spreading God&’s love with maximum effect.Catalytic Giving will show you through firsthand accounts the power of Jesus&’s words in Acts 20:35, that: &“It is more blessed to give than to receive.&”
Discovering the Lead Codices
by Jennifer Elkington David ElkingtonIn March 2011, The Sunday Times ran an article on the discovery of a mysterious cache of palm-sized, ring-bound books made of lead. These lead codices, as they have become known, contain mysterious symbols and inscriptions. One tablet in particular features a portrait of Jesus and has preserved the seven seals that would have bound it together along its left-hand side. David and Jennifer Elkington photographed the books, brought samples to the UK for analysis, and assembled a team of eminent scholars to study them. At the same time, the books were quickly becoming an international phenomenon, the Israelis and Jordanians began a very public dispute over the location of the site where they were discovered. Convinced that the codices are the earliest Christian documents ever found, the Elkingtons put their reputations on the line as they raced to authenticate the find amidst an array of vested interests which sought to suppress them. In their quest to crack the code, the Elkingtons have been subjected to personal threat but they have continued the fight to ensure the world understands the importance of the codices, which may well pre-date the New Testament. Their significance in our understanding of early Christianity cannot be underestimated.
Discovering the Mind of a Woman: The Key to Becoming a Strong and Irresistable Husband is...
by Ken NairAs the founder and president of Life Partners, a renowned discipleship ministry, bestselling author Ken Nair has discipled more than five hundred men in how to become more Christlike husbands--all of whom have experienced renewal and restoration in their relationships. Now, he's here to help you do the same.Drawing from stories from his own marriage, as well as the journeys of countless husbands whose marriages were dissolving, Nair reveals major roadblocks in life and in marriage.As you learn more about your spouse in Discovering the Mind of a Woman, you'll gain the tools you need to:Experience God in your marriageTruly meet the needs of your spouseBecome a spiritual leader within your marriageWhat follows within the pages of Discovering the Mind of a Woman are life-changing concepts that won't just revive a marriage, they'll change your perspective forever. Praise for Discovering the Mind of a Woman:"I am glad for this book. After fifty-five years of Christian marriage, I find thoughts here that will help me be more thoughtful of my wife's needs. It has helped me understand why and how she thinks differently than I do about so many things. A husband, as this book points out, is to live with and love his wife with understanding. This change in a husband and the consequent response by a wife result in life-changing home life, and together radiate to many others, for the glory of Christ."--Kenneth N. Taylor, translator of The Living Bible
Discovering the Mission of God: Best Missional Practices for the 21st Century
by Mike Barnett"God cannot lead you on the basis of information you do not have." —Ralph Winter What is God's mission in the world? For anyone passionate about discovering God's heart for the nations, Discovering the Mission of God will reveal his plans for you. Written by 21st-century field workers, scholars and church leaders, this book weaves together the basic components of God?s global mission and challenges readers to identify where they fit in the mission of God. Discovering the Mission of God explores the mission of God as presented in the Bible, expressed throughout church history and in cutting-edge best practices being used around the world today. Drawing from a new generation of scholar-practitioners, this comprehensive reader provides global perspective, recent missiological research, case studies, recommended further readings and relevant discussion questions at the end of each chapter. Contributors include: Bryan E. Beyer Karen O'Dell Bullock R. Bruce Carlton Gary R. Corwin Don Dent Robert Edwards Nathan Evans David Garrison H. Al Gilbert Kevin Greeson Jim Haney J. Scott Holste R. Alton James Patrick Lai William J. Larkin Christopher R. Little Alex Luc Stan May Clyde Meador A. Scott Moreau D. Kurt Nelson Howard Norrish Meg Page John Piper Robert L. Plummer Jerry Rankin Nik Ripken Tom Steffen Ed Stetzer John Mark Terry LaNette W. Thompson Greg Turner Preben Vang Joel. F. Williams Christopher J. H. Wright William R. Yount Discovering the Mission of God is an indispensable resource for anyone wanting a better picture of what God is doing in the world and how to find one's place in God's global plan.
Discovering the Mission of God Supplement
by Robin MartinDiscovering the Mission of God: Best Missional Practices for the 21st Century.
Discovering the True Self: Kodo Sawaki's Art of Zen Meditation
by Kodo SawakiThese profound Zen Buddhism teachings explained in ordinary language from one of the most respected Zen masters of the 20th century are "an essential resource for those interested in Zen meditation" (Publishers Weekly).“You can’t see your true Self. [But] you can become it. Becoming your true Self is zazen.”Having come of age as an orphan in the slums of Tsu City, Japan, Kodo Sawaki had to fight his way to adulthood, and became one of the most respected Zen masters of the 20th century. He had a great understanding of Dogen Zenji’s teaching and he knew how to express Dogen’s philosophy in clear, easily–understood language. Sawaki’s primary mission was to bring all people to an awareness of the Self, which he believed came through Zen meditation.His humor and straightforward talk garnered Sawaki followers from all walks of life. Though he remained poor by choice, he was rich in spirit. Two of his students who became known in America as well as in Japan were Kosho Uchiyama, abbot of Antaiji Temple and author of Opening The Hand of Thought, and Gudo Nishijima, Zen teacher and translator of Dogen’s Shobogenzo.A student of Kosho Uchiyama, Arthur Braverman has compiled an anthology of Sawaki’s writings and a garland of sayings gathered from throughout his lifetime. One of a few collections of Sawaki’s teachings published in English, his life and work bracket the most intriguing and influential period of modern Zen practice in Japan and America.
Discovering Treasure: A Christian romance to stir magic in the mind and music to the soul
by Crystal Mary LindseyIt's 1925 and Paris is the city of romance and exotic fashion. Treasure Gilroy is a famous model living in the heart of this dazzle, working between London, New York and Milan. Then suddenly and inexplicably she vanishes from her opulent lifestyle. Having inherited her grandmother's estate, Treasure journeys back to a beautiful valley on the other side of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, outback Australia. She travels with her best friend, Ella, who is English and works as a French hair coiffeur. They've been friends for a few years, but there is something mysterious about Ella and neither woman can explain their déjà vu bond. When Treasure meets her grandmother's lawyer, Connor Latham, who is a returned World War I fighter pilot, passions ignite; yet Connor alternates between sizzling and icy when they are together. Will Treasure lose her heart to him? Family secrets are discovered and skeletons in the closet revealed. Finally Treasure gains understanding of the many uncertainties facing her. As she forges new beginnings, the sadness in her heart begins to dissipate. Where does belief in God fit in? Treasure has been brought up without any knowledge of Jesus, so sees no necessity for him. Will she come to an understanding about God's unconditional love for her? Does she receive the free gift offered, or does she reject it? This Christian romance stirs magic in the mind and music to the soul.
Discovering Trinity in Disability: A Theology for Embracing Difference
by Myroslaw Tataryn Maria Truchan-TatarynDrawing on scripture, theology, and the personal experience of their daughter's severe disability, the authors explore the theological meaning of disability and the special insights it affords into the mystery of God's Trinitarian being (God as an inclusive community).
Discovering What the Future Holds: A 6-Week, No-Homework Bible Study (40-Minute Bible Studies)
by Kay Arthur Georg HuberWhy wonder or worry about the future? God has given you a sneak preview. With all that’s transpiring in the world, people can’t help but wonder what the future holds. Will there ever be peace on earth? How long will the world live under the threat of terrorism? Is a one-world ruler on the horizon? God has already provided answers to these questions in the book of Daniel, which sets forth His blueprints for the future. In fact, when you understand the prophecies Daniel reveals, every other prophecy in the Bible will fit somewhere in the plan. If you want to understand the future, if you want to know what will happen in the “end of days,” you need to begin with the prophecies of the Book of Daniel. Join me on this glorious adventure into the future. --Kay Arthur The 40-Minute Bible Studies tackle vital issues in short, easy-to-grasp lessons for personal or group use–with no homework required.
Discovering Who You Are and How God Sees You
by Norm WrightWho am I? In this easy-to-understand book, expert Dr. Norm Wright gives advice on how to find our identity in Christ (rather than in what others think). His down-to-earth, practical advice backed by over four decades of Christian counseling experience will help you avoid the confusion and pain that comes from a misplaced identity and will help you answer the tough life question: Who am I?When we know who we are in God's eyes, our confidence won't allow the ups and downs of life to destroy our self-worth. Once we realize that having the right job, the right possessions, or even having the right connections are not who we are, we can establish our identity on the one foundation that is unchangeable--God's love for us. Deepen your understanding of who God is and discover how he sees you with this easy-to-understand book.Enjoy getting practical advice on--* Finding our identity in Christ rather than in what others think* Dealing with negative messages from the past* 6 practical ways to believe and walk in the truth of who God says that you are* Dealing with identity and mid-life crisis (for both men and women)* Six ways to positively change your relationship with others4 Key Features of Dr. Norm Wright's Discovering Who You Are and How God Sees You* Expert Advice Explained in an Easy-to-Understand WayWeaving his experience as a counselor with the Word of God, Dr. Norm Wright uses illustrative examples, simple summaries, and clear explanations as he answers key questions:* What is identity? How do we form our identity?* Why do people have mid-life crisis or an identity crisis?* How can I know if my identity is based too much on others' opinions?* How can I find my identity in Christ?
Discovering Your Identity (Life Principles Study Series)
by Charles Stanley"Who are you?" When someone asks that question, how do you respond?Do you give your name, then describe what you do for a living? Most people answer this question with basic, superfivial information about their lives, but most Christians don't really know the truth about who they are.You are a saint! If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, then this is the correct answer. And the term saint carries many layers of meaning, all of which is great news. The only right way to understand who we are is to see ourselves from God's perspective, as described in His Word.This book will lead you through the many layers of understanding who you are in the eyes of God. You are a beloved child of God; you are the heir of God's inheritance; you are a member of the Body of Christ. In short, you are God's Masterpiece!Features Include:Features teachings from one of America's best-loved pastors and theologiansTopical studies filled with life application principlesFor individual study or to be shared with a small group
Discovering Your Identity: Understand Who You Are in God's Eyes (Charles F. Stanley Bible Study Series)
by Charles F. StanleyWho are you? The only right way to understand who you are is to see yourself from God's perspective, as described in His Word. In Discovering Your Identity, you will be led through the many layers of understanding who you are in the eyes of God. As your search God's Word, you will discover many truths about yourself—such as the fact you are a beloved child of God, you are the heir of God's inheritance, and you are a member of the Body of Christ. In short . . . you are God's masterpiece!The Charles Stanley Bible Studies are a unique approach to Bible study, incorporating biblical truth, personal insights, emotional responses, and a call to action. Each study draws on Dr. Stanley's many years of teaching on the guiding principles found in God's Word, showing how we can apply them in practical ways to every situation we face. This edition of the series has been completely revised and updated and includes two brand-new lessons from Dr. Stanley.
Discovering Your Leadership Style: The Power of Chemistry, Strategy and Spirituality
by David T. OlsonGod can use your unique gifts, passions and personality to become a better leader. While personality inventories can help you understand your temperament, the model designed by leading church planter David Olson is designed to form fruitful Christian leadership. Olson's model reveals how three factors—spirituality, chemistry and strategy—work together. The free online inventory that is a companion to this book takes just five minutes to complete, and the resulting report appears instantaneously. When you take the inventory, you will also discover your leadership style. The six styles that shape our ministry are The Sacred Leader The Relational Leader The Inspirational Leader The Building Leader The Mission Leader The Imaginative Leader The thirty short chapters of this book are ideal for individual reflection with questions for individual discovery and bonus online activities. The book also includes all the tools you need to take your ministry team through this assessment. They will lead you deeper into this robust model for Christian leadership.
Discovering your Past Lives
by Gloria ChadwickHow to open up the world of past-life regression to anyone interested in finding out more about themselves.
Discovering Your Past Lives Made Easy: Connect with Your Past Lives to Create Positive Change
by Atasha FyfeAn accessible, concise and comprehensive guide to unlocking and working with your past life memories to encourage healing and self-empowerment.Past Lives Made Easy introduces the idea that we have multiple lifetimes, explores how they can connect to each other and offers techniques to help you experience the incredible healing and growth that they can offer you. Hypnotherapist and past life therapist Atasha Fyfe explains step by step how regression works and how readers can use it to find the clues to their past lives. She shares astonishing cases of children's past life memories, how the body holds on to past life memories and what the common triggers for them are. Regressions can bring many benefits to the reader, including helping them release emotional or psychological blocks they have in their present life. Readers can use this book to: initiate a past life regression at home discover their own past lives learn about the benefits of past life awareness receive the positive messages that can come through during a regression This title was previously published in the Hay House Basics series.
Discovering Your Spirit Animal: The Wisdom of the Shamans
by Lucy Harmer Pip WallerIn Discovering Your Spirit Animal, shamanic healer Lucy Harmer presents a practical approach to understanding spirit animals and applying their power to specific situations in daily life. Written in clear, simple language and featuring compelling stories and anecdotes, the book explains what a spirit animal is, describes its purpose, and shows that understanding the “medicine” of one’s spirit animal—assimilating its qualities and characteristics—allows one to apply the lessons and messages they convey and use them for personal transformation. Lucy Harmer notes that particular animals that cross one’s path or appear repeatedly nearby probably want us to share in their medicine, their teaching, their energy, and their spirit.Discovering Your Spirit Animal provides guidance for meeting and getting to know one’s spirit animal through easy exercises and shamanic techniques. Lucy Harmer explains how to discover the strengths, qualities, and skills one shares with one’s personal spirit animal, enabling one to learn how to reinforce this connection and access innate wisdom and inner power, overcome fears, increase natural healing capacity, and improve relationships.
Discovering Your Spiritual Center: The Power of Psalm 119
by David TeemsThis book offers a powerful strategy for regaining, strengthening, and sustaining a devotional life. It presents a twenty-two day program based on Psalm 119 for finding or recovering your spiritual center. Along the way, you will gain a deep appreciation for this scripture and its power to sustain faith.Following the structure of Psalm 119 (which uses the 22 characters of the Hebrew alphabet), "Discovering Your Spiritual Center" offers a twenty-two day strategy for change. The author writes: ". . . Life asks impossibly difficult things of us at times, and too often we can lose our way." He guides readers through a study of the Psalm in its purest form, using the Hebrew language as the foundation of understanding.With the eloquent imagery of David Teems, you will embark on a journey toward refreshed faith and deepened understanding. David writes, "We never quite get used to the darkness of our voyage, but the stars are dependable and true, and we find the confidence to move forward. . . . In discovering God, we discover ourselves. . . . Life is never the same again."With full chapters devoted to readers who struggle with time constraints and the hassle of the everyday "Discovering Your Spiritual Center" offers a Quick Start to rediscovery. This book shows us how to let go, trust and submit to God's Word, and abandon that which pulls us away from him.
Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts: A Personal Inventory Method
by Kenneth C. KinghornDiscovering Your Spiritual Gifts: A Personal Inventory Method is designed to help Christians identify the specific gifts God has given them. While no Christian possesses every gift of the Spirit, every Christian does have some of God’s wonderful gifts. And to be effective in ministry, Christians must find and use these gifts. This volume features an "inventory" of spiritual gifts designed to be taken either in a group or privately. This book will help clear up certain misconceptions about spiritual gifts and assist Christians in discovering the gifts God has within them.
Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts
by Luci Swindoll Phyllis BennettThe Women of Faith Bible Study Series helps you turn the laughter and lessons of Women of Faith conferences into a journey of growth shared by special friends. Whether or not you've attended a conference, you will appreciate the bonds that form as you join with other women linked together in friendship, prayer, joy, and faith. Each study will also lead you to a deeper love of the Bible and a greater appreciation of the power of God's Word. Each session includes six sections: A Moment for Quiet Reflection . . . Just for Fun - Knowing God's Heart . . . Praying Together - Friendship Boosters . . . Making it Real in Your Own Life - The leader's guide that's included makes it easy to facilitate weekly Bible studies that will nurture your knowledge of Scripture and your sense of God's presence in your life. Six Sessions Include -- Gifts Tagged "Uniquely You!" - Opening the Gifts - Part 1 Opening the Gifts - Part 2 Gifts for the Family - Pleasing the Gift-Giver - Unopened Gifts
Discovery at Dawn (Gospel Time Trekkers #6)
by Maria Grace Dateno FSP Paul CunninghamIn this sixth volume of the Gospel Time Trekkers series, children ages 6-8 are taken on a journey that imaginatively retraces the events surrounding Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection, revealing the ultimate meaning of giving up something for others.
Discovery of Design
by Derrik Hobbs Dr Donald DeyoungA world created in perfection, now unveiled... From the frontiers of scientific discovery, researchers are now taking design elements from the natural world and creating extraordinary breakthroughs that benefit our health, our quality of life, our ability to communicate, and even help us work more efficiently. An exciting look at cutting-edge scientific advances, Discover of Design highlights incredible examples that include: How things like batteries, human organ repair, microlenses, automotive engineering, paint, and even credit card security all have links to natural designs Innovations like solar panels in space unfurled using technology gleaned from beech tree leaves, and optic research rooted in the photonic properties of opal gemstones Current and future research from the fields of stealth technology, communications, cosmetics, nanotechnology, surveillance, and more! Take a fantastic journey into the intersection of science and God's blueprints for life - discovering answers to some of the most intricate challenges we face. Experience this powerful apologetics message in a multi-purpose resource as a personal enrichment tool or as an educational supplement.
The Discovery of God
by David KlinghofferFifty-three percent of the world’s population practices Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, religions that all trace their lineage to the towering, quasi-mythological figure of Abraham. In this reverent biography of the man who invented–or discovered–God, David Klinghoffer disentangles history from myth and uncovers the profound impact of Abraham’s message on his time and on the development of the modern world. The Discovery of Godchronicles Abraham’s life from his birth in Mesopotamia through his travels as preacher and missionary throughout the Middle East. Many of the primary sites of Abraham’s life and career still exist, and Klinghoffer describes what they were like in ancient times and how they appear today. The tangible details of the polytheistic culture are re-created, showing how Abraham challenged the most basic beliefs of his contemporaries. He did not set out to establish the Jewish religion, but rather to spread the message of ethical monotheism as it was revealed to him–a powerful message that deepened over time, as did his faith and relationship with God. In contrast to many scholars who, troubled by its contradictions and apparent errors, see the Bible as the work of a series of scribes and editors, Klinghoffer argues that the Bible should be viewed as an esoteric text that an only be comprehended in light of the oral tradition from which it emanated. Combining rigorous scholarship and interpretive ingenuity, he draws on biblical commentary and the Jewish oral tradition as preserved by sages from the Talmudic scholars to Maimonidies to explore and explain the miraculous origins of monotheism. At a time when the world seems to moving toward a renewed confrontation between the three great Abrahamic faiths,The Discovery of Godis a potent reminder of the history and beliefs that unite them.
The Discovery of Ottoman Greece: Knowledge, Encounter, and Belief in the Mediterranean World of Martin Crusius (Harvard Historical Studies #195)
by Richard CalisThe surprising story of the sixteenth-century Lutheran scholar who became Europe’s foremost authority on Ottoman Greece, shedding new light on the place of Greek culture and religion in the Western imagination.In the late sixteenth century, a German Lutheran scholar named Martin Crusius compiled an exceptionally rich record of Greek life under Ottoman rule. Although he never left his home in the university town of Tübingen, Crusius spent decades annotating books and manuscripts, corresponding with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch, and interviewing Greek Orthodox alms-seekers. Ultimately, he gathered his research into a seminal work called the Turcograecia, which served for centuries as Europe’s foremost source on Ottoman Greece. Yet as Richard Calis reveals, Crusius’s massive—and largely untapped—archive has much more to tell us about how early modern Europeans negotiated cultural and religious difference.In particular, Crusius’s work illuminates Western European views of the religious “other” within Christianity: the Greek Orthodox Christians living under Ottoman rule, a group both familiar and foreign. Many Western Europeans, including Crusius, developed narratives of Greek cultural and religious decline under Ottoman rule. Crusius’s records, however, reveal in exceptional detail how such stories developed. His interactions with his Greek Orthodox visitors, and with a vast network of correspondents, show that Greeks’ own narratives of hardship entwined in complex ways with Western Europeans’ orientalist views of the Ottoman world. They also reflect the religious tensions that undergirded these exchanges, fueled by Crusius’s fervent desire to spread Lutheran belief across Ottoman Greece and the wider world.A lively intellectual history drawn from a forgotten archive, The Discovery of Ottoman Greece is also a perceptive character study, in which Crusius takes his place in the history of ethnography, Lutheran reform, and European philhellenism.