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Volunteering: A Guide to Serving in the Body of Christ
by Leith Anderson Jill FoxVolunteering can be a rewarding and exciting experience—but to effectively serve you need to understand the why, how, and what of serving others. Based on the principles and training they have utilized at Wooddale Church, pastor Leith Anderson and Jill Fox will help you better understand: The importance of prayer in ministry Avoiding burnout and serving for the long-term Recruiting others to serve in ways that are natural and easy Enjoying the ‘pay’ that is more valuable than money Finding your fit and serving out of your strengths This short and accessible book will help you to find the resources you need to be inspired and trained to serve in the most vital workforce in the world today—the church of Jesus Christ.
Volunteers: How to Get Them, How to Keep Them!
by Anne FargussonI have written this book out of my experience working in small to medium sized churches. I address the great challenges of finding, training, and keeping volunteers. There are some simple techniques that I learned to have happy and engaged volunteers who do not get burned out.I also spend time describing how you can run a successful children’s ministry with a minimum of people and yet not overburdening any of them. I talk about ways to combine functions so that you still cover all the age levels but in an efficient and effective manner.
Volvamos a la fuente
by Sr. Gerardo De AvilaLa iglesia actual se debate entre los sencillos y sanos principios escritúrales y la fuerza de la tradición aunada a las corrientes, aires de doctrinas y mandamientos de hombres que se caracterizan por lo novedoso de sus formas y lo asimilado a la vorágine de eso que los cristianos llamamos mundo. Hay congregaciones muy apegadas al canon bíblico como las hay también las que no conocen la revelación especial de Dios. El aporte que hace el autor, Gerardo De Ávila, con esta obra a la grey del Señor, es precisamente señalar los errores en que algunos caen como además las maneras sencillas de volver a la fuente de nuestra doctrina cristiana única y exclusiva, la Biblia.
Volvamos a la predicación bíblica
by Donald R. SunukjianEscrito en un estilo conversacional con abundantes ejemplos para ilustrar todos los conceptos, Volvamos a la predicación bíblica lleva al lector paso a paso a través de todo el proceso de preparación de un mensaje bíblico, desde estudiar el pasaje bíblico con habilidad e integridad hasta comunicar el mensaje con persuasión, precisión, pasión y pertinencia. El autor proporciona a los incipientes pastores consejos sabios que, sin duda, permanecerán con ellos a lo largo de su ministerio. Invitation to Biblical Preaching takes the reader step-by-step through the entire process of preparing a biblical message, from studying a passage with skill and integrity to delivering a message with persuasion, accuracy, passion, and relevance. Available in English from Kregel Publications.
Volveos a mí: Un llamado urgente de parte de Dios
by Miguel NúñezEn Volveos a mí, el Dr. Miguel Núñez presenta de qué manera a lo largo de la historia redentora el pueblo de Dios se ha rebelado contra el mismo Dios que le ha traído la libertad, y cómo Dios, en medio de la infidelidad de Su pueblo, ha permanecido fiel y ha hecho todos los esfuerzos posibles para llamar a Su pueblo de regreso a Su presencia. Desde que Dios formó la nación de Israel miles de años atrás, la tendencia del pueblo de Dios ha sido alejarse de manera recurrente de su Creador y Redentor para volverse a sus malos caminos. Por otro lado, ha sido siempre el deseo de Dios de llamar a Su pueblo de regreso a Él, reconociendo que, alejados de Él, cosecharán grandes y destructivas consecuencias; y solamente en la cercanía con Él pueden experimentar Sus bendiciones. Cada uno de los capítulos de este libro considera diferentes momentos de la historia redentora donde el pueblo de Dios se había alejado y donde Dios le llamó de regreso a Su presencia.&“Volveos a mí&” es una frase que aparece en Zacarías 1:3 donde Dios dice lo siguiente: &“Diles, pues: &‘Así dice el Señor de los ejércitos: &“Volveos a mí&” —declara el Señor de los ejércitos— y yo me volveré a vosotros&” —dice el Señor de los ejércitos. . .&” En este versículo se ve el corazón de un Dios que desea tener comunión con Su pueblo para poderle instruir, dirigir, proteger y bendecir. Return to MeIn Return to Me, Dr. Miguel Núñez presents how throughout redemptive history God's people have rebelled against the very God who has brought them freedom, and how God, in the midst of His people's unfaithfulness, has remained faithful and made every effort to call His people back to His presence. Since God formed the nation of Israel thousands of years ago, the tendency of God's people has been to repeatedly turn away from their Creator and Redeemer and turn back to their wicked ways. On the other hand, it has always been God's desire to call His people back to Him, recognizing that, separated from Him, they will reap great and destructive consequences; and only in closeness to Him can they experience His blessings. Each of the chapters of this book considers different moments in redemptive history where God's people had fallen away and where God called them back into His presence.&“Return to me&” is a phrase that appears in Zechariah 1:3 where God says the following: &“Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, &“Return to Me,&” declares the LORD of hosts, &“and I will return to you,&” says the LORD of hosts . . .&” In this verse we see the heart of a God who desires to commune with His people so that He can instruct, direct, protect, and bless them.
Volver a amar: El matrimonio de sus sueños comienza en el corazón
by Gary SmalleyVolver a amar ha sido pensado, en primer lugar, con la idea de ayudar a las parejas a escudriñar sus corazones, para que puedan aprender a abrirse totalmente y aprovechar la intimidad y la maravilla que el nuevo matrimonio puede traer. En segundo lugar, el contenido de este libro está destinado a ser el recurso indispensable y vital que los pastores y los líderes de iglesias usen para ayudar a las parejas casadas en segundas nupcias a resolver los problemas de sus corazones, antes que se conviertan en un estorbo e impidan que su matrimonio prospere.The Heart of Remarriage is designed first and foremost to help couples examine their hearts, so that they can learn to open them fully and embrace the intimacy and wonder that remarriage can bring. Second, the content of this book is created to be a much-needed and overdue resource that church leaders and pastors can use to help remarrying couples work through their heart issues before they become heart blockages that keep their marriage from thriving.Available in English from Regal.
Vom Wohnen erzählen – Narrative Pragmatik und Beispielhermeneutik: Aufsätze zu einer wissenschaftstheoretischen Fundierung der Architektur- und Wohnwissenschaft (Interdisziplinäre Architektur-Wissenschaft: Praxis – Theorie – Methodologie – Forschung)
by Achim HahnDie Beiträge dieses Bandes vereinigen in sich die Aufgabe, ein überzeugendes und kritisches wissenschaftliches Konzept vorzulegen, das aussichtsreich und nachvollziehbar Bedingungen formuliert und Möglichkeiten aufzeigt, den „komplexen Sitz“ einer beherbergenden Architektur im Leben methodisch kontrolliert zu erkunden.
Von Verteidigern und Entdeckern: Ein neuer Identitätskonflikt in Europa (essentials)
by Mitja Back Gerald Echterhoff Olaf Müller Detlef Pollack Bernd SchlipphakDieses Open-Access-Buch bietet eine Einführung in den Identitätskonflikt zwischen Verteidigern und Entdeckern. Basierend auf einer Studie mit 5000 Befragten aus vier europäischen Ländern zeigen die Autoren, dass sich Verteidiger und Entdecker im Hinblick auf ihre Zugehörigkeitskonzepte und das Ausmaß wahrgenommener Bedrohung durch Muslime und Geflüchtete unterscheiden. Differenzen zwischen beiden Gruppen lassen sich auch für die jeweils wahrgenommene gesellschaftliche Marginalisierung und politische Repräsentation finden. Die Studie weist zudem nach, dass mit verschiedenen Positionen im Identitätskonflikt auch unterschiedliche Konzepte von Demokratie verbunden werden.
Voodoo: An African American Religion
by Jeffrey E. AndersonDespite several decades of scholarship on African diasporic religion, Voodoo remains underexamined, and the few books published on the topic contain inaccuracies and outmoded arguments. In Voodoo: An African American Religion, Jeffrey E. Anderson presents a much-needed modern account of the faith as it existed in the Mississippi River valley from colonial times to the mid-twentieth century, when, he argues, it ceased to thrive as a living tradition.Anderson provides a solid scholarly foundation for future work by systematizing the extant information on a religion that has long captured the popular imagination as it has simultaneously engendered fear and ridicule. His book stands as the most complete study of the faith yet produced and rests on more than two decades of research, utilizing primary source material alongside the author’s own field studies in New Orleans, Haiti, Cuba, Senegal, Benin, Togo, and the Republic of Congo. The result serves as an enduring resource on Mississippi River valley Voodoo, Louisiana, and the greater African Diaspora.
Voodoo
by Kyle KristosTraces the origins, cults, and practices which surround voodooism including voodoo practices in the United States and modern Haiti.
Voodoo and Power: The Politics of Religion in New Orleans, 1881-1940
by Kodi A. RobertsThe racialized and exoticized cult of Voodoo occupies a central place in the popular image of the Crescent City. But as Kodi A. Roberts argues in Voodoo and Power, the religion was not a monolithic tradition handed down from African ancestors to their American-born descendants. Instead, a much more complicated patchwork of influences created New Orleans Voodoo, allowing it to move across boundaries of race, class, and gender. By employing late nineteenth and early twentieth-century first-hand accounts of Voodoo practitioners and their rituals, Roberts provides a nuanced understanding of who practiced Voodoo and why.Voodoo in New Orleans, a mélange of religion, entrepreneurship, and business networks, stretched across the color line in intriguing ways. Roberts’s analysis demonstrates that what united professional practitioners, or “workers,” with those who sought their services was not a racially uniform folk culture, but rather the power and influence that Voodoo promised. Recognizing that social immobility proved a common barrier for their patrons, workers claimed that their rituals could overcome racial and gendered disadvantages and create new opportunities for their clients.Voodoo rituals and institutions also drew inspiration from the surrounding milieu, including the privations of the Great Depression, the city’s complex racial history, and the free-market economy. Money, employment, and business became central concerns for the religion’s practitioners: to validate their work, some began operating from recently organized “Spiritual Churches,” entities that were tax exempt and thus legitimate in the eyes of the state of Louisiana. Practitioners even leveraged local figures like the mythohistoric Marie Laveau for spiritual purposes and entrepreneurial gain. All the while, they contributed to the cultural legacy that fueled New Orleans’s tourist industry and drew visitors and their money to the Crescent City.
Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau
by Jewell Parker RhodesNew Orleans in the mid-nineteenth century: a potent mix of whites, Creoles, free blacks, and African slaves, a city pulsing with crowds, commerce, and an undercurrent of secret power. The source of this power is the voodoo religion, and its queen is Marie Laveau, the notorious voodooienne, worshipped and feared by blacks and whites alike. A mesmerizing combination of history, oral tradition, and storytelling, Voodoo Dreams reimagines the woman behind an enduring American legend. Jewell Parker Rhodes's novel is a memorable, magical debut.
Voodoo in Haiti
by Alfred Métraux Hugo CharterisVoodoo in Haiti is a masterwork of observation and description by one of the most distinguished anthropologists of the twentieth century. Alfred Métraux has written a rich and lasting study of the lives and rituals of the Haitian mambos and adepts, and of the history and origins of their religion. It is an accurate and engaging account of one of the most fascinating and misunderstood cultures in the world."Métraux's book is a landmark in the serious study of Afro-Atlantic religion. The breadth and subtlety of its approach is such that it remains an essential classic of Afro-American ethnology."--Robert Farris Thompson, professor of art history, Yale University, author of Flash of the Spirit"This is a work deserving of wide readership, and assured of it by its understanding and appeal."--Library Journal"This book gives what is surely the most authoritative general account of that complex of belief and practice called vaudou available in the literature....No other observer of vaudou has contributed to its study the exquisite documentation of detail that marks the work of Alfred Métraux."--Sidney W. Mintz, professor of anthropology, Johns Hopkins University
Voodoo In New Orleans
by Robert TallantThe word "voodoo" elicits reactions from fear to fascination; thoughts of pins stuck in dolls, hexes, and strange rites immediately come to mind. But few people know the true origin of voodooism or anything about its practice in America, particularly in New Orleans. This examination of voodoo rites and beliefs is sure to fascinate every reader.
Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau
by Martha WardEach year, thousands of pilgrims visit the tomb of Marie Laveau in New Orleans. In this old city she and her curse long have ruled the imagination. She has been conjured in dance, drumming, song, and necromancy. With dread and fierce affection, her celebrants ask for her favors and fearfully revere her enduring authority as "the Voodoo Queen." Who was Marie Laveau? This book about her mysterious life, magical deeds, and pervasive power recounts that there were two historical figures by this name, a mother and a daughter. They were free women of color, prominent French-speaking Catholic Creoles, and legendary leaders of a religious and spiritual tradition that orthodox faiths label as evil. From the 1820s until the 1880s, when one Marie died and the other disappeared, a mixture of gossip and devotion swirled about them.
Vormoderne, Totalitarismus und die Nicht-Banalität des Bösen: Ein Vergleich zwischen Deutschland, Spanien, Schweden und Frankreich
by Steven SaxonbergDieses Buch bietet eine vergleichende und historische Analyse des Totalitarismus und geht der Frage nach, warum Spanien während der Inquisition totalitär wurde, Frankreich aber nicht; und warum Deutschland im vergangenen Jahrhundert totalitär wurde, Schweden aber nicht. Der Autor verlegt das Konzept des Totalitarismus zurück in die Vormoderne und stellt Hannah Arendts Vorstellung von der Banalität des Bösen in Frage. Stattdessen stellt er einen alternativen Rahmen vor, der erklären kann, warum manche Staaten totalitär werden und warum sie Menschen zu bösen Handlungen verleiten.
Vote of Confidence
by Robin Lee HatcherIn A Vote of Confidence, the stage is set for some intriguing insight into what it was like during 1915 to be a woman in a “man’s world.” Guinevere Arlington is a beautiful young woman determined to remain in charge of her own life. For seven years, Gwen has carved out a full life in the bustling town of Bethlehem Springs, Idaho, where she teaches piano and writes for the local newspaper. Her passion for the town, its people, and the surrounding land prompt Gwen to run for mayor. After all, who says a woman can’t do a man’s job? But stepping outside the boundaries of convention can get messy. A shady lawyer backs Gwen, believing he can control her once she’s in office. A wealthy newcomer throws his hat into the ring in an effort to overcome opposition to the health resort he’s building north of town. When the opponents fall in love, everything changes, forcing Gwen to face what she may have to lose in order to win.
Vote of Intolerance: A Novel
by Josh Mcdowell Ed Stewart(THIS SYNOPSIS IS QUOTED FROM THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE COVERS OF THE BOOK) “IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE, the nation plummets toward moral bankruptcy as drugs, prostitution, and other deviant behaviors gain praise and legislative approval in state after state. Morally and culturally diverse California splits into two states, and the race for North California's first governor becomes a heated clash over the issues of tolerance and intolerance. Blaming the godless culture for the loss of her son and the demise of her marriage, Stevie Van Horne leaves Los Angeles with her two children for the promise of a better life in North California. She pours herself into the campaign to elect conservative Dan Bellardi as governor to establish a safe haven where Judeo-Christian values can flourish once more. But the move north leaves the children yearning for their father, friends, and familiar surroundings. Terrorist attacks, a cult seduction, and interference from her ex-husband tempt Stevie to forget her goal. She is determined to salvage her aikido from the encroaching culture. But to do so she must release the past, rethink her priorities and fully trust God for her future.”
Votive Panels and Popular Piety in Early Modern Italy
by Fredrika H. JacobsIn the late fifteenth century, votive panel paintings, or tavolette votive, began to accumulate around reliquary shrines and miracle-working images throughout Italy. Although often dismissed as popular art of little aesthetic consequence, more than 1,500 panels from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are extant, a testimony to their ubiquity and importance in religious practice. Humble in both their materiality and style, they represent donors in prayer and supplicants petitioning a saint at a dramatic moment of crisis. In this book, Fredrika H. Jacobs traces the origins and development of the use of votive panels in this period. She examines the form, context, and functional value of votive panels, and considers how they created meaning for the person who dedicated them as well as how they accrued meaning in relationship to other images and objects within a sacred space activated by practices of cultic culture.
Votos y devotos: Religión y poder en Colombia
by Natalio CosoyLa relación entre iglesia, Estado, política y poder en Colombia. Uno de los temas más debatidos luego de la derrota del plebiscito por la paz en 2016 fue la relación entre religión y política. Las comunidades religiosas están determinando las elecciones. El poder acumulado por los líderes católicos y cristianos ha desbordado los análisis políticos. Los vínculos entre creyentes e instituciones de la fe, entre el Estado y las de la sociedad en general, de las instituciones entre sí, no es ni ha sido estática: todos se han transformado por factores internos y externos, por sus interacciones a lo largo de más de dos siglos. Este libro es un intento por comprender el fenómeno comprendido en la relación entre religión y el poder, repasando su influencia en los orígenes de la nación, su rol en los conflictos internos del país, la relación entre líderes religiosos y políticos, la incidencia de la fe y sus ritos en la vida cotidiana y, por supuesto, el estado actual del vínculo religión, política y sociedad. Es un libro de sugerencias, de preguntas, que indaga esa complejidad que hay que asumir para pensar esta nación.
Votre Identité en Christ
by Matthew Robert PayneLorsque Jésus a été envoyé par le Père pour sauver le monde, il l'a fait non seulement pour les péchés que l'humanité a commis, mais aussi pour préparer tout le monde à marcher dans son monde et à prendre votre place légitime dans le Royaume du Père. Il nous a délivrés de la puissance des ténèbres et nous a conduits dans le royaume du Fils de son amour, en qui nous avons la rédemption par son sang, le pardon des péchés. La foi est incroyable, mais tout le monde ne comprend pas ce que cela signifie vraiment pour la vie d'une personne. Dans ce livre, Matthew Robert Payne partage non seulement ses expériences et ses défis dans ses efforts pour se trouver et sa place dans le monde chrétien, mais il possède des points de vue remarquables qui vous permettront d’évaluer votre compréhension antérieure des versets avec lesquels vous avez grandi. un chrétien. Le livre éclaire l'auditeur sur le vrai sens d'appartenir à la famille du Christ et le sens du pardon dans son intégralité. Il aborde le secret derrière vivre sans péché et la vraie relation avec Dieu. Marchez avec Matthieu et découvrez l'incroyable vérité de la grâce de Dieu. Est-il vraiment possible de ne pas pécher? Écoutez le livre audio et découvrez par vous-même. Entraînez-vous avec l'excitation de Matthew avec toutes les portes et les possibilités qui s'ouvriront une fois qu'une personne aura compris que chacune d'elles est choisie, royale, sainte et spéciale pour Dieu. L'impact de votre identité en Christ sur votre vie quotidienne sera merveilleux et vous aidera à vous libérer de toute honte ou de toute culpabilité que vous pourriez avoir dans votre vie de chrétien. Les chapitres sont courts, simples et faciles à identifier. Préparez-vous pour 19 chapitres d’une interprétation incroyable et surprenante du parcours d’un disciple du Christ.
Voudon Gnosticism: An Introduction to the Rites and Practices
by Frater Vameri• Analyzes the syncretic magical system of Voudon Gnosticism and the traditions from which it is sourced• Explains the practices of Voudon Gnosticism in detail, including how to speak with the Lwas (spirits) and establish relationships with them• Explores the history of Voudon Gnosticism and significant teachers like Martinez de Pasqually, Lucien François Jean-Maine, and Michael BertiauxThe Voudon Gnostic system—a unique melding of Haitian Vodou with Gnosticism, Martinism, and other traditions—is one of the most creative and rich ways to explore magic. Providing a comprehensive introduction to this complex magical tradition, Frater Vameri explores its history and practices, initiating novices and more advanced readers into his own Voudonist world and the tradition&’s conceptions of life and death.Vameri begins by exploring the founding and evolution of the system from its origins in Haiti to its séances in Chicago, including significant teachers such as Martinez de Pasqually, Lucien François Jean-Maine, Papus, and Michael Bertiaux. He looks at Voudon Gnosticism&’s early connections with Caribbean Martinist colonies, the Black Templars, Paschal Beverly Randolph, the Ordo Templi Orientis Antiqua, and the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor.The author explains how the lwas of Voudon Gnosticism are the same spirits found in traditional Haitian Vodou, yet approached differently. He explores how to learn to speak with the lwas, establish relationships with them, and profit from their revelations. He examines the Hoodoo system of the Voudon Gnosticism tradition and details how to build a Hoodoo altar as well as an atua, or spirit house, for adepts who have decided to establish enduring relationships with the spirits.Presenting a practical guide to this unique system, Vameri not only enables you to understand the history and intricate mechanisms of Voudon Gnosticism, but also reveals how to build your own magical universe with the help of Les Vudu.
Vous ne saurez jamais être assez reconnaissant envers Jésus
by Bernard LevineAvez-vous déjà considéré le fait qu’un Roi mourrait pour vous ? Et pas n’importe lequel ! Mais le Roi des rois, Jésus Christ. La Bible est le seul livre dans lequel l’Auteur est omniprésent à chaque lecture !
Vous n'êtes pas censé connaître les secrets des Juifs
by Bernard LevineSaviez-vous que les Juifs n'ont pas le droit de déchirer le papier toilette le jour du Sabbat ? En quoi les relations sexuelles des Juifs sont-elles si différentes ? Pourquoi les Juives ne peuvent-elles pas lire une bible ? Est-il vrai qu'il n'y a pas de gros mots en Hébreu ? Savez-vous qu'il existe un Coca-Cola spécialement fabriqué pour les Juifs ? Quel est le nom de famille de Jésus ? Quelle lettre de l'alphabet est écrite à l'envers dans la Bible ? Voici le livre dont vous avez entendu parler et que personne ne veut que vous lisiez.
Vous pouvez arrêter les péchés sexuels.: Comment éviter ou arrêter l’immoralité sexuelle
by Sesan OgunotadeCeci s’adresse aux adolescents et aux jeunes de tous sexes, aux hommes et femmes mariés (qui désirent être fidèles à leur conjoint), aux parents (qui cherchent un guide pour enseigner la pureté sexuelle à leurs adolescents à la maison), aux écoles et autres agences éducatives, ainsi qu’aux organisations religieuses.