The Wesley Challenge Youth Study Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Wesley Challenge Youth Study Book write by Chris Folmsbee. This book was released on 2017-06-20. The Wesley Challenge Youth Study Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Renew your passion and discover deeper commitment to God in just 21 days.
The Wesley Prayer Challenge Participant Book
The Wesley Prayer Challenge Participant Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Wesley Prayer Challenge Participant Book write by Chris Folmsbee. This book was released on 2020-10-06. The Wesley Prayer Challenge Participant Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Wesley Covenant Prayer has been used in Methodist services around the world on the first Sunday of the year since John Wesley introduced it in 1755. Wesley expected that people would pray this prayer as a way of remembering, renewing, and surrendering themselves in complete trust to God. When we pray it, we are to remember what living like Jesus looks like and what loving God with all our heart, soul, and mind and loving our neighbor as ourselves requires of us. In The Wesley Prayer Challenge, author Chris Folmsbee invites readers to consider words from the Wesley Covenant Prayer each day for three weeks while reflecting on their meaning in the context of the larger piece. Each day’s reading will include scripture, prayer, and a challenge for daily life. Additional components for a three-week study include a comprehensive leader guide and a DVD featuring author Chris Folmsbee.
Washed and Waiting
Washed and Waiting - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Washed and Waiting write by Wesley Hill. This book was released on 2010-11-29. Washed and Waiting available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Yet many who sit next to us in the pew at church fit that description, says author Wesley Hill. As a celibate gay Christian, Hill gives us a glimpse of what it looks like to wrestle firsthand with God's ''No'' to same-sex relationships. What does it mean for gay Christians to live faithful to God while struggling with the challenge of their homosexuality? What is God's will for believers who experience same-sex desires? Those who choose celibacy are often left to deal with loneliness and the hunger for relationships. How can gay Christians experience God's favor and blessing in the midst of a struggle that for many brings a crippling sense of shame and guilt? Weaving together reflections from his own life and the lives of other Christians, such as Henri Nouwen and Gerard Manley Hopkins, Hill offers a fresh perspective on these questions. He advocates neither unqualified ''healing'' for those who struggle, nor their accommodation to temptation, but rather faithfulness in the midst of brokenness. ''I hope this book may encourage other homosexual Christians to take the risky step of opening up their lives to others in the body of Christ,'' Hill writes. ''In so doing, they may find, as I have, by grace, that being known is spiritually healthier than remaining behind closed doors, that the light is better than the darkness.
Social Justice Through the Eyes of Wesley
Social Justice Through the Eyes of Wesley - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Justice Through the Eyes of Wesley write by Irv A. Brendlinger. This book was released on 2006. Social Justice Through the Eyes of Wesley available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Until the late 18th century, evangelical leaders often used the Bible to justify slavery. A notable exception emerged: John Wesley. Dr. Brendlinger has brought to light the strength of Wesley's convictions about slavery and demonstrates how his theology compelled him to work to abolish it.
Spiritual Friendship
Spiritual Friendship - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Spiritual Friendship write by Wesley Hill. This book was released on 2015-04-14. Spiritual Friendship available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Christianity Today Book Award Winner Friendship is a relationship like no other. Unlike the relationships we are born into, we choose our friends. It is also tenuous--we can end a friendship at any time. But should friendship be so free and unconstrained? Although our culture tends to pay more attention to romantic love, marriage, family, and other forms of community, friendship is a genuine love in its own right. This eloquent book reminds us that Scripture and tradition have a high view of friendship. Single Christians, particularly those who are gay and celibate, may find it is a form of love to which they are especially called. Writing with deep empathy and with fidelity to historic Christian teaching, Wesley Hill retrieves a rich understanding of friendship as a spiritual vocation and explains how the church can foster friendship as a basic component of Christian discipleship. He helps us reimagine friendship as a robust form of love that is worthy of honor and attention in communities of faith. This book sets forth a positive calling for celibate gay Christians and suggests practical ways for all Christians to cultivate stronger friendships.
