Adventures In God

Lake was originally from Ontario, Canada. He was from a large family, which was continually affected with illness. At the age of twenty-one, he became a Methodist minister; however, he chose to enter the business world instead of accepting a church ministry. Lake was a very industrious businessman and started two newspapers before beginning a very successful career in real estate. Early in his career, Lake's wife, whom he deeply loved, fell ill with a life threatening illness. Having a lifetime of suffering and bereavement behind him, he refused to accept this. He took the radical step of taking 'his brother who had been an invalid for 22 years to Chicago see John Alexander Dowie . In a matter of just moments after healing ministers laid their hands on him, he was healed -- he got up and walked out! Next, the Lakes took their 34-year-old sister who was dying from breast cancer. She had been operated on five times and had to be carried on a stretcher. She too was healed!

"Tobolowsky's stories tell of a boy growing up in the wilds of Texas, finding and losing love, losing and finding himself. My Adventures with God not only shines a light into the life of one of America's most beloved actors, but also provides a structure to evaluate our own lives and relationship with God"--

One of the most profound yet joyous new Canadian plays in recent memory.--Richard Ouzounian, Toronto Star

In Adventures in the Spirit, respected and influential theologian Philip Clayton argues that two major intellectual movements of our day-panentheism and emergence-are converging and that together they offer exciting new vistas for theological reflection. On the one hand, over the last decades many theologians have been re-conceiving the God-world relation panentheistically, affirming a radical indwelling of God within the world and the world within God. On the other hand, scientists have begun to abandon the reductionist ideology that characterized much of the modern period, with a new emphasis on emergence. Their study of how new, novel structures and entities arise throughout the evolutionary process yields a much more open-ended, holistic vision of reality, Clayton argues.

This volume contains George Bernard Shaw’s collection of short stories entitled "The Black Girl in Search of God, and Some Lesser Tales". It was first published in 1934. "The Black Girl In Search Of God" is a short story that follows a young girl who is newly converted to Christianity - and who embarks on a literal search for God. On her way, she comes into contact with a number of religious figures, each trying to convert her to their own faiths. This wonderfully sardonic allegory highlights Shaw’s unorthodox ideas on faith and race, and was highly controversial when first published. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) was an Irish playwright who co-founded of the London School of Economics. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

If you or someone you know is going through a difficult time, whether it is related to health, relationships, finances or even a crisis of faith, I pray that you will allow this book to provide wisdom, encouragement and comfort.

-- The most complete compilation of material on the life and ministry of John G. Lake -- A detailed biography together with original sermons and testimonies makes this book historically intriguing, yet applicable to modern times "Because the messages in this book have make them available. These sermons helped teach me and train me. As I go over them again and again, they always stir me to new heights. They have imparted something in my life that I would not exchange for anything in the world". -- Gloria Copeland One man brought an air of intrigue, hope and encouragement to thousands of believers in the early 1900's. He was a man of integrity...a man of principle...a man of faith. That man, for his great boldness, was John G. Lake. From America to South Africa and back, Lake touched believers with God's healing power and divine miracles. Today, his life story is a far-reaching testimony told through a fully authorized book by Kenneth Copeland Publications. The most complete and comprehensive book ever published about John G. Lake, this volume of more than 500 pages includes a stirring biography, history photos, unaltered sermons -- many never before published -- and more. This release has been sought by the thousands who have heard courageous stories about this man of boldness, as well as by those who treasure reading about the remarkable lives of our fathers in the faith.

Through her poems, letters and journal excerpts, author Carol Nordman tells the true story of living abroad as she steps into God's calling and gives up "the good life" to become a missionary. In God, My Rock, she illustrates God's promises, goodness, and faithfulness and tells how she; her husband, Vance; and eventually their children encounter and overcome the secret police, political instability, economic collapse, events of the last days of the Cold War, illness, and giving birth in a foreign hospital among other challenges. Nordman provides glimpses of her day-to-day life raising and traveling with three children on the mission field in Turkey, Egypt, the Philippines, Russia, Europe, and Japan. This memoir chronicles the family's surprising cultural adjustments, both abroad and upon returning to the United States. The stories span Nordman's life from finding God in her teenage years, being a UCLA student and serving as a single missionary for five years before marrying at the age of twenty-six. She shares the great adventure of following God's call and watching him work powerfully to bring people into his kingdom by personally knowing his son, Jesus.