Becoming A Peculiar Person In Christ

Believers face the temptations of sin every day. In Becoming a Peculiar Person in Christ, author The Reverend James A. Tazewell offers a look at helping Christians build their life around the will of God. Supported by a host of scripture, Tazewell presents a case for how you should live a righteous life to please God, love unconditionally, and avoid sin and evil. He addresses questions about how to stay connected to God in Christ while fighting life’s many challenges. Tazewell, who has learned his lessons through trials and tribulations, helps you increase your faith, enhance your walk, and build your relationship with Christ. He encourages you to follow the guidelines God has given for living in and being part of the kingdom of heaven.

Rodney Clapp asks and answers the question, How can the church provide a significant alternative to the culture in which it is embedded?

Believers face the temptations of sin every day. In Becoming a Peculiar Person in Christ, author The Reverend James A. Tazewell offers a look at helping Christians build their life around the will of God. Supported by a host of scripture, Tazewell presents a case for how you should live a righteous life to please God, love unconditionally, and avoid sin and evil. He addresses questions about how to stay connected to God in Christ while fighting life's many challenges. Tazewell, who has learned his lessons through trials and tribulations, helps you increase your faith, enhance your walk, and build your relationship with Christ. He encourages you to follow the guidelines God has given for living in and being part of the kingdom of heaven.

God has provided a way for all people, not just scholars, to know that the Bible is the Word of God. John Piper has devoted his life to showing us that the glory of God is object of the soul’s happiness. Now, his burden in this book is to demonstrate that this same glory is the ground of the mind’s certainty. God’s peculiar glory shines through his Word. The Spirit of God enlightens the eyes of our hearts. And in one self-authenticating sight, our minds are sure and our hearts are satisfied. Justified certainty and solid joy meet in the peculiar glory of God.

"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." 1 Peter 2:9

This book gives you the basic information about who you are as a believer. So that you will not suffer in life for lack of knowledge. This book is equally good for unbelievers who are curious to know more about believers.

"Holy Rollers"—with this epithet most people dismiss members of the Pentecostal sect as wild religious fanatics. In this new study, folklorist Elaine Lawless draws on fieldwork among Pentecostal congregations in the limestone region of southern Indiana to offer a sympathetic view of the Pentecostals as a special group distinguished by their own folk traditions and religious expression. From her findings she describes the members' codes of dress and behavior, their attitudes toward themselves and others, their special use of words, and their distinctive religious practices. Focusing on the activity of a particular church, she then analyzes the structure of the service and shows how its elements—singing, praying, testifying, preaching, and speaking in tongues—exhibit, not a formless display of fervor, but rather an ordered and traditional sequence that creates a unique religious expression. Important to the study is the attention given the role of women. Although the Pentecostal interpretation of Biblical teachings accords men dominance, women occasionally preach in the church and during the testifying part of the service they are often able to exercise control and religious authority. Many of the women have relatives in the dangerous work of the limestone quarries, and for these women the personal experience and close relationship fostered by the Pentecostal church, Lawless finds, offers welcome emotional support. This readable study affords a new understanding of one Pentecostal sect and an appreciation of the role of women in fundamentalist religious practices.