Extreme Faith

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In Faith and Violence, Thomas Merton offers concrete and pungent social criticisms grounded in prophetic faith about such issues as Vietnam, racism, violence, and war.

Jesus came to this earth to offer an alternative lifestyle, in total contrast and opposition with the mundane lifestyle predominant in our societies. He did this through his living example and his inspired teaching. While Jesus invites people to choose the narrow path, he warns of terrible danger confronting those who follow the wide and easy road that leads to perdition. His restricted path, embraced by few, is strewed with sufferings, persecutions, lack of material possessions, and all the miseries known to mankind. On the contrary, the highway to perdition, taken by many, offers considerable amount of pleasures, riches, and satisfactions. By opposing the basic human tendencies, Jesus offers the bitter medicine of service, poverty, and abstinence instead of power, riches, and sex. This radical opposition to the corrupt human nature is topped with a brand of faith unknown to the world and revolutionary to many that subverts all the fundamental categories of human knowledge.

Extreme Devotion strengthened readers through its hundreds of stories of believers throughout history who exhibited courage and devotion in the face of harsh persecution. Heroic Faith takes those martyrs' life principles and challenges readers to live them out in their own heroic faith. This encouraging book features a chapter on each of the principles such as self-sacrifice and courage, including some illustrations from Christians who exhibited these characterisitics in their own lives. Many readers will want both on their shelves - Extreme Devotion as a source of inspiration and Heroic Faith as a guide for living out their own faith based on courage.

This compact Bible includes the complete CEV text plus maps and reader's helps specifically addressing the needs of young Christians.

God has given us powerful weapons to defeat the enemy, take back the spiritual land in our lives, and to walk in His glory. To do this we must lay deep foundations in Jesus Christ; learn how to discern the voice of the Holy Spirit, and receive heaven sent vision. Know what the Bible says and apply it! This book reveals the foundations of extreme faith – on fire Christianity. It explores biblical truths and routines to shake your world, foundations for fruitfulness, finding God’s will, preparing for His call, evangelism, teaching, missions, intercession, the power of the blood of Jesus, laying on of hands, healing, blessings, curses, deliverance and much more. If you want to have your eyes open to the real spiritual battles that shape our lives, learn the path to victory and dig deep into the meat of God’s Word, then get ready to discover extreme faith in your life, bear fruit for Jesus Christ and live in victory! Mathew Backholer is the co-founder of ByFaith Media (www.ByFaith.org) and films and co-presents ByFaith TV that airs globally on more than a dozen Christian networks. He has travelled to more than 40 nations researching revivals and carrying out mission work. He is the author of a number of books including: Revival Fires and Awakenings, Global Revival – Worldwide Outpourings, Revival Fire – 150 Years of Revivals, Revival Answers – True and False Revivals, and How to Plan, Prepare and Successfully Complete Your Short-Term Mission.

The Civil War battlefield is the last place Quakeress Faith Cathwell thought she’d find herself. But with a gift for nursing, Faith seizes this opportunity to join the fight for abolition—and to search for Shiloh, a freeborn childhood friend who was kidnapped and sold south by unscrupulous slave catchers. Knowing it’s much too dangerous for her to search enemy territory alone, Faith enlists the help of Colonel Devlin Knight, who is indebted to her for saving his cousin’s life. A career soldier, Dev is committed to the preservation of the Union but conflicted about freeing his own slave and confidant, who plans to enlist as soon as Dev gives him manumission papers. Blazing a trail east with the rest of Grant’s army, Dev and Faith fight their personal battles—and a growing attraction to each other. When beliefs clash and passions flare, they quickly find that the only thing more dangerous than the war surrounding them is the battle within their hearts.

Faith and religion is a hot topic at the moment, and this text explores key issues for faith and religious groups. Understanding the role of faith in the policy world is of increasing importance, and chapters are arranged around themes, which helps students understand the concepts.