Irresistible Faith

"I love everything that Scott Sauls writes." -- Christine Caine What if Christians became the best advertisement for Jesus? Jesus said his followers would be a light to the world and a city on a hill--a warmly inviting, neighbor-loving, grace- and truth-filled destination for all. He envisioned his followers as life-giving neighbors, bosses, employees, and friends, the kind of people who return insults with kindness and persecution with prayers. Rooted in biblical convictions, they would extend love, empathy, and care to one another as well as to those who don't share their beliefs. Over time their movement would become irresistible to every nation, tribe, and tongue. Irresistible Faith is a blueprint for pursuing this vision in our current moment, of redeemed individuals and a renewed community working for a restored world. This is a way of being that gives a tired, cynical world good reason to pause and reconsider Christianity--and to start wishing it was true. "I miss the kind of church Scott describes in this book, and I don’t think I am alone." -- Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz and Building a StoryBrand "An important call to resist the urge to lobby and position ourselves, but rather to be driven by gospel-powered love." -- Raechel Myers, founder and CEO of She Reads Truth "An antidote to much that is wrong with our Western, American version of Christianity. " -- Gabe and Rebekah Lyons, authors and founders of Q

A fresh look at the earliest Christian movement reveals what made the new faith so compelling...and what we need to change today to make it so again. Once upon a time there was a version of the Christian faith that was practically irresistible. After all, what could be more so than the gospel that Jesus ushered in? Why, then, isn't it the same with Christianity today? Author and pastor Andy Stanley is deeply concerned with the present-day church and its future. He believes that many of the solutions to our issues can be found by investigating our roots. In Irresistible, Andy chronicles what made the early Jesus Movement so compelling, resilient, and irresistible by answering these questions: What did first-century Christians know that we don't—about God's Word, about their lives, about love? What did they do that we're not doing? What makes Christianity so resistible in today's culture? What needs to change in order to repeat the growth our faith had at its beginning? Many people who leave or disparage the faith cite reasons that have less to do with Jesus than with the conduct of his followers. It's time to hit pause and consider the faith modeled by our first-century brothers and sisters who had no official Bible, no status, and little chance of survival. It's time to embrace the version of faith that initiated—against all human odds—a chain of events resulting in the most significant and extensive cultural transformation the world has ever seen. This is a version of Christianity we must remember and re-embrace if we want to be salt and light in an increasingly savorless and dark world.

The Power of Irresistible Prayer contains life-learned principles on prayer from a former Muslim who discovered God?s love and purpose in prayer. Prayer seems so basic, yet so profound, that it takes discipline and practice in order to grow it. Have you ever wondered why fasting and prayer was important? Do you know that names have purpose and meaning in prayer? Are you hungry for a fresh prayer mantle from heaven? These and other answers coupled with Johnson?s testimony are explored in The Power of Irresistible Prayer. From prayer tools to sample prayers and protocols you will be challenged to a deeper walk with God in the place of prayer.

Living as an Ordinary RadicalMany of us find ourselves caught somewhere between unbelieving activists and inactive believers. We can write a check to feed starving children or hold signs in the streets and feel like we’ve made a difference without ever encountering the faces of the suffering masses. In this book, Shane Claiborne describes an authentic faith rooted in belief, action, and love, inviting us into a movement of the Spirit that begins inside each of us and extends into a broken world. Shane’s faith led him to dress the wounds of lepers with Mother Teresa, visit families in Iraq amidst bombings, and dump $10,000 in coins and bills on Wall Street to redistribute wealth. Shane lives out this revolution each day in his local neighborhood, an impoverished community in North Philadelphia, by living among the homeless, helping local kids with homework, and “practicing resurrection” in the forgotten places of our world. Shane’s message will comfort the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable . . . but will also invite us into an irresistible revolution. His is a vision for ordinary radicals ready to change the world with little acts of love.

A Promise for Every Problem God’s promises are the substance of faith. The very term promise implies action from God to us. The Greatest Bible Promises series provides you with a deeper understanding of God’s enduring Word through accompanying insights from Smith Wigglesworth’s best works. Categorized by topic, this book will give you promise verses to claim, hold on to, and live out day by day. So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17 The harder the place you are in, the more blessing can come out of it as you seek God’s plan. These special Scripture promises present faith-building truths that will lead you to the miracles and blessings God so eagerly wants to give you. About the King James Version Easy Read Bible (KJVER) The carefully selected verses in Greatest Bible Promises are taken from the new KJVER Bible. Following the original KJV more closely than any other contemporary version available, the KJVER maintains the beauty and language of the KJV but opens it up to a new generation of readers by replacing archaic, hard-to-understand words with their modern-day equivalents.

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