Posts Tagged "bk-faith"

A Path Through Suffering: Discovering the Relationship Between God’s Mercy and Our Pain

By Elisabeth Elliot Must we stumble through sorrow and tragedy without understanding or is there a lighted way – a path – through suffering? Elisabeth Elliot plots the treacherous passage through pain, grief, and loss a journey most of us will make many times in our life. Through it all, she says, there is only one reliable path, and if you walk it, you will see the transformation of all your losses, heartbreaks, and tragedies into...

Scarred Faith: This is a story about how Honesty, Grief, a Cursing Toddler, Risk-Taking, AIDS, Hope, Brokeness, Doubts and Memphis Ignited Adventurous Faith

By Josh Ross Are You Scarred? Tired of platitudes that don’t heal your brokenness? Have you wondered if you’re allowed to say things like, “God, this doesn’t make any sense. Where are you?” Are you looking for the balance between honesty and faithfulness? This book is for you. Josh Ross lets you in on his own journey of grief as he discovers that faith is about experience, movement, and process. It is about adventure, adventure that...

Fresh Faith: What Happens When Real Faith Ignites God’s People

By Jim Cymbala (Dean Merrill, contributor)   Pastor Jim Cymbala calls us back to a fiery, passionate preoccupation with God that will restore what the enemy has stolen from us: our first love for Jesus, our zeal, our troubled children, our wounded marriages, our broken and divided churches. Born out of the heart and soul of The Brooklyn Tabernacle, the message of Fresh Faith is illustrated by true stories of men and women whose lives...

Streams in the Desert: 366 Daily Devotional Readings

By L.B. Cowman  (Edited by James Reimann) In a barren wilderness, L. B. Cowman long ago discovered a fountain that sustained her, and she shared it with the world, Streams in the Desert – her collection of prayerful meditations, Christian writings, and God’s written promises – has become one of the most dearly loved, best-selling devotionals of all time since its first publication in 1925. Filled with insight into the richness...

Faith, Hope and Grief: Finding God’s Presence in the Midst of Crisis

By  Douglas Knox “We’re going to storm the gates of Heaven until God brings healing. He’s going to give us our miracle.” The faith is sincere. The expectation is real. And sometimes God honors our prayers for healing. Sometimes, but not always. Instead of healing, God may choose to put us through grief. When loved ones die, even good Christians struggle to fathom the unfathomable. We count the months by the minute, waiting for the...