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Powerhouse for God is a stunning portrait of an old-fashioned Baptist preacher, his family, and their church in Virginia's northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Audiences who were born and raised among old-time southern Baptists say this film captures the fierce preaching, determined singing, autobiographical witnessing, and stern doctrine that characterizes these religious communities.
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It would be no more surprising for the discovery of a means of direct spirit communication with the spiritual life than it was to be convinced that Marconi had discovered a sure method of telegraphing and telephoning without wires. The discovery of the laws which made electricity a servant of mankind was an astonishing revelation which was as unbelievable as is the law of spiritual telepathy. Human telepathy, which is a mysterious means of communication...
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Have you ever been wrong about anything?
Have you ever passionately believed in something, only to find out later that you were mistaken all along? It seems that every church teaches something different from that of the next one. They cant all be right but its very important to the Lord that we know the truth. Which church teaches it? Do any of them have the full picture? How can we know that we know that what we’ve always been taught is accurate?...
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One Christian woman's story of how she survived the fear and battering of domestic violence through faith. She came out on the other side courages with a new life and the willingness to obey God and go forth and help others through information and support. Sharing her story is just a small part of what she does.
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A distinct university walks about under each man's hat. The only man who achieves success in the other universities of the world, and in the larger university of life, is the man who has first taken his graduate course and his post-graduate course in the university under his hat. There observation furnishes a daily change in the curriculum. Books are not the original sources of power, but observation, which may bring to us all wide experience, deep...
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Among all of you who read this book I am looking for the kings and queens. I am looking for the successful men and women of the future. No matter how old you may be, you yet have life before you. I am looking for the leading men and women, and I will find them with these four tests. I cannot fail; it is infallible.
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Baptists are keen to go directly to the New Testament in all major issues of faith. If the Bible is the first argument, then history (and therefore tradition) is another line of argument, that both promoters and opponents of women's ordination can and do use. This book is largely concerned with not just the history of women's ordination, or even of Baptists and women's ordination, but offers perspectives from history that may be useful for the discussion...
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A Comparative Study of the Anabaptist and English Baptist Movements offers a unique perspective to Baptist History. The book covers both groups related to Baptist origins in belief and practice.
Seldom, if ever, has a book sought to cover both movements in one volume. Through this work, you will receive sufficient knowledge that will inform, explain, and inspire you with in-depth insight into both movements.
The book explains the origins and characters...
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A father destroying his family's darkest curses. With the hopes his son will have the light in his heart before the darkness reaches him. A father teaching his son it doesn't matter what people think of you and to never live in fear. The only judgement that matters is God's judgement.
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J. R. Graves has been, described by one historian as one who "influenced Southern Baptist life of the 19th century in more ways, and probably in a greater degree, than any other person." Over several decades, Graves was editor of The Tennessee Baptist, one of the most enduring and influential denominational papers across the south in the 19th century. His colorful style and homespun theology mesmerized thousands of southern believers, especially Baptists....
12) All of Grace
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon is one of the world's most famous preachers. Born in Essex, England in 1834, he converted from the Anglican Church to the Baptist faith at the age of 15 and began teaching Sunday school the following year. While he never attended theology school, by the age of 22 he was most the famous preacher in all of London and went on to preach at the New Park Street Chapel, later the Metropolitan Tabernacle, for 38 years. Spurgeon was...
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All Loves Excelling is John Bunyan's sermon on Ephesians 3:17-18, 'That ye...may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge.' It was first titled 'The Saints' Knowledge of Christ s Love' and is worthy of being ranked alongside Sibbes and deals with a much neglected subject area.
The subject matter of this work, which was first, preached, is...
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This first volume of the New Wineskins series introduces the very best of current research and reflection on congregational transformation among Australian Baptists. This volume's authors share the conviction that Baptist congregations must find new ways of engaging with the increasingly secular context of Australia. Collectively, they take the view that this requires congregations to remain spiritually vital, practically engaged, missionally relevant,...
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Join Minister Foster on this unbelievable journey as she reveals the true characters and personalities of church leaders and church experiences, she has encountered throughout her 30+ years of attending different churches. She has made this testimony available to help others who have experienced "church hurt" or who have been scarred by experiences within the church setting to be healed and move past these types of hurtful experiences.
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Respected Baptist historian and theologian Bill Leonard takes readers through the theological and practical questions that are important to Baptists. In a clear style and with great sensitivity to the varieties of beliefs among Baptist bodies, Leonard considers the big questions of faith. These include Baptist beliefs about God, Jesus Christ, the Bible, salvation, and the Christian life, among others. Drawing on historic statements of Baptist belief,...
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Spurgeon was deeply influenced by Puritan writings, and especially Thomas Manton. Spurgeon praised Manton for his clear and sound exposition of Scripture. In Flowers from a Puritan's Garden, Spurgeon acknowledges his indebtedness to his spiritual heritage in the Puritan. This book contains excerpts from Puritan's writings, along with reflections and commentary from Spurgeon himself. This is wonderful companion to daily Bible reading as a devotional....
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