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CAN A NATION LOOK LIKE HEAVEN?As the daily news points to growing spiritual darkness over the nations, many Christians are tempted to believe that America is a lost cause. But is this true?Many Christian prophetic leaders agree: there is hope for America and the nations!Apostle John Benefiel has witnessed tremendous spiritual breakthrough, both in his home state of Oklahoma and across the nation. In Binding the Strongman Over America and the Nations, Benefiel outlines a prophetic strategy believers can employ to pray effectively against the darkness invading their homes, communities, and nation!Discover how to:Identity and overthrow ancient thrones of iniquity.Issue a divorce decree to the spirit of Baal.Unmask idolatry and repent on behalf of the nation.Contend for God's prophetic destiny for America to be fulfilled.So shake off discouragement and fear! Join the fight for your nation's destiny, and Bind the Strongman today!

Belief in magic and particularly the power of witchcraft was a deep and enduring presence in popular culture; people created and concealed many objects to protect themselves from harmful magic. Detailed are the principal forms of magical house protection in Britain and beyond from the fourteenth century to the present day.

A new edition of The Jesus Creed, Scot McKnight's bestselling book, providing a remarkable summary of what biblical Christianity is at its core: Loving God and Loving Others. It fosters a practical understanding, appreciation of and application of Christian formation in grace and love toward God and Neighbor.

Notes on Love is a humorous and heart-felt look at being single and dating in the Church for a generation of Christians wrestling with what it means to love and be loved today.

Intellect and emotion both fail in seeking God, who can only be encountered by rejecting of all common earthly means in a "cloud of forgetting" and the discovery of Godself in the dark "cloud of unknowing" which can be pierced only with a "lance of longing love."

How one woman's love for horses led her to a deeper love of GodWith edgy honesty and humor, Laurie Brock invites all who have longed for a deeper encounter with God to join her in the saddle (and occasionally on the ground) to discover how horses' ways of knowing can help humans discover God speaking to us. This book-from a powerful, vulnerable, clergy author-is for anyone who struggles with the experience of faith in the institutional church, or who feels they have connected with God on a deep level outside of church, in everyday pastimes, or in emotional moments. "e;A beautifully written meditation on belief, the holy, and the healing power of horses. Mertonian in its wisdom, this profound book not only helped me see the magic of animals in everyday life, but allowed me a better understanding of my own faith journey in the Episcopal Church."e;-SILAS HOUSE, novelist, author of Southernmost"e;Brock writes beautifully, with depth and passion. She gives us a sense of how horses-powerful, beautiful animals-might teach us about ourselves and God."e;-REV. CANON SCOTT GUNN, Executive Director, Forward Movement

Por primera vez en la historia, un n├║mero creciente de iglesias protestantes en Am├⌐rica Latina est├í cooperando en la formaci├│n de sociedades misioneras interdenominacionales y enviando misioneros a muchos lugares de ultramar, especialmente a Africa, Asia y Europa. Por otra parte, hay muy poca reflexi├│n  misionol├│gica. La mayor parte de la literatura que se usa en los cursos y encuentros sobre la misi├│n ha sido traducida del ingl├⌐s y generalmente se caracteriza por su pragmatismo. En lo que ata├▒e al estudio de la base b├¡blica de la misi├│n, existe un gran vac├¡o. Ni en castellano ni en portugu├⌐s hay nada comparable a Transforming Mission por David Bosch. La presente obra surgi├│ de la toma de conciencia de este vac├¡o a la vez que del considerable crecimiento, en estos ├║ltimos a├▒os, del n├║mero de estudiosos b├¡blicos que bien pod├¡an ser desafiados a estudiar y escribir un libro sobre el tema propuesto. El proyecto pudo concretarse gracias a la consecuci├│n de fondos, por parte de la Fundaci├│n Kair├│s de Buenos Aires, del Research Enablement Program (REP) del Overseas Ministries Study Center (OMSC) de New Haven, Connecticut, Estados Unidos, para realizar una serie de consultas con el prop├│sito de producir el libro. Las consultas se llevaron a cabo entre mayo de 1995 y marzo de 1996, convocadas por la Fraternidad Teol├│gica Latinoamericana, en  colaboraci├│n con tres centros de reflexi├│n teol├│gica: el Centro Kair├│s de Discipulado y Misi├│n (Buenos Aires), el Centro Evang├⌐lico de Misiolog├¡a Andino-Amaz├│nica (Lima) y la Comunidad Teol├│gica (M├⌐xico). La presente obra es una primicia en la producci├│n teol├│gica evang├⌐lica en Am├⌐rica Latina. Aunque con algunos vac├¡os en lo que respecta al canon b├¡blico, cubre pr├ícticamente toda la Biblia, de la cual hace una lectura misionol├│gica contextual.

Moments of peace and stillness give us a glimpse of how extraordinary our lives can be, but it is easy to lose sight of this in the hectic pace of modern living. In this inspirational book, internationally renowned Buddhist teacher Christina Feldman shows you how to find harmony and balance by applying ancient Buddhist Wisdom to the here and now.The path of conscious simplicity she suggests allows us to fully recover ourselves, by rediscovering our sense of meaning and wonder.As a mother, a layperson and an internationally renowned teacher, Feldman knows the stresses and strains of modern life. In this book she shows how to harmonize and achieve balance and how to apply Buddhist wisdom to the here and now. She addresses subjects of compassion, speech, effort, intention, mindfulness and awakening. The path to peace, she suggests, is not necessarily complex or arduous. If we simply turn our attention to this moment, it will speak to us of wonder, mystery, harmony and peace. She demonstrates that there is no better moment in which to awaken and discover everything our heart longs for than this very moment.