Tracing Kuhlman's remarkable career as a media-savvy preacher and fleshing out her unconventional character, Artman shows how Kuhlman skillfully navigated the structures, rules, and landmines that surrrounded female religious leaders in the mid-twentieth century. -- Publisher
"In 1946, God gave Oral Roberts a new Buick. And this just one of many miracles the young, broke preacher learned to expect, as Oral Roberts would go on to build an evangelistic ministry worth millions of dollars, a medical complex, and a university. How do we interpret the life of a man who seemed to combine rampant consumerist excess with a sincere devotion to the gospel? Seeking to answer this question, Jonathan Root weaves together accounts of...
A memoir of the profound destabilization that comes from losing one's faith--and a young woman's journey to reconcile her lack of belief with her love for her deeply religious family. Growing up in poverty in the rural backwoods of southern Maryland, the Pentecostal church was at the core of Jessica Wilbanks' family life. At sixteen, driven by a desire to discover the world, Jessica walked away from the church--trading her faith for freedom, and...
Sarah Aurthur's anthology of liturgically arranged devotional, literary readings is a creme-de-la-creme book. The passages lovingly collected and arranged are the best available. There is something here for every reader. This book is both a literary treasure store and a devotional feast.
El poder sobrenatural y la autoridad de Dios están disponibles para los creyentes de hoy- tal como lo estuvieron durante los antiguos tiempos bíblicos -, para sanidades, milagros y liberaciones.
Despite our best efforts, many of us struggle with the same sins time and again, leaving us feeling hopeless in our search for freedom. Pastor and author Neal Lozano knows this firsthand-and he's laid out a strategy, based on his years of experience, for you to overcome Satan's influence in your life. By focusing on Jesus' work instead of on the intimidating aspects of evil spirits, Lozano will help you discover freedom from sin, understand the biblical...
Hank Hanegraaff reveals the code to Revelation. Breaking the code of the book of Revelation has become an international obsession. The result, according to Hank Hanegraaff, has been rampant misreading of Scripture, bad theology, and even bad politics and foreign policy. Hanegraaff argues that the key to understanding the last book of the Bible is the other sixty-five books of the Bible - not current events or recent history and certainly not any...
"An inspiring personal account of overcoming past mistakes and finding faith and purpose again from a young woman who was pregnant at fourteen, then married and divorced in her twenties"-- Provided by publisher.
"A novel about Nigeria's Pentecostal movement and the rich, celebrity preachers that lead the megachurches, their quest for power, and their scandalous secrets"--
Rhoda Janzen had reconnected with her family and her roots, though her future felt uncertain. But when she starts dating a churchgoer, the skeptic begins a surprising journey to faith and love. Rhoda doesn't slide back into the dignified simplicity of the Mennonite church. Instead she finds herself hanging with the Pentecostals, who really know how to get down with sparkler pom-poms. Amid the hand waving and hallelujahs, Rhoda finds a faith richly...
Does God speak? Is He speaking to you? The good news is, yes, He is speaking. And like a radio host broadcasting His voice into the airwaves, God speaks all the time. The question is, are we tuned into the right frequency? Morris reveals that God communicates with us in multiple ways, whether through the Bible, through circumstances, or even through a whisper. When we begin to understand the general and specific ways God speaks to us, then we can...
"Paul Maier visits the origins of Christianity, taking the reader back to the first Christmas, the first Easter, and the first Christians. His ... research and ... insights correlate history, archaeology, and the New Testament to bring alive the true drama of earliest Christianity."--Amazon.com.
Trans woman Precious Brady-Davis recalls her childhood growing up in the Omaha foster care system and Pentecostal faith as a biracial, gender-nonconforming child.