Idolatry of Christian Leaders

Idolatry of Christian Leaders
Author: Debra A. Seaton
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2007-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1602664374

Idolatry in the Church is practiced through images of Christian leaders implanted in the hearts and the minds of believers. Christian leaders are not gods. There is a demonic spirit attached to this fleshly worship of man. Idolatry of Christian Leaders is a book which captures your heart from start to finish. Written in a straight forward, honest, and confrontational style, the Holy Spirit compels Christian believers to evaluate their true motives for Christian service and their love relationship with God. Proper heart alignment with God through the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit is the book's central theme. Idolatry of Christian Leaders confronts idolatry of Christian leaders, denominations and other aspects of the Church which cause believers to walk in religion, traditions of men and deception. About the Author - Debra A. Seaton Debra A. Seaton is called by God as a prophet and apostolic teacher in the Body of Christ. She is member of Crusaders Church in Chicago, Illinois where Apostle John Eckhardt is her pastor. Debra is an active part of the Prophetic and Intercessory Prayer Ministry of her church. Debra is a former prayer leader of the Crusaders International Women's Ministry. She has also participated in the altar workers' ministry and the dance ministry of her church. Debra is a former director of the Logos-Rhema Foundation of Chicago. She worked as an administrator and intercessor coordinating prayer strategies for the City of Chicago and the United States of America. Debra is employed as a criminal defense attorney in private practice. Prior to private practice, she worked with the Cook County Public Defender's Office, Felony Trial Division. While employed at the Public Defender's Office she taught a weekly Bible Study in the public cafeteria. Debra's desire is to intimately know God through a pure, intense and passionate love relationship with Him. Her goal is to share what the Lord imparts to her through the Holy Spirit with the Body of Christ.

The Imperfect Disciple

The Imperfect Disciple
Author: Jared C. Wilson
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493409271

Too many discipleship books are written for clean, perfect people who know all the right Sunday school answers. The Imperfect Disciple is for the rest of us--people who screw up, people who are weary, people who are wondering if it's safe to say what they're really thinking. For the believer who is tired of quasi-spiritual lifehacks being passed off as true, down-and-dirty discipleship, here is a discipleship book that isn't afraid to be honest about the mess we call real life. With incisive wit, warm humor, and moving stories, Jared Wilson shows readers how the gospel works in them and in their lives when - they can't get their act together - they think God is giving them the silent treatment - they think church would be better without all the people - they're not happy with the person in the mirror - and much more Wilson frees readers from the self-doubt and even the misplaced self-confidence they may feel as they walk with Jesus down the often difficult road of life. The result is a faith that weathers storms, lifts burdens, and goes forth to make more imperfect disciples.

The Pastor's Justification

The Pastor's Justification
Author: Jared C. Wilson
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2013
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433536641

Neither a how-to manual nor an academic treatise on pastoral ministry, this book of biblical exposition, pastoral confession, and gospel exultation directs pastors to their only justification: the finished work of Christ.

Lead So Others Can Follow

Lead So Others Can Follow
Author: James T. Bradford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Christian leadership
ISBN: 9781680670738

In Lead So Others Can Follow, Jim Bradford offers practical leadership advice in a simple yet compelling format. Let this book help you face the challenge to keep spirituality and biblical principles hardwired into your leadership.

God of All Things

God of All Things
Author: Andrew Wilson
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310109094

Abstract theology is overrated, for God can be found in even the most ordinary of things. Jesus used things like a lily, sparrow, and sheep to teach about the kingdom of God. And in the Old Testament, God repeatedly describes himself and his saving work in relation to physical things such as a rock, horn, or eagle. In God of All Things, pastor and author Andrew Wilson invites you to rediscover God in this way, too--through ordinary, everyday things. He explores the idea of a material world and presents a variety of created marvels that reveal the gospel in everyday life and fuel worship and joy in God--marvels like: Dust: the image of God Horns: the salvation of God Donkeys: the peace of God Water: the life of God Viruses: the problem of God Cities: the kingdom of God God of All Things will leave you with a deeper understanding of Scripture, the world you live in, and the God who made it all.

Altar Ego

Altar Ego
Author: Craig Groeschel
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2013-02-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310333725

Discover your true identity in Christ. Many of us live for the approval of others. We let the world decide who we are, or we look to those around us to discover who we think we’d like to be. The problem is that living for what people think of you is the quickest way to forget what God thinks of you. In Altar Ego, pastor and author of Winning the War in Your Mind Craig Groeschel will show you how to sacrifice your broken ideas of approval-based identity on the altar of God’s truth and become who you were meant to be in Christ. You'll learn how to: Expose false labels and selfish motives. Live according to God's higher values with a deeper confidence in His calling. Trade in your broken ego and unleash your “altar” ego as a living sacrifice to Him. Understand how God continuously shapes you into His vision of you. Once you know your true identity and are growing in Christ-like character, then you can behave accordingly with bold behavior, bold prayers, bold words, and bold obedience. Altar Ego reveals who God says you are, and then calls you to live up to it. Rather than living a timid, halfhearted, shallow cultural Christianity, you'll boldly live in the confidence of the God who believes in you.

Embodied Idolatry

Embodied Idolatry
Author: Kyle Edward Haden
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2020-01-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1793611106

Embodied Idolatry: A Critique of Christian Nationalism is an examination of the effect of Christian nationalism on Christian practice in the United States. Kyle Edward Haden focuses on the mechanisms by which such beliefs become sedimented into the emotional, embodied structures of the church and the individual. Using a variety of disciplines, Haden thus identifies and highlights how such beliefs and practices are, in fact, idolatrous and inhabit an anti-Christian theological and ethical space. This book describes the formative process and mechanisms by which social and cultural values are acquired through imitation, by the individual and within ecclesial communities. As a constructive countermeasure, it investigates Jesus’s practice in his own social, cultural, political, religious, and economic context, and argues that Christian nationalism is a betrayal of Jesus’s teachings in light of his own practice of hospitality and table fellowship. This book thus calls Christians to conversion, putting loyalty to the kingdom of God over that of the nation.

Lead Like It Matters to God

Lead Like It Matters to God
Author: Richard Stearns
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0830847316

Sharing the principles he has learned over a remarkable corporate and ministry career, Richard Stearns offers seventeen crucial values that transform leaders and their organizations. When leaders embody these ideals, they not only improve their witness for Christ, they shape institutions, influence culture, and create healthy workplaces where people can flourish.