Living Witnesses

Living Witnesses
Author: Sabrina Must
Publisher:
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2009
Genre: Holocaust survivors
ISBN:

Living Gently in a Violent World

Living Gently in a Violent World
Author: Jean Vanier
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2010-06-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1458756092

How are Christians to live in a violent and wounded world? Rather than contending for privilege by wielding power and authority, we can witness prophetically from a position of weakness. The church has much to learn from an often overlooked community--those with disabilities. In this fascinating book, theologian Stanley Hauer was collaborates wi...

Leaving the Witness

Leaving the Witness
Author: Amber Scorah
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2020-06-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 073522255X

"A fascinating glimpse into the consciousness of being an outsider in every possible way, and what it takes to find your path into the life you'd like to lead."--Nylon A riveting memoir of losing faith and finding freedom while a covert missionary in one of the world's most restrictive countries. A third-generation Jehovah's Witness, Amber Scorah had devoted her life to sounding God's warning of impending Armageddon. She volunteered to take the message to China, where the preaching she did was illegal and could result in her expulsion or worse. Here, she had some distance from her community for the first time. Immersion in a foreign language and culture--and a whole new way of thinking--turned her world upside down, and eventually led her to lose all that she had been sure was true. As a proselytizer in Shanghai, using fake names and secret codes to evade the authorities' notice, Scorah discreetly looked for targets in public parks and stores. To support herself, she found work at a Chinese language learning podcast, hiding her real purpose from her coworkers. Now with a creative outlet, getting to know worldly people for the first time, she began to understand that there were other ways of seeing the world and living a fulfilling life. When one of these relationships became an "escape hatch," Scorah's loss of faith culminated in her own personal apocalypse, the only kind of ending possible for a Jehovah's Witness. Shunned by family and friends as an apostate, Scorah was alone in Shanghai and thrown into a world she had only known from the periphery--with no education or support system. A coming of age story of a woman already in her thirties, this unforgettable memoir examines what it's like to start one's life over again with an entirely new identity. It follows Scorah to New York City, where a personal tragedy forces her to look for new ways to find meaning in the absence of religion. With compelling, spare prose, Leaving the Witness traces the bittersweet process of starting over, when everything one's life was built around is gone.

Prophetic Witnesses to Joy

Prophetic Witnesses to Joy
Author: Juliet Mousseau
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2021-11-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814666841

A life of consecration prefigures what Christians hope for by calling into question the value of power, sexuality, and material possessions. Religious life challenges the idea that these things alone bring happiness and shows that we can be more fulfilled, happier, and more whole without being attached to them. Furthermore, detaching ourselves from these desires allows others to live with more dignity and greater ease, as well. Consecrated life, then, is a prophetic witness to the joy of the eschatological call of Christianity. In the words of Pope Francis to religious men and women leading up to the Year of Consecrated Religious, “Wake up the world! Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living!”

The Cross Is Not Enough

The Cross Is Not Enough
Author: Ross Clifford
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2012
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801014611

International apologists present a compelling and inspiring case for how to draw on the resurrection for everyday Christian living.

A Great Cloud of Witnesses

A Great Cloud of Witnesses
Author: Trillia J. Newbell
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2021-01-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802499171

Rejuvenate your faith through the stories of the faithful. Throughout Scripture we find countless stories of God’s faithfulness—we also find countless stories of the people who remained faithful to Him. To strengthen and deepen your own faith, enter the stories of God’s imperfect yet faithful people in A Great Cloud of Witnesses, a six- or eight-week Bible study by Trillia Newbell. This study dives into Hebrews 11, examining the lives of Rahab, Enoch, Gideon, Sarah, and many more whose faiths withstood the tests of their days. Each devotional invites you into the lives of ordinary people who lived by faith and concludes with reflection questions so that you can consider how your story connects with those found in Scripture. By studying the great cloud of witnesses found in Hebrews 11, and others who have gone before us, you will learn to imitate their faith while clinging to the One who is always faithful as you run the race God has set before you.

LIVING THE LAST WORDS OF JESUS ("YOU SHALL BE MY WITNESSES")

LIVING THE LAST WORDS OF JESUS (
Author: Michael Bussen
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2023-10-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Living the last words of Jesus is about essential, effective, and easy (or at least easier) evangelism for every Christian (including us introverts). This book seeks to help followers of Jesus become ongoingly good and faithful and fruitful witnesses for Jesus, making Him and all in heaven happier and happier (as in Luke 15). Also reaching more and more lost souls will bring eternal joys to them, and more happiness to you as well as we enter into the joyful heavenly rewards of our wonderful Savior God! So hopefully this book helps to make everybody it touches happier, especially the Lord!