Result for "River" in Christianity

This 40-day devotional based on the classic best-selling novel Redeeming Love leads you on a personal, six-week journey into God's all-consuming embrace.   

The 15th century was a pivotal era for Europe, during which it transitioned from a social and religious union under Christendom into a disparate collection of nation-states, and it was during this period that the Middle Ages came to an end and the Modern Period began. Less than a century earlier, in the mid-14th century, the Vatican called upon England and sought financial aid in the hopes of boosting papal defenses against French forces

This audiobook articulates where God is taking the body of Christ in corporate worship. There is a sweep-you-off-your-feet depth to the river of God’s delights that is more than possible, it is inevitable! This audiobook may wound a few sacred cows, but it will clarify your vision for the powerful potential in corporate worship.

Through Redeeming Love, millions have experienced the captivating love story of Angel and Michael Hosea that illustrates God's power to redeem even the most lost among us. Redeeming Love: The Companion Study invites you to enter more fully into both the classic novel's eternal message and the biblical story that inspired its writing.     

In this compilation of the five books in the best-selling Lineage of Grace series by Francine Rivers, we meet the five women whom God chose - Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary. Each was faced with extraordinary - even scandalous - challenges. Each took great personal risk to fulfill her calling. Each was destined to play a key role in the lineage of Jesus Christ, the savior of the World.

Francine shares observations she's gathered over a lifetime of exploring - abroad and in her own backyard - and reflects on how they might apply to your daily life. What do the majestic redwoods, the persistent woodpecker, or a glorious sunrise reveal about our artistic and generous God? How could that change your outlook or the way you handle adversity? Scripture excerpts, applications, and prayers accompany Francine's reflections, inspiring you to be encouraged. Be challenged. Be comforted.

By the Rivers of Babylon presents the early life of the prophet Ezekiel, from his childhood to his service in the Temple to the Babylonian Captivity, where he was enslaved among the exiles along the River Chebar.

Although all the titles of the Nag Hammadi library are not known, many people have heard about its most famous components: The Gospel of Thomas - at one time it was discussed whether it should be included in the New Testament - and The Gospel of Philip, which tried to revive the debate around the identity of Mary Magdalene: "Why do you love her more than all of us?" asks a disconcerted Peter to Jesus. Finally, the Nag Hammadi texts have led many scholars to reconsider the rigid canons imposed by the early Church, and the readers to find a more intimate religion that turned upside down many postulates of Christian orthodoxy.

Experience God and his creation more deeply by reflecting on what his Word says about his world. For many of us, being in the great outdoors surrounded by the beauty of nature helps us to feel peaceful and connected to God. Seth Lewis helps us to experience God and the beauty of creation in an...

From this gifted mother-daughter team of Francine Rivers and Shannon Rivers Coibion come the Bible stories youll want to share with the growing kids in your life. Meet thirty important people from the Old and New testaments--some of them famous Bible figures like Abraham and Paul, and others...

The least of these have the most to give. In Wherever the River Runs, Kelly Minter invites us on a journey down a river teeming with piranhas and caimans, as well as machete-wielding mothers, heroic jungle pastors, faith-filled children, and miracles too seldom experienced in our part of the...

By the River is the weekly podcast from The River Church in Decatur, Georgia. Each episode supports our mission to make disciples by helping one another grow more and more into the likeness of Jesus Christ. Join us for teaching, conversation, and encouragement rooted in Scripture and shaped by community.

Did you ever wish there was more to your Christian life? Too often the Christian life is reduced to going to church, attending meetings, serving God, and doing devotions. But Jesus promised us abundant life - a deep, intimate, satisfying connection with the living God. How do we access the abundant life that Jesus promised? The key is the presence and life of the holy spirit within us. Jesus said that the spirit of God flows within us like a river - he is the river of life. But we need to dwell in the river in order to access the spirit’s fullness.

From the Upper Room in Jerusalem to this very hour, the rushing river of the Holy Spirit has been flowing since Pentecost. Today, Heaven is waiting on a bold, courageous host of believers to carry the banner of revival. Author Tommy Welchel is the last living connection to the saints of the Azusa Street revival. In The River of Zion, this spiritual general traces the Holy Spirit's movement from Pentecost to Azusa, and beyond, empowering you to join your prayers to God's ongoing work—for miraculous results!

Get ready for big laughs, exciting adventures, and lessons that stick! River Dog & Friends: Adventures in Faith is a fun-filled podcast where every episode takes your kid on a brand-new adventure packed with imagination, friendship, and Biblical truth. Whether River Dog is learning about courage, kindness, honesty, forgiveness, or trusting God, every story helps your child discover how faith can make a difference in everyday life.

River Thoughts is a podcast about life, thoughts, experiences and the things that stay on your mind long after the moment has passed. Hosted by Peter, Duncan and James, each episode explores the ups, downs, questions and unexpected moments that make us who we are. From personal experiences and everyday observations to technology, creativity, culture, relationships and the future, River Thoughts is a place to think out loud and explore ideas without needing all the answers. Sometimes serious, sometimes funny, sometimes completely spontaneous — just thoughts flowing like a river.

In 1393, the Tsar of Bulgaria, Ivan Shishman, defended Nicopolis in a last stand against the invading Ottoman Empire, but the well-known battle named after the town occurred in 1396, when an army of knights from all over Europe faced an Ottoman army. This battle is famous for representing the last time that Christian Europe (or, at least, most of it) united under a single banner to fight a common foe, and the military venture is often called the Last Crusade.

Thanks to Dan Brown's best-selling novel turned blockbuster mega-hit, The Da Vinci Code, in which audiences were introduced to Silas, the villainous, self-whipping monk, corporal mortification is now a term most often associated with Opus Dei. A creepy, deranged, and blood-thirsty albino monk, Silas is most remembered for viciously whipping himself with a nail-embedded cilice. For added suspense, various falsehoods of the real-life order have been propagated by the literary masterpiece; in fact, the character of Silas contains one of the foremost bloopers, as there were never any monks in the order.

You don't need another blueprint for hustle. You need a battle plan with boundaries. This book isn't about going viral, scaling to eight-figures in twelve weeks, or turning your personal brand into a funnel-optimized cash machine. It's about changing the game-or burning it down if it's wasting your damn time. It's a boundary-setting manifesto for business builders, team leaders, power movers, managers, creatives, consultants, entrepreneurs, and anyone with a nervous system who gives a damn.

Soul care is not a luxury meant to be indulged in on the occasional vacation-it's daily fuel. We're taught to run harder, think faster, and perform better-but what if everything you need is found in the pause? In the space between your thoughts and to-do lists lives a more sacred truth: you were made for more. Presence. Wholeness. Clarity. Stillness isn't laziness. It's rebellion. In Daily Rebellion, Kevin Taylor shares the soul-restoring power of pressing pause in a world that glorifies the grind.