Bøger af Carl Simmons

Learning to grow spiritually is a lifelong adventure. The From Disciples to Disciplers series was developed to walk each participant on that journey of personal spiritual growth. Each of the six seasons (books) in the series contains 13 lessons for small groups, adult Sunday school, or 1-on-1 discipleship. Season 3: Growing in Your Gifts focuses on discovering the gifts, talents, and passions God has given you and how God might want to use them to serve others-whether that's inside or outside your church walls. After this season, you'll have a better sense of who God has created you to be, and why.

Learning to grow spiritually is a lifelong adventure. The From Disciples to Disciplers series was developed to walk each participant on that journey of personal spiritual growth. Each of the six seasons (books) in the series contains 13 lessons for small groups, adult Sunday school, or 1-on-1 discipleship. After you've been grounded in your relationship with Jesus, how does that shine into the rest of your life? That's where Season 2: Growing in Character comes in. This season focuses on how you can invite Jesus into your most important relationships-your family, friends, the people you work with-and how to keep Jesus at the center of all of them.

Learning to grow spiritually is a lifelong adventure. The From Disciples to Disciplers series was developed to walk each participant on that journey of personal spiritual growth. Each of the six seasons (books) in the series contains 13 lessons for small groups, adult Sunday school, or 1-on-1 discipleship. You've developed and deepened your walk with Jesus; you've learned how to actually live it out among those people you most care about; and you've begun to discover how God has uniquely built you. Now: How do you take what God's shown you, and help others walk through the same process? If you're asking those questions, you're ready for Season 4: Growing Others. This study will help you reach out even further, and more deliberately. Call it mentoring, discipling, coaching, or just being a good Christian friend to someone who needs it... after this study, you'll be ready to come alongside anyone who's ready to have a deeper relationship with Jesus. Just like you were, at the beginning of your walk with Jesus.

Learning to grow spiritually is a lifelong adventure. The From Disciples to Disciplers series was developed to walk each participant on that journey of personal spiritual growth. Each of the six seasons (books) in the series contains 13 lessons for small groups, adult Sunday school, or 1-on-1 discipleship. Season 1 of From Disciples to Disciplers, Growing in Jesus focuses on developing your relationship with Jesus. Because, let's face it, the first person you have to disciple is yourself. More to the point, you need to learn how to let Jesus show you how to be His disciple. So in this season, we focus on your relationship with Jesus and how to deepen it through spiritual disciplines such as prayer, worship, Bible study... and, not least of all, your relationships with other Christians (such as the ones you're sitting with).

Jesus told us in John 15:13-14, "No one has greater love than this - that one lays down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you." But how do we do it? This eight-week interactive devotional will help you learn how to surrender and renew your spiritual lives, and launch you on a lifelong journey toward trusting God with every part of your life.

Learning to grow spiritually is a lifelong adventure. The From Disciples to Disciplers series was developed to walk each participant on that journey of personal spiritual growth. Each of the six seasons (books) in the series contains 13 lessons that can be used in small groups, adult Sunday school, or 1-on-1 discipleship. You've been growing. Others know it. And God is honoring it. So whether you see yourself that way or not, God has matured you to the point where you're ready to lead. And we're going to help you get more ready. Season 5: Growing in Leadership focuses on how to stay functional even as you learn how to lead. You'll walk together through the foibles of leadership--communication, conflict resolution, building consensus, learning how to adjust your ministry, and learning to stay focused on God instead of "your ministry."

Learning to grow spiritually is a lifelong adventure. The "From Disciples to Disciplers" series was developed to walk each participant on that journey of personal spiritual growth. Each of the six seasons (books) in the series contains 13 lessons that can be used in small groups, adult Sunday school, or 1-on-1 discipleship. As you keep growing in your walk with Jesus, God may well put things on your heart that you'll need to be the one to initiate. That brings us, at last, to Season 6: Growing in Your Mission. God has given you a specific vision for ministry, and now you literally need to make the dream real. We'll help walk you through the issues that come with a God-given vision. Things like, first of all, how do you know it really is God, and not just you? How do you get others on board (and praying--a lot)? And how will you keep growing, even as the vision continues to grow and take shape? Because, no matter where you are, you never stop growing. God will always see to that.

Theoretically, tax policy should be very important to voters--after all, it's their money that's being collected. Yet most voters are unaware of the economics of various tax policies, and uninterested in contrasting different tax policies from an ethical perspective. This book seeks to redress these problems, informing voters about the economics of different tax policies, and suggesting an ethical framework for evaluating current taxes and future tax proposals.

Previously known as Teaching ICT, this Second Edition has been carefully revised to meet the new demands of computer science as a curriculum subject.