Bøger af Steve Langford

Aligning Our Hearts with the Heart of God. In a highly polarized society, how are we to know which position on an issue reflects Gods will? Christians commonly appeal to what the Bible says to determine Gods will. The Bible says They assume it must be Gods will because the Bible says it. The Bible does teach us how to know Gods will, but it points beyond itself to a way of thinking shaped by the Spiritwhat the book of Colossians calls spiritual wisdom and understanding. We discern Gods will by thinking theologically. Knowing Gods will requires more than knowing what the Bible says. How to think theologically about what the Bible says

The kingdom of God was the central theme of Jesuss preaching. Yet in spite of the centrality of the kingdom in Jesuss ministry, the kingdom of God is far from a dominant theme in most mainline Protestant pulpits and churches. Preaching and teaching about the kingdom have been supplanted by such great themes as personal salvation, heaven and hell, faith, sin, the church, missions and evangelism, justice issues, stewardship, and moral living. So where is the kingdom?In A God-Shaped World, author and pastor Steve Langford shows how the kingdom of God grows out of and is an expression of the character of God. The kingdom of God is the realm in which the divine character shapes the way we live so that we do the will of God in every dimension of our lives. A God-Shaped World identifies the four central characteristics of the kingdom of God, how out of step the ways of the kingdom are to the fear-based, self-serving ways inherent to the human condition, and the implications of the kingdom for followers of Jesus today.The Lords Prayer teaches us that the kingdom of God is inseparably tied to Gods character and will. The kingdom of God is where life is patterned after the merciful, gracious character of God, where the ways of God are lived, and where the will of God is donehere on the earth!