Wright’s Book Review Nikki Holloway Liberty University October 6, 2014 ABSTRACT Wright, H. N. (2003). The new guide to crisis & trauma counseling. Venture,Calif: Regal Books. Dr. Wright created this material to assist counselors and ministers who are assisting clients in the need of crisis counseling. As a result the writer starts the information by concentrating on the first three chapters which Intel’s counseling from a biblical viewpoint.
Summary Placing aside the foreword and introduction, there are ten chapters or sections to this book. Divided into sections, the first four chapters present the argument that believer’s baptism is based upon the New Testament. Chapter One is more of an essay written by Andreas Kostenberger. Kostenberger places emphasis upon three important baptismals: John the Baptist, Jesus, and the figurative baptisms of the disciples. After presenting the Gospel of Mark’s account of the baptisms performed by John the Baptist, he writes, “The underlying symbolism of the Baptism’s baptism is that of cleansing from sin and of spiritual renewal.” Water baptism then is prior to spiritual renewal or at least accompanies it.
Shane lives in poverty, chooses to spend his days with the poor, and ultimately serves his enemies. Whether Shane preaches that the Church has become apathetic and over politicized, he serves a purpose to change the way Christians think about their religion. Shane cannot be called a sideline spectator either, he walks the talk, Claiborne preaches in the city of Chicago, Philadelphia, in conventions, and in Iraq, risking his life. He absolutely has moral authority and credibility in his ideas and opinions. While I do not completely agree with his whole book, Shane Claiborne speaks some truths on many ugly topics of our society.
The information was broken a little easier for me to understand and apply. I feel that I am at a stage where God is an Authoritative God. I believe that He does punish those that are not following in the path that He has destined for them. I believe that to continually sin is to face God’s wrath. A wrath that could be as simple as facing turmoil or tragedy in your life or in the life of a loved one.
LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Celebration of Discipline Book Review Submitted to Dr. Barksdale, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of the course, PLED 520 Spiritual Formation By Todd Dale McGill October 13, 2011 Introduction The book Celebration of Discipline is invites Christians to discover what is missing in their relationship with God, it also gives the tools such as solitude, fasting, prayer, submission that help the Christian seek a deeper life with God. This books points out to specific things that hold each other together here are the four disciplines the author speaks of joy, simplicity, prayer, and celebration. According to the author, the materialistic base of our age has
Select the two elements of the seven elements of Jesus’ wisdom discussed by McKnight that relate most to where your are in your life at this point and write about how you might practice these elements of wisdom. Discover who you are by loving others: Enemies can be loved easier than conquered. These two things I can relate to because I feel like if I don’t love myself for who I am, then I can never show love to the people around me. And I also need to learn how to forgive people and forget about the past. Chapter 8 Church.Life 1.
Running head: EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY Evangelical Theology Dianna Barr 440-527-8677 Grand Canyon University Contemporary Theology - HTH 469 May 23, 2011 Evangelical Theology Stanley Grenz and Roger Olsen co-authored 20th Century Theology – God and the World in a Transitional Age (1992). The book gives their interpretation of the way religious theology developed in a modern age and how they saw divine transcendence and immanence, especially from the Evangelical viewpoint. Grenz & Olsen Chapter Ten – Evangelical Theology Evangelical theology had a tough assignment. It had to stay balanced between divine transcendence and divine immanence while discerning factual biblical truths. To do this it also had to stay within the
Going through the book and realizing the way Yaconelli spanned out the different thoughts that we are going to feel and believe was incredible. The questions he addressed were words of doubt and concern that I often speak over myself. I personally feel that power of Christ in me and the way He wants to use me, but I often times I don’t think I’m good enough. I feel like I don’t pray enough, I don’t read my Bible enough, I don’t commit enough, all these concerns that make me feel like I’m not able to be used by God’s loving hand. It was comforting to know that in fact my messed up, imperfect; out-of-control life is actually the earmark of true Christianity.
They say it is conservative and when a community is cooperating such as practising worship together in church it creates a social harmony among everybody. Religion often promotes love and peace, these are positive attributes that would create a good society when practised. It works by religion helping people choose the right moral decisions. An example derived from Christianity would be when followers look into the accounts from the holy Bible where they can read passages from Jesus’ teachings and access guidance “ What would Jesus do?” Jesus did good things, so the people that follow him will create a social harmony. Religions such as Christianity offer social norms and rules with the “10 commandments” such rules as “do not steal” have become universal.
Colonialists place "...the book of God's Word over the book of God's Works, and theology over psychology." (Entwistle, 2010, p. 145). Neutral parties keep psychology and theology separate for fear that one will contaminate the other. And then there are Allies, those who believe that both psychology and theology belong to God and that "all truth is God's truth". They believe in total integration and know and respect the two books of God.