Bishop T. D. Jakes And Elevation Church's Steven Furtick

In a time of chaos, the words, “God is in control,” can bring peace to believers and non-believers alike. This phrase has found its way to bumper stickers, Hallmark cards, and Facebook post, and in many ways it has become a junk drawer phrase – one that we pull out when we need a comforting cliché. When pandemonium breaks loose and we seem to have lost all control, then it is convenient for God to be in “control.” But what about when things are not? What if things are relatively normal.

“He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.” There it is folks, it’s right here in black and white. If God has called us, He will equip us to accomplish it. That takes so much pressure off of us. Once you can step into that truth, you simply have to open your eyes and look back over your life. Ask yourself: what have you consistently done well? What do you love to do? With that answer in mind, go do it! Do what you love to do and use that to bring glory to your creator. So many of us know that we have a gift. Weather that gift is crunching numbers, creating short-films, baking the perfect cake, or teaching a class of screaming kids on a weekly basis, we mostly know that we have a gift of some kind. That is only the first step though, and it’s unfortunately where so many people stop. As Lucado says: “We accept the gift, but ignore the giver. We promote self. We parade up and down the isle ‘Hey look at me!’ When we centerstage our selves and don't give a lick about God… dare we expect anything short of chaos? He entrusts us with gifts, so that we can make Him known.” What it all boils down to is one pretty powerful thought, and that is this, He endows us with gifts so that we can make Him known. Period. Every person on the face of this planet has been given something to do to show who God

When People are Big and God is Small is written by Edward T. Welch. Welch is a professor of Practical Theology at Westminister Theological Seminary. In addition to being a professor he also serves as a counselor, a faculty member, and the director of counseling and academic dean at Christian Counseling and Education Foundation. Welch has added his expertise to the field of counseling and theology by contributing to multiple books. Welch’s contributions do not end with books but expands to writing more than ten articles for the Journal of Biblical Counseling and other periodicals. Welch earned a M.Div degree from Biblical Theological Seminary and a PhD in Counseling Psychology (Neuropsychology) from the University of Utah. Drawing from his education and experiences, Welch possesses plenty of reputable credentials to warrant attention and discussion to his book, When People are Big and God is Small.

Countries disintegrate, place of worship and corporation fail, people become dysfunctional, descendants lose their direction, and mankind drift from God on behalf of one distracting reason; insufficiency of leadership. These disappointments are often for the reason that of the deficiency of instruction, appropriate leadership, and misperception on what Christian leadership subsists and exactly how that leadership is pertinent to every component of professional and personal life. From a Christian worldview perspective, Psalm 112:5 explains, “A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion” (NKJ). A Christian manager should always keep in mind that bounteousness and admiration for God, demonstrates that one has placed trust in Him, and not our material possessions.

God’s command concerning the tree of the knowledge of good and evil provides man the moment of choice and self-determination, of free will.

When considering the purpose of instituting the appropriate transformation system is to achieve the maximum “efficiency, effectiveness, volume, capacity, lead time, flexibility, and so on”, there are a few Bible verses which almost immediately spring to mind (Meredith & Shafer, 2013, p. 50). The appropriate transformation system seeks to improve the work of our hands, allowing us to “work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men” (Col. 3:23, English Standard Version). The improved work of our hands will also allow our souls to be richly rewarded and allow our diligent hands to rule (Prov. 13:4, 12:24, ESV). Before making any decision, however, the manager should seek to commit his work to the Lord, so that his “plans will be established” (Prov. 16:3).

James Myers is the pastor at the East Campus of Biltmore Baptist Church. Myers has been employed with BBC for the past 4 years and has a Master’s Degree in Christian Education. He and his wife, Michelle, live in Asheville with their 2 children, Noah and Cole, and are expecting their third child, a girl, due in August. Myers says he is very lucky to be a part of this church because they have an extensive network of employees, including a group of licensed therapists located in the Hope Network.

A successful Christian business man may sound like an oxymoron, but that was R.G LeTourneau. He built big, powerful machinery that could do things that no other machine could do before, but he also believes that a Christian business man owes as much to God as a preacher does (LeTourneau, 1967). Mr. LeTourneau states, “God needs businessmen as partners as well as preachers” (1967). Imagine a man becoming a very successful Christian business man, the founder of LeTourneau University, and a leader of many missionary works. The proceeding essay will discuss the man, his faith, and my personal reflection of R.G. LeTourneau.

C.S Lewis’s broadcast “Beyond Personality -- Mere Men” first appeared on March 21, 1944 on a British Broadcasting Corporation home service radio. In this public talk, Lewis attempts to convince his listeners that those followers of Christianity must conform to and accept the fact that God cannot and will not address everyone’s call at a given prayer. Appealing to logistical and emotional ideas, he asserts that “God has infinite attention, infinite leisure to spare for each one of us. He doesn't have to take us in the line. You're as much alone with Him as if you were the only thing He'd ever created.” Lewis skillfully articulates and theorizes about religion and its potent figure, God creating a powerful and persuading broadcast.

As the novel Fallen Angels opens, the hero, an innocent seventeen-year-old named Richard Perry, has as of late enrolled in the armed force, a decision borne out of an absence of better alternatives. Notwithstanding his not as much as stellar inspirations for joining. Perry harbors high trusts throughout his life in the armed force; he is greatly hopeful. The novel is written by Walter Dean Myers and is about a 17 year old boy. Be that as it may, the more he stays in his squad, the more his visually impaired confidence blurs away, and it is in the end supplanted with a more reasonable, common go up against the armed force and life all in all. As the novel advances, Perry's opportunity in the armed force molds him into the individual he will

The book of Proverbs states “In their heart humans plan their course, but the Lord directs their steps.” (Proverbs 16:9) For a lot of us, we notice the first part, and leave out the ending. Any typical girl plans her wedding at age five, designs her dream house before she can draw, and decides to chase after a career without knowing what degree is needed. We hear fairytales and bedtime stories that make us want to dream bigger and expect more. Most of the time, our “happily ever after” isn’t that we pictured. Like most stubborn females, I thought I could determine what was best for my life. But little did I know, God’s plans are far greater than what I could ever imagine.

Robert Charles Sproul, American Calvinist theologian, is co-pastor of Saint Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford Florida, founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries and author of more than one hundred books. Hence, discovering his written opinion on the subject of predestination should not be a surprise. This author claims to “love the doctrine of predestination because it comforts and underlines the extent to which God has gone in our behalf. It is a theology that begins and ends with grace”. Hence, Sproul demonstrates a discernment of predestination which readers to experience John Calvin’s opinions through a modern lens. Along the way, the evaluation may reveal unknown or overlooked characteristics. Resultantly, this review will conduct a short summary of Chosen by God’s content and survey its major strengths and weaknesses, providing researchers information by which the work can be evaluated.

In the Outward Focused Life by Dave Workman, he covers and explains many topics and ideas regarding Christianity. He also guides you through how to become a better Christian and what your are suppose to do to help others and serve God. The main point of this book is how to be a servant to God, instead of serving yourself. A couple other points discussed is how to surrender to God and let him transform you and also through out the book Workman talks about different stories about people giving to others and God gives to them. Although its not just about giving to yourself.

Obviously, God is not a genie and he did not created this universe to give us $100,000, he did not create this universe to give you your dream car, and he did not create this universe to serve us at anytime. Rather, God gives us tools in our life to achieve our goals though his power. This is where my critical side comes out. Bishop Jakes argued that we can all reach

And truly God claims, and would have us grant him, omnipotence -- not the empty, idle, and almost unconscious sort that the Sophists imagine, but a watchful, effective, active sort, engaged in ceaseless activity. Not, indeed, an omnipotence that is only a general principle of confused motion, as if he were to command a river to flow through its once-appointed channels, but one that