What was God thinking? We live in a complex and intricate world in a vast and awe-inspiring cosmos. It's difficult to look around and not think No one could think all of this up! or Nothing makes sense in this world! or even more troubling, This universe is so big that something as small as I am must be insignificant. Vaughan Roberts believes that these conclusions are tragically inaccurate. We lose sight of our Creator and his great purpose behind our creation when we indulge such feelings of meaninglessness. In God's Big Design he explores the first chapters of the Bible to consider five big questions: 
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<li>What is our Creator like?</li> <li>Why did God make human beings?</li> <li>What's so special about the earth?</li> <li>What does God think about sex and marriage?</li> <li>Is work a punishment or a gift from God?</li> </ul> Reading God's Big Design will remind you that despite the immensity of God's creation, he has plans for each of us, and we can each find our place and meaning in him.

God's Big Design: Life as He Intends It to Be

Religion & Spirituality

ROBERTS, VAUGHAN

Christian Books & Bibles

IVP Books

The church today faces challenges on every front. Christians are captivated by consumerism, seduced by celebrity, distracted by technology and overwhelmed by media. Religious and secular rivals are increasingly prominent, vying for our allegiance and worship. What does authentic Christian spirituality look like in such an era? Vaughan Roberts finds direction for today's church in Paul's prophetic letter of 1 Corinthians. Ancient Corinth was a similarly confusing cultural landscape, and the Corinthian church likewise struggled to remain true to Christ in a world of many idols. Paul's vision is clear--Christians must choose certain things and not others. We must focus on the cross of Christ, not on human wisdom. Our leaders should be faithful, not flashy. And in contrast to lives of moral permissiveness, we must live lives of holiness and love. Following the way of Christ may look like foolishness to the world, but therein is the path of true wisdom. With a Bible study in each chapter, this book will help you choose the true spirituality of the gospel of Christ, and become the authentic church God intends you to be.

Authentic Church: True Spirituality in a Culture of Counterfeits

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<ul><li>Leadership Journal's Best Ministry Books of the Year</li></ul> When Christians have same-sex attraction, how should the church respond? Pastor Ed Shaw experiences same-sex attraction, and yet he is committed to Scripture and the church's traditional position of fidelity in heterosexual marriage and celibacy in singleness. In this honest book, he shares his pain in dealing with these issues, but at the same time shows us that obedience to Jesus is ultimately the only way to experience life to the full. He shows that the Bible's teaching seems unreasonable not because of its difficulties, but because of missteps that the church has often taken in its understanding of the Christian life. We have been shaped by the world around us and urgently need to re-examine the values that drive our discipleship. Only by doing this in the light of the Bible can we make sense of its call on the lives of those who are attracted to their own sex.

Same-Sex Attraction and the Church: The Surprising Plausibility of the Celibate Life

Politics & Social Sciences

Shaw, Ed

Social Sciences

Sixty-six books written by forty people over nearly 2,000 years, in two languages and several different genres. A worldwide bestseller published in countless sizes and bindings, translations and languages. Sworn by in court, fought over by religious people, quoted in arguments. The Bible is clearly no ordinary book. How can you begin to read and understand it as a whole? In this excellent overview, Vaughan Roberts gives you the big picture--showing how the different parts of the Bible fit together under the theme of the kingdom of God. He provides both the encouragement and the tools to help you read the Bible with confidence and understanding. And he points you to the Bible's supreme subject, Jesus Christ, and the salvation God offers through him.

God's Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible

Reference

How can the sixty-six books of the Bible have a single message for us today? What unites the vastly different accounts of God's work in the world? How do the various genres of the Bible work together? Vaughan Roberts believes that the Bible tells a single story for all time. He draws out the Bible's message of Jesus Christ and God's redemption through him in six big questions: 
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<li>Who rules the world?</li>
<li>What does it mean to be human?</li>
<li>How should we view money?</li>
<li>Is a perfect relationship possible?</li>
<li>How does the Holy Spirit work in the world and in our lives?</li>
<li>What is God's plan for the world?</li>
</ul> This companion volume to Roberts's previous book, God's Big Picture, will not only help you answer these questions, but also give you tools to transform your own Bible study in light of the whole story of God.

Life's Big Questions: Six Major Themes Traced Through the Bible

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True Spirituality: The Challenge Of 1 Corinthians For The 21St Century Church

God's Big Design: Life As He Intends It To Be

In a fresh and readable style, Vaughan Roberts, issues a challenging call to Christians to live out their faith. We should be different from the world around us. Targeting difficult but crucial areas such as our attitude to money and possessions, sexuality, contentment, relativism and service, this teaching is holiness in the tradition of J.C Ryle for the contemporary generation. Roberts helps us to consider how we are to respond biblically to the temptations and pitfalls surrounding us—giving what we cannot keep to gain what we cannot lose.

Distinctives: Dare to be Different

Authentic

Is there meaning to life? Is history just random? Where does my life fit in? These are topical questions in any age, but particularly so in our postmodern era. Vaughan Roberts addresses these questions and others by examining what the Bible presents as the "turning points" in history, from creation to the end of time.This does not read like a normal history book. It does something far more important, to help you see history as God does, so that you might fit in with His plans for the world.

Turning Points: Is There Meaning to Life?

History

World

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God's Big Design: Life as He Intends It to Be

Authentic Church: True Spirituality in a Culture of Counterfeits

Same-Sex Attraction and the Church: The Surprising Plausibility of the Celibate Life

God's Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible

Life's Big Questions: Six Major Themes Traced Through the Bible

God's Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible

True Spirituality: The Challenge Of 1 Corinthians For The 21St Century Church

God's Big Design: Life As He Intends It To Be

Distinctives: Dare to be Different

Turning Points: Is There Meaning to Life?