<p>Sweeping in from the cultural sea, a mountainous wave of change threatens to wash the church away. It's a postmodern flood of mind-boggling techno-culture, problems your grandparents couldn't have imagined, and religious pluralism that embraces everything except spiritual absolutes. Leonard Sweet calls it a SoulTsunami (sohl-tsoo-NAH-mee), and there's no outrunning it. We Christians can only choose one of three ways to respond to it. We can deny its existence -- and drown. We can fight it -- and lose. Or we can recognize the unprecedented opportunities it presents -- and chart a course across the waters toward reformation. If you're ready to exchange your current thinking for a church with the power to shape tomorrow, listen to this tape -- unlike any other you've heard before. SoulTsunami will shift your paradigm. It will give you vision for the Gospel that's radical, challenging, and true, and spark practical ideas for putting it in motion.</p>

Soultsunami: Sink or Swim in New Millennium Culture

Religion & Spirituality

Sweet, Leonard I.

Christian Books & Bibles

Zondervan

Black images of America, 1784-1870 (The Norton essays in American history)

<p>Black images of America, 1784-1870 (The Norton essays in American history) [Jan 01, 1976] Sweet, Leonard I ...</p>

Norton

<p>How are we to understand the Holy Spirit? In this enlightening presentation, Leonard Sweet examines the power, the divinity, the gifts, and the ecstasy of the Spirit. He tackles the question of speaking in tongues; the weaknesses and strengths of the charismatic movement; and the part that the Spirit plays in art, nature, history, and in other religions. With questions for discussion, this perceptive study opens our eyes to the role of the Holy Spirit in life today.</p>

New Life in the Spirit (Library of Living Faith)

Westminster/John Knox Press

<p>Discusses America's war mentality, religious militarism, Biblical teachings about war and peace, and the peacemaking process</p>

The Lion's Pride: America and the Peaceable Community

Religious Studies

Abingdon Pr

<p>In this latest and most accessible work from church historian, futurist, and best-selling author Leonard Sweet, church leaders will discover the leadership arts that are essential in today's ever-changing culture. The author provides thought-provoking yet practical skills that will elevate the scope of ministry from mere survival of daily challenges to thriving in today's culture! He vividly portrays the new paradigms facing churches and illustrates the need to become an "AquaChurch" in order to effectively minister in our fluid, postmodern culture. </p>
<p>The author includes a "personal log"---questions and ideas that help apply personal thoughts as related to the new paradigms. And, each chapter concludes with a "ship's log"---ideas and activities that encourage group discussion and evaluation with church leaders. It provides an excellent platform for pastors and their entire church leadership to improve the effectiveness of their ministry. </p>
<p>This book not only challenges leaders to think in broader terms, but it provides practical strategies for making specific and meaningful changes in how they minister to their communities. They'll discover how to be relevant to an ever-changing culture with the unchanging gospel of Jesus Christ!</p>

Aquachurch

Group Pub Inc

<p><div> <div><b><i>Evangelism is about reaching out to others</i></b><b>.&nbsp;Really?&nbsp;You think?</b></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Brace yourself.&nbsp;In&nbsp;<i>Nudge,&nbsp;</i>author Leonard Sweet sets out to revolutionize our understanding of evangelism.&nbsp;He defines evangelism as "nudge" - awakening each other to the God who is already there.&nbsp;Sweet's revolution promises to affect your encounters with others, as well as shaking the very roots of your own faith.&nbsp;So brace yourself.</div> </div></p>

The Lost Art of the Good Schmooze: Building Rapport and Defusing Conflict in Everyday and Public Talk

David C. Cook

<p>This is the first extensive study of evangelicalism in the context of health and modern medicine. The book, like the others in the series, has two purposes. One purpose is to help health care professionals, who themselves come from various religious traditions or perhaps none, to understand how the evangelical tradition is related to issues of health and medicine so that they can serve their evangelical patients with greater sensitivity. The book is also written to help evangelicals understand more fully the relation of their tradition to the issues of health and medicine, as well as for those with a general interest in this rather widespread spirit or mood that has swept across American religious life.<br>Leonard Sweet assigns four specific characteristics to evangelicalism. First and foremost is a biblical faith, a belief in the binding and bonding authority of the Bible. "Evangelicals," he says, "spend their time discussing not who wrote the Bible but what in the Bible is being written in their hearts; not whether the Bible is true, but whether they are true to the Bible." Second, evangelicals stress a personal relationship with God through faith in the atoning death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This does not mean that evangelicals are therefore strictly doctrinal. Their doctrines, in fact, have usually been ones in which believers could move with some degree of freedom. Evangelicals trust that people's hearts tend to be nearer right than their heads. Third, evangelicals value conversion, that is, they assign a high priority to the evangelization of the gospel - to being born again. Conversion is for them a spiritual decision to "follow Jesus" and to participate in the mission of God in the world. Finally, evangelicals strongly believe that moral absolutes exist and that truth is more than private meaning.<br>Evangelicals do not consider health an end in itself, nor do they consider ill health something to be avoided or ashamed of. Sweet quotes a mid-nineteenth century evangelical publication: "Health is a glorious thing, but, like money, not so much for itself, as to be spent. - Squander it not, for you know not what moment you may need it to lay upon the altar of love, or friendship, or duty - to yield it up for the sake of its Great Giver, and of your fellow man."<br>Here, then, is a fascinating look at an evangelical understanding and proposal regarding faith, sin and suffering, the question of theodicy, sexuality and morality (including abortion issues), cleanliness, prayer and healing, and aging and dying.</p>

Health and Medicine in the Evangelical Tradition: "Not by Might Nor Power" (HEALTH/MEDICINE AND THE FAITH TRADITIONS)

UNKNO

Quantum Spirituality: A Postmodern Apologetic

United Theological Seminary

Collectible: Good/GOOD; 1995 hardcover with dust jacket. jacket has some curling. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. some underling and writing inside. fully usable

Strong in the Broken Places: A Theological Reverie on the Ministry of George Everett Ross

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Univ of Akron Pr

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Soultsunami: Sink or Swim in New Millennium Culture

Black images of America, 1784-1870 (The Norton essays in American history)

Black images of America, 1784-1870 (The Norton essays in American history)

New Life in the Spirit (Library of Living Faith)

The Lion's Pride: America and the Peaceable Community

Aquachurch

The Lost Art of the Good Schmooze: Building Rapport and Defusing Conflict in Everyday and Public Talk

Health and Medicine in the Evangelical Tradition: "Not by Might Nor Power" (HEALTH/MEDICINE AND THE FAITH TRADITIONS)

Quantum Spirituality: A Postmodern Apologetic

Strong in the Broken Places: A Theological Reverie on the Ministry of George Everett Ross