I am a member of Christian Stronghold Church, located at 4701 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, where Dr. Willie Richardson is Senior Pastor and Pastor Christopher Bell Sr. is Assistant Pastor. I crossed over from darkness to light on January 22, 1975, in Atlanta, Georgia. I have been walking the streets of many of our major cities for over forty years, sharing the gospel with primarily young black men. Inside the pages of this book, I share with you much of the statistics and data on the condition of the black man of America. I believe there are many factors involved in shaping him into the condition he is in today. The findings and experience I have undergone don't speak to the condition of all black men, but rather to those who were left fatherless and raised by a single parent or grandparents. Covered also is the gross disparity of the justice system, mass incarceration of black men, why black men are attracted to the Islamic religion, and the failed educational system, which all in many ways contributed to the condition of the fatherless men. I have a deep passion in my soul to help these young men see through the hearing of gospel. They can be delivered from the power of darkness into the kingdom of God (Acts 26:18). In most of the ministries that I serve in, my church consists of working with young problematic men. I teach evangelism in our church institute, teach in drug and alcohol rehabilitation houses, prison ministries, and am leader of a team of men called Urban Soul Warriors, a ministry that goes out in the nighttime hours, reaching out to drug addicts and dealers. We focus our ministry work primarily in the hood, which I consider the most neglected mission field in America.

The Misunderstood Black Man

Harry Ruff

Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Forty years of misery and loneliness come to an end when Ralph uttered the words, "If you are who they say you are, keep me from doing what I am about to do!" Coming to and finding his wheels six inches from a three-hundred-foot cliff began a journey like no other Ralph had ever experienced-the journey that took him deep in the bowels of prison, dealing with the very dregs of society, the lost souls that God still loved, and being tempted to strike out by the human side and given grace by God. Ralph didn't challenge God but requested to be shown the power of the Holy Spirit, asking as a small child would ask his father. If you have the tears, read this book.

Unwanted Child

Religion & Spirituality

Ralph West

Christian Books & Bibles

Long, Short, and Biggly

The Long and Short Family stories are interactive. Pause slightly and see if your children can shout out before you say the Bolded word. Long Family In a beautiful home in a wonderful town in a magnificent state in the greatest country in the world, there lived a family called the LONG family. The LONG family live in a town named LONG Meadow. They lived on a LONG street and had a very LONG driveway. As you approached the LONG family home, you should be prepared for a LONG trip because it will take a LONG time. Short Family In a town very close to you, there lived the SHORT family. Their story is a SHORT one, so don't blink or sneeze. If you visit at night, the family loves to sit around their SHORT table, on their SHORT chairs, and tell SHORT stories while eating their delicious strawberry SHORT cake. I generally prefer to come on a weekend when I'm SHORT on time and stay for a SHORT visit because Mr. SHORT has a very SHORT attention span. The Biggly family story is for you to read or have read to you. John Billy is always looking for new friends and hopes you will be his friend too. Hello, my name is BIGGLY, John BIGGLY, or often Big John BIGGLY. That's because I'm a rather big person. Being so BIGGLY, people were often afraid of me. Like with many things, if you're different, people can be afraid of you or they can make fun of you. As a result, when I was a young man, I was rather a loner. That wasn't the most fun time in my life, but as I have often found, with patience, honesty, and kindness, things often get better, especially if you throw in a BIGGLY sense of humor. Being so biggly and strong, I've had many interesting jobs but sometimes they just didn't work out. In one such job, I was a lumberman and at first everyone was impressed that I was able to chop down a tree in one or two chops much like the famous Paul Bunyan, but unfortunately I was let go from this job because I broke too many axes. For fun, I often carry all my children on my back. They're like my little monkeys and can climb anything, including all over me. I sometimes wonder how I ever got so lucky to be BIGGLY and to have such a wonderful family and life. Even though there have been many stories about how big and strong I am, my greatest accomplishment, what I'm most proud of, is that I'm known for having a heart that is very BIGGLY.

Grindle, John

When I arrived at the plantation, I had no idea how my world was about to change. It seemed like the old place was waiting on me to get here. I have come back to my childhood home to sell it. It has been many years since I was last at the plantation. Coming back opened a Pandora's box of memories, and it seems that all the demons I had never faced were waiting on me also. The events that followed my arrival would turn my world upside down. "Learning to Live Again" The Lesson book 2 will be out next year.

The Lesson

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Randy Getrost

Mystery

A factory produces, but what if the product was not what the manufacturer ordered? In this book, The Pharisee Factory, Glenn describes where the church has drifted off mission--choosing rules, knowledge, and power over God's glorious reflection of himself. Like the Pharisees, who started out trying to protect the words of God, they move toward controlling the words of God. Powerful leaders chose to operate much like the very ones that Jesus called "white washed sepulchers." Who is responsible for the condition of the modern church? It lies with us, the local church leadership. We may know about the New Testament leadership model, yet we continue to sustain and promote practices that Jesus hated. Church leaders and church attenders have always known there is something off with our current model of "doing" church. They just didn't know exactly what went wrong and why. We now realize the modern model is too top-heavy, hierarchical, and authoritarian when held up next to the flattened, gift-rich, and flexible style of the New Testament church. We may even know the historical damage that our modern models have caused. But have we actually looked at the results of our systems and structures over the past couple millennia? The book just asks a simple question: have we produced more Pharisees than disciples?

The Pharisee Factory: Is the Church Producing Pharisees or Disciples?

Glenn Garvin

I was born in Taiwan. In 1974, I came to the United States of America for my graduate study. I received two master's degrees, one in music education and the other one in piano performance. My whole life revolved around the piano. It was my mother's will that she dedicated me to serve the Lord with this instrument. At age six, I started learning to play the piano. I was baptized at age twelve. At age fifteen, I served as the Sunday worship service pianist at my local church in Taiwan. The year 1990 was my turning point back to God. I thanked God for the crisis that happened in my life. By his guiding and loving hand, he changed me from a lukewarm Christian to a disciple of Jesus Christ. I have lived in Norman, Oklahoma, for thirty three years as a piano teacher. I am a member of Southern Oklahoma Chinese Baptist Church and have served as choir director, Sunday school teacher, chair of the mission department, and Sunday worship service pianist. In 2004, God led me into Bible Study Fellowship International. Two years later, I was called by God to step out of my comfort zone and into the leadership circle by becoming a group leader where I still serve up to now. Through serving and walking with Jesus, I have experienced so many miracles from our Lord, just as Jesus promised abundant life for his believers. Philippians 3:13-14 (ESV) says, "I do not consider that I have made it my own, but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."

Experience the Living God: To God Be the Glory

Lily Liu Wong

The Journey of How: Living like Jesus Right Here, Right Now

Do you ever feel like something is missing? You know something is off, but you can't quite figure out what it is. After years in full-time ministry, James A. Hamilton became disillusioned as he recognized that there was something missing in the lives of many who had professed faith in Jesus Christ, including his own. A thirty-minute meeting in a jail cell with a convicted murderer changed everything. During that meeting, the author got a glimpse of what was missing: a transformed life that transforms lives. Though observation of American Christian culture might tempt us to believe otherwise, the Christian life is not about personal morality and following the rules; it is about being transformed into the nature and character of Jesus Christ. This transformation brings transformation to those around us, to our communities, and, ultimately, to our culture. In The Journey of How, Hamilton invites us into a conversation about our transformation into the nature and character of Jesus Christ--what it entails and why it's vital to fulfilling our identity, mission, and purpose in this life, and in eternity. He also uncovers the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that can get in the way. Finally, he offers daily practices that help cultivate our transformation so we will more consistently and automatically express the nature of character of Jesus Christ right here, right now--and make a lasting impact on the world.

James A. Hamilton

They Say It's Impossible

R.E. Carson

The memory of Msgr. Roeltgen has not been dimmed by time. Those who knew him and were trained to virtue by his precepts and example love to speak of him, to repeat his words, and tell incidents of his holy life.
Monsignor's life and character had a beauty few achieve. The gentleness of his manner, the strength of his character, the validity of his priestly commitment, and the unswerving love of God, the Church, the priesthood and, of course, his brother priests and his parishioners were so apparent to all who knew him that we knew we experienced a rare blessing and were especially gifted by the Lord in him.
This book will be of immense spiritual value to all who know and want to know God, and will strengthen their faith, hope, and charity in these days when there is an apparent conspiracy at work to erase the consciousness of God from the minds of men.
"We are but high up old windows through which the grace of God still shines." This sentence aptly describes our much loved and deeply missed friend. Monsignor Roeltgen was, indeed, a man who let the light of God shine through.

The Radiance of Christ: The Priesthood of Monsignor Kenneth W. Roeltgen

Margaret Ann Fiore

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The Misunderstood Black Man

Unwanted Child

Long, Short, and Biggly

The Lesson

The Pharisee Factory: Is the Church Producing Pharisees or Disciples?

Experience the Living God: To God Be the Glory

The Journey of How: Living like Jesus Right Here, Right Now

The Journey of How: Living like Jesus Right Here, Right Now

They Say It's Impossible

The Radiance of Christ: The Priesthood of Monsignor Kenneth W. Roeltgen