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.

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

There is a story in the New Testament where Jesus asks His disciples to leave the gathering crowd and get into a boat with Him to go to the other side of the lake. While in the boat, a storm arose that caused the disciples to question Jesus and whether or not He cared. After Nathan and Sheena suffered their second miscarriage, they felt God put it on their hearts to get into a hypothetical adoption boat. This story highlights some of the struggles, failures, and successes they faced while on this journey with Jesus. This is a story to help point those who have suffered infertility and failed adoptions to the One who is the ultimate healer, comforter, and source of strength and to the One who holds all the answers.

Get in the Boat: Inside an Impossible Boat with a Possible God A Journey of Infertility and Adoption with Jesus as Our Captain

Sheena Rock

Meet Me on the Moon

C R Waters

The Power of Faith: A Harvard-Trained Psychiatrist Speaking on Faith

The Nobel Prize laureate Albert Einstein said, "God is subtle but he is not malicious." And one of the best leaders the world has ever known, Abraham Lincoln, said, "To see before believing is not faith. Faith is believing before seeing." Einstein and Lincoln have given us some important clues to how the Universe works. The Universe is subtle because he operates through our faith, and faith is believing without seeing. In this book, Dr. Sidor is giving us the clue to how to exercise faith, how to comprehend God's subtleness, and how to use this to transform our lives and the lives of those around us. Through a series of breathtaking illustrations, you will become acquainted and will be experiencing the power of faith. You will find tools to exercise this power, and as you read through, you will feel inspired and empowered to take action in faith, for you will be experiencing the power of faith and you will learn how to make full use of it for yourself, for your loved ones, and for those around you and beyond.

Mardoche Sidor

Religion & Spirituality

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The Misunderstood Black Man

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

Get in the Boat: Inside an Impossible Boat with a Possible God A Journey of Infertility and Adoption with Jesus as Our Captain

Meet Me on the Moon

The Power of Faith: A Harvard-Trained Psychiatrist Speaking on Faith