If someone were to ask you what was the theme of Jesus' preaching, what would be your answer? Man's need for salvation? God's love for mankind? The new birth? 
To be sure, Jesus spoke about all of those things. And they're all essential truths. But none of them were the theme of His teaching. The theme of Jesus' message was the kingdom of God. Wherever He went, Jesus preached about the kingdom. The irony is that the message of the kingdom is almost totally missing from the gospel that's preached today. As a result, a lot of Christians don't realize that the kingdom of God is a present reality on earth. In fact, they don't even know what the kingdom of God is. Consequently, they never make the kingdom commitment that Christ requires. 
In The Kingdom that Turned the World Upside Down, David Bercot takes the reader back to Jesus' teachings of the kingdom—teachings that have too often been forgotten. Bercot describes the radically new laws of the kingdom and its upside-down values. There's no room in Christ's kingdom for superficial Christianity, for this is a kingdom that has historically turned the world upside down. 
The Kingdom that Turned the World Upside Down will challenge you to the core in your Christian walk.

The Kingdom that Turned the World Upside Down

David W. Bercot

Religion & Spirituality

Scroll Publishing Co.

Although many books have been written about preaching and teaching, most of them are addressed to seminary-trained pastors. They're not aimed at the churches that don't use professionally schooled ministers. That's what is different about this book. The New Testament Christians had no seminaries, but raised up effective preachers and teachers. The Holy Spirit can use ordinary Christian men today to preach and teach just as He did back in the first century. Plain Speaking takes the reader through all of the steps of developing and delivering effective sermons and devotional messages. Some of the topics covered are: Choosing the right topic Building your sermon Where to find illustrations Organizing your material Preparing rousing introductions and conclusions Making eye contact with your listeners Controlling speaker's fright How to make your devotionals special Pet peeves of listeners Although packed with practice information, Plain Speaking is written in an easy-to-read, conversational style.

Plain Speaking

Reference

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Words, Language & Grammar

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Brother Lawrence

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Clement of Alexandria was one of the outstanding teachers of the second century church. After his conversion, Clement traveled throughout the ancient world to learn Christianity first hand from the most respected teachers of his age men who taught by deeds, not just by words. Eventually Clement settled in Alexandria, Egypt, where he was appointed to mentor new Christians. Intimacy With God is a collection of Clement's godly insights on what it means to know God and to walk with Him closely. This book is divided into two parts. Part One focuses on the day-to-day walk of a person who knows God intimately. In it, Clement covers subjects such as: Bearing the cross Separation from the world Holiness Loving your neighbor Oaths and lawsuits Counsel to women Divisions in Christ s body Appreciating Scripture Part two of this work focuses on the issue of wealth and how it can affect our relationship with God. Clement analyzes Jesus words to the rich young man and demonstrates their true meaning. The book closes with Clement s account of the apostle John in the last years of his life and how he brought a robber back into the fold of Christ. Translated into fresh, contemporary English. This book was formerly entitled The One Who Knows God.

Intimacy with God

Clement Of Alexandria

When Christianity was young, the focus was on Jesus Christ and His kingdom, not theology. To be sure, there are foundational doctrines that Christians have always considered essential to the faith. But somehow the things considered essential have grown from a few sentences to a long list of theological tenets, many of which were unknown to the early Christians. In the beginning, Christians understood that the essence of Christianity was an obedient love-faith relationship with Jesus Christ. This was not just any relationship, but a relationship that produced genuine kingdom fruit. But then something happened: Theologians took over the church. Once they took over, the emphasis soon changed from godly fruit to orthodox theology. Christianity became Doctrianity. In this provocative work, Bercot argues that it is time to let Jesus speak through the pages of the Gospels without filtering His teachings through the denials and mental gymnastics of the theologians. It is time for the children of the kingdom to stand up for Jesus and the gospel He preached and for the theologians to sit down.

Will the Theologians Please Sit Down

The product of nine years of research, In God We Don t Trust challenges much of what most of us learned in school about the founding of America and the American Revolution. Bercot s well-documented findings will surprise many people. Here are just a few of the surprising facts the book reveals: 
 Tobacco saved Jamestown and became the economic basis for many of the Southern states. 
 Rum distilleries were one of the main industries of Puritan New England. 
 Puritan New England dominated the slave trafficking industry. 
 Contrary to what most history books present, the American colonists were the least heavily taxed people in the world. 
 During the War of Independence, the revolutionists imprisoned and persecuted the Mennonites, Amish, Brethren, Quakers, and other nonresistant Christians. 
 The Founding Fathers deliberately left any mention of God out of the U. S. Constitution. 
 Here is the compelling narrative of the founding of America told from a perspective that few people have ever heard. That perspective is the teachings of Jesus. 
 Our currency declares, In God We Trust. But did the American colonists truly trust in God in the founding of the United States? 
 For example, in the Scriptures, God clearly commands us: Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God. . . . Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due (Rom. 13:1 2,7). Yet, the American colonists to refused to pay their taxes, and they rebelled against their government. 
 The American colonists had many admirable traits, and they established a wonderful country. This is not an anti-American book. It is a pro-Jesus book. Bercot firmly believes that Jesus and His kingdom always have to have our ultimate allegiance. And in the pages of this book, Bercot demonstrates that the colonists repeatedly failed to do things God s way. This was true in their treatment of the Indians, in trafficking slaves, in building economies on tobacco and rum, in smuggling, and in refusing to pay their taxes. In short, the colonists lacked the faith to believe that if they did things God s way, everything would work out for the best.

In God We Don't Trust

Jesus says, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple." To be disciples of Jesus, we must deny ourselves, our families, and everything we own even our very lives. Following Jesus would seem to be one of the most challenging quests we can face. Yet, Jesus also tells us: "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke you you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you fill find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." How can both of those teachings be true? First Christ requires us to deny everything, including our own lives. Then He tells us that His yoke is easy and His burden is light. How can His yoke be easy if He requires us to deny everying and carry our cross? The answer is to be found among the secrets of the Kingdom Life. Every one of God's commandments was given to us because He loves us, not to add burdens to our lives. Abandoning ourselves to the Kingdom Life is not only a narrow way, but a joyous way as well. For Jesus yoke to be easy, we need more of Jesus, not less of Him. Secrets of the Kingdom Life was written to make the reader hungry for a deeper walk with Christ. Among other things, Bercot shows the reader how to have a powerful devotional time with God each day and then to remain in communion with God throughout the day. The reader who puts these teachings on prayer, Bible study, reflection, and obedience into action will draw closer to God than ever before. Bercot addresses issues of heart and spirit in a gracious yet convicting way and challenges the reader to make a decisive commitment to live a life totally surrendered to Christ. On reading this book, one minister remarked, "If God's people could put these truths to work, we would hear God speaking to us like never before. It would lead to an awakening, a powerful movement of God as in other days when the common people were smitten by the Word of God anew."

Secrets of the Kingdom Life

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