Contents: Pt. 1. Research and writing from planning to production -- What research is and how researchers think about it -- Moving from a topic to a question to a working hypothesis -- Finding useful sources -- Engaging sources -- Planning your argument -- Planning a first draft -- Drafting your report -- Presenting evidence in tables and figures -- Revising your draft -- Writing your final in…
Contents: Part I: A visionary paradigm. Casting a new kind of vision -- Part II: A historical perspective. A history of complicity: Who, me? -- Give back my Holy Land! -- Two world wars and a new reality -- Part III: A theological dimension. Your truth or mine? -- Jesus' kingdom in the Muslim world today -- The Israel of God -- What's next or what's now? -- Perspective makes all the difference…
Contents: Preface: Jesus and Muslims -- Egypt: Hosanna to the King of the Arabs -- Saudi Arabia: The forbidding nation -- Iran: Why Ahmadinejad can't sleep at night -- Jordan: Top honors in honor killings -- Intermission: The great awakening for Muslims -- Syria: Spies in the church -- Iraq: In the beginning, God created Iraq -- Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank: Walls still come down -- Afghani…
Contents : Answering the wake-up call from hell -- A war of biblical proportions -- The line drawn in the sand -- Jihad : a truly unholy war -- A further distorted Islam -- The sword's edge : the Palestinian Liberation Organization -- A blood-soaked history; a blood-soaked future -- The road through Baghdad leads to Jerusalem -- What lies ahead for the U.S.? -- The wake-up call from heaven : pr…
Contents: pt. 1. Missionary Women. Our concept of God / Dr. Jeanne Jensma -- Facing fear / Dr. Jeanne Jensma -- A testimony of dealing with fear : confessions of a wimp / Karol Downey -- Challenges for singles on the mission field / Laili -- Singleness and ministry to Muslim women / Melina Hale -- Raising radiant daughters in dark places / Emily J. van Dalen -- pt. 2. Ministry to Muslim women.…
Contents: Preface -- Why Muslim Women Come to Christ -- Every Woman Is an Exception -- Arab Sisters -- What Is Liberation for Muslim Women? -- Iranian Sisters -- Family : Sex, Singles, Husbands, Children -- Southeast Asian Sisters -- Singing Our Theology -- African Sisters -- Money Matters : Who Pays? -- When You Seek Me with All Your Heart -- Notes. Abstract: Miriam Adeney introduces you …
Contents: The current state of Islam in America / Larry Poston -- Islam's agenda in North America : patterns of Islamization / A. AbDat-Isa -- Islam and the African American community / Carl Ellis -- Muslim women in North America / Janet G. Metzger -- South Asian MBBs / Samuel Naaman -- Iranian MBBs / Abe Ghaffari -- International student MBBs / David Philip -- African-American MBBs / Wilford …
Contents : New fruitfulness among Muslims -- The Qur'an as a bridge to the Bible -- A case for common ground -- A lifestyle that leads to life -- A way to view Muhammad and the Qur'an -- A balanced approach -- Be shrewd and innocent -- Guidelines for sharing the seven Muslim-Christian principles -- Principle one : God has a purpose for our lives -- Principle two : sin separates us from God -- P…
Abstract: You've Got Libya charts Greg's journey from a disadvantaged beginning through his adventures as he travels all over the world proclaiming the gospel. This firsthand narrative is full of compelling humor and self-deprecating honesty. The result is a page-turning tour de force that urges the reader to pursue God unreservedly and to join with Him in the adventure of pursuing the lost. G…
Contents: Snow in the desert: Muhammad and the message of Islam -- Fortresses and mountain paths: 1,000 years of Islamic expansion -- Haters of song: the early Wahhabi movements -- Global gamblers: the Wahhabi-Saudi conquest of Arabia -- The coming of the Imam: Khomeini's Islamic revolution -- Permanent Jihad: The shadow of Afghanistan -- Sword of dishonor: the Wahhabi international -- Religio…
Abstract: Many preachers ignore preaching from the Old Testament because they feel it is outdated in light of the New Testament and difficult to expound. On the other hand some preachers will preach from the Old Testament frequently but fail to 'handle' it correctly, turning it into mor- alistic rules or symbolic lessons for our spiritual life. In this book, Christopher J.H. Wright proclaims t…
Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part 1 -- The Word of God and the Heart of Preaching; Warm-Up; 1 -- Biblical Preaching Must Be Centred on God's Word; 2 -- Biblical Preaching Must Pray God's Word; 3 -- Biblical Preaching Must Understand God's Word; Part 2 -- The Teacher and the Work of Preaching; Warm-Up; 4 -- Biblical Preaching Must Be Focused; 5 -- Biblical Preaching Must Be …
Contents: Part One: Money and the church previous to the American period -- I. The early church to Constantine -- Voluntary offerings -- First fruits -- Tithing -- Endowments -- II. Constantine to Gregory the Great -- Endowments and legacies -- Oblations -- First fruits -- Tithing -- Decrees of councils on the tithe -- III. The Middle Ages (Methods) -- Gifts -- Vacancies -- Papal taxations -- C…
Boxes and blind men -- Advancing comprehensive reconciliation -- A reconciliation model of Christian maturity -- Universal quests and unique filters -- Patterns of growth : the structural dimension -- Patterns of growth : the functional dimension -- Aspects of learning -- Avenues of learning -- Components of teaching, part 1 -- Components of teaching, part 2 -- Teaching adults -- Teaching child…
Other Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-176).