F. LaGard Smith
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Baptism : The Believers Wedding Ceremony (Revised)
$17.99Add to cart1. Meaning From Murky Waters
2. The Wedding Ceremony Of Baptism
3. A Resplendent Wedding
4. What’s In A Marriage?
5. How Essential Is The Ceremony?
6. Can The Ceremony Be Delayed?
7. Will Just Any Ceremony Do?
8. The Union Of Two Spirits
9. Infant Baptism – A Shotgun Wedding?
10. Infant Baptism – An Arrange Marriage?
11. Baptism – A Surprise Villain
12. When The Marriage Falters
13. Suppose There Is No Ceremony
14. Reason For ConcernAdditional Info
Drawing from the biblical picture of the church as the bride of Christ, F. LaGard Smith presents baptism as the believer’s wedding ceremony with Christ. The result is a sublime view of baptism far surpassing traditional notions of dutiful obedience and magic-like ideas of baptismal regeneration. Through the wedding analogy, baptism is elevate to a personal proclamation of love and loyalty through which true spiritual conversion is given meaning and vitality.Baptism: The Believer’s Wedding Ceremony is the most compelling book on the subject of baptism in recent years. More important, its sobering message about the crying need for personal faith and commitment provides the key for re-establishing a vibrant church in our time.
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30 Days Through Psalms And Proverbs
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” Reading the Psalms and Proverbs is no academic exercise. It is a life-changing experience. Rules are hard to keep, and practical advice is hard to follow. Therefore God has called us into a relationship with Himself.LaGard Smith In a chapter for each day”
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AfterLife : A Glimpse Of Eternity Beyond Deaths Door
$19.99Add to cartIn his latest book, LaGard explores what the Scriptures tell us about death, hades, heaven, and hell, and also challenges the current fascination with Rapture and end-times theories as well as the afterlife beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, and Roman Catholics.
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Radical Restoration : A Call For Pure And Simple Christianity
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What would it be like if we radically restored first century faith and practice in our own time and culture?A time to ask tough questions
*Churches of Christ – Truly non-denominational?
*Elders – Teaching shepherds or board of directors?
*Pulpit ministers – Evangelists, or one-man bands?
*Youth ministers – God’s gift to teens, or opt-out for parents?
*Lord’s Supper – Memorial Meal, or miniaturized substitute?
*Gathered worship – Mutual participants, or a spectator audience?
*Christian lifestyle – Sold out for Christ, or bought out by culture?“The call for radical restoration is a call to throw off the denominational thinking which obscure our historic commitment to biblical restoration, and to consider how wonderfully revitalizing true restoration might be.”
Back to the Future –
A Primitive Church for the 21st Century
*Vibrant small group fellowships
*Weekly love feasts
*Informal, spontaneous, mutual ministry in worship
*Radically motivated, counter culture disciples of Christ. -
Male Spiritual Leadership (Student/Study Guide)
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Gender Roles in the Church-
A matter of what woman may do? or What God has called MEN to do?In his already-widely-read book, LaGard Smith suggests that our current controversy has been wrongly focused on questions about what women may do in times of gathered worship. The real issue, he says, is whether we believe in the pervasive biblical principle of male spiritual leadership.
First introduced as Men of Strength for Women of God, and later published under the title, What Most Women Want, this latest imprint is designed as a Special Study Edition. For the first time, this edition includes Discussion Questions suitable for both men’s and women’s classes. There is also a Revised Introduction which brings the dialogue up to date for a church struggling with renewed calls for recognizing women’s unique spiritual gifts.
Since the book was first released almost a decade ago, the mostly dormant issue of gender roles has now found its way back to the top of the agenda for a changing church. One congregation after another is now opting for greater participation of women in ways once considered unthinkable. Yet, little attention has been paid as to why there was ever and Biblical restriction on how women participated in the assembly. Smith argues that the principle of male spiritual leadership has far more implications for the church, the family, and society at large than we may have previously appreciated.
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Cultural Church : Winds Of Change And The Call For A New Hermeneutic
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In what direction are we being blown by the winds of change now wafting through the church?Is the church influencing culture, or is culture influencing the church?
What lies behind current calls for a “new hermeneutic”?
Is there a better way to understand Scripture?With calls for sweeping change in the way we understand Scripture, this just may be the most important book of the decade. It is must reading for every church leader and Christian concerned with the future of the church at the brink of a new century!