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Living Blessed & Avoiding Stress
Joseph E. Ainsworth
Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed—trying to balance faith, family, finances, and your future? Do you long for a life of peace, purpose, and prosperity without the weight of constant stress? Discover God’s blueprint for holistic living in Living Blessed and Avoiding Stress.
This life-changing eight-part journey reveals how to experience true blessing in every area of life—Financially, Emotionally, Mentally, Physically, Spiritually, Relationally, Abundantly, and Eternally. Drawing from timeless biblical principles, practical wisdom, and uplifting personal insight, Dr. Joseph guides participants toward a balanced, joyful, and stress-free lifestyle anchored in God’s Word.
Each session is crafted to empower you to:
• Gain freedom from financial pressure
• Overcome emotional turmoil
• Strengthen your body as a temple of the Holy Spirit
• Deepen your spiritual walk
• Build stronger relationships
• Experience abundance
• Live with eternal perspective
Whether presented in a weekend retreat, church training, or small group setting, Living Blessed and Avoiding Stress transforms everyday believers into empowered disciples who walk in peace no matter the season of life.
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Being the Remnant: Adventist Identity in History and Theology
Jiri Moskala, Alberto R. Timm, and David J. B. Trim
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Los Cinco Tiranos: Liberarse de las Fuerzas que nos Controlan
Trevor O'Reggio
LOS CINCO TIRANOS
Liberarse de las fuerzas que nos controlan
Las cinco fuerzas:- PODER
- ORGULLO
- POSESIÓN
- PLACER
- PROCRASTINACIÓN
No eres tan libre como piensas.
Cinco fuerzas poderosas dan forma a tus pensamientos, a tus decisiones y a tu futuro, a menudo sin que te des cuenta.
En Los cinco tiranos, Trevor O’Reggio explora las cinco fuerzas que nos controlan: el poder, el orgullo, la posesión, el placer y la procrastinación. A través de una mezcla cautivadora de historias reales, sabiduría bíblica y perspectivas prácticas, este libro revela cómo estos tiranos operan en nuestras mentes, en nuestras relaciones y en nuestras elecciones diarias, y cómo podemos liberarnos de su control.
DESCUBRE CÓMO:
RECONOCER SU INFLUENCIA
RECONSTRUIR TU FORMA DE PENSAR
TOMAR MEJORES DECISIONES
VIVIR CON LIBERTAD
Frase final
La verdadera libertad no está en la ausencia de límites, sino en la elección de lo que realmente importa. -
Five Promises More Powerful Than Fear
Trevor A. O'Reggio
The genesis of this book grew out of an unforgettable experience with students from the SDA Seminary at Andrews University during the summer of 2023, when we traveled to Zambia to conduct a series of evangelistic meetings. Each day, I encouraged the students to memorize and recite Isaiah 41:10 as a source of courage, strength, and inspiration. That powerful verse became a daily reminder that God’s presence is greater than any fear or challenge we may face.
After returning from Zambia, I felt impressed to preserve the impact of that experience by writing this small book based on Isaiah 41:10. Within this remarkable verse are five extraordinary promises from God—promises that provide courage in times of fear, strength in moments of weakness, and assurance during seasons of uncertainty. These divine promises remind us that no matter what fears or trials we encounter in life, God is always with us to strengthen, help, and uphold us.
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Voices of Faith and Vision: Adventist Missionaries Who Made History
David Trim and Dragoslava Santrac
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Rethinking the Composition of the Pentateuch
Rahel Wells, Kenneth Bergland, Roy E. Gane, and Gary A. Rendsburg
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Narrating Archaeological Sites and Places: Fifty Years of the Madaba Plains Project at Tall Hisban, Tall al-ʿUmayri, and Tall Jalul
Oystein LaBianca, Douglas Clark, and Randall W. Younker
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“Nuestro objetivo es nada menos que el mundo entero”: La Secretaría de la Asociación General y el emprendimiento misionero de la Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día (1863–2019)
David Trim, A. L. Chism, and Michael F. Younker
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Connecting Worlds: Biblical, Theological, and Interdisciplinary Studies in Honor of Ekkehardt Mueller
Gerald A. Klingbeil and Eike Mueller
Connecting Worlds is a Festschrift to honor and celebrate the life-long contribution of Ekkehardt Mueller, to the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the wider scholarly community. The twenty-two contributors have three things in common. They are Ekkehardt’s former students, teachers, and colleagues. All are connected with the Seventh-day Adventist church. Together they form a global network, consisting of different generations and ethnicities connecting the world in a way that reflects Ekkehardt’s far-reaching influence and varied interests. The wide range of topics in Connecting Worlds shows Ekkehardt’s ability to effortlessly connect a wide range of disciplines. By connecting the disciplines of Biblical and Systematic Theology with Practical Theology, he provided places where pastors, theologians, scholars, and administrators could meet, grapple with difficult questions and ideas, to find ways of going forward, enriching personal faith and the wider community. He built bridges between the disciplines, creating opportunities for greater understanding. In addition to reflecting Ekkehardt’s love for Scripture the essays reflect his wider interests, particularly in music. May this Festschrift not only honor Ekkehardt but also be an inspiration to others to continue to study, engage, and build bridges with others to enrich our understanding and faith.
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The Book of Mark
Thomas R. Shepherd
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.—Mark 1:1.
Mark, the shortest—and perhaps the first—of the four Gospels, presents Jesus in bold, on-the-go strokes. Mark’s was not a meek-and-mild Jesus. Instead, He is striking, forthright, and powerful. He attacks Satan’s realm, casts out demons, and raises the dead.
Join Dr. Thomas Shepherd, author of the forth-coming Seventh-day Adventist International Bible Commentary on the Gospel of Mark for an in-depth look at Jesus in action. Discover the power of “sandwich” stories, explore the revelation-secrecy motif, and watch as the Savior’s authority comes into conflict with the religious leaders of the day.
After Mark takes readers on real-time adventures with Jesus, he leaves the ending open, but not without a purpose. The Gospel of Mark ends with an appeal to the reader to go and tell the good news: Jesus is risen from the dead! Tell it to all the nations.
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Harfleur to Hamburg: Five Centuries of English and British Violence in Europe
David Trim and Brendan Simms
Britain has historically been seen as an upholder of international norms, at least in its relations with western powers. This has often been contrasted with the violence perpetrated in colonial contexts on other continents. What is often missed, however, is the extent to which the state with its capital in London—first England, then Great Britain—inflicted extreme violence on its European neighbours, even when still using the rhetoric of neighbourliness and friendship.
This book comprises eleven case-studies of Anglo-British strategic violence, from the siege of Harfleur in 1415 to the fire-bombing of Hamburg in 1943. Chapters examine actions that were top-down and directed, and perpetrated for specific geopolitical reasons—many of them at, or well beyond, the bounds of what was sanctioned by prevailing international norms at the time. The contributors look at how these actions were conceived, executed and perceived by the English/British public, by the international legal community of the time, and by the victims.
This history of English violence in Europe complicates not only easy notions of England/Britain as a champion of the ‘standards of civilisation’ or of the ‘liberal international order’, but also of the supposed distinction between ‘European’ and ‘extra-European’ warfare.
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Quantitative Research for Practical Theology
Petr Činčala, David Penno, Pavel Zubkov, and Safary Wa-Mbaleka
Following the Qualitative Research for Practical Theology, this volume discusses the advantages and limitations of using quantitative research methods in practical theology and provides guidance on how to integrate these methods with other approaches, such as qualitative research. The book emphasizes the importance of using rigorous research in order to produce valid and reliable results and also addresses ethical considerations in conducting research with human subjects. Written by a number of authors from different parts of the world, both practical theologians and social scientists, it presents a balanced approach to practical research from both scientific and theological perspective. The authors provide practical guidance on how to conduct quantitative research within the context of practical theology and missiology. A number of case studies and examples from real-life research projects illustrate the application of this method to practical questions and issues church ministry and mission faces.
Quantitative Research for Practical Theology is an invaluable resource for theologians, religious scholars, and practitioners seeking to gain a solid grounding in quantitative research methods. By providing clear explanations, illustrative examples, and practical advice, this book enables readers to apply social science research methods to their own theological inquiries, leading to a deeper understanding of religious phenomena and more effective missional practice. Graduate and doctoral students, as well as novice and experienced quantitative researchers in practical theology will find this book very useful, user-friendly, and practical. To make writing the dissertation project a successful enterprise, the book provides essential exemplars of various parts of the research paper. This book is filled with tables, figures, and illustrations helping to apply the text. -
G. I. Butler: An Honest but Misunderstood Church Leader
Denis Fortin
Denis Fortin puts readers into George Ide Butler’s shoes, revealing his heart, understanding his arguments, and viewing the young church through his lens. Yet, Fortin presents much more than a volume about Butler himself. The work provides a dynamic stream of Adventist history from Butler’s perspective as the young denomination faced new stresses and strains—including complex family relationships and opposing power centers—as it sought to define itself and how it would operate.
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Remembering: It Matters How We Tell the Sabbath Story
Mathilde Frey, Edward Allen, Sigve K. Tonstad, and Denis Fortin
Memory and remembrance are integral to life and central to the Sabbath. The fourth commandment in Exodus calls out, “Remember the Sabbath day” (Exodus 20:8, NKJV). To remember the Sabbath in the world of the Hebrew Bible is first and foremost a sacred invitation to retell the story of slavery and deliverance, again and again, every seventh day. This is evident in the Deuteronomy version, “Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt” (Deuteronomy 5:15, NKJV).
If the exodus is to be memorialized to such a great extent, then the Sabbath can become a meaning-making moment, giving language and voice to traumatized people whose memories could otherwise have left them speechless and numb. To retell the story is to actively reengage that memory, to relive the trauma, and to begin to hope that all tyranny has lost its power. In service of this hope, the Sabbath pushes us to see injustice in our world, to worry for those who cry out in hunger around us, to mourn the loss of our natural resources, and to rage against the forces of oppression and injustice that plague humanity. Such remembering then is not a question about an event of the past, but an enduring art of living in the present, a constant and active faith, a personal engagement with “eternity in disguise,” as Abraham J. Heschel describes it. Moreover, Sabbath is not a theological doctrine, but, as Pinchas H. Peli insists, Sabbath is at the very essence of the interaction between God, the world, and humanity. It is at the core of the meaning-giving component of life, and, for that reason, it is universal. It gives all of us hope that none of us is a prisoner of the past; we can all find deliverance from tyranny and enjoy a new, restful, and flourishing life.
This volume publishes selected papers on the topic of Sabbath that were presented at two scholarly societies: the 2020 conference of the Adventist Society for Religious Studies with the theme “Sabbath: Roots, Rest, and Resistance,” and the Society of Biblical Literature’s “Sabbath in Text, Tradition, and Theology” program units between 2008 and 2016. There are also a number of solicited contributions from academics who have worked on the topic of Sabbath during their careers. Together the papers highlight the breadth and depth of research and current interest in the texts and the theme of Sabbath in the Bible as well as in extra-biblical literature. The papers have been updated and organized under four sub-headings and made available for the academic readership and all those interested in current research on the topic of Sabbath.
