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The Father Glorified: True Stories of God's Power Through Ordinary People
Learn the best methods for winning people to Christ with the help of CityTeam Ministries. In a follow up to their book Miraculous Movements , the missionaries of CityTeam share more insights into how best to share God's love around the world. The authors take you beyond their work in Africa to California to show how the biblical principles used by the early church in the Book of Acts can work for us today. This book highlights the key scriptural principles that help Christians use faith-based discipleship to reach out in love in their own communities. The authors outline the principle of service to others that open doors of opportunity to the work of the gospel. Features include :
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256 pages, Paperback
First published June 11, 2013
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Stephen R. Lawhead
102 books2,743 followersStephen R. Lawhead is an internationally acclaimed author of mythic history and imaginative fiction. His works include Byzantium, Patrick, and the series The Pendragon Cycle, The Celtic Crusades, and The Song of Albion.
Also see his fanpage at Myspace:
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Stephen was born in 1950, in Nebraska in the USA. Most of his early life was spent in America where he earned a university degree in Fine Arts and attended theological college for two years. His first professional writing was done at Campus Life magazine in Chicago, where he was an editor and staff writer. During his five years at Campus Life he wrote hundreds of articles and several non-fiction books.
After a brief foray into the music business—as president of his own record company—he began full-time freelance writing in 1981. He moved to England in order to research Celtic legend and history. His first novel, In the Hall of the Dragon King, became the first in a series of three books (The Dragon King Trilogy) and was followed by the two-volume Empyrion saga, Dream Thief and then the Pendragon Cycle, now in five volumes: Taliesin, Merlin, Arthur, Pendragon, and Grail. This was followed by the award-winning Song of Albion series which consists of The Paradise War, The Silver Hand, and The Endless Knot.
He has written nine children's books, many of them originally offered to his two sons, Drake and Ross. He is married to Alice Slaikeu Lawhead, also a writer, with whom he has collaborated on some books and articles. They make their home in Oxford, England.
Stephen's non-fiction, fiction and children's titles have been published in twenty-one foreign languages. All of his novels have remained continuously in print in the United States and Britain since they were first published. He has won numereous industry awards for his novels and children's books, and in 2003 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the University of Nebraska.
also write under the name Steve Lawhead
Also see his fanpage at Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/stephenlawhead...
Stephen was born in 1950, in Nebraska in the USA. Most of his early life was spent in America where he earned a university degree in Fine Arts and attended theological college for two years. His first professional writing was done at Campus Life magazine in Chicago, where he was an editor and staff writer. During his five years at Campus Life he wrote hundreds of articles and several non-fiction books.
After a brief foray into the music business—as president of his own record company—he began full-time freelance writing in 1981. He moved to England in order to research Celtic legend and history. His first novel, In the Hall of the Dragon King, became the first in a series of three books (The Dragon King Trilogy) and was followed by the two-volume Empyrion saga, Dream Thief and then the Pendragon Cycle, now in five volumes: Taliesin, Merlin, Arthur, Pendragon, and Grail. This was followed by the award-winning Song of Albion series which consists of The Paradise War, The Silver Hand, and The Endless Knot.
He has written nine children's books, many of them originally offered to his two sons, Drake and Ross. He is married to Alice Slaikeu Lawhead, also a writer, with whom he has collaborated on some books and articles. They make their home in Oxford, England.
Stephen's non-fiction, fiction and children's titles have been published in twenty-one foreign languages. All of his novels have remained continuously in print in the United States and Britain since they were first published. He has won numereous industry awards for his novels and children's books, and in 2003 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the University of Nebraska.
also write under the name Steve Lawhead
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March 16, 2025
Stories of God savings thousands of people, in the hardest places, through a few key people.
I love the stories and the emphasis on Disciple Making movement principles. I’m encouraged to hear stories of how they’re played out.
Wish there was a little more practical coaching on how those principles are played out, and how they overcame obstacles.
I love the stories and the emphasis on Disciple Making movement principles. I’m encouraged to hear stories of how they’re played out.
Wish there was a little more practical coaching on how those principles are played out, and how they overcame obstacles.
January 8, 2023
Great read!
July 9, 2013
From the introduction: “This book is intended to go hand in hand with 'Miraculous Movements: How Hundreds of Thousands of Muslims Are Falling in Love with Jesus,' by Jerry Trousdale. In that book, Trousdale outlined and explained some of the important principles that are involved in the worldwide Disciple Making Movement … illustrated with true stories, drawn from hundreds of interviews that he and others have conducted over the last couple of years.
“This book illustrates those same principles, but with very little didactic comment. Instead, we wanted to let the stories speak for themselves, showing how God is at work around the world today in the lives of millions of ordinary people – not just in the lives of Muslims, not just in Africa, but in the hearts of ordinary people from every background, every tribe, and tongue.”
Rather than the brief (but powerful) vignettes in "Miraculous Movements," "The Father Glorified" tells stories that are pages or chapters long. Were there a third volume in the series, it might be a “how-to” manual, as neither of these two provides all a practitioner would seek. On the other hand, Cityteam and others offer seminars, classes and personal coaching.
I purchased this book in its Kindle edition and skimmed this book quickly to meet a deadline, but intend to re-read it more contemplatively at a future date.
“This book illustrates those same principles, but with very little didactic comment. Instead, we wanted to let the stories speak for themselves, showing how God is at work around the world today in the lives of millions of ordinary people – not just in the lives of Muslims, not just in Africa, but in the hearts of ordinary people from every background, every tribe, and tongue.”
Rather than the brief (but powerful) vignettes in "Miraculous Movements," "The Father Glorified" tells stories that are pages or chapters long. Were there a third volume in the series, it might be a “how-to” manual, as neither of these two provides all a practitioner would seek. On the other hand, Cityteam and others offer seminars, classes and personal coaching.
I purchased this book in its Kindle edition and skimmed this book quickly to meet a deadline, but intend to re-read it more contemplatively at a future date.
December 28, 2024
This is another companion book to a book called "Miraculous Movements" and "Contagious Disciple Making," though it stands on its own without needing to read those other books (though they're well worth the read!). I just can't seem to get enough of this stuff. This book is full of amazing stories of amazing miracles by an amazing God. I find myself wanting to saturate myself in these stories so that my own faith will grow – faith for such stories to be possible in my own interactions with people right here in the city of Winnipeg where I live.
June 15, 2014
The refreshing idea in this book is that as they are seeking to tell others the Gospel, they are following the words of Jesus by seeking out those ready to listen instead of throwing pearls before swine.
June 25, 2014
A little rambly, but overall a heartwarming read!
December 10, 2018
Outstanding encouragement to help others along their path!! God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things!!!
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