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Hello Everyone......Geoffrey Kilgore here.
My new devotional called HEARTENINGS is being offered on Amazon for $.99 cents. This is my 3rd devotional in a series.
The meaning of the word Heartening is -- to uplift and provide encouragement. If you're interested, here is the ASIN code to the ebook on Amazon. Just copy and paste it into Amazon's search bar.
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Family conversations can be brief snippets as we grab a coffee and Danish dashing out the door. They can be long discussions over the state of the nation and world that extend through the evening. But often they are discussions of varied topics while eating dinner. In healthy, vibrant families, those are the conversations that draw people together. We find out how another person’s day went, hear what their desires are, and share things we have learned from the day’s events. For me personally, those are the most meaningful times of inter-relating simply because our relationships grow stronger through them.

This book of devotions is intended to be like those casual “meal-time” conversations among friends and family. I want to share with you experiences I have had, and how I have been changed or matured through them. I want you to know struggles I have faced. I hope you read these as if you are talking with a friend. Think of how you would respond in similar circumstances or muse over your own experiences that led you in similar directions in life.
However, never forget that the greater goal is to talk with your Lord, your Father who loves you deeply and has adopted you into His family. The writings included herein reveal times in which God has spoken to me, a lowly sinner redeemed by His grace. I pray that you will allow your Master (and Friend) to speak to you through this volume, just as He has to me.

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Can women lead, preach, teach, or pastor in the Christian Church?

This bold and unwavering book addresses one of the most contentious questions facing the modern Church: Should women be fully empowered to exercise all the leadership gifts that men are freely permitted to use? With refreshing candor, clarity, and his usual pastoral sensitivity, Dr. Eddie J. Fernandes guides readers on a journey that questions long-held traditions, challenges restrictive interpretations, and reaffirms the full dignity, worth, and calling of women in the Body of Christ.

Rooted in Scripture, shaped by thoughtful reflection, and lived out in the dynamic life of Riverside International Church in Cascais, Portugal—where women preach, teach, shepherd, and serve in every capacity—this book is a rallying cry to the Church to break free from the chains of patriarchy masquerading as Biblical truth.

Far from dismissing the Bible, the author dives into it, wrestling with the so-called “proof texts,” challenging distortions of headship and submission, and illuminating God’s original design for men and women to serve side by side as co-heirs of the Kingdom.

This book is not about arguments meant to divide the Body of Christ further; it is a prophetic call to action: to empower and release women into the fullness of their gifting, calling, and God-given authority in Christ’s Body. The mission is urgent. The harvest is vast. And the night is coming when no one can work (John 9:4). It is time for the daughters of Abraham to rise, proclaim the Word of God, take their rightful place in leadership, and share equally in the Missio Dei before the return of the Lord Jesus Christ (who affirmed women more than anyone else in history).

Women In Leadership: Debunking Myths, Defending Callings