What Jesus Really Taught: And Why We Don't Believe It

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Mark W. Lansberry, 2004 - 92 páginas
Most Christians today practice a religion about Jesus with the emphasis on his sacrificial death on our behalf and very little attention given to what he actually taught during his ministry. While the importance of Jesus' death for our sake cannot be over-emphasized, Jesus' teachings are also important. The spirituality he teaches prepares us for life in the kingdom of God. And, importantly, Jesus teaches us that eternal life begins now, in this world. If we don't understand our own spirituality in this life, we will enter the next unprepared for the fullness of God's kingdom. What Jesus Really Taught And Why We Don't Believe It re-presents the core of Jesus' teaching in a simple, engaging way that shows that Jesus teaches us how to have an authentic, dynamic spirituality with practical skills for living in this world as well as preparing us for the next. The book is brief so that it can be read in one sitting.

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Introduction
1
Listen
3
Follow Me
9
Wake Up
13
Look
17
Step Out
27
Worship
34
Care
41
Be Perfect
48
Practice
56
Share
63
Go
69
Live Life Abundantly
74
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Página 5 - Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
Página 76 - ... before the Lord ; but the Lord was not in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake ; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire ; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah...
Página 32 - Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.
Página 76 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord ; but the Lord was not in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake ; hut the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire ; but the Lord was not in the fire : and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 30 - You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Página 76 - And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 29 - I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
Página 24 - Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs, and he will give you all you need from day to day if you live for him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern.

Acerca do autor (2004)

Mark W. Lansberry is an ordained minister in The United Methodist Church currently serving as senior pastor for Trinity United Methodist Church in Las Vegas, Nevada (www.tumclv.org). He graduated with a Masters of Divinity degree from the Claremont School of Theology in Claremont, California where he received the Wilshire Preaching Award in 1993. In his preaching and writing (newsletter columns, newspaper articles) he has always strived to use everyday language that the average person on the street can understand. He draws on our shared human and cultural experience through current events, books and movies to illustrate the gospel in ways that allow people to relate to it. He is currently studying for his Doctor of Ministry degree through Drew Theological School.

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