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How can you learn to pray the scriptures?Praying from the word of God is a powerful way to pray, but how can you learn to do it? This booklet provides some scriptures and prayer suggestions to help you get started, along with some pointers to resources to help you learn more about prayer and communion with God.This new, second edition is expanded to include the tract "Self Defense for Prayer Warriors, " which provides some suggestions for pray...

If the Pentateuch was built from multiple sources as many scholars believe, what might these sources have looked like?In this booklet, Henry Neufeld takes a look at the text of Genesis 1-2 (the creation stories) and Genesis 6-9 (the flood stories) to see how the various sources might have looked. This is not intended as a new scholarly proposal, but rather a summary and example based on existing scholarship. It should help readers who have not...

What does it mean to believe that God is the creator? Are you required to dismiss the findings of modern science and the theory of evolution?While Christians share a belief in "God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth, " they do not all agree on just when and how God created. Many are unaware of the many different views on origins that are held by Christians and on the theological implications of those beliefs.This book discusses ...

How can you learn to pray the scriptures?Praying from the word of God is a powerful way to pray, but how can you learn to do it? This booklet provides some scriptures and prayer suggestions to help you get started, along with some pointers to resources to help you learn more about prayer and communion with God.This pamphlet is useful for individual study, but more so to a prayer group as a starting point to grow in scriptural prayer.

Christians frequently disagree on the subject of creation and evolution, but what are the main points of the various views?This booklet gives a brief summary of the various positions and their major tenets, along with a brief explanation of the support for each position. It also provides a list of resources to help you study further.This booklet is useful for those who simply want to understand what the debates are about without going into gre...

What does it mean to believe that God is the creator? Are you required to dismiss the findings of modern science and the theory of evolution?While Christians share a belief in "God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth, " they do not all agree on just when and how God created. Many are unaware of the many different views on origins that are held by Christians and on the theological implications of those beliefs.This book discusses ...

What does the term biblical criticism mean? What is the historical-critical method? Is it an attack on my faith, a valuable tool, or a combination of these things?This booklet aims to give the non-scholar an overview of what this is involved in biblical criticism and to point to some resources for those who want to know more. If you are wondering how scholars determine things like date and authorship, or look into the history of the compositio...

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What is the Word of God? Is it the Bible?This pamphlet looks at the Word of God as used in scripture and Christian tradition to outline the various ways in which this term is used. It includes a discussion of how words spoken as God's words become scripture.

When someone claims they have a message from God, how do you decide whether to believe them? This question has been with people of faith at least since Abraham heard someone-God, as it turned out-telling him to leave home and go to a place he would be shown. Other people have left their homes thinking God was guiding them, and have ended up with nothing but trouble. How do you tell the difference? And what about books? When someone claims a bo...

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Much of the text in the Bible is in the form of stories. From Old Testament tales of the patriarchs to the parables of Jesus, the reader is confronted with a variety of narratives. Even in those places where Bible writers are making and explaining statements of fact, there is a story in the background. What do these stories mean? Bible teacher, writer, and publisher Henry Neufeld thinks that's the wrong question to ask. (Yes, there are bad ...

The original edition of Identifying Your Gifts and Service is a program for whole church congregations, led by a teacher, to discover their gifts and place of service. It is not a typical scientific survey designed to discover what kind of personality you have, what you feel like doing, or even what your talents are. This Small Group Edition is designed for a group of people to study together. The lectures and study materials are provided in t...

Henry E. Neufeld writes about Bible translations from his knowledge as a student of Biblical languages, and his experience teaching them to laypeople and discussing them on the internet. Many people have questions about translations because they do not understand how translations are produced. Much of the material available is either polarizing, or is provided to advocate a particular version. What's in a Version? strives to provide a basis...

This study guide to the book of Hebrews is designed for individual or small group studies. Its 13 lessons are ideal for Sunday School classes, small study or prayer groups and Wednesday evening studies. The guide is based on the participatory method, developed by author Henry Neufeld to help lay people learn to understand the Bible better. Features: 1. Clearly defined study method for individuals and groups. 2. Basic lessons with graded additi...

What is the good news? If the gospel that Jesus taught is so good, why are Christians so bad? How can Christians relate to people of other faiths or of no faith at all?Bible teacher Henry Neufeld wrestles with these issues in this book. This is not a book of theology. It is his personal testimony of what Jesus means in his life, and how one can be both a serious, committed Christian and a strong proponent of diversity and dialogue. In fact, he...

This study guide to Revelation is designed for individual or small group studies. Its flexible lessons are ideal for Sunday School classes, small study or prayer groups and Wednesday evening studies. The guide is based on the participatory method, developed by author Henry Neufeld to help lay people learn to understand the Bible better. Features: Clearly defined study method for individuals and groups. Basic lessons with graded additio...

When someone claims they have a message from God, how do you decide whether to believe them? This question has been with people of faith at least since Abraham heard someone-God, as it turned out-telling him to leave home and go to a place he would be shown. Other people have left their homes thinking God was guiding them, and have ended up with nothing but trouble. How do you tell the difference? And what about books? When someone claims a...

Along Bible Paths: Summer Devotions grew out of the daily devotional e-mail list that Jody Neufeld began in 1999 to encourage others to begin their day with the Lord. Many continue to enjoy these thoughts in their e-mail every weekday morning, or via the Jody's Devotionals blog. This book is a collection organized for the summer. We hope many more will enjoy these in printed form.

Simple Risk: Marita is a teenager, or at least she thinks she is. Nobody knows, not even her noble adoptive parents. But she has been arrested near a bank with gold bars bearing the bank's stamp. Now she'll go on trial for armed robbery, and the penalty is death. The Call: Hedder doesn't have any gifts other than following a plow or silencing a squalling child until the king's knight comes along with a call. A State of Mind: Laaraalindar...