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God's Story, Our Story is an introduction to Christian faith from an Anabaptist perspective. It can be used in a group of people considering baptism, or by people who just want to mull over faith questions on their own before-or even after-they say "yes" to God's story.

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Copyright 2004 Herald Press.

All the topics covered in the book were suggested by youth themselves in the author's Sunday school classes, and at a national youth convention. Another aspect that makes this book unique is that each topical section includes specific suggestions for "living it out."

Copyright 2012 MennoMedia

Gary Miller addresses practical issues such as credit, advertising pressure, and our infatuation with electronic gadget, offering down-to-earth, easy-to-follow guidance. And he does so within the framework of Jesus' call to seek firs the Kingdom of God. This is not simply a guide to manage money frugally or a how-to course in making money, but a continual call to look for ways to live as Jesus would, to carry out His intentions in our day.

Copyright 2011 TGS International

Donald B. Kraybill shows how the kingdom of God announced by Jesus appeared upside-down in first-century Palestine. Jesus wins by serving and triumphs by losing. Today, God's way still looks upside-down as it breaks into diverse cultures around the world. According to Kraybill, worldly authorities seek power and prestige, but Jesus' counter-cultural message is a clear call to turn the social ladder upside-down. Jesus demonstrates radical opposition to the dominant culture by making friends with social outcasts and rebelling against authorities. This message calls Christians from many cultures to actively participate in GodŐs upside-down kingdom.

Copyright 2011 MenoMedia

Chapters include: Whatever Dude; How to Engage Youth with the Bible; Articulating our Christian Faith and Hope; Believers Baptism; Seven Distinctives in Mennonite Youth Ministry; the Anabaptist Advantage in Adolescent Development; Consumer or Disciple; The Way, The Truth, and the Life We Gift to Youth; and more.

Copyright 2011 Herald Press

Copyright 2011 Cascadia Publishing House

But Bibles in the vernacular language did not come without a price, and Elaine and her cousins found themselves facing risks that they never dreamed of, with a peace in the midst of it all that they could not explain. They learned to look past the tangled present into the unseen--into the eternity.

Never again would Elaine's life be calm and predictable, but the words that she learned to treasure still shone clear; that no matter what the circumstances or how high the price, we are His witnesses.

The inspiration for this story comes from the Martyr's Mirror where the story of John and Peter's martyrdom is recorded. The unnamed girl in that account the author called Elaine. Leonhard Keyser's story is also factual. The rest of the characters and the majority of the story plot are fictional.

One interesting thing about church history is how often young people were such strong, faithful witnesses. Their stories show us that we don't need to wait until we are thirty or so to throw our lives wholeheartedly into the cause of the Kingdom. The Lord calls us to follow Him-now! May this story draw our hearts to Him, and may He receive all the praise.

Copyright 2011 Carlisle Press

Copyright 2008 Herald Press