Word: gospels
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...seaplane, carrying her infant daughter over the jungle canopy of Peru? There are an estimated 420,000 Christian missionaries worldwide, but most Americans cannot fathom the choices made by Veronica (Roni) Bowers--a woman who raised her children on a houseboat on the Amazon and preached the gospel to people who have never seen a light bulb. Behind the battery of urgent questions about the tragic downing of the missionary plane are quieter ones about the people who died...
...Just so you know – and spread the Gospel on this one because I think people never looked close enough to notice...
Sweet Honey. The group has revitalised itself with many new members over the years, bringing the participation in the group to a total of 22 women, including two of the founding members. Their repertoire continues to expand, encompassing rap, blues and African spiritual songs, as well as their original gospel roots. As an African living in the United States, Sweet Honey is the first group I have seen in America that presents the genuine joy and freedom that characterises African music and performance. Their swaying and dancing across the stage, while spontaneously clapping and improvising melodies was a beautiful thing...
...stresses humility before God. By contrast, Jabez's demand that the deity "bless me indeed" seems buoyant and liberating. Reading the volume's back-cover blurb ("Do you want to be extravagantly blessed by God?"), one might even imagine that Wilkinson is selling Prosperity Theology, a widespread if superficial gospel that amounts to praying for dollars. This turns out not to be the case. The riches he has in mind are the wealth of God's spirit, and the more one has, the more one wants to spread it. He interprets Jabez's next request, "enlarge my territory...
...show. Mark Tauber, a religion-book veteran now at the Beliefnet.com website, notes that Wilkinson's 30 years of preaching Jabez at rallies assures "a built-in audience of a million people who have been saying the prayer"--and wonders whether its sequel, based on a verse from the Gospel of John, will sell as well...