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In this meditation on John 17 we see how God has created the world as a sanctuary, a holy place, but it is also a battlefield in which God now wages holy war against sin and the powers. To participate in his holy war, we need first to be sanctified. It is into this paradoxical world, sanctuary and battlefield, that Jesus sends his disciples, asking his Father to perform the sanctifying work. because while the world is around them, it is also within them.This meditation will help you grow in your love for the world, while also facing its suffering-resisting evil because you are confident in the victory of Christ.

La Biblia nos relata la historia de una búsqueda, una liberación y un reclutamiento de los seres humanos como agentes de bendición para el mundo. Dios llama a las personas, enviándolos como anunciadores y agentes de cambio para llevar la salvación a los confines de la tierra. Este volumen sigue al primer volumen de Encuentros sorprendentes con Dios, el segundo de una serie de cinco libros. En esta colección encontrará guías prácticas para facilitar estudios bíblicos liberadores. Estos trece estudios Bíblicos se han practicado y probado en las cárceles, en comunidades rurales del sur global, en las márgenes de los Estados Unidos, en ambientes misioneros europeos y en facultades de Teología a niveles de posgrado. Cada estudio se enfoca en el reclutamiento de Dios a individuos que se unen a un movimiento de liberación, que ofrece a los moderadores preguntas y sugerencias para guiar el estudio, las explicaciones y la información de los antecedentes acerca del texto, así como las invitaciones y llamados a la acción de los participantes.

Although fifteen centuries old, this profound, luminous meditation of Matthew's gospel by the monk Philemon of Gaza speaks directly into the faith of today's reader. Philemon's meditations cover all four gospels; this translation from a French edition is the second to be published in English following the meditation on Mark.As he continues in contemplative prayer, Philemon hears within himself the call of the gospel account, contemplates Jesus, adores the Trinity, but is constantly challenged by the failures of understanding and lack of faith in the disciples as though he was with them himself on the roads of Galilee or in the courts of the temple in Jerusalem.The original translator of Philemon's manuscript, into French, was an anonymous, contemporary monk who entrusted his work to Daniel Bourguet, who in turn edited it, with the addition of helpful notes.

Happy or blessed are the pure in heart! As we look together with Daniel Bourguet at the texts concerning the 10 lepers and at Psalm 51 and then at the theme of tears, we pursue pathways of inner cleansing as operated by God himself . . . Going beyond forgiveness, each of us needs to recover inner purity of both the conscious and unconscious, an opening up to new relationship with others, with self and with God.By means of his broad understanding of the Church Fathers, the author also helps us discover the importance of tears, bringing to our attention certain figures in the Bible who wept: Jeremiah, Jesus . . . and even God! There are tears that cleanse and heal wounds to the soul.

Jesus was born into a world marked by oppression and injustice to announce and embody God's global liberation movement. Like an insurgent, Jesus comes in under the radar, behind enemy lines, and then builds a foundation of trust with a growing entourage of humble followers. he incites a revolution that he calls the Kingdom of God. Guerrilla Gospel: Reading the Bible for Liberation in the Power of the Spirit is a practical manual that condenses the outlines of God's liberation movement. In this book you will elarn to identify and overcome common obstacles to stepping into active faith, grow in your awareness of how God speaks and the Spirit guides, discover approaches to preparing messages that invite conversion and holistic transformation, learn essential basics for preparing and leading Bible studies and grow in understanding how the gifts of the spirt are available now to provide essential support for the adventure of faith.

The New Testament tells the story of God's sending of his Son, Jesus of Nazareth, who launches a nonviolent liberation movement we are each recruited to join. Jesus proclaimed the Kingdom of God, on earth as in heaven. He taught and demonstrated a kingdom "not of this world," empowering his disciples with the Holy Spirit to do the same.This volume of Guerrilla Bible Studies, Following Jesus: On Earth as in Heaven is fourth in a series of 52 discipleship Bible studies that follow Guerrilla Gospel: Reading the Bible for Liberation in the Power of the Spirit. In this collection you will find practical guidelines for facilitating liberating Bible studies that mobilize people. These thirteen Bible studies have been tried-and-tested in jails, rural communities in the global South, frontline North American and European missional settings, and in graduate-level theology schools. Each study focuses on how Jesus demonstrated, taught and recruited disciples into his non-violent mission movement. Each study is laid for easy use by Bible study facilitators, including questions, suggestions for guiding the study, explanations, background information about the texts, and invitations and calls to action for the participants.