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WILLIS, Doug

Sep 27, 2023 | *, *listed, Biography, Christian, Design, Hill of Grace, Queensland
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ISBN 978-0-6485544-0-0
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The Baptism of General Butt Naked

AND OTHER INCREDIBLE STORIES FROM THE LIFE OF AUSTRALIAN FAITH BASED MISSIONARY EVANGELIST DOUG WILLIS.

This inspiring book contains incredible events experienced by Doug Willis that testify to God’s providence, provision and protection during his 60 years of missionary and evangelistic ministry.

The things shared in this book took place during his ministry in Australia and 40 other nations around the world. Each story is intricately woven around a lifetime passion of seeking to win the lost to Christ.

What makes these accounts more amazing is the fact that his crusades, seminars and world tours were all paid for from unsolicited funds freely given by God’s children. In declining to receive a salary, God provided for Doug’s family; for his ministry expenses and for his personal needs—for this reason many know him as a faith missionary.

The author has compiled this book as an anthology, with the hope that the collection of distinct and remarkable stories will give a little ‘faith lift’ to those who need encouragement in their walk with God.

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About the Author

In late August 1951, Doug publicly confessed his faith in Christ and was baptized soon after at the Church of Christ in Lismore.

He seemed destined for ministry – in 1958 ministering at a church in the eastern wheat belt of Western Australia. Not long after conducting tent missions he was drawn to the United States to team up with Reggie Thomas – a wonderful God-used evangelist. Since then this team has shared a ministry in world evangelism.

BISHOP, Jim

Sep 27, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Adelaide, Australian, Autobiography, Christian, Memoir, South Australia

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ISBN 978-1-922957-74-0
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From the Pits to the Pinnacles

The true story of a boy’s less commonly travelled trek, through hardship and horrors, to a culminating fulfilment

Born in Adelaide in 1948, Jim began what was to become a journey of horrors, of character building, soul wearying, inescapable experiences.

By the time he was 15 he had lived at ten different addresses and started over at seven different schools. At age 15, he had lived enough torment and brutality, from his father, leaving behind, his father and his unfortunate oldest, now adult, brother. Jim still had much learning to do, through what was to be a very differently challenging, but in the end, rewarding and wonderfully satisfying culmination. Walk this amazing journey with Jim and learn how your own road, yet to be travelled, need not be mapped, by the road travelled, so far.

 

ROBINSON, Bruce

Sep 27, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Christian, Education Studies & Teaching, Health & Wellbeing, Hill of Grace, Self-help \ Personal Development, Western Australia

Bruce Robinson short listed Spark lit christian book of the year award Author Behind the Tears
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ISBN 978-1-922803-19-1
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Behind the Tears

Understanding, surviving & growing from suffering

Behind the Tears has been shortlisted for the 2023 SparkLit Australian Christian Book of the Year!

In Behind the Tears, Dr Bruce Robinson discusses the different types of suffering that people experience today, how to understand why God allows it, and, most importantly, how to survive it. He also provides advice for the family members, friends, and for churches when someone in their midst is suffering–i.e. ‘how to help, not hurt.’ Finally, he talks about how anyone can grow from suffering into a warmer, brighter future.

Some of the key issues discussed are:

  • How common suffering is
  • Why God allows it
  • How to grow from suffering
  • Practical tips for those who suffer
  • Practical tips for those who care for sufferers
  • Practical tips for friends and churches
  • Grief
  • Cancer, mental illness, chronic diseases, and pain
  • Conflict, anger, disappointment, and bitterness
  • How to grow from suffering and turn it into service of others
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Bruce Robinson

About the Author

Dr Bruce Robinson is a multi-award-winning physician who has worked closely with hundreds of patients who suffer from cancer and other challenges. He has also worked as a doctor in some of the world’s most devastating natural disaster zones.

He has lectured on the topic of suffering to churches and medical students for over 20 years.

He has authored a number of best-selling parenting books.

This is his first book on suffering.

Tesimonials

This book is both authoritative and disarmingly approachable, pack with value for any Christian reader.

Greg Clarke
Former CEO, The Bible Society

Bruce encourages us with the ‘how’ of responding to suffering even while we may struggle with the ‘why’.

Robert Ferguson
Pastor

I was moved by the stories of terrible suffering and found myself in tears at times. The book invites us to consider how we might each grow from suffering and to comfort others who are suffering.

Fiona Payne
Company Director

I could not put this book down. it is outstanding and an invaluable resource, written by someone who knows the medical realities of pain and suffering.

Dr Peter Prout
Lecturer/Researcher in Education

UMUHOZA, Frida

Sep 26, 2023 | *, *listed, Biography, Christian, Justice \ Law \ Crime, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government
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ISBN 978-0-6485862-3-4
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Frida

Chosen to Die, Destined to Live

“A BOOK DEMANDING TO BE READ.”

~ Christopher J. Mruk Ph.D. Fellow, American Psychological Association Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State University

When Frida approached me as a student to help her work on this second edition of her book by directing it more toward resilience, I knew that I was about to become the student and she was to be the teacher.

As we went through the first edition talking about the changes she had in mind, it became clear to me that somehow this individual did everything “right” that we know about in terms of recovering from, and growing through, trauma. Her story takes the reader through all the stages of the process. It begins with the most devastating destruction of one’s sense of order about how the world works and the absolute shattering of personal identity. Next we follow her through the common after-effects of confusion, self-blame, betrayal, depression, and anger often associated with the process. Finally, the book leads us through the other side-effects that researchers talk about, especially finding ways to rebuild a sense of meaning, discover a larger purpose in life, being able to love again, and becoming even more than who and what one was before the trauma.
 
To put it in the simplest terms, this book is alive and powerful in a way that is humbling yet inspiring. It could be read as a story of personal survival, one of psychological transformation, or a journey to spiritual salvation. Anyone who has suffered at the hands of others, people who work with survivors, and those who are interested in the amazing capacity of the human spirit to be resilient could benefit from reading this book.

About the Author

Frida is the only survivor of her family, now married to Rob van der Zaag and the couple has seven children. She graduated from Bowling Green State University Firelands Campus in the State of Ohio with a bachelor’s degree of Arts in Communication. Frida has shared her story of miraculous survival, God’s grace, the power of forgiveness, inner healing and resilience around the world including, Africa, Europe, America and Australia. Frida is also a keynote speaker at high schools, universities, churches, business and not for profit organizations and various women groups.
 
Frida spoke at the UN Headquarters in New York during the 2016 Annual Commemoration of the Rwanda genocide against the Tutsis. In 2019, Frida spoke at Memorial de la SHOAH in Paris and at the Melbourne Jewish Holocaust Centre.
 
Frida is also the author of In the School of Resilience.

 

BARTER, David

Sep 25, 2023 | *, *listed, Christian, Design, Hill of Grace, New South Wales, Self-help \ Personal Development

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ISBN 978-1-922527-84-4 PAPERBACK

A Better Way

Burnout, breakdowns, depression and moral failure are on the increase within pastoral ministry. Without change many will struggle and feel unable to find the freedom God has for them

Have you ever asked yourself why ministry can be so hard? Would you like to learn how to find fulfilment in life? If you answered yes to either of these questions then this book is for you.

In this book ‘A Better Way,’ David shares with an open and transparent heart his journey through depression, anxiety and multiple breakdowns. David reveals how God showed him to live in a better way. A way in which emotional and spiritual health walk hand in hand.

Letting go of his past, learning to live in the now and gaining hope for the future has enabled him to understand what it truely means to live with fulfilment and wholeness. Your Soul is waiting, and it’s time to take the first step onto the ‘Better Way’ journey for life and ministry.

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE!

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About the Author

David is a husband, father of three, business owner and Campus Pastor of C3 New Hope Blue Mountains in Sydney Australia. Along with his wife Emma they have been in ministry 16 years. They have a passion to mentor people and help them live in the freedom God has provide for them in Christ.

PEARCE, John

Sep 22, 2023 | *, *listed, Australian, Business, Christian, Design, Education Studies & Teaching, Hill of Grace

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The Wheels of Financial Blessing

Many Christians struggle with questions like “Does it please God for us to be poor?” “Should a Christian be rich?” “Why am I struggling financially even though I tithe or give?” “Why am I always stressed about money?”

This Biblically balanced book will help you to live a life that honours God and to experience His blessing in your finances. John here uses a powerful metaphor: If your financial world was a car, your forward progress is limited to the condition of its four wheels. Each wheel is equally important and represents a vital component in your approach to money.

The Wheels of Financial Blessing is easy to read and full of personal stories, and you’ll find it immediately applicable to your life.

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About the Author

John Pearce is a pastor, businessman, and kingdom leader. Alongside his wife Danielle, for more than twenty years he has led C3 Powerhouse—a dynamic, multi-site church in Australia. He serves as the Executive Director of C3 Church Global, a movement of over 500 churches led by Phil Pringle. He has a bachelor’s degree in business, majoring in accounting and marketing, and he has run a successful manufacturing business on the Sunshine Coast in Australia for more than thirty years.

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