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Action in Waiting
The seventeen essays in this free ebook give a fresh look at the spiritual life as "active expectation" of God's kingdom breaking into this world. This kingdom is no longer relegated to some afterlife, but takes effect today.
Against the Wind
A journalist's biography of Eberhard Arnold, a man who, in his search for Christ, ended up turning the Christianity of his day on its head. Markus Baum looks at the forces that shaped Arnold's life, recreates the colorful era in which he lived, and shows Arnold's connection with other thinkers of his day.
Anni: The Letters and Writings of Annemarie Wächter
This book is the story, told in Annemarie’s own words, of her path from doubt and despair to a life of purpose, faith, and joy. Annemarie was set on this path when she responded to a call from God so strong and direct that it abolished all her doubts. This call led her to a life in Christian community where she could dedicate herself completely to working towards God’s coming kingdom of justice and love.
The Awakening
A must-read free ebook for anyone who has doubts about spiritual warfare, The Awakening provides a rare glimpse into the eternal fight between the forces of good and evil in the daily lives of ordinary men and women.
Be Not Afraid: Overcoming the Fear of Death
In this hope-filled free ebook, stories of real men and women offer hard-won insights on dealing with uncertainty, loss, grief, and the fear of death. Arnold knows that the biggest challenges in life are the ones that won't fit the script. All the same, he is convinced that there are plenty of common truths worth holding to the light.
Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter
Many readers may well find that this collection—a sequel to the highly successful Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas—is the one book they return to year after year, forgoing their usual custom of buying a new Lenten devotional each spring.
Christoph Blumhardt and his Message
He was an embarrassment to Christians and non-Christians alike. He seemed to challenge and disconcert everyone. And yet he possessed a strange confidence in God’s history; a confidence that inspired hope in many, and continues to do so even today.
Discipleship
New! Expanded edition 2011! Sometimes sensitive, sometimes provocative, but always encouraging, Arnold guides readers toward leading Christlike lives amid the stress and strain of modern life. With free study guide and leader's guide.
The Early Christians In Their Own Words
What did Christianity look like before it became an institution? Find out for yourself with this collection of firsthand accounts of the early church. Includes excerpts from Origen, Tertullian, Polycarp, Clement of Alexandria, Justin, Irenaeus, and others—and equally revealing material from their critics, detractors and persecutors. Free ebook in three formats and four languages.
Eberhard Arnold - Selected Writings
If you've never read any of Eberhard Arnold's writings before, this collection may be the best place to start. For those already familiar with the author, this ebook might be described as the Portable Arnold - a collection of the strongest and best of his prolific output.
An Embassy Besieged
The story of a Christian community in Nazi Germany. This is an amazing account of a community who stayed true to the nonviolent way of the Cross, and how, despite relentless Nazi opposition, God protected and victoriously led them along the way.
Endangered
Free ebook written for parents (and teachers and caregivers) weary of trying to do the "right" thing, Endangered will empower you to act on the wisdom you already possess. In English and Spanish.
Freedom from Sinful Thoughts
A free ebook with sage advice on finding freedom and wholeness in a world full of distractions and temptations.
God's Revolution
Eberhard Arnold doesn't approach discipleship as a benign route to religious fulfillment, but as revolution - a transformation that begins within and spreads outward to encompass every aspect of life. Here is the raw reality of the gospel that has the power to change the world.
The Gospel in Dostoyevsky
Free ebook of excerpts from Dostoyevsky's greatest novels exploring the devastating (yet ultimately healing) social implications of the Gospels. This collection of passages vividly reveals - as none of his novels can on their own - the common thread of the great God-haunted Russian's questioning faith.
Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution
In this free ebook, you'll encounter a Jesus you may have never met before—a Jesus who not only calls for spiritual transformation, but for practical changes that answer the most perplexing political, economic, and social problems of our time.
Love Letters
They were passionately in love, yet they rejected romance as the basis of their relationship, building instead on the promise of Jesus' words, "Seek first the kingdom of God." Circumstance (and scandalised parents) kept them separated for most of the next three years. But that separation bore its own fruit: an intense exchange of letters.
My Search
Growing up Jewish under the shadow of the Nazis, forced into exile in Siberia, barely escaping with his life from starvation and disease in southern Asia, he finally made it to the land of Israel. But the inhumanity of war continued to pursue him, along with the question: why can't men and women live together in peace?
No Lasting Home: A Year in the Paraguayan Wilderness
As Hitler’s armies turn mainland Europe into a mass graveyard, a little group of 300 pacifist refugees – half of them babies and young children – looks for a new home. Where should the refugees try to resettle next? This is one year of their story.
Now Is Eternity
A collection of seventy short but striking Christian meditations to battle weariness and despair.
Pastor Johann Christoph Blumhardt
The terrifying battle between the spiritual forces of good and evil described here, and the awakening that followed, catapulted Blumhardt's parish into the public eye and still draws seekers to it. Here is an almost unbelievable account of one person's faith in the inbreaking of God's kingdom and its victory over powers that bind and divide humanity.
Provocations
The most accessible introduction to the spiritual writings of Søren Kierkegaard, Provocations contains a little of everything from his prodigious output, including his wryly humorous attacks on "the mediocre shell" of conventional Christianity, his brilliantly pithy parables, his amazing insights on the human condition, and his incisive attempts to pare away the fluff of modern spirituality to reveal the basics of the Christ-centered life.
Sex, God, and Marriage
A refreshing new look at sex, love, and marriage that sees past the usual issues and gets to the root: our relationship with God, and the defining power of that bond over all other relationships.
A Third Testament
In this illuminating collection of portraits, Muggeridge explores the spiritual wanderings seven maverick thinkers: Augustine, Pascal, Blake, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Bonhoeffer.
Thoughts on Children
It is sometimes said that each child is a thought in the mind of God. But even if we believe this, and approach the children entrusted to us with reverence, we may often feel helpless—whether in the face of a two-year-old’s tantrum or a teenager’s silence.
Thy Will Be Done:
Sickness, Faith, and the God Who Heals
With childlike confidence in the possibility of miracles and a deep trust that the Creator is supremely wise and good, the Blumhardts point us away from our woes and to Jesus. As the Great Physician, he offers lasting comfort and healing without cost. And even in the face of agonizing death, Jesus lifts us out of our misery and restores our souls by offering the peace that passes all understanding.
The Violence of Love
A powerful free ebook of eloquent, simple meditations, bearing witness to the hard life of a man who was martyred for his faith.
Walk in the Light
An unrivaled introduction to a literary and spiritual giant, these 24 short stories in a free ebook have stood the test of time for over a century.
Watch for the Light - Readings for Advent and Christmas
Providing a break from the commercialized frenzy of the season, these daily Advent readings invite us to examine the deepest meaning of Christmas. Watch for the Light gives new meaning to the phrase “holiday preparations.”
When the Time Was Fulfilled
The meditations in this collection witness to the fact that the birth of Jesus is more than history – it is a reality – but only for those who feel their need and are personally ready to come to the manger. A revised and expanded edition of an old favourite, the 40 short, pithy readings in this free ebook will not leave you sitting comfortably this Christmas.
Why Forgive?
No matter the weight of our bitterness or despair, forgiving is the surest way to get out from under it. But that's easier said than done. Why Forgive? brings together survivors of crime, betrayal, bigotry, and abuse - and ordinary men and women plagued by everyday strife. Together, their stories will challenge and encourage others wherever they are on the road to healing.
Why We Live in Community
In this time-honored manifesto, Arnold adds his voice to the vital discussion of what real intentional community is all about: love, joy, unity, and the great "adventure of faith" shared with others along the way. He does not describe (or prescribe) community here, but provides a vision to guide our search.
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