Titus (Living as God's Very Own People)
Warning God’s People
Warning: Division in the Church Cannot Be Accepted
(A Sample Chapter)
Look at Titus 3:10: “Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him.” And if you’re not sure what that means, this may help: strike one; strike two; you’re out! Perhaps that’s a rather crude way of putting it, but the apostle Paul speaks so forcibly, so seriously, so solemnly about division in the church of Jesus Christ that he says it’s totally unacceptable.
I think one of the weaknesses of the church in the contemporary setting is that we have become soft in the whole area of division. We have not realized how serious it is for people who profess to be a body of believers to live in such a way that it is perfectly obvious they are not a body. Often we simply faint over the cracks; we whitewash the situation, hoping it will go away; or we pretend it never came about. As a result, in many instances, the church of Jesus Christ loses her credibility. That’s why we need to read carefully what the apostle is saying.
ISBN 971-724-110-4
Pages: 146
Size: 5.25 x 8.25
Kristianong Pagpapayo
Ang aklat na ito’y nagbibigay ng malinaw na pag-unawa, kaalaman, at kasanayan ukol sa pagpapayong-Kristiano (Christian counseling). Sinikap ng may-akda na ipaliwanag ang pagpapayo ayon sa kanyang natutunan, karanasan sa gawaing ito bilang isang pastor, at bunga na rin ng pagtuturo nito sa mahaba-habang panahon.
Isinulat ang PAGPAPAYO para sa kapakinabangan ng mga pastor, matatanda at mga manggagawa ng iglesya, at mga estudyante sa Bible school. Mahalagang matutunan ang tamang pagpapayo dahil tuwirang naisasali ito sa konteksto ng pagpapastor, at napapaloob din sa ministeryo ng pagdalaw (visitation). Ang ilan sa mahahalagang paksa na tinatalakay sa aklat ay ang mga sumusunod:
Kahalagahan ng pagpapayo sa ating panahon
Kaibahan ng pagpapayong-Kristiano
Mga saloobin at katangian na dapat makita sa isang tagapayo
Angkop na mga kakayahan at kasanayan na dapat tamuhin ng tagapayo
Gabay sa pakikinig
Mga alituntunin sa ugnayan ng tagapayo sa pinapayuhan
Mga pahiwatig (non-verbal language) ng pinapayuhan
Etika ng pagpapayo
Matututunan din ng mambabasa at magkakaroon siya ng kompiyansa sa kung paano ang pagpapayo sa iba’t ibang kalagayan tulad ng:
Pakikitungo sa taong may guilt (sumbat-budhi)
Isang homosexual
Naguguluhang kabataan
Mag-asawang may problema
Taong nagdadalamhati
Taong humaharap sa kamatayan
ISBN 971-724-106-7
Pages: 86
Size: 5.25 x 8.25
Jesus Christ's Astounding Promise
“Wentworth Pike’s book reminded me afresh of the Lord’s astounding offer to me: Indeed, I can approach the Father in Jesus’ name in trusting abandonment and with a spirit of adventure. God cannot be manipulated. Neither does He run a meritocracy. The only basis of my approach and appeal to Him is the unique, exclusive, necessary, and sufficient name of Jesus. My practice of prayer needs constant resets like this book.”
Ramesh Richard, ThD, PhD
Professor, Dallas Theological Seminary
President, RREACH (Ramesh Richard
Evangelism and Church Health)
“My heroes, the Puritans, taught that the quest for holiness was always bound up with a quest for the true knowledge of God. That is why prayer and meditation and the study of God’s Word always went together. Wentworth Pike’s wonderful book Jesus Christ’s Astounding Promise helps us do all three!”
Doug Nichols
Founder and International Director Emeritus,
Action International Ministries
“An easy to read devotional book that powerfully leads its readers to deeper level of understanding the promise of Jesus Christ. This book will surely augment the prayer life and spiritual growth of every believer as they realize Jesus’ promise.”
Bishop Fred M. Magbanua
Founder, Christ Jesus Our Life Church
Author: Wentworth Pike
ISBN: 971-724-104-3
Pages: 286
Size: 5.5 x 8.5