Gary Holloway – författare

Barton Stone, Thomas Campbell, and Alexander Campbell organized a nineteenth-century Christian renewal movement that later coalesced into three distinct church bodies in the United States: Churches of Christ, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and Christian Churches and Churches of Christ.What is less known is that from these humble origins, the Stone-Campbell Movement has grown globally, now with churches in more than 199 countries. This book tells the story from the movement''s beginnings all the way to its international expansion into Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.Complete with a study guide and personal reflection questions, this book is ideal for longtime members, new members, and those unfamiliar with the Stone-Campbell heritage.

A powerful collection of essays exploring the biblical themes of justice and reconciliation and their application to the institutional racism that has characterized American Churches of Christ.Unfinished Reconciliation grew out of two conferences held ten years apart, the Biblical Preaching Seminar at Lipscomb University in May 2001, with the theme, "Preaching Social Justice," and the Christian Scholars Conference at Pepperdine University in June 2011. These academic conferences boldly faced the unsettling reality of racism in our churches. We are still divided by race, not united in Christ. In the decade between the conferences, much reconciliation took place, as evidenced by the last two chapters of the book. But much work still remains.Contributors include Harold Shank, John Mark Hicks, Lee Camp, Douglas A. Foster, Kenneth R. Greene, Royce Money, and William Lofton Turner.

“The word of the Lord was rare in those days.”

Is it also rare in ours? Has God abandoned us? He sent his Son Jesus to live and die for us. He raised him from the dead and brought him back to his right hand. But after the ascension of Jesus, has God left us on our own to do the best we can to follow the example of Christ? Or does God still speak today?

This study is written with the conviction that God still speaks today. He speaks through the Bible, his Word. He speaks through the lives of faithful Christians. He speaks to us, and we speak to him in prayer. He speaks in all the circumstances of life.

Listening to God may be a frightening experience, but it is more dangerous to live our lives without hearing him. Are we listening? When we pray, do we bring our to-do list to God and in essence say, “Listen God, I’ve got stuff for you to do”? Or, like Samuel, do we say, “Speak Lord, your servant is listening.” When we hear the voice of God, are we willing to obey? Or, like Saul, do we listen and follow only when it suits us? Are we, like David, people after God’s own heart?

This is an invitation to hear the voice of God in 1 and 2 Samuel. Read it in prayer. Listen to what others around you are hearing. Hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Come to this book with a humble heart to hear and to do the Word of the Lord.

In a world bombarded with information, what we long for is knowing how to live well-what the Bible calls wisdom. Meditate on the Wisdom books of the Bible to hear the source of wisdom-the God who made us. In these meditations we will hear the established wisdom passed down from earlier generations. These nuggets of wisdom are found in the book of Proverbs. A proverb is a traditional saying, and as such, proverbs are didactic, optimistic, practical, and conservative. Ecclesiastes contains a different kind of wisdom, built on the wisdom of Proverbs, but which asks what happens when proverbial wisdom fails. Ecclesiastes looks at the mysteries of life. It is reflective, speculative, pessimistic, and creative. It asks the hard questions, like how does life make sense? It explains that often, it doesn''t. Plans fail. Fools triumph. We must trust God especially when things don''t make sense. That deeper spirituality is put to the test in Job. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." This is a repeated theme in Proverbs. Job experiences a deeper fear of the Lord, one based on trust alone. By meditating on the ordeals of Job, we are brought closer to a God we might not like and do not understand. The only God we have. Meditating on these books will at times be a joy. At other times, meditation will be a challenge. Wisdom does not come easy. But it is a marvelous gift of God.

The Psalms are the hymnbook of Israel and the church, revealing how we experience the shape of grief, thankfulness, repentance, remembrance, and future hope. We need these words to survive in our world.MC: Psalms: Hymns of God''s People is an invitation to hear God''s voice in personal daily Bible study as well as in communal readings with fellow believers. Join Dr. Holloway and begin to grow in your ability to meditate on the Psalms. Learn to bring your requests to the heart of God and develop your relationship with Jesus. Allow the Spirit to give language to your cries for justice and concerns about the brokenness of our world.