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The Kingdom Will Come Anyway: A Life in the Day of a Pastor opens a window into the world of a typical minister serving congregations in the midst of soul-stirring delights and heart-rending troubles. Pastor Bob Luidens paints a true-to-life portrait of moments in his life that have been evocative of humor and heartache, as well as inviting of conviction and confusion. This is a memoir that will resonate with church members and pastors, as well as college students and seminarians. The stories embedded in Pastor Luidens’s recollections are rooted in everyday life. But those same stories disclose God’s gripping work of restoration and renewal within that life—of a kingdom unstoppable in its coming into our midst. These stories will inspire and challenge each reader, just as the original experiences did with the author. They affirm Jesus’s soul-lifting reminder that our loving creator is at work in every moment of our unique, precious lives.
With Feet of Clay—Pastoral Confession discloses the challenges faced, as well as the joys known, by a missionary kid led by his heavenly Abba into pastoral ministry. In a diverse tapestry of memories from his early childhood well into his retirement years, Pastor Bob Luidens reveals in honest measure numerous instances along the way when confession was reborn—confession that is always good for the soul. In this, the author’s second memoir, the reader is introduced to instances of heartfelt awakening, as well as of emotional confoundment—all to the end of recognizing the feet of clay with which each and every one of God’s beloved children is blessed. Whether one sits in a pew, studies on a campus, expounds from a pulpit, or resides in any manner of home, each reader will find spiritual encounter and soulful encouragement.
The Kingdom Will Come Anyway: A Life in the Day of a Pastor opens a window into the world of a typical minister serving congregations in the midst of soul-stirring delights and heart-rending troubles. Pastor Bob Luidens paints a true-to-life portrait of moments in his life that have been evocative of humor and heartache, as well as inviting of conviction and confusion. This is a memoir that will resonate with church members and pastors, as well as college students and seminarians. The stories embedded in Pastor Luidens's recollections are rooted in everyday life. But those same stories disclose God's gripping work of restoration and renewal within that life--of a kingdom unstoppable in its coming into our midst. These stories will inspire and challenge each reader, just as the original experiences did with the author. They affirm Jesus's soul-lifting reminder that our loving creator is at work in every moment of our unique, precious lives.
Issues for 1868- include index.
Vol.1, a translation includes "the period from 1771-1812, preceded by the Minutes of the Cœtus (1738-1754) and the Proceedings of the Conferentie (1755-1767) and followed by the Minutes of the original particular synod (1794-1799)"
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