02299ctm a22003857a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300700030003000800410003301000170007402000240009102000150011503500240013004000750015404200140022905000220024308200230026510000250028824500890031326000420040230000280044433600260047233700280049833800270052650400560055350500910060952009510070065000230165165000290167470000230170390600450172694200120177199900150178395201150179816911417OSt20250605135832.0ta170628s2011    oru      b    000 0 eng d  a  2011414105  a9781608996711 (pbk)  a1608996719  a(OCoLC)ocn741342411  aYDXCPbengcYDXCPdEXNdBWXdDTMdBTCTAdOL$dOCLCFdOCLCOdOCLCQdDLC  alccopycat00aBV4241b.S54 201104a248.4 Sid 20112231 aSider, J. Alexander.10aPresence :bgiving and receiving God /cby J. Alexancer Sider and Isaac S. Villegas.  aEugene, Or. :bCascade Books,cc2011.  axi, 217 pages ;c23 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-217)0 aHope -- Communion -- Desire -- Power -- Money -- Salvation -- Strangers -- Conclusion.  aAs God's eternal life flows through us, we learn to let go of our pretensions of control and rest into the new life offered in Jesus Christ. This book is an invitation for you to become nonresistant to this movement of God's love for you and the world. Through a variety of sermons and meditations, Sider and Villegas bear witness to a grace that disarms our guardedness and makes room for us to fall into the love of God. Preaching becomes a dispossessive practice, as each person is invited to give and receive God's transforming power. he proclamation of the gospel, Villegas and Sider say, should display the priesthood of all believers. Thus, the call to preach belongs to the whole congregation and its conversation rather than to the lone preacher and her (or his) sermon. Presence: Giving and Receiving God draws on the Mennonite tradition of the Zeugnis ("conversation") to explore how the preached Word echoes through all of our voices. 0aSermons, American. 0aChristian lifevSermons.1 aVillegas, Isaac S.  a7bcbcccopycatd2encipf20gy-gencatlg  cBK2ddc  c7306d7306  00102ddc4070aEGSTLbEGSTLcCIRCd2025-03-09l0o248.4 Sid 2011p17120r2025-06-30 00:00:00w2025-03-09yBK