Bøker av Kent A Philpott

"Contrary to popular opinion, and contrary to much that comes from the gay community itself, we do not preach a message that includes a demand for a gay person to become heterosexual. The content of repentance is to cease sinful behavior; there may yet be homosexual temptations, fantasies, and thought patterns. However, many persons begin to consider a heterosexual lifestyle and marriage, though they once had no thought of being anything but homosexual. My personal concern for friends from gay backgrounds who are investigating the possibility of heterosexual marriage has prompted the writing of this volume"--

"Follow the week-by-week progress (or not) of making a baseball team and season work inside San Quentin, one of the most infamous state prisons in the country. See inside the thinking, emotions, and stresses that accompany each inmate's involvement in what is often the most important part of their entire incarceration. Understand why inmates will say and do almost anything to get a chance to play ball and how frustration and disappointment derails them. Find out what "payback" is, how power and authority work, why the sports teams are the only integrated groups, and how baseball entails the search for meaning. There are reasons that there were no other baseball programs in the world like the one in San Quentin. The treatment of the baseball program by the media normally focuses on the lives of the inmate players, and rightly so. But Kent Philpott's treatment of the subject reflects the difficulty of making the program function from the coach's perspective. Kent has provided a very realistic portrait of prison life through the prism of the baseball program with his day-to-day account of the 2010 baseball season. His is a tale of the difficulty of creating a successful prison program, not just because of the inherent problems of managing 25-30 men who happened to have anti-social behavior in their past and present lives but also dealing with a sometimes-hostile set of prison administrators. To expose the public to the humanity of people in prison is also a wonderful thing, and Kent Philpott not only spent many years in San Quentin helping to allow inmates to get through the day, but he was helping to expose the humanity of people in prison to the outside public. Three Strikes, You're Out! will educate many people outside about the realities and virtues of people inside to the ultimate benefit of both"--

A significant part of Jesus'' ministry was casting demons out of people suffering under their oppression. The need for this ministry has not gone away but has increased in our age of "contemporary occultism." This Deliverance Handbook will equip both seasoned pastors and lay Christians of all denominations to rightly handle the serious work of bringing relief to people in need. The objective is to see deliverance ministry restored to the everyday life of the church, with the purpose of helping others learn how to do this work. It is hoped that church leaders/pastors will use this handbook to teach others how to conduct this vital ministry.Subjects include: *Preparing the Ministry Team, *Can a Christian Have a Demon?, *Avoiding a Physical Battle, *Doing Online Deliverance, *Group Deliverance, *Pre- and Post- Counseling, *The Role of Forgiveness and Repentance, *Self-Deliverance, *Do''s and Don''ts, *An Extensive Questionnaire for the Sufferer to determine the origin of their invasion by demons.Sprinkled throughout are amazing stories from Pastor Philpott''s own experiences. An appendix contains insights gleaned from other ministers and authors in this field. Companions to this book are Deliver Us from Evil (2014) and A Manual of Demonology and the Occult (2021). Together, this trilogy, some of the videos made by the author, and a selection of recommended books by others in the field will be sufficient background for well more than a curious involvement. See the author''s website earthenvesselmedia.com.Jesus reminded his followers, "BUT IF IT IS BY THE FINGER OF GOD THAT I CAST OUT DEMONS, THEN THE KINGDOM OF GOD HAS COME UPON YOU." (LUKE 11:20)

"One never knows what one might find at a church worship service. Some may be structured in traditional liturgical format with written bulletins and a choir singing to a piano or organ, and the preaching pulpit is front and center. Others put the band front and center and focus on reaching a good feeling when the Holy Spirit supposedly "shows up" after a long period of playing repetitive choruses that may or may not contain the name of Jesus. When this second example moves further along on the continuum of spiritual highs into ecstasy as the goal rather than actual worship, it starts to mirror shamanistic religions rather than biblical Christianity and becomes dangerous. The Philpotts present lamentable personal history and expose specific groups and their methods as examples of this danger. They then give the biblical basis for worship that is honoring to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit"--

The purpose of this little book is to show the biblical understanding of evangelical and Christianity. This is not a call to awakening, which is only possible by the work of the Holy Spirit. It is a call for Christians to engage in bold proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

"If God Wills" is an expression that comes to us from the Muslim world ("enshallah" in Arabic, meaning "If Allah Wills") and connotes the hope that God is in control of our lives and world events. Pastor Kent Philpott has been studying Islam for fifteen years while maintaining his own deep Christian faith. This book is written for the Muslim reader to consider various aspects of his/her religion as found in the Qur'an and other traditional texts and cultural norms and compare them to what Jesus brings as found in the Bible and Christian history. Philpott does not condemn Muslims or attack the tenets of Islam or the prophet Muhammad but reaches out with care and concern with an offer of the love and grace of Jesus. This book is an excellent resource for Christian evangelists and apologists.

Kent Philpott tells of going to the hippies in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco in early 1967 and the unusual outpouring of the Holy Spirit with signs and wonders that was the Jesus People Movement. The 1967 Summer of Love gave way to the 1968 summer of hell, invaded by hard drugs and predators, and no one wore flowers in their hair anymore. Yet this was when the flames of the awakening burned most brightly. It was also when the media began to take notice. Memoirs of a Jesus Freak, 2nd Edition: 50 chapters, 46 biographies, with many new photos becomes a primary source document for researchers on the Jesus People Movement, an American awakening from 1967 to 1972.

Especially for those who are curious about Christianity or for new followers of Jesus trying to make sense of it all. Why I Am A Christian-Volume 2 looks at critical issues for a living faith in a refreshing and sometimes blunt style: conversion, the doctrine of election, homosexuality, heaven and hell, hypocrisy, the devil, fundamentalism, organized religion, creation and evolution, and the presence of evil are among the topics. Inside: What troubled me was the question, "How could a loving god condemn one of his creatures to a horrible place forever?" Prior to my conversion, I knew that Christians were hypocrites; in fact, I used it as an excuse to reject Christian claims. Many are gambling that the grave is the end, the absolute end of life. "You're a fundamentalist, aren't you?" I didn't want to answer. "How did it happen, Francisco, that you gave up?" I asked. He replied, "I just don't care anymore. What di_ erence does it make anyway? As hard as I try, I keep ending up back here in prison." If it's organized religion, it must be bad. What else would you expect? The mystic, shaman, santero or santera, wiccan, medium, channeler, psychic, or yogi all rely on the "soul journey" while in trance. Why all the fuss about hell? Hell is probably not as bad as they say. Hell is the preferred destination for many; few prefer heaven.