Bøker av Elden Daniel

God created mankind with the capacity to think. What a person thinks matters and what a person believes matters. Anything that matters must be important. People like to know what they think and what they believe is true because that would be important. However, that is not what happens because sometimes, maybe often, people think and believe what is not true. This is a problem. If a traveler is headed in the wrong direction, they will not arrive at the desired destination. The obvious solution is changing direction and going in the correct direction. The same is true of thinking or believing what is not true. The person will not arrive at their desired destination without a change to correct thinking and believing. This book is written for three possible audiences.1. Jesus followers seeking to increase their knowledge and understanding about God and His ways.2. Jesus followers seeking insight into ways they have been influenced or deceived and perhaps contaminated by today's culture.3. Those who are beginning as God seekers and are wanting to become God finders by exploring Biblical alternatives to the beliefs and teaching of the current culture. This book is about truth and reality. This book is about the importance of God's truth and God's reality because God's truth and God's reality matter. This book is about change. A God denier with consequences becomes a God seeker who becomes a God finder who becomes a Jesus follower with blessings and benefits.This book includes Appendices that are valuable sources of detailed information on what the New Testament teaches about being a Jesus follower.What you think, believe, and do matters

Please join me in this adventure in discovery through research. This book is formatted using the style of a research paper. The reason for making this change comes from my research on the use of specific words in the New Testament. The curiosity had to do with the King James Version of the New Testament and a question. The question: Why does the visible stereotypical church not align with the church as revealed in the New Testament? I wondered if the language of the King James Version played a role in how the visible stereotypical church developed. I Googled the term, church, to see what the Greek word was for church. This is what I found. The word "Church" is neither Hebrew nor Greek. In point of fact, when these languages were translated into English Bibles, the word "Church" was already in existence. The greek word used in the renewed covenant for "Church" is "Ekklesia" which basically means "Called Out ones".I wondered: How would the New Testament read if I would substitute "Called Out Ones" for the word church? To find the answer I located all the verses with the word church beginning in Acts going through Jude and made the change, substituting "Called Out Ones" for the word church.This research generated further curiosity resulting in this question: Using the King James Version what words were used to identify or address those who are saved? I proceeded to locate all the verses using these words and record the verses and tabulate their distribution on tables. Therefore, the research paper expanded into gathering data, creating tables, reporting data, and analyzing the data. In the usual research paper format, this research resulted in tables and appendices which present the data. The book will report the data, provide analysis and discussion on the data, and will even explain what a research paper is and how it is formatted.The research reveals the early believers were a loving caring community. See if you agree.

The issue is not the issue. What does that mean? Here is an illustration. This is the scenario. Your vehicle is not running smoothly and you realize something is wrong. You wonder if the issue is an electrical issue or could it be a fuel issue. You assume that it is an electrical issue but it turns out that the "real" issue is a fuel issue. So, the electrical issue is not the issue. Conversely, you assumed it was a fuel issue but it turns out the "real" was an electrical issue. The assumed issue was not the issue.This book is divided into three parts and each part is presented with an issue is not the issue format. I seek to identify the assumed or presented issue and then through exploration of Scripture discover the "real" issue. Part 1 concerns issues involving the supernatural. Part 2 looks at issues concerning the process that God uses to grow believers in Christ-likeness. Part 3 explores the issue of leadership in the church of Jesus Christ and who is in charge.Often there can be tension between the assumed issue and the "real" issue. We look at this tension and some of the reasons for it. The readers are invited to evaluate and contemplate about the issue is not the issue.At the beginning of each part of the book, I have given what I have called a preamble. My purpose in doing this is to reveal to the reader the basic principles upon which I have sought to base my writing. These are personal principles and guidance for me. I heard or read this saying, "We have our beliefs but are convictions have us." This preamble is my conviction and it has me.