Signs, Wonders and a Baptist Preacher: How Jesus Flipped My World Upside Down - Softcover

Norris, Chad

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9780800795405: Signs, Wonders and a Baptist Preacher: How Jesus Flipped My World Upside Down

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ISBN 10: 0800795407 ISBN 13: 9780800795405

Publisher: Chosen Books, 2013

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Baptist Preacher Takes the "Weird" Out of the Supernatural

Demonstrating humor, candor, and personal vulnerability, this Southern Baptist preacher offers an entertaining, non-religious look at the Holy Spirit. He shares transparently, recounting his own history of depression and panic attacks until Jesus rescued him and showed him how to do the works of the Father. As Norris explains, "I had no paradigm for that." Then he challenges readers to engage with the supernatural.

Even though Jesus said we will do even greater things than he did, we don't. Norris's engaging narrative style lowers readers' defenses and opens their minds to the idea that these "greater things" are more attainable than they think. Because we are loved more than we imagine, says Norris, we are more capable of doing the Father's works than we have ever considered.

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What If the Supernatural Were Really Real?

Growing up in a traditional Southern Baptist home, Chad Norris loved sweet tea, football and Jesus. But when he realized that the Jesus he had heard about in Sunday school and seminary didn't measure up to the Jesus he read about in the Bible, he began to ask questions.

He was unprepared for the way God answered.

Suddenly it was as if the miracles of the Bible had jumped off the pages and into his life and the lives of those he prayed for. Healings, visions, angels and other wonders challenged everything he thought he knew about the presence of Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit in the world today. And if the idea of miracles sounds strange and unbelievable to you, here's a secret: You are not alone.

Humorous, poignant and honest, Signs, Wonders and a Baptist Preacher shows that it's perfectly normal to think that God's ways are not so normal. As you travel with Chad, you will discover what happens when God shows up in your ordinary, everyday life--especially when you doubt He will.
"A story of redemption and grace and healing and love--of a young man experiencing the Jesus of the New Testament."--Jack Deere teaching pastor, Wellspring Church, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; bestselling author, Surprised by the Power of the Spirit

"A fresh perspective on living naturally supernatural. Simply put, this is one man's story of how Jesus opened his eyes to a different reality."--Rich Butler, lead pastor, City Church; Simpsonville, South Carolina

About the Author:

Chad Norris currently serves on the staff of City Church in Simpsonville, South Carolina, as the Director of Life Transformation. He loves the art of storytelling, and his ministry includes speaking to students and adults in a variety of settings. He has an MDiv from Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, and he cofounded Wayfarer Ministries in 2000. Chad has cowritten numerous Bible studies and coauthored six books. He and his family live in Greenville, South Carolina.

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