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Dr. Roche Coleman, Senior Pastor of Impact Church of The Woodlands, has a respected deep commitment to the theological insight, spiritual growth, and transformative power of God’s grace. His publications include Jonah: God’s Second Chance Through Resurrection, The Debilitating Duo, Connecting Chasm, and several scholarly articles, all aimed at helping believers grow in faith and understanding.
Connecting The Chasm: Bridging The Gap Between Christian Infancy and Spiritual Maturity.
Book by Roche Coleman
Connecting the Chasm seeks to provide assistance with individual spiritual growth and instruction regarding the essential and foundational biblical truths. It covers the fall of mankind into sin through the purpose of the local church. All Christians should know what the Bible states regarding salvation, discipleship, sanctification, and their roles in the church. However, there is a dearth of knowledge of the fundamental teachings of Scripture, which has created a chasm between the believer and the Bible. Therefore, attention is given to biblical and theological issues that will compel the reader to go beyond the surface and build a firm foundation on the Word of God. Each facet is designed to facilitate individual spiritual growth for the new Christian as well as the mature Christian. A workbook is included to provide further interaction with the material so it may be utilized as a course text for basic biblical beliefs, a new member’s orientation course, or a new believer’s course.
Book by Roche Coleman
Is it possible to violate God’s moral law without experiencing guilt and shame? Can a person silence their conscience from the strange emotions that emerge when one sin? An examination of the original design of humanity in the Imago Dei suggests one cannot sin and avoid the debilitating duo. Humanity is created to live within the moral structure established by God. Therefore, a violation of the divine laws, which is sin, leads to guilt and shame. The strange emotions were innate sensation imparted to humanity to stop rebellion against the moral laws and to compel an offender to acknowledge the offense through the confession of sin. Unconfessed sin debilitates the physical and mental functions of a person created in the image of God. Guilt and shame are the strange emotions that serve as mental guardians for an individual as well as for the society in general. The duo was given as silent deterrents to immoral behaviors.
Book by Roche Coleman
Jonah is a book about resurrection and a second chance. Death is not final. Everyone will experience resurrection. Many Bible readers ignore the Old Testament’s explicit and profound examples of resurrection. One of the most controversial events in Jesus Christ’s ministry, beyond the virgin birth, is the resurrection. Yet, Jesus identified the Old Testament prophet Jonah as the primary example of one brought back from death and reunited with the spirit and soul.
God’s supernatural movement and grace are central themes in the book of Jonah. God sent His prejudiced prophet Jonah to the Ninevites, a group of pagan foreign marauders, to offer them a second chance through spiritual resurrection. The supernatural acts throughout the book, often dismissed by writers and commentators, document the powerful testament to the Lord’s sovereignty and His willingness to extend His grace even to foreign polytheistic nations. The book of Jonah thus serves as a profound demonstration of the biblical verse, “The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up” (1 Samuel 2:6; cf. John 5:28-29).
Was Eve the first femme fatale?
By Roche Coleman
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.