Stephen W. Hiemstra

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About Stephen W. Hiemstra

Author Stephen W. Hiemstra (MDiv, PhD) is a slave of Christ, husband, father, volunteer pastor, author, and speaker. He lives with his wife, Maryam, of thirty years in Centreville, VA and they have three grown children.

Stephen has been an active writer spanning both his career as an economist and a pastor. As an economist of 27 years in 5 federal agencies, he published numerous government studies, magazine articles, and book reviews.

Stephen is currently a Christian author and volunteer pastor dividing his time equally between Hispanic ministry and blogging under a theme of "online pastor". As a hospital chaplain intern, he worked in the emergency department, a psychiatric unit, and an Alzheimer's unit. He is an elder in Centreville Presbyterian Church.

He has masters of divinity (2013) from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC. His doctorate (1985) is in agricultural economics from Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI.

Stephen is also a Christian publisher. His company is: T2Pneuma Publishers LLC of Centreville, Virginia established in 2014. To read more, visit: http://www.T2Pneuma.com.

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Correspond with Stephen at: T2Pneuma@gmail.com.

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Vida en Tensión: Reflecciones sobre las Bienaventuranzas (Spanish Edition) May 21, 2021

by Stephen W. Hiemstra

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Cuando Dios llega en nuestras vidas, cambiamos.

Nuestra nueva identidad en Cristo entra en tensión con nuestra vieja identidad en nosotros mismos cuando el Espíritu Santo obra en nuestros corazones y mentes. Esta tensión surge entre quiénes éramos y para quién Dios nos creó, entre nosotros y Dios, y entre nosotros y quienes nos rodean. El apóstol Pablo llama santificación a la obra del Espíritu Santo en nuestra vida.

Vida en Tensión refleja sobre las Bienaventuranzas de Jesús en el contexto de las Escrituras. Las Bienaventuranzas sirven como introducción al Sermón del Monte y exponen las prioridades de Jesús al enseñar a sus discípulos. Debido a que el sermón sirve como una especie de servicio de ordenación para los apóstoles, no se puede exagerar la importancia de las Bienaventuranzas para la iglesia primitiva, la espiritualidad cristiana y el discipulado de hoy.

Vida en Tensión se organiza como una devocional. Cada capítulo ofrece una reflexión, una oración y preguntas de discusión. Los capítulos están organizados en torno a las nueve Bienaventuranzas de Mateo.

Escuche las palabras; camine los pasos; ¡Experimenta la goza!

Las palabras de llave para este libro incluyen: Bienaventuranza, cristianismo, espiritualidad, Jesús, Bible, devoción, y fe.

El autor Stephen W. Hiemstra (MDiv, PhD) es un esclavo de Cristo, esposo, padre, pastor voluntario, escritor, y orador. Vive con Maryam, su esposa desde hace más de trenta anos en Centreville, VA y tienen tres hijos adultos.

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Spiritual Trilogy: A Compilation Feb 15, 2018

by Stephen W. Hiemstra

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This trilogy combines three books published previously: A Christian Guide to Spirituality, Life in Tension, and Called Along the Way. Together they chronicle a spiritual journey during the period from 2013 through 2017. The first two books focus on the question—who is God?—while the third book focuses on the question—who are we? The call to faith and ministry is personal but it is also corporal, being informed by the community of faith at one time and in one place.

The original books have been reproduced as published. Offering them together makes them available more economically and draws attention to their common purpose. Because spirituality is lived belief, it is important to reflect on what we say we believe and what we actually practice. This reflective process is inherently stressful but it is a normal part of our Christian journey as we prepare in this life for the next.

Hear the words; walk the steps; experience the joy!

Prayers Apr 3, 2017

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Spirituality is lived belief. When we pray, worship, or reach out to our neighbors, we live out our beliefs. Our beliefs structure our spirituality like skin stretched over the bones of our bodies.
These beliefs start with faith in God the Father through Jesus Christ as revealed through the Holy Spirit in scripture, in the church, and in daily life. Our Trinitarian theology orders our beliefs. Without a coherent theology, we lose our identity in space and time having no map or compass to guide us on our way. In the end, we focus on ourselves, not God.
Christian spirituality starts with God, not with us.
A Christian Guide to Spirituality takes the form of 50 daily devotions. Each topic is treated with a scriptural reference and a prayer.
Reading A Christian Guide to Spirituality will help readers understand Christian spirituality better and nurture their faith. There is no such thing as quality time with the Lord; there is only time. The living God speaks to us in many ways, but especially through scripture. These three sources cited (Apostle's Creed, Lord's Prayer, and Ten Commandments) are commonly called the "rule of faith" (regula fidei) and were utilized for nearly two millennia as a means to apprentice the faith. These sources are the heart of the confessions of most Christian faith communities and denominations.
Hear the words; walk the steps; experience the joy!

Life in Tension: Reflections on the Beatitudes Revised (Christian Spirituality Book 2) Nov 11, 2020

by Stephen W. Hiemstra

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When God comes into our lives, we change.

Our new identity in Christ comes into tension with our old identity in ourselves as the Holy Spirit works in our hearts and minds. This tension arises between who we were and who God created us to be, between us and God, and between us and those around us. The Apostle Paul calls the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives sanctification.

Life in Tension reflects on Jesus' Beatitudes in the context of scripture. The Beatitudes serve as an introduction to the Sermon on the Mount and lay out Jesus' priorities in teaching his disciples. Because the sermon serves as a kind of ordination service for the Apostles, the importance of the Beatitudes for the early church, Christian spirituality, and discipleship today cannot be overstated.

Life in Tension is organized as a devotional. Each chapter offers a reflection, a prayer, and discussion questions. Chapters are organized around the nine Beatitudes in Matthew.

This revised edition facilitates ease of reading. It has an updated cover, fewer Greek and Hebrew references, and fewer footnotes than the original edition. Some editing to enhance clarity has also been done.

HEAR THE WORDS; WALK THE STEPS; EXPERIENCE THE JOY!

Key words for this book include: Beatitudes, Christianity, spirituality, Jesus, Bible, devotion, prayer, and faith.

Author Stephen W. Hiemstra (MDiv, PhD) is a slave of Christ, husband, father, tentmaker, writer, and speaker. He lives with Maryam, his wife of 30+ years, in Centreville, VA and they have three grown children.

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A Christian Guide to Spirituality: Foundations for Disciples (Christian Spirituality Book 1) Sep 10, 2014

by Stephen Hiemstra, Reid Satterfield, Neal Presa

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Spirituality is lived belief. When we pray, worship, or reach out to our neighbors, we live out our beliefs. Our beliefs structure our spirituality like skin stretched over the bones of our bodies.

These beliefs start with faith in God the Father through Jesus Christ as revealed through the Holy Spirit in scripture, in the church, and in daily life. Our Trinitarian theology orders our beliefs. Without a coherent theology, we lose our identity in space and time having no map or compass to guide us on our way. In the end, we focus on ourselves, not God.

Christian spirituality starts with God, not with us.

A Christian Guide to Spirituality takes the form of 50 daily devotions. Each topic is treated with a scriptural reference, reflection, prayer, and questions for discussion. Occasionally, references are provided for further study. The first four chapters (Introduction, Apostle’s Creed, Lord’s Prayer, and Ten Commandments) cover 40 days making them suitable as a Lenten study. Ten additional days focus on the spiritual disciplines and a short conclusion. Fifty days of study allow an Easter study running through Pentecost.

Reading A Christian Guide to Spirituality will help readers understand Christian spirituality better and nurture their faith. There is no such thing as quality time with the Lord; there is only time. The living God speaks to us in many ways, but especially through scripture. These three sources cited (Apostle’s Creed, Lord’s Prayer, and Ten Commandments) are commonly called the “rule of faith” (regula fidei) and were utilized for nearly two millennia as a means to apprentice the faith. These sources are the heart of the confessions of most Christian faith communities and denominations.

Author Stephen W. Hiemstra (MDiv, PhD) is a slave of Christ, husband, father, tentmaker, economist, and writer. He lives with Maryam, his wife of thirty years, in Centreville, VA and they have three grown children.

Forward written by Neal D. Presa, past Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

This book might be classified appropriately in spirituality, Christian living, devotion, faith, religion, and theology.

What people are saying...

You have my blessing. It's book that needed to be written. It will do a lot of good.

- Peter John Kreeft, Boston College

Stephen provides a helpful, accessible guide using the classic catechetical structure of the Apostles' Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments.

- David A. Currie, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

This is a book for those who want to understand how best to have a living faith and an ever deepening devotional and experiential knowledge of God.

- Stephen Macchia, Pierce Center for Disciple-Building

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Everyday Prayers for Everyday People Sep 6, 2018

by Stephen W. Hiemstra, Reid Satterfield

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God’s mercy carries us day in and day out. His love comes to us everyday through simple things—unexpected beauty in a garbage heap; encouragement from a stranger; sunshine bursting through a thunder-shower. Is it any wonder that the Apostle Paul admonishes us to pray without ceasing? (1 Thes 5:17) In doing so, we model what was first modeled to us.

Prayer might be called the language of the heart. Yet, because emotion and thinking are inseparable in the biblical tradition, our heart’s language is both highly emotive and deeply theological. And because our identity is in Christ, our heart’s language is also both immanent and transcendent. The Holy Spirit is both the author and recipient of our prayers. Even ordinary prayers can do extra-ordinary things.

Everyday Prayers for Everyday People assembles 99 weekly prayers composed from September 2016 through September 2018 by author, Stephen W. Hiemstra. These prayers have been organized into a dozen topics: presence and protection, faith, church, Sabbath rest, adoration, healing, holidays, strength, family, intercession, seasons, and lamentations. The single longest topic is holidays with fourteen prayers.

Hear the words; walk the steps; experience the joy!

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Living in Christ: Character, Community, and Leadership (Christian Spirituality Book 5) Apr 19, 2020

by Stephen W. Hiemstra, Rollin A. Van Broekhoven

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Our journey in Christian ethics starts with God in whose image we are created. Creation begins with birth and continues as we mature. Our character matures, shaped by the example of Christ under the mentorship of the Holy Spirit through the family and the church. Christian leaders reach full maturity once they able to mentor others—we are blessed to be a blessing.

Living in Christ focuses on explaining, not justifying, Christian ethics. At a time and in a place where people scoff at developing a theological understanding of their faith and refuse to teach Christian morality, ethics is almost a lost art. At the heart of the ethical dilemma is a tension between theological principles that can only be resolved the guidance of the Holy Spirit. How do you practice forgiveness for sinners who refuse to confess their sin and force you to bear its consequences? In this context, ethics is less a philosophical discipline that a recognition of our own limitations as Christians and the need for divine intervention.

Ethical thought and action always involve interpretation under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is thus ironic that a book on Christian living should have an outward focus on God rather than an inward focus on what to do and not do. This interpretative element colors how we view character formation, the community of faith, leadership, and the many special issues that arise in daily life.

Hear the words; walk the steps; experience the joy!

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Simple Faith: Something Worth Living For (Christian Spirituality Book 4) Apr 24, 2019

by Stephen W. Hiemstra

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As Christians, how do we know what we know? This simple question challenges the nature of information, how we learn, decision making, who we are, and who this God is that we worship. If this challenge appears optional; it is not—our post-Christian culture questions every faith assumption. Simple Faith examines these questions and discusses implications for faith and life.

An important implication of this study is that faith plays a critical role into how we think, learn, and make decisions in the context of limited resources and an uncertain future. Even scientific inquiry requires faith, which normally gets hidden in untested assumptions and presumptions about what is interesting to investigate. Often the critical arguments driving our decisions are not cold hard facts, but the stories that we tell in the midst of complex decision environments.

The timing of this inquiry is critical. The movement from modern to postmodern thinking has upended most institutions, but especially the Christian church. The separation of heart and mind, which characterizes modern thinking, eroded faith leaving the church in a weak position to adapt to the rapid changes accompanying postmodernism. Ironically, postmodern thinking that values storytelling favors Christian faith because the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the best story around.

Keywords: epistemology, faith, Christian philosophy, theology Christianity, knowledge, decision making

Categories: Spiritual growth, apologetics

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Una Guía Cristiana a la Espiritualidad: Cimientos Para Discípulos (Spanish Edition) Sep 2, 2015

by Stephen W. Hiemstra, Nohemi Zerbi, Vanesa Dávila-Luciano, Julio C. Lugo

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La espiritualidad es la creencia vivida. Cuando oramos, adoramos, o ayudamos a nuestros prójimos, vivimos nuestra creencia. Nuestras creencias estructuran nuestra espiritualidad como la piel estirada sobre los huesos de nuestros cuerpos.

Estas creencias empiezan con fe en Dios el Padre por medio de Jesús Cristo tal como es revelado a través del Espíritu Santo en la Biblia, la iglesia y la vida diaria. Nuestra teología ordena nuestra creencia. Sin una teología coherente, perdemos nuestra identidad en el espacio y al tiempo no teniendo ni una mapa ni una brújula que nos guíe en nuestro camino. Al final, nos enfocamos nosotros mismos, no Dios.

La espiritualidad cristiana por esta razón comienza con Dios, no con nosotros.

Una Guía Cristiana a la Espiritualidad se presenta la espiritualidad cristiana en la forma de devociones cotidiana. Cada tema incluye una referencia de la escritura, una reflexión, una oración, y las preguntas para la discusión. Cuando es apropiado, se proporciónan referencias para estudiar más profundo. Los primeros cuatro capítulos (la Introducción, el Credo Apostólico, el Padre Nuestro, y los Diez Mandamientos) cubren 40 días, como un estudio de Cuaresma. Diez días más enfocan en las disciplinas espirituales y una conclusión corte.

Leyendo Una Guía Cristiana a la Espiritualidad es útil de comprender mejor la espiritualidad cristiana y de crecer su fe. No hay una cosa como calidad de tiempo con el Señor; sólo hay tiempo. El viviendo Dios nos habla en muchas maneras, pero especialmente a través de las escrituras. Las tres fuentes citadas (el Credo Apostólico, el Señor Nuestro, y los Diez Mandamientos) se llamaran como la regla de la fe (regula fidei) y fue utilizado por casi dos miles años como un método de aprender la fe. Estas fuentes son el corazón de las confesiones de la mayoría de comunidades de la fe cristiana y las denominaciones.

El autor, Stephen W. Hiemstra (MDiv, PhD), es esclavo de Cristo, esposo, padre, fabricante de tiendas, escritor, orador. Él vive con Maryam, su esposa de treinta años, en Centreville, Virginia y ellos tienen tres hijos adultos.

Este libro podría ser clasificado apropiadamente en la espiritualidad, la vida cristiana, la devoción, la fe, la religión y la teología.

Lo que dice la gente ...

Tienes mi bendición. Es un libro que necesitaba ser escrito. Hará mucho bien. --Peter John Kreeft, Boston College

Este libro es una gran contribución al concepto bíblico/ teológico de la espiritualidad cristiana. --Héctor Rodríguez, Presbyterian Mission Agency

Me complace recomendar una guía a la espiritualidad y el discipulado basado en las fuentes que todos los cristianos tienen en común. --David Broucek, La Misión Sudamericana

Stephen nos presenta una guía basada en el Credo Apostólico, el Padre Nuestro y los Diez mandamientos. Estoy seguro que este recurso será de mucha bendición para la iglesia hispana en Norteamérica. --Eddy Alemán, Reformed Church in America

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Called Along the Way: A Spiritual Memoir (Christian Spirituality Book 3) Sep 20, 2017

by Stephen W. Hiemstra

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In Called Along the Way I describe my faith journey from unbeliever to believer, from cultural Christian to active disciple, from disciple to realization of call, and from seminary to early ministry. Unlike Adam and Eve, my story does not begin the Garden of Eden. If you too have struggled with your faith walk, then my story may offer solace. Even in our baby steps of faith, God promises to walk with us.

Hear the words; Walk the steps; Experience the joy!

Life appears most confusing when we fixate too much on the present, forget our own history, and lose sight of the future. As Christians, we know that our future is in Christ and because we know the end of the story, we also know that present afflictions are temporary, not the end of the story. The past reminds us of the many afflictions that we have already overcome, God’s gracious work in our lives, and the many blessings that God has given us.

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Prayers of a Life in Tension Sep 27, 2016

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In the fall of 2014, I was invited to speak at a local mosque about my book, A Christian Guide to Spirituality. Speaking at a mosque was new to me and anticipating this visit I spent three days fasting and praying for guidance. Instead of guidance on the mosque visit, God inspired me to write Life in Tension: Reflections on the Beatitudes from which this prayer book is taken.

Oraciones (Spanish Edition) Oct 17, 2016

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Las oraciones aquí fueron tomadas de Una Guía Cristiano a la Espiritualidad (2014) por el mismo autor.

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