{"product_id":"encounters-patrick-b-appiah-9781918465075","title":"Encounters","description":"\u003cp\u003eEncounters is a discipleship-focused, Scripture-rooted journey that argues one central idea: real transformation does not begin with effort, but with encounter. Encounter is presented as the point where God interrupts ordinary life with divine reality, and where faith stops being abstract and becomes personal, obedient, and durable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book opens by framing reconciliation with God as the true foundation of purpose and identity, made possible through Jesus Christ and sustained by the Holy Spirit's active presence. Rather than treating the Spirit as an impersonal influence, the text emphasises the Holy Spirit as a divine Person who teaches, comforts, guides, and anchors the believer's life in ongoing fellowship with God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCore message and narrative arc\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe introduction sets the tone: a genuine encounter with Jesus is never neutral. It leaves an imprint that reshapes the inner life, renewing the mind and realigning the heart. Transformation is described as a deep spiritual reordering, not behaviour adjustment, and the consistent biblical pattern is laid out as: encounter → revelation → response → transformation. This pattern is traced through key biblical stories (Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, Jacob, Paul), where a collision with God produces a new direction, new identity, and new obedience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom there, the book builds in two main movements: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. What divine encounters are and how they form faith, identity, and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. How transformation is sustained through surrender, Scripture, the Spirit, and daily discipleship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEncounter as the ignition of faith and purpose\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly chapters insist that faith often requires more than inherited belief. The text argues that encounter gives \"substance\" to faith, shifting it from concept to relationship. It stresses that people arrive differently; some believe and then encounter, others encounter and then believe, but in both cases, encounter becomes the milestone that clarifies God's nearness and voice. Saul's Damascus-road confrontation is used as a model of sudden divine interruption that reassigns identity and mission in one moment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEncounter as the ignition of faith and purpose\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick B. Appiah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 191846507X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781918465075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Patrick B. Appiah","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447269404927,"sku":"9781918465075","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a0db1958-68da-4c2a-8589-d179d09bc180.jpg?v=1777229979","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/encounters-patrick-b-appiah-9781918465075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}