Restyn, LLC - Press Room

"Be of Good Cheer" Featured on Web Store

2007-02-01T14:17:00.000-05:00

[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE]

February 1, 2007 - (Bryn Athyn, PA) Pastor Ethan McCardell's denomination, the New Church, has selected to feature his book, "Be of Good Cheer: Discovering the Redeeming Quality of Struggle" in their online bookstore.

After inviting McCardell for a lecture and book signing at the Bryn Athyn Cathedral, the New Church Bookstore picked up "Be of Good Cheer" on their "Featured Products" section of http://store.newchurch.org on February 1, 2007.

McCardell is the pastor of the Sower's Chapel in Sarver, PA, where he leads public services of worship every Sunday at 9:00A.M. and 10:00A.M. When asked about his ministry at the Sower's Chapel, McCardell says, "What I hope you find here is a group of people dedicated to loving and living God’s commandments. A group of people dedicated to loving the neighbor and serving the Lord more than their own personal fulfillment. A group of people looking to the Word of God for the answer to life’s challenges, rather than to self-help or pop psychology. We are a growing church community, dedicated to the worship of the Lord God Jesus Christ in His living Word."

Second Advent Christian™ Movement Redefines the Christian Canon

2006-03-10T06:30:00.000-05:00

LUTHERVILLE, MD, March 10, 2005 -- Restyn, LLC, a religious communications company located in Lutherville, MD has released a new Bible study tool, Small Canon Search™, based on the Second Advent Christian™ view of sacred scripture. The search tool, available online at http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/, is the first biblical search engine indexing only the texts considered canonical by the Second Advent Christian™ movement.

Stephen Simons, the founder of the Second Advent Christian™ movement and a principal at Restyn, explains, "The commonly accepted canon of the Word of God was set by men, not by God. Small Canon Search™ is provided for believers who want to focus their study on God's revelation without distraction." The Second Advent Christian™ canon of scripture includes books from the Old and New Testaments and books from the works of Emanuel Swedenborg.

Based on public domain English language versions of the included books, Small Canon Search™ provides basic and advanced search functionality for users and emphasizes reading scripture as a spiritual discipline.

"We are trying to raise an awareness of the difference between the traditions of men and the Words of God," Simons says, "We believe that all religious texts have value to the study and understanding of history and theology. Redrawing the line between revelation and inspiration is just one of the many ways that Jesus gives us the opportunity to reexamine our traditions and theology in order to discover His eternal message for our lives."

The Second Advent Christian™ movement was started by Simons in 2005 with the hope of uniting the body of the church through sharing the gospel of Christ's Second Coming. For more information, visit http://www.restyn.com/.

Pastor Explains New Paradigm for Christianity in Recent Book

2005-12-15T17:00:00.000-05:00

LUTHERVILLE, MD., December 15, 2005 - Restyn, LLC, a religious publishing company based in Lutherville, Maryland, has released its first book, Be of Good Cheer: Discovering the Redeeming Quality of Struggle. The book, written by Pittsburgh-area pastor and first-time author Ethan McCardell, describes a new way of looking at Christian life and values.

McCardell, a leading voice in the small but growing Second Advent Christianity movement, discusses his view of God's ability to make His presence known in the life of any person in any circumstance - and any faith - if they are receptive to Him.

"God created you because He loves you," McCardell says. "He created you to go to heaven if you want to be with Him. On a deep, spiritual level, people know this and want a relationship with God, but don't know how to get there."

McCardell describes his first book as a tool to help people enrich and deepen their spiritual lives and strengthen their connection with God. The book, organized as a 21-day devotional road map, reviews the spiritual history of the human race and discusses how this relates to each person's walk with God.

"As a Christian pastor, I have what you might call a 'temptation ministry,'" McCardell says. "Every lesson we learn about our relationship with God can be summed up in how we deal with challenge or, as the Bible calls it, temptation. The knowledge we have about who God is and how He works continually for our salvation helps us overcome temptation in all its forms."

McCardell is the pastor of the Sower's Chapel in Sarver, Pennsylvania. Together with his wife Jessica, he has dedicated his life to sharing the gospel of the Lord God Jesus Christ through ministry and teaching. You can learn more about McCardell and his ministry at http://www.ethanmccardell.com/.