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Did you know that there is a musical score embedded in the Hebrew Bible? The Song in the Night presents this astonishing fact. Experts have argued over what the music is for over 1000 years. Now you can examine the key to the music and imagine how the whole song might sound. You can see clearly how the accents in the text translate into music and marvel how our ancestors designed this elegant insight to the tone of voice that is still there in the Bible. How valuable it is to hear the Word...
| Автор | Bob MacDonald |
Joanna Kohler treasures the independence her Amish quilt shop provides. She rarely leans on others, yet finding an injured woman on her property makes her grateful for the store owner next door, Noah Troyer. Calm and unflappable, Noah offers support. He also points out the strong resemblance between Joanna and the unconscious stranger… Noah may admire Joanna, but the bishop's daughter is out of reach. Though he's made a good life, Noah still feels shadowed by the shame his father...
| Автор | Marta Perry |
This bestselling textbook surveys the grand narrative of the Bible, demonstrating how the biblical story forms the foundation of a Christian worldview. The second edition has been thoroughly revised. Additional material is available online through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources, offering course help for professors and study aids for students. Resources include discussion questions, a Bible reading schedule, an adult Bible class schedule, and a course syllabus.
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Today’s culture and others’ views, even those of other Christians, can present a distorted view of God. Some suggest God exudes qualities He does not possess such as being unloving or apathetic toward His creation. In a world where we find people creating God in their own image, studying God’s names can remind us that we are created in His. In fact, one of the best ways to know God’s true character and grow closer to Him is to study His names. In The...
| Автор | Melissa Spoelstra |
Given recent work in quantum physics suggesting that our world is just one world in a series of many, Leland Royce Harper calls for a shift in our concept of the monotheistic God of Judeo-Christian tradition. In Multiverse Deism: Shifting Perspectives of God and the World , Harper argues that those who wish to maintain that the Judeo-Christian God exists ought to revise how they define this God and what they expect of Him so as to maintain consistency between modern theism and the growing body...
| Автор | Leland Royce Harper |
In 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer—a theologian and pastor—was executed by the Nazis for his resistance to their unspeakable crimes against humanity. He was only 39 years old when he died, but Bonhoeffer left behind volumes of work exploring theological and ethical themes that have now inspired multiple generations of scholars, students, pastors, and activists. This book highlights the ways Dietrich Bonhoeffer's work informs political theology and examines...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
In Exile and Otherness: The Ethics of Shinran and Maimonides , Ilana Maymind argues that Shinran (1173 – 1263), the founder of True Pure Land Buddhism (Jodo Shinshu), and Maimonides (1138 – 1204), a Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, and physician, were both deeply affected by their conditions of exile as shown in the construction of their ethics. By juxtaposing the exilic experiences of two contemporaries who are geographically and culturally separated and yet share some of...
| Автор | Ilana Maymind |
A picture book to guide the reader through different emotions and reactions related to grieving. The text and illustrations of this lushly colored picture book guide the reader through different emotions and reactions related to grieving, including shock, tears, anger, and hope. My Favorite Color is Blue. Sometimes. is a children's picture book by design, but accessible to people of all ages. Following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, author Roger Hutchison...
| Автор | Roger Hutchison |
Beautiful New Expanded Edition Includes: Blessing and prayers Special presentation pages Photos of readers’ beloved companions Franciscan Jack Wintz wants you to know—the Bible gives us many clues that we will be with our pets in heaven for eternity! “Our God is a God of overflowing love, goodness, and beauty who is ready to give over everything to those he loves. This goodness is reflected in the whole family of creation. When God says of any creature, whether human or nonhuman, that it is...
| Автор | Jack Wintz |
Drug violence, revenge killings, and kidnapping are nothing new along the U.S.-Mexican border. But now teenage girls are disappearing from the Apache reservations of Arizona and New Mexico. Apache tribal cop Pilar To-Clanny and FBI Special Agent Alex Torres have a long and tumultuous history. When someone close to them disappears, Pilar and Alex must risk everything to rescue the child, including facing the unresolved issues of the past, and venture into the no-man’s land of the drug...
| Автор | Lisa Carter |
Together Forever is the touching story of a young girl's sadness over the death of her brother. Full of grief, she dreams of her brother. In the dream her brother helps her to know that heaven is more beautiful and more wonderful than any place on earth. Her brother assures her that he is happy in heaven and will wait to be with her again. She comes to understand that someday they will be together again, forever in heaven. This beautiful book will help comfort children...
| Автор | Jeannie St. John Taylor |
@stickyjesus is a fusion of discipleship, faith sharing, marketing, and a Get Started 101 on Twitter, Facebook and blogging. @stickyjesus lays out the current day reality—the good, the bad, and the ugly—and challenges Christ followers to regain our God-given dominion on earth, which includes the Internet. With knowledge, skills, and Holy Spirit guidance, we encourage believers to dig in and learn how to navigate this online world together—and give Christ a...
| Автор | Toni Birdsong |
Una clara, concisa y atrayente introducción a un campo que esta regresando una vez mas, especialmente entre los laicos comprometidos con el renovado interés en el crecimiento espiritual dentro del contexto de una tradición eclesiástica. Como historiadores del cristianismo, los autores de este libro ofrecen una introducción a las doctrinas cristianas tradicionales. Escrito en un estilo claro directo, este libro presenta una reseña de las raíces, los contextos particulares, y los entendimientos...
| Автор | Justo L. Gonzalez |
Few biblical books so widely and deeply resonate with spiritual pilgrims as the Psalms. Rich in powerful and evocative imagery, reflecting timeless human emotions and experiences ranging from the depths of despair to the highest joy, these ancient writings affirm the eternal truths that God is present, God loves, God cares, and God saves. From the heartfelt cries of individuals and the story of the Israelite nation woven throughout, contemporary readers join the psalmists in seeking and finding...
| Автор | Simon Peter Iredale |
Study the whole Bible in a year with J. Ellsworth Kalas. The Grand Sweep: 365 Days from Genesis through Revelation guides adults to read through the Bible in a year, reading three to four chapters daily. The Psalms and Proverbs are scattered throughout the reading as devotional elements. Because the plan moves through the Bible in biblical sequence, readers grasp the grand weep of the Scriptures–something missed in most Bible studies that take up only a certain book or section of the Bible....
| Автор | J. Ellsworth Kalas |
Based on Bishop Joseph Walker's powerful book: <em>Date with Destiny: Find the Love You Need<br /> <br /> </em>Bishop Walker contends that finding the love you need only happens when you discover your true purpose for living. <br /> <em><br /> Date with Destiny</em>:<em> 40 Devotions to Help You Find the Love You Need</em> takes you through heartfelt, biblically inspired devotions that encourage and equip you for loving...
| Автор | Joseph W. Walker III |
Are you standing on the promises or just sitting on the premises? Do you claim and embrace and celebrate the great promises of God that are underscored again and again in the Bible? Or do you sit lifelessly and listlessly on the remote edges of the church, responding halfheartedly to its message? In this new edition of his inspiring book, James W. Moore awakens us with these questions and reminds us of the awesome promises of God that are found in the Bible. On page after page of the...
| Автор | James W. Moore |
Lucy and Charlie Tuttle agree on one thing: they’re committed to each other for life. Trouble is, neither of them expected life to look like this. While Charlie retired early, Lucy is devoted to a long-term career . . . until the day she has no choice. <br> <br> Forced to retire from her position as music educator in a small Midwestern K-8 school, Lucy can only watch helplessly as the program her father started years ago disintegrates before her eyes. As the music fades...
| Автор | Cynthia Ruchti |
As mothers, daughters, spouses, friends, or co-workers, and daughters of a loving God, women are influencers and role models to the people they interact with every day. But what can women do on a daily basis to show God’s grace and love to others? The 100 devotionals in In the Light of the New Day: Daily Reflections on Finding Your Purpose affirms the reader’s worth and the love God has for them, strengthening them to live their faith in a way that attracts others to the...
| Автор | Abingdon |
This story of forgiveness tells of a little boy who does something «bad» for which he thinks he cannot be forgiven. He does a number of «good» things, but every time someone thanks him and says that he is «good,» he feels «bad.» His mother assures him that she can forgive him and that Jesus will as well. We never know what the «bad» thing actually is as he whispers in his mother's ear, which will allow each child to identify with the situation. Ages 5-8.
| Автор | Jeannie St. John Taylor |
As Christmas 1946 draws near, thirty-something marine officer-turned-homicide detective Lane Walker has his hands full. Three men with seemingly no relationship to each other have been murdered, including the powerful District Attorney. The only connection between the crimes? The weapons: twenty-year-old unopened fruitcake tins manufactured by a company that is no longer in business. While some foods may be to die for, fruitcake isn't one of them! This heaping helping of murder will be no...
| Автор | Ace Collins |
E. Stanley Jones wrote Victorious Living in 1936 to respond to inquirers who had come to him morally and spiritually defeated. They were inwardly beaten, thus outwardly ineffective. The book responds with individual and social emphases, and goes step by step, as if on a ladder, to work through the pressing questions of the inner life and how it extends outward: How do we achieve a life evidencing the peace that passes understanding, even in ourselves, let alone passing it on? What makes the...
| Автор | E. Stanley Jones |
The devastating earthquake is just two years past, but the city of San Francisco is still trying to recover. Destruction of this magnitude is not so easy to overcome-and neither are the past regrets shadowing Elizabeth King's hopeful future.<br> <br> Hoping to right her wrongs, Elizabeth dedicates herself to helping girls rescued from slavery in Chinatown brothels, even if it means putting her own life at risk to sneak through the gloomy alleys and rooftops where dangers...
| Автор | Karen Barnett |
How many things does your church do just because that's the way it's always been done? Does your congregation value tradition over passion and stability over creativity? If so, it's time to unLearn. Leading congregations into a dynamic and prophetic future requires unLearning what you thought you knew about the church, leadership, and life. Pastor Michael Slaughter casts a vision for innovative and authentic congregations, and for the kind of leadership that can bring...
| Автор | Mike Slaughter |