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The Ironic Christian's Companion

Author : Patrick Henry
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101664711
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Ironic Christian's Companion written by Patrick Henry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prominent religious scholar who isn't afraid to shake our assumptions and probe our imaginations, Patrick Henry has written a guide for the "ironic Christian"—one who strives to integrate truth with faith, to let an expanding knowledge of the world translate into an expanded understanding of God. Drawing on the works of a diverse group of writers and thinkers, from C.S. Lewis and Julian of Norwich to Anne Sexton, Yogi Berra, and Dr. Seuss, he explores the ways in which we can maintain our belief in a God defined by mysteriousness. With humor, humility, and courage, he asks us to join him in this spiritual quest—and in the dizzying, thrilling leaps that faith invites.

Benedictine Options

Author : Patrick Henry
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 081466685X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Benedictine Options written by Patrick Henry and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You want insights for living? Look to people whose understandings have been practiced for fifteen hundred years. Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica, his twin sister, established a flexible pattern that has adopted, adapted, challenged—and outlived—myriad cultures. Their sons and daughters today, who devote their time and talents to the “school for the Lord’s service” launched by the Rule of Benedict, demonstrate a whole range of options that are accessible to anyone. It is a mistake to think that “forsaking the world” is the Benedictine option. Options (plural) are, instead, “for the sake of the world.”

Broken Hallelujah

Author : Darren J. N. Middleton
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739119273
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Broken Hallelujah written by Darren J. N. Middleton and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marking the fiftieth anniversary of Kazantzakis's death, author Darren J. N. Middleton looks back on Kazantzakis's life and literary art to suggest that, contrary to popular belief, Kazantzakis and his views actually comport with the ideals of Christianity.

Flashes of Grace

Author : Patrick Henry
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467461547
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book Flashes of Grace written by Patrick Henry and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I don’t know how to say what the grace of God is. What I can say is what it’s like for me.” We all know about grace being amazing—after all, there’s a whole song about it—but Patrick Henry reminds us that that’s not all it is. It’s also intimidating, disorienting, demanding, reassuring, and sometimes even just downright mind-boggling. Describing thirty-three different aspects of grace based on his everyday experiences, Henry tells the story of a grace that is wide-ranging and comprehensive—if not always comprehensible. Rather than trying to capture and tame his encounters with God, he lets the mystery of memory speak for itself, exemplifying his mantra that being a Christian is about being “an explorer, not a colonizer.” Flashes of Grace is wise and grounded, earnest and light, faithful and quirky. Henry describes encountering grace in airports, baseball, hazelnuts, and just about anywhere else you can imagine, while engaging with dialogue partners ranging from King Saul and Saint Augustine to Yogi Berra and Captain Picard. For anyone longing to connect (or reconnect) with God, this book provides a surprising journey that broadens perspectives and explores strange new worlds, while loosening stiff spiritual joints so movement can be free and spontaneous.

Christ's Victorious Church: Essays on Biblical Ecclesiology and Eschatology in Honor of Tom Friskney

Author : Jon A. Weatherly
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1579107389
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (791 download)

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Book Synopsis Christ's Victorious Church: Essays on Biblical Ecclesiology and Eschatology in Honor of Tom Friskney by : Jon A. Weatherly

Download or read book Christ's Victorious Church: Essays on Biblical Ecclesiology and Eschatology in Honor of Tom Friskney written by Jon A. Weatherly and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2001-08-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christ's Victorious Church represents the synthesis of concerns that made the teaching of Tom Friskney so influential. Written by some of his former students and colleagues, the essays in this collection combine interests in critically informed exegesis, the construction of a genuinely and comprehensively biblical theology, the lived experience of Christianity, and the proclamation of the gospel to the church and the world. Emphasizing the crucial biblical perspectives on the church as the people of God and the last things as the climax and fulfillment of God's work in the world, this volume celebrates and carries forward the legacy of a quietly inspiring scholar, teacher and minister.From 1954 to 2001, Tom Friskney taught as a professor at Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary. Though his many interests enabled him to teach a variety of subjects, his greatest impact was in New Testament studies. That impact can be seen in a generation of former students - serving as college and seminary educators, ministers and volunteers - who cite him as their formative influence. These essays, written by former students and colleagues to honor their mentor and friend, discuss the twin emphases of Tom Friskney's teaching, the church and the last things. In keeping with the honoree's wide-ranging pursuits, they vary from the scholarly to the homiletical to the reflective.

Outgrowing Church, 2nd ed.

Author : John Killinger
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532692773
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Book Synopsis Outgrowing Church, 2nd ed. by : John Killinger

Download or read book Outgrowing Church, 2nd ed. written by John Killinger and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are so many people drifting away from today's churches? John Killinger suggests that part of the problem is that they have personally outpaced the thinking and understanding of the church so that they no longer find it adequate as a social structure for the celebration of their faith. In their attempts to find Jesus and his teachings relevant within the new culture, they strike out on their own or adhere to para-Christian organizations that retain an allegiance to Jesus without the baggage of the traditional institution. Killinger, a former big-steeple minister and theologian, describes how he himself has been forced essentially to abandon the church in order to remain faithful to the beliefs and ideals that first drew him into it.

Freelance Christianity

Author : Vance G. Morgan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498299148
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Freelance Christianity written by Vance G. Morgan and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-06-08 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How can you be a Christian and a philosopher at the same time?" This question has haunted Vance Morgan ever since it was posed by a good friend almost thirty years ago. Freelance Christianity is rooted in Morgan's conviction that, far from being fundamentally opposed, truly philosophical energies and a commitment to a vibrant, lived faith are complementary, mutually supporting, and marks of a healthy quest for the divine. This book brings together his training as a philosopher and experience as a person of faith in an investigation of how the life of faith can be lived with a rigorous commitment to the pursuit of knowledge in real time.

Twentieth-Century Global Christianity

Author : Mary Farrell Bednarowski
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451414420
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Twentieth-Century Global Christianity written by Mary Farrell Bednarowski and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A specific focus and intent of this final volume of A People's History of Christianity is to delve behind the global phenomenon of Christianity to glimpse some of the very rich and dynamic lifeways within it. Ranging over the whole century and across several continents, the scholars in this volume probe Christians' creative encounters with popular culture, liturgy and spirituality, social change and Marxism, intrareligious and interreligious dialogue, and changes in gender expectations and roles. Includes 50 illustrations, maps, bibliographies, and an 8-page color gallery. Contributors include Mary Farrell Bednarowski; Mercy Oduyoye, Ghana; Patrick Henry, St. John's University; Bruce Forbes, Morningside College; Valerie Demarinis, Upsaala University; Rosetta E. Ross, Spelman College; Ada Mariacute;a Isasi-Diacute;az, Drew University; Mark Noll, Wheaton College; Ann Pederson, Augustana College; Eleazar Fernaacute;ndez, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities; Victoria Barnett United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Margaret Bendroth, American Congregational Association; Oscar Cole-Arnal, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary; Paul Mojzes, Rosemont College; Luis Rivera-Pagaacute;n, Princeton Theological Seminary; Ethan Sanders, University of Cambridge; Christina Traina, Northwestern University; Jean-Paul Wiest, University of San Francisco.

What's Good about this News?

Author : David Lyon Bartlett
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664225261
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book What's Good about this News? written by David Lyon Bartlett and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of the Gospels and the book of Galatians, David Bartlett explores how to reconcile the biblical text's message to our contemporary context and a particular congregation's character and need. While, as he shows, important continuities exist in the way the good news is understood throughout the New Testament, precisely what it looks like and how Christians respond to it differs between Mark, Paul, John, and the rest of the writers. Consequently, he demonstrates, preachers have options as they try to discern what news a congregation needs to hear on a particular Sunday. Including sample sermons,What's Good about This News?shows how each of these biblical texts remains a redemptive word for today's people.

A Matrix of Meanings (Engaging Culture)

Author : Craig Detweiler
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1585583324
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book A Matrix of Meanings (Engaging Culture) written by Craig Detweiler and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the glittering tinsel of Hollywood to the advertising slogan you can't get out of your head, we are surrounded by popular culture. In A Matrix of Meanings Craig Detweiler and Barry Taylor analyze aspects of popular culture and ask, What are they doing? What do they represent? and What do they say about the world in which we live? Rather than deciding whether Bono deserves our admiration, the authors examine the phenomenon of celebrity idolization. Instead of deciding whether Nike's "Just do it" campaign is morally questionable, they ask what its success reflects about our society. A Matrix of Meanings is a hip, entertaining guide to the maze of popular culture. Plentiful photos, artwork, and humorous sidebars make for delightful reading. Readers who distrust popular culture as well as those who love it will find useful insight into developing a Christian worldview in a secular culture.

Making a Mess and Meeting God

Author : Mandy Smith
Publisher : Standard Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0784723923
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Making a Mess and Meeting God written by Mandy Smith and published by Standard Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready to make a mess . . . and meet God along the way. Through playful experimentation and a dogged determination to meet God in every moment, "Making a Mess and Meeting God" provides new ways to grasp ancient truths. With these creative ideas for prayer, praise, and practice: - learn to slow down and enjoy the process. - rediscover your connection to God and others. - maybe even have a little fun.

Confirmed in a Faithful Community Candidate's Handbook

Author : Thomas Zanzig
Publisher : Saint Mary's Press
ISBN 13 : 0884898121
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Confirmed in a Faithful Community Candidate's Handbook written by Thomas Zanzig and published by Saint Mary's Press. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To make the experience of the process of preparation for Confirmation more enjoyable, fruitful, and memorable for young people, this handbook includes summaries and insights, journal-writing exercises, resources for personal and group prayer, Catholic Connections, Heart Links--poems, readings, and short stories--and much more! All theological content presented in Confirmed in a Faithful Community resources is drawn from the Candidate's Handbook (© 2006), which the Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has found to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Additional references from the sacred Scriptures and highlights from the Catechism help to underscore significant aspects of the teaching.

God and Elizabeth Bishop

Author : C. Walker
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403979480
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book God and Elizabeth Bishop written by C. Walker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-07-07 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In God and Elizabeth Bishop Cheryl Walker takes the bold step of looking at the work of Elizabeth Bishop as though it might have something fresh to say about religion and poetry. Going wholly against the tide of recent academic practice, especially as applied to Bishop, she delights in presenting herself as an engaged Christian who nevertheless believes that a skeptical modern poet might feed our spiritual hungers. This is a book that reminds us of the rich tradition of religious poetry written in English, at the same time taking delicious detours into realms of humour, social responsibility, and mysticism.

An Emerging Dictionary for the Gospel and Culture

Author : Leonard E. Hjalmarson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630879738
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book An Emerging Dictionary for the Gospel and Culture written by Leonard E. Hjalmarson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What? Another dictionary? Or really an anthology, organized alphabetically by virtue of a particular conversation. The idea for this project emerged from a free-for-all conversation around breakfast one morning. We had invoked any number of authors living and dead, and had spanned spirituality, leadership, education, philosophy, ecclesiology, and even cosmology. We heard from Augustine and Barth, Jim Wallis and Dallas Willard, referencing chaos and culture. Someone had even shared an ancient koan! Why . . . that's it. Why not a roving, eclectic dictionary that is both ridiculously current and particular, and at the same time broadly inclusive, reaching back to Augustine and St. Benedict. Why not write the ABCs of the emerging and missional conversation: this is Wishful Thinking (Buechner) meets A for Abductive (McLaren and Sweet) meets Soul Survivor (Yancey). And maybe there is just a touch of Brian McLaren in A Generous Orthodoxy. The rules are simple: no more than five words per letter; names and personalities can occur on either side, attached to a definition or as referencing a word or concept, and while the overall interest is theological, the focus is life and mission, not theory. Leave your luggage behind, climb aboard and join a journey of exploration that will enrich, challenge, and bring a smile to your face.

Benedict's Dharma

Author : Patrick Henry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 144110500X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Benedict's Dharma written by Patrick Henry and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-06-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Benedict's Rule is a set of guidelines that has governed Christian monastic life since the 6th century. Those who live according to the Rule regard it as the bedrock of their lives and feel great affection for its author. In this book four prominent Buddhist scholars turn their attention to the Rule. Through personal anecdotes, lively debate and thoughtful comparison, they reveal how the wisdom of each tradition can revitalise the other and how their own spiritual practices have been enriched through familiarity with the Rule. Their insights are written not only for Buddhists and Christians but for anyone interested in the ancient discipline of monasticism and what it might offer a materially glutted and spiritually famished culture. This book also includes a new translation of the Rule by the former Abbot of Ampleforth, Patrick Barry.

The Women Who Met Jesus

Author : Dorothy Valcárcel
Publisher : Revell
ISBN 13 : 1493417894
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book The Women Who Met Jesus written by Dorothy Valcárcel and published by Revell. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just like us, the women of New Testament times were ambitious, worried, broken, lonely, insecure, and unfulfilled. Discover the powerful stories of their encounters with the perfect, unconditional love of the Savior. Rather than trivializing their problems or ignoring women, Jesus responded to their deepest needs with compassion, reminding them of their value and transforming their past, present, and future. Let this engaging book introduce you to the man who loves women like no other.

A Geography of God

Author : Michael L. Lindvall
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611644127
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book A Geography of God written by Michael L. Lindvall and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2007-01-17 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Geography of God, popular author and preacher Michael Lindvall describes the life of a Christian as a journey with three parts: "Leaving for Home," "The Way," and "Life on the Road." The first part of the journey struggles with the question, why go anywhere at all, spiritually speaking? The second part names the road, the way found in the ancient map of God called the Trinity. The third part describes life on the road as many others have known it: full of mile markers, road signs, warnings of perilous curves, refreshments for the weary, and notices of lively things to be seen along the way. This wonderfully written book provides readers with some hints about what they may experience during their individual journeys. This book is ideal as devotional reading for all Christians, and it provides helpful explanations of many of Christianity's foundational beliefs for those new to the Christian faith. Educators and pastors will also welcome the book as a help for sermon illustrations and adult and young adult study classes.