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Author : Francis D. Egan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (826 download)
Download or read book The Tarnished Image of God written by Francis D. Egan and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven D. Boyer
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441240179
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)
Download or read book The Mystery of God written by Steven D. Boyer and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can I know God if he is incomprehensible? Is it possible to know God in a way that takes seriously the fact that he is beyond knowledge? Steven Boyer and Christopher Hall argue that the "mystery of God" has a rightful place in theological discourse. They contend that considering divine incomprehensibility invites reverence and humility in our thinking and living as Christians and clarifies a variety of theological topics. The authors begin by investigating the biblical, historical, and practical foundations for understanding the mystery of God. They then spell out its implications for theological issues and practices such as the incarnation, salvation, and prayer, rooting knowledge of God in a concrete life of faith. Evangelical yet ecumenical, this book will appeal to theology students, pastors, church leaders, and all who want intellectual and practical guidance for knowing the unknowable God.
Author : Simon Peter Kyambadde
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1412033667
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)
Download or read book In God's Own Image written by Simon Peter Kyambadde and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating modern psychological insights with Christian biblical teaching, In God's Own Image is a useful tool to the individual or group seeking personal growth, as well as to a counsellor, spiritual director or growth facilitator assisting others in that all important journey of human growth. it proceeds in three main steps: first portraying the ideal of the personality as God meant it to be, then the reality of what we are that includes goodness and deformation, and finally exmining how we can reclaim the ideal, both for ourselves and for those we assist; whether individually or as groups. The material is arranged under three parts. Part I describes the ideal: What god meant us to be. Part II describes the reality: what we actually are with both our original beauty and our fallen nature. Part III describes what we can become, how we can move towards our original beauty. A fundamental attitude to have in the arduous struggle of human growth - whether this concerns one's own growth or one's duty in assisting the growth of others - involves three convictions: 1) Change is difficult. A realistic appraisal of this fact doe not lead to discouragement. On the contrary it leads to perseverance, to patience, endurance, courage, and acceptance of occasional failure - all factors that accompany genuine growth. It helps us avoid the pitfall of looking for quick tangible results. 2) Change is important. In fact conversion and growth are not just important, they are fundamental to a life worth living. Striving towards our ideal self is the most important thing in our lives. For that reason it is worth spending on it every ounce of strength in us. When we are convinced of this then we are motivated to work for it. 3) Change is Possible. It is possible to improve, to be converted and to grow. When we have struggled to overcome one difficulty or another for years without visible success, we may get into the belief that it is hopeless to think of the possibility of overcoming the diffficulties. But the good news about each one of us is that however much the beautiful image of God in us has been tarnished and disfigured, we have the possibility to have it restored to its original beauty.
Author : Susan Windley-Daoust
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780761824398
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (243 download)
Download or read book The Redeemed Image of God written by Susan Windley-Daoust and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2002 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Redeemed Image of God examines the classical development of imago Dei, the image of God, in Christian theology, and reconstructs the doctrine in order to recover the role of the image in redemption and the importance of human embodiment in salvific relationships. The author argues that the imago Dei is the point of contact that enables a rich web of relationships to others, but most importantly the redemptive relationship to the Other, God
Author : Mark A. Scott
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0879079037
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)
Download or read book At Home With Saint Benedict written by Mark A. Scott and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Home with Saint Benedict is a selection of the author's conferences on Saint Benedict's Rule for Monasteries delivered to the monks of Assumption Abbey of Ava, Missouri, when he was abbot there. The author's intention was simply to share with his brother monks what Saint Benedict through his sixth-century Rule might have to offer monks of the early twenty-first century. It is hoped that these conferences, published here, will now speak to men and women outside the monastic cloister. This book is a door to the chapter room of Assumption Abbey. Readers are invited to open the door, sit down with the monks and their abbot, and feel at home with Saint Benedict. Mark A. Scott, OCSO, is a monk of the Trappist-Cistercian Abbey of New Clairvaux, Vina, California, which he entered in 1978. From 2000 to 2008 he served as appointed superior and then abbot of Assumption Abbey, Ava, Missouri.
Author : John Milbank
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134642644
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Radical Orthodoxy written by John Milbank and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-31 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radical Orthodoxy is a new wave of theological thinking that aims to reclaim the world by situating its concerns and activities within a theological framework, re-injecting modernity with theology. This collection of papers is essential reading for anyone eager to understand religion, theology, and philosophy in a completely new light.
Author : William T. Cavanaugh
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780567088772
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (887 download)
Download or read book Theopolitical Imagination written by William T. Cavanaugh and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critique of modern Western civilization, including contemporary concerns of consumerism, capitalism, globalization, and poverty, from the perspective of a believing Catholic. Responding to Enlightenment and Postmodernist views of the social and economic realities of our time, Cavanaugh engages with contemporary concerns--consumerism, late capitalism, globalization, poverty--in a way reminiscent of Rowan Williams (Lost Icons), Nicholas Boyle (Who Are We Now?) and Michel de Certeau. "Consumption of the Eucharist," he argues, "consumes one into the narrative of the pilgrim City of God, whose reach extends beyond the global to embrace all times and places." He develops the theme of the Eucharist as the basis for Christian resistance to the violent disciplines of state, civil society and globalization.
Author : Chris Woodall
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532642180
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)
Download or read book Minor Prophets in a Major Key written by Chris Woodall and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Scripture is God-breathed, but not every portion of it is embraced by Christians with equal vigor. Tribal lists, specific sacrificial obligations, seemingly endless genealogical records, and apparently gratuitous acts of warfare are readily scanned over. But could the minor prophets be added to that list? Should they be? They certainly seem more difficult to locate for many of us than, say, the books of Moses or the Psalms. The writer is clear in his assessment from the start, positing that our relative ignorance of these twelve books, tucked away at the end of the Old Testament, impinges negatively on the Christian believer's walk. Covering a period of around four hundred years, each book is revealed through two contextual settings: the historical and that which was personal to the individual pensmith, before a brief overview reveals the main points of that author's writing. The bulk of each chapter is concerned with the ""Major Key"" of the title. Taking a verse or two from each of the minor prophets, Chris Woodall develops a theme to bring practical application with a potentially positive impact to life as a Christian in the twenty-first century from lessons over two-and-a-half thousand years old. Chris Woodall is former Associate Professor of Dogmatics at North-West University, South Africa. This is his fourth book for Wipf and Stock. The first three, Covenant: the Basis of God's Self-Disclosure (2011), Kingdom: the Expression of God's Rule (2012), and Atonement: God's Means of Effecting Man's Reconciliation (2015) are also available from this publisher and other outlets.
Author : Donald E. Gowan
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664223946
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (239 download)
Download or read book The Westminster Theological Wordbook of the Bible written by Donald E. Gowan and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Westminster Theological Wordbook of the Bible an outstanding group of biblical scholars explain key theological and ethical words of the Bible (New Revised Standard Version). In its exploring groups of related words and drawing the reader into the meanings of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, Gowan's Wordbook will prove immensely helpful in understanding important terms such as "Just," "Kingdom of God," "Resurrection," and "Son of Man."
Author : Patrick Whitworth
Publisher : Sacristy Press
ISBN 13 : 1908381671
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Three Wise Men from the East written by Patrick Whitworth and published by Sacristy Press. This book was released on 2015-04-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, Patrick Whitworth explores the writings of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory Nazianzen and shares their understanding of the purpose and scope of theology.
Author : Randy Langham
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1973668920
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (736 download)
Download or read book Standing for God's Ideal written by Randy Langham and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The libraries, counseling offices, and even pastors have a variety of viewpoints on divorce and remarriage. When you study these sources, you may discover two common approaches they give for deriving their conclusions. One popular approach comes from the personal experiences of the authors or from the experiences of those close to them. For many authors who are Christians, additional scientific research and Bible verses are added. Another popular approach comes from ministers and/or biblical scholars who evaluate the dozen or so scripture passages directly related to divorce. The authors suggest a biblical understanding of marriage and divorce, which comes from the study of these selected passages. Then you come across this book. The approach of this book is very different. The first part of the book pursues where truth originates. This becomes the foundation for building any faith structure. The next phase of the book looks at the big picture of truth and how it relates to life and, eventually, to aspects of marriage. After presenting the big picture, the book moves to the third phase, which looks at the details of some related passages. In addition to a focus on the true source of truth and a focus on the macroscopic in balance with the microscopic, the book adds another unique feature—fallacies. Thirty-four fallacies expose many false beliefs that are common today. May you look beyond the black-and-white perspectives of dos and don’ts and move to the life of living color, which God makes available to each of us when we put our trust in him and choose to stand for God’s ideal. His principles for life are practical and not a bunch of rigid rules. His truths lead us to an abundant life filled with relevance.
Author : Dr John Jackson
Publisher : VisionQuest Ministries
ISBN 13 : 9780971648920
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (489 download)
Download or read book Four Weeks to Healthier Relationships written by Dr John Jackson and published by VisionQuest Ministries. This book was released on 2004 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual will improve readers' relationships with friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers--one relationship at a time. The powerful journey takes only four weeks to start building and enjoying healthier interaction.
Author : Scott W. Sunquist
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1441242147
Total Pages : 741 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)
Download or read book Understanding Christian Mission written by Scott W. Sunquist and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 741 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive introduction helps students, pastors, and mission committees understand contemporary Christian mission historically, biblically, and theologically. Scott Sunquist, a respected scholar and teacher of world Christianity, recovers missiological thinking from the early church for the twenty-first century. He traces the mission of the church throughout history in order to address the global church and offers a constructive theology and practice for missionary work today. Sunquist views spirituality as the foundation for all mission involvement, for mission practice springs from spiritual formation. He highlights the Holy Spirit in the work of mission and emphasizes its trinitarian nature. Sunquist explores mission from a primarily theological--rather than sociological--perspective, showing that the whole of Christian theology depends on and feeds into mission. Throughout the book, he presents Christian mission as our participation in the suffering and glory of Jesus Christ for the redemption of the nations.
Author : Lewis S. Ford
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780823211029
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Explorations in Whitehead's Philosophy written by Lewis S. Ford and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the authors of the sixteen essays gathered in this volume are concerned, in their different ways, to clarify, criticize, and develop key ideas and insights of Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947), one of the towering figures of twentieth-century speculative thought, whose "process philosophy" has, in recent decades, aroused intense intellectual interest both in this country and abroad. The present volume is intended to complement, but not to duplicate, an earlier selection of important Whitehead studies, Alfred North Whitehead: Essays on His Philosophy, ed. G. L. Kline (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1963).
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Publisher : Inter-Varsity Press
ISBN 13 : 1783597313
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (835 download)
Download or read book Food for the Journey written by and published by Inter-Varsity Press. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the best teaching from the most-well known speakers from over the years at the Keswick Convention. These readings will teach, inspire and encourage from across the whole canon of scripture. The books and speakers include:- Michael Baughan – 2 Timothy Alec Motyer – 1 Thessalonians Simon Manchester – John 14-17 Stuart Briscoe – James Alistair Begg – Ruth Liam Goligher – Ezekiel Charles Price - Hebrews Paul Mallard – Revelation Jonathan Lamb – Habukkuk John Stott – Romans 5-8 Chris Wright - Numbers Steve Brady - Colossians
Author : Ian Alexander McFarland
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451409864
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The Divine Image written by Ian Alexander McFarland and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theologian Ian McFarland claims that Christians have mainly misappropriated the "image of God" language for 2000 years and thereby missed a rich resource for our knowledge of God. What, then, does it mean to say that we are made in God's image, or that Christ is the very image or prototype of God? Rather than referring to some germinal divine element in humans, such as reason, McFarland claims that the image of God in us tells us something about God and how we know God. It tells us that God, though not identical with us, communicates Godself to us in creative love, in a way that offers precious clues about God's transcendence, immanence, triune life, self-disclosure, incarnation, and intentions for human life. Too, we "learn from Jesus something new about God." Gathered as Christ's body, the church too images God and sets us on a quest to discern the image of God in Christ's incarnate body. McFarland's careful and exacting work builds from this kernel a powerful Christian vision of God's life and our own destiny in Christ.
Author : Andrew Staron
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506416713
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Gift of Love written by Andrew Staron and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gift of Love explores the intelligibility of Augustine’s claim that we come to know and encounter God in and through our love. Building upon the discoveries of recent scholarship, Andrew Staron reads Augustine’s De Trinitate not as presenting the Trinity as a concept to be grasped, but rather as a rational study of the limits of theological language and the possibility of coming to know the Trinity because of those limits. Human dependence on God’s initiative indicates that the Trinitarian God of love is knowable only through attention to how God’s self-revelation transforms and saves us. Therefore, to see God, one seeks to mark love’s formative activity within the heart. Jean-Luc Marion’s rigorous description of the gift of love offers to Augustine’s theology a phenomenological texture by which the Trinitarian love given in revelation might be made incarnate in one’s life. The Gift of Love presents a reason for hope that while coming to know “the Trinity that God is” might be impossible for human beings, it is made possible by God’s antecedent gift of love, given in the missions Son and Holy Spirit, and iconically received in the particularity of one’s own love.
