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Joseph's Dilemma

Author : Ervin R. Stutzman
Publisher : MennoMedia, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0836198956
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book Joseph's Dilemma written by Ervin R. Stutzman and published by MennoMedia, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 2 of the Return to Northkill trilogy. Unwilling captive or adopted son? Amish teen Joseph Hochstetler is taken into captivity by Native Americans during the French and Indian War. Initially he resists the Indians’ attempts to help him adapt to their ways—their food, games, and relaxed pace of life. In this story of forbidden love, Joseph finds himself pressed between his unfolding romance with a young Indian woman and the tug of his heritage. His eyes newly opened to the wrongs committed by the white settlers, Joseph determines never to go back to his Amish community. But the encroaching British army soon forces the Indians to give up their captives under threat of death. Based on actual events, Joseph’s Dilemma traces the wrenching dilemma of a young man caught between his Amish past, his love for a woman, and an unknown future. Continues the story started in Jacob’s Choice. Free downloadable study guide available here.

Joseph's Dilemma

Author : Matthew J Marohl
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 0227903226
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (279 download)

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Download or read book Joseph's Dilemma written by Matthew J Marohl and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the birth of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew is told in eight verses. Embedded in this short narrative is "Joseph's dilemma". Listeners are told that: "When Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit" (1:18). What happens next has long been debated. We are made to assume that Joseph discovers that Mary is pregnant, but that he does not know that she is with child from the Holy Spirit. This information is made known to Joseph later by an angel of the Lord who appeared to him in a dream. In the meantime, Joseph must decide what he will do with Mary. We are told: "Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly" (1:19). The discussion of this verse generally focuses on two questions. First, did Joseph suspect Mary of adultery? Second, if he did suspect Mary of adultery, what where his options? While there is some diversity in the way that these questions are answered, the majority of modern interpreters envision only one option - that of divorce. The dilemma, then, is whether Joseph will divorce Mary "publicly" or "privately". While these questions are important, neither adequately addresses Joseph's dilemma. In this book, Matthew J. Marohl argues that early Christ-followers understood Joseph's dilemma to involve an assumption of adultery and the subsequent possibility of the killing of Mary. Worded differently, Joseph's dilemma involves the possibility of an honor killing. If Joseph reveals that Mary is pregnant she will be killed. If Joseph conceals Mary's pregnancy, he will be opposing the law of the Lord. What is a "righteous" man to do?

The Inventor's Dilemma

Author : David Jacques Gerber
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300123507
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Inventor's Dilemma written by David Jacques Gerber and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary life and career of the iconic twentieth-century inventor, technologist, and business magnate H. Joseph Gerber is described in a fascinating biography written by his son, David, based on unique access to unpublished sources. A Holocaust survivor whose early experiences shaped his ethos of invention, Gerber pioneered important developments in engineering, electronics, printing, apparel, aerospace, and numerous other areas, playing an essential role in the transformation of American industry. Gerber's story is remarkable and inspiring, and his method, redolent of Edison's and Sperry's, holds a key to a restored national economy and American creative vitality in the twenty-first century.

Understanding Jesus

Author : Joe Amaral
Publisher : FaithWords
ISBN 13 : 1455512494
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Jesus written by Joe Amaral and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2011-09-10 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern-day Christians often bring their own presuppositions and assumptions to the reading of the Bible, not realizing how deeply their understanding of Christ's life and teachings is affected by a 21st-century worldview. In Understanding Jesus, author Joe Amaral delves deep into Jewish history, societal mores, and cultural traditions, closing the gap created by geographical distance and over two thousand years of history. Using a chronological approach to the life of Christ, he guides the reader through significant events such as Jesus' birth, baptism, and crucifixion, pointing out illuminating details that that the Western mind would normally miss. Amaral's premise is that to understand Jesus, we must understand the time and place in which he was born, the background from which he drew his illustrations, and the audience he spoke to. Throughout the book he explores specific terms, places, and events for their significance and shows how they add richness and meaning to the text. Topics include the connection between Jesus and John the Baptist, the annual Feasts and why they are important to modern Christianity, Jewish customs such as foot-washing, clean and unclean foods, paying tribute to political governments, and the significance of various miracles. In Understanding Jesus, Amaral draws back the curtain on a way of life that existed during the reign of the Caesars, and in doing so, reveals truths about the way we live more than two thousand years later, half a world away.

Unexpected New Life

Author : Matthew J. Marohl
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606087975
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Unexpected New Life written by Matthew J. Marohl and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-18 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ". . . from expected death comes unexpected new life!" The Gospel of Matthew does not shy away from the realities of struggle, suffering, doubt, and death. Yet, from the first names in the genealogy to the last words spoken by Jesus, the Gospel testifies to the promise that from expected death comes unexpected new life. Through the actions of Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba, we experience the expectation of death and the promise of unexpected new life. In the birth story of Jesus, Joseph suspects Mary of committing adultery. It is this dilemma that is the focus of the narrative. If he reveals her pregnancy, she could be killed. If he conceals her pregnancy, he will be going against the law of the Lord. What is a righteous man to do? In Joseph's dilemma, this experience of expected death, the Gospel of Matthew proclaims the promise of unexpected new life. The promise of unexpected new life is a theme that continues throughout Matthew's Gospel in the life and ministry of Jesus. The call of his disciples is a call from death to new life. The teaching of Jesus focuses on the experience of death and the promise of new life. In both healing and curing, Jesus brings unexpected new life to those who face death. But it is the death and resurrection of Jesus that is the climax of unexpected new life in the Gospel of Matthew. Even as Jesus experiences a most horrific and humiliating death in the crucifixion, death and the grave do not have the final say. In bearing witness to Jesus' resurrection, the Gospel of Matthew proclaims the magnificent promise of unexpected new life. Matthew J. Marohl invites you in these pages to read the Gospel of Matthew in a new way, from a fresh perspective. Integrating insights from the study of Mediterranean anthropology, Marohl makes the cultural world of the Gospel come alive, so that as you read Matthew again (or perhaps for the first time) you will certainly experience the powerful promise that from expected death comes unexpected new life!

Angels in the Bible

Author : Elaine Murray Stone
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809167296
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book Angels in the Bible written by Elaine Murray Stone and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents Old and New Testament Bible stories involving angels and emphasizes that angels are guided by God and should not themselves be worshipped.

Joseph the Carpenter

Author : Philip Walker Jacobs
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004397523
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Joseph the Carpenter written by Philip Walker Jacobs and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ground-breaking examination of responses to Joseph the Carpenter, Dr. Jacobs offers fresh insight into the historic understanding and perception of this often forgotten figure. Challenging assumptions about the ways Joseph was understood and perceived in the first several centuries of Christianity, Jacobs begins his study with a thorough review of the earliest narrative portrayals of Joseph in the New Testament. Subsequently, he carefully traces the diverse responses to Joseph through the analysis of numerous works of art and narratives. In the process, he documents the presence of two trajectories: one, the most dominant, which affirms the roles of Joseph presented in the nativity accounts and highlights his significance and, another, which diminishes these roles and, consequently, Joseph's significance. While Jacobs's study documents the presence of tensions with respect to understanding and perception of Joseph within this period of Christianity, it also reveals that Joseph had much more importance than has previously been acknowledged.

T&T Clark Social Identity Commentary on the New Testament

Author : J. Brian Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567667855
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book T&T Clark Social Identity Commentary on the New Testament written by J. Brian Tucker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The T & T Clark Social Identity Commentary on the New Testament is a one-of-a-kind comprehensive Bible resource that highlights the way the NT seeks to form the social identity of the members of the earliest Christ-movement. By drawing on the interpretive resources of social-scientific theories-especially those related to the formation of identity-interpreters generate new questions that open fruitful identity-related avenues into the text. It provides helpful introductions to each NT book that focus on various social dimensions of the text as well as a commentary structure that illuminates the text as a work of social influence. The commentary offers methodologically informed discussions of difficult and disputed passages and highlights cultural contexts in theoretically informed ways-drawing on resources from social anthropology, historical sociology, or social identity theory. The innovative but careful scholarship of these writers, most of whom have published monographs on some aspect of social identity within the New Testament, brings to the fore often overlooked social and communal aspects inherent in the NT discourse. The net result is a more concrete articulation of some of the every-day lived experiences of members of the Christ-movement within the Roman Empire, while also offering further insight into the relationship between existing and new identities that produced diverse expressions of the Christ-movement during the first century. The SICNT shows that identity-formation is at the heart of the NT and it offers insights for leaders of faith communities addressing these issues in contemporary contexts.

Drilling Down

Author : Joseph A. Tainter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441976779
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Drilling Down written by Joseph A. Tainter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-18 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic growth is good, necessary, and even inevitable, but also feel a sense of unease about the simultaneous growth of complexity in the processes and institutions that generate and manage that growth. As societies grow more complex through the bounty of cheap energy, they also confront problems that seem to increase in number and severity. In this era of fossil fuels, cheap energy and increasing complexity have been in a mutually-reinforcing spiral. The more energy we have and the more problems our societies confront, the more we grow complex and require still more energy. How did our demand for energy, our technological prowess, the resulting need for complex problem solving, and the end of easy oil conspire to make the Deepwater Horizon oil spill increasingly likely, if not inevitable? This book explains the real causal factors leading up to the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S. history, a disaster from which it will take decades to recover.

Matthew Through the Centuries

Author : Ian Boxall
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111858886X
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Matthew Through the Centuries written by Ian Boxall and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reception of the Gospel of Matthew over two millennia: commentary and interpretation Matthew Through the Centuries offers an overview of the reception history of one of the most prominent gospels in Christian worship. Examining the reception of Matthew from the perspectives of a wide range of interpreters—from Origen and Hilary of Poitiers to Mary Cornwallis and Bob Marley—this insightful commentary explains the major trends in the reception of Matthew in various ecclesial, historical, and cultural contexts. Focusing on characteristically Matthean features, detailed chapter-by-chapter commentary highlights diverse receptions and interpretations of the gospel. Broad exploration of areas such as liturgy, literature, drama, film, hymnody, political discourse, and visual art illustrates the enormous impact Matthew continues to have on Judeo-Christian civilization. Known as ‘the Church’s Gospel,’ Matthew’s text has been the subject of apologetic and theological controversy for hundreds of years. It has been seen as justification for political and ecclesial status quo and as a path to radical discipleship. Matthew has influenced divergent political, spiritual, and cultural figures such as Francis of Assisi, John Ruskin, Leo Tolstoy, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Mahatma Gandhi. Matthew’s interest in ecclesiology provides early structures of ecclesial life, such as resolution of community disputes, communal prayer, and liturgical prescriptions for the Eucharist and baptism. A significant addition to the acclaimed Blackwell Bible Commentaries series, Matthew Through the Centuries is an indispensable resource for both students and experts in areas including religious and biblical studies, literature, history, politics, and those interested in the influence of the Bible on Western culture.

Born of a Virgin?

Author : Andrew Lincoln
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802869254
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Born of a Virgin? written by Andrew Lincoln and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Begins by discussing why the virgin birth is such as difficult and divisive topic. The book then deals with a whole range of issues--literary, historical, and hermeneutical--from a critical yet positive perspective that takes seriously creedal confessions and theological concerns"--Publisher.

Joseph, Husband of the Immaculate Mary

Author : J. Ivan Prcela
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460285840
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Joseph, Husband of the Immaculate Mary written by J. Ivan Prcela and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s universal crisis of marriage and family, this profound Josephological book contains sixteen well researched chapters. Four of these chapters deal with the Covenant of Love between Joseph of Nazareth and the Blessed Virgin Mary. The book has also five chapters on the supernatural fatherhood of Joseph, the Righteous Man and Savior of the life of the Savior of the World. Joseph, after the Heavenly Father, is the Best Exemplar to all heads of family and teaches them how to be the faithful husbands, defenders, protectors and providing fathers of their families. This book’s concluding chapter, “The New Song of the Immaculate Conception,” is exceptionally unique, challenging and inspirational. Another unique feature of the present work is the Annotated Bibliography. This section gives the readers an insightful paragraph about each of the book’s thirty-five entries that had inspired the author to write this and also previous two books of his St Joseph Trilogy. All three books were brought to light by FriesenPress!

Masculinities in the Gospel of Matthew

Author : Kendra A. Mohn
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1978709498
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (787 download)

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Download or read book Masculinities in the Gospel of Matthew written by Kendra A. Mohn and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kendra A. Mohn traces how the constructions of nonelite men in the Gospel of Matthew negotiate expectations of elite Roman masculinity. Highlighting wealth, divine service, and dominating control, Mohn shows how the depictions of Joseph, John, Peter, and Judas shape expectations of men in terms of discipleship, power, and leadership.

Faith and History

Author : John T. Carroll
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1597520012
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Faith and History written by John T. Carroll and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-11-18 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly fifty years, Paul Meyer has been internationally hailed as a master exegete and biblical theologian of unparalleled penetration and power. Much of my own education in biblical scholarship has been at the feet of him and of his students. Clifton Black, Otto A. Piper Professor of Biblical Theology and chairman of the Department of Biblical Studies, Princeton Seminary

Joseph and the Gospel of Many Colors

Author : Voddie Baucham Jr.
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433523868
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Joseph and the Gospel of Many Colors written by Voddie Baucham Jr. and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph and the coat of many colors. It's a classic story with all the right elements: sibling rivalry, bitter betrayal, unexpected power, and ultimate forgiveness. But what if we've missed the real story behind the story? More than just the account of one man's life, Voddie Baucham Jr. reveals how the story of Joseph is a key moment in the storyline of the Bible. Demonstrating God's unwavering commitment to his people, Joseph's life fits into God's original plan to save the world through a promised Messiah: Jesus Christ. With fresh and engaging insights into the biblical text, Baucham examines Joseph's life in light of the gospel, helping readers grasp the history-altering significance of this amazing story.

Making Jesus Real: 101 Easy to Read Poems About Jesus's Life

Author : R. Marie Coffelt
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1638855633
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (388 download)

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Download or read book Making Jesus Real: 101 Easy to Read Poems About Jesus's Life written by R. Marie Coffelt and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-05-25 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Jesus Real means we know Jesus had all the feelings, needs, and desires we have had in life. God understands our joys, sorrows and hurts, and decisions to make. “Temple of Scorn” shows Jesus’s sadness, watching money changers in the temple. “The Dance” has a lighter mood with Jesus dancing with His followers. This book also has three poems about His temptations in the wilderness with Satan. “Outstanding Faith” talks about a touch of His robe, and a woman became well. Then “New Covenant Terms” shows why Jesus had to die.

Six Biblical Plays for Contemporary Audiences

Author : Dr. Robin Gallaher Branch
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498230857
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Six Biblical Plays for Contemporary Audiences written by Dr. Robin Gallaher Branch and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fills a Need: For biblically based, thoroughly researched plays for a general audience. Is Fun: Laugh as members of the body of Christ sing and dance their way into your church. See others--and maybe yourself!--in the kindness of Heart, the gossip of Ear, the pride of Head, and the independence of Eye. Honors Women: Lets Mary tell Joseph of the angel Gabriel's visit. Recognizes Elizabeth's importance; she tells Luke 1 from her perspective. Is Funny: Human beings get in fixes and messes. Watch how God--with gentleness, humor, and tough love--delivers his people time and again. Encourages Participation: Suitable for actors ages nine to ninety-nine! Fosters Dialogue: Each play ends with Questions for Discussion. Shows Theology in the Making: Do theology the Godly way--with boots on the ground! Consider this evangelism model: The disciples have just seen the risen Lord Jesus ascend into heaven and can't wait to tell all Jerusalem! Invites Imagination: The characters in Proverbs gather in the marketplace and tell Simple Youth, a first-year university student, about their lifestyles. Which will he follow? Promotes This Concept: We all play our lives on stage to an audience of One: God.