Author : Various Authors,
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 6793 pages
File Size : 30,79 MB
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0310294142
The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.
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Publisher : Canongate U.S.
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 13,78 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780802136145
The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.
Author : Nadine Brandes
Publisher : Out of Time
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,97 MB
Release : 2014-10
Category : FICTION
ISBN : 9781621840299
How would you live if you knew the day you'd die? Parvin Blackwater believes she has wasted her life. At only seventeen, she has one year left according to the Clock by her bedside. In a last-ditch effort to make a difference, she tries to rescue Radicals from the government's crooked justice system. But when the authorities find out about her illegal activity, they cast her through the Wall -- her people's death sentence. What she finds on the other side about the world, about eternity, and about herself changes Parvin forever and might just save her people. But her clock is running out.
Author : Erich Maria Remarque
Publisher : Random House
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 23,36 MB
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0812985605
From the quintessential author of wartime Germany, A Time to Love and a Time to Die echoes the harrowing insights of his masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front. After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks’ leave. But since leaves have been canceled before, he decides not to write his parents, fearing he would just raise their hopes. Then, when Graeber arrives home, he finds his house bombed to ruin and his parents nowhere in sight. Nobody knows if they are dead or alive. As his leave draws to a close, Graeber reaches out to Elisabeth, a childhood friend. Like him, she is imprisoned in a world she did not create. But in a time of war, love seems a world away. And sometimes, temporary comfort can lead to something unexpected and redeeming. “The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review
Author : Nicolas Diat
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 24,52 MB
Release : 2019-08-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1642290831
Behind monastery walls, men of God spend their lives preparing for the passage of death. Best-selling French author Nicolas Diat set out to find what their deaths can reveal about the greatest mystery faced by everyone—the end of life. How to die? How to respond to our fear of death? To answer these and other questions, Diat travelled to eight European monasteries including Solesmes Abbey and the Grande Chartreuse. Through extraordinary interviews with monks, he learned that their death experiences are varied and unique, with elements of peace, pain, humility, sorrow, and joy. These monks have the same fears, torments, and sorrows as everyone else, Diat discovered. What is exemplary about them is their humility and simplicity. When death approaches, and its hand reveals its strength, they are like happy and naïve children who wait with impatience to open a gift. They have complete confidence in the mercy of God.
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Publisher : Collins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,7 MB
Release : 2003-08
Category :
ISBN : 9780007166343
One of Booktrack's best-selling Bibles, now with a new hard slipcase and attractive binding, this pocket-sized white Bible is an ideal gift for anyone being Christened.
Author : Jacqui Ryalls
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 15,60 MB
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Christian biography
ISBN : 1780881517
This book emerges from a heart of terror and courage, and is a poignant lesson in the power of faith. This translates into a fast moving inspirational story where lives are saved against impossible odds. The author shows the reader the tragedy of war torn Bosnia, at a time when ignorance, suspicion and fear were stirred into racial hatred, which quickly degenerated into the vicious circle of ethnic warfare. Many readers will take great comfort in the author's fortitude and marvel at her ability to see rays of hope penetrating the darkest clouds. She conveys the tragedy of Bosnia and demonstrates how, when tough love is put into action even when surrounded by pain and hatred, one can make a small contribution on the side of good. This true story offers hope to victims of violence by helping them to realise that others are prepared to make great sacrifices in order to ease their suffering and, in this case, save lives against impossible odds. It is the quality of child-like faith in God which helped the author and her husband through the darkest of hours, and which makes this such a potent story, because religion only becomes truly meaningful when it can be seen to be working in peoples lives, and making a difference.
Author : Matt Chandler
Publisher : David C Cook
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 39,64 MB
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0781410886
Using Paul's radical letter to the Philippians as his road map, Matt Chandler forsakes the trendy to invite readers into authentic Christian maturity. The short book of Philippians is one of the most quoted in the Bible, yet Paul wrote it not for the popular sound bites, but to paint a picture of a mature Christian faith. While many give their lives to Jesus, few then go on to live a life of truly vibrant faith. In this disruptively inspiring book, Chandler offers tangible ways to develop a faith of pursuing, chasing, knowing, and loving Jesus. Because if we clean up our lives but don't get Jesus, we've lost! So let the goal be Him. To live is Christ, to die is gain—this is the message of the letter. Therefore, our lives should be lived to Him, through Him, for Him, with Him, about Him—everything should be about Jesus.
Author : Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishops' Committee on the Permanent Diaconate
Publisher : USCCB Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,66 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781574553680
The national directory addresses the dimensions and perspectives in the formation of deacons and the model standards for the formation, ministry, and life of deacons in the United States. It is intended as a guideline for formation, ministry, and life of permanent deacons and a directive to be utilized when preparing or updating a diaconate program in formulating policies for the ministry and life of deacons. This volume also includes Basic Standards for Readiness for the formation of permanent deacons in the United States, from the bishops' Committee on the Diaconate, and the committee document Visit of Consultation Teams to Diocesan Permanent Diaconate Formation Programs.
Author : Sarah J. Robinson
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 29,86 MB
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0593193539
A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
