Covenant of Love


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Pope John Paul II has had a profound theological and personal impact on Catholics and non-Catholics alike. In the scholarly tradition of Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas, he has found a new unity between faith and reason. The study of God, says John Paul, is also the study of humanity. He has come to vigorously insist on the rights and dignity of each human person, and on the divine importance of the family. John Paul teaches that the keystone of Christian living today is the communion of persons which is the family.ÊCovenant of LoveÊconveys this central message of his pontificate. It explores the influence of Christ on the modern family, human intimacy, and sexuality and illustrates the Pope's response to the violations of that familial communion: materialism, sterilization, pre-marital sex, abortion, polygamy, adultery and lust, contraception and artificial conception, and homosexuality. Written for the layman as well as for clerics, students, and educators, this volume will enhance the understanding and appreciation of Pope John Paul II's teachings.ÊCovenant of Love,Êpresents the extraordinary new way that John Paul II is using to present a new synthesis of the faith that can be the means of renewing the faith of all Christians and of bringing more people to Christ. It sets out his philosophical and theological design for every Christian who seeks a closer relationship with God--in the person of Christ, in the Church, and in the human heart.







Love, Covenant & Meaning


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Loving to Know


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Knowing is less about information and more about transformation; less about comprehension and more about being apprehended. This radical book develops the notion of covenant epistemology--an innovative, biblically compatible, holistic, embodied, life-shaping epistemological vision in which all knowing takes the shape of interpersonal, covenantal relationship. Rather than knowing in order to love, we love in order to know. Meek argues that all knowing is best understood as transformative encounter. Creatively blending insights from a diverse range of conversation partners--including Michael Polanyi, Michael D. Williams, Lesslie Newbigin, Parker Palmer, John Macmurray, Martin Buber, and James Loder--Meek offers critically needed "epistemological therapy" in response to the pervasive and damaging presumptions that those in Western culture continue to bring to efforts to know. The book's innovative approach--an unfolding journey of discovery-through-dialogue--itself subverts standard epistemological presumptions of timeless linearity. While it offers a sustained and sophisticated philosophical argument, Loving to Know's texts and textures interweave loosely to effect therapeutic epistemic transformation in the reader.




A Covenant of Love


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This popular Civil War novel by best-selling author Gilbert Morris is now available in mass paper. An exciting story of adventure, history, romance, and the incredible power of God as a nation is shaped by its most terrible war.




Habits of the Household


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Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond the chaos of family life as you create a home where kids and parents alike practice how to love God and each other. You long for tender moments with your children--but do you ever find yourself too busy to stop, make eye contact, and say something you really mean? Daily habits are powerful ways to shape the heart--but do you find yourself giving in to screen time just to get through the day? You want to parent with purpose--but do you know how to start? Award-winning author and father of four Justin Whitmel Earley understands the tension between how you long to parent and what your daily life actually looks like. In Habits of the Household, Earley gives you the tools you need to create structure--from mealtimes to bedtimes--that free you to parent toddlers, kids, and teens with purpose. Learn how to: Develop a bedtime liturgy to settle your little ones and ground them in God's love Discover a new framework for discipline as discipleship Acquire simple practices for more regular and meaningful family mealtimes Open your eyes to the spirituality of parenting, seeing small moments as big opportunities for spiritual formation Develop a custom age chart for your family to more intentionally plan your shared years under the same roof Each chapter in Habits of the Household ends with practical patterns, prayers, or liturgies that your family can put into practice right away. As you create liberating rhythms around your everyday routines, you will find your family has a greater sense of peace and purpose as your home becomes a place where, above all, you learn how to love.




The New Testament and Bioethics


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Beauchamp and Childress's Principles of Biomedical Ethics is a well-accepted approach to contemporary bioethics. Those principles are based on what Beauchamp and Childress call the common morality. This book employs New Testament theological themes to enhance the meaning of those principles of bioethics. The primary New Testament text for this study is the twin commands from Jesus to love God and love one's neighbor. The three theological themes developed from this study--the image of God, the covenant, and the pursuit of healing--are deeply embedded in the New Testament and in the ministry of Jesus. Three contemporary bioethics principles are used for this dissertation, based on The Belmont Report. They are the principles of respect for persons, justice, and beneficence. In each case, the theological themes are shown to enhance the meaning of these bioethics principles. Each of the three principles, as understood through the three theological themes, is applied to a current bioethics issue to demonstrate the efficacy of this approach. The three current issues addressed are the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment, the distribution of health care in the Untied States, and the use of palliative care.




The 1249 Club


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Russ has personally experienced the destructive cycle of marriage, divorce, and remarriage in his and his family's lives, multiple times. Unfortunately, in the Western world today, the common statistics of marriage failures are one out of two first marriages fail, two out of three second marriages fail, and four out of five third and on marriages fail. Russ has now written The 1249 Club for (1) those who are married and want to be married, (2) those who are married and do not want to be married, and (3) those who are not married and want to be married. The 1249 Club aims to scripturally help many to (1) avoid marriage for the wrong reasons, (2) strengthen existing marriages, (3) save troubled marriages, (4) spark forgiveness and reconciliation between separated or divorced couples, (5) save families where possible, and (6) lower the divorce rate to 1 out of 1,250. Another way of saying it is The 1249 Club teaches married couples, divorced couples, and singles the subtle causes, devastating consequences, and achievable cures of breaking the marriage covenant. The cause of divorce is selfish, sinful, and unloving behavior and the cure of divorce is selfless, sinless, and loving behavior. When divorce occurs, the hurtful consequences are life altering and unending for generations. The consequences can be avoided when divorce never occurs but results in confession, repentance, forgiveness, and reconciliation. The 1249 Club teaches these biblical principles and how to apply them. They are simple but make no mistake, not easy, yet with God "all things are possible." Get the book and (1) listen to the teachings, (2) hear the teachings in your spirit, (3) understand the teachings, and (4) apply the teachings to your lives. That and God will make a difference in your marriage journey.




Bible Covenants


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Agape, Justice, and Law


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This book addresses key contemporary legal debates from the perspective of the central Christian ethical category of love, agape.