Book Description
Easy Chairs, Hard Words is a dialogue on God's sovereignty and predestination.
Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Canon Press & Book Service
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 17,14 MB
Release : 2011-06
Category : Calvinism
ISBN : 1885767307
Easy Chairs, Hard Words is a dialogue on God's sovereignty and predestination.
Author : Michael Giffin
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 32,19 MB
Release : 2024-09-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 103641051X
This book considers how textual interpretation has been influenced by post-Kantian philosophy and aesthetics, particularly the cultural transition from the correspondence theory of knowledge and truth to Nietzschean perspectivism, and the canonical transition from Classicism, to Romanticism, to Modernism, to Postmodernism. It discusses the principles of interpretation, the concept of reason (logos), and how the West’s model of mind evolved. The novels of Jane Austen introduce the concept of Classicism, including her debt to Aristotle’s thinking about Tragedy and Comedy in Poetics. The two trajectories of Romanticism are discussed, the philosophical trajectory through Berlin’s idea of Counter-Enlightenment—the immanent critique of metaphysics—and the aesthetic trajectory through Blake’s vision of what is possible if the doors of perception can be cleansed. The novels of Australia’s Patrick White introduce the concept of Modernism and his attempt to “imagine the real”. The novels of Margaret Atwood introduce the concept of Postmodernism, tracing her literary evolution from an author focused on female identity to one concerned with the future of humanity. The novels of Graham Greene and Muriel Spark are discussed as two different Catholic responses to Modernism. The novels of Marilynne Robinson and Douglas Wilson are discussed as two different Protestant responses to Calvinism.
Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Veritas Press
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 48,14 MB
Release : 2006-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781932168648
Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Canon Press & Book Service
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 29,48 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1885767501
Most Christians view the book of Ecclesiastes as an enigma, a puzzle from which we might draw a few aphorisms but little else. Douglas Wilson's fresh, lucid treatment of this wonderful book enables us to see that its message is not a confused riddle but an incisive indictment of "the wisdom of this world." We learn that what we call "modernity" is simply a term for men sinning in the old ways with new toys and tools. There is truly nothing new "under the sun"; man's problems today are exactly what they have been since the Fall. And the answer to man's problem is just as old, yet forever new - "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." (Steve Wilkins)
Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Canon Press & Book Service
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,23 MB
Release : 1996-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1885767242
In arguing for biblical infant baptism, it is not sufficient for us to say that infant baptism is merely consistent with the Scriptures, or that a biblical case can be made for it. In order for us to be satisfied that we are being biblical Christians, we must be content with nothing less than a clear biblical case requiring infant baptism. In a doctrinal matter of this importance, the standards of evidence are high.
Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Canon Press & Book Service
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 15,80 MB
Release : 1997-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1885767293
They all walk toward the Abyss for different reasons, each of them with varying persuasions. Along the way they meet Evangelist, and as a result they face the Great Persuasion. Some of their conversations are recorded in this book.
Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Canon Press & Book Service
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 14,51 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1591280516
Though most Christians refrain from predicting exactly when our world will end, many believe that when earth's finale does arrive, it will be a catastrophe. They expect that before Christ comes back to reclaim His own, Satan will escape his chains and return to wreak havoc on our planet. Details vary, but the general assumption is the same: things will get much, much worse before they get better. But is this really what the Bible teaches? Leaving aside the theological terms that often confuse and muddle this question, Douglas Wilson instead explains eschatology as the end of the greatest story in the world - the story of humanity. He turns our attention back to the stories and prophecies of Scripture and argues for "hopeful optimism": the belief that God will be true to His promises, that His will shall be done on earth as it is in heaven, and that the peace and good will we sing about at Christmas will one day be a reality here on earth.
Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Canon Press & Book Service
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 38,7 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1885767722
Modern evangelicals have gained money, power, and influence, and it has been like giving whiskey to a two-year-old. The need of the hour is theological, not political. The arena is the pulpit and the table, not the legislative chamber. Before we are equipped to proclaim His lordship to the inhabitants of all the earth, we must live as though we believed it in the Church. Mother Kirk presents a very practical and pastoral guide to many of the countless issues that arise in conservative Christian churches. The essays span subjects ranging from the nature of legalism and church authority to worship music, debt, youth ministry, and pastoral character.
Author : John T. Carroll
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,42 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN :
When it comes to stirring others to hear that hard message of the Cross and to guiding the faithful in understanding the same, James R. Carroll and his son, John T. Carroll, provide a blend of seasoned ministerial experience and solid scholarly talents that yields a rich interpretation that is down to earth, yet original and insightful. This is a book to be savored by preachers and teachers of all denominations. " Donald Senior, C.P., Catholic Theological Union
Author : Jean Jackson
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 35,7 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
Hungry for a snack, Mrs. Piccolo's easy chair follows her to the grocery store, swallowing up several people as it goes.