Haunted by God
Author : James McBride Dabbs
Publisher : Richmond, Va. : John Knox Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 30,81 MB
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : James McBride Dabbs
Publisher : Richmond, Va. : John Knox Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 30,81 MB
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Claire Cronin
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 30,46 MB
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1913462064
Blue Light of the Screen is a memoir about the author's obsession with horror and the supernatural. Blue Light of the Screen is about what it means to be afraid -- about immersion, superstition, delusion, and the things that keep us up at night. A creative-critical memoir of the author's obsession with the horror genre, Blue Light of the Screen embeds its criticism of horror within a larger personal story of growing up in a devoutly Catholic family, overcoming suicidal depression, uncovering intergenerational trauma, and encountering real and imagined ghosts. As Cronin writes, she positions herself as a protagonist who is haunted by what she watches and reads, like an antiquarian in an M.R. James ghost story whose sense of reality unravels through her study of arcane texts and cursed archives. In this way, Blue Light of the Screen tells the story of the author's conversion from skepticism to faith in the supernatural. Part memoir, part ghost story, and part critical theory, Blue Light of the Screen is not just a book about horror, but a work of horror itself.
Author : Robert Boss
Publisher :
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 24,4 MB
Release : 2015-08-10
Category :
ISBN : 9780692501276
God-Haunted World is a provocative presentation of a neglected part of Jonathan Edwards's theology. In a world in which for all practical purposes Christians often see nature the same way their secular neighbors do-as a machine operating according to impersonal mechanical laws-Edwards's worldview is relevant and timely. The universe has not only been created by God; it is literally kept by the power of God every nanosecond and it scintillates with revelation and insight for those who have eyes to see. Edwards's world is a place where there is no mute fact-everything, from insects to elephants, from molecules to mountains, has a story to tell. Moreover, if God were to withdraw his sustaining power, all of created reality would collapse into nothingness-every second is a divine dance between creation and nothingness-and the present world is an incredible tribute to God's faithfulness or in the words of the refrain of Psalm 136: his unfailing love. Drawing on the resources of Scripture, Church history, Edwards's writings, and other creative Evangelical theologians, God-Haunted World makes a compelling case for a renewed appreciation of our natural world. God-Haunted World is a visual exploration of the nexus between Scripture and Nature in the theology of Jonathan Edwards. Methods of data visualization and associative thinking have been used to illustrate the vast network of Edwards's emblematic thought.
Author : Richard Harries
Publisher : SPCK
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0281079358
W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, William Golding, Elizabeth Jennings, C. S. Lewis, Flannery O’Connor, Stevie Smith . . . These are some of the great poets and novelists whose struggles with faith find expression in their works, and who demonstrate the fascinatingly different forms that faith can take in different times and places. Richard Harries considers the work of twenty of these writers, painting vivid pictures of their lives and times. He also provides numerous critically sympathetic insights into the spiritual dimension of their writings. The result is a book for readers of all religious persuasions, especially those who are fascinated by the ways in which faith is refracted through the lens of great poetry and fiction. Also by Richard Harries: The Beauty and the Horror (SPCK, 2016) ‘A major new defence of Christianity that does not flinch from asking difficult questions about the kind of God who could have created our world.’ The Bookseller ‘A heartening book, confronting the hardest questions with wide knowledge and deep wisdom.’ John Carey, Chief Literary Reviewer, Sunday Times ‘An eloquent, honest and engaging case for Christian faith.’ The Tablet ‘A deeply interesting book.’ Mary Warnock
Author : Brian Zahnd
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 13,3 MB
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1601429525
Pastor Brian Zahnd began "to question the theology of a wrathful God who delights in punishing sinners, and has started to explore the real nature of Jesus and His Father. The book isn’t only an interesting look at the context of some modern theological ideas; it’s also offers some profound insight into God’s love and eternal plan." —Relevant Magazine (Named one of the Top 10 Books of 2017) God is wrath? Or God is Love? In his famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Puritan revivalist Jonathan Edwards shaped predominating American theology with a vision of God as angry, violent, and retributive. Three centuries later, Brian Zahnd was both mesmerized and terrified by Edwards’s wrathful God. Haunted by fear that crippled his relationship with God, Zahnd spent years praying for a divine experience of hell. What Zahnd experienced instead was the Father’s love—revealed perfectly through Jesus Christ—for all prodigal sons and daughters. In Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, Zahnd asks important questions like: Is seeing God primarily as wrathful towards sinners true or biblical? Is fearing God a normal expected behavior? And where might the natural implications of this theological framework lead us? Thoughtfully wrestling with subjects like Old Testament genocide, the crucifixion of Jesus, eternal punishment in hell, and the final judgment in Revelation, Zanhd maintains that the summit of divine revelation for sinners is not God is wrath, but God is love.
Author : Shawn Patrick Whittington
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 38,79 MB
Release : 2019-03-02
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781798503898
THIS BOOK CONTAINS PRAYERS, INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOUSE BLESSINGS, AND A SECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS. INTENSE READING ABOUT REAL EXORCISMS AND EXTREME PARANORMAL CASES. Descended from a long line of Spiritual Warriors, Reverend Shawn P. Whittington shares his background, knowledge, and most chilling and life-changing moments. An ordained exorcist and deliverance minister, Shawn and his wife, Sharon (also a minister) have over 40 years of experience with ghosts and demons. They reside in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTHING IS MORE FRIGHTENING THAN THE TRUTH. Table of Contents 1. Warriors for Christ 2. Catholicism and Spirituality 3. A Calling 4. Never Too Young 5. All Grown Up 6. Vegas Supernatural 7. Home Is Where The Heart Is 8. They Run In A Pack 9. Man With No Face 10. The Holy Spirit 11. Black Dogs And Beasts 12. Paranormal Ministry 13. The Final Chapter Part I and Part II - (Exorcism by Distance) 14. Prayers 15. Photo Gallery
Author : Jackie Hill Perry
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 21,48 MB
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1462751237
“I used to be a lesbian.” In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless and experienced gender confusion. She embraced masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. But was she supposed to change herself? How was she supposed to stop loving women, when homosexuality felt more natural to her than heterosexuality ever could? At age nineteen, Jackie came face-to-face with what it meant to be made new. And not in a church, or through contact with Christians. God broke in and turned her heart toward Him right in her own bedroom in light of His gospel. Read in order to understand. Read in order to hope. Or read in order, like Jackie, to be made new.
Author : Michael Horton
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 26,18 MB
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310525071
What beliefs are core to the Christian faith? This book is here to help you understand the reason for your hope as a Christian so that you can see it with fresh sight and invite others into the conversation. A lot of Christians take their story—the narratives that give rise to their beliefs—for granted. They pray, go to church, perhaps even read their Bible. But they might be stuck if a stranger asked them to explain what they believe and why they believe it. Author, pastor, and theologian Mike Horton unpacks the essential and basic beliefs that all Christians share in a way that is easy to understand and applicable to our lives today. And in a way that will make you excited to be a Christian! Core Christianity covers topics like: Jesus as both fully God and fully man. The doctrine of the Trinity. The goodness of God despite a broken world. The ways God speaks. The meaning of salvation. What is the Christian calling? Includes discussion questions for individual or group use. This introduction to the basic doctrines of Christianity is perfect for those who are new to the faith, as well as those who have an interest in deepening their understanding of what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ.
Author : Nik Ripken
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,81 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1433673088
An amazing story of a missionary couple's journey into the toughest places on earth is combined with stories about remarkable people of faith they encountered to challenge and inspire those curious about the sufficiency of God.
Author : Brandon R. Grafius
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 37,45 MB
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1978701691
In Reading the Bible with Horror, Brandon R. Grafius takes the reader on a whirlwind tour through the dark corners of the Hebrew Bible. Along the way, he stops to place the monstrous Leviathan in conversation with contemporary monster theory, uses Derrida to help explore the ghosts that haunt the biblical landscape, and reads the House of David as a haunted house. Conversations arise between unexpected sources, such as the Pentateuch legal texts dealing with female sexuality and Carrie. Throughout the book, Grafius asks how the Hebrew Bible can be both sacred text and tome of fright, and he explores the numerous ways in which the worlds of religion and horror share uncomfortable spaces.