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The God You Thought You Knew

Author : Alex McFarland

Publisher : Baker Books

Page : 202 pages

File Size : 50,45 MB

Release : 2015-09-29

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1441229256

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Popular Apologist Corrects the Record on What Christianity Is All About The Christianity our culture rejects may not be true Christianity at all. So many people today believe they have to be good to be accepted by God, or that the Bible is just a list of do's and don'ts, or that God is far away and unapproachable. Instead of providing "proofs" about God and the Bible, in this book Alex provides a reason to want to know Jesus. By sharing his own story of the loneliness and alienation of his youth, Alex taps in to universal fears of rejection and loneliness. We all seek acceptance and purpose--and there's only one solution. Learn how to be anchored in the Truth and security that comes through Christ.



Unexplainable Jesus

Author : Erica Wiggenhorn

Publisher : Moody Publishers

Page : 295 pages

File Size : 46,46 MB

Release : 2019-06-04

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0802497764

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When’s the last time you were captivated by Jesus? Crowds clamored, women wept in awe, disciples dared to do the impossible—all because of Jesus. Somewhere in the overly familiar we’ve lost our fascination. Whether you’re worn thin, filled with questions, or desperate for more of God, come encounter Unexplainable Jesus. Experience the culture and customs of His day and follow Him into a life unimaginable. This study features: in-depth study of Luke (40 lessons over 8 weeks) historical and cultural insights soul-searching questions access to extensive online resources Step into the streets of Jerusalem and encounter the Jewish Rabbi who turned the world upside down. After rediscovering Jesus on the pages of the book of Luke—or maybe discovering Him for the very first time—you’ll see there is no other plan, goal, ambition, or Person worth following but Jesus. Plus, check out the Unexplainable Jesus DVD, which contains hours of all-new video teaching content from Erica Wiggenhorn.



The God You Thought You Knew

Author : Richard L. Neil

Publisher : Review and Herald Pub Assoc

Page : 148 pages

File Size : 23,3 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 9780828018289

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We struggle to like our enemies. God asks us to love them. Our cupboards are bare. God asks us to make Him a feast. We cannot walk. God asks us to carry our burden. We think the secret is trying harder! The God we thought we knew made us clench our spiritual teeth in frustration and struggle to merit His approval. That God tantalized us with the prospect of eternal life, held just beyond our reach, so we spend our lives striving to be better and falling short of His standards. But the real God asks us to die. Then He patiently molds each persevering, yielding sinner--each living sacrifice--into His divine image. The real God does not ask us to deserve forgiveness. Only to accept it. Meet the real God. Let Him transform your relationships. You'll never be the same.



What You Thought You Knew about Judaism

Author : Reuven P. Bulka

Publisher : Jason Aronson

Page : 456 pages

File Size : 40,62 MB

Release : 1989

Category : Religion

ISBN :

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Rabbi Bulka states various misconceptions about Jewish life, explains their probable origins, and compares them with the facts. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.



Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life

Author : Steve Stewart-Williams

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : pages

File Size : 38,67 MB

Release : 2010-09-30

Category : Science

ISBN : 1139490990

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If you accept evolutionary theory, can you also believe in God? Are human beings superior to other animals, or is this just a human prejudice? Does Darwin have implications for heated issues like euthanasia and animal rights? Does evolution tell us the purpose of life, or does it imply that life has no ultimate purpose? Does evolution tell us what is morally right and wrong, or does it imply that ultimately 'nothing' is right or wrong? In this fascinating and intriguing book, Steve Stewart-Williams addresses these and other fundamental philosophical questions raised by evolutionary theory and the exciting new field of evolutionary psychology. Drawing on biology, psychology and philosophy, he argues that Darwinian science supports a view of a godless universe devoid of ultimate purpose or moral structure, but that we can still live a good life and a happy life within the confines of this view.



Jesus

Author : Keith Strohm

Publisher : Our Sunday Visitor

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 46,22 MB

Release : 2017

Category : Christian life

ISBN : 9781681920764

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"Strohm invites you not just to read about Jesus, but to have a transformative encounter with him. This isn't a book of theology, or an abstract story with little impact on your real life. It is the story that can and will transform you if you're open to it. In these pages, you will discover who you truly are and what you were created for. You will meet Jesus not simply as an historical figure, but as our living and present Savior and friend"--Back cover.



Everything I Thought I Knew

Author : Shannon Takaoka

Publisher : Candlewick Press

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 30,62 MB

Release : 2023-10-10

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1536222879

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A teenage girl wonders if she's inherited more than just a heart from her donor in this compulsively readable debut. Seventeen-year-old Chloe had a plan: work hard, get good grades, and attend a top-tier college. But after she collapses during cross-country practice and is told that she needs a new heart, all her careful preparations are laid to waste. Eight months after her transplant, everything is different. Stuck in summer school with the underachievers, all she wants to do now is grab her surfboard and hit the waves--which is strange, because she wasn't interested in surfing before her transplant. (It doesn't hurt that her instructor, Kai, is seriously good-looking.) And that's not all that's strange. There's also the vivid recurring nightmare about crashing a motorcycle in a tunnel and memories of people and places she doesn't recognize. Is there something wrong with her head now, too, or is there another explanation for what she's experiencing? As she searches for answers, and as her attraction to Kai intensifies, what she learns will lead her to question everything she thought she knew--about life, death, love, identity, and the true nature of reality.



The Accidental Universe

Author : Alan Lightman

Publisher : Vintage

Page : 108 pages

File Size : 30,45 MB

Release : 2014-01-14

Category : Science

ISBN : 0307908593

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The bestselling author of Einsteins Dreams explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by recent discoveries in science with passion and curiosity. He looks at the dialogue between science and religion; the conflict between our human desire for permanence and the impermanence of nature; the possibility that our universe is simply an accident; the manner in which modern technology has separated us from direct experience of the world; and our resistance to the view that our bodies and minds can be explained by scientific logic and laws. Behind all of these considerations is the suggestion--at once haunting and exhilarating--that what we see and understand of the world is only a tiny piece of the extraordinary, perhaps unfathomable whole.



The God You Thought You Knew

Author : Etta Anderson

Publisher : WestBow Press

Page : 158 pages

File Size : 49,36 MB

Release : 2016-08-23

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1512749397

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Many people tend to read the Bible at the surface level and accept and obey what is there unquestioningly. This book takes an entirely different approach. It encourages readers to be honest and bold to acknowledge seeming shortcomings and question them. Who is bold enough to admit that the Genesis account of our origin is a weird story too difficult for an intelligent mind to accept and embrace? Even worse is the story of the Fall that sounds more like myth than fact. Why couldnt God forgive a mere peccadillo and let the couple continue living in paradise? The book is not a call to rebellion or irreverence. It appeals to intelligence, maturity and imagination to read between the lines, dig deep, connect the dots and uncover the rich treasures hidden there. It even veers into hallowed grounds and dares to question piously held views. How did Jesus, for example, end up with Judas in his camp of hand-picked disciples? What was he thinking? What a price he paid for what was clearly a bad choice! The book forges into areas where readers have been mum, bringing to the fore violence and brutality, and questions how they could be associated with God the Father of his gentle Son, Jesus. But the pauses are mere signposts of something rich hiding underneath. The God You Thought You Knew is a compendium of rich treasures gathered from a trip across the Scriptures that will generate a new excitement for Gods holy word.



God Has a Name

Author : John Mark Comer

Publisher : Thomas Nelson

Page : 300 pages

File Size : 23,73 MB

Release : 2024-10-15

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1400249570

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What you believe about God sets the foundation of the person you will become. In God Has a Name, pastor and New York Times bestselling author John Mark Comer invites you to rethink many of the prevalent myths and misconceptions about God and weigh them against what God actually tells us about himself. After all, what you believe about God will ultimately shape the type of person you become. We all live at the mercy of our ideas, and nowhere is this more true than our ideas about God. The problem is many of our ideas about God are wrong. Not all wrong, but wrong enough to form our souls in detrimental and disheartening ways. God Has a Name is a simple yet profound guide to understanding God in a new light--focusing on what God says about himself in the Bible. This one shift has the potential to radically alter how you relate to God, not as a doctrine, but as a relational being who responds to you in an elastic, back-and-forth way. John Mark Comer takes you line by line through Exodus 34:6-8--Yahweh's self-revelation on Mount Sinai, one of the most quoted passages in the Bible. Along the way, Comer addresses some of the most profound questions he came across as he studied these noted lines in Exodus, including: Why do we feel this gap between us and God? Could it be that a lot of what we think about God is wrong? Not all wrong, but wrong enough to mess up how we relate to him? What if our "God" is really a projection of our own identity, ideas, and desires? What if the real God is different, but far better than we could ever imagine? No matter where you are in your spiritual journey, God Has a Name invites you to step into a fresh and biblically rooted vision of who God is that has the potential to alter your life with God and shape who you become.