Warum LäSst Ein Ordentlicher Gott Unordnung Zu?


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Ich habe dieses Buch in meinen schwierigen Zeiten geschrieben und erkannte, dass ich meine Erfahrungen benutzen muss, um das Buch zu schreiben, um Menschen beizubringen wie sie beide Seiten des Lebens genießen können. Ich glaube, dass es nicht nur eine gute oder schlechte Zeit im Leben gibt. Ich sehe eher die Möglichkeiten für kreative Erfindungen, Regeneration, Wachstum, Neuorientierung und Nachdenken über die Vergangenheit und Zukunft. Dieses Buch habe Ich geschrieben, um die Fragen die unsere Welt am meisten gestellt werden zu beantworten, und die mir ständig durch den Kopf gehen. Ich möchte mit diesem Buch, durch meine Erfahrungen erkennen lassen, das es für jedes Problem eine Lösung geben kann. Haben die Politiker wirklich die Lösungen für unsere wirtschaftlichen Probleme? Kann die Welt jemals Frieden und Harmonie dauerhaft erleben? Brauchen wir Religionen oder Gott? Gibt es wirklich einen Gott? Wenn ja, wo können wir ihn finden? Ich hoffe, dass die meisten Fragen beantwortet sein werden, nachdem Du dieses Buch gelesen hast. Die Menschheit vergisst oft, dass es in jeder Situation zwei Seiten gibt: eine gute und schlechte Seite - wie die Sonne und der Mond, Tag und Nacht, Licht und Dunkelheit. Leider wollen wir oft nur die gute Seite sehen und vergessen dabei, dass die Zeiten des Leids uns große Chancen bieten, uns positive weiter zu entwickeln. Wir sind manchmal so sehr damit beschäftigt die schuld bei dem Anderen zu suchen und nicht bei uns. Kann das einer der Gründe sein, warum wir uns oft nicht vertragen? Ich möchte meine Erfahrungen und meine die da durch entstandene Weisheit mit dir teilen. Mach Dir keine Sorgen über den Tod, aber bereit dich in Gedanken darauf vor. Dazu gehört vor allen Dingen Gottes Liebe und Allmacht an zuerkennen. In diesen Buch schreibe Ich über Kindererziehung, Lebens -einstellungen, Charakter und viele andere Dinge des Lebens.




Beyond Bach


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Reverence for J. S. Bach's music and its towering presence in our cultural memory have long affected how people hear his works. In his own time, however, Bach stood as just another figure among a number of composers, many of them more popular with the music-loving public. Eschewing the great composer style of music history, Andrew Talle takes us on a journey that looks at how ordinary people made music in Bach's Germany. Talle focuses in particular on the culture of keyboard playing as lived in public and private. As he ranges through a wealth of documents, instruments, diaries, account ledgers, and works of art, Talle brings a fascinating cast of characters to life. These individuals--amateur and professional performers, patrons, instrument builders, and listeners--inhabited a lost world, and Talle's deft expertise teases out the diverse roles music played in their lives and in their relationships with one another. At the same time, his nuanced re-creation of keyboard playing's social milieu illuminates the era's reception of Bach's immortal works.




Gemeindeordnung und Kirchenzucht: Johannes a Lascos Kirchenordnung für London (1555) und die reformierte Konfessionsbildung


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This study describes the origins of early Reformed confessional development using the example of those congregations of religious refugees most heavily influenced by John Laski: the congregation at Emden and the Dutch and French Strangers’ Churches in London. At its center are questions about the congregation as the location of ecclesiology. The outlines of Laski’s theology--which viewed the congregation as the communion of the body of Christ--are described in comparison to the approaches of other Reformers and in relationship to daily reality in the second half of the sixteenth century. Working from a rich base of source materials, the author discusses the development of teachings on church offices and the practice of church discipline, thus illuminating the self-understanding of the three congregations. Becker shows how reciprocal influences and attempts to conform led to the unification of doctrine and community life within these congregations.







The Island of Second Sight


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Winner of the PEN Translation Prize




Concordia Triglotta


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Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven


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A new 2022 translation of 1755 Allgemeine Naturgeschichte und Theorie des Himmels in modern English with the original German in the back. Immanuel Kant's Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven is one of his first Philosophic works and puts on full display his impressive intellect. Even though he was not a scientist, Kant's Cosmogonic theories are strikingly accurate when compared to the theories of his peers. Here he postulates the Nebular Hypothesis on the formation and evolution of planetary systems, which is today the broadly accepted theory of planet formation. He was also correct in his assumption, which was unsubstantiated by observation at the time, that our Milky Way galaxy was only one of countless, which was only confirmed by the Hubble Telescope in the 1920’s. His theories about Exoplanets were likewise only recently confirmed by the Kepler missions. This is the epicenter of the chaos of the Enlightenment, and Kant’s theories are surprisingly rational and accurate. His philosophic commentaries here are a foreshadowing of his later monumental works of Enlightenment Epistemology.




Concordia Theological Monthly


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Includes section "Book review.--Literatur."







Why the Amish Sing


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An intimate portrait of the diverse music-making at the center of Amish faith and life. Singing occurs in nearly every setting of Amish life. It is a sanctioned pleasure that frames all Amish rituals and one that enlivens and sanctifies both routine and special events, from household chores, road trips by buggy, and family prayer to baptisms, youth group gatherings, weddings, and “single girl” sings. But because Amish worship is performed in private homes instead of public churches, few outsiders get the chance to hear Amish people sing. Amish music also remains largely unexplored in the field of ethnomusicology. In Why the Amish Sing, D. Rose Elder introduces readers to the ways that Amish music both reinforces and advances spiritual life, delving deep into the Ausbund, the oldest hymnal in continuous use. This illuminating ethnomusicological study demonstrates how Amish groups in Wayne and Holmes Counties, Ohio—the largest concentration of Amish in the world—sing to praise God and, at the same time, remind themselves of their 450-year history of devotion. Singing instructs Amish children in community ways and unites the group through common participation. As they sing in unison to the weighty words of their ancestors, the Amish confirm their love and support for the community. Their singing delineates their common journey—a journey that demands separation from the world and yielding to God's will. By making school visits, attending worship services and youth sings, and visiting private homes, Elder has been given the rare opportunity to listen to Amish singing in its natural social and familial context. She combines one-on-one interviews with detailed observations of how song provides a window into Amish cultural beliefs, values, and norms.