Author : John Piper
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,79 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1581348452
for every healthy tree bears good fruit --; Demand #28 : love your enemies--lead them to the truth --; Demand #29 : love your enemies--pray for those who abuse you --; Demand #30 : love your enemies--do good to those who hate you, give to the one who asks --; Demand #31 : love your enemies to show that you are children of God --; Demand #32 : love your neighbor as yourself,
Author : Max Freedom Long
Publisher : Devorss Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,17 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9780875165103
Author : Pheme Perkins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,6 MB
Release : 1990-07-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780521366953
This depiction of Jesus as a charismatic teacher and prophet compares him with other philosophers and visionaries of his time and analyzes his usage of parables and proverbs.
Author : Alan P. Stanley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 13,17 MB
Release : 2006-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1498276393
Jesus teaches that regardless of one's profession, if one does not demonstrate a changed life produced by God, one will not enter into heaven. Such a judgment will be made when Jesus returns and judges every person according to his or her "works." While this may seem contradictory to some more well-known passages ruling out the role of works in salvation (e.g., Rom 3:21-4:25; Gal 2:16-21; Eph 2:8-9), there is every good reason to understand that Jesus' teachings complement such passages. The works that admit one into heaven are not works produced by the flesh before conversion but works produced by God after conversion. They will fundamentally be characterized by a life of discipleship, love for others, and endurance in faith and obedience, and will therefore serve to confirm that one indeed did have a relationship with God during one's life.
Author : Steven M. Nolt
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 17,29 MB
Release : 2016-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1421419564
Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork and collaborative research, The Amish: A Concise Introduction is a compact but richly detailed portrait of Amish life. In fewer than 150 pages, readers will come away with a clear understanding of the complexities of these simple people.
Author : Geza Vermes
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 14,2 MB
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 014191260X
There can be no doubt that Jesus, 'a religious genius' as Geza Vermes describes him, lived and taught in Palestine some 2000 years ago. The influence he has had is incalculable. How though can we distinguish between the doctrines shaped to the needs of the burgeoning Christian church and the original views laid out by Jesus himself? How can we dig back through the additions, misinterpretations and confusions of later writers and two millennia of tradition to get back to the authentic gospel of Jesus? In his new book, Vermes subjects all the sayings of Jesus to brilliantly informed scrutiny. The result is a book of unique value and novelty--scraping aside the accretions of centuries to come as close as we can hope to be to the true Jesus.
Author : Ryan Whitaker Smith
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 13,83 MB
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1493435310
Christianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist (Bible & Devotional) Sheltering Mercy helps us rediscover the rich treasures of the Psalms--through free-verse prayer renderings of their poems and hymns--as a guide to personal devotion and meditation. The church has always used the Psalms as part of its prayer life, and they have inspired countless other prayers. This book contains 75 prayers drawn from Psalms 1-75, providing lyrical sketches of what authors Ryan Whitaker Smith and Dan Wilt have seen, heard, and felt while sojourning in the Psalms. While each prayer corresponds to a particular psalm and touches on its themes and ideas, it is not a new translation of the Psalms or an attempt to modernize or contextualize their content or language. Rather, the prayers are responses to the Psalms written in harmony with Scripture. These prayers help us quiet our hearts before God and welcome us into a safe place amid the storms of life. This artful, poetic, and classic devotional book features compelling custom illustrations and beautiful hardcover binding, offering a fresh way to reflect on and pray the Psalms.
Author : Roy B. Zuck
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,29 MB
Release : 2002-01-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1725202840
Bible teachers have an ideal model for evaluating their pedagogy: the Master Teacher Jesus Read through the Gospels, and you quickly reach the conclusion that Jesus was a dynamic, remarkably effective teacher; never boring, always stimulating; never obtuse, always clear; never pompous or distant, always personal and lovingly concerned," writes Roy Zuck Zuck explores Jesus' involvement of students in the learning process, his modeling of truth, his method of responding to questions, his use of rhetorical technique, visuals, and illustrations, and his attitude toward those who sat under his instruction. Zuck covers the Rabbi's overall style and its impact on disciples, the general public, and those who rejected him.
Author : Robert H. Stein
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 11,10 MB
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664243906
A clear and thorough introduction to the best known of Jesus' teachings, this much-needed text examines what parables are, why Jesus taught in parables, and the purpose and place of parables in the Gospel narratives. Invaluable for the beginning seminary or college students and for church study groups, this enlightening work reveals the meaning of the parables when they were first given, their meaning for the Gospel writers, and their meaning for us today.
Author : Craig L. Blomberg
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 15,48 MB
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830866779
Craig Blomberg surveys the contemporary critical approaches to the parables--including those that have emerged in the twenty years since the first edition. This widely used text has taken a minority perspective and made it mainstream, with Blomberg ably defending a limited allegorical approach and offering brief interpretations of all the major parables.
