Author : Victor J. Stenger
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 46,57 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1616145994
Looking at both historical and contemporary contexts, the author argues that religion has played a major role in suppressing scientific pursuit.
Author : Yaʻaḳov Mosheh Hilel
Publisher : Feldheim Publishers
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,59 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780873065368
Author : Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 17,21 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Folly
ISBN :
Author : John Koessler
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 18,65 MB
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310395461
When you stand before your congregation, what do you hope to accomplish when you preach the Word? If people have Bibles and the freedom to read and pray on their own—why do they need you? In short, what do you bring to the table? Author, pastor, and professor John Koessler answers those questions and many more. Why does one sermon have a powerful effect on the audience while another falls flat? Why should listeners heed what the preacher says? Is human language adequate for facilitating an encounter with God? What is the point of preaching a sermon? Folly, Grace, and Power is a must-read for pastors, seminarians, and lay leaders charged with the task of preaching God’s word. This essential book is both a stern reminder of the sacredness of the awesome “job” of being a preacher, as well as a how-to that reveals the key to speaking powerfully on God’s behalf.
Author : John Stephen Vaughan
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 49,16 MB
Release : 2018-03-22
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780365279617
Excerpt from Faith and Folly However specious and plausible their argu ments may be, and however cleverly they may be marshalled and arranged, the reasoning of such men must be utterly false.1 One may. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : William Stringfellow
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 37,68 MB
Release : 1999-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1725206501
'A Private and Public Faith' is a heartfelt protest against the self-serving religiosity that characterizes so much of religion in contemporary American society, and which affects to such a large degree the life of the churches of American Protestantism. Stringfellow's protest is motivated by a passionate concern that the authentic life of the Word of God should operate freely in the church and in the world. His exposition of this life for individual, church, and society is profound yet simple. An excerpt on discerning God's presence: In other words, the most notorious, plain, and victorious truth of God is that God participates in our history -- even yours and mine. Our history -- all our anxieties -- have become the scene of His presence and the matter of His care. We are safe. We are free. Wherever we turn we shall discover that God is already there. Therefore, wherever it be, fear not, be thankful, rejoice, and boast of God."
Author : John Stephen Vaughan
Publisher :
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 48,94 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Apologetics
ISBN :
Author : John Stephen Bp Vaughan, 1853-1925
Publisher :
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 38,4 MB
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781362101758
Author : John Stephen Vaughan
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 17,4 MB
Release : 2016-05-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781357112172
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Author : Rebecca Miller
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 44,34 MB
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1443418285
Jacob is a Jewish peddler living in eighteenth-century France; Leslie and Deirdre Senzatimore are a settled American couple; and Masha is an alluring, young, ultra-Orthodox Jew who is gravely ill. In Jacob’s Folly, these four individuals will find their fates intertwined and the courses of their lives irrevocably altered when Jacob is reincarnated as a housefly in contemporary Long Island. Through the unique lens of Jacob’s consciousness, Miller explores transformation in all its different guises—personal, spiritual and literal. As she considers the hold of the past on the present, the power of private hopes and dreams, and the collision of fate and free will, Miller’s world—which is our own, transfigured by her startlingly clear gaze and by her sharp, surprising wit—comes to vibrant life. Leslie’s desire to act as hero and rescuer; Jacob’s disastrous marriage to the childlike Hodle, and his intense obsession with Masha—Miller sketches her characters’ interior lives with compassion, subtlety and an exceptionally light touch. Jacob’s Folly is wildly inventive, and ultimately moving; it will leave the reader, no less than its characters, transformed.
