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Dismissing Jesus

Author : Douglas M. Jones
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621896692

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What is the way of the cross? Why does it create resistance? How do we answer objections to it? The revival of interest in Christ's kingdom and radical discipleship has produced a wave of discussions, but sometimes those discussions are scattered. This book aims to pull together in one place the core claims of the way of the cross. It aims to examine the deeply cherished assumptions that hinder us from hearing Jesus's call. When we do that, we'll see that the gospel of Christ is not primarily about getting into heaven or about living a comfortable, individually pious, middle-class life. It is about being free from the ancient, pervasive, and delightful oppression of Mammon in order to create a very different community, the church, an alternative city-kingdom here and now on earth by means of living and celebrating the way of the cross--the reign of joyful weakness, renunciation, self-denial, sharing, foolishness, community, and love overcoming evil.

Dismissing Jesus

Author : Douglas M. Jones
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781620325353

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What is the way of the cross? Why does it create resistance? How do we answer objections to it? The revival of interest in Christ's kingdom and radical discipleship has produced a wave of discussions, but sometimes those discussions are scattered. This book aims to pull together in one place the core claims of the way of the cross. It aims to examine the deeply cherished assumptions that hinder us from hearing Jesus's call. When we do that, we'll see that the gospel of Christ is not primarily about getting into heaven or about living a comfortable, individually pious, middle-class life. It is about being free from the ancient, pervasive, and delightful oppression of Mammon in order to create a very different community, the church, an alternative city-kingdom here and now on earth by means of living and celebrating the way of the cross--the reign of joyful weakness, renunciation, self-denial, sharing, foolishness, community, and love overcoming evil.

Remembering Jesus

Author : Allen Verhey
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802803237

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In the past decade many Christians have embraced the "What Would Jesus Do?" campaign, which encourages them to base their decisions and actions on this question. In Remembering Jesus -- the book that promises to be his magnum opus -- Allen Verhey takes a serious look at what Jesus really said and did and applies it to contemporary Christian ethics. Verhey asserts that following Jesus requires remembering him, and in order to do this, Christians must read and understand Scripture, where the memory of Jesus is found. By remembering Jesus, this book contributes to the effort of Christians to discern the shape and style of life "worthy of the gospel" More specifically, this book displays the implications of Christian integrity for sexual, medical, economic, and political ethics, seeking to understand what Jesus would really have to say about these issues today. While suitable for pastors and general readers looking for biblically based instruction on practical living, this superb work also makes an ideal text for courses on Christian ethics.

Exalting Jesus in Mark

Author : Akin
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780805496857

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This series affirms that the Bible is a Christ-centered book, containing a unified story of redemptive history of which Jesus is the hero. It's presented as sermons, divided into chapters that conclude with a "Reflect & Discuss" section, making this series ideal for small group study, personal devotion, and even sermon preparation. It's not academic but rather presents an easy-reading, practical and friendly commentary. The series is projected to be 48 volumes.

Nietzsche’s “Ecce Homo”

Author : Nicholas Martin,Duncan Large
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110246551

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Nietzsche’s “Ecce Homo” by Nicholas Martin,Duncan Large Pdf

Friedrich Nietzsche’s intellectual autobiography Ecce Homo has always been a controversial book. Nietzsche prepared it for publication just before he became incurably insane in early 1889, but it was held back until after his death, and finally appeared only in 1908. For much of the first century of its reception, Ecce Homo met with a sceptical response and was viewed as merely a testament to its author’s incipient madness. This was hardly surprising, since he is deliberately outrageous with the ‘megalomaniacal’ self-advertisement of his chapter titles, and brazenly claims ‘I am not a man, I am dynamite’ as he attempts to explode one preconception after another in the Western philosophical tradition. In recent decades there has been increased interest in the work, especially in the English-speaking world, but the present volume is the first collection of essays in any language devoted to the work. Most of the essays are selected from the proceedings of an international conference held in London to mark the centenary of the first publication of Ecce Homo in 2008. They are supplemented by a number of specially commissioned essays. Contributors include established and emerging Nietzsche scholars from the UK and USA, Germany and France, Portugal, Sweden and the Netherlands.

Jesus, the Risen Prisoner

Author : Michael E. Kennedy,Michael Kennedy (S.J.)
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0809145723

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Jesus, the Risen Prisoner by Michael E. Kennedy,Michael Kennedy (S.J.) Pdf

Provides a new vision of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus as a tool that we can use to respond differently to the violence and hatred that our culture teaches.

Real Christians Don't Attend Christian Churches

Author : Donald Werner
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780359833108

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Real Christians Don't Attend Christian Churches by Donald Werner Pdf

A Christian is one who follows Christ, accepting the authority of his teachings and commands. Yet, according to the Christian Church doctrine, we don't need to keep Jesus' teachings and commands, we can reject some, or all, of them, and all we need to do "believe". The Christian Churches aren't really 'Christian', since they deny Christ by denying his teachings. Jesus warned this would happen and told us there would be harsh consequences. The church has set many of Jesus' and God's commands aside, as dictated by their 'lawless' church doctrines. I give examples of that in this book. Jesus experienced the same problem with the Jews. Instead of church doctrine, they had their 'traditions' or 'oral laws' which were making them lawless. How did Jesus deal with them? His parables give that answer, and I explain that in the second half of this book. This is an eye-opening book that will make you evaluate your Christian Church as to how faithful it is to Jesus and God's commands.

A Postcolonial Commentary on the New Testament Writings

Author : Fernando F. Segovia,R. S. Sugirtharajah
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567637079

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A Postcolonial Commentary on the New Testament Writings by Fernando F. Segovia,R. S. Sugirtharajah Pdf

A comprehensive analysis of the New Testament from the perspective of postcolonial criticism, this title enables readers to relate biblical texts more sharply to the perennial geopolitical issues of imperialism and colonialism.

Good News and Good Works

Author : Ronald J. Sider
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1999-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781585583676

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Concerned to promote an authentic, biblical faith, this book suggests ways to combine evangelism with social action for effective witness in today's world.

Doctrine

Author : James Wm. McClendon JR.
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426730115

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Doctrine by James Wm. McClendon JR. Pdf

Christian doctrine, McClendon tells us, is no laundry list of propositions to be believed, but is rather an essential practice of the church. Doctrines are those shared convictions which the church must teach and live out if it is to be the church. The author rejects the prevailing assumptions stemming from the rationalism of the Enlightenment, and redefines theology as a discipline within the context of particular religious beliefs and practices of concrete believing communities. McClendon ties the reading of Scripture to the community's understanding of itself and its own mission.

The Moody Bible Commentary

Author : Michael Rydelnik,Michael Vanlaningham
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 4023 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802490186

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OVER 100,000 COPIES SOLD! Now you can study the Bible with the faculty of the Moody Bible Institute! Imagine having a team of 30 Moody Bible Institute professors helping you study the Bible. Now you can with this in-depth, user-friendly, one-volume commentary. General editors Michael Rydelnik and Michael Vanlaningham have led a team of contributors whose academic training, practical church experience, and teaching competency make this commentary excellent for anyone who needs help understanding the Scriptures. This comprehensive and reliable reference work should be the first place Sunday school teachers, Bible study leaders, missionaries, and pastors turn to for biblical insight. Scripture being commented on is shown in bold print for easy reference, and maps and charts provide visual aids for learning. Additional study helps include bibliographies for further reading and a subject and Scripture index. The Moody Bible Commentary is an all-in-one Bible study resource that will help you better understand and apply God's written revelation to all of life.

Distortion

Author : Chelsen Vicari
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781629980218

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Distortion arms conservative Christians with Scripture, historic Christian teaching, and social science that specifically addresses the challenges confronting our country—especially the youth—in a culture increasingly hostile to truth and love.

The New Testament in Antiquity

Author : Gary M. Burge,Lynn H. Cohick,Gene L. Green
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310590613

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The New Testament in Antiquity is a textbook for college and seminary students penned by three evangelical scholars with over fifty years of combined experience in the classroom. Their challenge was to build a text that would be engaging, academically robust, richly illustrated, and relevant to the modern student. This book strikes a balance between being accessible to all students and challenging them to explore the depths of the New Testament within its cultural worlds. The New Testament in Antiquity carefully develops how Jewish and Hellenistic cultures formed the essential environment in which the New Testament authors wrote their books and letters. It argues that knowing the land, history, and culture of this world brings remarkable new insights into how we read the New Testament itself. Numerous sidebars provide windows into the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman worlds and integrate this material directly with the interpretation of the literature of the New Testament. This is an ideal introductory text for classroom use, with ample discussion questions and bibliographies.

Moses as a Character in the Fourth Gospel

Author : Stan Harstine
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826460264

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Moses as a Character in the Fourth Gospel by Stan Harstine Pdf

Did first century Mediterranean readers of the Fourth Gospel have comparable literary examples to inform their comprehension of Moses as a character? In addressing this question, Harstine's study falls into two parts. The first is an analysis of the character Moses as utilized in the text of the Fourth Gospel. The second is an examination of other Hellenistic narrative texts, in which the character of Homer is also considered, as another important legendary figure with whom the readers of the Fourth Gospel would have been familiar.

My Words Will Not Pass Away

Author : Martin Hogan
Publisher : Messenger Publications
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781788125031

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‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away’ (Luke 21:33) At the weekday Eucharist we read from sections of all four gospels in the course of the liturgical year. The reflections in this book are based predominantly on the gospel readings for the weekdays of the coming liturgical year, 2021/22, with occasional references to the first reading. They follow the sequence of the weeks of the calendar year, beginning on the 29th November, Monday of the first week of Advent. In the course of the liturgical year, the gospel readings present us with a significant selection of the words and deeds of Jesus from all four gospels. In and through these gospel readings we encounter the living word of the risen Lord to his church. There is rich fare here to nourish our faith life and to help us to grow in our knowledge and love of the Lord. These short reflections attempt to listen to the Scripture passages on their own terms, while showing how they can continue to speak to our church and our world today. Many people feel drawn to basing their prayer on the Scriptures, in particular the gospels. It is hoped that these reflections will serve as a help to prayer for people of faith. They may also be of service to priests who seek to offer a short reflection on the gospel reading of the day to their parishioners. In parishes where, from time to time, there is a Liturgy of the Word in place of Mass, the Minister of the Word might read the corresponding reflection after the gospel reading. On most week days, the same readings are proclaimed in the church throughout the world in the setting of the Eucharist. To read and reflect upon the readings for the weekdays of the liturgical year is to go on a spiritual journey with the universal church.