Edge Of God

Author : Niles Goldstein
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307556431

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God at the Edge by Niles Goldstein Pdf

Here is a book about adventure, raw experience, and facing inner demons. Niles Elliot Goldstein is a young rabbi who sets out to find God in tough and often scary situations: dogsledding above the Arctic Circle, taking the Silk Road into Central Asia without a visa, being chased by a grizzly bear, cruising with DEA agents through the South Bronx, and spending a night in jail in New York City's Tombs. He explores the connections between struggle and growth, fear and transcendence, and uncertainty and faith, seeking the boundary where the finite meets the Infinite. Goldstein is not alone in making this kind of pilgrimage. There has always been a strong tradition of seekers who looked for revelation outside conventional religious settings and encountered God in moments of anguish, terror, and pain. Goldstein juxtaposes his own experiences with those of some of the great historical figures of Judaism and Christianity—Jonah and St. John of the Cross, Moses Maimonides and Julian of Norwich, Nachman of Bratslav and Martin Luther—as well as lesser known mystics and preachers, and he discovers, as they did, that it can sometimes take a journey to the edge to recognize God's presence in our lives.

Author : Timothy Chandler,Tara Magdalinski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134511662

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With God on their Side by Timothy Chandler,Tara Magdalinski Pdf

'Sport' and 'religion' are cultural institutions with a global reach. Each is characterised by ritualised performance and by the ecstatic devotion of its followers, whether in the sports arena or the cathedral of worship. This fascinating collection is the first to examine, in detail, the relationship between these two cultural institutions from an international, religiously pluralistic perspective. It illuminates the role of sport and religion in the social formation of collective groups, and explores how sport might operate in the service of a religious community. The book offers a series of cutting-edge contemporary historical case-studies, wide-ranging in their social and religious contexts. It presents important new work on the following fascinating topics: * sport and Catholicism in Northern Ireland * Shinto and sumo in Japan * women, sport and the American Jewish identity * religion, race and rugby in South Africa * sport and Islam in France and North Africa * sport and Christian fundamentalism in the US * Muhammad Ali and the Nation of Islam. With God on their Side is vital reading for all students of the history, sociology and culture of sport. It also presents important new research material that will be of interest to religious studies students, historians and anthropologists.

Author : Arabella Edge
Publisher : Picador Australia
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781741972153

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The God of Spring by Arabella Edge Pdf

"Leave the fine stallions, converging battle troops and court commissions to the Vernets and their honoured friends. Here was his space. Scorched implacable skies, clouds raining dust. An ocean so tumultuous and vast it would hurt your eyes to stare at it for long. Men huddled on an improbable tempest-tossed raft. Mere planks lashed by rotting cords. Perhaps he had chanced on a subject for the King's Salon at last." Set in Paris in 1818, during the upheavals of the French Revolution, the Empire and the Restoration, The God of Spring tells the story of painter Theodore Gericault. Having won a Gold Medal at the prestigious Salon at the tender age of twenty-one, he is now, seven years later, searching for the subject of his next masterpiece. But he is lovesick, hopelessly addicted to his benefactor-uncle's young wife, Alexandrine, six years his senior. Every moment without her is an eternity. Nothing else can hold his thoughts. Until he hears the story of the shipwreck of the French frigate Medusa off the shores of the West African coast and the abandonment of one hundred and fifty souls on an unseaworthy makeshift raft. It was a catastrophe that fascinated and horrified the French public, with its tales of grand betrayal, madness, murder and cannibalism. When he manages to track down two of the raft's survivors, Gericault knows he has finally found his subject, if only he can maintain his sanity.

Author : Rowan Williams
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781472910455

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The Edge of Words by Rowan Williams Pdf

The Edge of Words is Rowan Williams' first book since standing down as Archbishop of Canterbury. Invited to give the prestigious 2014 Gifford Lectures, Dr Williams has produced a scholarly but eminently accessible account of the possibilities of speaking about God – taking as his point of departure the project of natural theology. Dr Williams enters into dialogue with thinkers as diverse as Augustine and Simone Weil and authors such as Joyce, Hardy, Burgess and Hoban in what is a compelling essay about the possibility of language about God.

Author : Chip Ingram,Lance Witt
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493401543

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The Real Heaven by Chip Ingram,Lance Witt Pdf

Heaven has received a lot of attention in recent years as bestselling books and movies have told the stories of people who claim to have been there. But what does the Bible actually say about heaven? What difference does it make? What happens the moment after we die? What will our relationships be like in heaven? Chip Ingram sets aside the hype and myths and digs into the Scriptures to discover what God actually wants us to know about the hereafter. Most importantly, Ingram shows why our understanding of heaven matters now, in this life. Because what we believe about heaven actually affects us today in ways we may not have imagined.

Author : Darrell W. Johnson
Publisher : Regent College Publishing
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 157383212X

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Discipleship on the Edge by Darrell W. Johnson Pdf

Revelation is probably the most read, but least understood book of the Bible. History is replete with examples of how not to interpret it, and books featuring end-of-world prophecy claims based on Revelation consistently top the bestseller lists. But how can the message of such an enigmatic book be applied to our lives today? In Discipleship on the Edge, Darrell W. Johnson drives home the challenging and practical message of Revelation in thirty carefully crafted sermons. Paying careful attention to the original context of Revelation and the circumstances surrounding its composition, Johnson shows that the book is not a "crystal ball" but rather a "discipleship manual." Thoroughly researched and yet accessible, this collection of sermons is a helpful resource for pastors and small group leaders who are looking for models to help them preach and teach the message of Revelation in a time when there is much confusion about the end times. Darrell W. Johnson serves as Scholar-in-Residence at The Way Church and Canadian Church Leaders Network in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A popular conference and retreat speaker, he has also served as the preaching pastor for a number of congregations in North America and the Philippines, as well as serving as Adjunct Professor of Preaching for the Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and a Teaching Fellow at Regent College. His other books include Experiencing the Trinity and Fifty-Seven Words That Change The World.

Author : Richard J. Hart
Publisher : America Star Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1462696511

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Edging God Out by Richard J. Hart Pdf

According to a recent Gallup poll, nine in ten Americans believe in God. Yet how easily we can edge God out of our lives. This is what the ego does. Ego can stand for edging God out. We edge God out by being blind to the realities around us which cry out like a siren in the night for our attention. Our blurred vision needs healing so we can see with a wide angled lens. This will enable us to see that the worst of times can become the best of times when seen through the lens of the cross. By not listening to God, others, and our own bodies, we keep God below our radar screen. We listen more readily to the voices of materialism, consumerism and individualism. Some forty to sixty percent of our day is spent in listening, but how much do we actively listen? Sexual abuse, especially of children, is a horrible way to edge God out of our lives. Jesus showed us how to touch in a loving, caring, tender way. How many of us can show the highest kind of love by accepting Jesus' challenge by loving our enemies, doing good to those who hate us, and praying for those who mistreat us? We misuse our precious gift of speech by lying, detraction, slander, gossip, unjust anger. We edge God out by our failure to be involved in thorny justice issues like the environment, global warming, racism, sexism, militarism and immigration. How often we respond, "What can I do?" Instead of wringing our hands we need to open them up to others. The most ordinary things are drenched in divine possibility. But we become paralyzed by fear, failure and even death. We need to counteract all of this by spirited prayer which will prevent us from edging God out of our lives. God cannot be bothered to do for ourselves what we can do for ourselves. Prayer will enable us to see things in a new way, to think the unfamiliar, to accept the present moment even if it is disturbing.

Author : Brother John of Taize
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532617935

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Life on the Edge by Brother John of Taize Pdf

Is the Christian faith something that can peacefully exist alongside all the other aspects of an ordinary human life, or does it by its very nature turn that life into something else? The author of this book, a member of a monastic community for over forty years, obviously has a vested interest in the answer. But even for believers caught up in the day-to-day life of society, work, and family, the question is an important one, at least if they are seeking a measure of consistency in the life they are living. And does not the very fact that the question of the importance and urgency of faith needs to be asked witness to the eclipse of an eschatological outlook among Christians, at any rate in the mainstream Churches? Could this oversight not explain why an eschatological understanding of faith, one which sees it as a radical, world-changing reality, has been forced to take refuge, often deformed to the point of being unrecognizable, in small “fanatical” groups on the margins of the Christian world?

Author : Chip Ingram
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781441222442

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Love, Sex, and Lasting Relationships by Chip Ingram Pdf

God wants his children to have a lasting relationship and great sex--the results of a deep, meaningful love that is rooted in commitment. Now updated and with a fresh new cover, Love, Sex, and Lasting Relationships helps readers walk a path to true love that is more fulfilling than they ever imagined. "There's a better way to find love, stay in love, and grow in intimacy for a lifetime," says Chip Ingram. It's God's way. Whether single or married, happy or searching for hope, readers will discover that by following God's prescription, they can create a love that lasts.

Author : Catherine Halsall
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725259010

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I Glanced Out the Window and Saw the Edge of the World by Catherine Halsall Pdf

This book is about WAR--not the causes and results, not the planning and the campaigns, not the artillery and the bombs. It is about the heinous crimes committed by the combatants, the horrifying experiences of civilians, the devastation of cities and villages, the killing and the dying, the glory leading to revulsion and guilt, and the assimilation of suffering that either ends in death or in the triumph of the soul. It looks at the struggle of the church to remain faithful and the servants of the church who seek to bring sense and solace to the victims. It discusses antisemitism, racism, and war itself from biblical perspectives. It reveals the unjustifiable reasons for engaging in war and how this brings catastrophic results for all peoples--the mental instability of the survivors and the loss and grief of those on the home front. In war, how can men and women carry out the actions that they do? As Viktor Frankl writes: "After all, man is that being who has invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who has entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips."

Author : Miller,Keith Miller,Bruce Larson
Publisher : W Publishing Group
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1985-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0876809794

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The Edge of Adventure by Miller,Keith Miller,Bruce Larson Pdf

Author : Kevin Abell
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-31
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781449035280

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The Edge of His Cloak by Kevin Abell Pdf

At one time in your life, you may have thought to yourself, or you might have heard someone say something to this effect; God just doesnt do that kind of thing anymore. The Bible is filled with stories about people who had God do amazing things for them. Some received loved ones back from the dead. Others were healed of their illnesses. We dont always see the same kinds of miracles in our era. Or do we? Why is that? Are the stories of the Bible little more than fairy tales? Did God stop doing amazing acts? There is a God, who still performs the miraculous in our time. He acts very much in the same way today that He did back in Biblical times. If you have everpondered these things, if you have ever needed God in a big way; if youve ever wondered if He can, if you need Him now or if you know someone who does, Then take the time and look at the stories of those who reached out to touch The Edge of His Cloak.

Author : Beowulf Pels
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595354665

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Edge of God by Beowulf Pels Pdf

Ex-CIA covert operator Martin Dallas has never failed a mission, not in the jungles of Cambodia or the deserts of the Middle East. After Wahhabi terrorists murder his wife, Dallas leads an elite mercenary team in a decisive covert op designed to end terrorism. Financed by an American industrialist, Dallas secures suitcase nukes for his mission and prepares to strike at the heart of radical Islamic terrorists. At the same time, the CIA and a SEAL team have only hours to save tens of thousands of Americans from dying in a nuclear inferno triggered by suicide bombers who have already penetrated U.S. waters. While tracking the nuclear-armed terrorists and deploying the first of his weapons Dallas slides back into nasty habits like kidnapping, torture, and murder. When it's time to detonate his first bomb, he realizes he's progressively losing his humanity and is becoming what he seeks to destroy. As Mossad and the CIA close in on him and his bomb, Dallas must quickly decide whether he'll incinerate thousands of civilians or salvage his soul by allowing his mission to fail.

Author : Jeanne M. Burger
Publisher : Ebenezer Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780981533506

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Ignited by God's Love by Jeanne M. Burger Pdf

Ignited by God's Love is a collection of 50 short devotions that provide insight and encouragement for kingdom workers. The author uses anecdotes and stories to equip, inspire, and motivate fellow believers as they work share Jesus' love with others and invite them into His kingdom. Each devotion includes Scripture passages to guide the way.

Author : Francis Chan,Lisa Chan
Publisher : Claire Love Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780990351429

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You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity by Francis Chan,Lisa Chan Pdf

Marriage is great, but it’s not forever. It’s until death do us part. Then come eternal rewards or regrets depending on how we spent our lives. In his latest book, Francis Chan joins together with his wife Lisa to address the question many couples wonder at the altar: “How do I have a healthy marriage?” Setting aside typical topics on marriage, Francis and Lisa dive into Scripture to understand what it means to have a relationship that satisfies the deepest parts of our souls. In the same way Crazy Love changed the way we saw our personal relationship with God, You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity will radically shift the way we see one of the most important relationships in our life. Jesus was right. We have it all backwards. The way to have a great marriage is by not focusing on marriage. Whether you are single, dating or married, You and Me Forever will help you discover the adventure that you were made for ­­and learn how to thrive in it. 100% of the net proceeds from this book will support various ministries including those that help provide shelter and rehabilitation for thousands of children and exploited women around the world. For more information, please visit: youandmeforever.org