Faith Amid Darkness

Author : Danny Rittman
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491718902

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Faith Amid Darkness by Danny Rittman Pdf

While growing up during the 1930s in Lodz, Poland, Adrian Nowak befriends Misha Coen, a Jewish boy who lives in his apartment building. As they play together and learn about each others cultures and religions, the two boys look forward to the future. They have no idea of how things will change in 1939 when Nazi Germany invades their beloved country. On the day of Mishas Bar Mitzvah, he and his family are taken away by the SS. A few months later, Adrian is forcibly taken into German service and put to work at Treblinka and later Auschwitzthe two most notorious concentration camps in World War II. Subjected to years of subjugation and horror, Adrian is left in deep despairuntil the day he catches a glimpse of Misha in a selection yard at Auschwitz. Thrilled to be together once again, Adrian and Misha find strength, faith, and hope in their morning prayers, the sacred Teffilin that Misha managed to save from his old life, and their friendship, as they both attempt to survive in the face of horrifying conditions. Faith amid Darkness provides a heartrending and surprising glimpse inside the brutality of the Holocaust.

Author : Anne Rice
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307373144

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Called Out of Darkness by Anne Rice Pdf

An intimate memoir of Anne Rice’s Catholic girlhood, her unmaking as a devout believer, and her return to the Church – what she calls a decision of the heart. Moving from her New Orleans childhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, with all its religious devotions, through how she slowly lost her belief in God, Called Out of Darkness also recounts Anne’s years in radical Berkeley, where she wrote Interview with the Vampire (a lament for her lost faith) and where she came to admire the principles of secular humanists. She writes about loss and alienation (her mother’s drinking, the deaths of her young daughter and later, her husband); about the birth of her son, Christopher; and about how, after 38 years as an atheist, she once again came to believe in Christ. Anne Rice makes a spiritual confession that is a celebration: a brilliant, subtle exploration of the journey through life that allows one to answer the call out of darkness.

Author : Johnson, Elizabeth A.
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608337323

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Creation and the Cross by Johnson, Elizabeth A. Pdf

Author : Barbara Dent
Publisher : ICS Publications
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781939272737

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My Only Friend is Darkness: Living the Night of Faith with St. John of the Cross (30th Anniversary Edition) by Barbara Dent Pdf

This wise and widely acclaimed book is written for those “who have advanced far enough in love of God to enter the night of faith and feel the need of explanation, guidance and reassurance.” Even when we believe—as St. John of the Cross and other mystics teach—that the dark night is ultimately purifying, transforming, and unitive, the experience can be terrifying. It’s not something one can undergo easily, or without a wise guide. This book is Barbara Dent’s intimately personal narrative of the long journey in darkness. It is, if you will, a survival manual for living in the night of faith. For over 30 years, the profound personal insights of New Zealand author Barbara Dent have inspired and helped thousands of readers around the world navigate the unsettling but transforming experience of spiritual darkness. My Only Friend Is Darkness is an indispensable resource for those in the more challenging stages of the journey of faith as well as for their spiritual directors and others aiming to better understand the experience. Now deceased, Dent was a mother of three, an English teacher, and secular Carmelite. She published numerous articles and books throughout the English-speaking world. In retirement she lived as a poustinik or hermit, spending time in prayer, study, writing, and offering spiritual guidance to those who turned to her. Now, in response to requests from many readers, ICS Publications is pleased to bring My Only Friend Is Darkness back as an ICS title in this 30th Anniversary Edition. Readers of its popular sequel, The Marriage of All and Nothing, will now have the opportunity to read this, Dent’s pivotal earlier work, which now joins the sequel in our catalog.

Author : Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781586179571

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The Light Shines on in the Darkness by Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D Pdf

Why would an all-loving God allow suffering? Aren't suffering and love opposed to one another? Does suffering have any benefit for this life? Does it have any benefit for eternal life? Is there any objective evidence for God – for a soul that will survive bodily death – for the resurrection of Jesus? If there is testable, objective evidence for a resurrection, what is this resurrection like? Who is God anyway – benevolent and loving or angry and retributive? Father Spitzer gives a comprehensive explanation of contemporary evidence for God, the soul, and the resurrection, and helps us understand how God uses suffering to lead us to the resurrection, and to compassion for others. He also shows how the Holy Spirit guides us through times of suffering toward our salvation – and other's salvation, explaining the signs and interior movements that reveal the Spirit's actions. But even armed with this eternal perspective, serious questions remain. If God has power over nature, why doesn't He just perform a lot more miracles when we pray for them so that we won't have to suffer? Why did God make the natural world imperfect in the first place? Wouldn't it have been better to create us in a world without suffering – without challenge, need, and self-sacrifice? Father Spitzer not only addresses the perplexing questions associated with suffering but he teaches us how to suffer well. He points out some of the most common errors we make in interpreting God's motives for and alleviation of suffering. He explains why suffering – in combination with love – is one of the most powerful motivating agents for personal, cultural, and societal development. Suffering and love are inextricably bound up with one another on the highest levels of human meaning.

Author : Jacques Bénigne Bossuet
Publisher : Sophia Institute Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781933184876

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Meditations for Advent by Jacques Bénigne Bossuet Pdf

Carefully selected to lift your soul to God in those hectic days that stretch from Thanksgiving to Christmas, these forty daily meditations will keep you mindful of the real meaning of Christmas while affording you an admirable distillation of the doctrines and piety of our Holy Catholic Church.

Author : Charisse Jones
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781973689706

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Are You There God? by Charisse Jones Pdf

“Are You There God” created to empower believers and yet believers that God is always present. In life we all have a journey to experience and story to share with others. Thus, God did not create us to walk this road alone. God desires to protect, provide, correct, and direct us, but we must recognize that He exist. We have to acknowledge that life is more than what is visible to our eyes and understand that an encounter with Jesus is both spiritual and tangible through God’s Word. “Are You There God” was birthed by reflecting on my experiences and wanting to share this with others to inspire and lead them to Christ! It’s a practical application of my life and biblical accounts, which helped me to see God. Those same experiences may be your story or different, but reflection on your life can help you see where God was and still is today. I hope that as I share my story with you, it will help you recognize, encounter, and embrace the living God who longs to be your lifelong partner. Jesus Christ never meant of us to experience life without Him and His companionship. God loves you so much that He gave His only Son (John 3:16 NIV) for your sins, for your present existence, and your future eternal salvation.

Author : Sarah Clarkson
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493428748

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This Beautiful Truth by Sarah Clarkson Pdf

We live in a broken world. Amid the daily realities of sickness and isolation, disappointment and pain, it can be profoundly difficult to grasp the real goodness of God. But this is where God breaks into our darkness with beauty. In the wonder of creation, in art or film, story or song, in the kindness of his people and the good they create, God breaks into our pain in a tangible way, teaching us to trust his kindness and hope for his healing. Beauty is a voice singing into our suffering, beckoning us toward restoration. In This Beautiful Truth, Sarah Clarkson shares her own encounters with beauty in the midst of her decade-long struggle with mental illness, depression, and doubt. In a voice both vulnerable and reflective, she paints a compelling picture of the God who reaches out to us in a real and powerful way through the "taste and see" goodness of what he has made and what he continues to create amid our darkness. "To recognize and trust God's gift in pain," she writes, "empowers us to create and love as powerful witnesses to God's healing love in a hopeless world." If you want to renew your capacity to recognize and encounter God's beauty in your life, this hope-filled book will show you the way.

Author : Geo Morrish
Publisher : Irving Risch
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Light Amid the Darkness by Geo Morrish Pdf

Chapter 1. Luther's Early Life — A.D. 1483-1501. Magdeburg — "Bread for the love of God" — Why called 'Martin' — Severity of his Parents — Ursula Cotta — Luther's Music Chapter 2. Luther at College — A.D. 1501-1505. Erfurt — Luther finds the Bible — Thirst for truth — Bachelor of Arts Chapter 3. Luther a Teacher — A.D. 1505. Luther Master of Arts — Death of Alexis — Luther in the Storm — His Vow — Paul and Luther — His parting repast — Takes himself to the cell Chapter 4. Luther a Monk — A.D. 1505-1508. His drudgery — Search for Holiness — His anguish — Staupitz — Forgiveness of sins — The Belief — Grace — Luther a Priest Chapter 5. Luther a Professor — A.D. 1508-1510. Wittenberg — Luther teaches Philosophy — Bachelor of Divinity — The little Chapel — Luther preaches Salvation Chapter 6. Luther's Visit to Rome — A.D. 1510. No fasting at the rich Monastery — Luther's sickness and anguish — Corruption at Rome — Jokes of the Clergy — Pilate's Staircase — "The just shall live by faith" Chapter 7. Justification by Faith — A.D. 1510-1517. Luther Doctor of Divinity — Carlstadt — Truth not new, but recovered — Light makes manifest the darkness Chapter 8. Sale of Indulgences — A.D. 1517. Tetzel's preaching — Myconius and the "Free" Indulgence — The Shoemaker's Wife — The Saxon Gentleman — The parting feast — Luther's Theses — Tetzel's Theses — Dr. Eck — Luther at Heidelberg Chapter 9. Luther in Conflict with Rome — A.D. 1518. How Germany was governed — Luther summoned to Rome — George Spalatin — Luther to be tried in Germany — Philip Melanchthon Chapter 10. Luther at Augsburg — A.D. 1518. Cajetan (De Vio) — Discussion — A word of six letters would settle all — Justification by faith ruins Rome — Nothing settled — Luther escapes — God's truth precious Chapter 11. Luther and Miltitz — A.D. 1518. Luther must leave Germany — No, he need not go — The matter postponed, not settled — Decretals of the Popes — The Golden Rose — The truth spreads Chapter 12. Luther and Dr. Eck — A.D. 1519. Carlstadt — Discussion — Supremacy of the Pope — Huss and Wiclif — Purgatory — Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians — The Lord's Supper. Chapter 13. Luther and the Roman Bull — A.D. 1520. Election of Emperor — Charles chosen — Luther on Good Works — His Appeal to the German Nation — Luther writes to the Pope — Zwingli appeals to the Pope — Eck brings the Papal Bull — Margaret of the Low Countries — The Count of Nassau — Luther burns the Pope's Bull — Demand for Luther's death Chapter 14. The Diet at Worms — A.D. 1521. Luther excommunicated — Aleandro's Speech — Luther summoned — Threats on the journey — Reception — George Frundsberg — Luther before the Diet — He will not retract — Duke Eric of Brunswick — Luther departs Chapter 15. Luther at the Wartburg — A.D. 1521, 1522. Luther carried off — Knight George — Translation of the Bible — Monkery — Temptation by Satan — Luther visits his friends — The Sorbonne Chapter 16. The Reformation and Its Dangers — A.D. 1522. The Mass — "Both Kinds" — Carlstadt — Gabriel Didymus — The Prophets — Nicholas Storch — Images broken — Learning despised — Call for Luther Chapter 17. Luther Returns to Wittenberg — A.D. 1522. The Swiss Students at the 'Black Bear' — the New Book — Luther preaches on the state of affairs — New Testament in German — King Henry of England — Melanchthon's "Common Places" — King Henry writes against Luther — Henry made Defender of the Faith — Luther replies Chapter 18. Persecution Breaks Out — A.D. 1522-1525. Henry Voes, John Esch, and Lambert Thorn — Pope Adrian too "good" — Julio De Medici — Diet of Nuremberg — Campeggio — Gaspard Tauber — Henry Zuphten Chapter 19. Revolt of the Peasants — A.D. 1525. The Anabaptists — Count Louis of Helfenstein, his wife and child — John Müller — Munzer caught — The Revolt not a fruit of the Reformation — Death of the Elector Frederick — John, Elector of Saxony Chapter 20. Luther Marries — A.D. 1525. The Nuns of Nimptsch — Catharine Bora — Family Scenes — Luther's Poverty Chapter 21. Diets of Augsburg and Spire — A.D. 1525, 1526. Threatening — The Emperor and the Pope quarrel Chapter 22. The Sack of Rome — A.D. 1527. Rome pillaged by the Catholics — The Pope a Prisoner — Hypocrisy of the Emperor — Judgment Chapter 23. Peace Disturbed — A.D. 1527, 1528. Otho of Pack — His Treachery Chapter 24. Protestantism — 1529. Diet at Spire — The Protest — Protestants Chapter 25. Luther And Zwingli — A.D. 1530. Discussion on the Lord's Supper — OEcolampadius — Bucer — Luther and the Table-cover — The flesh profiteth nothing — They agree to be friends Chapter 26. The Protestant Confession at Augsburg — A.D. 1530. Melanchthon and the Confession — Concession — The Duke of Bavaria and Dr. Eck — Reply to the Confession — Threats to the Reformers — The Gates of Augsburg secured — Flight of Philip of Hesse — The cry for War is changed to Peace — Attempts at Agreement — God prevents it — Christ and Belial cannot agree — Diet ends in confusion — The Swiss and German Christians unite Chapter 27. Attempts at Agreement — A.D. 1530-1536. Meetings at Smalcalde — Luther's "Admonition to his beloved Germans" — Diet at Ratisbon — Fear of the Turks — A General Council — Death of Clement VII. — Paul III. — Verger — Luther ordains — Envoys from France and England — The Reformation becomes political — The Articles of Smalcalde — Death of Erasmus — Not a Martyr Chapter 28. Insurrection of the Anabaptists — A.D. 1534, 1535. Rotman and John of Leyden at Munster — Anabaptists and their visions — John alters the law of Marriage — He is made king of all the earth — His twenty-eight Evangelists — The Famine — John executes his wife — Munster taken — Satan's work Chapter 29. Darkness Amid the Light — A.D. 1540. Philip of Hesse wants another wife — He quotes the Old Testament Saints — Appeals to the Reformers — The Reformers fall — Doctrine of Marriage — Philip with his two wives — Grace abounds over sin Chapter 30. The General Council — A.D. 1540-1545. What is to decide in the Council? — Diet at Ratisbon — Gropper's book — Truth and Error will not unite — Death of George of Saxony — Henry, a Protestant, succeeds — The Council of Trent entirely a Catholic Council Chapter 31. Luther's Old Age and Death — A.D.1534-1546. The complete Bible in German — Its teachings — Luther's Catechisms — Plagues at Wittenberg — Hans Kohlhase, the Robber — Death of Magdalen — Luther at Eisleben — His sickness and death — Luther's character — Faith — Light from the Scripture — In Christ is all I need

Author : Laurie Short
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310337089

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Finding Faith in the Dark by Laurie Short Pdf

Can we trust a God who gives us different answers than we pray for? Who only fully reveals himself when we look back? Who lets us walk in darkness for months (and sometimes years) at a time? In Finding Faith in the Dark, Laurie Short says yes, and through her story and the stories of others, she reveals a God who is able to transform the dark chapters of our lives into opportunities of grace. Maybe you've been there: The husband or wife you stayed faithful to had an affair The death of a spouse or child has torn your heart A diagnosis has taken away your health, your plans and your future When these things happen, we are left wondering "Where is that God who promises to answer our prayers if we trust in Him? Why isn’t my life turning out the way I hoped, let alone how I had planned?” If you are, or have ever been, in that place, this book is for you. And more than helping you find your way out, this book will help you find your way through that place.

Author : Ted Goshorn
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780359448982

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Living Amidst the Darkness by Ted Goshorn Pdf

I offer these six sermons here, in book form, with the desire that reading them together can offer that sense of hope. We are lost without the hope that God provides. These sermons seek to offer not only that sense of hope, but also a roadmap for faithfully seeing our way through the good times and bad. Practice, or spiritual discipline, above all teaches us how to walk the journey of life that comes with seasons of ?well-being?anguished hurt, alienation, suffering, and death?[and] turns of surprise when we are overwhelmed with the new gifts of God;? or, in other words, seasons of orientation, disorientation, and reorientation. In the Psalms, God has given us a marvelous example of what it means as human beings to walk that journey, live through the seasons, and experience God in the midst of it all.

Author : Barbara Dent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1992-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0935216197

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My Only Friend is Darkness by Barbara Dent Pdf

This wise and widely-acclaimed book is written for those "who have advanced far enough in love to God to enter the Night of Faith and feel the need of explanation, guidance and reassurance." Drawing upon Scripture, classic spiritual authors-especially St. John of the Cross-and her own deep personal experience, author Barbara Dent examines the deep puifications we undergo as God cleanses us of sinful inclinations and tansforms us in love. Using poetry and prose, image and parable, she guides us through the sufferings, temptations, upheavals and workings of grace at the deepest levels of our being, as we journey through the darkness of faith to new life in Christ. "This book is concerned with what I learned experientially and fom reading the works of various fellow travellers, especially John of the Cross, during the two periods when the grain of wheat fell into the ground and died. Then my only friend was darkness-the darkness of faith that would not give up affirming what it believed-yet in that darkness wonders of grace happened." Barbara Dent, My Only Friend is Darkness Barbara Dent is a retired English teacher in New Zealand and the mother of three. A Secular Carmelite, she has published numerous aticles and books throughout the English-speaking world, and now spends much of the time in "prayer and study, writing, and giving spiritual and psychological guidance to those who turn to me for it."

Author : Barbara Dent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0877933820

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My Only Friend is Darkness by Barbara Dent Pdf

This wise and widely-acclaimed book is written for those "who have advanced far enough in love to God to enter the Night of Faith and feel the need of explanation, guidance and reassurance." Drawing upon Scripture, classic spiritual authors-especially St. John of the Cross-and her own deep personal experience, author Barbara Dent examines the deep puifications we undergo as God cleanses us of sinful inclinations and tansforms us in love. Using poetry and prose, image and parable, she guides us through the sufferings, temptations, upheavals and workings of grace at the deepest levels of our being, as we journey through the darkness of faith to new life in Christ. "This book is concerned with what I learned experientially and fom reading the works of various fellow travellers, especially John of the Cross, during the two periods when the grain of wheat fell into the ground and died. Then my only friend was darkness-the darkness of faith that would not give up affirming what it believed-yet in that darkness wonders of grace happened." Barbara Dent, My Only Friend is Darkness Barbara Dent is a retired English teacher in New Zealand and the mother of three. A Secular Carmelite, she has published numerous aticles and books throughout the English-speaking world, and now spends much of the time in "prayer and study, writing, and giving spiritual and psychological guidance to those who turn to me for it."

Author : Nancy Ortberg
Publisher : NavPress
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781496406941

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Seeing in the Dark by Nancy Ortberg Pdf

Christians are supposed to be “the light of the world.” Yet we seem to spend most of our time stumbling in the dark. We want answers carved in stone, and instead we get uncertainty. We want a clearly marked path and a panoramic view of the future, and God gives us only fleeting glimpses of what lies ahead—and just enough light to take the next step. So what do we do? We take the next step. In her much anticipated follow-up to Looking for God, Nancy Ortberg takes readers on a journey that began thousands of years ago. From an ancient cave in Turkey to the California coast, Nancy highlights the often unexpected, sometimes imperceptible, yet always extraordinary means God uses to light our way through even the most painful and challenging moments in life.

Author : Susan Srigley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Christianity in literature
ISBN : 0268041385

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Dark Faith by Susan Srigley Pdf

Dark Faith is a collection of essays that study Flannery O'Connor's complex religious vision in her second novel The Violent Bear It Away.