God Jesus And Other Foolishness

Author : Jeffrey A. Kramer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781666741100

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God, Jesus, and Other Foolishness by Jeffrey A. Kramer Pdf

In our post-Christian society many skeptics, atheists, and agnostics assume that the Christian faith involves belief in spite of a lack of evidence and that Christianity encourages its adherents to be satisfied with not understanding the world. This is untrue. Christianity has a legacy of thought and logic, and a convincing case can be made that modern science and Western culture could only have sprung from the Judeo-Christian worldview. Although questions of origins, purpose, and meaning are not easily proved true in a "scientific" or empirical sense, things can be true without empirical proof. It does not follow that religion is untrue or that religious belief is for the credulous and the gullible. Many of the presuppositions underlying any worldview cannot be proven empirically, and acceptance of many of the truth claims of atheism and postmodernism requires just as much faith as acceptance of the fundamentals of Christianity. This book is an attempt to demonstrate that biblical Christianity is true, in the sense that it is a logical interpretation of reality and our lived experience, and that the implications of Christian faith make more rational sense than a rejection of that faith.

Author : Jeffrey A. Kramer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781666741087

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God, Jesus, and Other Foolishness by Jeffrey A. Kramer Pdf

In our post-Christian society many skeptics, atheists, and agnostics assume that the Christian faith involves belief in spite of a lack of evidence and that Christianity encourages its adherents to be satisfied with not understanding the world. This is untrue. Christianity has a legacy of thought and logic, and a convincing case can be made that modern science and Western culture could only have sprung from the Judeo-Christian worldview. Although questions of origins, purpose, and meaning are not easily proved true in a “scientific” or empirical sense, things can be true without empirical proof. It does not follow that religion is untrue or that religious belief is for the credulous and the gullible. Many of the presuppositions underlying any worldview cannot be proven empirically, and acceptance of many of the truth claims of atheism and postmodernism requires just as much faith as acceptance of the fundamentals of Christianity. This book is an attempt to demonstrate that biblical Christianity is true, in the sense that it is a logical interpretation of reality and our lived experience, and that the implications of Christian faith make more rational sense than a rejection of that faith.

Author : John Austin Baker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Theology, Doctrinal
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004496332

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The Foolishness of God by John Austin Baker Pdf

Author : Christophe Chalamet,Hans-Christoph Askani
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506401515

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The Wisdom and Foolishness of God by Christophe Chalamet,Hans-Christoph Askani Pdf

The first two chapters of Paul’s first epistle to the Christians of Corinth, written in the fifth decade of the first century, have played a significant role in the history of Christian theology. Interpreting the central event in Christianity, namely the crucifixion of Jesus, Paul reflects on the wisdom and foolishness of God, which he opposes to the world’s wisdom. According to Paul, the “word of the cross,” which is “foolishness” to some and “scandal” to others, leads to an upheaval in one’s way of thinking. For two millenia, theology has often turned to these passages in order to sustain its reflection. Many central questions emerge from Paul’s text on the meaning of a crucified Messiah, on God’s omnipotence, weakness, and suffering. This volume hopes to achieve two things by seeking to place exegetes, historians, philosophers, and theologians in conversation: to better understand Paul’s text and its reception and also to examine the ways in which it can nourish our theological reflection today.

Author : Siegbert W. Becker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039281931

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The Foolishness of God by Siegbert W. Becker Pdf

Author : Lesslie Newbigin
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1988-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467419086

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Foolishness to the Greeks by Lesslie Newbigin Pdf

How can biblical authority be a reality for those shaped by the modern world? This book treats the First World as a mission field, offering a unique perspective on the relationship between the gospel and current society by presenting an outsider's view of contemporary Western culture.

Author : David H. Wenkel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783319482705

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Jesus' Crucifixion Beatings and the Book of Proverbs by David H. Wenkel Pdf

This study takes a Christian perspective on the entire Bible, rather than simply the New Testament. David Wenkel asks: Why did Jesus have to be beaten before his death on the cross? Christian theology has largely focused on Jesus’ death but has given relatively little attention to his sufferings. Wenkel’s answer contextualizes Jesus’ crucifixion sufferings as informed by the language of Proverbs. He explains that Jesus’ sufferings demonstrate the wisdom of God’s plan to provide a substitute for foolish sinners. Jesus was beaten as a fool – even though he was no fool, in order to fulfill God’s loving plan of salvation. This analysis is then placed within the larger storyline of the whole bible – from the Garden of Eden to the story of Israel and beyond.

Author : Kenneth R. Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0875080367

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The Foolishness of God is Wiser Than Men by Kenneth R. Adams Pdf

The story of the birth and forty-year growth of CLC Ministries International. Reveals God's leading and gracious provision. A challenging read!

Author : Nik Ripken,Gregg Lewis
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781433673085

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The Insanity of God by Nik Ripken,Gregg Lewis Pdf

An amazing story of a missionary couple's journey into the toughest places on earth is combined with stories about remarkable people of faith they encountered to challenge and inspire those curious about the sufficiency of God.

Author : Philip Dixon Hardy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590970922

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The New Testament, with notes and an appendix, ed. by P.D. Hardy by Philip Dixon Hardy Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026558270

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The New Testament ... with ... Notes ... Intended Especially for Scripture-readers ... Edited by Philip Dixon Hardy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marie Dennis, Joseph Nangle, OFM, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Stuart Taylor
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608333516

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St Francis and the Foolishness of God by Marie Dennis, Joseph Nangle, OFM, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Stuart Taylor Pdf

Author : Frank Schaeffer
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780786726455

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Crazy for God by Frank Schaeffer Pdf

By the time he was nineteen, Frank Schaeffer's parents, Francis and Edith Schaeffer, had achieved global fame as bestselling evangelical authors and speakers, and Frank had joined his father on the evangelical circuit. He would go on to speak before thousands in arenas around America, publish his own evangelical bestseller, and work with such figures as Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Dr. James Dobson. But all the while Schaeffer felt increasingly alienated, precipitating a crisis of faith that would ultimately lead to his departure—even if it meant losing everything. With honesty, empathy, and humor, Schaeffer delivers “a brave and important book” (Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog)—both a fascinating insider's look at the American evangelical movement and a deeply affecting personal odyssey of faith.

Author : John Cassian
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783849676582

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The Sacred Writings of John Cassian by John Cassian Pdf

Cassian was one of the first and most prominent of the Semi-Pelagians, maintaining that while man is by nature sinful, he yet has some good remaining in him, and that, while the immediate gift of God’s grace is necessary to salvation, conversion may also be begun by the exercise of man’s will. He further asserted that God is always willing to bestow his grace on all who seek it, though, at the same time, it is true that he sometimes bestows it without its being sought. These views have been held by a very large part of the church from his time, and embrace much of the essence of Arminianism. The style of Cassianus is slovenly, and shows no literary polish, but its direct simplicity is far superior to the rhetorical affectations which disfigure most of the writings of that age. At the request of Castor, bishop of Apt, he wrote two monumental and influential treatises on the monastic life. The De Institutione Coenobiorum (twelve books) describes the dress, the food, the devotional exercises, the discipline and the special spiritual dangers of monastic life in the East (gluttony, unchastity, avarice, anger, gloom, apathy, vanity and pride). The Collationes Patrum, a series of dialogues with the pious fathers of Egypt, deal with the way in which these dangers (and others, e.g. demons) may be avoided or overcome. At the desire of Leo (then archdeacon of Rome) he wrote against Nestorius his De Incarnatione Domini in seven books.

Author : Walk Thru the Bible,
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 1586 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780310406136

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NIV, Discover God's Heart Devotional Bible by Walk Thru the Bible, Pdf

Experience a more intimate walk with God As you journey through this Bible from cover to cover, the NIV Discover God’s Heart Devotional Bible will help you through tough spots such as Numbers and Leviticus while giving you deeper understanding of the Scriptures and connecting you with the heart of its Author. You'll experience rich insights into the original contexts of Scripture, and God's heart will be unveiled in new ways. This Bible includes 312 engaging devotions to serve as your tour guide, walking you through Genesis to Revelation in manageable portions. Each devotion includes a summary section of the Scripture passage, an application section that reveals God's good heart, and an insight section that ties each passage into the rest of God's great story. As you experience God's Word through this NIV devotional Bible, you'll see his divine fingerprints from beginning to end, even in the most unexpected places - and you'll encounter a deeper, fuller picture of the Jesus you thought you knew. Whether you are starting out on your first steps or a seasoned traveler, let the NIV Discover God's Heart Devotional Bible open your eyes to God's good heart. Features: Complete text of the accurate, readable, and clear New International Version (NIV) 312 engaging devotions