In Search Of Wisdom

Author : Joyce Meyer
Publisher : FaithWords
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781546017639

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In Search of Wisdom by Joyce Meyer Pdf

#1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer takes us on a journey through the wisdom of Proverbs that leaves us transformed and prepared to face daily choices and challenges. The book of Proverbs is a treasure trove of spiritual and practical wisdom that equips us to live our best lives. Knowledge is important, but if it isn't converted into action, it fails to create transformational change in our lives. It is important to gain a thoughtful and practical understanding of the seven foundational principles in the book of Proverbs: Wisdom, Understanding, Prudence, Knowledge, Discretion, Discernment, and Fear of the Lord. If we desire to possess these qualities, we must make a commitment to a deeper understanding and implementation of these values in our daily lives. Featuring inspiring questions to promote thoughtful reflection, In Search of Wisdom will enlighten you with God's understanding and teach you the foundational principles and secure God's help in practicing them.

Author : John J. Collins
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004495753

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Seers, Sibyls and Sages in Hellenistic-Roman Judaism by John J. Collins Pdf

This volume brings together essays written over two decades by a leading authority in the field. The collection includes 2 recent essays that are published here for the first time. The articles cover major aspects of the discussion of Jewish apocalypticism, in relation to the Hebrew bible, the New Testament and the Hellenistic-Roman world. Distinctive strengths of the volume include clusters of essays on the Sibylline oracles and on the relationship between apocalypticism and wisdom. A section of the book is devoted to studies on Daniel. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

Author : Leo G. ; Scott Perdue (Bernard Brandon ; Wiseman, William J.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1244470700

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In search of wisdom by Leo G. ; Scott Perdue (Bernard Brandon ; Wiseman, William J.) Pdf

Author : Derek C. Hatch,Timothy R. Gabrielli
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498202794

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Weaving the American Catholic Tapestry by Derek C. Hatch,Timothy R. Gabrielli Pdf

Concerned that American Catholic theology has struggled to find its own voice for much of its history, William Portier has spent virtually his entire scholarly career recovering a usable past for Catholics on the U.S. landscape. This work of ressourcement has stood at the intersection of several disciplines and has unlocked the beauty of American Catholic life and thought. These essays, which are offered in honor of Portier's life and work, emerge from his vision for American Catholicism, where Scripture, tradition, reason, and experience are distinct, but interwoven and inextricably linked with one another. As this volume details, such a path is not merely about scholarly endeavors but involves the pursuit of holiness in the "real" world.

Author : Joel A. A. Ajayi
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Aging
ISBN : 1433107856

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A Biblical Theology of Gerassapience by Joel A. A. Ajayi Pdf

Ancient cultures, such as that of the Hebrews, commonly associated wisdom with advanced years. In A Biblical Theology of Gerassapience the author investigates the validity of this correlation through an eclectic approach - including linguistic semantic, tradition-historical, and socio-anthropological methods - to pertinent biblical and extra-biblical texts. There are significant variations in the estimation of gerassapience (or «old-age wisdom») in each period of ancient Israel's life - that is, in pre-monarchical, monarchical, and post-monarchical Israel. Throughout this study, appropriate cross-cultural parallels are drawn from the cultures of ancient Israel's neighbors and of modern societies, such as the West African Yoruba tribe. The overall results are bi-dimensional. On the one hand, there are semantic elements of gerassapience, such as the elusiveness of «wisdom» and the mild fluidity of «old age». Both terms have strong contextual affinity with minimal exceptions. Thus, the attribution of wisdom to old age is evident but not absolute in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). On the other hand, gerassapience is depicted as primarily didactic, through direct and indirect instructions and counsels of the elderly, fostering the saging fear-of-Yahweh legacies. On the whole, socio-anthropocentric tendencies of gerassapience (that is, of making old age a repertoire of wisdom) are checked by theological warrants of theosapience (Yahwistic wisdom). Therefore, in the Hebrew Bible, the fear of Yahweh is also the beginning of growing old and wise.

Author : Leo G. Perdue,Bernard Brandon Scott,William Johnston Wiseman
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664252958

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In Search of Wisdom by Leo G. Perdue,Bernard Brandon Scott,William Johnston Wiseman Pdf

This much-needed volume provides a comprehensive study of wisdom in the Hebrew Bible, in selected intertestamental and Rabbinic texts, and in the New Testament. Seventeen essays by leading scholars--including Joseph Blenkinsopp, Carole R. Fontaine. Michael V. Fox, Richard Horsley, David Winston, and Tina Pippin--help students identify and understand the presence of wisdom in the Bible and related literature.

Author : Tony Schwartz
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1996-03-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780553374926

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What Really Matters by Tony Schwartz Pdf

At the height of his career as a journalist, Tony Schwartz hit an unexpected wall. Why did success suddenly feel so empty? How could he add richer meaning to his everyday life? What guides could he trust on the road to wisdom? During the next five years his search for answers took him from a meditation retreat in the mountains of Utah to a biofeedback laboratory in Kansas, from a peak-performance workshop at a tennis academy in Florida to a right-brain drawing course in Boston. Blending the hunger of a seeker with a journalist's hard-headed inquiry, he discovered the best teachers and techniques for inner development--and identified the potential pitfalls and false gurus he met along the way. What he found dramatically changed his life. It may change yours as well.

Author : Nass Cannon
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666755534

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In Search of the Healing Spirit by Nass Cannon Pdf

The late Dr. Nass Cannon Jr. (MD) was a physician for the indigent poor for over forty years and an internationally renowned scholar of the theologian and monk, Thomas Merton. In Search of the Healing Spirit follows a narrative arc across several essays of Dr. Cannon’s analysis and reflections on life and Thomas Merton’s theological contributions. First articulated by Dr. Cannon at the outset of his journey to serve the poor, the guiding principle of the book is an exploration of what it means to be broken and called to heal each other, ourselves, and the world. As Dr. Cannon writes, “I am a physician who views his root identity as one called to heal. Yet, I experience myself as broken, as one admonished by the phrase, ‘Physician, heal thyself.’ Perhaps you, too . . . experience yourself as a broken healer. Let us together explore some notions regarding the healer as broken, examine the nature of healing, and consider the relationship of the healer to one healed.” From this position as a broken healer, which implicitly embodies Merton’s contemplative spirituality, Dr. Cannon’s meditations over the course of his life of service increasingly weave in Merton’s contributions in search of the true self on such pressing—and universal—topics as grief and loss, the eternal nature and healing power of love, and to do what we can for each other with the time we are given. Dr. Cannon’s writings engage a twenty-first-century audience with insights—drawn from fifty years of study—that can aid lay persons, clergy, and academics to better understand what it means to be a broken person and through that brokenness to heal themselves and the world.

Author : Peter K. Rimbach
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781462885558

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Retirement by Peter K. Rimbach Pdf

Retirement is certainly not a new concept. In our Western Societies it the way most individuals plan to spend the last third of their lives. Depending on how financially and emotionally well prepared one is, this period in one's life can provide rich and rewarding experiences. On the other hand, there are dark mysteries in these years that have been largely ignored. However, Society is beginning to learn that for most people, especially but not exclusively men, are psychological unprepared for what they are finding in these latter years in their lives. What's more, the problems that arise when a man retires are totally unexpected, much less easily addressed. In some cases not treating these psychological issues leads to divorce, alcoholism, or in severe cases, suicide. This is why I call this period the Mr. Everest on life. What's worse, the psychological community that has taken on the challenge to protect society from situations like this has all but ignored that there is any problem. I find this both shocking and unconscious able. Up to now the Third Age transition hasn't caused too many severe problems. However, between January 1st 2011 and 2030 seventy million of the Baby Boomer generation (some ten thousand per day) will have turned sixty-five. This will do precisely to the Third Age what the same cohort did to the earlier ages; reframe the dialogue. Retirees, both women and men, must take heed to this issue that will literally change their lives.

Author : Alejandro Nava (Author on hip hop)
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : MUSIC
ISBN : 9780520293533

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In Search of Soul by Alejandro Nava (Author on hip hop) Pdf

In Search of Soul explores the meaning of “soul” in sacred and profane incarnations, from its biblical origins to its central place in the rich traditions of black and Latin history. Surveying the work of writers, artists, poets, musicians, philosophers and theologians, Alejandro Nava shows how their understandings of the “soul” revolve around narratives of justice, liberation, and spiritual redemption. He contends that biblical traditions and hip-hop emerged out of experiences of dispossession and oppression. Whether born in the ghettos of America or of the Roman Empire, hip-hop and Christianity have endured by giving voice to the persecuted. This book offers a view of soul in living color, as a breathing, suffering, dreaming thing.

Author : James L. Moseley,Joan C. Dessinger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780787988357

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Training Older Workers and Learners by James L. Moseley,Joan C. Dessinger Pdf

Training Older Workers and Learners is a groundbreaking resource that focuses exclusively on age 40-plus workers. This much-needed resource offers trainers expert guidance and practical tools designed to deliver effective training and re-training to older worker-learners (OWLS). Based on sound theory and best practices, the book shows how to maximize the workplace learning and performance potential of late-life learners.

Author : KENNETH CHIGBO
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781453596647

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THE UNHEARD CRY OF THE IGBO PEOPLE by KENNETH CHIGBO Pdf

In this book, which itself is the outcome of an Award winning research work, Fr chigbo utilized the resources in Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Meta-psychology of the Meaning of Human Life to study the Phenomena of the proliferation of prayer and healing ministries in Igboland. He states: The religious and spiritual world-outlooks of Ndi Igbo predisposed them to seek for meaning of life in a religious-spiritual setting. The double assaults of the invasive colonialism and Christian Missionary exploits, as well as, these catastrophes: slavery and slave trade, the Nigerian-Biafran war, Neo-Colonialism, the exploitation, marginalization, and oppression of the Igbo people motivated them to raise questions about the fundamental quality of ‘being human’ – who am I and what is the meaning of my life? The economic hardship, political instability and the attack on fundamental Igbo cultural heritage also joined forces with the other factors mentioned above to cause existential frustration and existential vacuum within the Igbo population. The author developed and explored what he calls “Heschelian Diagnostic Tool”, as well as, the ten psycho-pastoral phases in the search for the meaning in Human life. He proposed a new vision for prayer and healing ministry which is centered on the empowerment of each individual person to respond responsibly to the demand-quality of life – to engage in actions that are responses to the questions life poses before each unique individual. This is an invaluable resource for all those involved or interested in the diverse field of pastoral care.

Author : Stephen M. Hooks
Publisher : College Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0899008860

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Job by Stephen M. Hooks Pdf

Author : Ephraim-Stephen Essien (Ed)
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781304531483

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Summa Philosophica: An Introduction to Philosophy and Logic by Ephraim-Stephen Essien (Ed) Pdf

Author : Estelle R. Jorgensen
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780253058201

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Values and Music Education by Estelle R. Jorgensen Pdf

What values should form the foundation of music education? And once we decide on those values, how do we ensure we are acting on them? In Values and Music Education, esteemed author Estelle R. Jorgensen explores how values apply to the practice of music education. We may declare values, but they can be hard to see in action. Jorgensen examines nine quartets of related values and offers readers a roadmap for thinking constructively and critically about the values they hold. In doing so, she takes a broad view of both music and education while drawing on a wide sweep of multidisciplinary literature. Not only does Jorgensen demonstrate an analytical and dialectical philosophical approach to examining values, but she also seeks to show how theoretical and practical issues are interconnected. An important addition to the field of music education, Values and Music Education highlights values that have been forgotten or marginalized, underscores those that seem perennial, and illustrates how values can be double-edged swords.