The Poor The Crippled The Blind And The Lame

Author : Louise A. Gosbell
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161551321

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"The Poor, the Crippled, the Blind, and the Lame" by Louise A. Gosbell Pdf

The New Testament gospels feature numerous social exchanges between Jesus and people with various physical and sensory disabilities. Despite this, traditional biblical scholarship has not seen these people as agents in their own right but existing only to highlight the actions of Jesus as a miracle worker. In this study, Louise A. Gosbell uses disability as a lens through which to explore a number of these passages anew. Using the cultural model of disability as the theoretical basis, she explores the way that the gospel writers, as with other writers of the ancient world, used the language of disability as a means of understanding, organising, and interpreting the experiences of humanity. Her investigation highlights the ways in which the gospel writers reinforce and reflect, as well as subvert, culturally-driven constructions of disability in the ancient world.

Author : Mark G. Boyer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666728484

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Journey into God by Mark G. Boyer Pdf

This is a book about spirituality, more specifically, the spiritual journey. Before beginning any journey or trip--spiritual or otherwise--we experience a state of order. Then comes the call to journey, to travel, to take a trip, to walk, to pilgrimage, to hit the road, etc. The call to begin a journey may come from an urge within us; it may be an invitation from a spouse or a friend to fly somewhere; it may be as simple as taking the dog for a walk in the neighborhood, even taking different streets! The call disrupts our ordered lives. We prepare for our excursion. We enter into the stage of chaos when we take the journey; also, we enter into the process of transformation. By the time we get home, we will be transformed. These are the steps of the spiritual journey into God: order, hearing the call to journey, answering the call with preparation, entering the chaos of the journey, and being and coming home transformed. Ninety-seven reflections are presented in this book in seven chapters devoted to journey; road; path; route, highway, gateway; walk; way; and more.

Author : John M.G. Barclay,Kylie Crabbe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567696021

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The Reception of Jewish Tradition in the Social Imagination of the Early Christians by John M.G. Barclay,Kylie Crabbe Pdf

The contributors to this volume take as their theme the reception of Jewish traditions in early Christianity, and the ways in which the meaning of these traditions changed as they were put to work in new contexts and for new social ends. Special emphasis is placed on the internal variety and malleability of these traditions, which underwent continual processes of change within Judaism, and on reception as an active, strategic, and interested process. All the essays in this volume seek to bring out how acts of reception contribute to the social formation of early Christianity, in its social imagination (its speech and thought about itself) or in its social practices, or both. This volume challenges static notions of tradition and passive ideas of 'reception', stressing creativity and the significance of 'strong' readings of tradition. It thus complicates standard narratives of 'the parting of the ways' between 'Christianity' and 'Judaism', showing how even claims to continuity were bound to make the same different.

Author : Brooks Harrington
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532645846

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No Mercy, No Justice by Brooks Harrington Pdf

How can we be just and merciful? Are justice and mercy in conflict? Or are they aspects of the same truth? Christians in America are presented with two conflicting versions of justice and mercy. One version comes from the dominant secular narrative of America. Justice and mercy are contradictions. Mercy is devalued and discouraged. But within the counter narrative of God revealed through Torah, the prophets, and particularly through the life and parables of Jesus, justice and mercy are aspects of the same truth and way of God. There is no justice without mercy. There is no mercy without justice. In this book, Rev. Brooks Harrington draws on more than 40 years' experience as a criminal prosecutor, a pastor of an inner-city church in an impoverished neighborhood, and the founder of a legal ministry protecting indigent victims of family violence and child neglect and abuse. Through moving stories of women and children he has encountered, he shows the terrible toll of the dominant narrative's version of justice and mercy. And he offers Christians hope with new and startling insights into God's justice and mercy revealed in the parables of Jesus.

Author : John D. Griffiths
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004504431

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The Spirit as Gift in Acts by John D. Griffiths Pdf

The Holy Spirit, being given as a gift in the opening chapters of Acts, initiates and sustains the early Jesus community, empowering their teaching, unity, meals, sharing of possessions and worship.

Author : Chad Hartsock
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789047432968

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Sight and Blindness in Luke-Acts by Chad Hartsock Pdf

Reading Luke-Acts through the lens of Greco-Roman physiognomics, this is a study of the use of physical descriptions in characterization in the biblical texts. Specifically, this work studies blindness as characterization and, ultimately, as an interpretive guide to Luke-Acts.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442992207

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Gracism (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jean Marie Hiesberger
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 2433 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780195289268

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The Catholic Bible, Personal Study Edition by Jean Marie Hiesberger Pdf

"The essential resource for Scripture students"--Cover.

Author : Karen Beattie
Publisher : Loyola Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780829444650

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2018 by Karen Beattie Pdf

A vibrant prayer life unfolds when we regularly open ourselves to inspiration and God's grace. 2018: A Book of Grace-Filled Days provides a daily prayer experience to help us build and nurture our faith. Beginning with the start of the church year in Advent 2017 and continuing through the 2018 calendar year, this daily devotional notes major feast days, saint commemorations, and holidays. Each page combines readings from the Scripture of the day with reflections to provide a few minutes of solace for quiet prayer and meditation. 2018: A Book of Grace-Filled Days ​is an accessible and insightful way to deepen our connection to god's loving presence and fill each day with grace.​

Author : Nancy Guthrie
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781496439697

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God Does His Best Work with Empty by Nancy Guthrie Pdf

It's amazing how heavy the weight of emptiness can feel, how much room it can take up in our souls, how much pain can be caused by something that isn't even there.But while we may see the emptiness of our lives as our greatest problem, that's not how God sees it. When God looks into the empty places of our lives, He sees His greatest opportunity. God does His best work in the emptiness of our . . . Insatiable craving for things that don't satisfy Relational disappointments and loneliness Frustrated search for purpose and meaning Relentless desire for comfort and security Ongoing struggle to live with loss and unfulfilled dreams Join Nancy Guthrie in discovering why emptiness has never been, and never will be, a problem to God. As Nancy pulls back the curtain on God's work to fill up emptiness as revealed throughout the Bible, you'll experience page after page of grace and hope that your emptiness can and will be filled. You'll begin to see that God really does do His best work with empty--as he fills it with Himself.

Author : David A. Anderson
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781514007334

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Gracism by David A. Anderson Pdf

We can't ignore color, class, or culture. Instead, we must engage matters of race with a different posture and embrace radical inclusion of the marginalized. Now with David Heiliger, David A. Anderson revives the biblical model for showing special grace to others on the basis of ethnicity, class, or social distinction—one of gracism. Responding to ongoing problems of prejudice and injustice, the original seven sayings of the gracist now become eight with a new chapter alongside a revised conclusion. Take this opportunity to extend God's grace to people of all backgrounds in this edition of Gracism.

Author : Ronald P. Hesselgrave
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532675782

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The Supper by Ronald P. Hesselgrave Pdf

The Lord's Supper (or Eucharist) has often been a subject of intense debate in the church. What is often lost in this debate is the significance of the relationship of the Eucharist to Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples, which was a Passover--or Passover-like--meal. Moreover, the Last Supper connects back to various meals in Jesus' earthly ministry. And it looks forward to the great messianic banquet as fulfillment of Jewish expectations. In exploring these connections, this book focuses on the three motifs of "new creation," "hospitality," and "hope" in Christ. Most significantly, when we break the bread and drink the wine (or juice) together we are asserting the reality of the new creation in Christ, affirming God's grace, forgiveness, and cruciform love which is to be embodied in the Christian community, and anticipating the day when God's present and ongoing work of restoration, justice, and reconciliation will ultimately prevail. The Supper, then, is basically a condensed summary of the story of God's plan of redemption. Hesselgrave brings together biblical, theological, ethical, and social insights in a way that deepens our understanding of the meaning and practical significance of biblical texts related to this central ordinance of the church.

Author : Jeff Vanderstelt
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433546020

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Saturate by Jeff Vanderstelt Pdf

What does living for Jesus look like in the everyday stuff of life? Many Christians have unwittingly embraced the idea that “church” is a once-a-week event rather than a community of Spirit-empowered people; that “ministry” is what pastors do on Sundays rather than the 24/7 calling of all believers; and that “discipleship” is a program rather than the normal state of every follower of Jesus. Drawing on his experience as a pastor and church planter, Jeff Vanderstelt wants us to see that there’s more—much more—to the Christian life than sitting in a pew once a week. God has called his people to something bigger: a view of the Christian life that encompasses the ordinary, the extraordinary, and everything in between. Packed full of biblical teaching, compelling stories, and real-world advice, this book will remind you that Jesus is filling the world with his presence through the everyday lives of everyday people... People just like you.

Author : MiJa Wi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567687401

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The Path to Salvation in Luke's Gospel by MiJa Wi Pdf

This book investigates Luke's message of salvation in relation to socio-economic issues, and thus concerns salvation of the rich as well as the poor. With a narrative reading of Luke's Gospel built on careful examination of its socio-economic context, it demonstrates that Luke's message of salvation is best understood as: 1) Divine mercy which champions the cause of the poor and redresses the injustice of the world, 2) Its human embodiment, and 3) Divine reward promised to those who enact mercy. Wi argues that Luke's question of 'what must we do?' juxtaposes salvation with 'doing', posing interesting questions with respect to the salvation of the rich. This volume highlights good news to the poor in terms of divine mercy and justice, shows that the reception of divine mercy calls for practices, which embody it, and above all clarifies Luke's notion of salvation of the rich which will happen as participation in the salvation of the poor. Wi's conclusion challenges its readers by asking the question along with Luke's audience: What must we do?

Author : Witness Lee
Publisher : Living Stream Ministry
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9780870832208

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The Conclusion of the New Testament by Witness Lee Pdf