Download or read book The Darkness of God written by Denys Turner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A closely argued book about what the negative tradition in Western theology involves.
Download or read book Trusting God in the Darkness written by Christopher Ash and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's easy for us to trust God when life is going well. But when suffering comes, trusting God's goodness, his attentiveness to what's going on in the world, and his justice becomes far more difficult. In times of intense suffering, many of us ask, Why does God allow these things to happen? In the Bible, Job is known for facing intense personal suffering. Yet, upon closer examination, we find the book of Job is about more than just Job's calamities; it's a story about God and his relationship to Christ and his people in their suffering. In this helpful guide, Christopher Ash helps us explore the question, Where is God in the midst of suffering? As we read, meditate, and pray through the book of Job, we will find assurance that God will be with us in Christ through every season and trial.
Download or read book Desire Faith and the Darkness of God written by Eric Bugyis and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the face of religious and cultural diversity, some doubt whether Christian faith remains possible today. Critics claim that religion is irrational and violent, and the loudest defenders of Christianity are equally strident. In response, Desire, Faith, and the Darkness of God: Essays in Honor of Denys Turner explores the uncertainty essential to Christian commitment; it suggests that faith is moved by a desire for that which cannot be known. This approach is inspired by the tradition of Christian apophatic theology, which argues that language cannot capture divine transcendence. From this perspective, contemporary debates over God’s existence represent a dead end: if God is not simply another object in the world, then faith begins not in abstract certainty but in a love that exceeds the limits of knowledge. The essays engage classic Christian thought alongside literary and philosophical sources ranging from Pseudo-Dionysius and Dante to Karl Marx and Jacques Derrida. Building on the work of Denys Turner, they indicate that the boundary between atheism and Christian thought is productively blurry. Instead of settling the stale dispute over whether religion is rationally justified, their work suggests instead that Christian life is an ethical and political practice impassioned by a God who transcends understanding.
Download or read book God in the Dark written by Sarah Van Diest and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life’s painful trials can bring shame about our inadequate and broken faith. There is relief in hearing the expressions of desperation in the psalmist’s voice. He didn’t experience this life perfected, and we don’t either. But the psalmist was loved. So are we. God was so kind to give us the Psalms. To walk through darkened days is part of the human experience. To walk through them with faith, comfort, strength, joy, and hope is part of the divine experience. Our eyes, though, are often clouded to those blessings by the thing oppressing us. When we remember and recognize our Father’s faithfulness, when we see reality with the eyes of understanding, the darkness ebbs and the light of hope grows. The impossible, unbearable, and unthinkable becomes the hidden passageway to truth, hope, and joy in Christ. These letters were originally written as encouragement to a friend when the darkness began to overtake his path. Each day for 22 days, a letter arrived with one of the eight-verse sections from Psalm 119 along with a small thought to bring light and hope and to be a reminder that we do not fight our battles alone. The letters, along with nine more devotions on the subject of experiencing God in the dark, make up this powerful, honest, hope-filled 31-day devotional.
Download or read book God in the Dark written by Os Guinness and published by Crossway. This book was released on 1996 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A forthright but compassionate work that examines the problem of doubt thoroughly, in a way that will respond to people's questions, settle their fears and strengthen their faith.
Download or read book Hope in the Dark written by Craig Groeschel and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can God be good when life is not? Rediscover faith in the character, power, and presence of God. Even in the questions. Even in the hurt. "I want to believe, I want to have hope, but . . ." Pastor and bestselling author Craig Groeschel hears these words often and has asked them himself. We want to know God, feel his presence, and trust that he hears our prayers, but in the midst of great pain, we may wonder if he really cares about us. Even when we have both hope and hurt, sometimes it's the hurt that shouts the loudest. In Hope in the Dark, Groeschel explores the story of the father who brought his demon-possessed son to Jesus, saying, "I believe! Help my unbelief!" In the man's sincere plea, Jesus heard the tension in the man's battle-scarred heart. He healed not only the boy but the father too, driving out the hopelessness that had overtaken him. He can do the same for us today. As Groeschel shares his pain surrounding the health challenges of his daughter, he acknowledges the questions we may ask in our own deepest pain: "Where was God when I was being abused?" "Why was my child born with a disability?" "Why did the cancer come back?" "Why are all my friends married and I'm alone?" He invites us to wrestle with such questions as we ask God to honor our faith and heal our unbelief. Because in the middle of your profound pain, you long for authentic words of understanding and hope. You long to know that even in overwhelming reality, you can still believe that God is good. Hope in the Dark is also available in Spanish, Esperanza en la Oscuridad.
Download or read book When God Turned Off the Lights written by Cecil Murphey and published by Revell. This book was released on 2009-08-14 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every devoted Christian experiences periods of time when God seems far away, when the light of his face seems to have turned away and left his child to fumble in the darkness. During periods of spiritual blackout, when God seems to be silent, we feel as if we've been put on hold. We wait and wait for God to get back on the line. We know it will be wonderful when the light comes back on and drives away the darkness, but we want it now--not later. Award-winning writer Cecil Murphey has journeyed through this darkness three different times during his many years following Christ, and each time was more difficult than the last. He suggests that believers have three choices when the lights go out: (1) give up, (2) examine ourselves for sin or failure, or (3) accept that God's face is hidden with his purpose in mind. In When God Turned Off the Lights, readers will learn how to make the most of their time on hold by pondering the mysteries of God's character, confident that he will turn the lights on once again.
Download or read book Dazzling Darkness written by Rachel Mann and published by Wild Goose Publications. This book was released on 2012-11-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story about searching for one's authentic self in the company of the Living God. Rachel Mann has died many 'deaths' in the process, not the least of which was a change of sex, as well as coming to terms with chronic illness and disability. This passionate and nuanced book brings together poetry, feminist theology, and philosophy, and explores them through one person's hunger for wholeness, self-knowledge and God.
Download or read book When the Darkness Will Not Lift written by John Piper and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2006 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Piper examines depression from a spiritual perspective, guiding and encouraging those for whom joy seems to stay out of reach.
Download or read book Walking Through the Darkness written by Neil T. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From back cover: Dr. Neil T. Anderson seeks to understand the spiritual dimension of divine guidance and expose the spiritual counterfeits. He believe the best way to dispel the darkness is to turn on the light. This important book shows Christians how to discern and rely upon God's direction to uncover the counterfeits and reveal the harmful influences around us.
Download or read book In Darkness with God written by Annetta Louise Gomez-Jefferson and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Gomez (1890-1979) was ordained a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1948. This biography of Gomez provides a history of black life during the early 20th century and chronicles the political and religious stuggles of the first autonomous black church in the US.
Download or read book God s Dawn for Every Darkness written by Edward P. Miller and published by WaterBrook Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those moments of darkness, Miller offers readers surprisingly fresh encouragement and insight from Scripture. He exposes reader's neediness and limitations, and counters them one by one with comforting reminders of God's character and work.
Download or read book Uber God written by Karl Gertz and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Light Over Darkness written by Kim C Steadman and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've been trying to keep a positive outlook on life. But, a quick flip through a news channel and you are once again reminded that these are dark times. Where is the light in the world? Unless you make a practice of searching for good news, you may think there is nothing but bad beyond the walls of your home. The Light Over Darkness reading plan and journal provides daily Scripture references to help you guard your heart with remembrances of the One True Light. Whether you're going through your own personal time of darkness or you want to surround your heart with God's sovereign power, this journal will help you. Spending time each day meditating on the Scriptures will bring an illumination to your heart and spirit that comes from the only true Light. His light pierces through the darkest of situations. Are you ready to bask in a daily scriptures about light so you can understand and know God better? In this prayer journal, you will meditate on a daily scripture and prayerfully ask God to speak to your spirit. This act of contemplative prayer with the scripture is also referred to as lectio divina, or Divine Reading.This daily journal contains sections for: Daily gratitudeDaily confessionDaily prayerPrayer isn't a magic pixie dust by following a certain pattern ensuring an answer. But, prayer is an intimate conversation with God. A prayer journal is a tool to lead you into a deeper conversation with Him. It is my hope that the scriptures listed in this journal helps you to deepen your relationship with Him. Whether you spend five minutes in prayer or five hours, the important thing is your quality of time in prayer, not the quantity of time.
Download or read book Consuming Fire The Hope of Revival Among the Nations written by Brian Brodersen and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Consuming Fire, Pastor Brian Brodersen reminds us that throughout history, God's patience has been a defining characteristic of His interaction with mankind. The revivals of the past show that not only has He been reluctant to judge, He has delighted in showing mercy! Can we say for sure that a worldwide awakening is coming? No. But of this we can be sure: Personal revival is guaranteed to those who follow God's blueprint found in the Scriptures. Those men and women who wholeheartedly dedicate their lives to Christ will find Him to be a "Consuming Fire."
Download or read book The Darkness of God written by Denys Turner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A closely argued book about what the negative tradition in Western theology involves.
Download or read book The Darkness of God written by Denys Turner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the medieval mystical tradition, the Christian soul meets God in a 'cloud of unknowing', a divine darkness of ignorance. This meeting with God is beyond all knowing and beyond all experiencing. Mysticisms of the modern period, on the contrary, place 'mystical experience' at the centre, and contemporary readers are inclined to misunderstand the medieval tradition in 'experientialist' terms. Denys Turner argues that the distinctiveness and contemporary relevance of medieval mysticism lies precisely in its rejection of 'mystical experience', and locates the mystical firmly within the grasp of the ordinary and the everyday. The argument covers some central authorities in the period from Augustine to John of the Cross.
