Download or read book From Anger to Zion written by Porter Taylor and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anger, judgment, forgiveness, wisdom. All of these and more are biblical words we've used so often that they have very little meaning for us anymore. For others--seekers and those who are coming to church for the first time--these words sound like jargon. They are words that divide new church members from those who have been there a lifetime. In From Anger to Zion, Porter Taylor reflects on an alphabet of biblical words in ways that will help newcomers understand and speak the language, and that will encourage those familiar with these words to rethink them. A wonderful storyteller and writer, Taylor's essays, each based on a biblical text, take ancient words and ideas and bring them into contemporary life. Egypt of old is today's broken place in our lives—the place where, like Moses, God is most likely to call us to go. Forgiveness is explored as a way of unfreezing time; without forgiveness we cannot grow. What does Isaiah's and the Israelites’ homesickness have to do with today's homeless and lost people? These beautifully written essays are wonderful devotional material, but they also can serve as material for preparing to preach or for small-group discussion within parish reading groups.
Download or read book Beautiful and Terrible Things written by Christian M. M. Brady and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bible scholar Christian Brady, an expert on Old Testament lament, was as prepared as a person could be for the death of a child—which is to say, not nearly well enough. When his eight-year-old son died suddenly from a fast-moving blood infection, Brady heard the typical platitudes about accepting God's will and knew that quiet acceptance was not the only godly way to grieve. With deep faith, knowledge of Scripture, and the wisdom that comes only from experience, Brady guides readers grieving losses and setbacks of all kinds in voicing their lament to God, reflecting on the nature of human existence, and persevering in hope. Brady finds that rather than an image of God managing every event and action in our lives, the biblical account describes the very real world in which we all live, a world full of hardship and calamity that often comes unbidden and unmerited. Yet, it also is a world into which God lovingly intrudes to bring comfort, peace, and grace.
Download or read book What on Earth Is God Doing written by Renald Showers and published by Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walk from creation to eternity in a way guaranteed to change your view of the world. You'll finally understand the war Satan is waging against God and how that conflict has affected history, including the persecution of Jewish people and Christians.
Download or read book The Message of Lamentations written by Christopher J.H. Wright and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 587 BC is the likely setting for the book of Lamentations. This was the most traumatic event in Old Testament history, as Israel faced extreme human suffering, the destruction of the ancient city, national humiliation, and the undermining of all that was thought to be divinely guaranteed, such as the Davidic monarchy, the city of Zion, and the very temple of their God. It is out of such unspeakable pain that Lamentations speaks, through poetry of astonishing beauty and intricacy, although soaked in tears. If we neglect this book of the Bible, says Chris Wright, we miss the challenge and reward of wrestling with the massive theological issues that permeate it. How can suffering be endured alongside faith in an all-loving, good God? If death and destruction stalk the land, can Israel's faith in the covenant God of faithfulness and mercy be sustained? Through this commentary, Wright shows that we must not isolate Lamentations from the rest of the Bible, nor should we read the rest of the Bible without Lamentations. It is a crucial part of the narrative that still has many messages for us to learn from today. Part of the beloved Bible Speaks Today series, The Message of Lamentations offers an insightful, readable exposition of the biblical text and thought-provoking discussion of how its meaning relates to contemporary life. Used by students and teachers around the world, the Bible Speaks Today commentaries are ideal for those studying or preaching the Bible and anyone who wants to delve deeper into the text. This revised edition of a classic volume features lightly updated language and a new interior design.
Download or read book Zion s Home Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zion s witness ed by A Wilcockson written by Arthur Wilcockson and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Spiritual Magazine and Zion s Casket written by and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zion s Songs and Hymns Third edition written by Arthur TRIGGS and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Homiletic quarterly afterw magazine written by Homiletic magazine and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of Lamentations written by Joshua A. Berman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume interprets Lamentations as a systematic and carefully structured work, rather than randomly expressed theological positions.
Download or read book Zion s Advocate written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Help Heavenward Or Words of Strength and Heartcheer to Zion s Travellers written by Octavius Winslow and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zion s Christian Soldiers written by Stephen Sizer and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-24 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Bible believing Christians are convinced that God blesses those nations that stand with Israel and curses those that don’t. This belief has had a significant influence on attitudes towards the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the Middle East. Claims made in books like the Scofield Reference Bible and Hal Lindsey’s The Late Great Planet Earth have fed into contemporary Christian Zionism, with radical implications for how we view our faith and the world in which we live. Stephen Sizer contends that this view is based on misinterpretation of the Bible. He provides an introduction to Christian Zionism and a clear response and positive alternative based on a careful study of relevant biblical texts. His intention is to encourage dialogue on the relationship between Israel and the Christian church and offer a more constructive view of the future and our role in it. This accessible volume includes numerous tables and diagrams, questions for Bible study and further reflection, and a glossary of terms. It concludes with a previously unpublished sermon by John Stott on ‘The Place of Israel.’
Download or read book Zion s King the Scriptural view of the Lord Jesus Christ as head over all things to the Church written by William BRANKS and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zion s Way Marks or Triumphs over Satan and unbelief being an account of the author s call to the ministry etc written by Joseph Francis BURRELL and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prisoner of Zion written by Scott Carrier and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An NPR journalist’s riveting exploration of religious fanaticism, terrorism, persecution, and confronting one’s own beliefs in a post 9/11 world. Soon after the World Trade Center towers fell on September 11 2001, it became clear that the United States would invade Afghanistan. Writer and This American Life producer Scott Carrier decided to go there, too. “In a series of remarkable essays, Carrier, raised among Mormons, noted similarities in the beliefs and practices of the Taliban and the Utah church, stressing the fundamentalist pledge of obedience to authority, and revelations and visions from God to a ‘Chosen people.’” Carrier needed to see and experience the Taliban for himself: who are these fanatics, these fundamentalists? And what do they want? (Publishers Weekly). Throughout these “engrossing stories of travel interspersed with historical vignettes and the author’s private struggles,” Carrier writes about his adventures—sometime harrowing, sometimes humorous, and always revealing—but also about the bigger problem. Having grown up among the resolute of the Salt Lake City church, he argues it will never work to attack the true believers head–on. The faithful thrive on persecution. Somehow, he thinks, we need to find a way—inside ourselves—to rise above fear and anger (Kirkus Reviews)
Download or read book Zion Becomes a Big Boy written by Carmencita Brown and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-05-02 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zion is too old to be in pull-ups and hates it when teased by his brothers, but because of his pride, refuse to be told to use the bathroom. He simply will not, as he sees it, take orders from anybody because nobody tells him what to do! His dilemma is he wants to be able to spend the night with his grandmother like his older brothers, but not until he's potty-trained. So he struggles with swallowing his pride and humbling himself to being potty trained in order to become a big boy. He finally gives in to the solution to his struggle recognizing his self-esteem is dependent on him being potty trained. That's when he becomes a big boy!
