Download or read book Images of His Beauty written by Tracy Davis Steel and published by . This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have been lied to as young women. Beauty is not what you think it is. As a result, we are transitioning into womanhood with broken hearts and broken minds. If you are tired of trying to be noticed or accepted, of trying another hairstyle or workout program, this study is meant for you. If you have struggled with self defeating thoughts or eating disorder tendencies and are discouraged, this study was written with you in mind. As one who has personally struggled in this way, Tracy Davis Steel, former ballerina and youth ministry worker, can relate to you. She has written a concise yet powerful 10-week Bible study that will challenge and inspire, enabling you to find ultimate hope and healing through Jesus Christ. Join her as she examines what the Bible says about your: true identity, ability to overcome, source of healing, and unique God-given beauty. You will enjoy "Jottin" down your journey with God on the journal pages provided, and will find encouragement as you memorize and personalize the very Bible passages that brought hope and healing to Tracy's own heart and mind. Images of His Beauty also comes complete with a facilitator's guide containing all the information and training materials needed for youth workers, pastors, and lay counselors to begin an Images of His Beauty support group for young women desiring to overcome their eating disorder.

Download or read book Posing Beauty written by Deborah Willis and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcases portrait photography of African Americans taken from the 1890s through the 2000s, along with text discussing the evolution of the idea of beauty for men and women.

Download or read book Mirror of His Beauty written by Peter Schäfer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautifully realized study, Peter Schäfer investigates the origins of a female manifestation of God in Jewish mysticism. The search itself is a fascinating exploration of the idea of a feminine divinity. And Schäfer's surprising but persuasive conclusions yield deeper understanding of the complex but frequently intimate relationship between Christianity and Judaism--and of the development of religious concepts more generally. Toward the end of the twelfth century, a small book titled the Bahir (Light) appeared in Provence. The first document of Judaism's emerging kabbalistic movement, it introduced a completely new view of God, one that included a divine potency that was essentially female. This female divinity was portrayed both as a mediator between Jews and God and as part of the Godhead itself. Examining Judaic history from the biblical Wisdom tradition to the Middle Ages, Schäfer finds some precedents for the Kabbalah's feminine divinity. But he cannot account for her forceful appearance in twelfth-century southern France without reference to the immediate Christian environment, particularly the flourishing veneration of the Virgin Mary. Indeed, twelfth-century Jews and Christians were simultaneously rediscovering the feminine as an aspect of the Godhead after having abandoned it in favor of either an abstract, disembodied God or an exclusively male one. In proposing that the medieval cult of Mary--rather than eastern Gnosticism--is the appropriate framework for understanding the feminine elements in Jewish mysticism, Mirror of His Beauty represents a sea change in Kabbalah and Jewish-Christian cultural studies. It shifts our attention from the Byzantine East to the Latin Christian West. And in contrast to histories that treat the development of Judaism and Christianity in isolation, it leads us to a fuller understanding of Jews and Christians living in proximity, aware of each other.

Download or read book The Beauty of Fractals written by Heinz-Otto Peitgen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now approaching its tenth year, this hugely successful book presents an unusual attempt to publicise the field of Complex Dynamics. The text was originally conceived as a supplemented catalogue to the exhibition "Frontiers of Chaos", seen in Europe and the United States, and describes the context and meaning of these fascinating images. A total of 184 illustrations - including 88 full-colour pictures of Julia sets - are suggestive of a coffee-table book. However, the invited contributions which round off the book lend the text the required formality. Benoit Mandelbrot gives a very personal account, in his idiosyncratic self-centred style, of his discovery of the fractals named after him and Adrien Douady explains the solved and unsolved problems relating to this amusingly complex set.

Download or read book The King in His Beauty written by Thomas R. Schreiner and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 831 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Schreiner, a respected scholar and a trusted voice for many students and pastors, offers a substantial and accessibly written overview of the whole Bible. He traces the storyline of the scriptures from the standpoint of biblical theology, examining the overarching message that is conveyed throughout. Schreiner emphasizes three interrelated and unified themes that stand out in the biblical narrative: God as Lord, human beings as those who are made in God's image, and the land or place in which God's rule is exercised. The goal of God's kingdom is to see the king in his beauty and to be enraptured in his glory.

Download or read book Reflecting His Image written by K. P. Yohannan and published by Gospel for Asia. This book was released on 2004-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Did It Happen?“God has promised me that His mercies toward me are new every morning, but lately I’ve begun to feel pretty stale.”The Lord has promised that out of us rivers of pure, life-giving water would flow. But over time, we often find that water can become polluted with the cares of this world, dragging us into mediocrity. Has the freshness in your walk with the Lord somehow diminished? Have you failed and now wonder if there is a way to fully recover? Do you hunger for a life beyond the rut of mediocrity? This easy-to-read book is full of short chapters that touch on these issues and many more. Let K.P. Yohannan take you on a journey back up the mountain to the source of true, living water—Christ Himself. As you daily choose the narrow path that Jesus walked, you will discover God’s ultimate purpose for your life: to reflect His likeness and walk in His newness of life.

Download or read book The Beauty Myth written by Naomi Wolf and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity. In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife. It's the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society's impossible definition of "the flawless beauty."

Download or read book Beauty Surrounds Us A Words Images Coffee Table Book written by Kerrie L. Flanagan and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 800 years ago a Persian Poet named Rumi wrote the words, "Beauty Surrounds Us".In this stunning book of words and images, Suzette McIntyre and Kerrie Flanagan illuminate this thought, portraying beauty in all its aspects through striking photography and thought-provoking poetry.From the tender touch of a child to the deep lines of old age, a simple reflection in a pond to the streets of Florence, this book captures the idea that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that beauty is everywhere, but we must open our eyes and let it reveal itself.Settle in and immerse yourself in a fresh new view of the world.Beauty Surrounds Us also features the award winning art and poetry of the 2015 Words and Images Competition.

Download or read book Beauty in the Stone written by Dan Montgomery and published by Thomas Nelson Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smoke confronts the challenges faced by adults in their fifties with information, advice, and encouragement and addresses the specific concerns--such as grandparenting, career loss, and changing family roles--that occur during this important transitional decade.

Download or read book Images and Idols written by Thomas J. Terry and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians ought to be leading the way in creativity, but we rarely do. God is the Creator of all things, and He created us in His image. Creativity is woven into the very fabric of our humanity. Therefore, Christians should value and champion creativity as a vital part of our image-bearing role. Instead Christians often don’t know what to do with creatives and creatives don’t know what to do with Christianity. On one side you have Christians who neglect or discount art, imagination, and beauty altogether. On the other, you have artists who make idols out of each of these good things. Ryan Lister, a theology professor, and Thomas Terry, a spoken word artist and founder of Humble Beast, team up to help restore the connection between creativity and theology. Images & Idols is a theological and artistic exploration of creativity in the Christian life. It will help creatives build a strong theological foundation for their art, while challenging the church to embrace a theology of beauty and creativity.

Download or read book Body Image Breakthrough Learning to See Your Body and Your Beauty in a Whole New Light written by Jaci Wightman and published by Cedar Fort Publishing & Media. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We struggle with feelings of inadequacy, shame, and even hatred for our physical bodies. But we can be cured of this devotion to the worldly ideal that plagues our culture. This is not just another weight loss book. This book cuts through fad diets and pop psychology to expose the very roots of body issues for women in our culture. Author Jaci Wightman shows us how to eradicate negative thoughts and false beliefs we may have and how to detach ourselves from the unrealistic image society holds. With Christ's help, we can be cleansed and changed, understanding what true beauty is. We will come to love who we are and learn to see ourselves the way the Lord sees us. You will discover what it really means to be beautiful.

Download or read book The Beauty of Jesus Christ written by Gerald O'Collins and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book anchors its account of the beauty of Jesus Christ to a scheme found in St Augustine of Hippo's Expositions of the Psalms. There Augustine recognized the beauty of Christ at every stage-from his pre-existence ('beautiful in heaven'), through his incarnation, the public ministry ('beautiful in his miracles, beautiful in calling to life'), passion, crucifixion, burial, resurrection ('beautiful in taking up his life again'), and glorious life 'in heaven'. Augustine never filled out this laconic summary by writing a work on Christ and his beauty. The Beauty of Jesus Christ seems to be the first attempt in Christian history to write a comprehensive account of the beauty of Christ in the light of Augustine's list. The work begins by offering a working description of what it understands by beauty as being perfect, harmonious, and radiant. Beauty, above all the divine beauty, enjoys inexhaustible meaning and overlaps with 'the holy' or the awesome and fascinating mystery of God. Loving beauty opens the way to truth and helps us grasp and practise virtue. The books needs to add some items to Augustine's list by recognizing Christ's beauty in his baptism, transfiguration, and post-resurrection sending of the Holy Spirit. It also goes beyond Augustine by showing how the imagery and language Jesus prepared in his hidden life and then used in his ministry witness to the beautiful sensibility that developed during his years at home in Nazareth. Throughout, this book draws on the Scriptures to illustrate and justify Augustine's brief claims about the beauty revealed in the whole story of Christ, from his pre-existence to his risen 'post-existence'. Where appropriate, it also cites the witness to Christ's beauty that has come from artists, composers of sacred music, the creators of icons, and writers.

Download or read book Images of Primordial and Mystic Beauty written by Frithjof Schuon and published by World Wisdom Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-color plates, plus black-and-white prints, illuminates the spiritual and symbolist outlook of the American Indian.

Download or read book The Image of God The Likeness of Men written by Robert McClerren and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Ready reference of seventy-five topics ecumenical in scope foundational in nature evangelistic in impact scripturally based Use as a daily devotional a catalyst for contemplative prayer a group Bible-study program a resource to develop exegetical, theological, pastoral and homiletical messages. LOVE * FREEDOM * JUSTICE * SPIRIT * POWER * LIFE LIGHT * LIBERTY * JOY * BEAUTY *HOPE * PEACE HEALTH * CHRIST * GRACE * HONOR * CHURCH

Download or read book The Beautiful Community written by Irwyn L. Ince and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church is at its best when it pursues the biblical value of unity in diversity. Pastor and theologian Irwyn Ince boldly unpacks the reasons for our divisions while gently guiding us toward our true hope for wholeness and reconciliation. To heal our fractured humanity, we must cultivate spiritual practices that help us pursue beautiful community.

Download or read book The Sufi Path of Love written by ?al?l al-D?n R?m? and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most accessible work in English on the greatest mystical poet of Islam, providing a survey of the basic Sufi and Islamic doctrines concerning God and the world, the role of man in the cosmos, the need for religion, man's ultimate becoming, the states and stations of the mystical ascent to God, and the means whereby literature employs symbols to express "unseen" realities. William Chittick translates into English for the first time certain aspects of Rumi's work. He selects and rearranges Rumi's poetry and prose in order to leave aside unnecessary complications characteristic of other English translations and to present Rumi's ideas in an orderly fashion, yet in his own words. Thorough, nontechnical introductions to each chapter, and selections that gradually present a greater variety of terms and images, make this work easily accessible to those interested in the spirituality of any tradition.

Download or read book God in His Own Image written by Syd Brestel and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Someone once noted that God made us in His image, and ever since we have tried to do God a favor by making Him in our image." It’s easy to speak to others about the Jesus who cared for the poor, healed the sick, and preached love and justice for the least of these. But what about the God who tells the Israelites to wage war and kill entire people groups? Or threatens exile and then delivers? Or sends people to hell? Can these really be the same God? The simple answer is, yes. God in His Own Image takes you on a journey through the Bible exploring God’s true nature. You’ll study instances of great mercy and great severity, and by the end, you’ll begin to see why both God’s compassion and his wrath are necessary, important, and even beautiful. Get to know the God who is both Lion and Lamb, both Judge and Father, both kind and severe, and perfect in every way.