Download or read book Parables and Ponderings written by Sandra Shumate Ramirez and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parables and Ponderings is a compilation of years of journal entries, writings, and e-mail ministry articles that share faith in God and growth in family living. It is a book that gives deep spiritual meaning in the occurrences of everyday life events as viewed by the author.
Download or read book Parables Ponderings written by Lia London and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-03-23 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is speaking to us every day--not with a thunderous voice from the heavens, but with a still, small voice through the things that surround us. This collection of true short narratives show how everything from ladybugs and dishwashers to stop lights and back kicks can provide lessons about life and how to live it with more faith.
Download or read book Parables and Ponderings written by Lloyd Brockmeyer and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About Parables and Ponderings, Daily Devotions from the Heartland:In this unique set of daily devotions, Lloyd E. Brockmeyer draws from his childhood growing up on an Iowa dairy farm in the 30s and 40s. Weaving stories and lessons from his farm days, as well as his 50 plus years of ministry in small town Iowa, he provides a grounded view of life based on thankfulness for simple things and an appreciation of family and community that is often lost in modern times. This book is part memoir, part philosophy, part teaching tool, and entirely a tribute to life lived with reverence for God and love of our fellow man. And it will inspire you to de-stress, simplify your life, and change your focus-away from current day worries and concerns and back to the farm.
Download or read book Surprised by God written by Christina Zaker and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zaker introduces foundational elements of theological reflection including definitions and guidance through various methods. Offering a lens for reflection based on the unique way Jesus' parables surprise and invite listeners to collaborate in the kingdom of God, the book foregrounds the importance of honest spiritual reflection.
Download or read book The Power of Parable written by John Dominic Crossan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1969, I was teaching at two seminaries inthe Chicago area. One of my courses wason the parables by Jesus and the other wason the resurrection stories about Jesus. I hadobserved that the parabolic stories by Jesusseemed remarkably similar to the resurrectionstories about Jesus. Were the latter intended asparables just as much as the former? Had webeen reading parable, presuming history, andmisunderstanding both? —from The Power of Parable So begins the quest of renowned Jesus scholarJohn Dominic Crossan as he unlocks the truemeanings and purposes of parable in the Bible sothat modern Christians can respond genuinely toJesus's call to fully participate in the kingdom ofGod. In The Power of Parable, Crossan examinesJesus's parables and identifies what he calls the"challenge parable" as Jesus's chosen teaching toolfor gently urging his followers to probe, question,and debate the ideological absolutes of religiousfaith and the presuppositions of social, political,and economic traditions. Moving from parables by Jesus to parables aboutJesus, Crossan then presents the four gospels as"megaparables." By revealing how the gospels arenot reflections of the actual biography of Jesus butrather (mis)interpretations by the gospel writersthemselves, Crossan reaffirms the power of parablesto challenge and enable us to co-create withGod a world of justice, love, and peace.
Download or read book Parable and Ponderings written by Angelita Fenker and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pondering Things About the Bible Christianity and Other Stuff written by Daniel Mitchell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-09-21 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book of essays pondering the meanings of the Bible, Christianity, and various related subjects. These essays were written during the period from November 2003 through June 2009 and posted to forums and blogs on the Internet. The essays were written because of a felt need to answer questions about the Christian message for myself and others. Sometimes irreverent, the essays cover a variety of topics but always with the intent to inform and entertain the reader without getting too involved with specific denominational viewpoints.
Download or read book The Hidden Parables written by Todd Michael and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The secret and empowering messages contained within Christ’s thirty parables—an astonishing and practical blueprint for the life you are destined for. In The Hidden Parables, Dr. Todd Michael unveils a hidden layer of meaning within the thirty enigmatic parables spoken by Christ that shows that the parables are not a random collection of stories but a unified system of knowledge. This integrated system of knowledge describes how to use the spiritual law of thought forms—of controlled intentions—to create more beneficial, more miraculous circumstances in our personal lives. The information it presents is clear and very useful. Moreover, this system bears an uncanny symmetry with many of today’s leading-edge ideas from quantum physics. In The Hidden Parables, the parables are meticulously retranslated, retaining the expressiveness of the original Greek and giving the reader a literal understanding of the words of Jesus. Those aspects of Christ’s words that are sometimes considered confounding are freshly revealed for their penetrating insights into human existence and for the hands-on methodology they provide for a greater self-understanding and for leading a more fulfilling life.
Download or read book Living in The Story written by Charlotte Vaughan Coyle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What kind of book is the Bible? Is it a rulebook or a guidebook for moral living? Is it a history book or a book filled with fascinating (and sometimes fantastic) stories? Did humans write the Bible or did God somehow speak a perfect message that the authors transcribed? Many people have asked these questions about the nature of this beautiful, odd, comforting, disturbing book the church calls its “Holy Scripture.” Charlotte Vaughan Coyle shares her own journey to make sense of the Bible in this read-through-the-Bible-in-a-year project. She discovered that the crucial work of asking hard questions and even arguing with the Bible revealed the Scriptures to be a symphony of polyphonic voices, a work of art that paints an alternative vision of reality, a complex novel-like story unavoidably embedded in its own culture and time, and yet able to give witness to the God beyond history who has acted (and continues to act) within history. With the heart of a pastor and the passion of a preacher, Rev. Coyle invites seekers and students (both churched and un-churched) to strap on their scuba gear and join her for a deeper dive beneath the surface of this immense, colorful, mysterious world of the Bible.
Download or read book What are They Saying about the Parables written by David B. Gowler and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise but thorough survey of current scholarly thinking on Jesus' parables, for the ordinary reader.
Download or read book The Parables written by Thomas Guthrie and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Things I d Like to Say written by Kelly Nix and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things I'd Like to Say is a collection of articles and short stories that have previously appeared in publications such as the Pentecostal Periodical, Together Magazine and other outlets. They cover a variety of subjects ranging from inspirational and devotional writings to reflections on Scripture and Biblical characters.
Download or read book Tell It Slant written by Eugene Peterson and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eugene Peterson considers the words of the Word made flesh. His probing of the parables and prayers of Jesus will inform and inspire all who love the Gospels. He explores the common speech of the Bible, and carefully exercises God's gift of language so that Jesus' words of storytelling and prayer "dazzle us with truth."
Download or read book Exposition of the Parables in the Bible written by Benjamin Keach and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pondering the Meaning of Life written by Ian D. H. Smith and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: •Will your death be the end of you or is there something more? •Is it credible to have religious belief in the twenty-first century? •Can there be a deeper meaning to life? Pondering the Meaning of Life is a systematic review of the evidence that may allow us to answer these questions. There is no preaching and no saying what some God wants us to do. Written in a clear, accessible style, the only prerequisites are curiosity and a very basic understanding of religion. Whatever you may have thought to be true may be challenged, but there are other uplifting and exciting possibilities to be pondered. To seek for meaning in our lives is surely one of the most rewarding endeavors we can undertake.
Download or read book All the Parables of the Bible written by Herbert Lockyer and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1963 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study and analysis of the more than 250 parables in Scripture.
Download or read book The Parables of Jesus Christ written by Eric Brandon Roberts and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Parables of Jesus Christ: A Brief Analysis is an in depth look at Christ's teachings through Parables. Approximately one-third of the words spoken by Christ in the New Testament come in the form of parables. This book attempts to relate those parables for modern readers.
