Download or read book Stop Blaming Adam and Eve written by John P. Foley and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about humanity and the realization that instead of a right to life, rather we receive the gift of life. Every gift involves a giver and a recipient. Who or what is the giver? As recipient, I can either accept or reject the gift. What does that mean? Am I a blip in the evolutionary process, or am I a creature burdened or blessed with a purpose in life? And what does that mean?

Download or read book Stop Blaming Adam and Eve written by John P. Foley and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about humanity and the realization that instead of a right to life, rather we receive the gift of life. Every gift involves a giver and a recipient. Who or what is the giver? As recipient, I can either accept or reject the gift. What does that mean? Am I a blip in the evolutionary process, or am I a creature burdened or blessed with a purpose in life? And what does that mean?

Download or read book Why Blame Adam and Eve written by Robert Joyce and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new look at the Creation story. We do not understand the Genesis account adequately in thinking that the creation of Adam and Eve from dust and a rib is the same as their creation out of nothing. God creates ex nihilo only perfect persons with perfect freedom to respond fully to the gift of being. God also could not permit or even allow any person to be hit with the sin of his parents, including first parents, unless that person (each one of us)is already implicated in evil and said less than a full yes to the gift of unique being out of nothing. The Genesis account tells not about creation out of nothing, but a creation out of something: darkness, chaos, dust, a rib, et al. This book represents a stark revision of Judeo-Christian belief in key matters of origin, while affirming traditional Revelation and teaching as well.

Download or read book Stop Blaming Eve written by Olivia Anderson Foreman and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adam and Eve Who s to Blame written by Vicki Woodworth and published by [Fredericton, N.B.] : Crown to Change. This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Paradise Lost Book 10 written by John Milton and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adam Eve and the Serpent written by Elaine Pagels and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author deepens and refreshes our view of early Christianity while casting a disturbing light on the evolution of the attitudes passed down to us. "Confirms her reputation as both a scholar and a popular interpreter.... Continuously rewarding and illuminating." —The New York Times How did the early Christians come to believe that sex was inherently sinful? When did the Fall of Adam become synonymous with the fall of humanity? What turned Christianity from a dissident sect that championed the integrity of the individual and the idea of free will into the bulwark of a new imperial order—with the central belief that human beings cannot not choose to sin? In this provocative masterpiece of historical scholarship Elaine Pagels re-creates the controversies that racked the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin as embodied in the story of Genesis. And she shows how what was once heresy came to shape our own attitudes toward the body and the soul.

Download or read book Genesis Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Pentateuch written by John Goldingay and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly regarded Old Testament scholar John Goldingay offers a substantive and useful commentary on the book of Genesis that is both critically engaged and sensitive to the theological contributions of the text. This volume, the first in a new series on the Pentateuch, complements the successful Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Wisdom and Psalms series (series volumes have sold over 55,000 copies). Each series volume will cover one book of the Pentateuch, addressing important issues and problems that flow from the text and exploring the contemporary relevance of the Pentateuch. The series editor is Bill T. Arnold, the Paul S. Amos Professor of Old Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary.

Download or read book The Deception of Adam written by Kim West PhD MDiv and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if from the garden until today, deception from the evil one has been the driving force of conflict between men and women? His first tactic of deception worked with Eve, what if it is working on Adam today? The revealing of this deception of Adam and how it is still in play today is our discussion in this book. It is that deception that lessens the efficacy of the Great Commission and has caused, and continues to cause, a huge rift in the church to the benefit only of the evil one. The rift is between Adam and Eve but it is fueled by that great deceiver in the garden. Even with the restoration our Lord brought, the rift is still very deep and very wide today. We are going to pull back the curtain and see the puppet master at work. We will see how we are his unwitting puppets. We must cut the strings. Our common enemy has worked very hard to divide us, but we can stop him in his tracks by recognizing his influence and standing together. We are to fight the enemy, not one another. United against the evil one and set free from his schemes we will finally turn and face him down. The key to doing this is by knowing and living the truth together. He is terrified of our recognizing his hand in the divisions of the church and that we would then unite against him. The evil one has kept us focused on opposition with one another in order to divert our attention from his plans and, in turn, causes us to disempower the church. Imagine what we can achieve by working as a team against this adversary.

Download or read book Little Sins Mean a Lot written by Elizabeth Scalia and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us at one time have said, or thought, something like: “So I procrastinate, it’s not like it’s hurting anyone!” “Enough about you, back to me.” “I deserve this, so I’m treating myself!” “If I can’t have it, she shouldn’t either.” “I’ll get around to it... or not.” “It’s not really gossip if it’s all true, right?” (And the granddaddy of them all) “But that doesn’t make me a bad person!” Are these really sins, you ask? After all, they’re not murder, theft, or violence. Don’t they just mean we’re human? Writer, speaker, and blogger Elizabeth Scalia takes a look at thirteen of these “little sins” that, if left unexamined and unconfessed, can have a serious impact on our spiritual lives and relationship with Christ. Through her honest (and sometimes funny) examination of these same sins in her own life, as well as Church teaching on each one, she helps us ask ourselves the tough questions, and the tools to kick these bad habits before they kick us.

Download or read book Did Adam and Eve Really Exist written by C. John Collins and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We need a real Adam and Eve if we are to make sense of the Bible and of life," argues C. John Collins. Examining the biblical storyline as the worldview story of the people of God, Collins shows how that story presupposes a real Adam and Eve and how the modern experience of life points to the same conclusion. Applying well-informed critical thinking to common theological and scientific questions, Collins asserts the importance of a real man at the beginning in God's plan for creation, a plan that includes "redemption" for all people since sin entered the world. Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? addresses both biblical and Jewish texts and contains extensive appendices to examine how the material in Genesis relates to similar material from Mesopotamian myths. Collins's detailed analysis of the relevant texts will instill confidence in readers that the traditional Christian story equips them better than any alternatives to engage the life that they actually encounter in the modern world.

Download or read book Strange Gods written by Elizabeth Scalia and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned in the blogosphere as The Anchoress and as Catholic Portal editor of the popular Patheos.com, Elizabeth Scalia offers a powerful critique of the “gods” we worship today, reminding readers that life’s deepest desires can be satisfied only in Christ. Strange Gods, Scalia's debut book, is packed full of the iconoclastic vim and vigor that has won her a large, faithful Internet following. She presents readers with a surprising look at the ways in which modern people still commit the sin of idolatry in their everyday lives. While literal golden calves no longer dot the landscape, Scalia describes how legitimate loves become obsessively twisted into idols. She unmasks idolatry in a number of everyday experiences—friendships that become needy or possessive, commitments political and religious that grow so intense they lead to hatred of others, to name a few—and points to the incarnation of Christ and authentic worship of him as a way out of idolatry and into peace, happiness, and love.

Download or read book Yet we ask God why he allows evil written by and published by Grace Goode. This book was released on with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Change My Relationship written by Karla Downing and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A topically-indexed daily devotional for Christians in difficult relationships that includes a Scripture, reading, and short prayer on each page.

Download or read book I Quit written by Geri Scazzero and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever think, “My soul can’t take this anymore?” Geri Scazzero discovered real life and joy with Christ really begins when we stop pretending everything is fine. Summoning the courage to quit that which does not belong to Jesus’ kingdom launches you on a powerful journey – one that will change you and everyone around you!

Download or read book Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden written by J. Ballmann and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-13 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ADAM AND EVE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN: A BIBLE-BASED STUDY CONCERNING FREE WILL, HUMAN NATURE, AND THE FALL OF MAN presents an extremely insightful and long overdue look into what really happened in the Garden of Eden. Using the BIBLE as its irrefutable source, this book digs deeply into what the BIBLE actually tells us about the events that occurred there. Every school child knows the story of Adam and Eve, the fruit, the temptation of the serpent, and the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. The story of what happened in that paradise is often presented as a fairy tale, an ancient parable, or a story not relevant to the rest of the BIBLE. But such misreadings are a mistake, for what happened in the Garden of Eden is completely relevant to everyone, and this story's underlying message is urgently needed in the world of today more than ever. By understanding the lessons learned from Adam and Eve's time with God in the Garden of Eden, we can gain clear insights into the nature of free will, the essence of what it means to be a human being, why our world is in its current state, why paradise was lost, and, perhaps most importantly, how paradise can be regained. The deeper lessons from the Garden are rarely discussed or even explored - and these lessons seem to have been forgotten by most people in the modern age, for it does not seem to be understood that woven into this ancient world narrative are golden strands of wisdom that thread themselves into a map that can lead us to eternal treasures of spiritual wisdom, and, ultimately, on a path back to a life - and a world - that is truly the paradise that God intended us to have. Here at last is a book that answers the most difficult questions about this story: Why, exactly, did God create Adam and Eve? What beings existed before humans? How do we know the serpent was the Devil? What methods of deception did the Devil use to trick Adam and Eve? Who are the people who were living in Nod when Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden? Who is to blame for the Fall of Man: Adam, Eve, or the Devil? Since humans are not perfect, did God make a mistake when He made humans? Since the Devil is evil, did God make a mistake when He created the Devil? Why is there so much evil in world? What, exactly, is free will? Where is the Garden of Eden? Does the Garden still exist? Why is this story relevant today? Here at last is a book that provides crystal-clear, definitive answers to each of these perplexing questions. The answers to many of these questions will surprise you, inspire you, and remove any doubts you have ever harbored concerning God's plans for this world and for you. In this book's discussions you will find your faith in God and His plan raised to new levels as each of these issues - and so much more - is addressed definitively by finding the answers that are based on the BIBLE and that are found in the BIBLE - for this book is BIBLE-based, meaning that the BIBLE is the source for the information discussed here. Only by sticking to the BIBLE and adhering to a close reading of its actual words can we be certain to attain clarity in our discussion of what is actually said in the BIBLE itself. It is the sincere purpose of this book to take a deep look at what really happened in the Garden of Eden and what it means for us today. As you read this book, the BIBLE is quoted directly, and the excerpts under discussion are reprinted in bold (not in hard-to-read italics or red text or in microscopic footnotes) for your convenience so you do not have to close this book and go searching through your BIBLE to find the lines as they are referenced, nor do you have to flip around to other pages in this book to locate passages. This book focuses on Chapters 2 and 3 of Genesis, and these chapters are printed in their entirety within the in-depth, line-by-line discussion of the text itself, a discussion that will transform your life for the better forever.

Download or read book Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God written by Brian Zahnd and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pastor Brian Zahnd began "to question the theology of a wrathful God who delights in punishing sinners, and has started to explore the real nature of Jesus and His Father. The book isn’t only an interesting look at the context of some modern theological ideas; it’s also offers some profound insight into God’s love and eternal plan." —Relevant Magazine (Named one of the Top 10 Books of 2017) God is wrath? Or God is Love? In his famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Puritan revivalist Jonathan Edwards shaped predominating American theology with a vision of God as angry, violent, and retributive. Three centuries later, Brian Zahnd was both mesmerized and terrified by Edwards’s wrathful God. Haunted by fear that crippled his relationship with God, Zahnd spent years praying for a divine experience of hell. What Zahnd experienced instead was the Father’s love—revealed perfectly through Jesus Christ—for all prodigal sons and daughters. In Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, Zahnd asks important questions like: Is seeing God primarily as wrathful towards sinners true or biblical? Is fearing God a normal expected behavior? And where might the natural implications of this theological framework lead us? Thoughtfully wrestling with subjects like Old Testament genocide, the crucifixion of Jesus, eternal punishment in hell, and the final judgment in Revelation, Zanhd maintains that the summit of divine revelation for sinners is not God is wrath, but God is love.