Download or read book To Betray Is Human to Forgive Is Divine written by Hari PRINJHA and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-03 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cheating and betraying one's loved ones, who have unconditionally given you everything; absolute love, categorical loyalty and total and comprehensive trust, are some of the many blemishes of the worldly creatures of this ignoble world. Their moments of madness, their mirage apparition of the non-existent heaven, their state of selfish intemperance, their pure greed and the vice-like grip of extreme selfishness, force them to demean themselves so brazenly, that they stab in the back, their kind and compassionate loved ones, who had least expected it from them. The illusion of nirvana dreamt in their moments of madness, disappears in a puff of smoke, colliding against the rocks of reality and leaves them a life of dejection, repentance, and remorse for the rest of their cursed lives. Many have tormented for the rest of their wretched lives, to put the clock back but few, if any, have ever succeeded. After the world comes to know them for what they are: proven guilty beyond any reasonable doubt, of betrayals of their loved ones who had shown total and unconditional trust in them; nobody loves them anymore, nobody trusts them anymore and the fierce flames of treachery burn their body, soul and indeed their entire world, morsel by morsel, in front of their very exasperating, distraught eyes. The only fire-fighter in the world, which can shower the smothering foam on the fierce flames of the inferno of their own making, is the very person whom they had betrayed, in their moments of madness. If they genuinely show remorse, from the core of their hearts and regret those transitory moments of madness and their delusion for the mirage of a non-existent paradise and convince the world that never again would they sell their soul, so cheaply and so despicable, to the devil, the world might seriously consider to forgive them; but only if the onerous world senses that their remorse appears to be heartfelt, genuine and total. If the victims of their betrayal, show magnanimity, despite the excruciating pain inflicted on them by the ones in whom they had shown total and complete trust and unconditional love, such souls must be blessed with super-human and divine qualities, as it is beyond the propensity of the ordinary worldly creatures to forgive the monsters who had betrayed them so audaciously and so viciously. Ordinary persons are often burning in the fire of perpetual craving for revenge and are at all times longing to kill those abominable traitors at the first available opportunity but the people who forgive the ones who betrayed them so callously, are no ordinary people. They are in a class of their own.Since times immemorial, there has been a perpetual war going on between the forces of good and the forces of evil. Evil has always been intoxicated with winning quick and decisive victories and has always been prepared to use every means at its disposal; with total disregard to ethics, morality or conscientiousness and they have absolutely no consideration as to whether they are using fair means or foul. The forces of evil blatantly ignore the pillars of ethics, high principles of morality and the teachings of wise men and even the sacrosanct treatises of their religions. They consider themselves above all ethical, moral and religious considerations and they are confident in their selfish minds that the laws of the world are meant for others, whom they are convinced are meek, passive and submissive and are not prepared to challenge the whole wide world to get what they have set their minds to get, come what may. They are always so madly obsessed with the lust for amassing the maximum amount of wealth and the ultimate power, at the minimum possible time.

Download or read book Anger and Forgiveness written by Martha C. Nussbaum and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anger is not just ubiquitous, it is also popular. Many people think it is impossible to care sufficiently for justice without anger at injustice. Many believe that it is impossible for individuals to vindicate their own self-respect or to move beyond an injury without anger. To not feel anger in those cases would be considered suspect. Is this how we should think about anger, or is anger above all a disease, deforming both the personal and the political? In this wide-ranging book, Martha C. Nussbaum, one of our leading public intellectuals, argues that anger is conceptually confused and normatively pernicious. It assumes that the suffering of the wrongdoer restores the thing that was damaged, and it betrays an all-too-lively interest in relative status and humiliation. Studying anger in intimate relationships, casual daily interactions, the workplace, the criminal justice system, and movements for social transformation, Nussbaum shows that anger's core ideas are both infantile and harmful. Is forgiveness the best way of transcending anger? Nussbaum examines different conceptions of this much-sentimentalized notion, both in the Jewish and Christian traditions and in secular morality. Some forms of forgiveness are ethically promising, she claims, but others are subtle allies of retribution: those that exact a performance of contrition and abasement as a condition of waiving angry feelings. In general, she argues, a spirit of generosity (combined, in some cases, with a reliance on impartial welfare-oriented legal institutions) is the best way to respond to injury. Applied to the personal and the political realms, Nussbaum's profoundly insightful and erudite view of anger and forgiveness puts both in a startling new light.

Download or read book Reading Ray S Anderson written by Christian D. Kettler and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is theology often divorced from ministry? Why is ministry left bereft of a robust theology? Ray S. Anderson, a professor of Fuller Theological Seminary for over thirty years, has left a legacy of provocative reflections on these questions. In this book, Kettler provides a sure guide to major themes in the work of one of the most creative theological minds to have sought to integrate theology and ministry. Ray Anderson's radical incarnational theology of the "kenotic community" provides a new basis for a broader, risk-taking ecclesiology. He also brings theological anthropology to the front of the agenda, and therefore into ministry to actual hurting human persons. Each chapter ends with a case study from an actual life situation, to "test out" and work through the implications of Anderson's theology.

Download or read book Anthropology and New Testament Theology written by Jason Maston and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume considers the New Testament in the light of anthropological study, in particular the current trend towards theological anthropology. The book begins with three essays that survey the context in which the New Testament was written, covering the Old Testament, early Jewish writings and the literature of the Greco –Roman world. Chapters then explore the anthropological ideas found in the texts of the New Testament and in the thought of it writers, notably that of Paul. The volume concludes with pieces from Brian S. Roser and Ephraim Radner who bring the whole exploration together by reflecting on the theological implications of the New Testament's anthropological ideas. Taken together, the chapters in this volume address the question that humans have been asking since at least the earliest days of recorded history: what does it mean to be human? The presence of this question in modern theology, and its current prevalence in popular culture, makes this volume both a timely and relevant interdisciplinary addition to the scholarly conversation around the New Testament.

Download or read book Betrayed written by Riki Robbins and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who has experienced sexual betrayal in her life knows what a devastating emotional experience it can be. The author, who has lived through two betrayals herself, shows readers how to survive the experience and come out intact. More importantly, she shows how to use betrayal as a chance to focus on the bigger picture.

Download or read book When a Woman Overcomes Life s Hurts written by Cindi McMenamin and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Cindi McMenamin’s bestseller When Women Walk Alone (more than 100,000 copies sold) confirms her gift for encouraging women who are journeying through difficult seasons. In her newest book, she offers help for women who are dealing with wounds from unresolved issues in their past. When a Woman Overcomes Life’s Hurts explores the kinds of hurt women experience and offers gracious, biblical counsel on how and where to find healing. Cindi shares the faulty thinking that often accompanies life’s wounds and replaces it with truths every woman needs to know about how God views her. She takes women from feeling insignificant to realizing how much the Lord loves them feeling undesirable to seeing their true beauty feeling they’re not good enough to recognizing how special they are This is a book filled with grace, redemption, and transformation—leading women toward a renewed focus on God, a resurgence of inner joy, and better relationships with others.

Download or read book The Quest of the Absolute written by Louis Dupré and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eagerly awaited study brings to completion Louis Dupré's planned trilogy on European culture during the modern epoch. Demonstrating remarkable erudition and sweeping breadth, The Quest of the Absolute analyzes Romanticism as a unique cultural phenomenon and a spiritual revolution. Dupré philosophically reflects on its attempts to recapture the past and transform the present in a movement that is partly a return to premodern culture and partly a violent protest against it. Following an introduction on the historical origins of the Romantic Movement, Dupré examines the principal Romantic poets of England (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats), Germany (Goethe, Schiller, Novalis, Hölderlin), and France (Lamartine, de Vigny, Hugo), all of whom, from different perspectives, pursued an absolute ideal. In the chapters of the second part, he concentrates on the critical principles of Romantic aesthetics, the Romantic image of the person as reflected in the novel, and Romantic ethical and political theories. In the chapters of the third, more speculative, part, he investigates the comprehensive syntheses of romantic thought in history, philosophy, and theology. The Quest of the Absolute is an important work both as the culmination of Dupré's ongoing project and as a classic in its own right. The book will meet the expectations of the specialist as well as appeal to more general readers with philosophical, cultural, and religious interests.

Download or read book Soulprints written by Ray S. Anderson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05-20 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soulprints, like fingerprints are unique to each person and invisible to the naked eye. When dusted with the whisper of words, soulprints, like fingerprints, can be transferred as images, leaving traces of the self for others to discover if they wish. This slice of my soul is cut straight through the center. If these pages are a pilgrimage, it is not from then to now but from fear to faith, from no to yes and from me to you!

Download or read book Charles Olson and Frances Boldereff written by Charles Olson and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-20 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable series of letters between Black Mountain poet Charles Olson and his most ardent reader.

Download or read book Divine Moments for Leaders written by Ronald A. Beers and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divine Moments books are designed to help you experience a daily breakthrough with God. Inside each handy book you'll find life application topics such as acceptance, brokenness, calling, comfort, crisis, decisions, doubt, endurance, giving, healing, hurts, loss, love, miracles, mistakes, planning, purpose, risk, romance, stress, temptation, tragedy, and wisdom. Under each topic you'll find a question that we all ask at one time or another about how we relate to God and how our faith relates to everyday life. When we bring our deepest questions to God, we can find answers. Discover today how God's Word provides answers to our deepest questions about life and answers hundreds of the greatest questions of all time.

Download or read book A Grammar of the English Language written by Samuel Stillman Greene and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Way of Jesus written by Prof. Bruce Chilton and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The way of Jesus means that despite our tears and scars, we can become vessels of divine light. A young man loses his wife while their baby escapes without injury. In abject grief he reaches out to a friend for solace. What words of comfort are even possible? How can Jesus repair and renew these lives in this world? Author Bruce Chilton begins in the everyday. He shows how following Jesus not only repairs shattered lives, but renews them. While no broken life is ever simply reassembled and although there is no magic going back to the pristine, repair and renewal will empower us to truly live and love again. But our path requires something from us--mindful practice of Jesus' teachings about the soul, spirit, kingdom, insight, forgiveness, mercy, and glory.

Download or read book When Friendship Hurts written by Jan Yager and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION" "HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO ME?" We've all had friendships that have gone bad. Whether it takes the form of a simple yet inexplicable estrangement or a devastating betrayal, a failed friendship can make your life miserable, threaten your success at work or school, and even undermine your romantic relationships. Finally there is help. In When Friendship Hurts, Jan Yager, recognized internationally as a leading expert on friendship, explores what causes friendships to falter and explains how to mend them -- or end them. In this straightforward, illuminating book filled with dozens of quizzes and real-life examples, Yager covers all the bases, including: The twenty-one types of negative friends -- a rogues' gallery featuring such familiar types as the Blood-sucker, the Fault-finder, the Promise Breaker, and the Copycat How to recognize destructive friends as well as how to find ideal ones The e-mail effect -- how electronic communication has changed friendships for both the better and the worse The misuse of friendship at work -- how to deal with a co-worker's lies, deceit, or attempts at revenge How to stop obsessing about a failed friendship And much more The first highly prescriptive book to focus on the complexities of friendship, When Friendship Hurts demonstrates how, why, and when to let go of bad friends and how to develop the positive friendships that enrich our lives on every level. For everyone who has ever wondered about friends who betray, hurt, or reject them, this authoritative book provides invaluable insights and advice to resolve the problem once and for all.

Download or read book History of the American Theatre New foundations 1792 1797 written by George Oberkirsh Seilhamer and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Grammar of the English Language written by Samuel S. Greene and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-27 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Download or read book The Scofield Study Bible III NIV written by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 1970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scofield(r) Study Bible III offers an unparalleled package of tools designed to enrich the study of God's unchanging Word. Augmented--not revised--with charts and sidebar articles in an easy-to-use format, it is one of the clearest and most accessible versions available today. Clean, clear text, and array of supplementary materials make this affordable bible a perfect choice for gift-giving or individual study. This hardcover volume includes a presentation page for gift giving and a full-color map section. In addition to being attractively printed and bound, it is also highly durable and made to withstand daily use. Most important, the Scofield(r) Study Bible III NIV includes all of the study and reference features that made it the preferred study bible for generations of readers. It includes cross references that link topics and words together, introductions to the various books of the Bible, a superb system of chain references, the concordance, study notes, charts and diagrams, a subject and a proper name index, and much more. * An exclusive, subject-based topical chain reference system. * Over 100 boxed factual articles and lists. * Expanded introductions with detailed outlines of each book. * An expanded Subject index. * Study not biblical references are in "chapter-and-verse" format. * Side-column references are grouped by chapter and verse. * Over 550 in-text definitions of proper nouns for people and place names. * Nearly 70 in-text black and white maps and charts. * In-text articles of nearly 250 notes crucial to understanding the Scofield(r). * Indexes to Proper Nouns, Chain References, and Subjects. * 14 pages of accurate, full color New Oxford Bible Maps (with index of places and natural features). * Bottom-of-the-page study notes. * Sectional headings. * Select NIV Concordanc

Download or read book Community written by Nouwen, Henri J. M. and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2021-08-25 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Essays and talks on the theme of community by Henri Nouwen, the popular writer and spiritual teacher"--