Download or read book To Melt a Golden Calf written by Peter Aelred and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades now, outspoken evangelical Christians have been at the forefront of resisting the cultural shift towards accepting same-sex relationships. From the church pulpit to the political podium, condemnation of homosexuality has come to define the identity of evangelicalism. But what if it didn't have to be this way? What if same-sex relationships could be affirmed through an authoritative, infallible reading of the Bible? From an evangelical missionary who once fought in the culture wars against gay rights only to undergo a reluctant reversal, To Melt a Golden Calf stands out as a concise, biblical, and balanced defense of same-sex relationships. Drawing from bedrock Christian beliefs, Peter Aelred seeks to untangle the complicated questions around homosexuality, not for reasons of cultural accommodation, but for the sake of the Gospel itself. "I was touched by the compassion, challenge, and honesty with which he speaks to his theological family of origin. I suspect that many "evangelical Christians" will simply dismiss him as another one who has succumbed to the ways of the world, but for those who have had even an inklingthat one could be a committed and faithful Christian and not believe that same-sex relationships are inherently sinful, this will be a powerful read." --Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, church planter, writer, and Moderator of the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) "While I would emphatically disagree with his conclusions, To Melt a Golden Calf is nevertheless an important book for Christians to read. Aelred is not the typical 'liberal' advocate traditionalists are used to encountering in the battle over homosexuality and the definition of marriage. Aelred's arguments will soon be coming to an evangelical church near you." --Wallace Marshall (M.Div., PhD.), Director, Reasonable Faith "Aelred turns our attention to often overshadowed issues regarding the Christian ethics of same-sex relationships. His arguments are both grounded in Scripture and historically-reflective, humbly but powerfully challenging evangelicals to rethink certain beliefs and practices in the name of Jesus." --Dr. Jennie Ikuta, professor of political philosophy and author of Democracy and the Quest for Human Flourishing "Biblically and theologically informed, Aelred courageously calls for Christians to get off the sidelines of history." --Dr. Karl Giberson, Scholar-in-Residence of Science & Religion at Stonehill College and author of more than 10 books on science and religion, including Saving the Original Sinner "Aelred introduces nuance and layers of complexity to an otherwise exhausting, polarized conversation. The intended effect succeeds in muddying the waters towards a posture of humility regarding how the evangelical church can move towards a more loving unity internally and with the LGBT community. Whether you agree or disagree with him, Aelred gives us some new ways to talk about sexual orientation and the church. This is a breath of fresh air." --Samantha Curley, Executive Director, Level Ground "Avoiding the trap of eisegesis, Aelred looks to the incarnational life of Christ to reframe biblical faithfulness to justice and mercy." --Nick Palacios, President, OneTable Fuller Theological Seminary

Download or read book Jewelry How Much Is Too Much written by Doug Batchelor and published by Amazing Facts. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost everyone would agree that there's some point where enough jewelry is enough. Well, what is that point? In this book, Doug Batchelor challenges you to find out for yourself what God's Word says on this fascinating subject.

Download or read book The Book of Jubilees written by Robert Henry Charles and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Backlash written by George Yancy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When George Yancy penned a New York Times op-ed entitled “Dear White America” asking white Americans to confront the ways that they benefit from racism, he knew his article would be controversial. But he was unprepared for the flood of vitriol in response. The resulting blowback played out in the national media, with critics attacking Yancy in every form possible—including death threats—and supporters rallying to his side. Despite the rhetoric of a “post-race” America, Yancy quickly discovered that racism is still alive, crude, and vicious in its expression. In Backlash, Yancy expands upon the original article and chronicles the ensuing controversy as he seeks to understand what it was about the op-ed that created so much rage among so many white readers. He challenges white Americans to rise above the vitriol and to develop a new empathy for the African American experience.

Download or read book Against the Gods written by John D. Currid and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2013 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the relationship between the Old Testament and ancient Near Eastern mythology? Currid examines the evidence, arguing that the Old Testament is highly polemical as he stresses differentiation over continuity.

Download or read book The One Year Bible for Children written by Gilbert Beers and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new devotion in The One Year line combines beautiful full-color illustrations with skilled writing for children and families. One or two days a week the book of Psalms is studied with a reading and question. A discussion section helps kids recall factual information, learn how the lesson applies to their lives, and learn how it relates to today.

Download or read book Missional Marketplace written by Erik Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there any eternal value to your day job? Is it possible to find gospel meaning in your "secular" career? If you really love Jesus, shouldn't you quit your job and go into full-time ministry? How does your everyday work have anything to do with God's mission in the world? Many marketplace Christians have wrestled with these questions in their lives and in their work. But from entrepreneurs to assembly line workers, from high-paid execs to minimum-wage hospitality staff, more Christians are becoming overwhelmingly filled with renewed purpose as they realize that their work has a role in God's kingdom plan. In Missional Marketplace, author Erik Cooper offers his perspective through personal stories and reflections on the sacredness of all work, framing the faith and work discussion through the lenses of The Great Story, The Great Commandment, and The Great Commission. This book will create a gospel-collision between your faith, your work, and the global mission of God in this world.

Download or read book From Eden to Golgotha written by H. H. Charles and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As is well known, there are various versions of the Bible. But what is perhaps more important to understand is that the various versions of the Bible are the result of the work of thousands of unknown and unknowable persons who worked over several millennia on the text of various written records in different languages. Biblical authorities and scholars who have studied and interpreted these texts usually arrive at a consensus of a correct, or nearly correct, version of the biblical text. Accepting that today’s biblical texts result from studied consensus of the texts of the Bible, From Eden to Golgotha offers interpretations and suggested understandings that challenge and/or contradict standard and accepted interpretations. Some examples: Why did God select the Jews as his chosen people? Is there a basis for the universal condemnation of sex? Of divorce? Did God conclude he made a mistake in creating mankind? Having foretold millennia ago the fate of the Jewish people, does history down to this day document his foretelling? How much of Jesus’ examples and teachings have been ignored by those who today flaunt their “Christianity”? Has G. K. Chesterton’s insight that “it’s not that Christianity has been tried and failed. It’s that Christianity has never been tried” been proven true?

Download or read book The Anderson Revisionist Bible The Books of Moses written by Stephen Warde Anderson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-04-22 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Books of Moses is the first of five volumes that will comprise The Anderson Revisionist Bible. A work in progress, it is based upon existing translations. Rendered into contemporary language and purged of antiquated words, outmoded expressions, and religious jargon, it aspires to accurately convey the meaning of the original biblical texts, while presenting a highly readable and understandable narrative. Targeted to a general, popular audience, especially skeptics and the non-religious, it deals with the Bible, the most important book ever written, not as hallowed Scripture, but as an ancient text meriting objective analysis both as an historical account and as an articulation of religious creed. It is richly annotated with informative material, critical assessment, and speculative commentary: it essays to answer the questions the average reader would ask and address the issues the layman might wonder about.

Download or read book Mein Kampf written by Adolf Hitler and published by ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع. This book was released on 2024-02-26 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madman, tyrant, animal—history has given Adolf Hitler many names. In Mein Kampf (My Struggle), often called the Nazi bible, Hitler describes his life, frustrations, ideals, and dreams. Born to an impoverished couple in a small town in Austria, the young Adolf grew up with the fervent desire to become a painter. The death of his parents and outright rejection from art schools in Vienna forced him into underpaid work as a laborer. During the First World War, Hitler served in the infantry and was decorated for bravery. After the war, he became actively involved with socialist political groups and quickly rose to power, establishing himself as Chairman of the National Socialist German Worker's party. In 1924, Hitler led a coalition of nationalist groups in a bid to overthrow the Bavarian government in Munich. The infamous Munich "Beer-hall putsch" was unsuccessful, and Hitler was arrested. During the nine months he was in prison, an embittered and frustrated Hitler dictated a personal manifesto to his loyal follower Rudolph Hess. He vented his sentiments against communism and the Jewish people in this document, which was to become Mein Kampf, the controversial book that is seen as the blue-print for Hitler's political and military campaign. In Mein Kampf, Hitler describes his strategy for rebuilding Germany and conquering Europe. It is a glimpse into the mind of a man who destabilized world peace and pursued the genocide now known as the Holocaust.

Download or read book At Sight of Gold written by Cynthia Lombardi and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lessons You Can Learn from the Bible written by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book W J T Mitchell s Image Theory written by Krešimir Purgar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W.J.T. Mitchell – one of the founders of visual studies – has been at the forefront of many disciplines such as iconology, art history and media studies. His concept of the pictorial turn is known worldwide for having set new philosophical paradigms in dealing with our vernacular visual world. This book will help both students and seasoned scholars to understand key terms in visual studies – pictorial turn, metapictures, literary iconology, image/text, biopictures or living pictures, among many others – while systematically presenting the work of Mitchell as one of the discipline's founders and most prominent figures. As a special feature, the book includes three comprehensive, authoritative and theoretically relevant interviews with Mitchell that focus on different stages of development of visual studies and critical iconology.

Download or read book How Much of These Hills Is Gold written by C Pam Zhang and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE 2020 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE WINNER OF THE ROSENTHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION AWARD, FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Belongs on a shelf all of its own.” —NPR “Outstanding.” —The Washington Post “Revolutionary . . . A visionary addition to American literature.” —Star Tribune An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape—trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining town, they set off to bury their father in the only way that will set them free from their past. Along the way, they encounter giant buffalo bones, tiger paw prints, and the specters of a ravaged landscape as well as family secrets, sibling rivalry, and glimpses of a different kind of future. Both epic and intimate, blending Chinese symbolism and reimagined history with fiercely original language and storytelling, How Much of These Hills Is Gold is a haunting adventure story, an unforgettable sibling story, and the announcement of a stunning new voice in literature. On a broad level, it explores race in an expanding country and the question of where immigrants are allowed to belong. But page by page, it’s about the memories that bind and divide families, and the yearning for home.

Download or read book Sobbing Superpower written by Tadeusz Różewicz and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anti-poet relentlessly, even ruthlessly determined to tell the truth, however painful it may be.--Edward Hirsch

Download or read book Turn and Burn written by Lorelei James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rough and tumble woman meets her match in a wild cowboy in this Blacktop Cowboys® novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Wrapped and Strapped. Tanna Barker is a world champion barrel racer. But her personal life has been less successful. Her recently widowed father has remarried, and sold the Texas ranch she called home. Now a rodeo injury has left the restless spitfire holed up in Muddy Gap, unsure what her next move should be. Veterinarian August Fletcher has always put his job first. He’s never found a woman who could handle his on-the-road lifestyle. But when sassy, sexy Tanna blows into town, he finally finds the woman of his fantasies. There’s something between them, but Tanna has been burned by love ’em and leave ’em road dogs before. It’ll take some sweet persuasion to convince her that Fletch is committed to their sizzling relationship for the long haul.

Download or read book The Deliverer written by Linda Rios Brook and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVThis sequel to Lucifer’s Flood finds ancient language expert Samantha Yale translating a new batch of ancient scrolls written by the same fallen angel we met in Lucifer’s Flood. This volume of writings covers the demon’s eyewitness accounts of biblical ev/div