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| Twenty-nine respected biblical scholars take a fresh approach to biblical
study, getting readers started by describing the setting of the books of
the Bible and showing how the different books link
up with each other. A number of excellent study features help show how the Bible's teachings are relevant for today. |
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| Who among us has never wondered if there might not really be a tempter
sitting on our shoulders or dogging our steps? C.S. Lewis dispels all doubts.
In The Screwtape Letters, one of his bestselling
works, we are made privy to the instructional correspondence between a senior demon, Screwtape, and his wannabe diabolical nephew Wormwood. |
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| Macrina has done a wonderful presentation of prayer that relates to real people's real lives. Many of us believe that prayer is for "holy" people, and the discovery that "holy" is all around us is a miracle of revelation for many. |  List
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| This book is a must read for anyone who has doubted that there is peace
in death. He reconfirms that the lessons most important in life are to
continue to give of yourself every day despite the
adversities you face. In his illness, through his false accusation and his wonderful rediscovery of a deeper faith in Christ it makes accepting God's plan for you important. Anyone who has an ill parent or someone close to them should read this book it will give you a much clearer spiritual understanding of illness, death and living every moment under God's plan. |
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| The NRSV is a revision of the RSV, regarded for generations by scholarsas the most literally accurate translation of the Bible. When the NRSVwas published it attempted a consistent policy of translation that wouldexclude bias in favor of the male gender. For the most part, the NRSV isa brilliant translation by an array of scholars with impeccable credentials. |  ListPrice:
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| The Book contains daily readings and prayers for virtually every occasion. The Daily Office is a blessing. This edition is plain and simplybeautiful. There is so much included in this little book virtually everyChristian will find it valuable. Liberalism may have crept in slightlyin this edition (1979) but it is still very traditional. |  ListPrice:
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| With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural directionof life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead you through a comprehensivetwelve-week program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks,including limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions,and other inhibiting forces, replacing them with artistic confidence andproductivity. |  ListPrice:
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| Powerful reflections on biblical themes point up the truth that thedarkness of doubt is sometimes necessary to provoke a hunger for God andhelp us discover God's grace. |  Listprice:
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| Enchanting in its simplicity, book offers practical guidelines forpersonal prayer life. In exemplary way author prepares the reader for establishinga live personal contact with God through prayer.Hailed both by Catholicsand Protestants, it was written by an Orthodox Archbishop for people whohad never prayed before and has been read and loved by persons at all levelsof spiritual development. |  ListPrice:
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| "[This] is a book of great richness, beauty and power and thus verydifficult to do justice to in a brief review...The violence is sometimesunbearable, the language rarely less than superb. Dillard's descriptionof the moth's death makes Virginia Woolf's go dim and Edwardian. One thinksof Gerard Manley Hopkins, among others--nature seen so clear and hard thatthe eyes tear...A rare and precious book." |  ListPrice:
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| In her witty, honest way, Anne Lamott takes us along on her spiritualjourney. This book is a collection of "slice of life" pieces; some arefunny, some sad, many of them are moving in that sneak-up-on-you way Lamotthas of telling a story. Whether you are on your own journey, or ifyou just enjoy Lamott's work, you will hard-pressed not to be inspiredby her adventures and moved by her insight. |  ListPrice:
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| Kathleen Norris (author of The Cloister Walk and Dakota) speaks tothe great internal barricade that many spiritual seekers experience whenthey return to their childhood roots of Christianity; the language blocksthe way. Words such as exorcism, demonic, sinner, and judgment act as lockedgates, especially for those who have studied New Age notions and feministideology. As a seeker, feminist, and poet, Norris was especially sensitiveto the language of Christianity when she began her journey. |  ListPrice:
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| The ritual of prayer is as old as man. We all have our own words, werecite bible prayer and dictated prayers from various religions. But Loder'sGuerillas is truly a refreshing collage of prayers that are contemporaryand yet soulful. They direct our minds, but give us plenty of room to makethe prayer our own thought. For those who shy away from organized religionor who are faint of heart in searching for the right prayer, Loder's bookis a kind companion. |  ListPrice
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| "Good poetry makes the Universe admit a secret..." Hafiz
For centuries Hafiz has been called, "The Tongue of the Invisible."Through his works he continues to sing beautiful and wild love songs tothis world from God. |
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| Seeing a reproduction of Rembrandt's The Returnof the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on a long spiritualadventure. Here he shares the deeply personal meditation that led him todiscover the place within where God has chosen to dwell. |  ListPrice
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| Describing the stages of spiritual development, DelBene helps explainthe yearnings, doubts, anger, and wonder that enter every Christian's life.The workbook features five weeks of daily exercises and helpful instructionsfor each group meeting. |  ListPrice:
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| "In the brief turn of a line David Bottoms reveals "the talent theworld shows for mystery." Following in a rich literary tradition his poemsare rooted both in the details of life in the contemporary American Southand in a history scorched by violence. His portrayals of human tenderness,vulnerability, and cruelty, blur the divisions between good and evil." |
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| One Easter weekend in Macon, Georgia, two brothers--with big dreams--kidnapa rich college kid for ransom. But a murderous gangster raises the stakes. In this gritty novel of loss, violence, and redemption, a distinguishedAmerican poet explores the dark world last seen in the novels of JamesM. Cain, where death lurks everywhere and a new beginning is always justout of reach. |  ListPrice:
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| Smith gives the theological and spiritual background to the sacramentof reconciliation in the Book of Common Prayer, and offers practical suggestionsfor the practice of both hearing and making a confession. Required readingfor both confessors and those preparing to make a confession. |
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| From the best-selling author of THE COURAGE TO TEACH comes a deep andcompassionate guide to seeking your true calling in life by listening tothe voice within. |  ListPrice:
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| In these 1997 Lyman Beecher lectures in preaching delivered at YaleDivinity
School, Barbara Brown Taylor focuses on the task of the preacherin a world
where people thirst for a word from God. How may we approachthis seemingly
silent God with due respect,
proclaiming the Word without violating the silence, by speaking withrestraint? |
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| The lectures in this book can open your eyes to a God that is fullof love and compassion. |  ListPrice:
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| In this collection of sermons Barbara Taylor practices the old fashionedart of gospel home remedies like a true evangelist, summoning with piercingclarity and wit the Old and New Testament stories that have the power tomend our spirits. |  ListPrice:
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| This is a collection of sermons that is divided into two major categories:the first deals with the problems of pain, tribulations and suffering whilewe are yet alive and struggling with our spiritual journeys, the secondis dealing with the pain of loss by relating it to God's pain in allowingHis Only Son to choose to die for us. |  ListPrice:
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| A compassionate, spiritual work about soothing the sting of any kindof loss--a job change, the end of a friendship or of youth, or the deathof a loved one. This thoughtful work focuses on the "spirituality of change."Sister Joyce Rupp offers topics for reflection and discussion, as wellas specific prayers, to heal the hurts of everyday life and death. |  ListPrice:
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| Readers will find here a unique invitation to join with God in thedance of life, an invitation to experience God in the daily and seasonalrhythms of life. |  ListPrice:
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| Anyone thirsting for a more intimate and disciplined life of prayerwill find a rich wellspring in The Cup of Our Life. In this original andpractical book Joyce Rupp shares how ordinary cups can become sacred vesselsthat draw us closer to God. |  ListPrice:
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| Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) was a French Jesuit priest,a
paleontologist and theologian. His efforts to convince the church thatit
should accept the implications of evolution met with such resistancethat
he was removed from his post as a lecturer at the Institut Catholiquein
Paris in 1926. He
spent most of his life attempting to show that acceptance of evolutiondoes not involve rejection of Christianity. |
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| This is a fine introduction to the prolific life and writings of PierreTeilhard de Chardin, the most important theologian of the 20th century.Chardin's theology, banned for years by the Vatican, was at least a hundredyears ahead of it's time. A geologist, palenthologist, mystic, spirituallover, he proposed that Darwin's theories of evolution were not contraryto God's revelation but actually was Revelation. |  List
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