Author: Peter S. Williams
Publisher: Authentic Publishing
ISBN: 9781904753063
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book is all about Jesus. The words recorded in it were written about Jesus over 2000 years ago. Yet today his message of peace hope love and forgiveness still resonates with people of all races nationalities educational and economic backgrounds. Some like what he said while others disagree with what he said. But almost everyone finds him intriguing. The story of Jesus comes to us from four different authors Matthew Mark Luke and John written over a period of nearly seventy years. The message and uniqueness of Jesus remain the same but each author tells the story from his perspective and for his purpose. Some writers wrote more; others wrote less. But what if we could read it as one single story from beginning to end This book does just that by combining the four reports of Jesusrs" life into a single chronological story. Through this book you will take a new look at Jesus his life his miracles and his teachings and be able to come to your own conclusion about him. Produced in cooperation with the International Bible Society.
Author: Peter S. Williams
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666702897
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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This collection of papers and other materials from English philosopher Peter S. Williams develops a holistic vision for Christian apologetics centered around a biblical understanding of spirituality. Grounded in two decades of practical experience, here is a vision of apologetics that’s interested in communicating through beauty and goodness as well as logic and arguments.
Author: Josh Buoy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692710517
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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This is a book about science, religion, and the world in between. I was born into a Christian family, but fell out of religion and in love with the scientific method. I had little need of faith, I thought, when science could tell me so much more about the world, and ask so little of me in return. But as I aged into young adulthood, a new chapter of my story began. Did I really know why I believed what I believed? How could I be so certain of my convictions when I hadn't even honestly considered the evidence? This book traces my journey through the furthest reaches of thought, a journey that took me through the realms of psychology, biology, physics, and belief. Could I find a place for faith in the modern world? Or was I right to cast it off as I did?
Author: Peter S. Williams
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666702978
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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After a substantial author's preface recounting the author's life-journey with the question of science and design in nature, An Informed Cosmos pulls together essays that jointly cover the core arguments for a scientific theory of intelligent design. Along with a foreword by philosopher of science and leading design theorist Stephen C. Meyer, and a wide range of recommended resources, An Informed Cosmos offers an informed overview of the contemporary case for intelligent design.
Author: Richard Agler
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666735825
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Do you believe in God? So many people answer this question in the negative because the God they have been taught to believe in is simply not all that believable. In the twenty-first century, a Deity who intervenes in history, supernaturally responds to prayers, favors and protects his faithful and chosen, and executes righteous judgment engenders doubt and disbelief in thinking people of all faiths, as well as those of no practicing faith. A God We Can Believe In is a response to this moment. Herein you will find contributions from leading rabbis and scholars that articulate paths to heart, mind, and soul with God-teachings that are spiritually compelling and intellectually sound. Our authors present God in ways that are consistent with the facts that higher learning has established, the principles of reason, and our shared life experiences. In these pages you will find a God that cannot be brushed aside by educated moderns; a God that does not violate the realities of logic or natural law; a God presented in accessible language; a God that can be lived with and lived for. It is a book for thoughtful individuals everywhere.
Author: Peter S. Williams
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666702927
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 185
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After a substantial author’s preface recounting Peter S. Williams’s life journey with the question of God’s existence, A Universe From Someone pulls together essays and opening speeches from debates (including the 2011 “God is not a delusion” debate at the Cambridge Union) that jointly cover a wide variety of theistic arguments. Together with a foreword by noted philosopher J. P. Moreland, an annotated bibliography highlighting “Four Dozen Key Resources on Apologetics and Natural Theology in an Age of Science,” and other recommended resources, A Universe From Someone offers an informed overview of the contemporary case for God.
Author: Bill King
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490872175
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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How would you answer questions about the Christian faith? In this book a doubter, whom the author named Thomas, asks many of the common questions that can lead to a resistance in accepting the Christian faith. Thomas’ friend ,named Matt (who relates thoughts, understandings, and experiences of the author), writes his answers in the form of letters back to Thomas. The author writes of a God that is gracious, forgiving, accepting, and ever loving. And he explores what it is like to be in continuous fellowship with God through Jesus Christ It is a fellowship free for the asking, a gift waiting to be given. This book is an invitation to be God’s friend. Before you accept such an invitation you may want to know more about the God doing the inviting! The book presents God as a loving father who wants us to come home. Discover the love and grace of God thought Jesus Christ, a love that will draw you into that intimate friendship. —LAWRENCE GERATY, Ph.D. President Emeritus, La Sierra University I highly recommend THIS JESUS WE TALK ABOUT. It is a theologically sound exploration of many of the most common questions concerning the Christian faith. The author’s lifetime search for a living faith is evident as he explores the answers to questions that would challenge a faith in Jesus. —LELAND YIALELIS, M.Div. from Andrews Theological Seminary Bill King is a man of faith and intellect, the convergance of those two make this book a must read —HAROLD WATKINS, Attorney at Law THIS JESUS WE TALK ABOUT explores experiences within this broken world that present questions, doubts, and struggles. The author shows the value of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ that brings meaning, healing, and belonging resulting in a loving relationship with Jesus Christ, others, and oneself. —STEPHEN DANIEL, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology from Biola University I heartily recommend Bill King’s book. He writes with a lucid style and every page is brimming with insights into an authentic faith. Grace triumphs in This Jesus! Read it and be blessed! —ROBERT NORTON, D.Min. From Fuller Theological Seminary
Author: Lisa Freitag
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190491817
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Parents who care for children with special needs, particularly those whose children have multiple disabilities or intellectual delays, are pioneers in home health care and caregiving, yet their experience and expertise are rarely recognized. This book collects parent narratives, personal experience, and academic research to portray the lives of parent caregivers, looking at both the trials and the triumphs inherent in raising a child with special needs. Parents raising children with special needs often must devote all of their resources, both tangible and spiritual, to providing care long into their offspring's lives. Their experience exceeds the usual parameters of parenting. This book examines all of the facets of their parenting role, the care they provide, challenges they face, and questions many assumptions. It presents parents as neither emotional wrecks nor overburdened saints, but as moral individuals struggling to find their own way through relatively unexplored territory. This book begins to recognize the moral consequences of providing long-term care for a child with complex needs. Using a virtue ethic framework isolates the various tasks involved, and evaluates the moral demands placed on the parent attempting to perform them. On their journey to provide for their child the best life possible, parents must alter their own lives and attitudes, and become the sort of person who can perform the necessary caregiving. Raising a child with special needs demands from the parent a reassessment of their personal and social lives. Some of the consequences, such as the presumed emotional and physical burden of constant attentiveness and the numerous unexpected responsibilities, have been reported previously. But the need for competence, which drives an acquisition of medical knowledge, has not previously been analyzed, nor has there been recognition of the enormous moral task of encouraging identity formation in a child with intellectual delays or disabilities. For a child who cannot attain independence, parents must continue to provide care and support into an uncertain future.
Author: D. A. Carson
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 9781441213853
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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It can no longer be assumed that most people--or even most Christians--have a basic understanding of the Bible. Many don't know the difference between the Old and New Testament, and even the more well-known biblical figures are often misunderstood. It is getting harder to talk about Jesus accurately and compellingly because listeners have no proper context with which to understand God's story of redemption. In this basic introduction to faith, D. A. Carson takes seekers, new Christians, and small groups through the big story of Scripture. He helps readers to know what they believe and why they believe it. The companion leader's guide helps evangelistic study groups, small groups, and Sunday school classes make the best use of this book in group settings.
Author: Michael Shermer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019992385X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Virtually unknown today, Alfred Russel Wallace was the co-discoverer of natural selection with Charles Darwin and an eminent scientist who stood out among his Victorian peers as a man of formidable mind and equally outsized personality. Now Michael Shermer rescues Wallace from the shadow of Darwin in this landmark biography. Here we see Wallace as perhaps the greatest naturalist of his age--spending years in remote jungles, collecting astounding quantities of specimens, writing thoughtfully and with bemused detachment at his reception in places where no white man had ever gone. Here, too, is his supple and forceful intelligence at work, grappling with such arcane problems as the bright coloration of caterpillars, or shaping his 1858 paper on natural selection that prompted Darwin to publish (with Wallace) the first paper outlining the theory of evolution. Shermer also shows that Wallace's self-trained intellect, while powerful, also embraced surprisingly naive ideas, such as his deep interest in the study of spiritual manifestations and seances. Shermer shows that the same iconoclastic outlook that led him to overturn scientific orthodoxy as he worked in relative isolation also led him to embrace irrational beliefs, and thus tarnish his reputation. As author of Why People Believe Weird Things and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, Shermer is an authority on why people embrace the irrational. Now he turns his keen judgment and incisive analysis to Wallace's life and his contradictory beliefs, restoring a leading figure in the rise of modern science to his rightful place.
