This autobiographical story about one young man's journey through the Navy's Nuclear Power program will enlighten many and reaffirm to many our nation's commitment to superiority in this field. Daniel Bil takes you along for his journey through boot camp all the way to running a nuclear reactor on a submarine. Unique insight, detailed information about life on a nuclear submarine is told in clear, honest, easy-to-understand language giving the book extra appeal. Step aboard and live the adventure of Daniel Bil as he begins this memorable Navy adventure, one that lasted exactly 2190 Days.
Diagnosed with aggressive rheumatoid arthritis at age thirty, Luz’s life suddenly changes. Getting diagnosed was a struggle: Before she found out she had RA, she was tested for a variety of autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, and others. In this memoir, she shares the journey her illness led her on and how she found the strength to keep living and transform anger into love—even when she faced unimaginable pain. For years, she tried to pretend she did not have a problem. But she finally decided to heal her mind, body, and spirit, which led her to hell and back—as well as a spiritual transformation. Even though we’re living in the twenty-first century, most people are unaware of how devastating RA can be to someone who suffers from it. Whether you suffer from RA or want to support someone fighting the battle, you’ll find strength, courage and hope with 2,190 Days of Healing.
The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship. Overview of Commentary Organization Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology. Each section of the commentary includes: Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope. Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English. Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation. Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here. Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research. Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues. General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliographycontains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.
