Dying and Living Between Shame and Splendor

Dying and Living Between Shame and Splendor

Author: Jonathan Uncapher

Publisher:

Published: 2016-02-06

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781523680894

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This is the third book in the River of Peace series. The series consists of: The River of Peace, I Was Hungry . . . and She Fed Me, and now this the latest, Dying and Living Between Shame and Splendor.This is our narrator, John Whitman's, description of Dying and Living Between Shame and Splendor.Hey, I'm John Whitman, and I'm back.My life was a wreck when I first came to Alabama. But things are different now. My friends have worked together to give me a new start. My slate wiped clean. No debt. Enough money in the bank to put me back in the home building business. A new home. A new wife. A new family. A new faith.In fact, everything around me is new. But I'm still me. And that's the problem. What will happen when I have to go out and face real life again?Well . . . that's what this story is about.It's also about Jen. My wife. The woman is God's gift to mankind. She loves me. Me! Go figure. She's by my side-loving me, challenging me, charming me. But let's not forget that she has MS; how are we gonna deal with that?Then there's Jim and Susan Swartzkopt. They're still here. But now they're trying to change the paradigm of all our lives. They tell me they're finally going to take the war to those scumbags from the UAI. How exactly are they gonna do that? Their entire arsenal wouldn't arm a respectable cub scout troop. And what's this talk of trying to save their enemies?From the roof of Mrs. Wilson's house, which collapsed just as Vanna turned the T; to the house of torment in Atlanta, where humanity's shame is on display; to the place of ultimate sacrifice, where life is freely poured out; to the seat of splendor, the wellspring of all human desire-that's where it all happens, our story of dying and living.


Living to Die, Dying to Live

Living to Die, Dying to Live

Author: Michael W. Shirey

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-10-03

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1532696507

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Christianity is dying--in parts of the world it is already dead. Yet there is hope, but it will require radical surgery that many are unprepared to accept as necessary. The vast behemoth that calls itself institutional Christianity must die if the Jesus Movement upon which it was founded is to live. The essential message of the Christian gospel is that death leads to new life. Is Christianity ready to embrace this truth and die so that it can live?


City of Sin and Splendour

City of Sin and Splendour

Author: Bapsi Sidhwa

Publisher: Penguin Books India

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780143031666

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'The ancient whore, the handmaiden of dimly remembered Hindu kings, the courtesan of Mughal emperors', the 'Paris of the East', Lahore is more than the grandeur of Mughal forts and gardens, mosques and mausoleums; the jewel colours of everlasting spring. It is also the city of poets, the city of love, longing, sin and splendour. This anthology brings together verse and prose: essays, stories, chronicles and profiles by people who have shared a relationship with Lahore. From the mystical poems of Madho Lal Hussain and Bulleh Shah to Iqbal's ode and Faiz's lament, from Maclagan and Aijazuddin's historical treatises and Kipling's 'chronicles' to Samina Quraeshi's intricate portraits of the Old City and Irfan Husain's delightful account of Lahori cuisine, City of Sin and Splendour is a marriage of the sacred and profane. While Pran Nevile paints a vivid sketch of Lahore's Hira Mandi, Shahnaz Kureshy brings alive the legend of Anarkali and Khalid Hasan pays a tribute to the late 'melody queen' Nur Jehan. Mohsin Hamid's essay on exile, Bina Shah's account of the Karachi vs Lahore debate and Emma Duncan's piece on elections are essential to the understanding of modern-day Lahore. But the city is also about Lahore remembered. Ved Mehta and Krishen Khanna write about 'going back' as Khushwant Singh writes about his pre-Partition years in Lahore. Sara Suleri's memories of her hometown, the landscapes of Bapsi Sidhwa's fiction, Khaled Ahmed's homage to Intezar Hussain and Urvashi Butalia's Ranamama are tributes to memory as much as they are tributes to remarkable lives and unforgettable places. Including fiction old and new--from Manto and Chughtai to Ashfaq Ahmed and Zulfikar Ghose; Saad Ashraf and Sorayya Khan to Mohsin Hamid and Rukhsana Ahmad, City of Sin and Splendour is a sumptuous collection that reflects the city it celebrates.


Complete Evangelical Parallel Bible

Complete Evangelical Parallel Bible

Author: Hendrickson Bibles Staff

Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers

Published: 2013-02

Total Pages: 2962

ISBN-13: 1598569481

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Students of Scripture love to compare how translators have understood the ancient Hebrew and Greek texts to see if they can discover deeper meanings, or simply ask more pertinent questions. Four of the most popular versions have been placed in parallel columns--KJV, NKJV, NIV, and NLT--so all can take copious notes. Preachers, Bible study leaders and participants, students of the Scriptures, and general readers who are curious about how different translations render their favorite verses will delight in this volume. The same set of verses for all four translations is located on facing pages two translations to a page making text comparison a snap. King James Version The dignified, poetic language of this word-for-word translation has made it the favorite of countless readers for over four centuries. New King James Version A completely updated translation that's faithful to the accuracy and beauty of the KJV, while using contemporary and readable language. New International Version (2011 Update Text) Scholarly accuracy and easy readability combine to help readers understand and apply the intended meaning of the biblical text. New Living Translation (Second Edition) Includes marginal notes that explain word choices, plus a more consistent rendition of ancient terms into their modern English equivalents.


Unbearable Splendor

Unbearable Splendor

Author: Sun Yung Shin

Publisher: Coffee House Press

Published: 2016-09-19

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 1566894522

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Praise for Sun Yung Shin: Finalist for the Believer Poetry Award "[her] work reads like redactions, offering fragments to be explored, investigated and interrogated, making her reader equal partner in the creation of meaning."—Star Tribune Sun Yung Shin moves ideas—of identity (Korean, American, adoptee, mother, Catholic, Buddhist) and interest (mythology, science fiction, Sophocles)— around like building blocks, forming and reforming new constructions of what it means to be at home. What is a cyborg but a hybrid creature of excess? A thing that exceeds the sum of its parts. A thing that has extended its powers, enhanced, even superpowered.