Inner Demons Outer Angels
Inner Demons Outer Angels

Author: Joshua 'Porter' Gagnier

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-05

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 1450078362

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Intense, thoughtful, and passionate, all these and more sentiments in one compelling poetry anthology as poet-author Joshua "Porter" Gagnier (pronounced Gahn-yea) releases his newly published book, inner DEMONS outer ANGELS. He invites readers to experience the power of poetry through reading these and writing their own. To the Reader As you read the pages of this book You will get a glimpse of a look A look into my heart, mind, and soul To shed light on my shadow is my goal We all go through trials and strife This helps us appreciate the sweeter things in life There are some dark rhymes Having been written in darker times There are others still with a brighter tune Poetry is my vent my boon I don't always know from where they come They are more than just my sum I hope as you read beyond this page You might understand my love, my fear, my rage We are all more than what meets the eye We are more than what we do we are why Take a look at the cover art Of the first poem it is part The other part is the name Take a look they are the same They are meant to show No matter what we do no matter where we go We cannot defeat our demons alone We all feel it, but it's not widely known We need an Outer Angel's aid I hope through this art, this is portrayed Alone I never could have won To my Outer Angel: Thank you for all you have done

Angels and Demons
Angels and Demons

Author: Peter Kreeft

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2009-09-03

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1681490382

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In response to actual questions many people have asked him about angels and demons, well-known author and philosophy professor Peter Kreeft separates fact from fantasy and myth from reality as he answers 100 common questions about these spiritual beings. Based on a very popular college course he teaches on this subject, this book responds to the incredible amount of interest in angelic beings and attempts to clear up some of the misinformation abounding in the numerous books today on what we know about these mysterious spirits. Drawing on the Bible, traditional Church teaching and St. Thomas Aquinas, Kreeft gives straight, clear answers to the perennial and philosophical questions asked about angels and demons throughout time. In his typical lucid, profound and sometimes humorous style, Kreeft answers such questions as ""What are angels made of?"", ""How do angels communicate with God?"", ""How do angels communicate with us?"", ""Do demons, or devils, or evil spirits really exist?"" and many more. Includes angel art.

Unmasking the Powers
Unmasking the Powers

Author: Walter Wink

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 1993-03-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 150645383X

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Angels, Spirits, principalities, powers, gods, Satanthese, along with all other spiritual realities, are the unmentionables of our culture. The dominant materialistic worldview has absolutely no place for them. But materialism itself is terminally ill, and, let us hope, in process of replacement by a worldview capable of honoring the lasting values of modern science without succumbing to reductionism. Therefore, we find ourselves returning to the ancient traditions, searching for wisdom wherever it may be found. We do not capitulate to the past and its superstitions, but bring all the gifts our race has acquired along the way as aids in recovering the lost language of our souls. In Naming the Powers I developed the thesis that the New Testament's principalities and powers is a generic category referring to the determining forces of physical, psychic, and social existence. In the present volume we will be focusing on just seven of the Powers mentioned in Scripture. Their selection out of all the others dealt with in Naming the Powers is partly arbitrary: they happen to be ones about which I felt I had something to say. But they are also representative, and open the way to comprehending the rest. They are: Satan, demons, angels of churches, angels of nations, gods, elements, and angels of nature.

Angels of Light, Powers of Darkness
Angels of Light, Powers of Darkness

Author: Stephen Noll

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2003-04-25

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1725200457

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Recent years have brought an unexpected revival of popular interest in angels. Books professing to draw back the curtain on the unseen angelic world filled entire bookstore shelves. Here, as if to mock the cold universe of modernity, were the stories of numerous and warm encounters with angelic beings. But who are angels, and what is their nature and purpose in the biblical scheme of things? Are the biblical stories to be taken literally or symbolically, or should they be relegated to another day and age? How have the great theologians of the church regarded the angels? And most important, what are the nature and role of angels in God's cosmos and his redemptive plan? Stephen Noll answers these questions in this detailed exploration of angels in the tapestry of Scripture. Here is a biblical-theological study of angels, Satan and the powers that fills a significant gap and will command the attention of serious students of scripture.

Divine Providence
Divine Providence

Author: Emanuel Swedenborg

Publisher: The Swedenborg Foundation

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 0877855056

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In Divine Providence, Swedish scientist-turned-seer Emanuel Swedenborg undertakes the difficult task of bridging his transcendent vision of a perfectly loving God with the sometimes unloving world where we all live.

The Revelation of Angelic Creation
The Revelation of Angelic Creation

Author: Joseph R. Forman

Publisher: Xulon Press

Published: 2010-03

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1615798471

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Move over Augustine! Look out Aquinas! This is the first exegetical work on day one of Genesis to agree with all Scripture. With the profound simplicity of a layman yet the penetrating density of a mystic, this text is a fountain of Scriptural revelation to guide both heart and mind. Unparalleled, "The Revelation of Angelic Creation" for the first time draws back the veil on "what" Wisdom is and its composite origin (the first hypostasis); the angelic creation: how it came to be and its composite nature; the "when," "how," and "why" of the angelic rebellion and fall, along with the restructuring of the unseen cosmos in the aftermath of said rebellion. Also, for good measure, the two-yes two!-gardens of Eden will be exposed. This work will set new theological precedence in all these areas and much more. Scriptural discourse is now forever altered. That which was spoken in the darkness of pre-creation, finally, is brought to light. Joe is the run-of-the-mill regular kind of guy who friends and acquaintances have called a prophet. Born and raised in southern California, his employment background consists of Production Control, Sales, Painting Contracting and a stint as a Drug and Alcohol Counselor. His hobbies include Bonsai, Koi, and stained-glass. Marital Status: still pursuing Sophia (Wisdom).

Discerning the Spirit(s)
Discerning the Spirit(s)

Author: Amos Yong

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-03-08

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1725240742

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Efforts to construct a Christian theology of religions have inevitably stumbled on the Christian scandal of particularity—the historical Jesus of Nazareth. What, however, if we began by focusing on the universal presence and activity of God in the world as symbolized by the Holy Spirit? Yong develops just such a pneumatological approach to religions, drawing, by way of resource, on the Pentecostal-charismatic experience of the Spirit. This book thus invites Pentecostals, charismatics, and other Christians to conceive of how a pneumatological approach to religions can invigorate the wider ecumenical conversation. At the same time, it also brings recent Pentecostal-charismatic scholarship into dialogue with a broader audience, including those interested in philosophical theology, world religions, global spiritualities, and comparative religion and theology.

Cultural Complexes and the Soul of America
Cultural Complexes and the Soul of America

Author: Thomas Singer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-05-07

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1000067661

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Cultural Complexes and the Soul of America explores many of the cultural complexes that comprise the collective psychic-filtering system of emotions, ideas, and beliefs that possess the United States today. With chapters by an international selection of leading authors, the book covers ideas both broad and specific, and presents unique insight into the current state of the nation. The voices included in this volume amplify contemporary concerns, linking them to themes which have existed in the American psyche for decades while also looking to the future. Part One examines meta themes, including history, purity, dominion, and democracy in the age of Trump. Part Two looks at key complexes including race, gender, the environment, immigration, national character, and medicine. The overall message is that it is in wrestling with these complexes that the soul of America is forged or undone. This highly relevant book will be essential reading for academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian ideas, politics, sociology, and American studies. It will also be of great interest to Jungian analysts in practice and in training, and anyone interested in the current state of the US.