Esther

Esther

Author: Charles R. Swindoll

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 1997-09-26

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1418515469

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Everyone loves a transformation story. Rags to riches. Plain to beautiful. Weak to strong. Esther's story is that, but it is much more. It is a thought-provoking study of God's invisible hand writing silently and unseen across the pages of human history. Perhaps most of all, Esther's story is the account of godly attributes like courage, dignity, wisdom, and strength?attributes that blocked an evil plot, overthrew an arrogant killer, and replaced terror with joy in thousands of Jewish homes. Author Chuck Swindoll interweaves the ancient, real-life story with insight not only into the virtues of Queen Esther, but also into how the qualities that formed and empowered her can be ours. Esther is the second volume of Charles Swindoll's best-selling series, which examines great lives from God's Word and reveals the strengths and weaknesses that make God's men and women both great . . . and human. Many of the most beloved biblical heroes were ordinary folks. Shepherds. Fishermen. Servants. Widows. Even harlots and petty thieves. One by one, they changed the course of history. Swindoll explains that these men and women did not become great in their own strength but were empowered by God when they surrendered their lives to Him. To live such a life that God considers great is within the reach of everyone who submits to Him.


Esther

Esther

Author: Jean-Daniel Macchi

Publisher: Kohlhammer Verlag

Published: 2019-02-20

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 3170310283

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The Book of Esther is one of the five Megillot. It tells the story of a Jewish girl in Persia, who becomes queen and saves her people from a genocide. The story of Esther forms the core of the Jewish festival of Purim. The commentary presents a literary analysis of the text, taking into account the inclusion and arrangement of different pericopes, and an analysis of the narration. Likewise, it will discuss the style, the syntax, and the vocabulary. The examination of the intellectual context of the book, biblical and extrabiblical textual traditions on which the book is based and with which it is in intertextual dialogue, leads to a discussion of the redactional process and the historical and social contexts in which the authors and redactors worked.


The Celtic Vision

The Celtic Vision

Author: Esther De Waal

Publisher: Liguori Publications

Published: 2001-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764807848

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Devotees of Irish spirituality -- and those interested in Irish Heritage will cherish this authentic collection of Celtic wisdom and prayer.


Toliver's Secret

Toliver's Secret

Author: Esther Wood Brady

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published: 2014-10-29

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0553535366

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When her grandfather is injured, 10-year-old Ellen Toliver replaces him on a top-secret patriotic mission. Disguised as a boy, she manages to smuggle a message to General George Washington.


Esther and Her Elusive God

Esther and Her Elusive God

Author: John Anthony Dunne

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2014-02-12

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1620327848

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What if the way the book of Esther has been taught to us in church and retold to us in films, cartoons, and romance novels has missed the original point of the story? Far from being models of piety and devotion, Esther and Mordecai seem indifferent to the faith of their ancestors. How then did this story become part of the Bible and gain the broad acceptance that it has? If the church should not neglect the story, how should it be read? Esther and Her Elusive God calls Christians to avoid the common attempts to make Esther more palatable and theological, and to reclaim this secular story as Scripture. Readers will be encouraged to see in Esther a profound message of God's grace and faithfulness to his wayward people.


The Story Of Esther Costello

The Story Of Esther Costello

Author: Nicholas Monsarrat

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-05-24

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 075514354X

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Young Esther Costello is deaf, dumb and blind. Discovered by a well-meaning American, she is whisked away for treatment, but without success. Her patron devotes her life to Esther's care, but public donations are diverted to a personal account. Then, Esther's faculties are restored, with shocking consequences.