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Author: Dean Nelson
Publisher: Brazos Press
Published: 2009-09
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1587432331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis colorful, story-driven introduction to sacramental living offers a way to see the presence of God amid the chaos and monotony of everyday life.
Author: Fr. John Portavella
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Published: 2018-05-25
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1622825225
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy does God hide – day-in and day-out – from those of us who yearn to hear His voice? When we do good, there’s no heavenly applause. When we do evil, no divine rebuke. And when great horrors visit us, He rarely intervenes. In good times and bad, there’s just silence . . . the awful silence of God. Now comes Why God Hides, this magnum opus of Fr. John Portavella, written after many decades of listening to God’s silence – in his own life and in that of thousands of his parishioners. Those years of listening, reading, thinking, and praying have made ever more clear to him – and with the help of this book, will make clear to you– that, in fact . . . God is not silent nor is He hidden, if only you know how to listen and learn where to look. Time and again in the events of salvation history and in the trials and joys of our daily lives, Fr. Portavella here unveils the Face of God and lets us hear His voice, speaking in every instance words of sweet love. Why God Hides is a remarkable, once-in-a-lifetime book that scatters the darkness of our minds, giving us myriad glimpses of our supposedly hidden God, bringing with each of those glimpses the consolation and joys we have yearned for so long.
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Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1984-10-01
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781451418842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this comprehensive and thought-provoking study, Terence Fretheim focuses on the theme of divine suffering, an aspect of our understanding of God which both the church and scholarship have neglected. Maintaining that "metaphors matter," Fretheim carefully examines the ruling and anthropomorphic metaphors of the Old Testament and discusses them in the context of current biblical-theological scholarship. His aim is to broaden our understanding of the God of the Old Testament by showing that "suffering belongs to the person and purpose of God".
Author: Graham Cooke
Publisher:
Published: 2003-08
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781852403577
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Hiddenness and Manifestation Graham Cooke looks at the seasons of God's presence. Why is it that sometimes God's presence is so overtly with us, yet at other times seems strangely absent? What is God doing during those times? Is it our fault? Has He withdrawn from us for some reason?
Author: Witness Lee
Publisher: Living Stream Ministry
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 1575939835
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Laurie M. Brock
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 0819228184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new book shares the joy, humor, surprises, grief, and messiness when god invites us to strip away the personas of "perfect priest" or "perfect Christian" and rediscover what is sacred and genuine about ourselves and our faith. Priests and writers Brock and Koppel relate common and unique experiences here, as we join them on a sometimes startling journey of faith. With a genuine no-holds-barred approach and unique style, the authors address common life experiences with wit, revelation, and self-discovery as they unpack the dirtiness of failure, the messiness of death, the frailty behind our personas, and the joy of resurrection as new life - with lessons learned. The new book also features questions for reflection written by New York Times best-selling author, Lauren Winner, who wrote "Girl Meets God" and "Still." Visit their blog at http: //dirtysexyministry.blogspot.com/.
Author: C. J. Williams
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2017-03-10
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1532608330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Book of Job has been a rich source of truth and comfort for its readers throughout the ages, but the crowning glory of this book is the prophetic testimony it bears to the sufferings that Jesus Christ would endure as the savior of his people. The Shadow of Christ in the Book of Job examines the historical character of Job as a typological figure, whose experience of suffering leading to glory was meant to portray the work of Christ, and provide assurance and comfort to all who bear affliction in faith.
Author: Fleming Rutledge
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2018-09-04
Total Pages: 584
ISBN-13: 1467451479
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdvent, says Fleming Rutledge, is not for the faint of heart. As the midnight of the Christian year, the season of Advent is rife with dark, gritty realities. In this book, with her trademark wit and wisdom, Rutledge explores Advent as a time of rich paradoxes, a season celebrating at once Christ’s incarnation and his second coming, and she masterfully unfolds the ethical and future-oriented significance of Advent for the church.
Author: Courtney Joseph Fallick
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2013-10-08
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 140020495X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWomen desire to live well. However, living well in this modern world is a challenge. The pace of life, along with the new front porch of social media, has changed the landscape of our lives. Women have been told for far too long that being on the go and accumulating more things will make their lives full. As a result, we grasp for the wrong things in life and come up empty. God created us to walk with him; to know him and to be loved by him. He is our living well and when we drink from the water he continually provides, it will change us. Our marriages, our parenting, and our homemaking will be transformed. Mommy-blogger Courtney Joseph is a cheerful realist. She tackles the challenge of holding onto vintage values in a modern world, starting with the keys to protecting our walk with God. No subject is off-limits as she moves on to marriage, parenting, and household management. Rooted in the Bible, her practical approach includes tons of tips that are perfect for busy moms, including: Simple Solutions for Studying God’s Word How to Handle Marriage, Parenting, and Homemaking in a Digital Age 10 Steps to Completing Your Husband Dealing With Disappointed Expectations in Motherhood Creating Routines that Bring Rest Pursuing the Discipline and Diligence of the Proverbs 31 Woman There is nothing more important than fostering your faith, building your marriage, training your children, and creating a haven for your family. Women Living Well is a clear and personal guide to making the most of these precious responsibilities.
Author: Michael C. Rea
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-07-19
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 0192560425
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Hiddenness of God addresses the problem of divine hiddenness which concerns the ambiguity of evidence for God's existence, the elusiveness of God's comforting presence, the palpable and devastating experience of divine absence and abandonment, and more; phenomena which are hard to reconcile with the idea, central to the Jewish and Christian scriptures, that there exists a God who is deeply and lovingly concerned with the lives of humans. Michael C. Rea argues that divine hiddenness is not a problem to be explained away but rather a consequence of the nature of God himself. He shows that it rests on unwarranted assumptions and expectations about God's love for human beings. Rea explains how scripture and tradition bear testimony not only to God's love, but to God's transcendence. He shows that God's transcendence should be understood as implying that all of God's intrinsic attributes—divine love included—elude our grasp in significant ways.
