The Year-Round Book of Sermon Ideas, Stories, and Quotes
The Year-Round Book of Sermon Ideas, Stories, and Quotes

Author: Stan Toler

Publisher: Gospel Light

Published: 2000-07-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780830725724

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A treasure chest of stories, quotes, sermon outlines, dedications and other sermon helps for pastors, this resource is an excellent companion to The Year-Round Church Event Book. An easy-to-use index will aid pastors, lay leaders and Bible study teachers in finding just the right illustration for any occasion -- from baptisms to weddings, from Mother's Day to the National Day of Prayer and from New Year's Day to Christmas. The shorter stories and quotes are suitable for newsletters and church bulletins. A great addition to any leader's resource library or bookshelf.

Teeth and Talons Whetted for Slaughter
Teeth and Talons Whetted for Slaughter

Author: Piet Slootweg

Publisher: Summum Academic

Published: 2022-04-30

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 9492701421

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Is a life cycle that depends on eating or being eaten compatible with a creation in which 'the heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims His handiwork'? Are animal death and extinction manifestations of a good God's majesty and power? When creating the world, did God use animal death and extinction as a means to realize his intentions? This study challenges the view that the emergence and acceptance of the theory of evolution brought a break in thinking about animal suffering in a good creation. Even before Darwin, people thought about animal suffering, about how God's goodness and good creation related to this, and about whether animals were already subject to death in paradise. Historically, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution did not form a watershed in the debate about animal suffering, nor did concerns about animal suffering only emerge with the Darwinian theory of evolution.