25 devotionals for women, reflecting on our journey to the Promised Land. Are you wandering in the wilderness of life? Losing your battle for contentment? Come follow the Israelites' journey to the Promised Land, and see the parallel struggles in your own life. Find hope and encouragement for your desert times of want and uncertainty.
What happened to the Jewish people in the forty years of wanderings, between the giving of the Torah and their entry into the Holy Land? Where did they go, and what was the purpose of these destinations? The Torah goes into very great detail about the travels and events that took place during these years, but the time, place, and specifics of many of the events have remained hidden between the profound words of the verses, leaving us with a blurred picture and understanding of this crucial period in Biblical and Jewish history. In yet another fascinating and eye-opening study, bestselling author Rabbi Alexander Hool, fortified with detailed mapping and satellite imagery, combines a meticulous study of the text with a plethora of detail, gleaned from diverse Rabbinic sources — in a fresh and exciting attempt to unlock the subtle and cryptic Scripture, and fathom the events, the journeys, and the significance of the desert encampments.
Through the desert. To the oasis. Onto the promised land. A child is seriously ill. A spouse leaves. A job is lost. Dreams shatter. Heartache abounds. Hope disappears. Walking through a desert place, we are left to wonder, "Where is God?"Wilderness Wanderings...devotions from the desert is a collection of stories, telling of God's amazing grace and His wonderful works in the life of Marti Evans as she walked through her wilderness, toward the promised land. Her deepest desire is to know God and make Him known. Through the devotionals in this book, God is revealed by His presence, provision, protection, power, promises, peace and plans. He can and will meet our every need, every moment of every day.Wilderness Wanderings...devotions from the desert is a picture of God's faithful heart and His promise to be our everything as we journey. This devotional book can be used as a seven-week personal or small group study, pausing to ponder the reflective questions following each section.
A book that questions whether or not the Body of Christ and the Christian Church is in reality wandering in a desert of it's own design and imagination. Both the Body and the Church appear to have lost their way and ways; forgetting the Simple Gospel and the unadulterated Lord Jesus Christ?
Avivah Zornberg grew up in a world of rabbinic tradition and scholarship and received a Ph.D. in English literature from Cambridge University. The Particulars of Rapture, the sequel to her award-winning study of the Book of Genesis, takes its title from a line by the American poet Wallace Stevens about the interdependence of opposite things, such as male and female, and conscious and unconscious. To her reading of the familiar story of the Israelites and their flight from slavery in Egypt, Avivah Zornberg has brought a vast range of classical Jewish interpretations and Midrashic sources, literary allusions, and ideas from philosophy and psychology. Her quest in this book, as she writes in the introduction, is "to find those who will hear with me a particular idiom of redemption," who will hear "within the particulars of rapture . . . what cannot be expressed." Zornberg's previous book, The Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Genesis, won the National Jewish Book Award for nonfiction in 1995 and has become a classic among readers of all religions. The Particulars of Rapture will enhance Zornberg's reputation as one of today's most original and compelling interpreters of the biblical and rabbinic traditions.