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| Author | : Robert Jeffress |
| Publisher | : WaterBrook |
| Total Pages | : 222 |
| Release | : 2010-06-02 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 030749960X |
It’s what you can’t see that can hurt you The temptation that regularly assaults you, the depression or illness that pulls you down, the discord in your relationships, the private doubts you harbor about God… These are not just a natural part of life–they’re battles in a behind-the-scenes war against your faith, family, and future. From a balanced perspective, Robert Jeffress lifts the curtain of everyday existence to reveal these invisible but very real battles in the war Satan wages against followers of Christ like you. Because you don’t have to be spiritual road kill… Using the spiritual armor of Ephesians 6, The Divine Defense outlines six practical strategies you can use through every day to defeat Satan’s vicious and destructive plan: ·Recognize and replace destructive thoughts (the belt of truth) ·Do what you know you should do (the breastplate of righteousness) ·Make God’s business your business (boots of the gospel of peace) ·Move forward in spite of doubts (the shield of faith) ·Remember your power to win (the helmet of salvation) ·Strengthen your resolve to resist (the sword of the spirit) Together, these strategies form The Divine Defense that will help you live victoriously in the unshakable power of God.
| Author | : Samuel Fleischacker |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2011-04-21 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0191617253 |
Samuel Fleischacker defends what the Enlightenment called 'revealed religion': religions that regard a certain text or oral teaching as sacred, as wholly authoritative over one's life. At the same time, he maintains that revealed religions stand in danger of corruption or fanaticism unless they are combined with secular scientific practices and a secular morality. The first two parts of Divine Teaching and the Way of the World argue that the cognitive and moral practices of a society should prescind from religious commitments — they constitute a secular 'way of the world', to adapt a phrase from the Jewish tradition, allowing human beings to work together regardless of their religious differences. But the way of the world breaks down when it comes to the question of what we live for, and it is this that revealed religions can illumine. Fleischacker first suggests that secular conceptions of why life is worth living are often poorly grounded, before going on to explore what revelation is, how it can answer the question of worth better than secular worldviews do, and how the revealed and way-of-the-world elements of a religious tradition can be brought together.
| Author | : Steven B. Cowan |
| Publisher | : B&H Publishing Group |
| Total Pages | : 508 |
| Release | : 2018-11-26 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1535965436 |
In Defense of the Bible gathers exceptional articles by accomplished scholars (Paul Copan, William A. Dembski, Mary Jo Sharp, Darrell L. Bock, etc.), addressing and responding to all of the major contemporary challenges to the divine inspiration and authority of Scripture. The book begins by looking at philosophical and methodological challenges to the Bible—questions about whether or not it is logically possible for God to communicate verbally with human beings; what it means to say the Bible is true in response to postmodern concerns about the nature of truth; defending the clarity of Scripture against historical skepticism and relativism. Contributors also explore textual and historical challenges—charges made by Muslims, Mormons, and skeptics that the Bible has been corrupted beyond repair; questions about the authorship of certain biblical books; allegations that the Bible borrows from pagan myths; the historical reliability of the Old and New Testaments. Final chapters take on ethical, scientific, and theological challenges— demonstrating the Bible’s moral integrity regarding the topics of slavery and sexism; harmonizing exegetical and theological conclusions with the findings of science; addressing accusations that the Christian canon is the result of political and theological manipulation; ultimately defending the Bible as not simply historically reliable and consistent, but in fact the Word of God.
| Author | : J. J. Dyken |
| Publisher | : Algora Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 213 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1628940085 |
JJ Dyken takes commonly-asserted religious claims and applies each of them to modern-day examples to demonstrate the often fallacious nature of religious belief. He uses a mixture of common sense and scrupulous logic to mount an attack on not only religion itself but also upon the religious pseudoscientists who try to justify their assertions with faulty science.
| Author | : William Goode |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 826 |
| Release | : 1842 |
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| Author | : Eric A. Seibert |
| Publisher | : Fortress Press |
| Total Pages | : 361 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 145140770X |
How should we understand biblical texts where God is depicted as acting irrationally, violently, or destructively? If we distance ourselves from disturbing portrayals of God, how should we understand the authority of Scripture? How does the often wrathful God portrayed in the Old Testament relate to the God of love proclaimed in the New Testament? Is that contrast even accurate? Disturbing Divine Behavior addresses these perennially vexing questions for the student of the Bible. Eric A. Seibert calls for an engaged and discerning reading of the Old Testament that distinguishes the particular literary and theological goals achieved through narrative characterizations of God from the rich understanding of the divine to which the Old Testament as a whole points. Providing illuminating reflections on theological reading as well, this book will be a welcome resource for any readers who puzzle over disturbing representations of God in the Bible.
| Author | : John A. Crabtree |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Free will and determinism |
| ISBN | : 9780974691411 |
This book presents a thorough and logical defense of what its author calls divine determinismthe belief that every aspect of everything that exists and of everything that occurs has been willed and determined by God, that no aspect of anything that occurs is outside the scope of Gods control. The approach is fresh and innovative. While undoubtedly controversial, this study makes a very important, original, groundbreaking contribution to anage-old debate. Whether the reader ultimately agrees or disagrees with its conclusions, the arguments outlined in this important study cannot justly be ignored. No thoughtful person who seeks to resolve the dilemma of divine sovereignty and human responsibility can afford to remain unacquainted with the perspective defended in this book.
| Author | : Yujin Nagasawa |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0198758685 |
Yujin Nagasawa presents a new, stronger version of perfect being theism, the conception of God as the greatest possible being. Although perfect being theism is the most common form of monotheism in the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition its truth has been disputed by philosophers and theologians for centuries. Nagasawa proposes a new, game-changing defence of perfect being theism by developing what he calls the 'maximal concept of God'. Perfect being theists typically maintain that God is an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent being; according to Nagasawa, God should be understood rather as a being that has the maximal consistent set of knowledge, power, and benevolence. Nagasawa argues that once we accept the maximal concept we can establish perfect being theism on two grounds. First, we can refute nearly all existing arguments against perfect being theism simultaneously. Second, we can construct a novel, strengthened version of the modal ontological argument for perfect being theism. Nagasawa concludes that the maximal concept grants us a unified defence of perfect being theism that is highly effective and economical.
| Author | : Samael Aun Weor |
| Publisher | : Glorian Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 163 |
| Release | : 2013-05 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 1934206407 |
For thousands of years the great spiritual adepts from all corners of the globe have guarded the secret teachings enclosed in this book. Now, we are able to receive these teachings so that we too may be able to cultivate the high spiritual levels that have been lost for ages. The Divine Science is the systematic and exact process of the discovery of the mystical capabilities of the human soul. In all ancient religions and cultures the wise men and women used sacred words, the intonations of mantras, and the use of the magical art of Theurgy (mysticism or white magic). This book is filled with direct instruction and practices that anyone can use in order to discover the depth of authentic mysticism.
| Author | : Emily R. Cain |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 2023 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0197663370 |
"There has long been a curious fascination with eyes and mirrors as evident throughout art, film, and literature. From fantastical characters who shoot lasers from their eyes to those whose memories are altered visually, the way in which a story portrays the function of the eyes demonstrates the way the storyteller imagines the character's relationship to the world. Is the character powerful or powerless? Does she impact her world or is she impacted by that world? The storyteller's portrayal of vision answers those questions and reveals deeper assumptions about the individual and her ability to move within and to know her world. While eyes are associated with interacting with this world, mirrors are distinctly associated with interacting with some other world. Mirrors function as portals to other worlds, windows that glimpse an alternate reality, or harmful traps that hide sinister intentions. How an author portrays eyes reveals how she understands the world, while how she portrays mirrors reveals how she imagines the unknown"--
