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| Author | : David A. James |
| Publisher | : Tate Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2012-06 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1618622218 |
The disciples came to him and asked, 'Why do you speak to the people in parables?' He replied, 'Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them... This is why I speak to them in parables: though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.' Matthew 13:10-13 What is this mystery that is spoken of multiple times in the Bible? What is Jesus trying to teach in his parables of the kingdom of heaven? Can we ever truly know what this mystery means? David A. James is certain that we can. Just as a riddle can be solved, so can a mystery become known if one only searches for the answer. Join David James as he investigates the scriptures for clues to the mystery of the kingdom of heaven. By the time you are done, you will be excited about Jesus as never before. Echoing Nicodemus is a study guide for those who want to strip away all questions and uncertainty and understand Jesus's message as it was intended to be read.
| Author | : Daniel H. Fletcher |
| Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 231 |
| Release | : 2014-09-22 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1625649150 |
Signs in the Wilderness portrays Nicodemus as a traveler on a faith journeythrough the wilderness who is tested by Jesus's signs. Signs test Nicodemus's faith in the same way they tested that of the wilderness generations of ancient Israel in the book of Numbers. The first generation saw the miraculous signs of God, yet refused to believe, and so forfeited its right to enter the promised land. The second generation, in contrast, saw the signs, believed, and boldly entered the promised land. So it was in John's Gospel as well, in which many people see Jesus' miraculous signs but refuse to believe, thus forfeiting eternal life. Others believe and inherit eternal life. Nicodemus is a test case in that his own wilderness experience is one of divine testing in the face of Jesus' signs. Will he have a heart of flesh, believe, and enter eternal life, or a hard heart of stone, refuse to believe, and die in the wilderness? Similarly, Jesus' signs test the readers of John's gospel, resulting in either belief or unbelief.
| Author | : David C. Sim |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 222 |
| Release | : 2012-07-05 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0567553973 |
This volume seeks to demonstrate, for the first time, that many Jewish and Christian texts in the ancient world were written as a direct response to an earlier situation of crisis that affected the author, or the intended reader. Presented here are texts from both traditions that were written over many centuries in order to establish that such crisis management literature was widespread in the religious and theological literature of ancient times. These chosen works reveal that all manner of crises could contribute to the production or the nature of these texts; including persecution, political factors, religious or theological differences, social circumstances; as well as internal or external threats. By understanding this crucial element in the composition of these texts we are better able to understand the complexity of social, political and religious forces that gave rise to many ancient theological texts, and to appreciate the strategies which the authors used to manage these crises.
| Author | : Mary L Coloe, PBVM |
| Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 2021-07-15 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0814681689 |
Teaching and researching the Gospel of John for thirty years has led author Mary L. Coloe to an awareness of the importance of the wisdom literature to make sense of Johannine theology, language, and symbolism: in the prologue, with Nicodemus, in the Bread of Life discourse, with Mary and Lazarus, and in the culminating “Hour.” She also shows how the late Second Temple theology expressed in the books of Sirach and Wisdom, considered deuterocanonical and omitted from some Bible editions, are essential intertexts. Only the book of Wisdom speaks of “the reign of God” (Wis 10:10), “eternity life” (Wis 5:15), and the ambrosia maintaining angelic life (Wis 19:21)—all concepts found in John’s Gospel. While the Gospel explicitly states the Logos was enfleshed in Jesus, this is also true of Sophia. Coloe makes the case that Jesus’s words and deeds embody Sophia throughout the narrative. At the beginning of each chapter Coloe provides text from the later wisdom books that resonate with the Gospel passage, drawing Sophia out of the shadows.
| Author | : Mary L. Coloe |
| Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 2021-07-29 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 081468193X |
2022 Catholic Media Association honorable mention in scripture: academic studies Teaching and researching the Gospel of John for thirty years has led author Mary L. Coloe to an awareness of the importance of the wisdom literature to make sense of Johannine theology, language, and symbolism: in the prologue, with Nicodemus, in the Bread of Life discourse, with Mary and Lazarus, and in the culminating “Hour.” She also shows how the late Second Temple theology expressed in the books of Sirach and Wisdom, considered deuterocanonical and omitted from some Bible editions, are essential intertexts. Only the book of Wisdom speaks of “the reign of God” (Wis 10:10), “eternity life” (Wis 5:15), and the ambrosia maintaining angelic life (Wis 19:21)—all concepts found in John’s Gospel. While the Gospel explicitly states the Logos was enfleshed in Jesus, this is also true of Sophia. Coloe makes the case that Jesus’s words and deeds embody Sophia throughoutthe narrative. At the beginning of each chapter Coloe provides text from the later wisdom books that resonate with the Gospel passage, drawing Sophia out of the shadows.
| Author | : Nicola Rhodes |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 666 |
| Release | : 2012-11-24 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1291218270 |
The SCI'ON Trilogy. Whenever a decision is taken that is of significance to the world. The world divides and two alternate futures are created. In the beginning, there was only one world. That world we name SCI 'ON. All other worlds that sprang from it we name the shadow worlds. Some believe SCI 'ON is the only real world and that all others are mere reflections; hence the name. Others believe that all the alternate worlds are equally real and important, however they may have come into being. Whatever the case; one thing is certain. If SCI 'ON itself - the cradle of creation - were to be destroyed, all other worlds would cease to exist. For SCI 'ON is the mainspring and without it, the shadow worlds would have no point of origin. The Shadow Worlds, Legacies, The Citadel
| Author | : Louis J. Cameli |
| Publisher | : Ave Maria Press |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2015-03-23 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1594715904 |
Drawing on family history and his own story, noted theologian and pastoral leader Fr. Louis J. Cameli takes readers on an archaeological exploration into the faith passed down across time and place. Beginning in his ancestral home in Italy and tracing the story through the centuries, Cameli unearths layers of faith to lead readers to a clearer understanding of their own faith as a legacy from the community of the Church. In The Archaeology of Faith, Fr. Louis Cameli digs into his ancestry to uncover the source of his own faith and invites believers and seekers alike to examine their own faith in the context of history and within the community of the Church. Tracing the evolution of faith from pre-Christian times in his ancestral village of Grottamare on Italy’s Adriatic coast, Cameli discovered how faith intersects with the most basic predicaments of life. While studying the rise of monasticism, he learned that faith is lived in community. As he looked at the medieval raids of Saracen pirates, Cameli found a sense of living with vulnerability. Finally, he realized that trust in God was modeled for him by the relatives who farm the same land today as their ancestors did. As Cameli studied the rich complexity of faith in his family history, he reflected on his own life, his vocation, and the personal challenges that his beliefs pose. Cameli is a highly respected priest in the Archdiocese of Chicago, where he has served as the Cardinal’s delegate for formation and mission and is a frequent speaker at conferences and workshops.
| Author | : Gitte Buch-Hansen |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 521 |
| Release | : 2010-05-27 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 3110225980 |
Since Origen and Chrysostom, John’s Gospel has been valued as the most spiritual among the New Testament writings. Although Origen recognizes the Stoic character of John’s statement that “God is pneuma” (4:24), an examination of the gospel in light of Stoic physics has not yet been carried out. Combining her insight into Stoic physics and ancient physiology, the author situates her thesis in the major discussions of modern Johannine scholarship – e.g. the role of the Baptist and the function of the Johannine signs – and demonstrates new solutions to well-known problems. The Stoic study of the Fourth Gospel reveals a coherent narrative tied together by the spirit. The problem with which John’s Gospel wrestles is not the identity of Jesus, but the transition from the Son of God to the next generation of divinely begotten children: how did it come about? A reading carried out from a Stoic perspective points to the translation of the risen body of Jesus into spirit as the decisive event. The provision of the spirit is a precondition of the divine generation of believers. Both events are explained by Stoic theory which allows of a transformation of fleshly elements into pneuma and of multiple fatherhood. In fact, in his Commentary on John, Origen described Jesus’ ascension as an event of anastoixeiôsis, which is the Stoic term for the transformation of heavily elements into lighter and pneumatic ones.
| Author | : Oscar Yturriaga |
| Publisher | : WestBow Press |
| Total Pages | : 140 |
| Release | : 2023-08-22 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : |
Christ offers His followers a limitless supply of power and anointing to accomplish the work of the kingdom, yet many don’t access it because they’ve become enamored with the thoughts and strategies of man, looking to the church down the street instead of the one found in scripture. Challenging and provoking, Echoes from Golgotha revisits the Gospel and explores what the church is meant to be. If our lives are going to affect eternity, we must make it our highest goal to journey back to Golgotha—to seek the mind of Christ where it all began, in the place of the skull. If you hunger for an authentic faith that ruins you for dead religion and breaks you free from the status quo, this timely message will ignite your heart with fresh zeal and renew your hope for what’s possible. You’re invited on a biblical quest to revisit the events of Golgotha and recapture the radical way of Jesus with the goal of transforming the world through selfless, sacrificial love.
| Author | : Nicola Rhodes |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 2012-12 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1291228276 |
Part 3 of The SCI'ON Trilogy. Life Is But A Dream ... Out of the destruction of the old worlds, a new SCI'ON has arisen. For, it seems, that no matter what decision is taken - even the complete destruction of the universe - a choice is always made, and from that choice, an alternate possibility appears and becomes its own reality. Those who were once the Undying are now the gods, and before they can begin to try to understand the true nature of the universe, they must first adjust to their new situation. Now the Citadel is a part of the world. The former Undying and the dwellers of the Citadel are, once more, contemporaries and equals. New gods in the new world. And new rivals. But everything is different now, soon the time of the gods will be over and Johnny and all the new gods will shortly go the way of the old, leaving the worlds to the domination of mortals and the new Undying.
