Reluctant Prophets
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| Author | : Bob Darden |
| Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0687493951 |
A college-level introduction that invites students into biblical studies through creative, humorous re-telling of the basic biblical narratives. The Bible is foreign territory for students encountering it in introductory classes. Even those who have spent many years in church have rarely read much of it. To most of us it looks like a big collection of rules, lists, and theological arguments. But in reality, most of the Bible is made up of stories. Sometimes they re inspiring, sometimes they re funny, sometimes they re weird, but they re never dull. The best way to get into the Bible, says Robert Darden, is to get to know its stories. In this new approach to introducing the Bible to students, Darden covers the major biblical stories and characters, retelling them in such a way as to bring out their original humor and pathos, and inviting the student to encounter them more fully by moving into the text itself.
| Author | : Stephen Blaha |
| Publisher | : Pingree-Hill Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2001-10 |
| Genre | : God |
| ISBN | : 0759663041 |
| Author | : Mary Ann Bishop |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2020-07 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780999762653 |
Jonah's struggle is our struggle. His pride and presumption is a reflection of our heart. His reluctance to do what God asked of him is a reminder that we too find it difficult to trust God when we do not understand His ways. By examining God's work through the reluctant ministry of Jonah, this book will strengthen the faith of every serious student of God's word whose desire is to better understand His heart for all people and our responsibility to reach them with the gospel.
| Author | : Uri Brito |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 140 |
| Release | : 2021-10-25 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781735169071 |
In their commentary on the Book of Jonah, Uri Brito and Rich Lusk outline the ways in which the prophet to Nineveh embodies Israel's disobedience to testify to the Gentile nations and how God's lovingkindness exceeds that of His stiff-necked people. Bible-reading is more of an art than a science. The Bible is a story, not a lexicon of systematic theological definitions. With this in mind, the Through New Eyes Bible Commentary Series builds on the foundational Biblical-theology work of James B. Jordan and other like-minded scholars in bringing you a set of commentaries that will help you read, teach and preach through the Bible while picking up on the rich symphonic themes and the literary symbolism of the Scriptures. Because they are written for thoughtful Christians without being overly academic, these commentaries will serve as valuable resources for family worship, Sunday school or Bible studies.
| Author | : Erica Brown |
| Publisher | : Maggid |
| Total Pages | : 286 |
| Release | : 2017-08-30 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781592644858 |
In Jonah: The Reluctant Prophet, Dr. Erica Brown takes us on a journey over land and sea, in the footsteps of the Bible's most recalcitrant prophet. Melding traditional commentators, rabbinic literature, modern biblical scholarship, psychological sensitivity, and artistic imagination, Brown travels through the four chapters of Jonah's story tracing his call to leadership, his subsequent intransigence, his momentary rise to duty and his tragic resignation in an effort to discover God's ultimate lesson for him. With insight and feeling, Brown provides us with a glimpse into the tormented soul of the prophet as he grapples with the notion of a forgiving God who is concerned even with the welfare of Israel's strongest adversary. As God struggles to teach His prophet to expand his vision and take up his divine mission, we come to understand the Divine call given to each of us to rise up to the possibility of greatness. After all, if God can change His plan, we can change as well.
| Author | : Trepanier Roger Henri (author) |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1901 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781005354978 |
| Author | : Michael Grossman |
| Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 2007-03-02 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1467075159 |
Even if you are agnostic or hard-core atheist there is a dazzling, thought-expanding, bright side to religion you may have overlooked. Living a spiritual life in the tradition of the Jewish faith, does not mean mindless adherence to outdated dogma. Judaism, instead, can be a source of exhilarating wonder, an inspiration to justice, and an impetus to ever increasing knowledge. Nowadays, even many who profess to be the most pious among us realize that when asked, What is God?, they must answer logically, even scientifically, to be persuasive. Theyre aware that any religion, to be convincing, other than to die-hard adherents, can not be at odds with reason and blindly insist only it speaks the truth. The field, therefore, is wide open. Each of us can attempt to journey towards a concept of God that makes sense, celebrates the discoveries of science, and will, hopefully, imbue the traveler with wonderment at the astonishing beauty in the world that too often lays hidden from us. Join Michael Grossman in his journey to the heart of Judaism, which places much more emphasis on "what people do" than on "what they believe," and in the process, an understanding of all the worlds great faiths.
| Author | : Shmuly Yanklowitz |
| Publisher | : CCAR Press |
| Total Pages | : 180 |
| Release | : 2020-03-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0881233617 |
The Book of Jonah is a unique text in the Jewish canon. Among the shortest books in the Bible, it is also one of the most mysterious and morally ambiguous. Who is this prophet running from God, hiding at the bottom of the ocean? Why does he struggle with God's mission to save and forgive Israel's enemies? In this volume, Rabbi Dr. Yanklowitz shows that the Book of Jonah delivers a message of human responsibility in a shared world. Illuminating such contemporary ethical issues as animal welfare, incarceration, climate change, weapons of mass destruction, and Jewish-Muslim relations, this social justice commentary urges us to join in repairing a broken world--a call that we, unlike Jonah, must hasten to answer.
| Author | : K. Ledbetter |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 243 |
| Release | : 2009-03-30 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0230620183 |
Ledbetter explores themes and patterns of poetry publication in a variety of women's periodicals published throughout the Victorian era using taste, style and the significance of poetry to advance our understanding of women's lives in the nineteenth century.
| Author | : Nelson Granade |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 2006-06-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1566995744 |
As America faces great change, we must find new ways of cooperating with one another to solve problems beyond our individual control. As leaders of one of the largest pools of community capital—our congregations—pastors have both the opportunity and the skills to help guide local communities through transitions and to help cast a vision of renewed communities. At the heart of Granade’s book is a firm belief that clergy can play a unique leadership role in community life. He encourages clergy to reclaim that role and to share with their communities a message of hope: God still cares and is involved in the life of individuals, families, communities, and the world.
