Christianity: Bible
22 Articles & Excerpts
Anger
The Secret Power of Speaking God's Word (Meyer, Joyce) by Joyce Meyer I will bridle my anger, trash my wrath, cool my pipes-it only makes things worse. I follow the example of the Lord, who is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy and loving-kindness. I am slow to anger and have great understanding
End of Days
Bible Code II: The Countdown by Michael Drosnin The hidden code, discovered in the Bible by a famous Israeli mathematician, had already revealed other world-shaking events that took place thousands of years after the Bible was written. Now it revealed the entire event I had just witnessed.
A Psalm of David
The Lord Is My Shepherd by Rabbi Harold S. Kushner Can fifteen beautiful lines from a single page of the Bible change your life? I believe they can, if you are willing to open your heart to their magic. Listen closely to them, read them with an open mind and an open heart, and you will find the answers
A Light in the Dark
101 Most Powerful Verses in the Bible by Steve Rabey, Lois Rabey For thousands of years people have studied the words and stories of the Bible, searching out the meaning of verses from patriarchs and prophets of the Old Testament and from Jesus and the first Christians. With so many books and chapters the Bible
Genesis: Abraham's Odyssey
The View from Nebo: How Archeology Is Rewriting the Bible and Reshaping the Middle East by Amy Dockser Marcus The history of the Israelites begins with the story of a family, the personal odyssey of Abraham, his wife Sarah, their son Isaac and his wife Rebecca, their grandson Jacob, and Jacob's twelve sons. Throughout the Bible, but especially in its first five b
Why Genesis?
The Genesis of Justice: Ten Stories of Biblical Injustice that Led to the Ten Commandments and Modern Morality and Law by Alan M. Dershowitz Would you give a young person a book whose heroes cheat, lie, steal, murder-and get away with it? Chances are you have. The book, of course, is Genesis. And you are right to encourage your child to read it-with some guidance.
End of Days, Part 2
Bible Code II: The Countdown by Michael Drosnin There was another target, the headquarters of the American military in Washington. The Pentagon was struck by a third hijacked plane an hour after the first attack in New York. That, too, was encoded. 'Pentagon' appeared once in the Bible
How To Use This Libro
The Latina's Bible by Sandra Guzmán I first dreamed of having a book like this to turn to when I was in my teens. I felt that the Church was stifling me, I had ongoing battles with my mom, and I wanted to do all the normal things my non-Latina friends were doing: hanging out, dating
Invitation, Identity
The Questions of Jesus : Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers (Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers) by John Dear What are you looking for? The first question Jesus asks does not address our sins, failures, or infidelity. It is not accusatory or hostile. Rather, it is a question rooted in compassion and love, calling upon our deepest desires, the best within us.
Introduction
The View from Nebo: How Archeology Is Rewriting the Bible and Reshaping the Middle East by Amy Dockser Marcus One of the central paradoxes of the Bible is that while it tells readers everything they need to know, they always want to know more. They want to see Nebo for themselves, to climb to the top of the mountain, look out at Canaan, and see what Moses saw.
Religious Education in the Family by Henry F. Cope If we keep clearly in mind the aim of religious education in the family as that of the development of the lives of religious persons, the place and value of the Bible will be evident. It will be used as a means of developing and directing lives.
The Eternal
Driven by Eternity: Making Your Life Count Today and Forever by John Bevere Drawing on the principles in 2 Corinthians 5:9-11, bestselling author John Bevere reminds us that all believers will stand before Christ to receive what they have earned in life.
The Coconut I Was, The Mango I've Become
The Latina's Bible by Sandra Guzmán As a college student, I tried changing my name to Sandi Rodgers (Rodríguez is my maiden name). When I told my mom of my decision, I think she thought alien professors had abducted her hija.
Introduction
The Beginning of Wisdom by Leon R. Kass, M.D., Ph.D. This book offers a philosophic reading of the book of Genesis. Addressed to believers and nonbelievers alike, it should be of special interest to thoughtful children of skeptics, people who (like the author) now have good reason to want to see for
Christ Not a Christian
What Jesus Meant by Garry Wills In certain religious circles, the letters WWJD serve as a password or shibboleth. Web sites sell bracelets and T-shirts with the cryptic motto. Some politicians tell us this watchword guides them in making decisions.
A Conversation with Harold Kushner
The Lord Is My Shepherd by Rabbi Harold S. Kushner Q: You say you have been thinking about this book for years. Why did you decide to write it now? This is your first book post 9/11. Did that tragedy affect your writing it?
The Joy of Being Nueva Latina
The Latina's Bible by Sandra Guzmán I am a proud Latina. I am a proud American. I am not exotic. I am two cultures in one fabulous, curvaceous, café-con-leche body. I own English. I dream in Spanish. On most days, I'm delighted to explain this marvelous heritage to the curious
The Joy of Being Nueva Latina, Part 2
The Latina's Bible by Sandra Guzmán As a Nueva Latina I am a combination of all of the Latinos I came of age with: Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, Tejanas, Chicanas, Dominicans, and Central and South Americans, as well as the African Americans, Asian Americans, and Anglos who I call
Reading In a Philosophical Spirit
The Beginning of Wisdom by Leon R. Kass, M.D., Ph.D. This book on Genesis, addressed to serious and thoughtful readers of whatever kind or degree of religious knowledge and practice, has three major purposes: First, to demonstrate by example a wisdom-seeking approach to the Bible that attempts to understand
Enlightenment and Its Discontents
The Beginning of Wisdom by Leon R. Kass, M.D., Ph.D. None of this is exactly news. We are often told that we live in secular, even postmodern, times. The old pieties, not only about God or morality but even about truth itself, no longer command our unqualified allegiance.
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| Advice & Discussions | A little bible for the shy ones... I was terribly shy until the end of high-school - the reason was the bad reputation of my father and it's an awful combination if you go to school in a small town with less than 2000 people - my first teachers in school thought that I was just like my father - dumb, so I was always forced in school to "shut my mouth" and told that I was worth nothing. | My sexually repressed bible banging crush I wrote approximately a week or so ago about my crush and him saying things that I did not approve of.
Well, to cut right to the chase, he called me last night. We talked about an hour or so and needless to say I am confused and ambivalent about him. I still sorta have feelings for him but I am approaching this with caution, because we have alot of different views on different things. | Why the Bible does NOT condemn homosexuality. I am sad to see that many homosexuals believe that the Bible is against homoesexuality, and that most Christian, believe homosexuality is a sin. I saw a thread where someone was saying that they were falling away from Christianity, partly because of their orientation. | reading the Bible I was curious if anyone could tell me where to start reading in the Bible, and where do I read after that? |
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