Christianity: Bible
23 Articles & Excerpts
Introduction
 Classic Biblical Baby Names: Timeless Names for Modern Parents
by Judith Tropea
The perfect name is one of the first and most important gifts parents can give their children - and often one of the most challenging decisions of parenthood. Expectant parents who want their child's name to be meaningful will find Classic Biblical Baby
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.
Genesis
 Creationists: Selected Essays: 1993-2006
by E. L. Doctorow
The King James Version of the Bible, an early-seventeenth-century translation, seems, by its now venerable diction, to have added a degree of poetic luster to the ancient tales, genealogies, and covenantal events of the original.
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.
From The Feast of Agape to the Nicene Creed
 Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
by Elaine Pagels
In Beyond Belief, renowned religion scholar Elaine Pagels continues her groundbreaking examination of the earliest Christian texts, arguing for an ongoing assessment of faith and a questioning of religious orthodoxy.
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
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.
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?
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
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 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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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