Cat & Dog Theology

Cat & Dog Theology PDF Author: Bob Sjogren
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830858679
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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Book Description
Using the differences between cats and dogs in a light-hearted manner, the authors challenge our thinking about God in deep and profound ways.

Cat & Dog Theology

Cat & Dog Theology PDF Author: Bob Sjogren
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830858679
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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Book Description
Using the differences between cats and dogs in a light-hearted manner, the authors challenge our thinking about God in deep and profound ways.

Cat & Dog Theology

Cat & Dog Theology PDF Author: Bob Sjogren
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830856218
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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Book Description
Bob Sjogren and Gerald Robison reflect on the God-given traits of cats ("you exist to serve me") and dogs ("I exist to serve you"), and point out the same dichotomy at work in the theological attitudes of many Christians. Unlike the house pet, however, human beings are capable of rethinking their relationship with the Master.

Cat and Dog Theology

Cat and Dog Theology PDF Author: Bob Sjogren
Publisher: Biblica
ISBN: 1884543170
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Book Description
"These God-given traits of cats ('You exist to serve me') and dogs ('I exist to serve you') are often similar to the theological attitudes we have in our view of God and out relationship to Him. Using the differences between cats and dogs in a light-handed manner, the authors compel us to challenge our thinking in deep and profound ways. As you are drawn toward God and the desire to reflect His glory in your life, you will worship, view missions, and pray in a whole new way. This life-changing book will give you a new perspective and vision for God as you delight in the God who delights in you." -- Back Cover

Cat & Dog Prayer

Cat & Dog Prayer PDF Author: Bob Sjogren
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830858660
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 125

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Book Description
Cat and Dog Prayer will help believers move from self-centered prayers to God-focused prayers

A Cat & Dog Look at the Cross

A Cat & Dog Look at the Cross PDF Author: Bob Sjogren
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830856196
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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Book Description
Here Kevin Kimbrough joins Bob Sjogren in his crusade against me-centered, feline thinking--this time applying it to our view of the cross. What would change, the authors ask, if we began to see Christ's death as more than a fix for our personal sins, but as a matter of the Master's glory?

Dog Heaven

Dog Heaven PDF Author: Cynthia Rylant
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545337534
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Book Description
A comforting and playful exploration of a beloved dog's journey after a happy life on Earth. In Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant's classic bestseller, the author comforts readers young and old who have lost a dog. Recommended highly by pet lovers around the world, Dog Heaven not only comforts but also brings a tear to anyone who is devoted to a pet. From expansive fields where dogs can run and run to delicious biscuits no dog can resist, Rylant paints a warm and affectionate picture of the ideal place God would, of course, create for man's best friend. The first picture book illustrated by the author, Dog Heaven is enhanced by Rylant's bright, bold paintings that perfectly capture an afterlife sure to bring solace to anyone who is grieving.

On God and Dogs

On God and Dogs PDF Author: Stephen H. Webb
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195344308
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 235

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Book Description
Many of us keep pet animals; we rely on them for companionship and unconditional love. For some people their closest relationships may be with their pets. In the wake of the animal rights movement, some ethicists have started to re-examine this relationship, and to question the rights of humans to "own" other sentient beings in this way. In this engaging and thought-provoking book, Stephen Webb brings a Christian perspective to bear on the subject of our responsibility to animals, looked at through the lens of our relations with pets--especially dogs. Webb argues that the emotional bond with companion animals should play a central role in the way we think about animals in general, and--against the more extreme animal liberationists--defends the intermingling of the human and animal worlds. He tries to imagine what it would be like to treat animals as a gift from God, and indeed argues that not only are animals a gift for us, but they give to us; we need to attend to their giving and return their gifts appropriately. Throughout the book he insists that what Christians call grace is present in our relations with animals just as it is with other humans. Grace is the inclusive and expansive power of God's love to create and sustain relationships of real mutuality and reciprocity, and Webb unfolds the implications of the recognition that animals too participate in God's abundant grace. Webb's thesis affirms and persuasively defends many of the things that pet lovers feel instinctively--that their relationships with their companion animals are meaningful and important, and that their pets have value and worth in themselves in the eyes of God. His book will appeal to a broad audience of thoughtful Christians and animal lovers.

Encountering Earth

Encountering Earth PDF Author: Trevor George Hunsberger Bechtel
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498297854
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Book Description
One day, Matthew Eaton was walking through an impromptu animal shelter display at his local pet store when suddenly an eight-month-old kitten dug his claws into Eaton's flesh. Eaton recognized that the "eyes of this cat and the curve of his claw" compelled a response analogous to those found in the writings of Buber, Levinas, and Derrida. And not just Eaton but a whole community of theologians have found themselves in an encounter with particular places and animals that demands rich theological reflection. Eaton enlisted fellow editors Harvie and Bechtel to collect the essays in this volume, in which theologians listen to horses, rats, snakes, cats, dogs, and the earth itself, who become new theological voices demanding a response. In this volume, the voice of the more-than-human world is heard as making theology possible. These essays suggest that what we say theologically represents not simply ideas of our own making subsequently superimposed onto the natural world through our own discovery, but rather flow from an expressive Earth.

The Grace of Dogs

The Grace of Dogs PDF Author: Andrew Root
Publisher: Convergent Books
ISBN: 0451497619
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Book Description
In the bestselling tradition of Inside of a Dog and Marley & Me, a smart, illuminating, and entertaining read on why the dog-human relationship is unique--and possibly even "spiritual." Dr. Andrew Root's search for the canine soul began the day his eight-year-old son led the family in a moving Christian ritual at the burial service for Kirby, their beloved black lab. In the coming weeks, Root found himself wondering: What was this thing we'd experienced with this animal? Why did the loss hurt so poignantly? Why did his son's act seem so right in its sacramental feel? In The Grace of Dogs, Root draws on biology, history, theology, cognitive ethology (the study of animal minds), and paleontology to trace how in our mutual evolution, humans and dogs have so often helped each other to become more fully ourselves. Root explores questions like: Do dogs have souls? Is it accurate to say that dogs "love" us? What do psychology and physiology say about why we react to dogs in the way that we do? The Grace of Dogs paints a vivid picture of how, beyond sentimentality, the dog-human connection can legitimately be described as "spiritual"--as existing not for the sake of gain, but for the unselfish desire to be with and for the other, and to remind us that we are persons worthy of love and able to share love. In this book for any parent whose kids have asked if they'll see Fido in Heaven, or who has looked their beloved dog in the face and wondered what's going on in there, Dr. Root delivers an illuminating and heartfelt read that will change how we understand man's best friend.

Will I See My Dog in Heaven?

Will I See My Dog in Heaven? PDF Author: Jack Wintz
Publisher: Paraclete Press
ISBN: 1557257604
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 111

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Book Description
A Universal Question, thoughtfully answered! What do you think: Will we see our dogs and cats in the hereafter? Does God's plan for eternity include the created nonhuman world? Franciscan friar and popular writer Father Jack Wintz brings a love for all creation and infectious enthusiasm to the serious task of exploring answers to these long-asked questions, In Will I See My Dog in Heaven? Father Jack admits that no one really knows what God has in mind for us in the next life. But in ten thoughtful chapters, he lines up evidence from the Scriptures, Christian tradition and liturgy, and the life and teachings of St. Francis of Assisi, that God desires all creatures (yes, including our beloved pets!) in the afterlife.