Author: Teresa Shawcross
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031352637
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Languages : en
Pages : 505

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Author: Timothy D. Richard
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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There was a famous court case three thousand years ago. Two women claimed to be an infant's mother. Who is the real mom? Who is the liar? How King Solomon discerned the real mom from the other woman amazed the subjects of his kingdom. They then understood the hand of God was upon him to discern truth. King Solomon had a famous dad. David defeated the Goliath of his time in a one-on-one battle with the giant. David was a mere shepherd boy at the time. However, by faith, he decreed the Lord would go before him and give him victory. After, he became a leader in Israel's Army. His fame grew. Then David became a mighty king. He reigned forty years before his son Solomon received the throne after him. Generations later someone greater arose from their lineage. King Jesus came to proclaim good news. He opened the gate of Heaven. By the Lord's power, he did amazing things. There are giants of our time. Good versus evil is in an epic battle. The wisdom of King Solomon and King Jesus are speaking into this age. Wisdom discerns truth. Lies are exposed. Be prospered by the Lord's wisdom found in this book. This primer version of the original book is in large font, making it an easier read for our oldest Americans. Wisdom is here to rescue us. Confusion in America is being cleared up. Then decisions become accept or reject wisdom. America is being rebirthed. Giants do fall. Glory to you, O Lord.

Author: Leon Kass
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743242998
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 722

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Imagine that you could really understand the Bible...that you could read, analyze, and discuss the book of Genesis not as a compositional mystery, a cultural relic, or a linguistic puzzle palace, or even as religious doctrine, but as a philosophical classic, precisely in the same way that a truth-seeking reader would study Plato or Nietzsche. Imagine that you could be led in your study by one of America's preeminent intellectuals and that he would help you to an understanding of the book that is deeper than you'd ever dreamed possible, that he would reveal line by line, verse by verse the incredible riches of this illuminating text -- one of the very few that actually deserve to be called seminal. Imagine that you could get, from Genesis, the beginning of wisdom. The Beginning of Wisdom is a hugely learned book that, like Genesis itself, falls naturally into two sections. The first shows how the universal history described in the first eleven chapters of Genesis, from creation to the tower of Babel, conveys, in the words of Leon Kass, "a coherent anthropology" -- a general teaching about human nature -- that "rivals anything produced by the great philosophers." Serving also as a mirror for the reader's self-discovery, these stories offer profound insights into the problematic character of human reason, speech, freedom, sexual desire, the love of the beautiful, pride, shame, anger, guilt, and death. Something as seemingly innocuous as the monotonous recounting of the ten generations from Adam to Noah yields a powerful lesson in the way in which humanity encounters its own mortality. In the story of the tower of Babel are deep understandings of the ambiguous power of speech, reason, and the arts; the hazards of unity and aloneness; the meaning of the city and its quest for self-sufficiency; and man's desire for fame, immortality, and apotheosis -- and the disasters these necessarily cause. Against this background of human failure, Part Two of The Beginning of Wisdom explores the struggles to launch a new human way, informed by the special Abrahamic covenant with the divine, that might address the problems and avoid the disasters of humankind's natural propensities. Close, eloquent, and brilliant readings of the lives and educations of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob's sons reveal eternal wisdom about marriage, parenting, brotherhood, education, justice, political and moral leadership, and of course the ultimate question: How to live a good life? Connecting the two "parts" is the book's overarching philosophical and pedagogical structure: how understanding the dangers and accepting the limits of human powers can open the door to a superior way of life, not only for a solitary man of virtue but for an entire community -- a life devoted to righteousness and holiness. This extraordinary book finally shows Genesis as a coherent whole, beginning with the creation of the natural world and ending with the creation of a nation that hearkens to the awe-inspiring summons to godliness. A unique and ambitious commentary, a remarkably readable literary exegesis and philosophical companion, The Beginning of Wisdom is one of the most important books in decades on perhaps the most important -- and surely the most frequently read -- book of all time.

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Languages : en
Pages : 314

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Author: Author of The cloud of unknowing
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809129720
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 346

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Gathers six works by an anonymous fourteenth century mystic concerning spiritual life and faith.

Author: John Edmond
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Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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Author: J. Todd Ferrier
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Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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Author: Matthew Henry
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Languages : en
Pages : 528

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