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Abraham's Curse
by Bruce ChiltonWhen they arrived at the place which God had indicated to him, Abraham built an altar there, and arranged the wood. Then he bound his son and put him on the altar on top of the wood. Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son . . . ” —The Book of Genesis
Abraham's Well
by Sharon Ewell FosterFictionalized account of a young girl's experience on the Trail of Tears. Christian Historical Fiction.
Abraza lo que no pudo ser / Embrace Your Almost: Encuentra claridad y alegría en lo que casi no llegó a ser, lo que no fue y lo desconocido
by Jordan Lee DooleyDe parte de la autora bestseller de Cada día es tuyo, una guía sin complicaciones para conseguir la vida que anhelas, aun cuando las cosas no se den según lo planeado. Jordan Lee Dooley sabe de primera mano lo devastador que puede ser casi alcanzar una meta, casi cumplir un sueño y casi estar donde deseas estar, justo para quedarte a un paso de lograrlo o ver cómo todo se desmorona en el último momento. Los sueños interrumpidos, retrasados o incluso aparentemente destruidos tienen una forma de hacernos reconsiderar todo. Pero quizá reconsiderar sueños no siempre sea lo peor. En esos momentos tienes la oportunidad de detenerte y meditar qué es lo que más te importa, así como redefinir tu clase de éxito en un mundo que te dice constantemente qué deberías querer o hacer. Aunque no lo creas, es posible cultivar una vida que realmente te guste y una en la que puedas tener éxito, justo en el punto medio entre donde empezaste y donde esperabas estar. Descubre: • La pregunta más importante que puedes hacerte al momento de establecer metas y hacer planes. • Pasos prácticos para seguir adelante cuando tus planes no salgan como esperabas. • Cómo precisar las metas correctas para ti (y cuáles no lo son). • Qué hacer cuando los sueños parecen cumplirse para todos menos para ti. • Las inesperadas ganancias que pueden surgir de un dolor indeseado. • Cómo saber cuándo es momento de dejar ir un sueño... y qué hacer con el espacio que deja. La vida está llena de interrupciones inesperadas, de momentos “casi, pero todavía no”, de incertidumbre y de espera. Por difíciles que puedan ser tales experiencias, también ofrecen una invitación única para alinear tus sueños y tus metas con lo que más te importa. Aprende cómo obtener una mayor claridad sobre lo que en verdad quieres, por qué lo quieres y cómo empezar a buscarlo.
Abrazados por el Espíritu: Las bendiciones desconocidas de la intimidad con Dios
by Charles R. Swindoll¿Hace mucho que su corazón no se conmueve? Charles Swindoll también ha estado así; cansado de una fe estéril y previsible. Conduciendo con el tanque vacío, y a la vez teniendo en su corazón la convicción de que con seguridad debía haber mucho más. Abrazados por el Espíritu le da la bienvenida como compañero peregrino a un andar más profundo e íntimo con Dios por medio de una comprensión mayor del poder del Espíritu santo. El autor ha entretejido de manera magistral toda una vida de experiencia en esta obra clásica e inspiradora acera del Espíritu Santo. Si ansía más y anhela experimentar todas la bendiciones que Dios le tiene preparadas he aquí su puerta de entrada a una relación más espontánea y dinámica con él.
El Abrazo Del Padre: Como encontrar la comunion genuina con Dios
by Danilo Montero“Quiero que sepas que aunque nunca vuelvas a servirme, Yo te seguiré amando igual. Porque no te amo por lo que hagas por mí, sino por lo que eres. Y eres mi hijo, no hay nada que puedas hacer para cambiar eso”, así amorosamente le susurró Dios al oído. Esas fueron las palabras que alteraron el rumbo de Danilo Montero para siempre y con ellas nacieron las páginas de este libro. Fue el abrazo del Padre el que tornó su rebeldía y le ayudó a superar el dolor de un padre alcohólico y ausente. El autor expone sus vivencias junto a la de muchos personajes bíblicos que como él fueron capturados por el amor de Su presencia. David aprendió a ser un adorador a través de las largas vigilias en el desierto. Ana fue estéril hasta que decidió ir sola a la Casa del Señor, donde encontró paz y cambio. En la soledad del desierto Jesús fue tentado, pero también fue allí donde obtuvo la victoria para nuestra vida. La presencia de Dios es la fuente que nos lleva a la confesión y el cambio. Es en el refugio de la intimidad con Dios donde se puede encontrar la respuesta a cómo salir del letargo espiritual.
Ábrete a lo inesperado (Outrageous Openness Spanish Edition): Deja que lo divino te guíe
by Tosha SilverNow available in Spanish. A collection of spiritual lessons, anecdotes, and thoughts on the Divine's intervention in our lives, Outrageous Openness teaches how to live purposefully and in line with what the Divine already has in store for each of us.We all have at our fingertips the touch of the Divine in our lives. Learning to trust in this Divine guidance brings peace as well as faith that everything happens for a reason. After twenty-five years spent giving nearly 30,000 consultations to people from all over the world, Tosha Silver realized that everyone had similar concerns: "How do I stop worrying? How can I know that things will work out? How can I feel safe?" and often, "Why do I feel so alone?" or "Who am I really?" Even individuals with years of spiritual practice often felt besieged by confusion, fear, or worry. Despite meditating, chanting, or practicing yoga, they didn't always have the practical tools for aligning with the Divine every day. Outrageous Openness provides just that: techniques to create a relaxed, trusting openness to answers as they spontaneously arise. Being open to the Divine's intervention has the power to change our lives, and Outrageous Openness teaches us how to trust in the Divine, a Force of Love that can help guide each of us in the most intimate and practical ways--if only we knew how to invite it in. At its heart, Outrageous Openness--a simple, delightful book of anecdotes, observations and fresh perspectives--opens the door to a profound truth. By allowing the Divine to lead the way, we can finally put down the heavy load of fervent hopes and fears and opinions about how things are supposed to be, just let them be, and delight in the spectacular show that is our life.
¡Abrid las puertas a Cristo!: Meditaciones sobre Juan Pablo II
by Benedicto Xvi Mm. LeonettiEste libro, que pretende ser un instrumento para acercarse a la figura de Juan Pablo II con ocasión de su beatificación, en la plaza de San Pedro el primero de mayo de 2011, se presenta como una colección de intervenciones que Benedicto XVI ha querido dedicar al gran papa polaco.
An Abridgement of Secret Doctrine
by H. P. BlavatskyThe creation of the universe and the nature of humanity as taught by the Ancient Wisdom. An abridgement of the original 1500 page work, The Secret Doctrine. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891) was born of a noble family in Russia. She became a student of metaphysical lore, and traveled to many lands, including Tibet, in search of hidden knowledge. In the 1870s she went to New York and, with Col. Henry S. Olcott and others, formed the Theosophical Society.
An Abridgement of the Secret Doctrine
by H P Blavatsky Elizabeth PrestonThe creation of the universe and the nature of humanity as taught by the Ancient Wisdom. An abridgement of the original 1500 page work, The Secret Doctrine. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891) was born of a noble family in Russia. She became a student of metaphysical lore, and traveled to many lands, including Tibet, in search of hidden knowledge. In the 1870s she went to New York and, with Col. Henry S. Olcott and others, formed the Theosophical Society.
Abrogation in the Qur'an and Islamic Law (Routledge Studies in Religion #22)
by Louay FatoohiThis book examines in detail the concept of "abrogation" in the Qur’an, which has played a major role in the development of Islamic law and has implications for understanding the history and integrity of the Qur’anic text. The term has gained popularity in recent years, as Muslim groups and individuals claim that many passages about tolerance in the Qur’an have been abrogated by others that call on Muslims to fight their enemies. Author Louay Fatoohi argues that this could not have been derived from the Qur’an, and that its implications contradict Qur’anic principles. He also reveals conceptual flaws in the principle of abrogation as well as serious problems with the way it was applied by different scholars. Abrogation in the Qur’an and Islamic Law traces the development of the concept from its most basic form to the complex and multi-faceted doctrine it has become. The book shows what specific problems the three modes of abrogation were introduced to solve, and how this concept has shaped Islamic law. The book also critiques the role of abrogation in rationalizing the view that not all of the Qur’anic revelation has survived in the "mushaf", or the written record of the Qur’an. This role makes understanding abrogation an essential prerequisite for studying the history of the Qur’anic text.
Absence and Difficult Knowledge in Contemporary Art Museums (Routledge Research in Art Museums and Exhibitions)
by Margaret TaliThis book analyzes practices of collecting in European art museums from 1989 to the present, arguing that museums actualize absence both consciously and unconsciously, while misrepresentation is an outcome of the absent perspectives and voices of minority community members which are rarely considered in relation to contemporary art. Difficult knowledge is proposed as a way of dealing with absence productively. Drawing on social art history, museology, postcolonial theory, and memory studies, Margaret Tali analyzes the collections of four modern and contemporary art museums across Europe: the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest, the Kiasma Museum in Helsinki, and the Kumu Museum in Tallinn.
Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self
by Marilynne RobinsonEssays from the lectures delivered at Yale University, the Dwight Harrington Terry Foundation. Includes bibliographical references.
Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self
by Marilynne RobinsonIn this ambitious book, acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson applies her astute intellect to some of the most vexing topics in the history of human thought--science, religion, and consciousness. Crafted with the same care and insight as her award-winning novels, Absence of Mind challenges postmodern atheists who crusade against religion under the banner of science. In Robinson's view, scientific reasoning does not denote a sense of logical infallibility, as thinkers like Richard Dawkins might suggest. Instead, in its purest form, science represents a search for answers. It engages the problem of knowledge, an aspect of the mystery of consciousness, rather than providing a simple and final model of reality. By defending the importance of individual reflection, Robinson celebrates the power and variety of human consciousness in the tradition of William James. She explores the nature of subjectivity and considers the culture in which Sigmund Freud was situated and its influence on his model of self and civilization. Through keen interpretations of language, emotion, science, and poetry, Absence of Mind restores human consciousness to its central place in the religion-science debate.
An Absence So Great (Portraits of the Heart #2)
by Jane KirkpatrickWhile growing in confidence as a photographer, 18-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele's personal life is at a crossroads. But even a job she loves can't keep painful memories from seeping into her heart when the shadows of a forbidden love threaten to darken the portrait of her life.
The Absent God in the Works of William Wordsworth (Routledge Studies in Romanticism)
by Eliza BorkowskaCalled by one of its reviewers "Wordsworth’s biographia literaria," this book takes its reader on a fascinating journey into the mind of the poet whose attitude to God and religion points to a major shift in Western culture. The monograph probes the philosophical foundations of Wordsworth’s religious outlook, drawing attention to this First Generation Romantic poet as the author who happened to record in his verse the rise to prominence of some of the intellectual and spiritual challenges and the most troublesome uncertainties that have defined Western man ever since. The book constitutes a self-contained whole and can be read independently. Simultaneously, it creates an unusual duet with the companion volume, The Presence of God in the Works of William Wordsworth. These two works can be regarded as contraries—or negatives: one offering an ironically positive reading of Wordsworth’s religious discourse, the other offering a reading which is positively negative.
The Absent Image: Lacunae in Medieval Books
by Elina GertsmanGuided by Aristotelian theories, medieval philosophers believed that nature abhors a vacuum. Medieval art, according to modern scholars, abhors the same. The notion of horror vacui—the fear of empty space—is thus often construed as a definitive feature of Gothic material culture. In The Absent Image, Elina Gertsman argues that Gothic art, in its attempts to grapple with the unrepresentability of the invisible, actively engages emptiness, voids, gaps, holes, and erasures.Exploring complex conversations among medieval philosophy, physics, mathematics, piety, and image-making, Gertsman considers the concept of nothingness in concert with the imaginary, revealing profoundly inventive approaches to emptiness in late medieval visual culture, from ingenious images of the world’s creation ex nihilo to figurations of absence as a replacement for the invisible forces of conception and death.Innovative and challenging, this book will find its primary audience with students and scholars of art, religion, physics, philosophy, and mathematics. It will be particularly welcomed by those interested in phenomenological and cross-disciplinary approaches to the visual culture of the later Middle Ages.
The Absent Image: Lacunae in Medieval Books
by Elina GertsmanWinner of the 2022 Charles Rufus Morey Award from the College Art AssociationGuided by Aristotelian theories, medieval philosophers believed that nature abhors a vacuum. Medieval art, according to modern scholars, abhors the same. The notion of horror vacui—the fear of empty space—is thus often construed as a definitive feature of Gothic material culture. In The Absent Image, Elina Gertsman argues that Gothic art, in its attempts to grapple with the unrepresentability of the invisible, actively engages emptiness, voids, gaps, holes, and erasures.Exploring complex conversations among medieval philosophy, physics, mathematics, piety, and image-making, Gertsman considers the concept of nothingness in concert with the imaginary, revealing profoundly inventive approaches to emptiness in late medieval visual culture, from ingenious images of the world’s creation ex nihilo to figurations of absence as a replacement for the invisible forces of conception and death.Innovative and challenging, this book will find its primary audience with students and scholars of art, religion, physics, philosophy, and mathematics. It will be particularly welcomed by those interested in phenomenological and cross-disciplinary approaches to the visual culture of the later Middle Ages.
The Absolute Basics of the Christian Faith
by Philip TallonLike a tattoo, the fundamental truths of the faith are supposed to be permanently etched into us. However, a lifetime of learning, loving, and living the scriptures requires that at some point, we really begin to understand where they come from and what they mean. The Absolute Basics of the Christian Faith is a visual introduction to the core beliefs of the Christian faith. While it assumes no background knowledge of the scriptures or church teachings, this eight-week study is stocked with rich explanation and engaging videos that bring catechesis to life for people of all ages, backgrounds, and stops along their spiritual journey. Like all books, it is possible to read this one alone, but it is designed specifically to be studied in community?to lead small and large groups through the big ideas of the faith. The memory verses, catechism, text, and videos in each lesson work together seamlessly to provide a clear, compelling introduction to Christian belief. In working through this study, you'll be binding the truth about God on your head, hands, and house through scripture memorization and by learning the answers to important questions about God. Obeying Jesus takes a lifetime of learning. As you enter this study, let God's grace shape and change you. This is what it means to be a disciple.
Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy
by John Julius Norwich<p>With the papacy embattled in recent years, it is essential to have the perspective of one of the world's most accomplished historians. In Absolute Monarchs, John Julius Norwich captures nearly two thousand years of inspiration and devotion, intrigue and scandal. The men (and maybe one woman) who have held this position of infallible power over millions have ranged from heroes to rogues, admirably wise to utterly decadent. Norwich, who knew two popes and had private audiences with two others, recounts in riveting detail the histories of the most significant popes and what they meant politically, culturally, and socially to Rome and to the world. <p>Norwich presents such brave popes as Innocent I, who in the fifth century successfully negotiated with Alaric the Goth, an invader civil authorities could not defeat, and Leo I, who two decades later tamed (and perhaps paid off) Attila the Hun. Here, too, are the scandalous figures: Pope Joan, the mythic woman said (without any substantiation) to have been elected in 855, and the infamous "pornocracy," the five libertines who were descendants or lovers of Marozia, debauched daughter of one of Rome's most powerful families. <p>Absolute Monarchs brilliantly portrays reformers such as Pope Paul III, "the greatest pontiff of the sixteenth century," who reinterpreted the Church's teaching and discipline, and John XXIII, who in five short years starting in 1958 "opened up the church to the twentieth century," instituting reforms that led to Vatican II. Norwich brings the story to the present day with Benedict XVI, who is coping with a global priest sex scandal. Epic and compelling, Absolute Monarchs is the astonishing story of some of history's most revered and reviled figures, men who still cast light and shadows on the Vatican and the world today. </p>
Absolute Power: How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World
by Paul CollinsThe sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authorityIn 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. With cardinals scattered across Europe and the next papal election uncertain, even if Catholicism survived, it seemed the papacy was finished.In this gripping narrative of religious and political history, Paul Collins tells the improbable success story of the last 220 years of the papacy, from the unexalted death of Pope Pius VI in 1799 to the celebrity of Pope Francis today. In a strange contradiction, as the papacy has lost its physical power--its armies and states--and remained stubbornly opposed to the currents of social and scientific consensus, it has only increased its influence and political authority in the world.
Absolute Reality in the Qur'an (Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History)
by Masudul Alam ChoudhuryThis book studies the absolute reality of the Qur'an, which is signified by the struggle of truth against falsehood in the framework of monotheistic unity of knowledge and the unified world-system induced by the consilience of knowledge. In such a framework the absolute reality reveals itself not by religious dogmatism. Rather, the methodology precisely comprises its distinctive parts. These are namely the 'primal ontology' as the foundational explained axiom of monotheistic unity; the 'secondary ontologies' as explanatory replications of the law of unity in the particulars of the world-system; 'epistemology' as the operational model; and 'phenomenology' as the structural nature of events induced by the monotheistic law, that is by knowledge emanating from the law. The imminent methodology remains the unique explanatory reference of all events that take place, advance, and change in continuity across continuums of knowledge, space, and time.
Absolute Surrender
by Andrew MurrayI desire by God's grace to give to you this message-that your God in heaven answers the prayers which you have offered for blessing on yourselves and for blessing on those around you by this one demand: Are you willing to surrender yourselves absolutely into His hands? Every one of us is a temple of God, in which God will dwell and work mightily on one condition-absolute surrender to Him. God claims it, God is worthy of it, and without it God cannot work His blessed work in us.
Absolute Surrender
by Andrew Murray"My Lord, O King, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have." Words of absolute surrender with which every child of God ought to yield himself to his Father. If our hearts are willing for that, there is no end to what God will do for us, and to the blessing God will bestow.'How many times have you left a prayer meeting or revival service determined to dedicate every area of your life to God, only to feel frustrated and defeated a few days later? We all want to be absolutely surrendered to God, and yet we hardly dare utter the words. We don't exactly know how. Andrew Murray clearly and simply explains full surrender to God and shows the way to a victorious life in Him.
Absolute Surrender
by Andrew Murray'My Lord, O King, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.'Words of absolute surrender with which every child of God ought to yield himself to his Father. If our hearts are willing for that, there is no end to what God will do for us, and to the blessing God will bestow.'How many times have you left a prayer meeting or revival service determined to dedicate every area of your life to God, only to feel frustrated and defeated a few days later? We all want to be absolutely surrendered to God, and yet we hardly dare utter the words. We don't exactly know how.Andrew Murray clearly and simply explains full surrender to God and shows the way to a victorious life in Him.
Absolutely Green (The Ginger Series #4)
by Elaine L. ShulteGreen with envy--that’s Ginger! Life with her new “combined family" has just begun to feel natural when Ginger’s mom and stepdad make an announcement: a new baby is on the way! They sure are happy about it, but Ginger doesn’t know what to think. It’s clear that her stepbrother, Joshua, is anything but pleased--and for some reason, the news seems to make him grouchier than ever with Ginger. Together Ginger’s family discovers how God’s love can conquer even feelings of resentment and jealousy.