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A Grain of Wheat
by Joseph JacobsonThis is the story of how a brilliant but disillusioned man moves from a self-absorbed childhood and adolescence to a dramatic awakening to a life of love and duty that draws him out of himself and plunges him into the world of pure science as his way of serving God and neighbour. The reader journeys with him every step of the way, experiencing with him his two great personal loves, his apparent triumphs, his devastating losses, his shocking moments of confrontation with bitter truth, and his final victory. In the course of this great adventure, the false assumptions on which so much of modern Western society is based crumble out from under him, and out of his disillusionment and despair emerges for him the one Glory which does not crumble away. Set in the American Middle-West in the first half of the Twentieth Century, this novel probes many of the issues that we face today and puts them in the context of God’s unfolding plan for humanity.
Grains of Gold: Tales of a Cosmopolitan Traveler (Buddhism and Modernity)
by Gendun ChopelIn 1941, philosopher and poet Gendun Chopel (1903 51) sent a large manuscript by ship, train, and yak across mountains and deserts to his homeland in the northeastern corner of Tibet. He would follow it five years later, returning to his native land after twelve years in India and Sri Lanka. But he did not receive the welcome he imagined: he was arrested by the government of the regent of the young Dalai Lama on trumped-up charges of treason. He emerged from prison three years later a broken man and died soon after. Gendun Chopel was a prolific writer during his short life. Yet he considered that manuscript, which he titled "Grains of Gold," to be his life s work, one to delight his compatriots with tales of an ancient Indian and Tibetan past, while alerting them to the wonders and dangers of the strikingly modern land abutting Tibet s southern border, the British colony of India. Now available for the first time in English, "Grains of Gold" is a unique compendium of South Asian and Tibetan culture that combines travelogue, drawings, history, and ethnography. Gendun Chopel describes the world he discovered in South Asia, from the ruins of the sacred sites of Buddhism to the Sanskrit classics he learned to read in the original. He is also sharply, often humorously critical of the Tibetan love of the fantastic, bursting one myth after another and finding fault with the accounts of earlier Tibetan pilgrims. Exploring a wide range of cultures and religions central to the history of the region, Gendun Chopel is eager to describe all the new knowledge he gathered in his travels to his Buddhist audience in Tibet. At once the account of the experiences of a tragic figure in Tibetan history and the work of an extraordinary scholar, "Grains of Gold" is an accessible, compelling work animated by a sense of discovery of both a distant past and a strange present. "
Gramática griega: Sintaxis del Nuevo Testamento - Segunda edición con apéndice (Biblioteca Teologica Vida)
by Daniel B. Wallace Daniel S. SteffenMuchos estudiantes de griego se frustran porque nunca aprenden cómo aplicar su conocimiento básico del griego a una interpretación del texto. Este libro ofrece un texto de referencia para los cursos de gramática griega del segundo año, y servirá de vínculo entere las formas de las palabras y sus diferentes usos dentro de contextos distintos. Estas diferencias casi siempre cambian el significado de la traducción e interpretación del teto griego del Nuevo Testamento.Este libro tan práctico:• Ayuda a conocer los contextos en que hay diferentes usos de las formas griegas.• Incluye muchos ejemplos del texto griego del Nuevo Testamento que sirve de modelo de cómo hacer exégesis.• Incluye ejercicios que permiten al estudiante aplicar la lista de usos de las categorías de sintaxis, después de aprenderlos.Este libro de sintaxis de la gramática griega es una adaptación y abreviatura del libro Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament, que se usa en multitud de cursos de exégesis en muchos seminarios en inglés y otros idiomas del mundo. Este libro, por fin, cubre una necesidad en la enseñanza de la exégesis gramatical para todo el mundo que habla español.
Grammar and Christianity in the Late Roman World
by Catherine M. ChinBetween the years 350 and 500 a large body of Latin artes grammaticae emerged, educational texts outlining the study of Latin grammar and attempting a systematic discussion of correct Latin usage. These texts--the most complete of which are attributed to Donatus, Charisius, Servius, Diomedes, Pompeius, and Priscian--have long been studied as documents in the history of linguistic theory and literary scholarship. In Grammar and Christianity in the Late Roman World, Catherine Chin instead finds within them an opportunity to probe the connections between religious ideology and literary culture in the later Roman Empire.To Chin, the production and use of these texts played a decisive role both in the construction of a pre-Christian classical culture and in the construction of Christianity as a religious entity bound to a religious text. In exploring themes of utopian writing, pedagogical violence, and the narration of the self, the book describes the multiple ways literary education contributed to the idea that the Roman Empire and its inhabitants were capable of converting from one culture to another, from classical to Christian. The study thus reexamines the tensions between these two idealized cultures in antiquity by suggesting that, on a literary level, they were produced simultaneously through reading and writing techniques that were common across the empire.In bringing together and reevaluating fundamental topics from the fields of religious studies, classics, education, and literary criticism, Grammar and Christianity in the Late Roman World offers readers from these disciplines the opportunity to reconsider the basic conditions under which religions and cultures interact.
Grammar and Composition III Quizzes and Tests
by Pensacola Christian CollegeGrammar & Composition III QUIZZES/TESTS for Grades 9 and 10
Grammar and Composition Work-Text III (5th edition)
by James A. ChapmanWorkbook for Grammar and Composition textbook, for Christian schools.
The Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible
by Aviya KushnerFor readers of Bruce Feiler's Walking the Bible and Kathleen Norris's The Cloister Walk comes a powerful exploration of the Bible in translation. Aviya Kushner grew up in a Hebrew-speaking family, reading the Bible in the original Hebrew and debating its meaning over the dinner table. She knew much of it by heart--and was therefore surprised when, while getting her MFA at the University of Iowa, she took the novelist Marilynne Robinson's class on the Old Testament and discovered she barely recognized the text she thought she knew so well. From differences in the Ten Commandments to a less ambiguous reading of the creation story to a new emphasis on the topic of slavery, the English translation often felt like another book entirely from the one she had grown up with. Kushner began discussing the experience with Robinson, who became a mentor, and her interest in the differences between the ancient language and the modern one gradually became an obsession. She began what became a ten-year project of reading different versions of the Hebrew Bible in English and traveling the world in the footsteps of the great biblical translators, trying to understand what compelled them to take on a lifetime project that was often considered heretical and in some cases resulted in their deaths. In this eye-opening chronicle, Kushner tells the story of her vibrant relationship to the Bible, and along the way illustrates how the differences in translation affect our understanding of our culture's most important written work. A fascinating look at language and the beliefs we hold most dear, The Grammar of God is also a moving tale about leaving home and returning to it, both literally and through reading.Praise for The Grammar of God "Aviya Kushner has written a passionate, illuminating essay about meaning itself. The Grammar of God is also a unique personal narrative, a family story with the Bible and its languages as central characters."--Robert Pinsky "Kushner is principally interested in the meanings and translations of key Biblical passages, and she pursues this interest with a fierce passion. . . . A paean, in a way, to the rigors and frustrations--and ultimate joys--of trying to comprehend the unfathomable."--Kirkus Reviews "A remarkable and passionately original book of meditation, exegesis, and memoir. The biblical passages are of a piece with stories of Kushner's childhood, her quest to become a writer, and commemoration of her Israeli grandfather, the only one of his German family to escape extinction at the hands of the Nazis. In Kushner's redemptive vision, the Bible in its many translations is a Noah's ark, and her book, too, does a work of saving. When I put it down, I wept."--Rosanna Warren, author of Stained Glass "What a glorious book! From Sarah's laughter to the idea of Jewish law being a dialogue and not a rigid set of rules, this is a book not only to learn from but to savor."--Peter Orner, author of Love and Shame and Love "In this splendid book, each page is a wonder."--Willis Barnstone, author of The Restored New Testament "Kushner reminds us in The Grammar of God that in Hebrew beautiful things are also beautiful words. Her gift as a writer is to take us very near to the text, breathe into it, and give it a new life."--Rodger Kamenetz, author of The Jew in the LotusFrom the Hardcover edition.
A Grammar of New Testament Greek (Eerdmans Language Resources)
by Rodney A. WhitacreA reader&’s guide to the morphology and syntax of Koine Greek From the pen of a seasoned instructor of biblical Greek, this book functions as both an essential resource for second-year students and an invaluable asset for all readers as they continue to hone and deepen their linguistic skills. It begins with a basic overview of the language for new learners and for those looking for a brief refresher before moving into nuanced matters of morphology and syntax. Whitacre&’s aim is ultimately to help readers understand the subtleties of the language on the pages of the New Testament; thus, he engages with the biblical text both grammatically and exegetically, so that readers can experience its full power and beauty. Including numerous illustrative examples throughout and several useful appendices at the end, A Grammar of New Testament Greek is indispensable both as a textbook and as a reference for all readers of the Greek New Testament—and other texts written in Koine, such as the Septuagint and the Apostolic Fathers.
A Grammar of the Corpse: Necroepistemology in the Early Modern Mediterranean
by Elizabeth SpraginsNo matter when or where one starts telling the story of the battle of al-Qasr al-Kabir (August 4, 1578), the precipitating event for the formation of the Iberian Union, one always stumbles across dead bodies—rotting in the sun on abandoned battlefields, publicly displayed in marketplaces, exhumed and transported for political uses. A Grammar of the Corpse: Necroepistemology in the Early Modern Mediterranean proposes an approach to understanding how dead bodies anchored the construction of knowledge within early modern Mediterranean historiography.A Grammar of the Corpse argues that the presence of the corpse in historical narrative is not incidental. It fills a central gap in testimonial narrative: providing tangible evidence of the narrator’s reliability while provoking an affective response in the audience. The use of corpses as a source of narrative authority mobilizes what cultural historians, philosophers, and social anthropologists have pointed to as the latent power of the dead for generating social and political meaning and knowledge. A Grammar of the Corpse analyzes the literary, semiotic, and epistemological function these bodies serve within text and through language. It finds that corpses are indexically present and yet disturbingly absent, a tension that informs their fraught relationship to their narrators’ own bodies and makes them useful but subversive tools of communication and knowledge.A Grammar of the Corpse complements recent work in medieval and early modern Iberian and Mediterranean studies to account for the confessional, ethnic, linguistic, and political diversity of the region. By reading Arabic texts alongside Portuguese and Spanish accounts of this key event, the book responds to the fundamental provocation of Mediterranean studies to work beyond the linguistic limitations of modern national boundaries.
Gran Cabaret
by David GrossmanNOVELA GANADORA DEL PRESTIGIOSO MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2017. Ana María Bejarano obtuvo en 2016 el Premio Nacional a la Mejor Traducción 2016 por la traducción de Gran Cabaret del hebreo al castellano. David Grossman construye una novela feroz y tierna a la vez, una pieza espléndida en la que un hombre de mediana edad subido a un miserable escenario es capaz de convertir un antro en un Gran Cabaret: el cabaret de la vida. Estamos en Cesarea, una localidad costera de Israel, y un hombre sube al escenario de un cabaret, pequeño y lleno de humo. Se llama Dóvaleh. Su cuerpo es poco más que piel y huesos, viste unos pantalones remendados y una camisa mediocre, pero unos tirantes rojos y las enormes gafas de concha negra le distinguen. Entre el público asoma un juez jubilado que había compartido con él la adolescencia y que ahora vive solo, resignado a la muerte de la mujer de su vida. El hombre escucha, el cómico habla, gesticula... Al rato se acaban los chistes y empieza la evocación de los días en que los dos jóvenes paseaban juntos al salir de clase. En el escenario desfila la vergüenza de Dóvalech por sus orígenes humildes, con un padre barbero que intentaba mantener a la familia a base de trapicheos, y la figura de la madre adorada. El juez empieza entonces a recordar: de pronto las ganas de escribir llenan de notas las servilletas que tiene a mano, y entre palabras y miradas el pasado llega al presente. Allí está el dolor de dos hombres y de un pueblo entero que se obstina en mirar el mundo cabeza abajo. Es espectáculo acaba, pero la vida sigue y la ironía nos ayuda a caminar. Reseña:«Cualquier cosa que toque Grossman, de la más trágica a la más vulgar, se convierte en poesía.»Wlodek Goldkorn, La Repubblica «David Grossman se ha convertido en el primer escritorisraelí que gana el prestigioso premio Man Booker Internacional. [...] Curiosamente,Gran Cabaret es una de las obras más israelíes del autor: relata una historia muy local en torno a un entrañable humorista de nombreDóvaleh.»Sal Emeregui, El Mundo «La concesión del premio Man Booker Internacional, de ficción no escrita en inglés, a David Grossman por su obra A horse walks into a bar -titulada Gran Cabaret en España- ha sido recibida en Israel como un gran éxito nacional.»Juan Carlos Sanz, El País «El jurado [del Man Booker International Prize 2017] ha reconocido la novela de escritor israelí como "un equilibrio ambicioso en la cuerda floja y ejecutado de manera espectacular".»Ara
Un gran corazón: Celebremos la igualdad aun siendo diferentes
by Linsey DavisUn gran corazón es un libro ilustrado rico en cultura que muestra con orgullo la belleza de la diversidad y al mismo tiempo celebra las cosas maravillosas que tenemos en común.Desde la piel, el cabello y los ojos en una multitud de colores hasta diferentes personalidades e intereses, Dios nos dio a todos rasgos y características especiales que nos hacen únicos. Y todos tenemos cosas en común también: como compartir la diversión y la risa en el patio de recreo, un sentido de la curiosidad, grandes sentimientos, y tantas otras cosas que muestran cómo todos somos más parecidos que diferentes.¿Listo para celebrar nuestros gustos y diferencias? ¡Nosotros también! Y este diverso libro ilustrado, lleno de color, risas y diversión, les mostrará cómo.Un gran corazón es:Escrito por Linsey Davis, la corresponsal de ABC News, ganadora de un Emmy, y la autora de El mundo está despiertoUn libro ilustrado para niños, multiétnico, multicultural y multirracial que reconoce nuestras diferencias únicas y celebra lo parecidos que somosUna inspiradora historia de inclusión y conexiónEscrito desde una visión cristiana del mundoLa lectura en voz alta perfecta para niños de 4 a 8 añosOne Big HeartOne Big Heart is a culture-rich picture book that proudly showcases the beauty of diversity while also celebrating all the wonderful things we have in common.From skin, hair, and eyes in a multitude of colors to different personalities and interests, God gave us all special traits and characteristics that make us uniquely ourselves. And we all have things in common too: like sharing fun and laughter on the playground, a sense of curiosity, big feelings, and so many other things that show how we are all more alike than we are different.Ready to celebrate all our likes and differences? So are we! And this diverse picture book—drenched in color and full of laughter and fun—will show you how.One Big Heart is:Written by Emmy-winning ABC News correspondent and The World Is Awake author Linsey DavisA multiethnic, multicultural, multiracial children&’s picture book that recognizes our unique differences while celebrating how alike we are as wellAn inspiring story of inclusion and connectionWritten from a Christian worldviewThe perfect read-aloud for kids ages 4–8
Gran día cada día: Navegando los desafios de la vida con promesa y propósito
by Max Lucado¿La ves? Está ahí, en el horizonte, a la par del sol de la mañana. Es una oportunidad y una elección. La oportunidad de hacer que este sea un gran día. Después de todo: "Este es el día que el Señor ha hecho; regocijémonos y alegrémonos en él". Pero ¿y esos días de embotellamientos, aeropuertos cerrados y amigos que se olvidan? Aunque la vida te cuelgue o te golpee, cada día está lleno de esperanza en la promesa y propósito de Dios. En Gran día cada día, Max Lucado desempaca los planos de Jesús para subir el nivel de cada uno de tus días y darle el máximo galardón: llenar tus días en la gracia de Jesús; encomendar tu día a Su vigilancia; aceptar Su dirección. Gracia. Vigilancia. Dirección. D-I-O-S. La receta perfecta para llenar tu día con la paz y el poder divino, y hacer un gran día cada día. Nuevo título de Max Lucado, publicado anteriormente como Cada día merece una oportunidad.
El gran libro de las hormonas: Secretos naturales para los cambios de humor, dormir mejor, perder peso y eliminar los sofocos
by Siloam EditorsPONGA FIN A LA MONTAÑA RUSA HORMONAL PARA SIEMPRE Tras bastidores, sus hormonas han desempeñado un enorme papel en lo que respecta a su salud y bienestar. Mucho depende de ellas, y su buen funcionamiento depende de muchos otros aspectos de su vida. A pesar de la tendencia femenina de lamentarse por sus hormonas, Dios las inventó y El sabía lo que estaba haciendo. El fue quien diseñó sus complejas coreografías dentro de su cuerpo. El también diseñó su mente para que pudiera comprender cómo vivir en un cuerpo saludablel y cómo mantenerlo así. Gracias a la riqueza de recursos de los escritores de salud más populares de Casa Creación como Janet Maccaro, Don Colbert, Reginald Cherry, Cherie Calbom y Scott Farhart, El gran libro de las hormonas es una herramienta exhaustiva sobre la salud hormonal femenina que abarca temas como la lucha contra el envejecimiento, la pérdida de peso, la salud natural (suplementos, vitaminas, superalimentos, batidos y jugos), el manejo del estrés, y más. Las mujeres aprenderán: · Cómo identificar desequilibrios hormonales· Los mejores protocolos para su restauración, adelgazar, dormir, recuperación de la memoria, y regular los cambios de humor. . A prevenir otras enfermedades relacionadas con el agotamiento hormonal como cardiopatías, osteoporosis, algunos tipos de cáncer, ¡Y más!
El gran libro de las runas: Obra rúnica integral
by Fabiana DaversaUna invitación para todos aquellos que quieran transitar el camino hacia el autoconocimiento de la mano de la especialista más destacada en el tema. La humanidad enfrenta un presente de cambios constantes. La incertidumbre y la preocupación por el futuro son fuente de ansiedad y de temor, y son muchos quienes eligen un camino de búsqueda personal para mejorar su vida. Mensajeras de un pasado remoto, voces que viajan en el tiempo, las runas traen hasta nuestros días las enseñanzas de pueblos más antiguos. Esa sabiduría ancestral puede ser la guía en el camino hacia el conocimiento. Las runas -que integran las artes adivinatorias y se destacan entre las disciplinas esotéricas- permiten unir la sensibilidad del que interpreta con la historia de quien pide ser interpretado. Tienen un gran poder de atracción por su simbología, por su historia y, principalmente, por los enigmas que encierra este antiquísimo alfabeto. Fabiana Daversa reúne toda su obra en este tratado integral, fruto de casi veinte años de investigación. Tanto los iniciados en el tema como los curiosos que se animan a indagar en el misterio de la vida están invitados a la lectura y el disfrute de este camino hacia el autoconocimiento.
gran omisión: Recuperando las ensenanzas esenciales de
by Dallas WillardEl último mandamiento que Jesús dio a la iglesia antes de ascender al cielo fue la gran comisión, el llamado a los cristianos a «haced discípulos a todas las naciones». Pero los cristianos han respondido haciendo «cristianos», no «discípulos». Esto, según el brillante erudito y reconocido pensador cristiano Dallas Willard, ha sido La gran omisión de la iglesia. «La palabra discípulo ocurre 269 veces en el Nuevo Testamento», escribe Willard. «Cristiano se encuentra tres veces y fue introducido por primera vez para referirse precisamente a los discípulos de Jesús... El Nuevo Testamento es un libro acerca de los discípulos, por los discípulos, y para los discípulos de Jesucristo. Pero la cuestión no es meramente verbal. Lo que es más importante es que el tipo de vida que vemos en la iglesia primitiva es la de un tipo de persona especial. Todas las garantías y beneficios que el evangelio ofrece a la humanidad presuponen evidentemente esa vida y no tienen sentido realista aparte de ella. El discípulo de Jesús no es el modelo de lujo o de alta resistencia del cristiano —especialmente acolchado, con textura, racionalizado y facultado por la vía rápida en el camino recto y estrecho. él o ella encuentra en las páginas del Nuevo Testamento el primer nivel de transporte básico hacia el Reino de Dios Willard desafía audazmente la idea de que podemos ser cristianos sin ser discípulos, o llamarnos cristianos sin aplicar esta comprensión de la vida en el Reino de Dios a todos los aspectos de la vida en la tierra. él llama a los creyentes a restaurar lo que debería ser el corazón del cristianismo —ser discípulos activos de Jesucristo. Willard nos muestra que en la escuela de la vida, somos aprendices del Maestro cuya brillantez nos anima a subir por encima del conocimiento tradicional de la iglesia y abrazar el verdadero significado del discipulado —un vida activa, concreta y 24/7 con Jesús.
El gran secreto de Jesús: Una lectura revolucionaria de los Evangelios
by Juan AriasUna lectura insólita y audaz de los textos evangélicos que demuestra que Jesús se dirigía sobre todo a una humanidad por venir. Los Evangelios y la exégesis teológica que de ellos se ha hecho a lo largo de la historia muestran a Jesús de Nazaret como un líder religioso que fundó una nueva Iglesia a partir del judaísmo. Lo cierto es que la intención del Nazareno nunca fue la de crear una nueva religión, sino la de ir más allá. Sus palabras, sus gestos, su vida albergan intuiciones que superan el hecho religioso y que están relacionadas con la naturaleza del ser humano y con su futura transformación en una sociedad basada en el perdón y en el amor, pilares de la verdadera felicidad. Gracias a la aparición reciente de los Evangelios gnósticos es posible completar las interpretaciones tradicionales de las Sagradas Escrituras y arrojar sobre lo ya conocido una nueva luz. En El gran secreto de Jesús el periodista Juan Arias cuestiona toda la teología tradicional de la Cruz y de la Redención, apunta hacia una teología de la Felicidad y nos ofrece en esta obra seis misterios, cada uno de los estadios del secreto mejor guardado de la historia.
El Gran Tejedor de vidas: Cómo Dios nos va formando a través de los eventos de nuestra vida
by Ravi ZachariasSPANISH EDITION: With inspiring stories and thought-provoking questions, Ravi Zacharias traces the multiple threads of our lives, describing how the unseen hand of God guides our joys, tragedies, and our daily humdrum to weave a pattern of divine providence and meaning.
Grand: A Memoir
by Sara SchaeferFor fans of Mennonite in a Little Black Dress and Let&’s Pretend This Never Happened, comedian and Emmy award–winning writer Sara Schaefer&’s hilariously honest memoir follows Sara&’s trip through the Grand Canyon with her sister that causes her to reflect on her childhood and the scandal that changed her family forever.When Sara Schaefer is in first grade, her father warns her to always tell the truth because one lie leads to another and soon you will find yourself in a hole you can&’t escape. A few years later, the Schaefer family is completely upended when it&’s revealed that their grand life is based on a lie. Her parents become pariahs in their upper middle class community and go from non-religious people to devout church members. The idea of good and evil as binary, opposed forces is drilled into Sara and it becomes the perfect framework on which to build her anxiety and increasingly-obsessive thoughts. The year she turns forty, Sara decides to take each member of her family on a one-on-one vacation culminating with a whitewater rafting journey through the Grand Canyon with her younger sister. The only problem is she&’s terrified of rafting. Along the way, she grapples with unresolved grief over the death of her mother and the family scandal that changed the trajectory of her life. Heartfelt, candid, and witty, Grand is a story about family, identity, and struggling to make something of yourself. Sara deconstructs her struggles with anxiety and depression, what it means to be a good person, and the radically discordant stories we tell ourselves and share with the world.
Grand Central Question: Answering the Critical Concerns of the Major Worldviews
by Abdu H. MurrayAll religions and worldviews seek to answer the fundamental questions of human existence: Why am I here? What does it mean to be human? Why is there evil in the world and how do we deal with it? But not every worldview places equal emphasis on each issue. The main worldviews each tend to stress a different central question. Secular humanism focuses on: What is the inherent value of human beings? Pantheism emphasizes: How do we escape suffering? Islam?s main concern is: How is God great? Abdu Murray digs deeply into these three representatives of major worldviews of our day: secular humanism, pantheism and theism (specifically in the form of Islam). This lawyer and former Muslim brings compassion, understanding and clarity to his analysis, comparing the answers of each view to the central message of Christianity.
The Grand Delusion: What We Know But Don't Believe
by Steve HagenThis is a fun, unique book that goes deep into the great mysteries of knowing—and makes it enjoyable.In The Grand Delusion, bestselling author Steve Hagen drills deeply into the most basic assumptions, strengths, and limitations of religion and belief, philosophy and inquiry, science and technology. In doing so, he shines new light on the great existential questions—Why is there Something rather than Nothing? What does it mean to exist? What is consciousness? What is the nature of truth?—and does so from an entirely unexpected direction. Ultimately, this book reveals how all of our fundamental questions stem from a single error, a single unwarranted belief—a single Grand Delusion.
A Grand Design
by Amber StocktonWhen Alyssa Denham, a single career woman, wins a fun getaway for two on Mackinac Island where her grandmother lives, she gives her carefree best friend a call. Together, they tour the old shops and hidden treasures of the quaint island while helping Alyssa's grandmother piece together an heirloom quilt. Their quest gains them entrance into the homes of many longtime residents of the island, parts of the city that are otherwise off limits to tourists. As the quilt's story takes shape, Alyssa gains amazing insight into her grandmother's life . . . and attracts the attention of the handsome Scott Whitman, an island resident in charge of hotel transportation. Will memories of her past keep Alyssa from letting go? Or will the quest to piece together the heirloom quilt restore Alyssa's fractured heart--and bring healing to her entire family?
A Grand Design
by Amber StocktonWhen Alyssa Denham, a single career woman, wins a romantic getaway for two on Mackinac Island, she gives her carefree best friend a call. Together, they tour the old shops, eateries, and hidden treasures of the quaint island while helping Alyssa's grandmother piece together an heirloom quilt. Their quest gains them entrance into the homes of many longtime residents of the island, areas of the city that are otherwise off limits to tourists. As the quilt's story takes shape, Alyssa gains amazing insight into her grandmother's life... and attracts the attention of the handsome Scott Whitman, an island resident in charge of hotel transportation. Will memories of her past keep Alyssa from letting go? Or will the quest to piece together the heirloom quilt restore Alyssa's fractured heart--and bring healing to her entire family?
Grand Entrance: Worship On Earth As In Heaven
by Edith M. HumphreyCan we understand worship in a way that transcends style, relevance, and aesthetics? Taking into account the most contested issues of the "worship wars," prominent New Testament scholar Edith Humphrey shows how the act of entering into God's presence is central to all true Christian worship. Regardless of worship style, when we come into God's presence, we praise God alongside angels and with the whole of creation. Seeking to reclaim the forgotten theme of worship as entry into God's presence, Humphrey shows its prominence in the Bible, providing an accessible but thorough study of the Old and New Testaments. She analyzes key moments in church history to show how worship developed in Eastern and Western churches. She also draws insights from healthy worshiping communities around the globe. The book offers practical guidance to worship directors, pastors, thoughtful lay readers, and students with regards to balanced and faithful worship.
The Grand Inquisitor's Manual: A History of Terror in the Name of God
by Jonathan Kirsch“Kirsch offers up an amazing recounting of the abuses of clergy and state in those terrible times. Kirsch’s powerful and cautionary account is essential reading for historians and anyone who wants to understand the potential dark side of religion.” — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review“A scathing account of the Inquisition’s 600-year campaign to stifle religious dissent, as well as to persecute various groups of people it branded as alien menaces to communal security.” –Los Angeles Times — Los Angeles Times“Jonathan Kirsch is a fine storyteller with a flair for rendering ancient tales relevant and appealing to modern audiences.” --Washington Post — Washington Post
A Grand New Day (Women of Faith Study Guide Series)
by Women Of FaithWake up! It's time to start your day with the amazing ladies from Women of Faith. Or hey, if you're a night owl there's no better way to finish your day. Either way, you now have a dose of love and wisdom for every day of the year. These women, as lighthearted as they are firmly rooted in Scripture, want to talk to you daily, give you insight from their lives, and empower you to live your life more fully. So dive in and get your daily dose . . . it'll do you good. Writers include Patsy Clairmont, Marilyn Meberg, and more.