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This insider's view of how North American Muslims think and live goes beyond false stereotypes and provides practical suggestions on how to establish friendships that can point to Christ. Since September 11, 2001, Americans are more curious about the followers of Islam. We can no longer afford to be ignorant of such an influential and historical world religion. Muslims Next Door dispels commonly held myths and helps readers to better understand how...
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An essential introduction to eight of the world's major religions. Gerald R. McDermott explains what you need to understand about major world religions in order to engage people of other faiths while better understanding your own Christian faith and practice. McDermott offers an overview of the central beliefs of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto. Each chapter includes explanations of traditions and...
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A world Bible for our time from Buddhist, Hindu, Confucian, Taoist, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and primal religion sources! In this perfect companion to Huston Smith's bestselling The World's Wisdom, Philip Novak distills the most powerful and elegant expressions of the wisdom of humankind. Authentic, poetic translations of key texts are coupled with insightful introductions and "grace notes."
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The current social and political climate makes it easy to benefit from religious misunderstanding. Political and religious leaders create fear of the religious other in order to drum up support for themselves. But the best way to combat deliberate misrepresentation is to provide accurate, timely information about the three great monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Originally published in 2007, What Do Our Neighbors Believe?...
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Secularización, transhumanismo, crisis de civilización y valores cristianos, cuidados, fraternidad abierta, diálogo entre fe y cultura, pastoral con jóvenes emigrantes, pastoral rural… Estos y otros conceptos de presente y de futuro se entreveran en este volumen que recoge las aportaciones de la XXXIII Semana de Estudios de Teología Pastoral.
El futuro del cristianismo está al servicio de un mundo que se busca a sí mismo. La misión sigue...
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This special edition two-in-one book and devotional includes: Sacred Marriage. Starting with the discovery that the goal of marriage goes beyond personal happiness, writer and speaker Gary Thomas invites readers to see how God can use marriage as a discipline and a motivation to love Him more and reflect more of the character of His Son. Devotions for a Scared Marriage. A companion to Sacred Marriage, these fifty-two devotions encourage you to build...
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The prophets of the Old Testament were speaking, in the first instance, to the people of their own time. This means that we need to locate the prophets in the history of their own time, in order to understand them in the first instance.
I propose to survey Israel's history mainly in terms of the work and role of the prophets, from Moses to Malachi. Of course, they were interacting with the temple priesthood and with the disciples of Machiavelli,...
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What used to be a serpent in the book of Genesis, is now leviathan in the book of Job and in the book of Revelation it has become the dragon.As the end is fast approaching Satan is not having enough time on his side to accomplish his aim of taking as many as he could to hell. His aim is to take all to hell but he has failed for many are dead as saints already and there are still saints around, nevertheless he is not slowing down. Unknowingly the mark...
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All men born by women have one battle or the other. We are all bound by Satan from the creation and we all need to be loosed and only Yeshua HaMashiach can truly loose man and loose man indeed. All other freedom which is not from God will end up in hell. Many of us have life but not life in abundant, many of us are free but not free indeed.The Bible says you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. There are things and truth you need...
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The truth about the end time is that the end time does not end the world but ends the circle of a sinful world and it is the beginning of the new and sinless world thus the new earth and the new heaven. There are two types of tribulations, general tribulations from Satan and great tribulations from God. The mark of the beast will be made manifest during the tribulation of Satan and is already here. No rapture before the great tribulation but after...
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"El Camino de la Pureza: Travesía Espiritual con Obatalá" es una obra que nos sumerge en el fascinante mundo de la religión yoruba, explorando la figura venerada de Obatalá, el Orisha de la pureza y la sabiduría. A través de relatos cautivadores, esta narrativa transporta a los lectores a un viaje espiritual donde la luz de Obatalá ilumina caminos de virtud y autoconocimiento.En este libro, se entrelazan mitos antiguos, tradiciones sagradas...
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In this book, the authors discuss how increasing intimacy in marriage allows both partners to approach issues of communication, power, anger, and faith more creatively and effectively. With exercises tested by dozens of couples in marriage and family therapy and a clear discussion of contemporary perspectives on marriage, this book is an indispensable resource for couples.
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Why religion fell off the radar in Australia, and how it can get back on
At the time of Federation 98% of Australians identified themselves as Christians. Now only 8% say they regularly go to Church. What's changed? How did Australia become a post-Christian nation and what part did the Churches play in their own decline?
Author Roy Williams (God, Actually, In God they trust?) has long been an impassioned defender of Christianity. Here, he tackles...
15) The Want Book
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When asked, "what did you learn at Sunday School today", my four-year old daughter replied, "Just another fairy tale about Jesus." I suddenly realized I could not teach what I did not understand clearly myself. The verse, Mathew 7:7,8, came to mind. Thus, began my lifelong search to find universal truths in all the world's respected religions.
I wanted to know how to explain and teach logically the mysteries and wonder of life to children in our...
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The second volume of Thomas Merton's "gusty, passionate journals" (Thomas Moore) chronicles Merton's advancements to priesthood and emergence as a bestselling author with the surprise success of his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain. Spanning an eleven-year period, Entering the Silence reflects Merton's struggle to balance his vocation to solitude with the budding literary career that would soon established him as one of the most important...
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"Sylvan's thesis furnishes far more of the same valued experiences than is usually realized: ritual activity, communal ceremony, a philosophy and worldview, a code for living one's life, a cultural identity, a social structure, a sense of belonging, and crucially, Sylvan argues encounters with the numinous."
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Most studies of the religious significance of popular music focus on music lyrics, offering little insight into the...
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Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places reunites spirituality and theology in a cultural context where these two vital facets of Christian faith have been rent asunder. Lamenting the vacuous, often pagan nature of contemporary American spirituality, Eugene Peterson here firmly grounds spirituality once more in Trinitarian theology and offers a clear, practical statement of what it means to actually live out the Christian life.
Writing in the conversational...
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"Sombras Místicas: El Arte del Vudú Oculto" sumerge a los lectores en un mundo donde la magia y lo sobrenatural se entrelazan con la realidad. En las profundidades de la oscuridad, se revela la antigua práctica del vudú, desentrañando sus secretos más oscuros y sus poderes inexplorados.La historia sigue a un protagonista que, cautivado por la fascinación de lo desconocido, se embarca en un viaje intrépido hacia los rincones más recónditos...
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An experienced teacher of the prophetic materials provides students with an accessible entre into this fascinating aspect of Hebrew Bible studies.
The author begins by asking five basic questions about Israelite prophecy and the prophetic books.
Do the prophetic books witness to a real phenomenon of prophecy in Israel?
What is the relationship of the "classical" or "writing" prophets to the "pre-classical" prophets?
Where do we look for the origins...
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