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64261) Past Present: How to Stop Making the Same Relationship Mistakes---and Start Building a Better Life
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Past Present shows readers how to change destructive relationship patterns by identifying the root issues from their pasts and finding the source of healing for their unique stories.
No matter where we are in life, both our greatest joys and our deepest heartaches are linked to the people in our lives-family, friends, or coworkers. And each of us brings both beauty and brokenness into relationships. The origins of our beauty and our brokenness often...
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Orientalism and the Figure of the Jew proposes a new way of understanding modern Orientalism. Tracing a path of modern Orientalist thought in German across crucial writings from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, Librett argues that Orientalism and anti-Judaism are inextricably entangled. Librett suggests, further, that the Western assertion of 'material' power, in terms of which Orientalism is often read, is overdetermined by a 'spiritual'...
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A comparison of three major views on the relationship between Israel and the church
The relationship between Israel and the church is a long-standing debate in Christian theology, and Romans 9-11 are the most important chapters for understanding it. How one interprets these chapters determines how one understands biblical theology, how the New Testament uses the Old Testament, and how the old and new covenants are related.
To help readers draw...
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This paper examines the teaching of labor in the Exodus story in the Bible, exploring the connection between a narrative of oppression, liberation, and ethical labor. It examines the biblical text to draw out the lessons on labor embedded in the larger narrative and assess their implications for contemporary socio-economic issues. The analysis reveals a dichotomy of labor that runs through the Exodus narrative, operating between the pre-liberation...
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John Dominic Crossan and Ben Witherington III, along with a group of diverse scholars, explore points of agreement and disagreement on the message of Jesus. The book shows how each presents his position in light of the others, as well as, their responses to selected questions. The balance of the book is comprised of substantive essays on various facets of the topic from a diverse set of scholars.
64267) Meditation Education
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A critique on meditation for everyone, and teaching children mindfulness.
64268) What Should We Say?
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What Should We Say? is a selection of prayers to be used daily by Muslims. These short prayers have been compiled from the Qur'an and the example of the Prophet Muhammad, and illustrate in a vivid and concrete manner the Islamic principle that encourages believers to cultivate consciousness of God in all they do throughout the day. Fatima D'Oyen was born in New York in 1960 and embraced Islam in 1979.Abdur Raheem Kidwai is Professor of English at...
64269) Hope on the Plains
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Dakota (Linda Byler) volume 2
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Hannah, a feisty young Amish woman, lives on her family's farm in North Dakota. After moving halfway across the country and struggling to land on their feet, Hannah's family is finally feeling settled. The cattle business is doing well, and other Amish families have moved into the area.
Feeling betrayed by Clay Jenkins and unimpressed with her own father, Hannah is hesitant to trust the men around her. Jerry Riehl, intrigued by her intelligence and...
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Make a Great Impression
Good manners never go out of style. Personal Empowerment Strategist and former Fortune 500 VP Deborah Smith Pegues knows what it takes to succeed in both the personal and professional world. Her on-point advice regarding courtesy and consideration covers a variety of situations-from Internet etiquette and business savvy to tourist tips and everyday encounters. Gain greater confidence as you
• adjust your personality to project...
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After 9 years of building a marriage, growing our little family, and moving across the country, my husband walked out on us and left me spiraling. I searched for answers to fix my marriage but I only found reasons to get divorced. I knew deep down that God wanted something different for me.
When your husband walks out on you, it flips your whole world upside down. Everyone will give you advice, but It's your choice to follow the world, or run to God....
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From the Mormon Church's public announcement of its sanction of polygamy in 1852 until its formal decision to abandon the practice in 1890, people on both sides of the "Mormon question" debated central questions of constitutional law. Did principles of religious freedom and local self-government protect Mormons' claim to a distinct, religiously based legal order? Or was polygamy, as its opponents claimed, a new form of slavery--this time for white...
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A non-fiction book about the Christian's hope in death. As some have said, death has a hundred percent success rate thus far. Everyone who ever lived has died at some point. This morbid and unpredictable reality can be scary if we have no understanding of what comes after it. It can seem like an impending “period” to the vastness and depth of our human existence. But is it really an end?
To the Christian, whose life has been entrusted into the...
64274) Paul, Then and Now
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Reckoning with the hermeneutical struggle to make sense of Paul as both a historical figure and a canonical muse.
Matthew Novenson has become a leading advocate for the continuing relevance of historical-critical readings of Paul even as some New Testament scholars have turned to purely theological or political approaches. In this collection of a decade's worth of essays, Novenson puts contextual understandings of Paul's letters into conversation...
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Though the U.S. Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion, it does not specify what counts as a religion. From its founding in the 1830s, Mormonism, a homegrown American faith, drew thousands of converts but far more critics. In "A Peculiar People", J. Spencer Fluhman offers a comprehensive history of anti-Mormon thought and the associated passionate debates about religious authenticity in nineteenth-century America. He argues that understanding...
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Elizabeth L. Hinson-Hasty pursues places where care for people with serious mental illness and their families is unraveled in the United States. She picks up threads of empowerment from the Christian tradition to address the distinctive circumstances of individuals and families affected by mental illness, and draws upon her own experiences as the sibling of someone with serious mental illness (SMI). As a scholar of theology and Christian ethics, the...
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Dancing on the Verge of Dawn is a collection of stories, essays, and poems by women who've experienced uncertainty, upheaval and loss in the inevitable challenges of life. Many of them have lived cross-culturally in vastly different cultural settings where they faced isolation and restriction long before COVID-19 came along. Using these memories they invited reflection and insight from their own journey.
They asked themselves the questions-when was...
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Central to the Christian faith is a man who denies all our pre-conceived notions about what God should look like. Joining his movement will mean coming to terms with the real Jesus, the rebel Jesus.
Jesus didn't come to start a religion. The rebel Jesus came with a renegade gospel to start a revolution. You and I are invited to be a part. In Renegade Gospel, pastor and author Mike Slaughter
presents Jesus and his challenging message to inspire us...
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The ultimate guide to marriage mentoring so you can feel confident in offering wisdom, encouragement, and practical help to couples who want to live out a love that lasts!
Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott and Dr. David Olson--renowned marriage experts and founders of the two largest marriage support organizations, SYMBIS and PREPARE/ENRICH--share what they have learned from decades of research involving more than five million couples. Packed with practical...
64280) 90 Days with the Savior
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90 Days with the Saviour is a God inspired journey of transformation from addictive and destructive behaviours. In the book of Matthew Jesus instruct us to, seek first the kingdom of God, or as the Message versions says, steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative and God-provision (6:33), from the first to last exercise, 90 Days with the Saviour was designed to keep you seeking God from the start of your day to the end of your day. Throughout...
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