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The Book of Judges narrates one of the most chaotic and morally dark eras of Israel's story. Many speak of it as Israel's "Wild West," where the heroes and the villains stand only inches apart. Into this morally-ambiguous time comes one of the most unlikely leaders of the biblical text—the prophet Deborah. She is a wife and mother in an entirely patriarchal world, yet due to her integrity and courage, she transforms chaos into order and leads Israel in one of the most pivotal victories of the settlement period.

Illustrating the era of the Judges by means of the archaeological record, 历史地理学, and the hard facts of warfare in the ancient world, this study draws students immediately into the grand tale of Deborah and Barak, 耶宾和西西拉, and of course the most unlikely of leaders, 雅亿.

We often see setbacks and disasters as events that keep us from our best life. But they're really opportunities to grow in leadership.

The problem of suffering is a spiritual hurdle for many that disorients us and those we lead. 盖尔维. Beebe tackles the existential crisis head-on, 显示, although we are bewildered at first, these situations ultimately prepare us. Previously viewing these challenges as insurmountable, he has come to recognize them as essential passageways in our relationship with God.

Beebe identifies seven crucibles—powerful catalysts for transformation—that, 当拥抱, shape us on this profound journey. Each chapter of this book delves into one of the crucibles, which Beebe intimately understands and has personally faced. Amid the realities of life's suffering, use this illuminating guidebook and find how colossal setbacks become a bedrock for a better, 丰富的ag娱乐官网.

Drawing on his experiences in Berlin under Schleiermacher and his travels to the Vatican, 门德尔松, as the Director of Prussian Church Music, wanted to offer an edifying worship experience where large-scale choral works would become an indispensable part of the liturgy, which he saw as a performative or representational act, centered around the life of Christ. Yet he quickly realized that the court and clergy were not interested in his foundational concepts; they merely wanted reforms based on the restauration ideals espoused by Winterfeld and Thibaut. Analyses of his 25 Domchor compositions and their revisions in this Element chronicle 门德尔松's stylistic development and his ability to continue to offer a Christological worship experience within strictly prescribed parameters. The Berlin Domchor and its new repertoire by 门德尔松 and contemporaneous composers quickly became the model for the emerging a cappella movement throughout Protestant Germany.

South Asia is 首页 to more than a billion Hindus and half a billion Muslims. But the region is also 首页 to substantial Christian communities, some dating almost to the earliest days of the faith. The stories of South Asia's Christians are vital for understanding the shifting contours of World Christianity, precisely because of their history of interaction with members of these other religious traditions. 在这个广阔的世界里, accessible overview of South Asian Christianity, Chandra Mallampalli shows how the faith has been shaped by Christians' location between Hindus and Muslims.

Mallampalli begins with a discussion of South India's ancient Thomas Christian tradition, which interacted with West Asia's Persian Christians and thrived for centuries alongside their Hindu and Muslim neighbours. He then underscores efforts of Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries to understand South Asian societies for purposes of conversion. The publication of books and tracts about other religions, 各宗教间的辩论, and aggressive preaching were central to these endeavours, but rarely succeeded at yielding converts. 而不是, they played an important role in producing a climate of religious competition, which ultimately marginalized Christians in Hindu-, 穆斯林, and Buddhist-majority countries of post-colonial South Asia.

What did 疼痛 and illness mean to early Christians? 和 how did their approaches to health care compare to those of the ancient Greco-Roman world?

In this wide-ranging interdisciplinary study, Helen Rhee examines how early Christians viewed illness, 疼痛, and health care and how their perspective was influenced both by Judeo-Christian tradition and by the milieu of the larger ancient world. 在她的分析中, Rhee places the history of medicine, 古希腊罗马文学, and ancient philosophy in constructive dialogue with early Christian literature to elucidate early Christians’ understanding, 拨款, and reformulation of Roman and Byzantine conceptions of health and wholeness from the second through the sixth centuries CE.

Utilizing the contemporary field of medical anthropology, 李承晚生病了, 疼痛, and health care as sociocultural matters. Through this and other methodologies, she explores the theological meanings attributed to illness and 疼痛; the religious status of those suffering from these and other afflictions; and the methods, 系统, and rituals that Christian individuals, 教堂, and monasteries devised to care for those who suffered. Rhee’s findings ultimately provide an illuminating glimpse into how Christians began forming a distinct identity—both as part of and apart from their Greco-Roman world.

I invite you to go on a pilgrimage. A pilgrimage is a journey with a sacred goal. The sacred goal I have in mind for you is knowing God. Perhaps you’re already on that pilgrimage. 也许你已经认识神了. If so, I invite you to know God better.
A literal religious pilgrimage involves going to a place. 在基督教传统中, pilgrims have journeyed to such places as Jerusalem, 罗马, 圣地亚哥·德孔波斯特拉. Going to these places requires moving your body to them.
But the pilgrimage I’m inviting you to start—or continue—is a pilgrimage for your soul. Your purpose on this pilgrimage will be to get your soul closer to God.
朝圣是你要做的事. On a literal pilgrimage, you have to keep your body moving in the same direction for a long time. Doing so requires using and caring for your body.
On a soul pilgrimage, you have to keep your soul directed toward God for a long time. Doing so requires the use and care of your soul by means of engaging in various spiritual practices. 你会接受我的邀请吗? Will you join my wife Jennifer and me on this soul pilgrimage?

Most Christians have heard a familiar description of the Samaritan woman in John 4: she was a sinner, 一个淫妇, 即使是妓女. 纵观教会历史, the woman at the well has been seen narrowly in terms of her gender and marital history. What are we missing in the story? 和 what difference does our interpretation of this passage make for women and men in the church? 瑞恩一个评论. Reeder calls us to see the Samaritan woman in a different light. Beginning with the reception history of John 4, she pulls back layers of interpretation entangled with readers' assumptions on women and sexuality. She then explores the story's original context, describing life for women and expectations regarding marriage and divorce in the first century. 有了这个清晰的镜头, Reeder's exegesis of the passage yields refreshing insights on what the Gospel says—and does not say—about the woman at the well.

教书是一项艰苦的工作. 教学是有回报的工作. An abundance of reSearch on teachers’ mental health, 教师职业倦怠, and attrition in the profession has proven the truth of the first claim. 和, without reading a word of academic reSearch, teachers know the truth of the second: there are numerous challenges and complexities involved in this noble profession. Teachers also know the truth of our second claim—that teaching is immensely rewarding work. While teaching is one of the most demanding professions on earth, it is also one of the most rewarding professions. 编辑米歇尔·C. Hughes and Ken Badley hope readers and teaching colleagues alike will be reminded of the rewards and the unexpected paybacks found in teaching.

We're being formed by our devices. Today's digital technologies are designed to captivate our attention and encroach on our boundaries, shaping how we relate to time and space, 对自己和他人, 甚至对上帝. Our natural longing for relationship makes us vulnerable to the "industrializing" effects of social media. While we enjoy the benefits of digital tech, many of us feel troubled with its power and exhausted by its demands for permanent connectivity. 然而，即使我们不再抱有幻想, attempting to resist the digital "powers that be" might seem like a losing battle.

Sociologist Felicia Wu Song has spent years considering the personal and collective dynamics of living in digital eco系统. In this book she combines psychological, 神经系统, and sociological insights with theological reflection to explore two major questions: What kind of people are we becoming with personal technologies in hand? 我们到底想成为什么样的人?