Author: Rebecca KannerPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 145169525X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
While the fate of the world rested on Noah's shoulders, the survival of the human race rested on hers.
Sinners and the Sea
Author: Rebecca KannerPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 145169525X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
While the fate of the world rested on Noah's shoulders, the survival of the human race rested on hers.
Truthful Fictions: Conversations with American Biographical Novelists
Author: Michael LackeyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1623566150
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
In this new collection of interviews, some of America's most prominent novelists identify the key intellectual developments that led to the rise of the contemporary biographical novel, discuss the kind of historical 'truth' this novel communicates, indicate why this narrative form is superior to the traditional historical novel, and reflect on the ideas and characters central to their individual works. These interviews do more than just define an innovative genre of contemporary fiction. They provide a precise way of understanding the complicated relationship and pregnant tensions between contextualized thinking and historical representation, interdisciplinary studies and 'truth' production, and fictional reality and factual constructions. By focusing on classical and contemporary debates regarding the nature of the historical novel, this volume charts the forces that gave birth to a new incarnation of this genre.
Christ Dying, and Drawing Sinners to Himself
Author: Samuel RutherfordChrist Dying, and Drawing Sinners to Himself. Or, a Survey of Our Saviour in His Soul-suffering, His Loveliness in His Death, and the Efficacy Thereof ... Delivered in Sermons on the Gospel According to John, Chap. Xii. Ver.27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 ... By ... Samuel Rutherfurd ..
Author: Samuel RutherfordThe Chief of Sinners Objects of Mercy
Author: Stephen CharnockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conscience, Examination of
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Christ Knocking at the Door of Sinners' Hearts
Author: John FlavelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conversion
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
The Chief of Sinners Objects of the Choicest Mercy: The Knowledge of Christ Crucified: Self Examination: The Pardon of Sin: Delight in Prayer: &c. By S. Charnock. With an Essay on His Life and Writings, by the Rev. W. Symington, D.D. [With a Portrait.]
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Author: Stephen CHARNOCKChrist Inviting Sinners to Come to Him for Rest
Author: Jeremiah BurroughsPublisher: Puritan Publications
ISBN: 1626632375
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Every now and again, a work will be published by a reformer or puritan that Christians find to be of such great spiritual worth, that it is hard to put into words the incalculable and infinite good that such a work is to the Christian soul. This book, friends, is one of those works. Burroughs expounds Matthew 11:28, “Come unto me all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Christ invites sinners to come to Him for rest. Sinners, in this way, can be either Christians or unbelievers. Both are beckoned to “come.” In this work Burroughs shows first, the burden of sin, the burden of the Law, the burden of legal performances with the misery of those that are under them, the burden of corruption, and the burden of outward affliction. Secondly, he shows that Christ graciously offers to them that come to him, rest from all those burdens. In this he demonstrates what it is to come to Christ; that Christ requires nothing but to come to him. Several Rules to be observed in right coming to Christ, the means to draw souls to Christ, that in coming to Christ God would have us have respect toward ourselves, that there is no rest for souls out of Christ, and the reasons for this, with some conclusions from it. Thirdly, Burroughs shows the rest believers have from sin, that the deliverance from the Law by Christ is, privatively, and positively. He will show the rest believers have from the burden of the Law by coming to Christ, how Christ gives rest from the burden of legal performances, how Christ gives rest from the burden of corruption; in which is shown how sanctification and holiness comes only from Christ. And Burroughs demonstrates encouragements to come to Christ for holiness. He will explain how Christ gives rest from outward afflictions, and then considers some directions on how to get rest from Christ in spiritual desertions. God’s people have been personally helped by Burroughs throughout the centuries by all his works, and in this volume on coming to Christ, he again shows the inestimable spiritual value of his preaching and writing. This is a life-transforming work which will enable Christians to inwardly examine themselves as they consider how the Law of God correlates to their abiding in the Lord Jesus, and what steps they must take to come to Christ in a saving and sanctifying manner. This work is not a scan or facsimile, has been carefully transcribed by hand being made easy to read in modern English, and has an active table of contents for electronic versions.
Sins and Sinners
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004232001
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Asian religious traditions have always been deeply concerned with "sins" and what to do about them. As the essays in this volume illustrate, what Buddhists in Tibet, India, China or Japan, what Jains, Daoists, Hindus or Sikhs considered to be a "sin" was neither one thing, nor exactly what the Abrahamic traditions meant by the term. "Sins"could be both undesireable behavior and unacceptable thoughts. In different contexts, at different times and places, a sin might be a ritual infraction or a violation of a rule of law; it could be a moral failing or a wrong belief. However defined, sins were considered so grave a hindrance to spiritual perfection, so profound a threat to the social order, that the search for their remedies through rituals of expiation, pilgrimage, confession, recitation of spells, or philosophical reflection, was one of the central quests of the religions studied here.
Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: Psalms
Author: Willem S. PrinsloPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467453692
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1672
Book Description
This extract from the Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible provides Prinslo’s introduction to and concise commentary on Psalms. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary complements succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers. Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analysis, these volumes work from larger sense units, highlighting the place of each passage within the overarching biblical story. Commentators focus on the genre of each text—parable, prophetic oracle, legal code, and so on—interpreting within the historical and literary context. The volumes also address major issues within each biblical book—including the range of possible interpretations—and refer readers to the best resources for further discussions.