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With an approach that is marked by both sound scripture scholarship and keen pastoral insight, Barbara Reid explores the ways that the saving work of Jesus has been approached in preaching. She uncovers a rich variety of metaphors, symbols, analogies—some severely limited and others immensely liberating....

A brief and insightful guide for reading and understanding the Gospel of John and its message.

November Noon offers a series of reflective chapters on deepening ones spiritual life through use of the psalms, poetry, and sacred scripture while challenging the reader to a new understanding of justice issues for the 21st century.

In From the Beginning to Baptism, Linda Gibler takes readers on a journey 'from the depths of space and the beginning of time through sacred Scripture and church history 'to discover the origins and creative power of water, oil, and fire. She traces the lives of those elemental entities through their...

Over the course of five decades of scholarly work on the New Testament, Jerome Murphy-O'Connor has never been afraid to explore and question ideas that other scholars have simply presumed. In Keys to Galatians, he offers fresh perspectives on a rather neglected New Testament letter. This book...

St Catherine of Siena, mystic, doctor of the Church, patron of Italy and of Europe has always been considered one of the great women of the Church. In her life she strove to love God above all and help her neighbour whether this meant caring for a leper or reprimanding a pope. This text gives a brief biography and an introduction to Catherine's writings and theology.

Asceticism deploys abstention, self-control, and self-denial, to order oneself or a community in relation to the divine. Both its practices and the cultural ideals they expressed were important to pagans, Jews, Christians of different kinds, and Manichees. Richard Finn presents for the first time...

A brief and insightful guide for reading and understanding the Gospel of Luke and its message.

5 Challenges - Our ability to work through the grieving process will be tested - Our life will be changed because of our loss - Our ability to function will be questioned - Our dreams for the future may have to be altered - We will question our reliance on other and even on God 5 Opportunities - We can...

These six prophets proclaim powerful messages about judgment and the sovereignty of God. Amos challenges hypocrisy and injustice. Hosea's marriage symbolizes the covenant between God and Israel, moving from love to separation and then reunion. Micah, Nahum, and Zephaniah condemn corrupt leadership,...

First Hand Accout of Play for India, the Initiative that Attracted Millions of Sports in Harayan Sports in developing countries is often hand-wrenching over losses in glitzy events, mostly occasions for rich countries to predictably and persistently prove their supremacy. They rarely value sports role...

Short essay on publishing possibilities of the digital era.

Standing at the start of the New Testament, the Gospel of Matthew provides a bridge from the Jewish world awaiting a Messiah to the emerging Christian world of Jesus and his followers. This Gospel introduces us to Jesus as the Master Teacher whose words of instruction are captured in large teaching...