Porter Taylor: 8 books

Porter Taylor, known for his wonderful preaching, always has something unusual and thoughtful to say. "Forgive us our weeds as we forgive the weediness of others," he writes in one sermon on the parable of the wheat and the weeds. In another he reflects on why the book of Ecclesiastes shouldn't...

Anger, judgment, forgiveness, wisdom. All of these and more are biblical words we've used so often that they have very little meaning for us anymore. For others--seekers and those who are coming to church for the first time--these words sound like jargon. They are words that divide new church members...

This volume brings together eminent theologians, philosophers and political theorists to discuss the relevance of theology and theologically grounded moral reflection to contemporary America’s public life and argument. Avoiding the focus on hot-button issues, shrill polemics, and sloganeering that...

Providing readily accessible information and real-world encouragement to people living with primary and metastatic brain tumors, this book discusses the basics of brain tumors, types of tumors, management of different tumors, related symptoms, treatments and side effects, the role of medical team...

College is a time to learn, explore, and grow, but what does faith have to do with it? In this collection of essays, gifted writers in their twenties and early thirties reflect on their college years by telling stories—some hilarious, some heart-wrenching—on the intersection of faith and college. At...

The second book in the “Glad Series”.  Pollyanna’s Aunt and new Uncle have received a call for help.  Della Wetherby thinks Pollyanna’s joyful spirit is just the Medicine her bitter sister needs. So off Pollyanna sets on a trip to the big city, to make new friends and soften hardened...

DIE UNSCHULD DER ROSE Es gibt nur einen, der Grace Thackers junges Unternehmen jetzt noch retten kann: der attraktive Milliardär Rafael Cordeiro. Als sie ihn auf seinem Luxusanwesen in Brasilien besucht, macht er ihr ein Angebot - ebenso unverschämt wie gefährlich prickelnd: Rafael erklärt sich...

This book brings together the fields of theatre, gender studies, and psychology/sociology in order to explore the relationships between what happens when women engage in violence, how the events and their reception intercept with cultural understandings of gender, how plays thoughtfully depict this...