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Design for Living : Lessons on Holiness from the Sermon on the Mount, Kregel, 1975, ISBN 0-8254-3457-2; The Sermon on the Mount : Contemporary Insights for a Christian Lifestyle, Multnomah Press, Portland, 1980; The Words and Works of Jesus Christ : A Study of the Life of Christ, Zondervan, 1981, ISBN 0-310-30940-9
Part I: God on Trial; Part II: Emotional and Spiritual Healing; Part III: Principles for Freedom-Living; In Part I: God on Trial, Morris addresses the major questions, doubts and preconceived notions that many people have about the nature of God and faith. He also writes about the suffering of Jesus Christ as related in the Gospel accounts, as ...
When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor... and Yourself is a 2009 non-fiction book by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert. The book was first published on June 24, 2009, through Moody Publishers and explores and dissects common perceptions on poverty and the means to relieve it, from a Christian perspective. [ 1 ]
Jesus is saying that to be godlike, and thus to be good, one must treat people as God does. [1] Schweizer notes that in Palestine rain was extremely important and beneficial, the hot sun, was less so. He notes that in Greece at this time the burning power of the sun was often a symbol of godly power while the rain was a symbol of godly benevolence.
By giving the lender the cloak as well, the debtor was reduced to nakedness. Wink notes that public nudity was viewed as bringing shame on the viewer, and not just the naked, as seen in Noah's case (Genesis 9:20–23). [5] Wink interprets the succeeding verse from the Sermon on the Mount as a method for making the oppressor break the law.
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God's Gonna Cut You Down" (also known as "God Almighty's Gonna Cut You Down", "God's Gonna Cut 'Em Down", "Run On" and "Sermon") is a traditional American folk song. [1] The track has been recorded in a variety of genres, including country , folk , alternative rock , electronic and black metal . [ 2 ]
Father Mapple is a fictional character in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick (1851). A former whaler, he has become a preacher in the New Bedford Whaleman's Chapel. Ishmael, the narrator of the novel, hears Mapple's sermon on the subject of Jonah, who was swallowed by a whale but did not turn against God.