Portraits Of God
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Author |
: Allan Coppedge |
Publisher |
: InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2009-09-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780830876556 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0830876553 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Portraits of God by : Allan Coppedge
What is God like? Answering this is the great quest of human existence. Because God is so different from us, we struggle to describe him. While doctrinal statements about God certainly have their place in Christian understanding, the Bible more often uses God's actions and roles to help us know him better. Indeed, some of the most helpful insights in Scripture arise when God is compared to something else: a rock, an eagle or a tower. And many "human" metaphors--metaphors taken from the world of actions and relationships--bring us even closer to understanding of God. In Portraits of God, Allan Coppedge suggests we look carefully at God as our Father, Redeemer, King, Judge, Priest and Creator. These portraits taken together give us an understaning of the Holy One for which no single category is adequate. These images work their way through the whole of Scripture. They are the doorway allowing us into the mysteries of God's very being. In Portraits of God, Coppedge offers a comprehensive survey, picturing a God who wants to be known personally and who has profoundly communicated himself. Coppedge finds the inexhaustible nature of God to be one of holiness reflected in and best described by the language of diverse roles. Approaching God in this way transforms us, as churches and individuals, to reflect God's own holy character. This is a book for students, pastors and churchgoers alike. Anyone desiring to know more deeply and wholly the Christian God revealed in the Bible will find in Portraits of God a treasure of scholarship and truth.
Author |
: Mark McEntire |
Publisher |
: Fortress Press |
Total Pages |
: 283 |
Release |
: 2013-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781451426274 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1451426275 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Portraits of a Mature God by : Mark McEntire
What difference would it make for Old Testament theology if we turned our attention from the more dramatic, forceful "mighty acts of God" to the more subdued, but more realistic themes of later writings in the Hebrew Bible? The result, Mark McEntire argues, would be a more mature theology that would enable us to respond more realistically and creatively to the unprecedented challenges of the present age.
Author |
: Elie Wiesel |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 262 |
Release |
: 1985-03-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780671541347 |
ISBN-13 |
: 067154134X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Messengers of God by : Elie Wiesel
Originally published: New York: Random House, Ã1976.
Author |
: Randy McCracken |
Publisher |
: WestBow Press |
Total Pages |
: 461 |
Release |
: 2013-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781490811741 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1490811745 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Family Portraits by : Randy McCracken
Pastor and Bible teacher Randy McCracken offers an intimate look at lesser-known members of 1 and 2 Samuel's four main families--those of Samuel, Eli, Saul, and David. Examining characters unfamiliar to many Bible readers, he reveals important lessons for today.
Author |
: Louis Baldwin |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 198 |
Release |
: 1986 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:B3935052 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Portraits of God by : Louis Baldwin
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated--Voltaire. God is love--1 John 4:8Portraits of God painted with words have ranged from prehistoric conceptions of the Earth Mother to more elaborate sophisticated visions: God as craftsman, a multiple deity, an illusion, one's highest self, the Omega point.... This book presents sixty-some selections, including many fascinating exchanges in the 16th-19th centuries that constitute the main body of modern Western philosophy, religious or otherwise.
Author |
: Stephen Charnock |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 226 |
Release |
: 2022-03-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1952599520 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781952599521 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Portrait of God by : Stephen Charnock
Stephen Charnock (1628-1680) wrote what is considered to be the fullest treatment of the attributes of God, even though he did not live to complete the treatise. It is truly a biblical portrait of God drawn with a Puritan pen, rightly deserving its place among the best of Puritan productions and of English literature altogether. However, today's reader may find the 1146 pages a bit daunting. This summary presents the treatise in a more manageable form that maintains the theological depth and practical application of the original. Don't miss out on the riches of Charnock! "I think if Charnock were abridged by a skillful hand, it would be a valuable work." -- David Kinghorn, in a letter to his son Joseph
Author |
: Dale Larsen |
Publisher |
: InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages |
: 68 |
Release |
: 2006-01-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0830830014 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780830830015 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Images of God by : Dale Larsen
In this ten session LifeGuide® Bible Study Dale and Sandy Larsen lead you to examine different biblical pictures of God: rock, warrior, peacemaker, builder, father, husband, potter, etc.
Author |
: Stephen Charnock |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 708 |
Release |
: 1840 |
ISBN-10 |
: YALE:39002053462660 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Discourses Upon the Existence and Attributes of God by : Stephen Charnock
Author |
: Gregory A. Boyd |
Publisher |
: Fortress Press |
Total Pages |
: 1487 |
Release |
: 2017-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781506420769 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1506420761 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Crucifixion of the Warrior God by : Gregory A. Boyd
A dramatic tension confronts every Christian believer and interpreter of Scripture: on the one hand, we encounter images of God commanding and engaging in horrendous violence: one the other hand, we encounter the non-violent teachings and example of Jesus, whose loving, self-sacrificial death and resurrection is held up as the supreme revelation of God’s character in the New Testament. How do we reconcile the tension between these seemingly disparate depictions? Are they even capable of reconciliation? Throughout Christian history, many different answers have been proposed, ranging from the long-rejected explanation that these contrasting depictions are of two entirely different ‘gods’ to recent social and cultural theories of metaphor and narrative representation. The Crucifixion of the Warrior God takes up this dramatic tension and the range of proposed answers in an epic constructive investigation. Over two volumes, renowned theologian and biblical scholar Gregory A. Boyd argues that we must take seriously the full range of Scripture as inspired, including its violent depictions of God. At the same time, we must take just as seriously the absolute centrality of the crucified and risen Christ as the supreme revelation of God. Developing a theological interpretation of Scripture that he labels a “cruciform hermeneutic,” Boyd demonstrates how Scripture’s violent images of God are completely reframed and their violence subverted when they are interpreted through the lens of the cross and resurrection. Indeed, when read through this lens, Boyd argues that these violent depictions can be shown to bear witness to the same self-sacrificial character of God that was supremely revealed on the cross.
Author |
: Dale Ryan |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 68 |
Release |
: 1990-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0830811524 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780830811526 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Recovery from Distorted Images of God by : Dale Ryan