Every Creature A Word Of God

Not just a book about protecting animals; also an inspiration towards living an all-encompassing Christian spirituality with compassion at its heart.

This collection of 408 meditations by America's foremost retreat master and preacher follows the Church's liturgical cycle, striking the spirit of each season.

The Reformers viewed the gospel as not merely one thing among many in the life of a church but rather the means by which the church exists. When the gospel is rightly declared and applied to God’s people, the church becomes “a creature of the Word.” She understands, embraces, and lives out the reality of Christ’s birth, life, death, and resurrection in more than her doctrinal statement. The gospel impacts all the church is and does. Creature of the Word lays out this concept in full, first examining the rich, scripture-based beauty of a Jesus-centered church, then clearly providing practical steps toward forming a Jesus-centered church. Authors Matt Chandler, Eric Geiger, and Josh Patterson write what will become a center- ing discussion piece for those whose goal is to be part of a church that has its theology, culture, and practice completely saturated in the gospel.

All throughout the Bible, God used animals, plants, insects and other thingsin nature to help us have a better understanding of the things around us tograsp the points being made. These were used as metaphors, similes andanalogies.As Job was being criticized and mocked, the Word states "But now ask thebeasts, and they will teach you, and the birds of the air, and they will tellyou, Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, and the fish of the seas willexplain to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of theLord has done this." (Job 12:7-9 NKJV). God clearly intends for us to have abetter understanding of His Word by using the things we can see and knowin his creation. -- John Allen

The Living Legacy is a resource for spiritual formation that involves original Christian poetry, theological analysis, and spiritual formation exercises following the lectio divina. Following the seasons of the Church Year, Witherington and Hare provide a guide to help those of us on spiritual journeys as we seek to explore 'the living legacy,' which is our faith in the biblical God.

This little book is an introduction to God's Word view of how all of scripture speaks of past, present, and future tense continually. This book is self-explanatory because I believe in the spirit of the simple and the depth of the obvious.