In Search of Wisdom

In Search of Wisdom
Author: Joyce Meyer
Publsiher: FaithWords
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2021-01-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781546017639

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer takes us on a journey through the wisdom of Proverbs that leaves us transformed and prepared to face daily choices and challenges. The book of Proverbs is a treasure trove of spiritual and practical wisdom that equips us to live our best lives. Knowledge is important, but if it isn't converted into action, it fails to create transformational change in our lives. It is important to gain a thoughtful and practical understanding of the seven foundational principles in the book of Proverbs: Wisdom, Understanding, Prudence, Knowledge, Discretion, Discernment, and Fear of the Lord. If we desire to possess these qualities, we must make a commitment to a deeper understanding and implementation of these values in our daily lives. Featuring inspiring questions to promote thoughtful reflection, In Search of Wisdom will enlighten you with God's understanding and teach you the foundational principles and secure God's help in practicing them.

Seers Sibyls and Sages in Hellenistic Roman Judaism

Seers  Sibyls and Sages in Hellenistic Roman Judaism
Author: John J. Collins
Publsiher: BRILL
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2021-12-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004495753

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This volume brings together essays written over two decades by a leading authority in the field. The collection includes 2 recent essays that are published here for the first time. The articles cover major aspects of the discussion of Jewish apocalypticism, in relation to the Hebrew bible, the New Testament and the Hellenistic-Roman world. Distinctive strengths of the volume include clusters of essays on the Sibylline oracles and on the relationship between apocalypticism and wisdom. A section of the book is devoted to studies on Daniel. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

Weaving the American Catholic Tapestry

Weaving the American Catholic Tapestry
Author: Derek C. Hatch,Timothy R. Gabrielli
Publsiher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2017-03-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781498202794

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Concerned that American Catholic theology has struggled to find its own voice for much of its history, William Portier has spent virtually his entire scholarly career recovering a usable past for Catholics on the U.S. landscape. This work of ressourcement has stood at the intersection of several disciplines and has unlocked the beauty of American Catholic life and thought. These essays, which are offered in honor of Portier's life and work, emerge from his vision for American Catholicism, where Scripture, tradition, reason, and experience are distinct, but interwoven and inextricably linked with one another. As this volume details, such a path is not merely about scholarly endeavors but involves the pursuit of holiness in the "real" world.

In search of wisdom

In search of wisdom
Author: Leo G. ; Scott Perdue (Bernard Brandon ; Wiseman, William J.)
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 135
Release: 1993
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: OCLC:1244470700

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A Biblical Theology of Gerassapience

A Biblical Theology of Gerassapience
Author: Joel A. A. Ajayi
Publsiher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2010
Genre: Aging
ISBN: 1433107856

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Ancient cultures, such as that of the Hebrews, commonly associated wisdom with advanced years. In A Biblical Theology of Gerassapience the author investigates the validity of this correlation through an eclectic approach - including linguistic semantic, tradition-historical, and socio-anthropological methods - to pertinent biblical and extra-biblical texts. There are significant variations in the estimation of gerassapience (or «old-age wisdom») in each period of ancient Israel's life - that is, in pre-monarchical, monarchical, and post-monarchical Israel. Throughout this study, appropriate cross-cultural parallels are drawn from the cultures of ancient Israel's neighbors and of modern societies, such as the West African Yoruba tribe. The overall results are bi-dimensional. On the one hand, there are semantic elements of gerassapience, such as the elusiveness of «wisdom» and the mild fluidity of «old age». Both terms have strong contextual affinity with minimal exceptions. Thus, the attribution of wisdom to old age is evident but not absolute in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). On the other hand, gerassapience is depicted as primarily didactic, through direct and indirect instructions and counsels of the elderly, fostering the saging fear-of-Yahweh legacies. On the whole, socio-anthropocentric tendencies of gerassapience (that is, of making old age a repertoire of wisdom) are checked by theological warrants of theosapience (Yahwistic wisdom). Therefore, in the Hebrew Bible, the fear of Yahweh is also the beginning of growing old and wise.

In Search of the Healing Spirit

In Search of the Healing Spirit
Author: Nass Cannon
Publsiher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2023-06-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781666755534

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The late Dr. Nass Cannon Jr. (MD) was a physician for the indigent poor for over forty years and an internationally renowned scholar of the theologian and monk, Thomas Merton. In Search of the Healing Spirit follows a narrative arc across several essays of Dr. Cannon’s analysis and reflections on life and Thomas Merton’s theological contributions. First articulated by Dr. Cannon at the outset of his journey to serve the poor, the guiding principle of the book is an exploration of what it means to be broken and called to heal each other, ourselves, and the world. As Dr. Cannon writes, “I am a physician who views his root identity as one called to heal. Yet, I experience myself as broken, as one admonished by the phrase, ‘Physician, heal thyself.’ Perhaps you, too . . . experience yourself as a broken healer. Let us together explore some notions regarding the healer as broken, examine the nature of healing, and consider the relationship of the healer to one healed.” From this position as a broken healer, which implicitly embodies Merton’s contemplative spirituality, Dr. Cannon’s meditations over the course of his life of service increasingly weave in Merton’s contributions in search of the true self on such pressing—and universal—topics as grief and loss, the eternal nature and healing power of love, and to do what we can for each other with the time we are given. Dr. Cannon’s writings engage a twenty-first-century audience with insights—drawn from fifty years of study—that can aid lay persons, clergy, and academics to better understand what it means to be a broken person and through that brokenness to heal themselves and the world.

Retirement

Retirement
Author: Peter K. Rimbach
Publsiher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2011-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781462885558

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Retirement is certainly not a new concept. In our Western Societies it the way most individuals plan to spend the last third of their lives. Depending on how financially and emotionally well prepared one is, this period in one's life can provide rich and rewarding experiences. On the other hand, there are dark mysteries in these years that have been largely ignored. However, Society is beginning to learn that for most people, especially but not exclusively men, are psychological unprepared for what they are finding in these latter years in their lives. What's more, the problems that arise when a man retires are totally unexpected, much less easily addressed. In some cases not treating these psychological issues leads to divorce, alcoholism, or in severe cases, suicide. This is why I call this period the Mr. Everest on life. What's worse, the psychological community that has taken on the challenge to protect society from situations like this has all but ignored that there is any problem. I find this both shocking and unconscious able. Up to now the Third Age transition hasn't caused too many severe problems. However, between January 1st 2011 and 2030 seventy million of the Baby Boomer generation (some ten thousand per day) will have turned sixty-five. This will do precisely to the Third Age what the same cohort did to the earlier ages; reframe the dialogue. Retirees, both women and men, must take heed to this issue that will literally change their lives.

Retirement Life S Mt Everest

Retirement  Life S Mt  Everest
Author: Peter K. Rimbach
Publsiher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2011-08-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781462885565

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