Redeemer In The Womb

This book, based on lectures given at the University of Navarre, is a systematic study of the person of Mary, the mother of Jesus of Nazareth, true God and true Man and the redeemer of mankind. After introductory chapters that approach the subject from conceptual and historical angles, the book then discusses what revelation says about the woman who, in the fullness of time, bore in her womb the pre-existent Son of God. The book also includes a study of Mary's perfections as the Church believes them, written in a 'genetic' way, examining how appreciation of each perfection developed over the past two thousand years. The last chapter deals with Marian devotion. Mary, Mother of the Redeemer provides students of theology, and others interested in deepening the Christian faith, with insights into the person chosen by God to be the mother of Jesus.

When a woman becomes pregnant, miscarriage is usually the furthest thing from her mind. Such was the case for Jessalyn Hutto when she became pregnant with her first baby. But as is all too common in our post-fall world, the life she carried came to an abrupt end. Death had visited her womb, and the horrors of miscarriage had become a part of her life’s story. ••• Ultimately, she would lose two children in the womb, at 6 and 15 weeks gestation. Through these painful losses, a whole new world of suffering opened up to her. It seemed that everywhere she looked women were quietly mourning the loss of their unborn children. Yet this particular type of loss has been grossly overlooked by the church. ••• Couples navigating the unique sorrow of losing a child are often left with little biblical counsel to draw upon. Well-meaning friends and family often offer empty platitudes and Christian clichés. But what these couples truly need is the hope of the gospel. ••• Short, sensitive, and theologically robust, Inheritance of Tears offers hope and comfort to those who are called to walk through the painful trial of miscarriage, and shows pastors and church members how to effectively minister to these parents in their time of need.

This second volume of Collected Essays, Systematic Mariology, contains Peter Damian Fehlner’s essays on several central Marian topics and disputes. Written over the span of more than twenty years, these essays represent Fehlner’s most complete studies on the question of Mary’s participation with Christ in the redemption, her role with the Holy Spirit in the mediation of grace, and her place in the sacramental economy, flowing from the Eucharist. Fehlner provides theological resolutions to these inquiries by establishing Mary’s predestination as the Immaculate Mother of God and Spouse of the Holy Spirit in the eternal plan of the Father. This flowers into a theological vision of the divine missions that is Trinitarian, christological, and pneumatological. This triple viewpoint opens upon a theological account of divine action and perfect creaturely re-action because it is framed within an ecclesiology that decodes Mary’s virginal and divine maternity as the “Great Sign” of the perfection and promise of the church through Christ her spouse in the love of the Holy Spirit.

Ethel E. Sims lives in San Diego, CA with her husband of over 30 years. "Living life and working together in the Lord" is their life long pleasure. They are The Elect, called to church family leadership and social ministry development. They enjoy Christian music, travelling, and reading. They have one son, two daughters, two sons-in-love and three beautiful MeMe- BeBe girls, all living in Southern California. She is involved in launching a new literary project called The Purpose Womb (TPW)(TM). TPW is the branding of her life purpose message and the public platform for promoting, publishing, and marketing her BOU'QUE literary designs, collections, and special editions. Her Southern roots in Grambling, Louisiana stems into Jonesboro-Hodge and Shady Grove where she began her early childhood education. She is the youngest of three siblings and was raised by single, divorced Biology and Chemistry teacher. Being part of a nurturing, extended family has made her the woman she is today. She enjoys power-shopping, social-walking, and designing interior spaces. Ole fashioned home cooking, unfermented fruit-tea parties, Cajon style soul food family gatherings, and restaurant dining are favorites, too. As an Alumni of National University, she holds her Masters and Undergraduate degrees in Business Administration. She uses her formal education, certified training, and life skills coaching to advocate for children, youth, and families. Ethel Sims is an Executive Director of a grass-roots non-profit organization where she provides leadership and community service to help combat poverty, child abuse, and family dysfunctional behaviors. She teaches child-parent leadership and parenting classes for foster-kinship and community families. Her professional expertise consists of Real Estate, Business Entrepreneurship, Child Development, Youth-Urban Education, and Social Economic Development. She is a lifetime member of The Who's Who - Women in Business and is a licensed Real Estate Broke, by profession. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Business Administration and is a certified Child and Family Care Ministry Executive.