Tears Of Contrition

This is the first Handbook of the Reformations to include global Protestantism, and the most comprehensive Handbook on the development of Protestant practices which has been published so far. The volume brings together international scholars in the fields of theology, intellectual thought, and social and cultural history. Contributions focus on key themes, such as Martin Luther or the Swiss reformations, offering an up-to-date perspective on current scholarly debates, but they also address many new themes at the cutting edge of scholarship, with particularly emphasis on the history of emotions, the history of knowledge, and global history. This new approach opens up fresh perspectives onto important questions: how did Protestant ways of conceiving the divine shape everyday life, ideas of the feminine or masculine, commercial practices, politics, notions of temporality, or violence? The aim of this Handbook is to bring to life the vitality of Reformation ideas. In these ways, the Handbook stresses that the Protestant Reformations in all their variety, and with their important "radical " wings, must be understood as one of the lasting long-term historical transformations which changed Europe and, subsequently, significant parts of the world.

Caesarius was a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Heisterbach in Germany, where he served as Master of novices. For their instruction and edification, he composed his lengthy Dialogue on Miracles in twelve sections between 1219 and 1223. The many surviving manuscripts of this and other works by Caesarius attest to his stature in the history of Cistercian letters. This volume contains sections one through six of Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogue on Miracles, the first complete translation into English of an influential representation of exempla literature from the Middle Ages. Caesarius’s stories provide a splendid index to monastic life, religious practices, and daily life in a tumultuous time.

This anthology represents scholarly literature devoted to Handel over the last few decades, and contains different kinds of studies of the composer's biography, operatic career, singers, librettists, and his relationship with the music of other composers. Case studies range from recent research that transforms our knowledge of large-scale English works to an interdisciplinary exploration of an individual opera aria. Designed to bring easy and convenient access to students, performers and music lovers, the wide-ranging articles are selected by David Vickers (co-editor of the recent Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia) from diverse sources - not only familiar important journals, but also specialist yearbooks, festschrifts, not easily accessible newsletters, conference proceedings and exhibition catalogues. Many of these represent an up-to-date understanding of modern Handel studies, deal with fascinating biographical issues (such as the composer's art collection, his chronic health problems, and the nature of popular anecdotal evidence), and fill gaps in the mainstream Handelian literature.

Jesus demonstrated compassion in everything He did and everyone He touched. Jesus lived it and breathed it. He was and is compassion itself. Authors James and Michal Ann Goll share lessons they have learned from the Lord that will rekindle the compassion within you. As God is the source of all compassionate action, you will discover that your compassion is a reflection of His unfailing love. Through the profiles of nine compassionate women who were instrumental in helping millions throughout a hurting world, you will be inspired and encouraged to become a pioneer of compassion in your own world. Models of compassion include: Catherine Booth & Florence Nightingale Mother Teresa & Hannah More Elizabeth Fry & Nancy Ward Do you wonder what it takes to be a compassionate person? Do you want to make a difference in the lives of others? Follow the example of Jesus--He converted desire into deed, and made all the difference in the world.

Christianity centers on the life and death of Jesus as Christ. Often Christians focus on the importance of Christ's Sacrifice as the means of human salvation, and the faithful are encouraged to imitate this suffering through self-sacrifice and self-denial. More than a few Christians, particularly women, have found such encouragement to self-sacrifice to be a means for continuing oppression--men over women, colonizers over the colonized, the powerful over the powerless. In The Satisfied Life, Jane McAvoy constructs a feminist theology of atonement--or satisfaction for sin--that draws on the insights of six medieval women mystics: Julian of Norwich, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Hildegard of Bingen, Margery Kempe, Hadewijch of Brabant, and Catherine of Siena. These Christian writers reveal alternatives to a theology of oppression. Salvation, for them, means experiencing the death and resurrection of Christ not as life-denying, but as a life-affirming celebration of God's love for us through the sustaining love of Jesus.

A Word to Our Readers How to Study Scripture Questions — and How to Meet Them Epaphroditus Self-Surrender Restoration Deliverance The Law and the Gospel Dead to the Law Grace and Holiness Isolation A Workman's Motto Authority and Power Obedience and Dependence Stability and Peace Obedience: What is it? Preaching Christ: What is it? Jonathan The Alabaster Box Responsibility and Power Privilege and Responsibility Exhortation The Two Links Four Points of Knowledge "If the Lord Tarry" God Preaching Peace "Rivers of Living Water" A Fragment on Worship Separation: Not Fusion Two Impossibles "Reconciled and Saved" "Accepted" and "Acceptable" Relief for a Burdened Heart Three Precious Gifts Resurrection The Judgment Seat of Christ What is a Castaway? Self-Denial Self-Judgment Self-Emptiness Self-Control Provision for Perilous Times The Closing Scenes of Malachi and Jude The Sympathy and Grace of Jesus "Loops of Blue" Christ and His Yoke The Divine Anathema The Two Altars Cloven Tongues Israel and the Nations A Heart for Christ Stephen Peter on the Water Alone with Jesus A Sleepless Night "Have Faith in God" "What Wait I For?" An Earnest Appeal "Let Us Go Again" John the Baptist What Should I Read? The Work of God in the Soul "Five Words" The Book and the Soul The Study of the Book of Psalms Superstition and Infidelity The Grace of God Christian Life: What is it? Devotedness: What is it? "The Well of Bethlehem" David's Last Words The Priest's Place and Portion The Brazen Sea The Grapes of Eshcol The Two Mites "He From Within" A Motto for the New Year Reason and Revelation "Nevertheless" Headship and Lordship David's Three Attitudes "Gain to Me" The Sufficiency of the Scriptures Prayer The Divine Character of Faith The Law Marriage Children Servants Business Money and Debt Insurance Going to Law The Leading of the Spirit The Father's Discipline A Spirit of Love and Grace Lending Books Assembly Fellowship and Discipline The Lord's Supper Singing The Role and Deportment of Women Ministry and Service Unity Separation from the World False Positions and Unequal Yokes Military Service The Future State Self-Occupation Paul and the Twelve Reconciliation Righteousness Atonement The Sovereignty of God etc. Baptism The Coming of Christ The Believer's Security Dispensational Matters The Doctrine of Christ Judgment The Path of Faith and Exhortation Fiction "The Unpardonable Sin" Repentance and Conversion Judging