Rejoicing In Lament

Author : J. Todd Billings
Publisher : Brazos Press
ISBN 13 : 1441222901
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rejoicing in Lament written by J. Todd Billings and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of thirty-nine, Christian theologian Todd Billings was diagnosed with a rare form of incurable cancer. In the wake of that diagnosis, he began grappling with the hard theological questions we face in the midst of crisis: Why me? Why now? Where is God in all of this? This eloquently written book shares Billings's journey, struggle, and reflections on providence, lament, and life in Christ in light of his illness, moving beyond pat answers toward hope in God's promises. Theologically robust yet eminently practical, it engages the open questions, areas of mystery, and times of disorientation in the Christian life. Billings offers concrete examples through autobiography, cultural commentary, and stories from others, showing how our human stories of joy and grief can be incorporated into the larger biblical story of God's saving work in Christ.

Author : J. Todd Billings
Publisher : Brazos Press
ISBN 13 : 1493427547
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The End of the Christian Life written by J. Todd Billings and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're all going to die. Yet in our medically advanced, technological age, many of us see death as a distant reality--something that happens only at the end of a long life or to other people. In The End of the Christian Life, Todd Billings urges Christians to resist that view. Instead, he calls us to embrace our mortality in our daily life and faith. This is the journey of genuine discipleship, Billings says: following the crucified and resurrected Lord in a world of distraction and false hopes. Drawing on his experience as a professor and father living with incurable cancer, Billings offers a personal yet deeply theological account of the gospel's expansive hope for small, mortal creatures. Artfully weaving rich theology with powerful narrative, Billings writes for church leaders and laypeople alike. Whether we are young or old, reeling from loss or clinging to our own prosperity, this book challenges us to walk a strange but wondrous path: in the midst of joy and lament, to receive mortal limits as a gift, an opportunity to give ourselves over to the Lord of life.

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Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467438359
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Word of God for the People of God written by and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-04 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fills a real need for pastors and students. Though there is currently a large body of material on the theological interpretation of Scripture, most of it is highly specific and extremely technical. J. Todd Billings here provides a straightforward entryway for students and pastors to understand why theological interpretation matters and how it can be done. / A solid, constructive theological work, The Word of God for the People of God presents a distinctive Trinitarian, participatory approach toward reading Scripture as the church. Billings's accessible yet substantial argument for a theological hermeneutic is rooted in a historic vision of the practice of scriptural interpretation even as it engages a wide range of contemporary issues and includes several exegetical examples that apply to concrete Christian ministry situations.

Author : J. Todd Billings
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 0801039347
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Union with Christ written by J. Todd Billings and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accomplished theologian recovers the biblical theme of union with Christ, showing how it affects current theological and ministry issues.

Author : J. Todd Billings
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191526371
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calvin, Participation, and the Gift written by J. Todd Billings and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the God of Calvin a fountain of blessing, or a forceful tyrant? Is Calvin's view of God coercive, leaving no place for the human qua human in redemption? These are perennial questions about Calvin's theology which have been given new life by Gift theologians such as John Milbank, Graham Ward, and Stephen Webb. J. Todd Billings addresses these questions by exploring Calvin's theology of `participation in Christ'. He argues that Calvin's theology of `participation' gives a positive place to the human, such that grace fulfils rather than destroys nature, affirming a differentiated union of God and humanity in creation and redemption. Calvin's trinitarian theology of participation extends to his view of prayer, sacraments, the law, and the ecclesial and civil orders. In light of Calvin's doctrine of participation, Billings reframes the critiques of Calvin in the Gift discussion and opens up new possibilities for contemporary theology, ecumenical theology, and Calvin scholarship as well.

Author : Rachna Chhachhi
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9389305330
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Can Beat Cancer written by Rachna Chhachhi and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert Advice on Preventing and Reversing Cancer Foreword by SUBHASH CHANDRA Preface by HARSH MARIWALA According to WHO, the number of global cancer deaths is projected to increase by 45 percent, where over two-thirds of the deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. This makes India, and you, vulnerable. There is already someone you know who has cancer. So, you know that the threat is real and near. But now there is a way out. Certified cancer nutrition coach Rachna Chhachhi shows you how to train your cells to respond to physical and emotional nurturing to fight cancer. In this book, you will learn all about preventing the world’s most feared disease with the help of holistic nutrition. You can also combine it with Western medicine, if you are already under treatment. Quoting the cases of her many clients across 27 countries who have defeated the odds after their diagnoses, and with the support of global cancer research, Chhachhi illustrates how to prevent, manage or reverse cancer for yourself. IN YOU CAN BEAT CANCER, SHE DISCUSSES: • What causes cancer • How not to fear the diagnosis • The necessity of practicing meditation, pranayama & gratitude • Ways to avoid cancer-triggering habits • The impact of natural immunotherapy • How epigenetics can change your genes’ response towards cancer cells • More than 100 unique anticancer recipes RACHNA CHHACHHI is a certified cancer nutrition coach and holds a PhD in holistic nutrition. She is best-known for her work with cancer and autoimmune patients. She has been writing on health for 20 years for mainstream Indian newspapers and magazines and has been extensively interviewed in media. “Rachna’s book is the need of the hour today to protect ourselves.” Manisha Koirala, Actor & Cancer Warrior “Gift this book to everyone you care for, everyone you want to gift a life without cancer.” Dr Subhash Chandra, Chairman, Essel Group “This book will be an important milestone in cancer prevention and management…” Harsh Mariwala, Chairman, Marico Ltd.

Author : Scott A. Ellington
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1556352638
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Risking Truth written by Scott A. Ellington and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ours is a world characterized by change. Often the most fundamental changes in our lives result from experiences of profound suffering and loss as we are wrenched from our familiar world and driven into one that is alien. In the midst of such loss, we are compelled to choose between trying to cling to the remnants of a reality that is passing away and trying to make a home in a strange new world. Biblical prayers of lament wait for us at this crossroad of loss and newness. Prayers of lament are marked both by loss and by the inexplicable silence of God. Everything we believe about God's justice and goodness is placed in doubt by his hiddenness. The cry of lament is an act of tremendous risk. To lament is to abandon the sinking ship of religious certainty and strike out in a small dingy, amidst stormy seas, in search of a hidden God. Faced with God's silence, the biblical writers are willing to place at risk their most fundamental beliefs and to lament. The Psalm writers risk the loss of the Exodus story by crying out to a God who has failed to save, demanding that he once more part the chaotic waters and make a way in the desert. Job risks the loss of a moral God by confronting God with his injustice. Jeremiah risks the loss of the covenant by calling out for God to return yet again to a faithless partner and a failed marriage. Matthew and John the Revelator recognize that the coming of Messiah is impelled by the cries of innocent sufferers. Throughout the Bible, lament risks the possible loss of relationship with God and presses for a new, though uncertain, experience of God's presence.

Author : J. Todd Billings
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 0664234232
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calvin's Theology and Its Reception written by J. Todd Billings and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique resource for the study of John Calvin's theology, its reception, and insights for today.

Author : Soong-Chan Rah
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830897615
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prophetic Lament written by Soong-Chan Rah and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missio Alliance Essential Reading List Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books RELEVANT's Top 10 Books Englewood Review of Books Best Books When Soong-Chan Rah planted an urban church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his first full sermon series was a six-week exposition of the book of Lamentations. Preaching on an obscure, depressing Old Testament book was probably not the most seeker-sensitive way to launch a church. But it shaped their community with a radically countercultural perspective. The American church avoids lament. But lament is a missing, essential component of Christian faith. Lament recognizes struggles and suffering, that the world is not as it ought to be. Lament challenges the status quo and cries out for justice against existing injustices. Soong-Chan Rah's prophetic exposition of the book of Lamentations provides a biblical and theological lens for examining the church's relationship with a suffering world. It critiques our success-centered triumphalism and calls us to repent of our hubris. And it opens up new ways to encounter the other. Hear the prophet's lament as the necessary corrective for Christianity's future. A Resonate exposition of the book of Lamentations.

Author : Billings J. Todd (author)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781467448925
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembrance, Communion, and Hope written by Billings J. Todd (author) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: