This Very Short Introduction provides both the believer and non-believer with a balanced survey of the central questions of theology. David Ford's approach draws us in to considering the principles underlying religious belief, including the centrality of salvation to most major religions, the concept of God in ancient, modern, and postmodern contexts, the challenge posed to theology by prayer and worship, and the issue of sin and evil. He also probes the nature of experience, know...

This Very Short Introduction provides both the believer and non-believer with a balanced survey of the central questions of theology. David Ford's approach draws us in to considering the principles underlying religious belief, including the centrality of salvation to most major religions, the concept of God in ancient, modern, and postmodern contexts, the challenge posed to theology by prayer and worship, and the issue of sin and evil. He also probes the nature of experience, know...

This Very Short Introduction provides both the believer and non-believer with a balanced survey of the central questions of theology. David Ford's approach draws us in to considering the principles underlying religious belief, including the centrality of salvation to most major religions, the concept of God in ancient, modern, and postmodern contexts, the challenge posed to theology by prayer and worship, and the issue of sin and evil. He also probes the nature of experience, know...

Through the years I never thought about writing, but I have always stored away certain sayings that I found interesting. One of those titles was, where the timbers cross, and I always thought it would make a good story. The problem was how to put a story with some of these sayings. It was almost five years before I came up with the story that goes with the book title. I wrote two stories in 1997 and put them in a folder and forgot about them. I happened to give a cousin the stories and ask...

Milo Mayes is not your typical thirteen year old. He is a genius with a passionate desire to become a great private investigator like his dad when he grows up. Normally, Milo spends his free time solving trivial cases like missing dogs and stolen candy bar money, but when he and his sidekick discover a dead body in the small town of McCurtin, Milo decides to put his investigative skills to the ultimate test by attempting to solve a case that has both the police and his dad perplexed. In do...

With the discovery of a nearby habitable world, humanity finds its next distant shore. The distance remains impossible until a gravity anomaly observed in a Europa research lab leads to the invention of a gravity drive. Five hundred people are chosen to leave the Solar System aboard Eden Clipper, bound for a world twenty years away. Cut off from Earth, the crew must build a society in transit, raising children, governing themselves, and enduring loss without hope of rescue. The journey res...

What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect.Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic progress and prosperity, and scientists fear that we may be in the midst of a mass extinction event. Brian R. Chapman and William I. Lutterschmidt make the case that the effort to preserve animal...

There was four boys Blake Sorensen, Mike Landon, Rob Hudson, Matt Harris Blake made a triple dare to Mike about staying in a old abandon house were Matt tells a ghost story about families and people who get killed or vanish from the house as he tells his story things start to happen through out the night.

Whether you are completely new to John's Gospel or have read it many times before, Meeting God in John will help you see the Fourth Gospel with fresh eyes and gain a deeper understanding of its essential meaning and purpose.David Ford, one of the world's most widely respected theologians and author of Theology: A Very Short Introduction and The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary, offers an accessible and absorbing introduction to the main message of John's Go...

Ministry in a small town or rural context is challenging. The minister and his or her family live in a fishbowl, with every aspect of life under constant scrutiny. In addition, few seminaries or Christian colleges and universities offer courses preparing people for small-town ministry. Throw in limited resources and small-town politics, and you might begin to understand the struggle of Ben Wright, minister in Madison, Montana. In a last-ditch effort to find help before he quits ministry al...

The Future of Christian Theology represents a personal manifesto from one of the world's leading theologians, exploring the ways Christian theology in the twenty-first century has been, and can now continue to be, both creative and wise.Represents an outstanding and engaging account of the task of theology todayOffers an insightful description of what makes for discerning and creative theology.Written from the perspective of decades of experience,...