Rejoicing in Lament - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rejoicing in Lament write by J. Todd Billings. This book was released on 2015-02-10. Rejoicing in Lament available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The End of the Christian Life
The End of the Christian Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The End of the Christian Life write by J. Todd Billings. This book was released on 2020-09-15. The End of the Christian Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Word of God for the People of God
The Word of God for the People of God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Word of God for the People of God write by J. Todd Billings. This book was released on 2010. The Word of God for the People of God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Union with Christ
Union with Christ - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Union with Christ write by J. Todd Billings. This book was released on 2011-11. Union with Christ available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An accomplished theologian recovers the biblical theme of union with Christ, showing how it affects current theological and ministry issues.
And Yet
And Yet - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook And Yet write by Rachael Newham. This book was released on 2021-11-18. And Yet available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In a life full of highs and lows, choice and challenges, the words 'and yet' can change everything. We are surrounded by darkness and yet there is light. We feel we are lacking and yet God provides. We are broken and bruised and yet there is hope. In the depths of depression and plagued with suicidal thoughts, Rachael Newham never thought she'd find herself writing a book on joy. And yet, if her journey with mental health illness has taught her anything it is that true, deep, lasting joy can only be experienced when we allow ourselves to enter into lament and be honest about our pain before God. With warm understanding, in this lovely Lent book for 2022 Rachael traces how Biblical writers used 'and yet' to bring together joy and lament and invites us to see them not as opposites, but two sides of the same coin. Drawing on her experiences with mental illness, she shows us how we can build a rhythm of both joy and lament into our lives both through the season of Lent and the rest of the church's year. With forty reflections split over six sections And Yet is the perfect daily Lent devotional for 2022, but its undated readings can be used for periods of prayerful reflection throughout the year. This is a beautiful Christian book on lament ideal for anyone looking for to better understand how the tradition of lament and joy work together, and how they can make them a part of their everyday spiritual formation. We may be living in dark circumstances - and yet with a few simple practices we can experience joy in every season.
