Tag: Grace

Trinitarian Grace in Martin Luther’s The Bondage of the Will


Free Download Miikka Ruokanen, "Trinitarian Grace in Martin Luther’s The Bondage of the Will"
English | ISBN: 0192895834 | 2021 | 238 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Miikka Ruokanen reveals the powerfully Trinitarian and participatory nature of Martin Luther’s conception of divine grace in his magnum opus The Bondage of the Will. The study establishes a genuinely new understanding of Luther’s major treatise opening up its ecumenical potential. Luther’s debate with Erasmus signifies not only a disagreement concerning free will, but the dispute reveals two contrasting understandings of the very core idea of the Christian faith. For Erasmus, the relationship of the human being with God is based on the rationally and morally acceptable principles of fair play. For Luther, the human being is captivated by the overwhelming power of unfaith and transcendental evil, Satan; only the monergistic grace of the Triune God and the power of the Holy Spirit can liberate him/her.

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Grace Unfolding Psychotherapy in the Spirit of Tao-te ching


Free Download Greg Johanson, Ronald S. Kurtz, "Grace Unfolding: Psychotherapy in the Spirit of Tao-te ching"
English | 1994 | ISBN: 0517881306 | EPUB | pages: 160 | 0.5 mb
A sensible and compassionate book that will help those involved in any form of therapy make the best possible use of their time, effort, and money. "A fascinating blend of Eastern spirituality, Western psychotherapy, feminist consciousness, and real caring."-Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade 35 black-and-white photographs.

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A Model for Marriage Covenant, Grace, Empowerment and Intimacy


Free Download Judith K. Balswick, "A Model for Marriage: Covenant, Grace, Empowerment and Intimacy"
English | 2006 | ISBN: 0830827609 | PDF | pages: 213 | 0.8 mb
Jack and Judy Balswick offer a vision of marriage that is both profoundly spiritual and thoroughly practical. Drawing insight from Christian theology and from social science research, the Balswicks bring together their years of teaching, writing and being married to each other to produce a book of faith and wisdom for facing the challenge of marriage in the twenty-first century.

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The Case for Grace A Journalist Explores the Evidence of Transformed Lives


Free Download Lee Strobel, "The Case for Grace: A Journalist Explores the Evidence of Transformed Lives"
English | 2016 | pages: 240 | ISBN: 0310259231, 0310259177 | EPUB | 2,1 mb
Join investigative journalist and bestselling author Lee Strobel as he embarks on his life-changing quest to solve the riddle of grace. Along the way, you’ll find the undeniable evidence of grace in the true stories of racists, addicts, and even murderers who have found new hope and purpose-all through the redemptive power of God’s amazing grace.

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Sola Christ, Grace, Faith, and Scripture Alone in Martin Luther’s Theology


Free Download Volker Leppin, "Sola: Christ, Grace, Faith, and Scripture Alone in Martin Luther’s Theology "
English | ISBN: 150649188X | 2024 | 228 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Leppin explores the four "solas" of Reformation theology-Christ, grace, faith, and scripture-as both anchored in the culture of late-medieval devotion and representing new, firmly demarcated formulae. Luther’s four pillars became clarion calls in the fight against the medieval church. Leppin helps readers understand, however, that in the journey toward these new theological understandings, continuity and discontinuity were inextricably linked. Luther built upon the foundations of his late-medieval world, even as he articulated the sola Christus, sola gratia, sola fide, and sola scriptura foundations that would change Christianity forever. Along the way, these principles functioned as integrative, continuous ideas and exclusive, demarcating ones at the same time.

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Throne of Grace A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West [Audiobook]


Free Download Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CKLZVB6N | 2024 | 9 hours and 59 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 286 MB
Author: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
Narrator: Johnny Heller

The explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explored the American frontier, written by New York Times bestselling authors Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is the early 19th century, and the land recently purchased by President Thomas Jefferson stretches west for thousands of miles. Who inhabits this vast new garden of Eden? What strange beasts and natural formations can be found? Thus was the birth of Manifest Destiny and the resulting bloody battles with Indigenous tribes encountered by white explorers. Also in this volatile mix are the grizzled fur trappers and mountain men, waging war against the Native American tribes whose lands they traverse.

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Phenomenologies of Grace The Body, Embodiment, and Transformative Futures


Free Download Marcus Bussey, Camila Mozzini-Alister, "Phenomenologies of Grace: The Body, Embodiment, and Transformative Futures"
English | 2020 | pages: 383 | ISBN: 3030406253, 3030406229 | PDF | 3,7 mb
This book explores the place of the body and embodied practices in the production and experience of grace in order to generate transformative futures. The authors offer a range of phenomenologies in order to move the philosophical anchoring of phenomenology from an abstracted European tradition into more open and complex experiential sets of understandings. Grace is a sticky word with many layers to it, and the authors explore this complexity through a range of traditions, practices, and autobiographical accounts. The goal is to open a grace-space for reflection and action that is both futures-oriented and enlivening.

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