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Simon D. Podmore claims that becoming a self before God is both a divine gift and an anxious obligation. Before we can know God, or ourselves, we must come to a moment of recognition. How this comes to be, as well as the terms of such acknowledgment, are worked out in Podmore's powerful new reading of Kierkegaard. As he gives full consideration to Kierkegaard's writings, Podmore explores themes such as despair, anxiety, melancholy, and spiritual trial, and how they are broken by the triumph of faith, forgiveness, and the love of God. He confronts the abyss between the self and the divine in order to understand how we can come to know ourselves in relation to a God who is apparently so wholly Other.
A passionate meditation on the consolations and disappointments of religion and poetry
The author considers various aspects of the German Logos and the Germanic-Scandinavian tradition ... At the center of the narrative is the history of the decline of Europe and European man, and the complex non-dual figure of the god Odin.
In this book the president of the Fraternity of CL engages with this dramatic time in which nothingness presses down so powerfully on the life of everyone, making one suspect the positivity of living and the ultimate consistency of reality itself. It appears that everything ends in nothingness even our very selves. Paradoxically, this context reveals how intolerable it is to live without meaning and shows us the strength of that indestructible desire to be wanted and to be loved. We have here a winning comparison of life with present events and with the insufficient attempt to survive using distraction and forgetfulness. The author points to an answer that measures up to this challenge: a "you" that embraces the cry of our humanity awakening a love for ourselves and for our life. The encounter with a living Christian community which makes our common journey become fascinating. It is a witness of a faith which enters the current experience generating an awareness of a new affection, a fight which is able to value all that is true, beautiful and good that one meets upon the road.
The Pivotal Moments in the Old Testament series helps readers see Scripture with new eyes, highlighting short, key texts—pivotal moments—that shift our expectations and invite us to turn toward another reality transformed by God's purposes and action. The book of Jeremiah tells the story of a prophetic mission that seems doomed to fail. God instructs Jeremiah to call to account a people who refuse to turn from their unfaithfulness until it is too late, and they encounter destruction at the hands of the Babylonians. Yet underlying the themes of warning and judgment is a steady refrain: God’s desire to draw God’s people back into covenant, even when things seem past the point of no return. What lessons can contemporary readers draw from the narrative of a stubborn people who cling to their exploitative ways and a God who, even so, relentlessly pursues them? In Returning from the Abyss, Walter Brueggemann explores the historical and literary context of the book of Jeremiah to illuminate the dual themes of Israel’s long walk into, and out of, the trauma and devastation of exile. Throughout, Brueggemann points out the role of the prophet in overturning a people’s illusory sense of security in unjust structures that are not of God and leading those same people toward the hope of restoration and return. He also highlights the persistent themes of empire, self-sufficiency, and withholding from neighbor that inform the narratives of both Israel and "American exceptionalism" and examines how the holiness of God is at work in untamed historical processes that point us toward a costly hope for a just economic and political future.
The Bible has had an immeasurable influence on Western culture, touching on virtually every aspect of our lives. It is one of the great wellsprings of Western religious, ethical, and philosophical traditions. It has been an endless source of inspiration to artists, from classic works such as Michaelangelo's Last Judgment, Handel's Messiah, or Milton's Paradise Lost, to modern works such as Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers or Martin Scorsese's controversial Last Temptation of Christ. For countless generations, it has been a comfort in suffering, a place to reflect on the mysteries of birth, death, and immortality. Its stories and characters are an integral part of the repertoire of every educated adult, forming an enduring bond that spans thousands of years and embraces a vast community of believers and nonbelievers. The Oxford Companion to the Bible provides an authoritative one-volume reference to the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious belief, and secular influence of the Bible. Written by more than 250 scholars from some 20 nations and embracing a wide variety of perspectives, the Companion offers over seven hundred entries, ranging from brief identifications--who is Dives? where is Pisgah?--to extensive interpretive essays on topics such as the influence of the Bible on music or law. Ranging far beyond the scope of a traditional Bible dictionary, the Companion features, in addition to its many informative, factual entries, an abundance of interpretive essays. Here are extended entries on religious concepts from immortality, sin, and grace, to baptism, ethics, and the Holy Spirit. The contributors also explore biblical views of modern issues such as homosexuality, marriage, and anti-Semitism, and the impact of the Bible on the secular world (including a four-part article on the Bible's influence on literature). Of course, the Companion can also serve as a handy reference, the first place to turn to find factual information on the Bible. Readers will find fascinating, informative articles on all the books of the Bible--including the Apocrypha and many other ancient texts, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, Pseudepigrapha, and the Mishrah. Virtually every figure who walked across the biblical stage is identified here, ranging from Rebekah, Rachel, and Mary, to Joseph, Barabbas, and Jesus. The Companion also offers entries that shed light on daily life in ancient Israel and the earliest Christian communities, with fascinating articles on feasts and festivals, clothing, medicine, units of time, houses, and furniture. Finally, there are twenty-eight pages of full-color maps, providing an accurate, detailed portrait of the biblical world. A vast compendium of information related to scriptures, here is an ideal complement to the Bible, an essential volume for every home and library, the first place to turn for information on the central book of Western culture.
Become the Lord of Darkness himself through a physical incarnation of Abaddon with this fearless guide to crossing the Abyss. Harness the underworld forces of necromancy with the most powerful group grimoire of the demon Abaddon in history. Learn the most advanced magick breakthroughs and hear crazy but true experiences from 8 of the world's top demonologists: E.A. Koetting, Michael W. Ford, Edgar Kerval, Bill Duvendack, Orlee Stewart, V.K. Jehannum & Enoch B. Petrucelly. Book 1 - E.A. Koetting - The Grimoire of Abaddon Grimoire of Abaddon p.35 Introduction p.37 The Last Lock p.41 Unlocking the Bottomless Pit p.59 Black Renunciation p.79 Abaddon's Jiva-Samsara Karma Trap p.97 Becoming a Monster God p.113 The Devil's Idol p.127 Book 2 - Michael W. Ford - Apollyon: Angel of the Bottomless Pit Apollyon: Angel of the Bottomless Pit p.135 Abaddon & the Abyss in Left-Hand Path Magick p.135 Darkness, the Abyss & Metaphysical Satanism p.141 Abaddon, the Place of Destruction p.141 Απολλυων-Apollyon the Destroyer 145 Canaanite Origins of Abaddon p.146 Apollo Hekatos-Shooter from Afar p.147 Abaddon in the Qliphoth p.150 Apollo the Locust God & God of Oracles p.152 The Hymns of Exterminans p.157 Bibliography p.158 Book 3 - Edgar Kerval - Abaddon: The Destroyer of Worlds Abaddon p.161 Destroyer of Worlds p.161 Consciousness, Reality & Reflections p.165 Ritual Sacrifices p.167 Initiatory Path of Fire p.172 The Mask of the Hunter p.175 The Mask of Vampire Predator p.175 Book 4 - Bill Duvendack - Ululate Exitium: The Beast, the Shadow & the Thing Ululate Exitium p.177 Abaddon p.178 The Beast p.180 To Mega Therion p.181 The Shadow p.183 The Dweller on the Threshold p.186 Choronzon p.187 H.P. Lovecraft & the "Thing on the Doorstep" p.189 Necromantic Connections p.190 Final Thoughts p.191 Book 5 - Orlee Stewart - Liber Inferi: The Book of Hell Liber Inferi: The Book of Hell p.195 Forerunners of the Apocalypse p.196 Open Wide the Gates of Hell p.200 Mother of Abominations p.206 Silvered Leaves p.208 Book 6 - V.K. Jehannum - Apollyon: The Abyssal God of Thaumiel Apollyon p.211 The Abyssal God of Thaumiel & the Black Sun p.211 Magickal Correspondences p.211 The Magick of Abaddon p.212 Magickal Chants p.219 Bibliography p.237 Book 7 - Enoch B. Petrucelly - Hades: Crossing the Abyss Hades p.239 Crossing the Abyss into Non-Being p.239 Introduction p.240 Hades as the Destroyer God p.240 The Use of the Daemon Tongue Language p.241 The Evocation of Hades p.242 The Rite of Crossing the Abyss p.245 The Crossing of the Abyss Step by Step p.248 The Fires of Hades p.251 A Cursing Rite p.251 The Rite of the Aeon p.254 The Badb: A Goddess of Death, War & Enlightenment p.259 Evokation of Badb p.261 Cursing the Slave Gods p.263 For Attainment of Greater Freedom & Power p.263 Grimoire Closing p.268
Reflecting on the practice of disciple making in young adult, college, graduate, and local church contexts, Jonathan Dodson has discerned some common pitfalls. For many, discipleship is reduced to a form of religious performance before God. For others, it devolves into spiritual license and a loose adherence to spiritual facts. Both approaches distort biblical motivations for Christian obedience and are in need of reform. By explaining various motivations for discipleship, Dodson charts a biblically faithful, grace-driven alternative. Additionally, he provides a practical model for creating gospel-centered discipleship groups—small, reproducible, missional, gender-specific groups of believers that fight for faith together. This book blends both theology and practice to inspire and equip Christians to effectively fight sin, keep Jesus central, and make gospel-centered discipleship a way of life. Both new and growing Christians will learn to trust the gospel in community as they fight together for holiness as well as how to start gospel-centered community groups in any local church.
It is generally accepted that Revelation’s heavenly scenes were intended to demonstrate that God continued to exercise his control even when the audience’s experience might suggest otherwise. In The Abyss in Revelation, Edward Gudeman argues that even though the scenes of the underworld and its inhabitants are describing reality from the opposite perspective, they declare God’s sovereignty and power in an equally powerful way. Examining the motif and imagery of the abyss and the sea in Old Testament, New Testament, Greco-Roman, and Second Temple Jewish writings, Gudeman identifies traditions that John appropriates in Revelation in order to create his unique vision of the abyss. Gudeman shows that the abyss and related concepts in Revelation are variously envisioned as the abode of evil creatures, the place from which they exit, and a prison that holds them captive. In all of this, John consistently demonstrates that God is in control of the activity of Satan and demonic beings and that their destruction is both planned and certain. Original and convincing, this volume sheds light on Revelation’s message about how God responds to evil and advances our understanding of several interpretive problems related to the abyss and its inhabitants. Biblical scholars especially will benefit from Gudeman’s research.
Dare to descend into the Underdark in this adventure for the world’s greatest roleplaying game The Underdark is a subterranean wonderland, a vast and twisted labyrinth where fear reigns. It is the home of horrific monsters that have never seen the light of day. It is here that the dark elf Gromph Baenre, Archmage of Menzoberranzan, casts a foul spell meant to ignite a magical energy that suffuses the Underdark and tears open portals to the demonic Abyss. What steps through surprises even him, and from that moment on, the insanity that pervades the Underdark escalates and threatens to shake the Forgotten Realms to its foundations. Stop the madness before it consumes you! A Dungeons & Dragons® adventure for characters of levels 1–15