Yancey – Disappointment with God

CELC

231.7 Y

Author:
Yancey, Philip.
Title:
Disappointment with God : three questions no one asks aloud / Philip Yancey.
Publication info: N.Y., Harper Paperbacks, c1988.

Physical description:

260 p. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

“This book was published by special arrangmeent with Zondervan Publishing House.”

ISBN:
0061040223
Summary:
Step by step in this best-selling award-winning book Yancey retraces the long journey toward understanding the questions caused when God who doesn’t always do what we think He’s supposed to do.

Subject term:

God–Knowableness.

Subject term:

Theodicy.

Subject term:

Faith.

Colson – Faith participant’s guide

CELC

230 C

Personal Author:

Colson, Charles W.

Title:

             The faith : Participant’s Guide – Six Sessions / Charles Colson and Garry Poole.

Publication info:

Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan, 2008.

Physical description:

p. cm.

Summary:
The Faith, a six-session study, asserts that rightly understood and rightly communicated, the Christian faith is one of great joy. It is an invitation to God’s kingdom, where tears are replaced by laughter and longing hearts find purpose and a home. This is the heart of the gospel: God’s search to reclaim us and love us as his own. But have we truly grasped this?
Subjects :
Christian life.
Faith — Biblical teaching.
Faith and reason — Christianity.

Subject term:

Christianity–Essence, genius, nature.

Added Entry-Personal Name:

Poole, Garry.

ISBN:

9780310276074 (paperback)

 

 

 

Colson – Faith

CELC

230 C

Personal Author:

Colson, Charles W.

Title:

The faith : what Christians believe, why they believe it, and why it matters / Charles Colson and Harold Fickett.

Publication info:

Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan, 2008.

Physical description:

p. cm.

Contents:

God and the faith — Everywhere, always, by all — God is — He has spoken — Truth — What went right, what went wrong — The invasion — God above, God beside, God within — The faith and life — Exchanging identities — Reconciliation — The church — Be holy : transform the world — The sanctity of life — Last things — The joy of orthodoxy — The great proposal.

Local CELC note:
DVD of six sessions + paperback “Participants Guide” is also available.  DVD will appear on the Video spreadsheet.

Subject term:

Christianity–Essence, genius, nature.

Added Entry-Personal Name:

Fickett, Harold.

ISBN:

0310276039 (hardcover)

Hewer – Understanding Islam

CELC

297 H

Author     Hewer, C. T. R., 1952-
Title     Understanding Islam : an introduction / C.T.R. Hewer
Published     Minneapolis, Minn : Fortress Press, 2006
Description     xiii, 255 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm
Edition     1st Fortress Press ed
Published     Minneapolis, Minn : Fortress Press, 2006
Bibliog.     Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-238) and index
Contents     The wider picture : creation from a Muslim perspective — Muhammad, the last in the chain of prophets — The Qur’n, the revealed word of God — An overview of Islamic history — The central beliefs of Islam — The principal practices of Islam — A Muslim life — Living constantly remembering God — Islam and other faiths — Muslims in Britain and Western Europe — A Glossary
Subject     Islam — Essence, genius, nature
Islam — Doctrines
ISBN        13:978-0-8006-3791-0 (alk.paper) ;    10:0-8006-3791-7

Parkhurst – Francis & Edith Schaeffer

CELC

JBIO S

Schaeffer

Author     Parkhurst, Louis Gifford, 1946-
Title     Francis and Edith Schaeffer / L.G. Parkhurst, Jr
Published     Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House Publishers, c1996
Description     155 p. ; 18 cm
Contents     L’Abri — In search of answers — Do opposites attract? — Serving God together — With eyes toward Europe — Making difficult decisions — Troubles bring new opportunities — Living by faith alone — God gives them growth — Fighting the good fight — From strength to strength — Unfolding rose
Subject     Schaeffer, Francis A. (Francis August)
Schaeffer, Edith
L’Abri (Organization) — Biography
Christian biography — United States
Christian biography — Switzerland
Series     Women and men of faith

Kantonen – Life after death

CELC

236.2 K

Kantonen

Personal author

Kantonen, Taito Almar

Title:

Life After Death / Taito Almar Kantonen

Publication info:

Philadelphia:  Muhlenberg Press, c1962

Physical description:

54 p.; 19 cm.

Subject term:

Eschatology—Doctrinal Theology, Apologetics

Tags:

Apologetics, Christian doctrine, Christianity, Faith, Life after Death, Theology

Lewis – Great Divorce

CELC

236.2 L

Lewis

Personal Author:

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.

Title:

The great divorce, by C. S. Lewis.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication info:

New York : The Macmillan company, 1946.

Physical description:

128 p.

Summary:

What if anyone in Hell could take a bus trip to Heaven and stay there forever if they wanted to?

In The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis again employs his formidable talent for fable and allegory. The writer finds himself in Hell boarding a bus bound for Heaven. The amazing opportunity is that anyone who wants to stay in Heaven, can. This is the starting point for an extraordinary meditation upon good and evil, grace and judgment. Lewis’s revolutionary idea is the discovery that the gates of Hell are locked from the inside. In Lewis’s own words, “If we insist on keeping Hell (or even earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.”

Subject term:

Good and Evil

Subject term:

Future Life

Tags:

allegory, apologetics, Christian, Christian Fiction, Christianity, fantasy, heaven, hell, Inklings,  philosophy, religion, spirituality, theology

Kushner – Who needs God

CELC

296.7 K

Kushner

Personal Author:

Kushner, Harold S.

Title:

Who needs God / Harold Kushner.

Publication info:

New York : Summit Books, c1989.

Physical description:

208 p.

Summary:

If you have lost faith or have never known it, or if you have ever wondered “What can religion offer?” here are wise and thoughtful answers. With the warmth, insight, and understanding that distinguished his phenomenal bestsellers When Bad Things Happen to Good People and How Good Do We Have to Be?,Harold Kushner addresses a critical issue in the lives of many: a spiritual hunger that no personal success can feed. Rabbi Kushner shows how religious commitment does have a place in our daily lives, filling a need for connection, joy, and community.For anyone who has ever wanted a more fulfilling life or wished to make a difference in the lives of others…for anyone who has ever felt guilty, afraid, or alone…Rabbi Kushner shares a path to faith that offers new sources of comfort and strength for all of us. Powerful, provocative, and persuasive, Who Needs God is a message of universal appeal.

Subject term:

God (Judaism)–Worship and love.

Subject term:

Jewish way of life.

Subject term:

God–Worship and love.

ISBN:

0671680269 : 18.95

Yancey – Where is God when it hurts?

CELC

248.86 Y

Yancey

Personal Author:

Yancey, Philip.

Title:

Where is God when it hurts? / Philip Yancey.

Publication info:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan Pub. House, c1990

Physical description:

286 p.

Summary:

If there is a loving God, then why is it that … ? You’ve heard that question, perhaps asked it yourself. No matter how you complete it, at its root lies the issue of pain. Does God order our suffering? Does he decree an abusive childhood, orchestrate a jet crash, steer a tornado through a community? Or did he simply wind up the world’s mainspring and now is watching from a distance? Yancey reveals a God who is neither capricious nor unconcerned. Using examples from the Bible and from his own experiences, Yancey looks at pain—physical, emotional, and spiritual—and helps us understand why we suffer. Where Is God When It Hurts? speaks to those for whom life sometimes just doesn’t make sense. It also helps equip anyone who wants to reach out to someone in pain but just doesn’t know what to say.

Subject term:

              Personal growth.

Subject term:

Suffering–Religious aspects–Christianity.

ISBN:

0310245729

Johnson – Finding God in the Questions

CELC

230 J

Johnson

Personal Author:

Johnson, G. Timothy, 1936-

Title:

Finding God in the questions : a personal journey / Timothy Johnson.

Publication info:

Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2004.

Physical description:

216 p.: Rdg., Notes, Biblio. (pp.201-216)

Summary:

Don’t shy away from your questions, says Dr. Timothy Johnson, medical editor for ABC News. He believes that’s where God meets you—in the midst of honest grappling with heartfelt issues.

In this remarkable book, Dr. Johnson discloses his deeply personal journey of faith. With the same keen mind accustomed to medical and scientific examination, he investigates the plausibility of God’s existence and explores the significance of the person of Jesus. Despite all the difficulties of faith, he explains what he believes and why. He writes,

“As a physician, I have committed my professional life to healing and wellness. But my public work is only a small part of who I really am—or rather, who I want to be. This book is, in a sense, ‘the rest of the story.’

“For many people, religion provides answers to the big questions of life. For others, the absolute claims of religion raise more questions than they answer. I have lived on both sides—and in some senses, I still do. My path of faith has wandered through both doubt and belief, often at the same time.

“Doubt doesn’t have to tear down belief, however; it can purify it. When it does, the beliefs on the other side become more certain. This is why I would like to affirm that it is possible to find God even while you are still asking the big questions.”

Come join a fellow pilgrim on the journey. Ask your questions—and perhaps find God behind them.

Subject term:

Apologetics.

Subject term:

Religion and science.

Subject term:

Christian life.

ISBN:

0830832149

Tags:

Apologetics, belief, biography, Christian, Christian Living, Christian Nonfiction, Christianity, faith, God, memoir, religion, science, science and religion, Spiritual Growth, spirituality