Living Scripture: The Guidance of God on the Journey of LifeWhere can we find truly inspiring models of leadership, friendship, creativity, and humanity to guide and motivate us today? How can we deal constructively with human shortcomings that continually trouble our world? Reflecting on 29 well-known biblical characters "including Moses, Abraham, Bathsheba, Naomi, Pontius Pilate, and Jesus himself" Herbert Driscoll shows how their strivings to live wisely, fully, and joyfully have timeless relevance for us. In our daily struggles with faith and wilderness, self-worth and failure, courage and guilt, power and weakness, we share much with our biblical ancestors. Learning from their journeys with God can deeply enrich our own spiritual journey. |
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... perhaps . But it could also be put in the language of the Spirit . Isaiah possesses a vision of God that is greater than any particular moment of history and greater than any empire , even the empire that at the moment holds him and his ...
... Perhaps we should remind ourselves of the position Peter has placed himself in , merely by accepting this invitation . He is going to the house not only of a Gentile - a despised out- sider - but also of one who represents the ...
... Perhaps hardly believing what he hears himself say , he calls for the group to receive baptism . And in that moment , not only does Peter's life and ministry change forever , but the course of the new faith takes a massive turn toward a ...
... Perhaps in a group around Moses and Aaron , or maybe in a large open meeting of tribal leaders , the pent - up resentment and dissat- isfaction erupts . A voice shouts its suspicion that they were all brought into this ghastly ...
... perhaps , but a life at least . This he proceeds to tell them . Here we see two things at work that contribute to the quality of Moses ' leadership . First , he discerns the simple rea- son for the groundswell of discontent . It is an ...
Contents
Accepting Responsibility | 49 |
The Cost of Integrity | 52 |
A Presence Beyond Panic | 56 |
A Welcoming Community | 60 |
A Lived Commitment | 64 |
Struggling With Our Humanity | 69 |
A Walk in Darkness | 72 |
Realizing SelfWorth | 76 |
Recognizing Loyalty | 36 |
A Serious Commitment | 40 |
A Recipe for Survival | 44 |
A Grace Beyond Failure | 80 |