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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... Peter suddenly finds himself in a situation for which there is no neat plan , no book of rules to which he can refer . He is also alone ; no helpful consultation is possible . So Peter makes a decision . It's a far - reaching one for ...
... Peter has no choice . He must respond one way or the other . In this predicament he leaps over barriers and exclusions he has taken for granted all his life . We might ask an old if whim- sical question . Did he leap , or was he in fact ...
... by the Spirit to take leaps of discernment and new vision . They are by no means alone in holy scripture . There are others potentially among them- ourselves ! Thinking Creatively 11 A Leap in Faith While Peter was still speaking ,
... Peter was still speaking , the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word . The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles .... Then Peter ...
... Peter has gone to the coast and obtained lodgings , first in Lydda and then in Joppa . It looks as if he was seeking ... Peter's own life will be changed radically before his visit to the coast is over . He does not know it , but some ...
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 |