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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... Spirit . It follows that we should expect examples of intuitive leaps in holy scripture . The apostle 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 ...
... Spirit ? Isaiah is in the same situation as the rest of his people . For the moment he and they are trapped in exile in Babylon . The difference between Isaiah and everyone else is that they be- lieve they are trapped , and Isaiah begs ...
... 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 ,
... 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 said , " Can any- one withhold the ...
... Spirit affecting this family and their household ! Peter himself is so moved by this undeniable manifesta- tion of God's Holy Spirit that he is swept up into the almost inexpressible joy and fervour all around him . Perhaps hardly ...
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 |