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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... society is formed . But we have difficulty regarding our personal spirituality as an ongoing living process . The last few centuries have made us forget that Christian faith is not merely a set of proposi- tions to be believed but a ...
... society . Others lapsed into despondency or seethed with helpless anger . Most assumed that life in their beloved country was over for the foreseeable future , and that they themselves were fated to die in exile . The empire that had ...
... society - where some sub- sisted as forced labourers and others eventually managed to build small businesses - they desperately kept alive the hope of one day returning home and rebuilding Jerusalem . Even- tually some decided to ...
... societies around the world . Once the dream of a better future has come into the mind of a people - a dream of liberation , of justice , of a better life - it has repeatedly proved unstoppable . Guns , tanks , prisons , torture - all ...
... society , would indeed have sat in judgement on disputes . However , her au- thority would have rested not on any judicial system , but on the respect in which her society held her . She was recognized as a woman of immense insight ...
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 |