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شرح تشريح القانون
by ابن النفيسقال الشيخ الرئيس رحمة الله عليه وجملة العظام دعامة وقوام للبدن وما كان من هذه العظام إنما يحتاج إليه للدعامة فقط أو للوقاية ولا يحتاج إليه لتحريك الأعضاء فإنه خلق مصمتاً وإن كان فيه المسام والفرج التي لا بد منها. إلى قوله: والعظام كلها متجاورة متلاقية. الشرح كل عضو ولا بد أن يكون في جرمه خلل ينفذ فيه الغذاء إلى عمقه وهذا الخلل إن لم يكن محسوساً سمي مساماً ويسمى ما كان خلله من العظام كذلك مصمتاً لأنه مصمت في الحس وإن كان ذلك الخلل محسوساً فإما أن يكون متفرقاً في جرم العضو كما في عظم الفك الأسفل فيسمى ما كان من العظم كذلك هشاً متخلخلاً أولا يكون متفرقاً في جرمه بل مجتمعاً في موضع واحد فيسمى ما كان من العظام كذلك مجوفاً. وكل عظم فإما أن يكون صغيراً جداً كالأنملة بل كالعظام السمسمانية فلا يحتاج فيه إلى تجويف محسوس لأن هذا لصغره يتمكن الغذاء من النفوذ إلى قعره بسهولة لقصر المسافة أولا يكون صغيراً. فإما أن يكون المقصود منه الحركة أو آلة الدعامة والوقاية أو مجموع الأمرين. والحركة تحوج إلى الخفة وذلك يقتضي التجويف. والدعامة والوقاية يحوجان إلى قوة الجرم وذلك يحوج إلى عدم التجويف وإذا اجتمع الأمران روعي كل واحد منهما وتكون أكثر العناية مصروفة إلى الأهم منها وهو الذي الحاجة إليه من ذلك العظم أشد فلذلك خلق عظم الفك الأسفل كثير التجويف متخلخلاً لتكون خفته كبيرة إذ معظم الحاجة إليه إنما هو الحركة. وخلق العظم الوتدي مصمتاً لشدة الحاجة فيه إلى الدعامة والوقاية والوثاقة مع عدم الحاجة إلى الحركة. وخلق كل واحد من عظمي الساق والساعد ذا تجويف واحد لاجتماع الغرضين فيه. لأن عظم الساق مجوفاً يحتاج إلى قوة الجرم ليكون قوياً على حمل البدن ويحتاج إلى الخفة لأجل سهولة الحركة ففائدة تجويفه أن يكون أخف وفائدة توحيد التجزيف أن يبقى جرمه قوياً فتجتمع الخفة من القوة وهذا كما في القنا والقصب. قوله: وجعل تجويفه في الوسط واحداً ليكون جرمه غير محتاج إلى مواقف الغذاء المتفرقة. أما أن هذا التجويف يكون في الوسط فلأمرين: أحدهما: أن التجويف لو مال إلى جهة لضعف جرم العظم من تلك الجهة فكان يتهيأ للانكسار منها وذلك لأن الجوانب إذا كانت كلها متساوية في القوة لم يمكن الانكسار من جهة منه أولى منن غيرها فيكون حصوله أعسر ولو كان كل واحد من الجوانب أضعف من الجانب الذي ضعف لو حده وكذلك فإن الصفارين ونحوهم يحزون الموضع الذي يريدون الانكسار منه حزاً يسيراً فينكسر المنحز من ذلك الموضع أسهل مما لو كان جرمه من كل جانب بتلك القوة وما ذلك إلا لتعيين موضع يكون أولى بالانكسار. وثانيهما: وأما أن هذا التجويف يكون واحداً فلأنه لو كان كثيراً لضعف جرم العظم لأجل تخلخله. وأما قوله: ليكون جرمه غير محتاج إلى مواقف الغذاء المتفرقة منه فهو مشكل. وذلك لأن اللازم لكون التجويف غير واحد. وهو أن يكون كثيراً متفرقاً في جرم العظم ويلزم ذلك أن يكون جرمه ضعيفاً. وأما أن مواقف الغذاء تكون كثيرة متفرقة فإنما يلزم لو كان التجويف صغيراً حتى لا يبقى الواحد بأن يكون كافياً في التغذي فيحتاج أن يكون كثيراً فيكون ذلك تقليلاً لفائدة خلقه ذلك التجويف عظيماً لكونه واحداً وقد ذكر الشيخ للمخ ثلاث فوائد. إحداها: أن يغذ العظم وقد تكلمنا في ذلك فيما سلف. وثانيتها: أن يرطبه حتى لا يجف بالحركة حركة وإنما ذكر فائدة الترطيب ولم يذكر فائدة التغذية. لأن فائدة التغذية معلومة. بل هي فائدة مستقلة بنفسها فيكون السكوت عنها غير مستقبح ولا كذلك فائدة الترطيب. فإنه قد يظن أنه ضار بالعظم وخصوصاً الذي يراد أن يكون جرمه قوياً لأن قوة العظم تتبع صلابته والترطيب يمنع الصلابة. وثالثها: أن يكون العظم كالمصمت مع كونه مجوفاً. ولقائل أن يقول: إن هذا مما لا أثر له في زيادة القوة فلا يصلح أن تكون فائدة فيها. قوله: والتجويف يقل إذا كانت الحاجة إلى الوقاية أكثر ويكثر إذا كانت الحاجة إلى الخفة أكثر.
فن التحرير العربي ضوابطه وأنماطه
by محمد صالح الشنطييعتبر كتاب "فن التحرير العربي" لمحمد صالح الشنطي هو البداية لكل كاتب اراد تطوير فن الكتابه لديه بطريقة ميسرة وسهلة الفهم
अब्राहम, इसहाक और याकूब के भगवान
by गेब्रियल एग्बोपरमेश्वर की वाचा के वादे विफल नहीं होते। यह पुस्तक आपको अपने जीवन के लिए भगवान के सभी वादों को प्राप्त करने में मदद करने के लिए लिखी गई है। यह व्यक्तिगत सावधानी के साथ एक विस्तृत और विस्तृत अध्ययन है, जिसमें ईश्वर की क्षमता और इच्छा है कि वह हमारे प्रति अपने सभी शब्दों का प्रदर्शन कर सके। उन्होंने कहा कि वह उन्हें पारित करने के लिए लाने के लिए उनके शब्दों पर देखता है।
आरम्भ्कर्ताओं के लिए बाइबल: अध्ययन गाइड 66 किताबें शुरू करने के लिए समझाया (Action Packs Ser. #115)
by ब्रायन गुगासयुगों से लोग मार्गदर्शन और आशा के लिए बाइबिल की तरफ मुड़े हैं| यह बाइबिल अध्ययन की पुस्तक शुरुआती लोगों के लिए बाइबिल की प्रशंसा विकसित करने और इसे दैनिक जीवन का हिस्सा बनाने के लिए एक नक़्शे के रूप में कार्य करती है| बाइबिल की सभी 66 पुस्तकें विस्तार से शामिल हैं: •प्रत्येक पुस्तक के लेखक और उस समय की रूपरेखा जिसमें वह लिखी गई थी •प्रत्येक पुस्तक का मुख्य विषय •प्रत्येक पुस्तक के सन्देश का सारांश •चिंतन और आगे की खोज के लिए एक भक्ति बाइबिल की कहानियों, भविष्यवाणियों और संदेशों में खुद को विसर्जित कर दें और ईश्वर और ईसा मसीह की विस्मयकारी शक्ति, दया और उपचार शक्ति की खोज करें| अनुग्रहकारी और प्रेरणादायक, शुरुआती लोगों के लिए बाइबिल अध्ययन पाठक को मूल बातों में वापस लाता है और इश्वर के जीवित शब्द के साथ एक सीधे सम्बन्ध का रास्ता खोलता है|
चरवाहे की प्रेम कहानी: चरवाहे की बावर्ची, चरवाहे का प्यार, ग्वाले की प्रेम कहानी, प्रेम खिलाड़ी, प्रेम के राही
by मिस्टी एम. बेलरजब उनका दक्षिण कैरोलिना वाला घर जलकर राख हो गया, तब एना स्टीवर्ट के पास एकमात्र विकल्प बचता है- अपने छोटे भाई के साथ टेक्सास के खेत में जाना। उनकी संभावनाएं बेहतर लगने लगती हैं। किसान के चरवाहे बेटे, जैकब ओ'ब्रायन की नीली आँखों ने एना की जिंदगी की सुनियोजित कहानी में एक मोड़ ला दिया। जब जानलेवा पशु चोरों के एक गिरोह का खतरा बढ़ जाता है, और उन नीली आंखों वाले चरवाहे को दिल दे बैठती है तब क्या एना अपना सबकुछ भगवान के शक्तिशाली हाथों में सौंप देती है ...?
जादुवाद के मुंह पर तमाचा
by Gabriel Agbo Sameer Kumarयह किताब जादुवाद, झूठे धर्म और अनजाने में इस तरह की गतिविधियों को बढ़ावा देने वाले क्रिया कलापों के प्रति आम इंसान को आगाह करती है | यह हमें बताती है की किस तरह और किस वक्त हम ईश्वर में ध्यान लगाकर अपने आस पास की राक्षसी शक्तियों को हरा सकते हैं|
बर्नार्ड Levine के सर्वश्रेष्ठ
by Bernard Levine Shyama Singhबर्नार्ड Levine के शब्दों से प्रेरित है, प्रोत्साहित किया है और समर्पित पाठकों केहजारों के लिए खुशी लाया । आप इसके लिए कहा है, आपके द्वारा वोट दिया,यहां पहली बार के लिए है बर्नार्ड Levine बहुत बेहतरीन प्रेरणादायक क्लासिक्सका संग्रह है ।
स्वर्ण-युग की दुनिया में जाते हुए धनवान बने (ध्यान टिप्पणियों सहित)
by Brahma Kumari Pariइस ग्रंथ में सूचित किए गई क्रिया आपके आध्यात्मिक विकास, वित्तीय और निर्वाह दशा सुधारने हेतू सहायता करता हैं! इस ग्रंथ में, आप वित्तीय या आध्यात्मिक स्तर पर धनवान कैसे बने, और स्वर्णिम युग (होलोग्राफिक विश्व के माध्यम से) में चलते हुए आपकी इच्छाको पूर्ण करता हैं| हमारे जीवन के लक्ष्य को साध्य करने हेतू ईश्वर और उनके ज्ञान का किस पद्धती से उपयोग करना हैं, इसे प्रस्तुत ग्रंथ में स्पस्ष्ट किया हैं: 1. जो चमत्कारी शक्तीयॉं (सिद्धी) और विशेषताए आपको चाहिये वह इस ग्रंथ में दिए गई हैं| 2. आकर्षण का सिद्धांत धन और खुशिया क्यो लाता हैं ई.| 3. विज़ुअलाइज़ेशन क्यों और कैसे भौतिक हो सकते हैं| 4. उच्च आयाम के करीब जाना, जहां आकाशिक रिकॉर्ड मौजूद हैं, वह आपको अपने सपनों को आसानी से महसूस करने में मदद करेगा। 5. आपको जो चाहिये वह प्राप्त करने हेतू अआप्न ब्रह्मलोक से कि
होलोग्राफिक यूनिवर्स: एक परिचय
by Brahma Kumari Pariइस पुस्तक मे जो कुछ भी समझाया गया है उसकी गहराई को समझने के मकसद से इसे पढ़िये। इसे सिर्फ एक 'पाठन सामग्री' मत समझिए। इसे सिर्फ होलोग्राफिक यूनिवर्स के बारे में जानने के लिए मत पढ़िए बल्कि, लेखिका इसके बारे में क्या समझाना चाहती है जब तक आप उसको अनुभव नही करते और समझ नही लेते तब तक उस पर चिंतन करते रहिए। इस पुस्तक मे जो भी लिखा गया है उसकी कल्पना करते समय एक खुला और साफ मस्तिष्क रखने से आपको यह अनुभव करने में मदद मिलेगी कि लेखिका ने क्या अनुभव किया है और आपने उससे अलग क्या अनुभव किया है। परिणाम स्वरूप, आप ये समझ पाएंगे की लेखिका क्या समझाना चाहती है। जब तक आप इस पुस्तक को समझ नही लेते तब तक अगर आप इसे बार बार पढ़ेंगे, तो आपकी होलोग्राफिक यूनिवर्स को अनुभव करने की क्षमता बढ़ती जाएगी। पढ़ने के अनुभव का आनंद लीजिए !
21 DAY SPIRITUAL WARFARE PRAYER AND DEVOTIONAL JOURNAL
by Edward JohnsonThe journal provides strategies to defeat Satan and his plans against the believers.
‘Going Native?': Settler Colonialism and Food (Food and Identity in a Globalising World)
by Alejandro Colás Daniel Monterescu Ronald RantaThis volume offers a comparative survey of diverse settler colonial experiences in relation to food, food culture and foodways - how the latter are constructed, maintained, revolutionised and, in some cases, dissolved. What do settler colonial foodways and food cultures look like? Are they based on an imagined colonial heritage, do they embrace indigenous repertoires or invent new hybridised foodscapes? What are the socio-economic and political dynamics of these cultural transformations? In particular, this volume focuses on three key issues: the evolution of settler colonial identities and states; their relations vis-à-vis indigenous populations; and settlers’ self-indigenisation – the process through which settlers transform themselves into the native population, at least in their own eyes. These three key issues are crucial in understanding settler-indigenous relations and the rise of settler colonial identities and states.
‘Now I Know’: Five Centuries of Aqedah Exegesis
by Albert van der HeideThis book describes how medieval Jewish Bible scholars sought to answer the question of what is meant by the Angel’s message from God to Abraham: ‘Now I Know’, as written in Genesis 22 verse 12. It examines these scholars’ comments on the nineteen verses in Genesis that tell the story of Abraham’s readiness to sacrifice his own son Isaac, the Aqedat Yiṣḥaq. It explores the answers they found to the question of what, indeed, this story is trying to tell us. Is it a drastic way to condemn the practice of child sacrifice? Does it call for replacing human sacrifices with animal sacrifices? Is it a trial by which the Almighty tests the fidelity of one of His followers? Or is it His way to show the world the nature of true belief?The book starts with an introduction to familiarize readers with the many and varied manifestations of the Aqedah theme in Jewish culture and with the developments of medieval Jewish Bible exegesis in general. Next, it offers translations and analyses of the classical medieval Jewish Bible commentaries that deal with the exegesis of Genesis 22, exploring the many angles from which the Aqedah story has been understood. No less than five centuries of medieval Aqedah exegesis are reviewed, from Saadya (882-942) to Isaac Abrabanel (1437-1508). These texts from the commentaries are combined with hermeneutical key passages by Moses Maimonides, Joseph Ibn Kaspi, Ḥasdai Crescas, and others, which were familiar to the minds of the exegetes, or which, conversely, reflect the impact of biblical Aqedah exegesis on religious thought. Together, the passages discussed illustrate the growth and development of Jewish Bible exegesis in dialogue with the rabbinic sources and with the various trends of thought and theology of their times. The consistent focus on the Aqedah constitutes a unifying theme, while the insights presented here greatly advance our understanding of the various developments in medieval Jewish Bible exegesis.
‘Pre-Islamic Survivals’ in Muslim Central Asia: Tsarist, Soviet and Post-Soviet Ethnography in World Historical Perspective (Islam and Global Studies)
by R. Charles WellerThe book traces the conceptual lens of historical-cultural ‘survivals’ from the late 19th-century theories of E.B. Tylor, James Frazer, and others, in debate with monotheistic ‘degenerationists’ and Protestant anti-Catholic polemicists, back to its origins in Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions as well as later more secularized forms in the German Enlightenment and Romanticist movements. These historical sources, particularly the ‘dual faith’ tradition of Russian Orthodoxy, significantly shaped both Tsarist and later Soviet ethnography of Muslim Central Asia, helping guide and justify their respective religious missionary, social-legal, political and other imperial agendas. They continue impacting post-Soviet historiography in complex and debated ways. Drawing from European, Central Asian, Middle Eastern and world history, the fields of ethnography and anthropology, as well as Christian and Islamic studies, the volume contributes to scholarship on ‘syncretism’ and ‘conversion’, definitions of Islam, history as identity and heritage, and more. It is situated within a broader global historical frame, addressing debates over ‘pre-Islamic Survivals’ among Turkish and Iranian as well as Egyptian, North African Berber, Black African and South Asian Muslim Peoples while critiquing the legacy of the Geertzian ‘cultural turn’ within Western post-colonialist scholarship in relation to diverging trends of historiography in the post-World War Two era.
‘Ritual Litter' Redressed (Elements in Magic)
by Ceri HoulbrookRitual deposition is not an activity that many people in the Western world would consider themselves participants of. The enigmatic beliefs and magical thinking that led to the deposition of swords in watery places and votive statuettes in temples, for example, may feel irrelevant to the modern day. However, it could be argued that ritual deposition is a more widespread feature now than in the past, with folk assemblages – from roadside memorials and love-lock bridges, to wishing fountains and coin-trees – emerging prolifically worldwide. Despite these assemblages being as much the result of ritual activity as historically deposited objects, they are rarely given the same academic attention or heritage status. As well as exploring the nature of ritual deposition in the contemporary West, and the beliefs and symbolisms behind various assemblages, this Element explores the heritage of the modern-day deposit, promoting a renegotiation of the pejorative term 'ritual litter'.
‘Two Scrubby Travellers’: A psychoanalytic view of flourishing and constraint in religion through the lives of John and Charles Wesley
by Pauline WatsonThe ways in which people change and grow, and learn to become good, are not only about conscious decisions to behave well, but about internal change which allows a loving and compassionate response to others. Such change can take place in psychotherapy; this book explores whether similar processes can occur in a religious context. Using the work of Julia Kristeva and other post-Kleinian psychoanalysts, change and resistance to change are examined in the lives of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and his brother Charles, the greatest English hymn-writer. Their mother’s description of them as young men as ‘two scrubby travellers’, was a prescient expression indicating their future pilgrimage, which they negotiated through many struggles and compromises; it points towards the ‘wounded healer’, a description which could be applied to John in later years. The use of psychoanalytic thought in this study allows the exploration of unconscious as well as conscious processes at work and interesting differences emerge, which shed light on the elements in religion that promote or inhibit change, and the influence of personality factors. ‘Two scrubby travellers’: A psychoanalytic view of flourishing and constraint in religion through the lives of John and Charles Wesley enriches our understanding of these two important historical figures. It questions the categorising of forms of religion as conducive to change and so ‘mature’, and other forms as ‘immature’, at a time when many, particularly young people, are attracted by fundamentalist, evangelical forms of belief. This book will be essential reading for researchers working at the intersection of psychoanalysis and religious studies; it will also be of interest to psychotherapists and psychoanalysts more generally, and to researchers in the philosophy of religion.
‚Islamismus‘ - Prozesse und Bedingungen von Involvierung, Distanzierung und Distanzwahrung
by Oliver Honer Kurt Möller Kai Nolde Katrin Maier Florian NeuschelerWarum und wie wird jemand zu einem sogenannten Islamisten oder zu einer Islamistin? Wieso, auf welche Weise und wann erfolgen Distanzierungen von solchen Haltungen und Sozialzusammenhängen? Was sind relevante Bedingungen dafür, dass ‚islamistische‘ Ansprachen bei anderen Adressierten nicht verfangen und sie jegliche Involvierung ablehnen? Dies sind die zentralen Fragen, zu denen dieses Buch Antworten präsentiert und daraus abgeleitet Handlungsempfehlungen formuliert. Dafür fasst es den aktuellen Forschungsstand zusammen und informiert über die empirischen Befunde der an der Hochschule Esslingen von 2019 bis 2022 durchgeführten Studie Wendezeit. Es handelt sich um eine auf junge Menschen fokussierte, längsschnittlich angelegte und qualitativ-rekonstruktive Untersuchung. Sie basiert auf Interviews mit 44 ehemalig ‚islamistisch‘ involvierten Proband:innen bzw. mit solchen, die Kontakte zu ‚islamistischen‘ Kontexten hatten, aber Distanz wahrten. In ausgewählten Fällen wurden Gespräche mit Distanzierungsberater:innen und Umfeldangehörigen der Betroffenen in die Auswertung einbezogen.
‚Rückkehr aus dem Exil‘: Katholische Diskurselemente in der Kultur der Weimarer Republik (Studien zu Literatur und Religion / Studies on Literature and Religion #10)
by Florian Bock Moritz StrohschneiderDie Kultur der Weimarer Republik begeisterte sich in besonderem Maße für solche religiösen Ideen, von denen man sich Hilfe beim Umgang mit den allgegenwärtigen Krisenerfahrungen erhoffte. Auf diese Weise wanderten zahlreiche genuin katholische Überzeugungen und Positionen in den öffentlichen Diskurs ein und prägten gesellschaftliche Semantiken und Praktiken. Solche katholischen Diskurselemente, die außerhalb des gesellschaftlichen Teilsystems Religion, aus dem sie eigentlich stammen, und damit auch jenseits der katholischen Milieus wirksam und einflussreich waren, stehen im Fokus dieses interdisziplinär angelegten Bandes.
“And O’er Earth’s Troubled, Angry Sea”: The History of Christian Science in the United States (Variorum Collected Studies)
by Rolf SwensenChristian Science is one of the most unique and controversial of American religions, but there has never been a history of this influential metaphysical group, best known for its healing through prayer. Most attention has previously focused on the church’s founder, Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910). This compilation of nine previously published scholarly articles, buttressed by additional insight presented in the preface, introduction, and conclusion, should lead to further investigation of this compelling topic.This volume investigates the origins of the Christian Science movement, illustrates how Eddy’s students -- mainly women -- helped its rapid spread through healings, how Eddy guided and restrained her students, examines some denominational growing pains, underscores how The Mother Church in Boston and Eddy’s Church Manual evolved, recounts dozens of testimonies of healing, and shows how local, or branch, churches operated before and after Eddy’s passing. Contrary to previous assumptions, the new Christian religion was surprisingly diverse, with almost one half of the membership coming from the lower middle and working classes. This vibrant church ultimately declined, due to excessive centralization and insufficient utilization of the membership, plus lack of social activities and the rise of medical science. Recent efforts to revitalize the movement through embracing communities are continuing.“And O’er Earth’s Troubled, Angry Sea”: The History of Christian Science in the United States will appeal to Christian Scientists, kindred spirits in the metaphysical world, anyone interested in religion, and those who read social history. Each chapter is suitable for group discussions and for undergraduate or graduate classes.
“And in Length of Days Understanding”: Essays on Archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond in Honor of Thomas E. Levy (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)
by Ian W. N. Jones Erez Ben-YosefThis two-volume book presents cutting-edge archaeological research, primarily as practiced in the Eastern Mediterranean region. These volumes’ key foci are inspired by the work of Thomas E. Levy. Volume 1 provides an in-depth look at new archaeological research in the southern Levant (primarily in modern Israel and Jordan) inspired by Levy’s commitment to understanding social, political, and economic processes in a long-term or “deep time” perspective. Volume 2 focuses on new research in several key areas of 21st century anthropological archaeology and archaeological science. Volume 1 is organized around two major themes: 1) the later prehistory of the southern Levant, or the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Bronze Age, and 2) new research in biblical archaeology, or the historical archaeology of the Iron Age. Each section contains a combination of new perspectives on key debates and studies introducing new research questions and directions. Volume 2 is organized around five major themes: 1) the archaeology of the Faynan copper ore district of southern Jordan, a key region for archaeometallurgical research in West Asia where Levy conducted field research for over a decade, 2) new research in archaeometallurgy beyond the Faynan region, 3) marine and maritime archaeology, focusing on issues of trade and environmental change, 4) cyber-archaeology, an important 21st century field Levy conceived as “the marriage of archaeology, engineering, computer science, and the natural sciences,” and 5) key issues in anthropological archaeological theory. In addition to presenting the reader with an up-to-date view of research in each of these areas, the volume also has chapters exploring the connections between these themes, e.g. the maritime trade of metals and cyber-/digital archaeological approaches to metallurgy. The work contains contributions from both up-and-coming early career researchers and key established figures in their fields. This book is an essential reference for archaeologists and scholars in related disciplines working in the southern Levant and the Eastern Mediterranean.
“By Faith”: Henry W. Frost and the China Inland Mission
by Dr Howard Taylor Geraldine TaylorBy inspired definition faith is ‘being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” By faith we are saved. By faith we are justified. By faith we please God. Though faith is central in the Christian life, we somehow are amazed when we see the vitality and power of faith at work in ordinary people’s lives. In each generation we see a special few men and women who have stretched themselves by risking everything on the sure promises of God. In the end they prove the faithfulness of their Master and challenge their own day to take their God seriously. Their stories are an encouragement to the next generation as they in turn join the ranks of that “great cloud of witnesses” who cheer us on in the life of faith.Henry W. Frost bore eloquent testimony to his generation that God was willing to bear the responsibility for a surrendered life. What Hudson Taylor was to England, Henry Frost was to North America. His strength of faith and character gave stability to the fledgling North American branch of the China Inland Mission.It has been said that courage is the power to let go of the familiar. If that is the case, the life of Henry Frost and his leadership of the North American China Inland Mission will be the most courageous biography you have ever read.
“Charge that to My Account” and Other Gospel Messages
by Henry IronsideBecause GOD has been pleased to set His seal of approval upon these simple gospel messages by using them in the awakening and salvation of sinners, they can be found here, in book form, in the earnest hope that many who read them may find joy and peace in believing!First published in 1931, Pastor H. A. Ironside’s “Charge that to My Account” and Other Gospel Messages contains 12 interesting studies, beginning with his best known gospel presentation based on Paul’s letter to Philemon, and includes “Will a Loving God Permit Anyone to Be Eternally Lost?” and “Inside the Veil, Outside the Camp.”
“I Will Walk Among You”: The Rhetorical Function of Allusion to Genesis 1–3 in the Book of Leviticus (Bulletin for Biblical Research Supplement #21)
by G. Geoffrey HarperThe well-known parallels between Genesis and Leviticus invite further reflection, particularly in regard to the rhetorical and theological purpose of their lexical, syntactical, and conceptual correspondences. This volume investigates the possibility that the final-form text of Leviticus is an indirect reference to Genesis 1–3 and examines the rhetorical significance of such an allusion.The face of Pentateuch scholarship has shifted dramatically in the last forty years, resulting in the questioning of many received truths and the employment of a host of new, renewed, and often competing methodologies by biblical scholars. This study sits at the intersection of these recent interpretive trends. G. Geoffrey Harper uses insights from the fields of intertextuality, rhetorical criticism, and speech act theory to create a methodological framework, which he applies to three Leviticus pericopes. Chapters 11, 16, and 26 are examined in turn, and for each the assessment of potential parallels at lexical, syntactical, and conceptual levels reveals a complex web of interconnected allusion to the creation and Eden narratives of Genesis 1 and 2–3. Moreover, Harper probes the theological and rhetorical import of these intertextual connections and explores how Leviticus ought to be understood in its Pentateuchal context.This comprehensive study of the connections between these two sections of the Hebrew Bible sheds light on both the literary artistry of these ancient texts and the persuasive purposes that lie behind their composition.
“I Will Walk Among You”: The Rhetorical Function of Allusion to Genesis 1–3 in the Book of Leviticus (Bulletin for Biblical Research Supplement)
by G. Geoffrey HarperThe well-known parallels between Genesis and Leviticus invite further reflection, particularly in regard to the rhetorical and theological purpose of their lexical, syntactical, and conceptual correspondences. This volume investigates the possibility that the final-form text of Leviticus is an indirect reference to Genesis 1–3 and examines the rhetorical significance of such an allusion.The face of Pentateuch scholarship has shifted dramatically in the last forty years, resulting in the questioning of many received truths and the employment of a host of new, renewed, and often competing methodologies by biblical scholars. This study sits at the intersection of these recent interpretive trends. G. Geoffrey Harper uses insights from the fields of intertextuality, rhetorical criticism, and speech act theory to create a methodological framework, which he applies to three Leviticus pericopes. Chapters 11, 16, and 26 are examined in turn, and for each the assessment of potential parallels at lexical, syntactical, and conceptual levels reveals a complex web of interconnected allusion to the creation and Eden narratives of Genesis 1 and 2–3. Moreover, Harper probes the theological and rhetorical import of these intertextual connections and explores how Leviticus ought to be understood in its Pentateuchal context.This comprehensive study of the connections between these two sections of the Hebrew Bible sheds light on both the literary artistry of these ancient texts and the persuasive purposes that lie behind their composition.
“Not an idea we have to shun”: Chinese overseas basing requirements in the 21st century
by Christopher D. YungChina's expanding international economic interests are likely to generate increasing demands for its navy, the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), to operate out of area to protect Chinese citizens, investments, and sea lines of communication. The frequency, intensity, type, and location of such operations will determine the associated logistics support requirements, with distance from China, size and duration, and combat intensity being especially important drivers. How will the PLAN employ overseas bases and facilities to support these expanding operational requirements? The assessment in this book is based on Chinese writings, comments by Chinese military officers and analysts, observations of PLAN operational patterns, analysis of the overseas military logistics models other countries have employed, and interviews with military logisticians. China's rapidly expanding international interests are likely to produce a parallel expansion of PLAN operations, which would make the current PLAN tactic, exclusive reliance on commercial port access, untenable due to cost and capacity factors. This would certainly be true if China contemplated engaging in higher intensity combat operations. This book considers six logistics models that might support expanded PLAN overseas operations: the Pit Stop Model, Lean Colonial Model, Dual Use Logistics Facility, String of Pearls Model, Warehouse Model, and Model USA. Each model is analyzed in terms of its ability to support likely future naval missions to advance China's expanding overseas economic, political, and security interests and in light of longstanding Chinese foreign policy principles.
“Skygirl On Cloud 9”
by Sharon Birlson Kirkham"Skygirl On Cloud 9" is an entertaining narrative of the amazing globe-trekking adventures of fllight attendant Sharon Birlson Kirkham. Each amusing account recalls one of the exciting opportunities Sharon and her husband Cary have experienced through-out her career, and since. While she says they've done their best to see as much as possible, "the world is a really big place. There are hundreds more trips to be taken and stories to be written, 'but' there are only 365 days in a year...."