Dennis Ensor, a lifelong member of the church of Christ, has been on a marvelous journey of discovery into God's Word. It started in earnest when he began teaching his first adult Bible class over three decades ago. Because of his great fear that someone might question something he would say, Dennis studied diligently each week to make sure he could back up his every statement. Instead of using his preparation time to put Bible verses together that confirmed what he already believed, he searched for the truth through fresh eyes, wanting to discover for himself exactly what the Bible had to say. To his surprise, everything didn't line up with what he had previously been taught. His study was leading him to different conclusions. It was both exhilarating and terrifying. Dennis now feels passionate about sharing his discoveries with his spiritual family. Join him now in this labor of love as he lays out his findings for your consideration. Prepare to be challenged. Prepare to be changed, as we study God's Word together. Let's get started now! **
This easy-to-read GOOD NEWS FROM GOD booklet was written to make the complexity of Christianity, the Bible, church and the abundant life simple and easy enough to understand so that even a novice can come away with a clear grasp of the big picture. It is a great tool to learn the basics yourself, or is an easy way to spread the gospel in an unobtrusive way. Available in English and Spanish originally, we have now made this bilingual--English/Chinese--version available as well, so that millions more can be reached with the GOOD NEWS FROM GOD.
This inspiring little book is an enlightening, easy-to-read, easy-to-understand breakdown of what the Bible, Christianity, church and the abundant life is all about. To those who are not familiar with those things, it reveals everything they need to know about getting right with God and getting on the path to true joy. To those who do know about those things, it brings a sense of spiritual renewal and freshness and provides them with a new and effective way to share the good news with those they love. Don't miss out on this wonderful, inspirational, powerful, breath-of-life treat! Read it for yourself, then pass it on!
This is the book that thousands of people have wanted to write for themselves. It takes precious family memories and stories (and over 100 photos) which were on the verge of being lost and it transforms them into an engaging and enduring story of life and living through five generations of the Ensor and Kelso families on the Texas plains. Go back in time and experience the lives of these pioneer families as they created a life for themselves in the early 1900's. Peek into the diary of thirteen year old Anna as she describes the eventful 1923 family trip from Lubbock to Amarillo and back. Listen to the uplifting story of Laxative Bromo Quinine Crim and how he got his name. Experience the range of emotions as you sit in on the true stories of life and death, first and last kisses, skunks and roosters, electric fences, explosions, fires, church bloopers, and much, much more. Then, be inspired to tell your own story.
Making a case for C. F. Meyer's predominantly deterministic world view, this study treats the theme of unconsciousness in three tales by exploring the governing principle of each tale's world: the metaphysical in Das Amulett, the religiomythic in Das Leiden eines Knaben, and the psychological in Gustav Adolfs Page.
In Going beyond the Pairs, Dennis McCort examines the theme of the coincidentia oppositorum—the tendency of a thing or relationship to turn, under certain conditions, into its own opposite—as it is expressed in German Romanticism, Zen Buddhism, and deconstruction. McCort argues that the coincidentia can be useful for understanding and comparing a variety of cultural forms, including systems of myth, religions ancient and modern, laws of social organization, speculative philosophies East and West, psychological theories and therapeutic practices, and dynamic organizing principles of music, art, and literature. The book touches on a variety of Western and Eastern writers and thinkers, including Thomas Merton, Jacques Derrida, Nishida Kitaro, Rainer Maria Rilke, Franklin Merrell-Wolff, Franz Kafka, Novalis, Renzai Zen, J. D. Salinger, and the mysterious, doughnut-loving editor of the medieval Chinese koan collection, Mumonkan.
A chronicle of the collision between educational reformer Paul Geheeb, who founded the Odenwaldschule, and fascist ideology during Hitler's rise to power. By examining one individual's story it shows how education in general, and progressive education in particular, fared in Nazi Germany.
Taking seriously the Gospel as a unified narrative and the Gospel's late first-century Jewish setting, John Dennis investigates the Fourth Gospel's appropriation of Jewish restoration theology. Employing John 11.47-52 as the starting point, the author argues that one of the primary functions of restoration theology in John is to interpret Jesus' death in the light of Jewish restoration expectations. A new angle on Jesus' death in the Fourth Gospel emerges from this study: Jesus' death effects the restoration of Israel, the restoration that was engendered by the Prophets and expected by many Jews of the Second Temple period. In the course of the study it is also argued that John was primarily concerned with Israel's restoration and not with a mission to the Gentiles. In this light, a fresh interpretation of the children of God (11.52) is offered.
Starving Cancer Cells: Evidence-Based Strategies to Slow Cancer Progression — A Selection of Readings for Health Services Providers presents an edited and annotated collection of recent medical journal publications and abstracts illustrating new approaches to treatment derived from the metabolic theory of cancer. It intends to shed an early light on a relatively new approach to our understanding of the cancer cell idiosyncratic metabolic dysfunction, and on evidence-based new treatment strategies derived from that understanding. The book discusses topics such as tumor starvation by L-arginine deprivation; L-canavanine depriving tumors of L-arginine in pancreatic, multiple myeloma and breast cancer; glucose deprivation and intermittent fasting; glutamine uptake in cancer; the relation of oxygen-starved cancer cells with aspartate; and reducing tolerance of tumor cells to nutrition starvation. The content is presented in a contextualized and practical way in order to facilitate the transition from bench to bedside. This is a valuable resource for practitioners, oncologists and other members of healthcare chain who are interested in learning more about the most recent tumor cell starvation strategies and how they can improve overall treatment outcome. Provides extensive comments on scientific publications detailing recent findings about tumor cell auxotrophy applied to tumor cell starvation strategies Helps the reader to find relevant and practical information on cancer cell starvation, otherwise spread through niched specialized journals, in one single place Comments on the recent findings putting them in context of clinical practice in order to provide the reader with means of translating high level research to the clinics
Thomas appears only four times in John's Gospel, yet despite this he is crucially important in understanding the function of the Johannine message. Dennis Sylva provides the first major study which examines the paradox that Thomas is both opposed to a dominant theme in the Fourth Gospel - the eternal life that is a gift to Jesus' followers - and yet is in support of Jesus himself. Thomas appears to have a foot on both sides of the Johannine dualistic divide. He seems to be existentially at home on one side and yet ideologically at home on the other. No other character in John's Gospel so tenaciously hold on to companionship with Jesus while just as resolutely distancing himself from Jesus' central teaching. Thomas breaks down the barriers between the disciples (those who walk in the light) and the world (those who walk in the darkness) that John takes pains to establish. Sylva's new work demonstrates the importance of Thomas in fully understanding the message of the Fourth Gospel.
In A Brotherhood of Liberty, Dennis Patrick Halpin shifts the focus of the black freedom struggle from the Deep South to argue that Baltimore is key to understanding the trajectory of civil rights in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the 1870s and early 1880s, a dynamic group of black political leaders migrated to Baltimore from rural Virginia and Maryland. These activists, mostly former slaves who subsequently trained in the ministry, pushed Baltimore to fulfill Reconstruction's promise of racial equality. In doing so, they were part of a larger effort among African Americans to create new forms of black politics by founding churches, starting businesses, establishing community centers, and creating newspapers. Black Baltimoreans successfully challenged Jim Crow regulations on public transit, in the courts, in the voting booth, and on the streets of residential neighborhoods. They formed some of the nation's earliest civil rights organizations, including the United Mutual Brotherhood of Liberty, to define their own freedom in the period after the Civil War. Halpin shows how black Baltimoreans' successes prompted segregationists to reformulate their tactics. He examines how segregationists countered activists' victories by using Progressive Era concerns over urban order and corruption to criminalize and disenfranchise African Americans. Indeed, he argues the Progressive Era was crucial in establishing the racialized carceral state of the twentieth-century United States. Tracing the civil rights victories scored by black Baltimoreans that inspired activists throughout the nation and subsequent generations, A Brotherhood of Liberty highlights the strategies that can continue to be useful today, as well as the challenges that may be faced.
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