This book is the definitive guide to the Final Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FFICM) Structured Oral Examination. With a broad coverage of the clinical curriculum, it equips candidates to tackle this challenging examination. Each chapter contains sample questions with concise answers, focusing on key concepts to facilitate deeper understanding. The content is organised by subject, enabling more structured revision in an easy-to-use format. This text provides references to guidance that will remain relevant in the ever-changing landscape of intensive care medicine. Not only is this book an essential resource for studying intensivists but it also forms a useful reference for any professional encountering the world of critical care in their practice.
New religious movements, world-wide, present a very real challenge to Christianity. They are growing apace. Currently, they comprise 2.2% of the world population, some 96,000,000, and studies indicate that by the year 2000 they will have as many followers as the Eastern Orthodox Churches. At the same time there is a need to help those who are troubled by false teaching to understand what the Bible actually teaches. Truth under attack meets the need by providing a comprehensive and practical guide to churches, cults and movements. Each chapter contains useful background information followed by a handy reference guide to specific doctrines of the sect and how these conflict with the Word of God. At a time when there is much confusion over the basic doctrines of the Christian faith, coupled with a proliferation of new religious movements and cults, some professing to be Christian, others not, Dr. Eryl Davies has produced an updated edition of his popular title, Truth under attack, which was first published in 1990. In this three-volume work he provides an introduction to, and overview of, the contemporary Western cult scene from a biblical perspective, offering many helpful details and warnings about their teachings, and showing how they conflict with the Word of God. It includes many new sects and provides updated information on those dealt with in previous editions.
New religious movements, world-wide, present a very real challenge to Christianity. They are growing apace. Currently, they comprise 2.2% of the world population, some 96,000,000, and studies indicate that by the year 2000 they will have as many followers as the Eastern Orthodox Churches. At the same time there is a need to help those who are troubled by false teaching to understand what the Bible actually teaches. Truth under attack meets the need by providing a comprehensive and practical guide to churches, cults and movements. Each chapter contains useful background information followed by a handy reference guide to specific doctrines of the sect and how these conflict with the Word of God. At a time when there is much confusion over the basic doctrines of the Christian faith, coupled with a proliferation of new religious movements and cults, some professing to be Christian, others not, Dr. Eryl Davies has produced an updated edition of his popular title, Truth under attack, which was first published in 1990. In this three-volume work he provides an introduction to, and overview of, the contemporary Western cult scene from a biblical perspective, offering many helpful details and warnings about their teachings, and showing how they conflict with the Word of God. It includes many new sects and provides updated information on those dealt with in previous editions.
The study attempts to examine the role of tradition in the teaching of Isaiah with a view to discerning the basis of the ethics presupposed by the prophet. The view that Isaiah's ethical pronouncements were dependent upon the legal, covenantal and wisdom traditions of Israel is discussed, and the possibility of a direct dependence on the oracles of his contemporary, Amos, is examined. Davies shows that the whole question of the influence of tradition on the thought of Isaiah is fraught with problems.
How can the stories of the Hebrew Bible be read for their ethical value? Eryl W. Davies uses the narratives of King David in order to explore this, basing his argument on Martha Nussbaum's notion that a sensitive and informed commentary can unpack the complexity of fictional accounts. Davies discusses David and Michal in 1 Sam. 19:11-17; David and Jonathan in 1 Sam. 20; David and Bathsheba in 2 Sam. 11; Nathan's parable in 2 Sam. 12; and the rape of Tamar in 2 Sam. 13. By examining these narratives, Davies shows that a fruitful and constructive dialogue is possible between biblical ethics and modern philosophy. He also emphasizes the ethical accountability of biblical scholars and their responsibility to evaluate the moral teaching that the biblical narratives have to offer.
Davies outlines the composition and date of Numbers, and the various attempts that have been made to establish a coherent and meaningful structure in its arrangement. Davies also shows how the application of reader-response criticism, feminist criticism and postcolonial criticism have contributed to our understanding of selected passages in the book. Addressing theological issues, Davies considers three themes that occupy much of the content of Numbers, namely; land, purity and holiness, and rebellion. The concluding chapter considers the contentious issue of the historicity of the book of Numbers in the light of recent discussions concerning the historical value of the Old Testament. Davies shows how some of the issues Numbers raises – war, disease, survival, hunger, race relations – are among the perennial problems faced by nations across the centuries and across cultures. While individual passages within Numbers may reflect a questionable sense of morality, Davies demonstrates that the book, when viewed in its totality, encompasses a number of important theological themes which recur throughout the Old Testament: the interplay of forgiveness and judgment, and of sin and punishment, and the need to trust in the power of God rather than human might.
Unexpected? Yes. Unwelcome? Certainly, for Dr D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was dismayed by what was happening. The date was the 14 December 1926 and the national newspapers were using startling headlines concerning him: 'Harley Street Doctor to become a Minister' and 'Leading Doctor turns Pastor'. For two days, Lloyd-Jones' family home in London was besieged by newspaper reporters who all waited in vain to interview him. Lloyd-Jones even refused to pose for a photograph. There were good reasons for his negative response. He was essentially a shy man and disliked the publicity intensely. But more to the point, he had not yet informed his employers at the hospital of his decision to leave medicine to become a church pastor - and they were not pleased to hear the news first from the newspapers.
Previously considered to be in the realm of science fiction, there is now growing speculation that the cloning of human beings is closer than ever. In fact, some allege that it has already happened! This prospect raises huge questions for us all: scientific, ethical, moral and spiritual; and it is not going to go away. It is apparent that it will be one of the most vital issues facing us over the next few years. So, is it just fantasy; or now, in the twenty-first century, has it indeed become fact? In this booklet Dr Eryl Davies examines the whole issue of cloning, dealing with such questions as: Is it fact or fiction?, Cloning and the Bible, Can humans live for ever?, Is it all just fantasy? Dr Davies then gives a biblical answer to the questions, asserting the uniqueness of the human race, which has been made in the image of God, and leads us to the only person who can truly give us eternal life -- the Lord Jesus Christ. Book jacket.
Many Christians, as well as non-Christians, genuinely question what the Bible has to say on the subject of hell and eternal punishment. This book summarizes in a simple and readable style the teaching of the Bible about life after death, and helps the reader to face these doubts honestly and practically.
A simple, practical and heart-warming study to help all true believers along their way. -- Clear teaching on a difficult subject -- Sensitive handling of difficult passages -- Subject index -- Scripture index -- Cover commendation by John Blanchard
This volume affords a fascinating glimpse into the stresses as well as the achievements of twentieth and twenty first century Welsh evangelicalism. It is an admirable contribution to our understanding of recent Christian history in Wales. This is the history of the Bala ministers' conference with a particular focus on the influence on it of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
Davies provides an informed, clearly written and thought-provoking account which will be a valuable addition to the Phoenix Guides to the Old Testament. This is the fourth volume in a series, written by members of the Society for Old Testament Study, that is planned to cover all the books of the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible. A parallel series for the New Testament books began to appear in 2012. (Publisher).
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