And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission." That is what God's Word adamantly and peremptorily declares in Hebrews 9:22.If forgiveness of our sins and our eternal salvation depend exclusively upon the shedding of blood, it is of the utmost importance that we ask ourselves a number of questions: "The shedding of whose blood?" "Has that blood been shed?" "If yes, when was that?" "Where did it happen?" "What are the consequences of that blood shedding?" "How can we be sure that the blood that was shed is adequate and potent enough to guarantee us eternal salvation?" "What is implied by salvation, anyway?" And most of all, "How can we appropriate the benefits of that blood?" Dr. Jean Norbert Augustin answers all these questions and more in his book.
Do you enjoy reading poetry? Do you find scriptural poetry uplifting? Do you sometimes look for peace and solace in the Holy Scriptures? If you do, then "Voices From The Cloud - Words Well Worth Writing" is the book for you! In this Anthology, Dr. Jean Norbert Augustin re-tells a number of Biblical episodes in verse form. For example, he makes you re-live the story of God's promise to Abraham, that of the raising of Lazarus from the Dead and many others in verse form. Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the author has also composed a number of introspective and self-reflective poems, exposing certain inner psychological struggles from the perspective of the persons concerned. Finally, you will find, in this Anthology, a few soul elevating psalms written in free verse. If there is a book - apart from the Holy Bible - that you need to have on your bedside table, it is this one for, in it, you will find Words Well Worth Reading!
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission." That is what God's Word adamantly and peremptorily declares in Hebrews 9:22.If forgiveness of our sins and our eternal salvation depend exclusively upon the shedding of blood, it is of the utmost importance that we ask ourselves a number of questions: "The shedding of whose blood?" "Has that blood been shed?" "If yes, when was that?" "Where did it happen?" "What are the consequences of that blood shedding?" "How can we be sure that the blood that was shed is adequate and potent enough to guarantee us eternal salvation?" "What is implied by salvation, anyway?" And most of all, "How can we appropriate the benefits of that blood?" Dr. Jean Norbert Augustin answers all these questions and more in his book.
The Most Blatant Miscarriage of Justice In All Human History! Judiciary annals are full of examples of miscarriage of Justice. However, the trial of Jesus of Nazareth will remain the most blatant example of all. How could sinful men dare judge the Son of God? How could vile creatures arrest, judge and condemn Him by whom everything was created? How could men, condemned to hell, have the guts to judge and put to death He who had come to save humanity from eternal damnation? And what a death they subjected Him to! His trial was a real mockery - a parody of Justice! False witnesses were brought forward, voicing ridiculous testimonies. His judges did not quite well know how to deal with the situation! Pilate, the Governor, even declared he had found no guilt in Him! Yet, He was condemned and crucified! Why? Because God had so planned it that Jesus could die an undeserved death to save mankind from hell fire. But, that was only Act 1. Act 2 is very soon going to be staged when that same Jesus will judge the dead and the living! Are you ready to stand that trial, the outcome of which will be either eternal life in Heaven or eternal death in hell?
Among the finest examples of European craftsmanship are the clocks produced for the luxury trade in the eighteenth century. The J. Paul Getty Museum is fortunate to have in its decorative arts collection twenty clocks dating from around 1680 to 1798: eighteen produced in France and two in Germany. They demonstrate the extraordinary workmanship that went into both the design and execution of the cases and the intricate movements by which the clocks operated. In this handsome volume, each clock is pictured and discussed in detail, and each movement diagrammed and described. In addition, biographies of the clockmakers and enamelers are included, as are indexes of the names of the makers, previous owners, and locations.
Sometime toward the middle of the twelfth century, it is supposed, an otherwise obscure figure, born a Jew in Cologne and later ordained as a priest in Cappenberg in Westphalia, wrote a Latin account of his conversion to Christianity. Known as the Opusculum, this book purportedly by "Herman, the former Jew" may well be the first autobiography to be written in the West after the Confessions of Saint Augustine. It may also be something else entirely. In The Conversion of Herman the Jew the eminent French historian Jean-Claude Schmitt examines this singular text and the ways in which it has divided its readers. Where some have seen it as an authentic conversion narrative, others have asked whether it is not a complete fabrication forged by Christian clerics. For Schmitt the question is poorly posed. The work is at once true and fictional, and the search for its lone author—whether converted Jew or not—fruitless. Herman may well have existed and contributed to the writing of his life, but the Opusculum is a collective work, perhaps framed to meet a specific institutional agenda. With agility and erudition, Schmitt examines the text to explore its meaning within the society and culture of its period and its participation in both a Christian and Jewish imaginary. What can it tell us about autobiography and subjectivity, about the function of dreams and the legitimacy of religious images, about individual and collective conversion, and about names and identities? In The Conversion of Herman the Jew Schmitt masterfully seizes upon the debates surrounding the Opusculum (the text of which is newly translated for this volume) to ponder more fundamentally the ways in which historians think and write.
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