Who is God, really? Is He an authoritarian father, giving us a ton of rules and then looking down on us waiting to strike us dead if we don't obey them? Is He a loving father who looks the other way when we sin? Or is He something else altogether? Many times Christians and non-Christians alike are tempted to base their ideas about God on what they see in their own earthly father. In this devotional guide from Devotions for Disciples, Matthew J. Cochran takes a look at the attributes of God the Father, the first person of the Trinitarian God.
Climate change is a key problem of the 21st century. China, as the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has committed to stabilize its current emissions and dramatically increase the share of electricity production from non-fossil fuels by 2030. However, this is only a first step: in the longer term, China needs to aggressively strive to reach a goal of zero-emissions. Through detailed discussions of electricity pricing, electric vehicle policies, nuclear energy policies, and renewable energy policies, this book reviews how near-term climate and energy policies can affect long-term decarbonization pathways beyond 2030, building the foundations for decarbonization in advance of its realization. Focusing primarily on the electricity sector in China - the main battleground for decarbonization over the next century – it provides a valuable resource for researchers and policymakers, as well as energy and climate experts.
Classification is an important part of science, yet the specific methods used to construct Enlightenment systems of natural history have proven to be the bête noir of studies of eighteenth-century culture. One reason that systematic classification has received so little attention is that natural history was an extremely diverse subject which appealed to a wide range of practitioners, including wealthy patrons, professionals, and educators. In order to show how the classification practices of a defined institutional setting enabled naturalists to create systems of natural history, this book focuses on developments at Edinburgh's medical school, one of Europe's leading medical programs. In particular, it concentrates on one of Scotland's most influential Enlightenment naturalists, Rev Dr John Walker, the professor of natural history at the school from 1779 to 1803. Walker was a traveller, cleric, author and advisor to extremely powerful aristocratic and government patrons, as well as teacher to hundreds of students, some of whom would go on to become influential industrialists, scientists, physicians and politicians. This book explains how Walker used his networks of patrons and early training in chemistry to become an eighteenth-century naturalist. Walker's mineralogy was based firmly in chemistry, an approach common in Edinburgh's medical school, but a connection that has been generally overlooked in the history of British geology. By explicitly connecting eighteenth-century geology to the chemistry being taught in medical settings, this book offers a dynamic new interpretation of the nascent earth sciences as they were practiced in Enlightenment Britain. Because of Walker's influence on his many students, the book also provides a unique insight into how many of Britain's leading Regency and Victorian intellectuals were taught to think about the composition and structure of the material world.
Who is God, really? Is He an authoritarian father, giving us a ton of rules and then looking down on us waiting to strike us dead if we don't obey them? Is He a loving father who looks the other way when we sin? Or is He something else altogether? Many times Christians and non-Christians alike are tempted to base their ideas about God on what they see in their own earthly father. In this devotional guide from Devotions for Disciples, Matthew J. Cochran takes a look at the attributes of God the Father, the first person of the Trinitarian God.
Teaching on the Fruit of the Spirit, the cost of following Christ, and other essential topics for spiritual growth, author Matthew J. Cochran expounds on biblical truth for today's Christ follower in this 31 day devotional guide.
Devotions for Disciples provides a guide for meditation and reflection on God's Word, focusing on a range of topics from what the Triune nature of God means to the life of a Christian to how one can know true love.
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