If God is on our side, who is against us? ... Nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus' (Romans 8.9). Paul's letter to the Romans contains some of the most uplifting passages in the New Testament. But it is also a book of vital importance for Christians today seeking to understand and live out their faith. This new edition of Roger Bowen's classic Study Guide offers a lively, helpful and relevant commentary on the letter. Thoroughly revised and updated, the new Guide should continue to be an essential resource for anyone reading Romans for years to come. As with other titles in the series, there are study suggestions and activities at the end of each chapter, suitable for individual work or group discussion.
Miriam a survivor of the holocaust escapes to Palestine, where she meets Cobi an officer in the Palmach. In the bitter fighting for Jerusalem, during Israels war of Independence, they fall in love. In the battle for the Bethlehem road, Cobi confronts his childhood friend Yusuf a Palestinian Arab, with unexpected results.
This revised and updated edition offers lively, helpful, and relevant commentary on Paul's letter to the Romans. Includes study suggestions and activities.
This is a short, readable, and incisive study of the corrosive effects of corruption in one of the world's major liberal democracies. It explores the disconnect between democratic rule and undemocratic practices in Japan since the Second World War, with special attention to the corrupt practices of various prime ministers and the resulting sense of political cynicism and powerlessness among the general public.
This book tells the compelling saga of American higher education from the founding of Harvard College in 1636 to the outbreak of World War II. The author traces how colleges and universities were shaped by the shifting influences of culture, the emergence of new career opportunities, and the unrelenting advancement of knowledge. He describes how colonial colleges developed a unified yet diverse educational tradition capable of weathering the social upheaval of the Revolution as well as the evangelical fervor of the Second Great Awakening. He shows how the character of college education in different regions diverged significantly in the years leading up to the Civil War - for example, the state universities of the antebellum South were dominated by the sons of planters and their culture - and how higher education was later revolutionized by the land-grant movement, the growth of academic professionalism, and the transformation of campus life by students. By the beginning of the Second World War, the standard American university had taken shape, setting the stage for the postwar education boom. The author moves through each era, exploring the growth of higher education.
This is the story of two men that grew up with bitter enmity between them.Tom Randall was falsely accused by Richard Fitzsimonds and was sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia. Richard joins the army and is posted to various parts of the world. While he was on a posting in Australia he meets up with Tom and goads him into striking him. Tom is again sentenced and serves time in the hell hole of Norfolk Island. After his release, he is reunited with his childhood love and this heralds a time of prosperity for them. Meanwhile, Richard is posted to India and serves in the Afghan wars. He is captured by the Mujahadeen but escapes. Having seen many atrocities his experiences bring on an unexpected change in him. Full of remorse he decides to leave the army to seek out Tom and beg his forgiveness. After an unexpected meeting, Tom relents and forgives Richard and they become firm friends. Together with Tom’s friends, William D’Arcy, Mike Smith and companions Alfred Bolitho and Peter Penhaligon, two Cornishmen they strike a huge lode of gold-bearing rock. They are all enormously rich and go their own ways, Tom and Mike buy into the company they work for, William stands for parliament and Richard leaves Australia with Alfred and Peter for America. After many adventures, and an unexpected tragedy he finally returns to Australia and sets up a winegrowing business on the outskirts of Melbourne.
Every entrepreneur wants to know more and to able to do more, learning from those that have succeeded is one of the best ways to accomplish that. The entrepreneurs in this book discuss the skills needed to be successful in starting, growing and managing technology-based business in the 21st century. Lessons include being an entrepreneur, marketing, strategy & planning, people, sales, growth, technology, investors, financing, operations, corporate culture and a test of your entrepreneurial capability. When you want to be the best, learn from the best, and here is your opportunity with 25 of the best lessons in entrepreneurship.
This updated new edition of the popular International Study Guide explains the foundations of Christian mission. Using recent scholarship and research in mission studies as well as anecdotes and stories, it shows how mission has been done and is being done, and discusses the issues facing the Church in its mission today.
The incentive for preparing this book about the lives of two eighteenth century adventurers came out of a project to restore, in 1994, the Devon Historic Buildings Trust's "Haldon Belvedere" or "Lawrence Tower". The building is a remnant of an estate that bubbled with activity during the second half of the seventeeth century following the return to England from India of Major General Stringer Lawrence and Sir Robert Palk. The building is open to the public and visitors often ask about the history of the building and the reason for its existence and they always wish to know more than is available from current easily- accessible literature.
Growing up in a quiet English town in the Midlands, I knew very little about the Jews or Judaism.Israel was just a country somewhere in the Middle East. It was not until the six-day war erupted in 1967, that I learned it was a Jewish Homeland. I had seen documentaries on television showing the horrific treatment of Jews by the Nazis and the tacit cooperation of other countries that if not aiding the Germans in the genocide stood by and watched the slaughter.In 1971, while living in London, I met my Israeli wife and went to live in Israel. There, I converted to Judaism which may have caused Egypt and Syria to invade the country! In all, I spent five years living in Israel and got to know the country and the people extremely well. My children and grandchildren are all Jewish and I am enormously proud of them.I started writing this book when I was working at Tel Aviv University and on my return to Australia after a three-year absence forgot about it for several years. It was not until I was doing a writing course in Melbourne that I revived it again. Most of the incidents mentioned in the book are based on fact but have been altered by me to fit the story. I hope you get as much enjoyment reading it as I did writing it.Miriam is a survivor of the Holocaust. She flees Warsaw and joins the Jewish Partisans. At war's end, Miriam escapes to Palestine where she meets Cobi.Cobi is a native-born Palestinian who served in the British Army. Returning home, he was made an officer with the Palmach in the War of Independence against the Arabs. In the bitter fighting for Jerusalem, Cobi confronts his childhood friend Yusuf, who is an officer in the Arab Legion, with unexpected results. Cobi and Miriam marry and have two children, Daniel and Ronen. Cobi is made the Ambassador to Australia where the boys grow up.Returning to Israel as young men they do their military service, Daniel enters the air force and Ronen joins a special forces unit. They participate in the Yom Kippur war. Daniel carries out missions on the Suez front trying to stem the Egyptian Army in their advance. Meanwhile, Ronen is fighting the Syrian Army in the Golan Heights.After many skirmishes with the enemy, Ronen's group is tasked with rescuing Israeli pilots including Daniel shot down and captured by the Syrians.In the ensuing battle, both are seriously wounded.But the fight goes on...
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