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by John, Fischer
ISBN: 0764222023
Paperback: 171 pages
Condition: New
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You will definitely enjoy it
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-10-28
A totally awesome book!
A very enjoyable approach to a big problem in the church.
Most refuse to look in the mirror and let the Holy Spirit shine his flashlight on the Pharisee within.
This book is a good read.
You will definitely enjoy it :)
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12 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee (like me)
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-08-31
I had a hard time getting started in the book, but it got better and better. Convicting many times, and insightful too. Fischer is a good writer, and a man who knows God.
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Outstanding!!
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-12-26
John Fischer takes look at the common flaws created in our sin nature in a head-on, yet encouraging way typical of all his work.
Every chapter will have you saying "Yeah! That's me!"
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OK I HAD To Change The Title of This Review
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-08-04
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I scanned the book, looked over the chapter titles, etc. I sat down and began to read. A catchy review title popped into my head, "Just ONE Problem". I continued to read. The Book is great. The style is easy to read. The chapters are well laid out. The scholarship is above average. I WAS going to say that it had just ONE problem, those who most need to read it are least likely to do so. There's nothing that will make a Pharisee much angrier than use of the word "Pharisee".
THEN the book shifted gears. I began to realize that it was not so much aimed at correcting the negative actions done by angry religious pharisees as offering hope for greater maturity to those willing to accept God's grace. The key to this book is not the flamboyant title, "12 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee" but the smaller subtitles, "like me: Finding Grace to Live Unmasked".
The person who most needed to read this book WAS reading it and preparing a review! I am glad that someone gave this book to me. I suggest that everyone willing to read it should, but read it for yourself, not to throw literary stones at others.
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headache
Rating  (2)
Date: 2007-05-07
8 out of 10 customers found this reveiw helpful
THe book was okay. By the time I got to the 6th step I had a headache. I know we are all sinful at the heart and are capable of even murder but some the chapters seemed to create areas of guilt that mature Christian should have overcome through Christ. Even though I know that we all sin and need to be examining ourselves daily for cleansing I did not feel cleansed after reading the book. It felt like a pharisee rebuking another pharisee. We all deal with pharisee-like behavior but I think reading the Bible is the way to deal with it.....not a "12 step" program from another pharisee's mind. Go to God's Word!!!!!!
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by June Singer
ISBN: 0892540672
Paperback: 164 pages
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. Gently read copy in very good condition, but has minimal marking on the inside.
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Useless book offering nothing new
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-05-31
1 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
I found this a pretty useless book. Although the author claims to be a Jungian analyst, no real psychological insight was present in the book. There was only short excerpts from various Gnostic texts and then useless contemplation about them. Buy some other book.
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by Justo L. Gonzalez
ISBN: 0687171830
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A good, not great introduction. . .less helpful than vol. 1
Rating  (3)
Date: 2000-08-11
12 out of 12 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is the second volume to Gonzalez' "History of Christian Thought". Like the first, it is a good resource for college undergraduates and the informed layman. It is not a good choice for graduate level or seminary studies.I was a little disappointed in this volume. It covers a time period almost twice as long as the first volume, but is of the same length. Thus, important material is covered in lesser depth than might be desired, especially considering the great theologians of this time: Augustine, Abelard, Bernard, Bonaventure, Scotus, and especially Aquinas. A decent, but not great, secondary source.
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Creates a decently firm foundation for Medieval Christianity
Rating  (4)
Date: 1997-09-29
11 out of 13 customers found this reveiw helpful
Justo establishes a rather well based description of Medieval Christian theology and philosophy. He explains Augustine and the other fathers of the Church in a scholarly objective sense. He does not hide from Christian controversies, but addresses them in a manner that simplifies the matter for even the casual reader. This is certainly worth reading for those who are casually interested in Church history, but who are not scholars.
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by Michael Breen, Walt Kallestad
ISBN: 0781442699
Paperback: 236 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
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Great resource for longtime Christians as well as newbies
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-01-27
2 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I attend Community Church of Joy, and was excited and anxious to read the book written by two of the leaders of my church. The book is thoughtfully written, and easy to understand and follow for new believers, but not too simplistic as to leave veteran Christians bored. The concept behind each Life Shape makes it so easy to learn how to apply biblical principles to your everyday life. I am a very visual person, so having the shapes to refer to made it easy to get what the scriptures are saying.
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This is a must have book
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-10-31
9 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have to say that Rev. Breen is the best Bible teacher I have ever encountered. He has a wonderful visual gift that brings scriptures alive in a way I have not experienced before. He also is brilliant in finding easy and non-threatening ways to share what you learn with other people. Unlike so many of the books I have read that claim to teach discipleship in a simple way: this book is filled with solid Biblical and theological teaching grounded in good scholarship and deep prayer. I am thankful for both the authors in bringing this gift.
I have already purchased 40 copies of this book that I have given to friends and family. I have read this book together with a small group of men. Now I am leading a group of 14 retired men through the book.
To say I highly recommend this book is an obvious understatement.
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A Life Transforming Tool for Churches
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-08-30
8 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
In May 2004 I visited Sheffield, England with a handful of church leaders led by Dr. Kent Hunter and organized through the Church Growth Center, based on Walt Kallestad's recommendation. Over dinner in an English pub, Mike Breen and his wife explained the Lifeshapes concept and a bit of the local church history. I was preparing to launch a new mission congregation and I was sure that I wanted to incorporate much of the model that Mike had developed. I came home with passion and a folder full of notes, but I lacked some key pieces for explaining Lifeshapes to others. This book will change your life, if you apply the lessons learned. Together with the Passionate Church companion book, ministry leaders will have the requisite tools to make this model accessible to the innumerable churches in desperate need of a new way to function healthily. Plus, you save the cost of transatlantic airfare!
Thank you Mike and Walt (and Kent)!
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by (Editor: J. Robert Baker) (Editor: Barbara Buddle)
ISBN: 1568543859
Paperback: 160 pages
Condition: New
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by Bruce Feiler
ISBN: 0060838663
Paperback: 272 pages
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. This copy has light reading wear and in a very good condition, but has minimal underlining/ highlighting on the inside.
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Understanding Abraham
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-09-14
0 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Feiler, Bruce. "Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths", Harper Perennial, 2002.
Understanding Abraham
Amos Lassen
Bruce Feiler is something of an expert on the land of the Bible. An expert, however, is not necessarily a scholar and his study of Abraham has several inaccuracies. Nevertheless it is a fascinating read and despite the title, it leans quite heavily on the Judaic interpretation of Abraham. What Feiler does add goes beyond the Biblical text and Feiler states that the depiction of the Old Testament Abraham was modified and shaped and then reshaped by members of the three major religions. Feiler regards the "akeda" (the near- sacrifice of Isaac) as the pivot around which the story of Abraham revolves. He then looks at the relationship of Abraham to Isaac who both Christians and Jews regard as the favorite son while Muslims accept Ishmael as the favored. Feiler's conclusion is that there were actually several Abrahams so that they could fit the historical, political and social situations of the times. He also shows that there is no proof whatsoever that Abraham actually ever existed. Feiler's goal seems to be to find some kind of common bond between the monotheistic religions and a way to reconcile them. Since Abraham is a central character in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, he comes across as quite unique. Feiler met with representatives of the three religious branches and he finds it interesting that each has little tolerance for the other but all three shares a common area in Abraham.
I did not approach the book as a way to answer any questions I might have but rather as a way to increase my own knowledge about the man that so many revere. I did not learn a great deal but I did have an interesting read. Feiler provides a balance and he does not hide his own feelings. It is interesting that a Jewish author is not swayed by his own background and is somewhat at home dealing with all three areas of faith.
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excellent objective view
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-08-18
I thought the book was very well written. The first half of the book gives a very nice history of Abraham. The next chapters look how Abraham is linked to each of the three major religions while the last chapter or two show how each of the religions are different yet so much alike and through both of these we could all be at peace. I really enjoyed the objective viewpoint of the writer and will read more of his books
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A lesson
Rating (1)
Date: 2008-07-01
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book helped to confirm my belief that the history of religious thought, Christian, Jewish or Muslim, is not much more than a lot of baloney. The theologians have simply been making up divergent stories to satisfy their pulpit needs as the centuries passed. How foolish the whole process has been. Abraham might have been no more than a delusional shepherd wandering in the desert heat. I wonder what Christopher Hitchens would have to say about this book.
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Sun, Sagittarius A, Obilish, and Kolob
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-03-23
3 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
Jehovah promised Abraham four things. For the book of Abraham 2:9 : "I will make thee a great nation", "I will bless thee about measure", "and make thy name great among all nations", "that in their hands they shall bear this ministry and Priesthood unto all nations."
Abraham 2:10, "And I will bless them through thy name; for as many as receive this gospel shall be called after thy name, and shall be accounted thy seed, and shall rise up and bless thee, as their father."
Abraham 2:11 "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee" suggesting blessings associated with beening Abraham's seed. The seed of Abraham encompassing those who accept the gospel and many of the literal descendants of Abraham. "All the families of the earth be blessed, even with the blessings of the Gospel, which are blessing of salvation, even of eternal life" with Eternal life being the final inheritance, the entry into the land of inheritance, and a choice joint heir ship with God.
Abraham 2:19, " Unto thy seed will I give this land"
1. The blessings of Abraham move from the specific to the Universal.
2. Jehovah the creator will make Abraham a creator. Abraham moves from being childless to receiving Ishmael and Isaac and blessed through these sons with a great posterity. Abraham worships Jehovah, seeks the priesthood of his fathers, strives to keep commandments, and turns away for false idols Gods of Pharaoh. Abraham was rescued by Jehovah from the priests of Elkanah who wanted to make him a sacrifice to their false Gods.
Pharaoh descendant of Egyptus, daughter of Ham did not receive the priesthood. Pharaoh preserved many of the traditions and customs of his fathers. Pharaoh seems to honour Abraham and Abraham shares knowledge with him.
3. Abraham will receive glory from Jehovah and God election of Abraham comes at the risk of Abraham's mortality
4. Man has dominion over the animals but not over man. Abraham is called to preside over his seed, a prince of peace. Abraham receives an elevated status and receives important power and revelation from God. Abraham acts for God. Abraham is chosen by God too bless the inhabitants of the earth. God extends mercy and blesses through Abraham benefitting the inhabitants of earth. Abraham's seed turn their devotion too God by living the laws of God. God then pours out blessings from heaven upon them. The seed of Abraham becomes a covenant people, a people of God.
5. The favoring of Abraham's seed creates a tension between Abraham's seed and everyone else. God resolves the problem. Those who access the gospel are accepted as the seed of Abraham and entitled to the blessings of Abraham. The tension is resolved.
6. Being a descendant of Abraham is a journey of faith through morality, with the eventual destination being a land of inheritance given by God that encompasses attributes, such as, a celestial land, eternal life meaning the dwelling with God in everlasting joy, exaltation with divine partnership, and increase.
7. Did God initiate the covenant with Abraham or did Abraham? Abraham 3:22 states, "Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was; and among all these there were many of the noble and great ones." And 23: "And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of them, and he said: These I will make my rulers; for he stood among those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he said unto me: Abraham, thou art one of them; thou was chosen before thou wast born." This scripture implies that Abraham was chosen to be a spiritual leader by God before he was born. Isaiah and Nehemiah, also make reference to Abraham being chosen before he was born.
8. "Go to yourself" represented the spiritual journey for the Jews. David Willna explained, "As Jews we have to be committed to movement and growth, but it has to be for the right reasons. God doesn't need our help. We have to be doing for ourselves." Islam stresses Abraham's submission to God and viewing the call as a reward for devotion. Islam describes Abraham as an upright man obedient to God. The Koran suggests that is was recognition of these traits that God chose Abraham and made him a great nation. Islam calls the moment of selection a covenant and the start of a nation of Muslims that reaches fruition in Muhammad, a collective consciousness achieved by surrender to God. Abraham is regard as the founder of Islam. Sheikh Abdul Rauf states, "Abraham's idea is the same as that of the constitution, `one nation under God'." Islam also being like Abraham, as much an inward journey, as outward. "I will worship you as my God and you will take care of me." The Jews believe in knowing oneself on the deepest level with the primary objective of the religion to know God within ones consciousness. Christians believe that knowing Abraham starts with the notion of faith. Paul taught faith by referencing stories about Abraham. "To be a child of Abraham is to respond to God's call, to start a journey, to become a stranger." The journey is to risk all and follow and trust God. John Lyons, said, "The bottom line is if you're too comfortable, or too secure, or too into having control, then you won't be willing to trust God." And replacing with "I'm prepared to do your will." Father John believes "the message of Abraham is to be alone, to be quiet, and to listen." Rabbit Arnie Belzer describes child to parent transition analogy, stating, "Part of the inheritance of Abraham, I was discovering, was coming from a cozy place but also being prepared to leave that place. The only way to achieve your own family someday is first to depart the family you grew up with, which invariably brings you closer to the family you left behind." "It was my father himself, who said, `Go forth'".
9. Jah-oh-eh=Earth, Olea=Moon, Shinehah=Sun, Floeese=Solar System, Kokaubeam=Stars
10. Enish-go-on-dosh=Energy medium that powers the solar system, Kae-e-vanrash=Energy that powers different solar systems with Sagittarius A at the center, Kli-flos-is-es=Energy medium that power Kae-e-vanrash hierarchy level with Oliblish at center, and Hah-ko-kau-beam=Energy medium that powers Kli-flos-is-es hierarchy with Kolob as center.
Abraham was show the four spheres of order: Kolob governing the cosmos, obiblish governing the galaxies, Sagittarius A governing the milky way, and the sun governing the solar system. Scientist look at Sagittarius A East/West as a strong source of radio waves. Sagittarius A East could be the remnants of a supernova but "it would take 50 to 100 times more than a standard supernova explosion to create a structure of this size and energy". The second idea is Sagittarius A East was the remnation of the explosion of a star that "gravitationally compressed as it made a close approach the central black hole." A black hole can have hundreds of thousands too tens of billions of solar masses.
Only two spheres of the energy medium and governing levels are known to man. Kolob and Olibish are not currently known and provable because they reside outside of human knowledge to explore or discover.
A true scientist must advocate faith. The Quantum capability to grasp the governing levels of Kolob and Olibish are impossible to the secular mind.
Abraham comprehended the governing levels through the Urim and Thummin. The fact surround Kolob and Obilish existence is not a debatable because man has no capacity to disprove their realty.
God governs all galaxies, stars, and planets in the cosmos. God's light and power radiant to all his creation.
God powers the sun through the other three energy levels. Kolob is the governing star near Kolob.
Secular knowledge limitations has limitation and because of these limitations is only seemly wise too admit that divine power and knowledge is better.
Secular knowledge is limited by power, capacity, and time. Light and Truth eminate from God and power man's reasoning and rationale. Man is nothing without God.
A claim to secular sourcing for truth is an arrogant dismisal of the influence of God. God's pure power and capacity are beyond human comprehension and can only be understood by the power of God.
Therefore, when a person claims secular knowledge only to find the truth, they are only an attempting to steal God's glory.
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WHAT A HORRIBLE DISAPPOINTMENT.
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Date: 2008-03-06
6 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
Oh my, did I mess up when I check this one out. I have seldom been as disappointed in a work as I was this one. I like facts. I enjoy knowing bits of this and bits of that. I very much enjoy historical biographies. I enjoy travel books. I enjoy books of individual spiritual searches. I enjoy books written my competent archeologists and historians. I enjoy speculative fiction and non fiction. Sadly to say, this one, for me, missed the mark on just about ever one of these counts.
Basically, the author writes of and about Abraham, who, no question, is a central figure in three of our great religions, Judaism, Islam and Christianity. The author attempts to define the differences between these three religions, using Abraham as the central figure. How does this one man, Abraham, hold so much power, and have so much influence over the teachings of each of these religions? This is also something of a spiritual journey for the author, a kind of "lets find my roots" sort of thing. The author dashes here and there, interviewing various church leaders, asking their opinions about this and that. The basic, overlying questions is...Did Abraham exists or did he not exist? I am sorry to tell you that the author has come to the conclusion that it really does not matter; it is sort of the thought that counts. I am sorry, but for me, this conclusion just does not work. If the author was unable to find out one way or the other, and I can see why as there is little physical evidence one way or the other, then that is fine. The author should just say so. As another reviewer put it, "it does not matter, just is not acceptable!" Now don't read into this that I am anti- religious. I am not. I am sure that Abraham, if he did exist, was a pretty good old boy and certainly did the right thing under the circumstances of the time.
I really did not find anything new in this work. There was very little I was not already aware of. I did read the opinions of some high-up religious officials, of whose opinion I could care less about (as if one of them is not going to follow the "party line"). For the most part I found many of the author's "facts" just a bit questionable and most of it completely hearsay and speculation. When all is said and done,there was not much which I have not already heard and read many times before in other works. Also, to say that to understand the conflict in the Middle East at this time, a reader needs look no further than the last portion of this book, is the biggest bunch of bunk I have read for sometime now. Folks, it is much, much more complicated than that.
Now I will give the author credit. He can write, ergo, the two stars. His descriptive prose is quite nice. I might suggest he try travel books or something like that. On the other hand, the author is not a theologian, historian, archeologist or educational expert. This is all too apparent quite quickly after reading a few chapters. I am not real sure what he is, other thana young man in search of something that he probably does not even understand. I feel some might enjoy this sort of thing. I did not, and certainly cannot recommend reading it. I suppose if you feel you must give it a shot, I suggest you check it out at your library before you plunk down the hard cash. Like a previous reviewer, I am not at all sure why in the world I finished this thing.
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by Mason Olds
ISBN: 0961621613
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by Charles C. Ryrie
ISBN: 0802410774
Paperback: 134 pages
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by Hans Joachim Schultz
ISBN: 0916134725
Paperback: 284 pages
Condition: Used: Good
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