He Provocative God
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The Provocative God
Is Your GOD too Safe? We human beings have an unhealthy tendency to domesticate God-to fashion a comfortable, predictive deity who will cater to our whims and accommodate our preferences. Fortunately, for our sakes, the words and actions of the God revealed in Scripture are far more radical and provocative than any deity our imagination could concoct.
Provocative Joy
You Can Thrive Even When Life Doesn't Go Your Way Imagine thinking you've heard from God. You take the leap to follow what you think is God's will, only to find doors closing, opportunities failing, and yourself in prison. Welcome to the apostle Paul's world. That's the backdrop of the circumstances he faced as he penned what we now know as the book of Philippians. In this concise letter to a young church, Paul shares insights on how to live with joy, significance, promise and purpose—even when things don't go the way you planned. Provocative Joy is a verse-by-verse, theme-by-theme study of this powerful New Testament epistle. In its pages you will find insight and truth that will help you live well—no matter what—in good times and bad. But most importantly, with the ability to make the most of every situation through it all.
Dealings with God
Early modern European society took a serious view of blasphemy, and drew upon a wide range of sanctions - including the death penalty - to punish those who cursed, swore and abused God. Whilst such attitudes may appear draconian today, this study makes clear that in the past, blasphemy was regarded as a very real threat to society. Based on a wealth of primary sources, including court records, theological and ecclesiastical writings and official city statutes, Francisca Loetz explores verbal forms of blasphemy and the variety of contexts within which it could occur. Honour conflicts, theological disputation, social and political provocation, and religious self-questioning all proved fertile ground for accusations of blasphemy, and her contention - that blasphemers often meant more than they said - reveals the underlying complexity of an apparently simple concept. This innovative approach interprets cases of verbal blasphemy as 'speech actions' that reflect broader political, social and religious concerns. Cases in Protestant Zurich are compared with the situation in Catholic Lucerne and related to findings in other parts of Europe (Germany, France, England, Italy) to provide a thorough discussion of different historical approaches to blasphemy - ecclesiastical, legal, intellectual, social, and cultural - in the Early Modern period. In so doing the book offers intriguing suggestions about what a cultural history of religiousness could and should be. By linking a broad overview of the issue of blasphemy, with case studies from Zurich and Lucerne, this book provides a fascinating insight into a crucial, but often misunderstood aspect of early-modern society. The conclusions reached not only offer a much fuller understanding of the situation in Zurich, but also have resonance for all historians of Reformation Europe.