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Every land has its hero. Ours is an outlaw, rebel and thief - Robin
Hood. Each era gives him its identity. The illustrator Clifford
Harper and the poet John Gallas give us a new version of Robin -
hunter and hunted - the ballad verse closely echoing the drawings.
Agraphia is Harper's own publishing imprint, and as you'd expect,
the books are exquisitely designed, illustrated and printed.
Here are egte South African stories that flirt with legend and
history, go to bed with world literature, and produce a golem
elephant, a talking fish, Black Jim the colonel of dragoons, a
Green Man in the Cotswolds, a donkey on heat in Pofadder, ancestral
voices and much more. The sangoma Malibongwe Ngingingini is an old
friend who moves in realms of consciousness along with his beloved
apprentice Anna. Their task is to heal, which they do in ever more
inventive forms as they travel in South Africa and then further
afield. This first collection of tales from the shaman's record
will be followed by further packages of their exploits between the
light and dark.
'n Reis na innerlike vrede en wysheid - Hierdie 365 oordenkings verken elke aspek van die Gebed om kalmte en hoe jy dit daagliks op jou lewe kan toepas.
Ons lewe is gejaagd. Ons omstandighede – goed en sleg – stoot ons hiernatoe en daarnatoe. Ons voel asof gebeurtenisse buite ons beheer ons lewe bepaal. Ons smag na vrede, na ’n plek waar veiligheid en rus is. As antwoord op hierdie soeke na vrede herinner die geliefde predikant en skrywer Trevor Hudson lesers aan die beproefde wysheid in die alombekende Gebed om kalmte:
God, skenk my die gemoedskalmte, om die dinge te aanvaar wat ek nie kan verander nie, die moed om die dinge te verander wat ek kan, en die wysheid om te weet wat die verskil is.
Hierdie 365 oordenkings verken elke aspek van hierdie gebed en hoe jy dit daagliks op jou lewe kan toepas. Namate jy die Gebed om kalmte gebruik as gids om elke dag in vriendskap met jou Here en Skepper te lewe, sal God se geskenk van vrede jou lewe vul en deur jou vloei waar jy jou ook al bevind. Elke oordenking word afgesluit met ’n praktiese voorstel hoe jy hierdie gebed elke dag kan uitleef. Só sal jou lewe ál meer op God gefokus word, en sal jy die innerlike vrede ervaar waarna jou hart smag.
Trevor Hudson is ’n Metodistepredikant, en tans ook betrokke by The Institute for Creative Conversations by die Northfield Metodistekerk in Suid-Afrika. Trevor se bediening behels onderrig, die aanbied van lesings en naweekseminare dwarsoor die land, sowel as internasionaal. Hy is die skrywer van verskeie boeke, waaronder ’n Dieper verhouding met God, Gebed om kalmte en Vrae wat God ons vra.
The fire of love in some of its different forms is described in
graphic detail in this book by Kenneth Payne. How does a God of
love come into our lives - or does he? These personal encounters,
from which the author has drawn strength and inspiration, act as an
antidote to terrible events and anxieties of the present time. This
is an encouraging book to read.
Can the existence of God by proven by science? The answer will
still surprise you. Since the advent of science in the 16th
century, it has navigated mankind in the direction of mechanistic
materialism, and as a consequence to atheism. Since the beginning
of the 20th century this direction has changed. Relativity and
quantum physics, in conjunction with Big Bang cosmology, laid the
foundation for a revolution in physics, in what became labelled as
the "New Physics". Subsequently during the 1970's it was discovered
that the universe, at every level and from its first billionth of a
second at the time of its creation, was mysteriously fine-tuned.
This fine-tuning comprises the inexplicable and delicate balance of
the four fundamental forces that rule the universe: gravity,
electromagnetism, and the strong and the weak nuclear forces. This
discovery implies that even the most basic building blocks of
matter, such as atoms and its sub-atomic particles, can only exist
by the grace of an inexplicable, complex and delicate balance
between these forces. The chance that this fine-tuning could have
emerged spontaneously and fortuitously, is not only improbable, but
utterly impossible. Intelligence or Chaos elucidates that the
complexity and fine-tuning of the universe can only be explained by
the presence of an all-pervasive intelligence, the source and
reservoir of the Information that actually guides and controls the
universe. For the first time in history such a conclusion is
confirmed by indubitable scientific evidence. The existence of an
all-pervading intelligence, as expressed in the principle of
fine-tuning, is also at the core of the ancient Vedanta philosophy
of India. The author explores how Vedanta disentangles some of the
paradoxes encountered in quantum physics and major cosmological
questions such as the Big Bang and its origin. Using the latest
empirical and scientific evidence Intelligence or Chaos clearly
shows that the universe is ruled by intelligence and information,
and not by chance and chaos.
The Man Who Inspired the World's Fastest-Growing Religion
"Muhammad" presents a fascinating portrait of the founder of a
religion that continues to change the course of world history.
Muhammad's story is more relevant than ever because it offers
crucial insight into the true origins of an increasingly
radicalized Islam. Countering those who dismiss Islam as fanatical
and violent, Armstrong offers a clear, accessible, and balanced
portrait of the central figure of one of the world's great
religions.
Charles Spurgeon has been called the "Prince of Preachers." He
preached to over 10 million people in his lifetime, and his written
sermons have impacted millions more since 1866. The CSB Spurgeon
Study Bible features thousands of excerpts from Spurgeon's sermons,
chosen and edited by Alistair Begg, in order to bring the richness
of the Prince of Preachers' insights into your daily study of God's
Word. Features include: Introductory biography of Charles Spurgeon,
study notes crafted from Spurgeon sermons, extracted sermon
illustrations placed on the same page as the associated biblical
text, sermon notes and outlines in Spurgeon's own handwriting,
"Spurgeon Quotables" inserted throughout the Bible, book
introductions with book overviews in Spurgeon's own words, topical
subheadings, two-column layout, black-letter text, footnotes,
concordance, smyth-sewn binding, presentation page, full-color
maps, and more. The CSB Spurgeon Study Bible features the highly
readable, highly reliable text of the Christian Standard Bible (R)
(CSB). The CSB stays as literal as possible to the Bible's original
meaning without sacrificing clarity, making it easier to engage
with Scripture's life-transforming message and to share it with
others.
Katherine Willis Pershey has never slept with the mailman or kissed an ex-boyfriend. Good thing, since she’s married. But simply not committing adultery does not give you the keys to “happily ever after,” as Pershey has come to find out in her own marriage and in her work as a pastor. What is this sacred covenant that binds one person to another, and what elements of faith and fidelity sustain it? In Very Married: Field Notes on Love and Fidelity, Pershey opens the book on all things marital. With equal parts humor and intelligence, Pershey speaks frankly about the challenges and consolations of modern marriage. As she shares her own tales of bliss and blunder, temptation and deliverance, Pershey invites readers to commit once again to the joyful and difficult work of cherishing another person. For better or worse. For life.
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