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The Psalms run like a golden thread through the beautiful garment
of Orthodox worship. In addition to inspiring the public prayer of
the church, the Psalms are an indispensable part of the private
devotions of all who seek a closer relationship with God.Most
important, however, the Psalms point toward the ultimate liberation
of humanity from sin, death and despair through Jesus Christ.Father
Pat Reardon, drawing on his long experience as an Episcopal, and
then as a priest in the Orthodox Church, has produced a work of
depth and devotion. He rightly understands that one cannot truly
probe the deep meaning of the Psalms unless one understands them in
the light of the redemption brought by Christ...He provides the
fresh and intensely personal insights of a pastor to the study of
the Book of Psalms."Every now and then a book comes along that is a
small classic. Here is such a book: elegantly written, deceptively
simple, and utterly absorbing."Father Addison Hart, Priest, Newman
Center, Northern Illinois University
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In the bitter conflict over the Holy Land, two generations of
families-one Israeli and one Palestinian-fight for their survival
and their own piece of the Promised Land.
Hardened by life in a Nazi concentration camp, cynical Ellie finds
himself in a battle on behalf of the Jewish people, vowing to
ensure their suffering will not be in vain. Overseas, Yasif, a
Palestinian who left his home country at a young age to study in
America, is mysteriously drawn into the struggle by an entity known
only as the voice.
Underneath the bloody encounters of Ellie, Yasif, and their
respective families runs a current of hope and belief in the
possibility of a peaceful resolution to the conflict. But the
unending cycle of violence and heartbreak threatens to prevent such
a resolution-while the possibility of peace exists, so does its
explosive alternative.
Subtitle: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Book of Genesis The
Book of Genesis is foundational reading for the Christian,
concerned as it is with the origins of our race and the beginnings
of salvation history. Its opening pages provide the theological
suppositions of the entire biblical story: Creation, especially
that of man in God's image, the structure of time, man's
relationship to God, the entrance of sin into the world, and God's
selection of a specific line of revelation that will give structure
to history. Early Christian writers such as St. Paul saw no
dichotomy between the writings of the Law, of which Genesis is the
beginning, and the Gospel. Rather, the Gospel is the key to
understanding the Law. In "Creation and the Patriarchal Histories,"
Fr. Reardon shows clearly how the proper understanding of Creation
and the Fall informs all of Christian doctrine, and how the
narratives of the patriarchs from Noah to Joseph pave the way for
the salvation history that continues in Exodus.
The Old Testament Books of Chronicles contain some of the most
neglected passages in all of Scripture. Understanding their message
can be a difficult and daunting task for the modern reader. Popular
writer and Old Testament scholar, Patrick Reardon, brings these
important books to life, unfolding their powerful message for our
own day and age. Like any family history, the story of Chronicles
is told with a distinct purpose in mind. It asks the question:
"What was the real and lasting significance of King David and his
house?" Beginning with the long list of names of the first chapter,
this heritage is revealed in cosmic significance. It has in fact
become the family tree of every true believer. The centrality of
worship is also clearly revealed in these pages. The life pleasing
to God is shown to be the life centered on the true worship that
God has revealed to the world in the family history of His people.
Far from being irrelevant or an antiquated, these truths are alive
today, reflected in the liturgy and life of the Church. Read this
fresh, compelling commentary on the Book of Chronicles to better
understand Bible history, the heritage of the saints, and the
centrality of worship in the believer's life.
"The book of Job always constituted essential and formative reading
about the ways of the soul. This has always been the conviction of
the spiritual classics through the centuries. Yet, for some reason,
the figure of Job is elusive to us-possibly because by seems so
comfortably distant; or perhaps because he seems so frightfully
close. What Fr. Patrick Reardon achieves with this book is to
render Job comprehensible, tangible and accessible. Ultimately, all
of us identify with one or another aspect of Job's life. As life
inevitably informs and as this book intuitively confirms, one
cannot sing Psalms without having read Job." - Fr. John Chryssavgis
In this long-awaited sequel to Christ in the Psalms, popular pastor
and scholar, Patrick Henry Reardon, once again applies his keen
intellect to a topic he loves most dearly. Here he examines the
lives of almost one hundred and fifty saints and heroes from the
Scriptures, everyone from Abigail to Zephaniah, Adam to St. John
the Theologian. This well-researched work is a veritable cornucopia
of Bible personalities: Old Testament Saints, New Testament Saints,
"Repentant Saints," "Zealous saints," "Saints under pressure" . . .
they're all here, and their stories are both fascinating and
uplifting.But Christ in His Saints is far more than just a biblical
"who's who." These men and women represent that ancient family into
which, by baptism, all believers have been incorporated. Together
they compose that great "cloud of witnesses" cheering us on and
inspiring us through word and deed.
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