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In June 1983 the Astronomical Institute of the State University of
Groningen, founded by Kapteyn about 100 years ago, celebrated its
one-hundredth anniversary. At the suggestion of its Chairman, R.J.
Allen, the Kapteyn Institute invited the International Astronomical
Union to mark the centenary by holding a Symposium on "The Milky
Way Galaxy". The purpose of the Symposium was to review recent
progress in the study of our Galaxy, to define current problems,
and to explore prospects for future development. The Symposium
programme would emphasize the large-scale characteristics of our
Galaxy, and highlight both the historical development of our
understanding of the Milky Way Galaxy and the importance of studies
of external galaxies to this understanding. The Symposium was
sponsored by four IAU Commissions: 33 (Structure and Dynamics of
the Galactic System), 28 (Galaxies), 34 (Interstellar Matter) and
41 (History of Astronomy). The Scientific Organizing Committee,
listed on page xviii, represented a broad range of nationalities
and of expertise, including two historians of science. A meeting of
the Committee, held during the IAU General Assembly at Patras,
provided an excellent opportunity to discuss plan and format of the
Symposium, topics and speakers; thereafter, the-Committee was
regularly consulted by letter and telephone. IAU Symposium 106 was
held at Groningen on 30 May - 3 June 1983, in the new building
occupied by the Kapteyn Institute since January 1983. There were
about 200 participants, coming from as many as 25 countries.
Everyone understands human pain. But many Christians have
difficulty comprehending God's pain, especially God's pain in the
death of Christ. Is it atonement or child abuse? To speak of God in
pain, says Barbara Brown Taylor, is not only to address the
biblical stories of Christ's suffering and death, but also to
proclaim the God who is present in our pain. This volume of
teaching sermons on suffering presents different approaches to the
problem of God in pain. In each sermon, Taylor speaks with
sensitivity and profound insight as she addresses pain and both its
human and divine impact.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I: Pain of Life: The Gift of
Disillusionment; A Cure for Despair; Learning to Hate Your Family;
Divine Anger; Feeding the Enemy; The Betrayer in Our Midst; Buried
by Baptism; The Suffering Cup; Pick Up Your Cross; Unless a Grain
Falls; The Dress Rehearsal; Surviving Crucifixion; Portents and
Signs; and The Delivery Room. Part II: Pain of Death: Believing
What We Cannot Understand; Someone to Blame; The Triumphant Victim;
The Myth of Redemptive Violence; The Silence of God; The Will of
God; The Suffering of God; May He Not Rest in Peace.
BARBARA BROWN TAYLOR, an Episcopal priest in the diocese of
Atlanta, holds the Butman Chair in Religion and Philosophy at
Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia. She is widely sought after
as a preacher and guest lecturer, and is the author of five books,
including Preaching Life and Bread of Angels.She was named by
Baylor University as one of the 12 most effective preachers in the
English language.
This book offers a practical model for developing sermons for
occasions when the Bible offers little specific guidance for
interpreting an issue, need, or situation. Ronald Allen describes
why and how topical sermons should be used, discusses special
occasions when they are appropriate, and outlines strategies for
developing topical sermons, giving particular attention to
controversial issues. The last chapter includes sample sermons by
other preachers.
Various ideas float around about the subject of last things,
leading many Christians to conclude that they don’t know what to
think about the subject. Yet at the core of the Christian doctrine
of last things lies two simple and complementary hopes: that God
ever and always offers hope for our individual futures and for the
future of the whole world. In this helpful book, Allen and Cornwall
explain how we don’t have to subscribe to sensationalist theories
or sketchy interpretations to believe in Christian hope. They walk
the reader through the central biblical teachings on last things
and then show the ways the church has interpreted those teachings
throughout the centuries. In a respectful way, the authors
demonstrate that end-time beliefs centered on the Rapture came into
existence only recently, and they then offer several more
life-affirming, contemporary interpretations as alternatives. The
book includes a study guide and web-based appendixes designed to
help pastors develop both topical and lectionary-based sermon
series on Christian hope.
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Preaching Prophetic Care (Hardcover)
Phillis Isabella Sheppard, Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm, Ronald J Allen
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Under the Oak Tree (Hardcover)
Ronald J Allen, John S. McClure, O. Wesley Allen
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The lectionary is a helpful homiletical tool. But there are times
when lectionary preaching does not meet a congregation s needs.
Sermon Treks offers preachers and students an invigorating
selection of new sermon-planning trails, for use as sermon series
or for single sermons. The options presented here are practical and
theologically responsible. Some are rooted in ancient forms of
proclamation; others are new. All provide clear but creative
guidance for the preacher, and a path that will lead to more
effective sermons."
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