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Igwe, Paschal

 
9781420886009: Without Faith We Become Ordinary
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1420886002 ISBN 13 : 9781420886009
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2005

Synopsis

I am delighted to present you with yet another religious book. When I started off initially with the writing, I was uncertain of the direction I wanted to take-whether to sandwich more stories into the book, as in previous books, or simply to anchor the content of the chapters on purely scriptural themes that speak to life situations and challenges. Eventually, I settled for the latter option. This was due to the fact that although the biblical stories took place a long time ago, they still speak now, more than ever before, to our own life situations in the modern world. In dealing with the different themes, I made an extra effort to "crack open the seal" and provide insights into the possible meaning of specific passages. A few experiences from others and myself provided the arrowhead that guided and fortified the individual chapters. Obviously, suffering and pain are hard realities of life, and not many people have acquired the immunity that faith can offer to deal with such hard realities and the inevitable. Faith is a supernatural gift from God-one of the greatest gifts he gave to enable us to counter the influence and potency of evil. Instead of telling Peter that he had prayed for him that his faith might not fail, Jesus could have used his divine power to dismantle any kind of negative force or obstacle that stood in the way of Peter, the foremost apostle. But he did not, simply because when Jesus equipped Peter with the gift of faith, he gave him all the necessary tools and weapons of survival in an evil infested world. That gift of faith can be nourished and sustained through prayer. Initially, Peter depended on self-affirmation and personal strength to go the distance with Jesus, even onto death, but that proved to be self-defeating and an overestimation of who he was. That hard reality stared Peter in the face because when he ventured out on his own, he failed-a contrast to when the 72 disciples ventured out in the name of Jesus and were victorious. In

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Présentation de l'éditeur

I am delighted to present you with yet another religious book. When I started off initially with the writing, I was uncertain of the direction I wanted to take-whether to sandwich more stories into the book, as in previous books, or simply to anchor the content of the chapters on purely scriptural themes that speak to life situations and challenges. Eventually, I settled for the latter option. This was due to the fact that although the biblical stories took place a long time ago, they still speak now, more than ever before, to our own life situations in the modern world. In dealing with the different themes, I made an extra effort to "crack open the seal" and provide insights into the possible meaning of specific passages. A few experiences from others and myself provided the arrowhead that guided and fortified the individual chapters. Obviously, suffering and pain are hard realities of life, and not many people have acquired the immunity that faith can offer to deal with such hard realities and the inevitable. Faith is a supernatural gift from God-one of the greatest gifts he gave to enable us to counter the influence and potency of evil. Instead of telling Peter that he had prayed for him that his faith might not fail, Jesus could have used his divine power to dismantle any kind of negative force or obstacle that stood in the way of Peter, the foremost apostle. But he did not, simply because when Jesus equipped Peter with the gift of faith, he gave him all the necessary tools and weapons of survival in an evil infested world. That gift of faith can be nourished and sustained through prayer. Initially, Peter depended on self-affirmation and personal strength to go the distance with Jesus, even onto death, but that proved to be self-defeating and an overestimation of who he was. That hard reality stared Peter in the face because when he ventured out on his own, he failed-a contrast to when the 72 disciples ventured out in the name of Jesus and were victorious. In

Biographie de l'auteur

For me, writing is fun. Any day I become too busy to put pen to paper is like a wasted day. I have published three other books: A Race of One Gender, The Power of God and the Weakness of Man, Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled, inter alia. The desire to write stemmed from primary school days when I used to read any paper with information on it. Especially at the primary level of education when our class teacher used to reward pupils with a cube of sugar for any question that was answered correctly in class. This was a kind of motivational strategy adopted by the teacher to induce competition and learning. Later, this desire translated to reading the books that filled the library shelves at my school, until reading and writing became fun for me. I read not because of any material reward I hoped to receive from the teacher but simply for the love of reading. The above story reminds me of the functional autonomy of motives espoused by Gordon Allport. To paraphrase, he contends that one might start off with an activity because one was encouraged to do so by Dad, Mom, or a significant other, but down the road, such a person might develop personal interest and make such a desire to pursue the activity his or her own. My dad and mom, now late, as well as my eldest brother, Hilary, played a key role in encouraging me to excel in academics. And since then I have made those encouraging moves my own. I must not forget to include friends both in Jamaica and in the United States who expressed delight in getting to read my other publications and also encouraged me to keep up the effort. Educationists always classify encouragement as a non-cognitive factor in education and as very vital for success in any human endeavor. Surely it played a vital role here, too.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1420886002
ISBN 13 
9781420886009
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
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