Fire by Night: Finding God in the Pages of the Old Testament - Couverture rigide

Florer-Bixler, Melissa

 
9781513804194: Fire by Night: Finding God in the Pages of the Old Testament
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ISBN 10 : 1513804197 ISBN 13 : 9781513804194
Editeur : Herald Press (VA), 2019

Synopsis

What do we do with the Old Testament? How do we read words written in a world so different from ours, stories so ruthless and so filled with grace?

In Fire by Night, pastor Melissa Florer-Bixler invites readers to marvel at the Old Testament. Page after page, in stories and poems and prophecies, the Hebrew Scripture introduces us to a God who is unwieldy and uncontrollable, common and extraordinary, and who brings both life and death. Using stories from Scripture and from her ministry, Florer-Bixler braids together the text with the sometimes ordinary, sometimes radical grace of God. The same passages that confuse and horrify and baffle us can, if we are paying attention, lure us closer toward God. This God has traveled with people through cloud and fire, by day and by night, since the beginning of time.

The Old Testament is a perplexing book of profound grace, hope, and beauty. It's a book of fire. To read the Old Testament is to draw close to God's love, which continues to burn away our expectations and set us ablaze. This God has traveled with people through pillars of cloud and fire, by day and by night, since the days of the exodus.

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À propos de l?auteur

Melissa Florer-Bixler is a writer and pastor with degrees from Duke University and Princeton Theological Seminary. Her ministry at Raleigh Mennonite Church has been featured in The Atlantic and Sojourners. She writes for Geez Magazine, Christian Century, and Anabaptist World, among others. She is the author of Fire by Night: Finding God in the Pages of the Old Testament. She lives with her husband and three children in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Éditeur
Herald Press (VA)
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1513804197
ISBN 13 
9781513804194
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1513804189 ISBN 13 :  9781513804187
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