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What the Bible's Outsiders Can Teach Christians
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Artikel-Nr:
9780814645291
Veröffentl:
2017
Einband:
EPUB
Seiten:
128
Autor:
Nancy Haught
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
The Bible is laced with stories in which strangers behave better than believers. What do these encounters with ';others'people from different cultures, religions, genders, economic and social classesteach us about our own spiritual values, about the faith and God behind them? In Sacred Strangers, Nancy Haught leads readers through these stories, line by line, offering insight to open hearts to sacred strangers at a time when personal encounters can make us or break usas people, Americans, and citizens of the world.
The Bible is laced with stories in which strangers behave better than believers. What do these encounters with “others”—people from different cultures, religions, genders, economic and social classes—teach us about our own spiritual values, about the faith and God behind them? In Sacred Strangers, Nancy Haught leads readers through these stories, line by line, offering insight to open hearts to sacred strangers at a time when personal encounters can make us or break us—as people, Americans, and citizens of the world.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Me First
1 The Magi, an Unopened GiftMatthew 2:1-12
2 Hagar, Slave and SymbolGenesis 16; 21:1-21
3 Rahab, Courage Caught in the MiddleJoshua 2:1-24; 6:17-25
4 Naaman, an Enemy General Who Surrenders His Ego2 Kings 5:1-27
5 Jesus Questions and Answers a Samaritan WomanJohn 4:1-42
6 A Syrophoenician Schools the Savior of the WorldMark 7:24-30
Afterword: Our Turn
Notes
Bibliography
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Me First
1 The Magi, an Unopened GiftMatthew 2:1-12
2 Hagar, Slave and SymbolGenesis 16; 21:1-21
3 Rahab, Courage Caught in the MiddleJoshua 2:1-24; 6:17-25
4 Naaman, an Enemy General Who Surrenders His Ego2 Kings 5:1-27
5 Jesus Questions and Answers a Samaritan WomanJohn 4:1-42
6 A Syrophoenician Schools the Savior of the WorldMark 7:24-30
Afterword: Our Turn
Notes
Bibliography