Unashamed

Women are not typically noted in Jewish genealogies in the Bible. Yet in the genealogy of Jesus, five women (Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary) are mentioned. While the series A Lineage of Grace covers all five women, the book Unashamed focuses on Rahab, an unlikely inclusion. Rahab was a prostitute in Jericho who provided protection for Jewish spies. She and her family are spared in the battle of Jericho, and Rahab ends up listed in the "Hall of Faith" in Hebrews 11. Francine Rivers' fictionalized portrayal, done in her magnificent style, brings Rahab to life.

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The Prayer of Jabez

Between asking for blessings, increasing your territory, enlisting God's power, and keeping away from evil, Jabez's prayer covers a lot of ground. It is ground that all of us should cover. I would not be surprised if The Prayer of Jabez, reaches the status of a "Christian classic."

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Amazing Grace

Kathleen Norris' thoughtful reflections on familiar Christian words bring rich insight to them which will touch your soul.

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Buddhism Is A Religion Without God

Ravi Zacharias The Lotus and the Cross, Jesus Talks with Buddha, Multnomah Publishers, Inc., 2001, p. 91.
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Category: Spiritual Life, Comparative Religions
ISBN: 157673854X
Keywords: Buddha, Jesus, Buddhism, God, moral, autonomy, religion without God, Multnomah Publishers, Inc., Zacharias, Ravi Zacharias

"It is not imaginary that both Buddha and Jesus have left their words with us. Buddhism is a well-thought-through belief that is bereft of God. More accurately, it's a philosophy of how one can be good without God, pulling oneself up by one's own moral bootstraps. Its allurement is obvious. In a very subtle way it is the ultimate crowning of the individual with total autonomy, while at the same time it declares that the self is an illusion.

It argues for impermanence with the force of a permanent injunction.

It encourages thought and contemplation, but the final destination is thoughtlessness and oblivion.

It is a religion without God, without a final word, and without even a final existence."

SoAmazing Review: Zacharias concludes that Buddhism is a religion without God. A philosophy of how one can be good without God, autonomous without a self and live a life which ends in oblivion. Read The Lotus and the Cross and see if you agree.

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Another Great Book Quotation

"God is a moral God, a moral law Giver, and He has written His moral law upon the heart of every human being. When people try to get around this, it makes for a wacky world.' Frank Peretti, p.117, Buy The Wounded Spirit Now!

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