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Mark W. Hamilton's Meditations for the Lone Traveler: The Life of Faith in a PDF

By Mark W. Hamilton

ISBN-10: 1532602111

ISBN-13: 9781532602115

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ISBN-13: 9781532602139

those twenty-two meditations at the songs, prayers, and tales of the Bible invite readers to visualize themselves as a part of an international during which humans could absolutely reside into their sufferings and joys as a part of a colourful whereas nonetheless significantly looking religion in God. the following we see prophets and poets, in addition to traditional women and men, include the realities of lifestyles with out apology or fear.
 
Each meditation opens with the author's clean translation of the biblical textual content and concludes with a prayer that seeks the severe fringe of religion as an energetic stance towards human life. The flow from textual content to remark to prayer displays a uncomplicated conviction that the stumble upon with the Bible permits people of many cultures, even if believers or unbelievers, to interact the private layers of human life today.
 
These reflections pop out of the author's seek throughout cultures to discover a standard humanity prior to God. because the Bible is a non-Western publication in its origins and lots more and plenty of its current existence, interpretation of that publication can either confront the particularities of Western Christianity with its personal obstacles and provide assets of renewal for communal and person spirituality. those reflections target to give a contribution to that better end.

"In the academy we frequently speak about our accountability to the church, yet in general we flip again to conversations with contributors of our guilds. now not so with Dr. Mark Hamilton, who attracts from his education to serve either pew and school room. those essays and beautiful prayers beckon to us: interact, fight, wish, 'go forth and be sane.' In those occasions, Hamilton has given us a superb present. i'm grateful!"
--Robert M. Randolph, Chaplain to the Institute, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"This is an impressive paintings that displays the clean, piercing, and vigorous literature of the Scripture it explores. Hamilton is an artist of the 1st order whose poetry-charmed prose provokes sincere religion and sincere doubt. you will listen Hamilton's voice within the writing. he's an writer with type, humble, witty, and clever personality. it's very sturdy to listen to that voice in each sentence the place one reveals stable purposes to persist with this so much reliable guide."
--David Fleer, Professor of Homiletic, distinct Assistant to the President, Director of the Thomas H. Olbricht Christian students' convention, Lipscomb University

Mark W. Hamilton is the Robert and Kay Onstead Professor of previous testomony at Abilene Christian college. he's the writer and editor of six books, together with The physique Royal (2005), The reworking Word (2009), and Instruction Shall pass Forth: experiences in Micah and Isaiah (2014).

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