De panes y sermones

From telemarketers to traffic jams to twenty-item shoppers in the ten-item line, our lives are full of interruptions. They're often aggravating, sometimes infuriating, and can make us want to tell people what we really think about them. But they also tell us something quite important about ourselves. The prophet Jonah's life was interrupted by a clear call of God that made him mad enough and scared enough to run in the completely opposite direction. Yet it wasn't really an interruption. It was an opportunity for Jonah to be involved in something the likes of which the Old Testament world had...

In 'Letters from a Skeptic', Dr. Gregory Boyd and his father Edward Boyd 'debate' many objections to Christianity, the church, and the Bible.Why is the world so full of suffering?Does God know the future?How can you believe that a man rose from the dead?Why do you think the Bible is inspired?Do all non-Christians go to hell?How can I be holy and sinful at the same time?Gregory Boyd initiated his correspondence with his father in the hope that his father would eventually come to know Christ. After three years, 30 letters, and numerous phone calls, Edward K. Boyd did just that.'Letters from a...

¡El Antiguo Testamento no es un monumento literario huérfano! Por el contrario, pertenece a una gran familia de tradiciones del Mediterráneo oriental, originarias de Mesopotamia, Asia Menor, Siria-Palestina y Egipto. Algunos de los relatos contenidos en este libro, que se contaban ya en el año 3000 a.C., ofrecen hoy una perspectiva nueva sobre el trasfondo y la cultura de los tiempos del Antiguo Testamento. Los autores han reunido algunos de los textos más importantes del Oriente Bíblico y han escrito para cada uno de ellos una introducción que ilumina las tradiciones bíblicas...

Prepárate espiritualmente para la venida de Cristo con esta guía anual popular y atractiva. Durante los tiempos de Adviento y Navidad, especialmente ocupados, este libro ofrece reflexiones breves y concretas que llevan la oración y la Escritura a la vida cotidiana de una manera que invita a la reflexión y que perdura. A través de las reflexiones frescas y significativas del Michelle Francl-Donnay sobre las lecturas del Leccionario de las Misas de la semana y del domingo, los lectores crecerán en su comprensión de la Palabra de Dios. Este libro ayudará a las personas ocupadas a...