books about: covenants     books:       Covenant Marriage: Building Communication & Intimacy10 reviews Gary D. Chapman B&H Publishing Group, 2003 An excellent resource This is a great book for married couples and well as those contemplating marraige. I have read a number of books on covenant marriage and consider this one of the best. The communication chapters and the various intimacy chapters are very well written. You will not be disappointed in having this book on your self for a resource for years to come.             Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water3 reviews Maude Barlow New Press, 2008 Great review of water policy Maude Barlow has written a very readable review of water policy. At first this would not seem like a very exciting topic, but water policy will soon affect all of us as we deplete the supply of accessible clean water. Ms. Barlow divides her book into five chapters. She starts by explaining the crisis. Basically, with so many humans on the planet, we are managing to deplete or pollute our ...             Fatal Revenant: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant63 reviews Stephen R. Donaldson Ace Trade, 2008 Simply Engrossing As other reviewers here have written, it would be difficult in the extreme to discuss aspects of this book, without giving away important plot and story concepts/secrets. So, let's deal simply with it's strengths. Like all good genre fantasy or science fiction, the first and foremost important feature of a well crafted book is its ability to draw you in and completely immerse you in an ...             Prague Counterpoint (Zion Covenant, Book 2)6 reviews Bodie & Brock Thoene Tyndale House Publishers, 2005 Awesome book! This book was awesome, in fact the whole series was wonderful! I enjoy all books that have a Nazie related topic.             Sixth Covenant (A. D. Chronicles, Book 6)3 reviews Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene Tyndale House Publishers, 2007 Beautiful work! The entire series, to number 8, Eigth Shepherd is worth it and I anxiously await the next, Ninth Witness.             The Covenant with Black America71 reviews Third World Press, 2006 Five stars America, and especially Balck America, needs books like this one. It is a powerful book that everyone who wants to understand racism and human nature in general should read. This is a very informative and moving piece dealing with current situation of not only African Americans but also other Americans who are often disenfranchised. The author offers practical, how-to-do information for ...             The Covenant42 reviews James A. Michener Fawcett, 1987 The Covenant The type of books that J. Michener writes are what I have referred to as Faction. Although the characters are fictitious, the events actually occurred. In the Covenant, the history of the southern part of the African Continent are well documented. As a History teacher, I have encouraged many of my students to read MIchener because of the visual imagery that he creates, the character ...             The Christ of the Covenants10 reviews O. Palmer Robertson P & R Publishing, 1981 A Classic on Covenant Theology I'm giving this book 5 stars even though I do not agree with everything that Robertson puts forth here. This book has been on the market for nearly 25 years now, and it remains a standard resource addressing covenant theology that scholars across the theological spectrum still interact with today. Robertson's book was, and is, a distinctive contribution to covenant theology. Unlike some of ...             People of the Covenant: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible1 review Henry Jackson Flanders, Robert W. Crapps, ... Oxford University Press, USA, 1996 Excellent content but many proofreading errors This introductory textbook gives a balanced (neither overly conservative nor overly liberal) introduction to all of the classical interpretive questions. Unfortunately, many proofreading errors found in the previous edition have not been corrected in this edition. Some of these errors are substantive, such as putting all of the prophetic books under the heading "former prophets" on p.18 and ...             The Covenant32 reviews Naomi Ragen St. Martin's Griffin, 2005 Point of View Rather Than Opinion The Covenant is a novel full of incendiary material. In the post 9/11 world, we have all had to take sides in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and the Arab/Israeli conflict which is at the heart of this novel. No matter which side you are on, living through the lives of the characters in The Covenant can open your eyes. Ragen doesn't try to convince, doesn't argue points, doesn't indulge ...             The Climax of the Covenant: Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology4 reviews N. T. Wright Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1994 how did Christ fulfill the law? That's the gist of Wright's thesis, attempting to answer that question. How did Jesus fulfill the Law and why, elsewhere, does Paul seem to say the Law was abolished? How could Jesus abolish and fulfill the Law at the same time? Wright's central argument hinges on the assumption that Paul understood and explained salvation in corporate and covenantal terms--i.e. God made a covenant with Israel ...             Our Covenant with Kids: Biblical Nurture in Home and Church Timothy Sisemore Christian Focus, 2008 Dr. Sisemore teaches you about Christian parenting in a hostile world, educating children spiritually and academically, cultivating godliness, disciplining and discipling, honoring parents, how are children saved? The churchs responsibility towards its children, childrens involvement in worship and sacraments. This is a practical and theological approach to parenting and childrens ministry and shows how to nurture children to be disciples.             Silent Covenants: Brown v. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform6 reviews Derrick Bell Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 Thinking about Brown v. Board of Ed--not honoring it Read this book. It makes you think critically, challenge your assumptions, and argue with the author. What more can you ask of a book? Bell has the honesty to look at Brown from the perspective of its fiftieth anniversary, and ask the question, "What did it all mean?" Bell has the standing to ask this question, having devoted much of his life to litigation seeking to enforce the promise of ...             Keeping the Covenant: Taking Parish to the Next Level Thomas P. Sweetser The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2007 Churches and parishes are closing in record numbers. Those remaining are seeking new ways to invent the way their parish functions in the community. This book provides new material for parishes, based on extensive research and experience with parishes across the country. This book offers hope and promise—and practical advice—for lay leaders and clergy interested in having their parish be the Church that Jesus intended. Book includes ...             The One Tree (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Book 2)22 reviews Stephen R. Donaldson Del Rey, 1987 The story continues In The Wounded Land Covenant confronted the Clave, strange governing body of The Land that has replaced the council of Lords, and learned the truth about Lord Foul's role in the desecration of The Land. Covenant decides the best course of action is to leave The Land to search for the Isle of the One Tree. Centuries before, Berek Halfhand had forged the Staff of Law from a branch of the One Tree. ...             Vienna Prelude (Zion Covenant, Book 1)32 reviews Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene Tyndale House Publishers, 2005 Fantastic Series. A real eye opener. This book is a real eye opener if you are interested in WWII, but don't want to watch boring documentaries or read boring text books about it. It brings it to life. Charlotte Mason would have called this a "living book". Historically acurate history written in story format. There are 9 in the series, and all are worth the read.             Blood Covenant: The Michael Franzese Story12 reviews Michael Franzese Whitaker House, 2003 The Blood Covenant This is an amazing account of what can happen if you let God lead your life. Micheal found out the hard way and he is sharing his life story with you so you can go right to the top.             The Covenant (Abram's Daughters #1)37 reviews Beverly Lewis Bethany House Publishers, 2002 GREAT START TO A GREAT SERIES!! I LOVE this series of books! I'm on book 3 now, but read books 1 and 2 in three days!! I can't put these books down. Such great reading and I'm looking forward to all of Ms. Lewis's books. Trust me on this: you won't be disappointed!!!!!             Paris Encore (Zion Covenant)3 reviews Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene Tyndale House Publishers, 2005 Paris Encore (Zion Covenant) I really like the style that the Thoene's use in their writing and I also enjoy reading historical fiction (especially Christian based ones). I was a little disappointed that most of the main characters from the first seven books are not really in this one, but it does lay down the first plank of the bridge between this series of books and their next series. Once again, I enjoyed this book and ...             The Covenant In Action11 reviews Smiley Books, 2007 Excellent Book This book should be required reading in every high school in Amercia.              search for books america, biblical, building, chronicles, coming, communication, counterpoint, covenant, covenants, daughters, education, encore, franzese, intimacy, introduction, keeping, marriage, michael, nurture, parish, pauline, prelude, racial, reform, revenant, second, silent, taking, theology, unfulfilled books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen sporting goods: New York Yankees Trash Can Cooler/Laundry Hamper MLB Baseball Sports Team ... home  impressum - about us