Posts Tagged "bk-men"

Men at Work: Life Beyond the Office

By James E. Dittes   Many men define themselves almost exclusively in terms of their work. Often their relationship to work resembles a one-sided love affair: they give their work absolute devotion in the hopes of finding wholeness but find instead only disillusionment. In this book, James Dittes helps men define the proper place of work in life and recognize unhealthy dependencies to work. Offering more than a how-to book on...

Redeeming Men: Religion and Masculinities

Edited by Stephen B. Boyd, W. Merle Longwood, & Mark W. Muesse Contributors to this book – historians, biblical specialists, theologians, ethicists, and scholars of comparative religions – examine the relationship between religious tradition and manhood. The essays cover a broad range of topics – from the dynamics of power in shaping masculine identity, to the role religion plays in shaping masculine identity, to the experience of...

Claiming Your Promised Land

By Jeffrey Clifford   The raging floodwaters swiftly moved along its course as the Israelites made their way towards it. Was it faith that kept these men marching toward a river that could sweep them away in an instant, or was it stupidity? Men and women of God do not do what is natural, because God is not natural but supernatural. God’s children do not lok at the problems; instead, they look at the One who holds the solution....

The Natural Man’s Condition

By Christopher Love The height of hopelessness is to be without Christ. And the despair felt by such a person in this world pales in comparison to what they will feel in the next one. In this scarce Puritan volume, never reprinted since the 17th century, Christopher Love describes the misery of being without Christ and the benefits of being in Christ. He distinguishes true hopes from false hopes, and gives evidences for knowing that...

Waiting for My Fingers: One Man’s Reflection on Sin, Suffering, Healing and Victory

By Mac Nelson Mac Nelson was an energetic teacher and church worker when his arms, hands, and fingers became partially paralyzed from advanced arthritis and severe stenosis of the cervical spine. Not willing to give in to this handicap, Mr. Nelson turned to God for guidance and discovered that confession, repentance, and forgiveness are the foundations for Divine healing. Through intense pain and weakness and the ordeal of an...