Begun in 1690, this diary of a forty-four-year-old German Jewish widow, mother of fourteen children, tells how she guided the financial and personal destinies of her children, how she engaged in trade, ran her own factory, and promoted the welfare of her large family. Her memoir, a rare account of an ordinary woman, enlightens not just her children, for whom she wrote it, but all posterity about her life and community. Gluckel speaks to us with determination and humor from the seventeenth ...

Explains tragedy from a spiritual standpoint and how we should respond. Considers the question in depth, addressing the standard atheist challenge: why would a just and loving God permit... (insert your favorite atrocity here.) Examines the Prosperity Gospel – Name it and claim it! Is suffering due to our failure to live up to God's requirements? Is it a test of our faith? Does God protect the righteous from all harm? Is adversity proof of our spiritual inadequacy? Does Karma play a role? ...

A one-volume collection of legendary author Dietrich Bonhoeffer's profound and influential meditations on the Psalms, previously untranslated.

This collection of S.Y. Agnon’s short stories, published in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his Nobel Prize in Literature, surveys the major theme in his writing: the epic transformations in the life of the Jewish people – both in Europe and in the Land of Israel. In new and revised translations, these 39 fully annotated stories bring to life the full gamut of the modern Jewish experience in fiction, and invite readers into the rich and brilliantly multifaceted world of one of the...

St. John Chrysostom never spoke extemporaneously, but that as he walked to the church he thought over and embellished what he had prepared for this occasion, and the result was this finished address, which he delivered without notes. Presumably it was taken down in shorthand, as were most of his sermons. It is thought by some scholars, on the other hand, that this sermon as we have it is a compilation made by Eusebius.

It is Wonderful to the Christian Preacher to find how Relevant is the Gospel Message to the days through which we are Passing. And, further, that the Darker the days the more Relevent is the Gospel. Contents Include - Peter - Judas - Caiaphas - Herod - Pilate - Barabbas - Siman of Cyrene - Mary the Mother of Jesus - Longinus-The Roman Centurion - Dismas-The Crucified Revolutionary - Joseph of Arimathea - Cleopas of Emmaus

The Union Haggadahed. by The Central Conference of American RabbisShould enemies again assail us, the remembrance of the exodus of our fathers from Egypt will never fail to inspire us with new courage...This is the text of a Haggadah, a book which describes the Seder dinner service at Pesach (Passover). The moving, participatory ceremony remembers the story of the liberation of the Jews from Egypt. This edition is a Reform Haggadah published in the early 20th century...

Dr. Charles S. Price (1887–1947) was a foremost leader in the Pentecostal movement in the early twentieth century.While a young man, he became a pastor with the Free Methodist church. Unfortunately, he allowed modernism to creep into his theology, and preached a fine amount of morality and decency, but had no living Christ in his life and ministry.However, God met him in a powerful way at a revival meeting in California, and his life and ministry were forever changed. He beca...

Joseph Zabara has only in recent times received the consideration justly due to him. Yet his "Book of Delight," finished about the year 1200, is more than a poetical romance. It is a golden link between folk literature and imaginative poetry. The style is original, and the framework of the story is an altogether fresh adaptation of a famous legend. The anecdotes and epigrams introduced incidentally also partake of this twofold quality. The author has made them his own, yet they are mostly ...

The Lord will come again; He promised us that. But is His church ready? We know neither the day nor the hour of Christ’s return, but we are instructed to be ready at all times. Aimee Semple McPherson felt the urgency of this call, and she urges the church to be ready for His glorious return.Join “Sister Aimee,” whom Time magazine named one of the most influential people of the twentieth century, in discovering what the second coming of Christ means to the church today. In t...

When some five and a half centuries before the Christian era the Buddha arose in ancient Aryavarta to substitute actuality for tradition, to break down the barriers of convention, and throw open the Way of Righteousness to all, irrespective of race or birth, we are told that He set aside the ancestral scriptures of His race and times, and preached a Gospel of self-reliance and a freedom from bibliolatry that will ever keep His memory green among the independent thinkers of the world. When ...

In Andrew Murray's timeless classic 'Lord, Teach Us To Pray (Treatise On Prayer)', the author delves into the depths of the spiritual discipline of prayer. Murray explores the significance of prayer for the believer, highlighting key biblical principles and practical insights to cultivate a more meaningful prayer life. The book is written in a profound and eloquent style, drawing from Murray's deep theological knowledge and personal experiences with prayer. This literary work is an invalua...