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Consider the Birds: A Provocative Guide to Birds of the Bible

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Availability:In StockContributor:Debbie BluePublish date:2013-08-20Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Abingdon PressISBN-13:9781426749506ISBN-10:1426749503UPC:9781426749506Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Christian LivingBook Topic:Spiritual GrowthAward:2014 Christian Retailing's Best Winner - Spiritual Growth Award|2013 IndieFab awards Gold Medal Winner - Religion AwardSize:7.94 x 5.18 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCF8T5GW5N
From biblical times to today, people have found meaning and significance in the actions and symbolism of birds. We admire their mystery and manners, their strength and fragility, their beauty and their ugliness--and perhaps compare these very characteristics to our own lives in the process. From the well-known image of the dove to the birds that gorge on the flesh of the defeated "beast" in Revelation, birds play a dynamic part in Scripture. They bring bread to the prophets. They are food for the wanderers. As sacrifices, they are the currency of mercy. They also challenge, offend, devour, and fight. Highlighting 10 birds throughout Scripture, author Debbie Blue explores their significance in both familiar and unfamiliar biblical stories and illustrates how and why they have represented humanity across culture, Christian tradition, art, and contemporary psyche. With these (usually) minor characters at the forefront of human imaginations, poignant life lessons illuminate such qualities as desire and gratitude, power and vulnerability, insignificance and importance--and provide us with profound lessons about humanity, faith, and God's mysterious grace.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Abingdon PressISBN-13:9781426749506ISBN-10:1426749503UPC:9781426749506Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Christian LivingBook Topic:Spiritual GrowthAward:2014 Christian Retailing's Best Winner - Spiritual Growth Award|2013 IndieFab awards Gold Medal Winner - Religion AwardSize:7.94 x 5.18 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCF8T5GW5N
Blue, Debbie: - Debbie Blue (MA, Yale Divinity School) is one of the founding pastors of House of Mercy, a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, that was once named the Best Church for Non-Church Goers . The church is regularly featured on Minnesota Public Radio and is known nation-wide as one of the first and most enduring emergent congregations. Rev. Blue's sermon podcasts are listened to by subscribers around the world, and her essays, sermons, and reflections on the scripture have appeared in a wide variety of publications including Life in Body, Proclaiming the Scandal of the Cross, Geez, The Image Journal, and The Christian Century, where she also frequents as a guest blogger.
Publisher: Abingdon Press

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🏆 2014 Christian Retailing's Best Winner - Spiritual Growth Award|2013 IndieFab awards Gold Medal Winner - Religion Award

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Debbie Blue

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