The Liberty of Obedience
Title | The Liberty of Obedience PDF eBook |
Author | Elisabeth Elliot |
Publisher | Regal Books |
Pages | 94 |
Release | 2003-11 |
Genre | Christian life |
ISBN | 9780830734566 |
When, on the first night of our arrival in the "savage" Aucas village, they gave us houses to live in, food and water and wood and fire, things were not so simple for me. My categories began to crumble. I had thought I knew what a savage was like. I had thought I knew exactly how the Gospel would change him. As weeks passed, I began to realize that not only had I been mistaken about these things, but very likely I was just as mistaken about some other categories which had seemed clear before. How readily I had seen Christian virtues in those I called Christians in my own country, and the "works of the flesh" in those who did not bear the Christian label. What was I now to do with the apparent manifestation of virtue -- peace, longsuffering, kindness -- in those who had never heard of Christ? Things were not as I had thought.
Liberty of Obedience
Title | Liberty of Obedience PDF eBook |
Author | Elisabeth Elliot |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1968 |
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The Liberty of Obedience
Title | The Liberty of Obedience PDF eBook |
Author | Elisabeth Elliot |
Publisher | |
Pages | 95 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Christian life |
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The Liberty of Obedience to God
Title | The Liberty of Obedience to God PDF eBook |
Author | Elisabeth Elliot |
Publisher | |
Pages | 4 |
Release | 1998 |
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The Freedom of Obedience
Title | The Freedom of Obedience PDF eBook |
Author | Martha Thatcher |
Publisher | NavPress Publishing Group |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780891091936 |
Homage to Americans
Title | Homage to Americans PDF eBook |
Author | Eva Brann |
Publisher | Paul Dry Books |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2010-11-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1589882792 |
In her latest collection of essays and lectures, Homage to Americans, Eva Brann explores the roots and essence of our American ways. In “Mile-high Meditations,” her flight’s late departure from the Denver airport prompts a consideration of her manner of waiting (i.e.,“being”). As she looks around, she notes (and compares to her own) the ways her fellow travelers pass their time. These observations lead her to wonder how each of us lives with ourselves and how we live together—and put up with one another. With these questions in mind, the next two essays carefully examine two famous political documents that have shaped American self-understanding: James Madison’s “Memorial and Remonstrance,” which is the essential argument for separation of church and state; and Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, which enlarged and refashioned our understanding of the American political character, first given formal expression in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. In “Paradox of Obedience,” a lecture delivered at the Air Force Academy, Brann considers the puzzling character of obedience in a country dedicated to liberty. The concluding piece, “The Empire of the Sun and the West,” takes us to Aztec Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest. What allowed Cortes and his handful of men to overcome a great empire? In pursuit of an answer, Brann describes a human type whose fulfillment she sees in the American character.
The Synthesis of Liberty and Obedience
Title | The Synthesis of Liberty and Obedience PDF eBook |
Author | Horace Lee House |
Publisher | |
Pages | 18 |
Release | 1874 |
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