This book addresses a wide array of past, current, and future issues in landscape ecology to provide an overview of the varied viewpoints and perspectives that make landscape ecology a focused as well as a frustratingly diverse discipline. Essays by leading landscape ecologists span multiple spectrums, addressing scientific theory as well as applied practice, conservation as well as utilization, and aquatic as well as terrestrial systems.
This book addresses a wide array of past, current, and future issues in landscape ecology to provide an overview of the varied viewpoints and perspect...
From the footpaths of our cities to the chatrooms of the Internet, people are connecting today as never before. As the planet shrinks through the multiple forces of immigration, travel, electronic communication and more fluid employment patterns, we will find ourselves increasingly forced into contact with those who are significantly different from ourselves. Sadly however, the stranger is often a threat to be resisted rather than a friend to be embraced. In this context of in-your-face diversity, it is time to revisit the heart of the New Testament, with its claim that in Jesus Christ a new...
From the footpaths of our cities to the chatrooms of the Internet, people are connecting today as never before. As the planet shrinks through the mult...
'You will know the truth, ' said Jesus, 'and the truth will set you free.' Christians have already begun to know God and his truth. This handbook assists in that liberating knowledge, as it opens up the great themes of God's Word and shows how they fit together. Each chapter deals with one aspect of biblical truth and encourages further study with Scripture references to look up, questions for discussion, and books for additional reading. The main sections conclude with practical reflection on how the Bible's teaching challenges us and moves us to adore the living God. This new edition of...
'You will know the truth, ' said Jesus, 'and the truth will set you free.' Christians have already begun to know God and his truth. This handbook assi...
Acts is an exciting story of church growth despite inner problems and outward conflict. The Book of Acts describes the spread of the gospel throughout the known world of the first century and the establishment of Christian churches in many different places. As the gospel entered new places, its preachers often faced opposition from followers of other religions, and sometimes this opposition extended to include political persecution. Nevertheless, within a generation the gospel had spread from Jerusalem to Rome and beyond. While Luke, the writer of Acts was a historian, Acts is not merely...
Acts is an exciting story of church growth despite inner problems and outward conflict. The Book of Acts describes the spread of the gospel through...
