Description: ""Abuse is a problem that needs to be understood, addressed, and challenged. The abused are humans in the image of God who need to be protected, loved, and empowered to stand with us and walk through life with respect and dignity. When God brings a victim to us, we have a responsibility to love them as we want to be loved and be faithful to that responsibility. We must make sure that they and their children are safe, protected, and given the chance to live in peace and love. Abusers are also humans who are in the image of God, and they need to be taught how to live and respect...
Description: ""Abuse is a problem that needs to be understood, addressed, and challenged. The abused are humans in the image of God who need to be pro...
Description: When Jesus spoke at his local synagogue he boldly proclaimed that he was the one sent to free those who were oppressed. He came to provide hope, peace, and safety to those suffering in the world. When he left this earth, his followers were left with the task of continuing this ministry. Statistics suggest that in America one in four women has experienced physical violence in an intimate relationship. Dating violence, intimate-partner violence, and child abuse rank as some of our nation's largest problems. Men are also being abused by intimate partners, parents, or care providers...
Description: When Jesus spoke at his local synagogue he boldly proclaimed that he was the one sent to free those who were oppressed. He came to provid...
Description: When Paul came to Corinth he found a culture emerging from the ashes of Roman power. As Julius Caesar rebuilt the fallen city he brought Roman culture to this Greek community. Likewise, Paul's message of salvation in Jesus rebuilt the fallen lives of people dominated by a culture of power. This power was displayed in violence, discrimination, sexuality, and spirituality. As this city emerged from the ashes of humiliation the church emerged, by God's hand, from of the humiliation of Jesus and the cross. Today the church emerges in a culture of power, humiliation, and fear. Paul's...
Description: When Paul came to Corinth he found a culture emerging from the ashes of Roman power. As Julius Caesar rebuilt the fallen city he brought ...
Description: When a boy cries, his father trains him in the way of the ancients. He is taught to ""man up,"" and rejects anything feminine in his life. Thus he begins the process of becoming a man in the image of his culture. This transformation comes at the expense of his own calling to reflect the image of God. Men and women, however, were both created in this divine image and were meant to live in harmony rather than enmity. Recently, influential Christian writers and leaders have suggested that men have become too feminized and need to return to their calling to be ""real men."" Clark...
Description: When a boy cries, his father trains him in the way of the ancients. He is taught to ""man up,"" and rejects anything feminine in his life...
Genre: Biographical comedy Characters: 3 males, 2 females Scenery: Interior In a small laboratory in Paris in the 1800s, Pierre and Marie Curie discover uranium, radium and their love. This intelligent comedy is equal parts science, history and riotously charming comedy. A blunt nanny, a profi teering scientist and a dull, ambitious academic department head round out the company. "An engaging, amusing and educational account of Pierre and Marie Curie's personal and professional lives... Laugh out loud funny." - Variety "Charming, funny and scientifi c... It makes you laugh til you cry." -...
Genre: Biographical comedy Characters: 3 males, 2 females Scenery: Interior In a small laboratory in Paris in the 1800s, Pierre and Marie Curie discov...
New York Times bestselling author and educator Ron Clark challenges parents, teachers, and communities everywhere embrace a difference in the classroom and uplift, educate, and empower our children. Read this book to find out why so many across the country have embraced these powerful rules. - Set the electric tone on day one - Teach your children how to study--don't expect it to come naturally - Don't constantly stress about test scores - Not every child deserves a cookie - Lift up your teachers. No, really, lift them up - If kids like you all the time,...
New York Times bestselling author and educator Ron Clark challenges parents, teachers, and communities everywhere embrace a difference in the c...
About the Contributor(s): Ron Clark is the minister for the Agape Church of Christ and faculty at George Fox Evangelical Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Freeing the Oppressed and The God of Second Chances.
About the Contributor(s): Ron Clark is the minister for the Agape Church of Christ and faculty at George Fox Evangelical Seminary in Portland, Oregon....
Description: When the people of Judah were taken captive by the Babylonians, their world was drastically changed. While in exile they experienced shame, guilt, fear, and displacement. However, their God had been traumatized by their behavior and also grieved with them. Yet, Yahweh gave them a second chance by forgiving them and bringing them home. God offered them hope, mercy, and love. The prophets were God's chosen messengers, not only to provide a new vision of what could be, but to suffer with the people. These servants were caught in the middle between a passionate God and traumatized...
Description: When the people of Judah were taken captive by the Babylonians, their world was drastically changed. While in exile they experienced sham...
