Are you lifting up others in their time of need?Have tough economic times, physical and emotional challenges, or spiritual pain put you on "the stretcher"?Sometimes, even the most caring people are not sure how to help struggling friends or family. Inside this book, you'll find Biblical insights and practical ways to encourage and support those around you. You will also discover what to do when you are on the stretcher of life. Encouragement and caring are tremendous sources of strength and hope. Let this book guide you, your family, and your friends to the feet of Jesus.We can lift...

Based on the book, The Stretcher, this study teaches how to practically minister to hurting people through the biblical principles of encouragement and support. It will revolutionize the way you and your church deal with the issues that hurting people are facing. The following areas are addressed: The biblical background for the ministry of encouragement and support Reasons why people don't reach out for help How to make it through those difficult times when you are alone on a stretcher Begin to realize those true friendships in your life and how to affirm and strengthen them Understanding...

Michael R. Slater argues for the contemporary relevance of pragmatist views in the philosophy of religion.

This brilliant, classic and scholarly study provides the fullest treatment of a key subject. It is one of the essential works on Dickens's work and life. A substantial new introduction deals with more recent commentary. Dickens's treatment of women is a central aspect of his artistic achievement. Professor Slater examines the novelist's experience of women - as son, brother, lover, husband, and father, and as it affected the deepest emotional currents in his life. His perception of female nature and his conception of women's role in the home and outside it - and the ways in which these found...

This brilliant, classic and scholarly study provides the fullest treatment of a key subject. It is one of the essential works on Dickens's work and life. A substantial new introduction deals with more recent commentary. Dickens's treatment of women is a central aspect of his artistic achievement. Professor Slater examines the novelist's experience of women - as son, brother, lover, husband, and father, and as it affected the deepest emotional currents in his life. His perception of female nature and his conception of women's role in the home and outside it - and the ways in which these found...

This celebrated and fully illustrated work brings Dickens into close focus as a key commentator on America.He turns his satiric pen on 19th-century American society during his visits in 1842 and 1867-68. This became what G.K. Chesterton called "Dickens's great quarrel with America." It became one of the most celebrated episodes in the history of Anglo-American cultural relations. This large format, fully illustrated book traces the history of Dickens's fascination with the young republic from his first glorious anticipations, through a period of bitter disillusionment, to a final reassessment...

This celebrated and fully illustrated work brings Dickens into close focus as a key commentator on America.He turns his satiric pen on 19th-century American society during his visits in 1842 and 1867-68. This became what G.K. Chesterton called "Dickens's great quarrel with America." It became one of the most celebrated episodes in the history of Anglo-American cultural relations. This large format, fully illustrated book traces the history of Dickens's fascination with the young republic from his first glorious anticipations, through a period of bitter disillusionment, to a final reassessment...