Household Gods: The British and their Possessions

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At what point did the British develop their mania for interiors, wallpaper, furniture, and decoration? Why have the middle classes developed so passionate an attachment to the contents of their homes? This absorbing book offers surprising answers to these questions, uncovering the roots of today’s consumer society and investigating the forces that shape consumer desires. Richly illustrated, Household Gods chronicles a hundred years of British interiors, focusing on class, choice, shopping, and possessions.
Exploring a wealth of unusual records and archives, Deborah Cohen locates the source of modern consumerism and materialism in early nineteenth-century religious fervor. Over the course of the Victorian era, consumerism shed the taint of sin to become the preeminent means of expressing individuality. The book ranges from musty antique shops to luxurious emporia, from suburban semi-detached houses to elegant city villas, from husbands fretting about mantelpieces to women appropriating home decoration as a feminist cause. It uncovers a society of consumers whose identities have become entwined with the things they put in their houses.

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Victorian possessions and their owners.......2007-09-05

Deborah Cohen's book is a fascinating study on a number of levels. From its starting point as a history of the domestic interior of middle class homes from the Victorian era into the early twentieth century, it serves as a lens for examining the history of the period on a number of different levels. What emerges is an entertaining account of the democratization of taste that accompanied the growth of consumerism in the nineteenth century, one that reflected and presaged broader changes taking place in British society.

Cohen starts with a quote from a modern-day reverend bemoaning Britain's current obsession with home improvement stores which she sets up as an ironic counterpoint to the past, as in many ways the modern obsession with home decoration can be traced to the Evangelical movement of the nineteenth century. Prior to then, taste was the domain of the upper classes, inherent and exclusive to them. As the middle class prospered, however, its Evangelical members wrestled with the impact of the growing consumerism upon their souls. Their ingenious solution was not to reject materialism but to embrace it by stressing the moral impact goods made, and to channel consumption towards embodying godly virtues.

Though the impact of Evangelism faded as the century wore on, the passion for decoration only grew. The middle class increasingly sought to define themselves by their household possessions, taking advantage of both their increasing wealth and the diminishing cost of household goods. Cohen charts the many trends that emerged from this, such as the development of home-furnishing stores (many of which gradually divested themselves from their additional earlier role as undertakers), the growing embrace of the "artistic" as an ability for self-expression, and the gradual shift in the responsibility for decorating the home from men to women. She also describes the reaction from the traditional class of wealthier consumers, who began collecting older furniture, creating a market for "antiques" that allowed them to maintain class distinctions and distinguish themselves from the broader consuming public.

Engagingly written and supported by numerous illustrations, Cohen's book is an excellent study of its subject. From her analysis of household goods and interior decoration, Cohen provides insight into the cultural, social, and economic developments of the era, making this a must read study for anyone interested in the Victorian era and the modern world that emerged from it.

The English as Collectors.......2007-07-14

As a antiquarian book and manuscript dealer for almost forty years I am always interested in why and how collectors collect. This book is a delight. Well researched, very readable, and the selection of illustration is wonderful. I bought another copy to send as a gift.

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Household Gods
Judith Tarr , and Harry Turtledove
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The standard time-travel plot turns on what might be changed by the futuristic know-how of an intrepid time traveler--typically a mechanically-minded man who "invents" modern weapons, medical technology, and so on. In Household Gods, Tarr and Turtledove make their time traveler a 1990s Los Angeles lawyer with no special technical or historical knowledge.

Nicole Gunther-Perrin is a single mother of two. Today her daycare provider's quitting. At the office, her male colleague has made partner and she hasn't. The kids get sick, the microwave dies, and her ex goes on vacation with his girlfriend. Staring at a votive plaque of Liber and Libera, Roman household gods, Nicole falls asleep wishing she lived in the past, surely a better and easier time. She awakens in second-century Carnuntum, a town near the Roman Empire's borders. Death, disease, and dirt are commonplace. Slavery and corporal punishment are facts of life, and war, pillage, and rape are constant threats. Mere survival is hard work. Though Nicole adapts and even enjoys some of her experience, she longs to return to her own time. The problems she left behind no longer seem unconquerable.

Tarr and Turtledove know their history and bring the reader into a past as vividly real as Nicole's Los Angeles. They create genuine, sympathetic characters whose thoughts and feelings are true to their era and deliver a satisfying conclusion. Household Gods should be on the shelf next to L. Sprague de Camp's Lest Darkness Fall and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR mysteries. --Nona Vero

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Nicole Gunther-Perrin is a modern young professional, proud of her legal skills but weary of the daily grind, of childcare, and of sexist coworkers and her deadbeat ex-husband. Then after one exceptionally awful day, she awakens to find herself in a different life, that of a widowed tavernkeeper on the Roman frontier around A.D. 170.Delighted at first, she quickly begins to realize that her new world is as complicated as her old one. Violence, dirt, adn pain are everywhere; slavery is commonplace, gladiators kill for sport, and drunkenness is taken for granted. Yet, somehow, people manage to face life everyday with humor and goodwill.No quitter, Nicole manages to adapt, despite endless worry about the fate of her children "back" in the twentieth century. Then plague sweeps through Carnuntum, followed by brutal war. Amidst pain and loss on a level she had never imagined, Nicole must find reserved of the sort of strength she had never known.

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Glad I came to read the reviews before I gave up. .......2007-10-11

Wow, I am about 90 pages into this book and I dislike the main character os much that I almost started to put the book down and not finish it. I am glad I came here to read the reviews first, because at least now I know the book might get better and I am not the only one who thinks Nicole is the biggest airhead, bigot, racist, and just plain stupid person ever. When she first realizes that she is in ancient Rome, it takes her a long time to wonder how her kids are doing back in LA and even then she only gives it a few minutes consideration. And giggles that her ex will have to take the kids with him. Giggles? And when the smell of the place almost gags her and she sees men urinating in public, why would she drink the water? Is anyone really that dumb? Oh yea, I forgot, she is a woman, that makes her a giggling imbecile, nevermind that she graduated from law school. Maybe they did not have regular classes at that college like history and personal hygiene. I will keep reading for another 100 pages and if she still makes me shake my head every page, I will give up. If not, I will follow up with another review....

Mundane and Humdrum.......2007-07-15

A good concept but had very little substance.modern Lady lawyer went back in time to anciant Rome.Found herself in another body.Was suprised at the horrors of that time.Slavery,sanatary conditions,killings in the arena,lack of modern medecines ECT,ECT.She had to have known these things so why the suprise.After the first 150 mundane pages of a 500 page book we find ourselves reading about someones humdrum day by day life.By this time I started skimming over the pages trying to find something of interest.There was a epedemic where her daughter,mother and lover died.A friend died in child birth.She got in dutch with her family by setting her slave free.By page 300 I gave up on this one as a waste of time.There are a lot of better books out there for me to read.

Hateful character ruins what could've been a splendid story.......2007-06-15

This book is about a 20th century American lawyer who wakes up one morning to find herself living in the world of ancient Rome. I was very eager to read it, but I was disappointed.

The first 52 pages are entirely set in the present, as are the last 78 pages. These pages are designed to show us the contrast between modern life and ancient life, but readers already know about the present. We don't need to spend the equivalent of a short novel on it, especially given that the protagonist, Nicole, is off-putting. She is self-centered, prudish, self-righteous, bigoted, hypocritical, and constantly simmering with petty hostility. For example, when her regular babysitter decides to give notice due to family circumstances, Nicole's only reason for not having her arrested by the INS is that the INS might end up helping the babysitter. She is a repulsive human being.

Nicole is also unbelievably stupid. She wishes herself back to ancient Rome, and she is then *shocked* to discover that water was not chlorinated, that slavery existed, that women lacked legal rights, that animals and people were killed in the gladiatorial arena, and so on. There has been some debate, in the reviews below, as to whether it is realistic for Nicole to be as stupid as she is (she must have excelled in college, or else would not have made it into law school). Realistic or not, it is *painful* for the reader to inhabit such a mean-spirited and smugly ignorant character. That the authors intend for us to sympathize with her only makes it worse.

I am a feminist but..........2007-05-28

Before I offer my critique of the book, I will acknowledge that i could not put it down while I was on a long airline flight because it was well written with an enjoyable plot.

Yet the main character drove me absolutely insane! I often critique books FROM a feminist lens only I realize that my main problem with the character was that she seemed to provide the kind of feminist propaganda that gives feminism a bad reputation. She blamed all of her problems on patriarchal structure and on men instead of taking some level of responsiblitiy for her own actions. There is a rape scene in the book, I am always disgusted that the notion of rape and that women are violated in that manner. However the portayal of that particular scene after all of the feminist propagada that I felt that the book seemed to revolve around seemed to be one of the ways that men were always blamed for everything in the book, instead of really exploring the kinds of emotions rape victims usually have that actually gives more sympathy to the issue than this kind of propaganda.

Along the same lines, I felt that a character that was so eager to be back in a time different time period than her own probably should have initially taken an anthropological lens and then an activist lens but she just jumped right into the activist lens which i always tend to find completely irresponsible.

Unfortunately I think that the under developed character who just spouted out all of this feminist propaganda is actually too similar to the way that some people take feminism too far (like theologian Mary Daly and anyone who wants to try to fix womens history by discriminating against men)and that people who oppose feminism carticturize feminism. So really the character in this book seems to embody everything that is wrong with feminism.

All of these critiques aside, I find that it is a very entertaining, well written concept. However when it comes to time travel I think that I much prefer Diana Gabaldon's books over this one. I think that anyone who likes this book who has not yet read Gabaldon's Outlander would enjoy giving that book a shot.

Silly, yet Entertaining.......2007-05-14

I am a Roman history buff and really wanted to like this book. A number of people have had problems with the lead character's anti-male stance, which does remain quite common throughout the book. I never found the character of Nicole to be hateful or annoying, however, I was just annoyed with the writers. To paraphrase Jessica Rabbit, Nicole isn't bad she's just written that way. The part about the book that's great, besides its perfectly plausible (from a literary perspective anyway) time travel device, is the supporting characters back in the Roman province of Carnuntum, in Germany, where Nicole finds herself. Quite honestly the details of life in a Roman household could be picked up in almost any nonfiction book and one wouldn't have to deal with some of the ridiculous thoughts that the writers have given Nicole. But then we wouldn't get to meet the bed-hopping slave, Julia, the fuller, Titus Calidius Severus, or any of the other residents of Carnuntum in the time of Marcus Aurelius, or find out about birth control, medicine, head lice, bargaining and law from the perspective of a ordinary working woman. The book isn't terribly memorable but it will definitely make you appreciate your life and all the advances and conveniences of it, while providing an enjoyable if ultimately somewhat unsatisfying read. It's not nearly as good a book about ancient Rome as something like Richard Ben Sapir's the Far Arena, or for more serious reading Colleen McCullough's First Man in Rome, but if you like your Roman history it's still recommended.

Accountable Discipleship: Living in God's Household

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Steven Manskar
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Into the Household of God: A Presider's Manual for the Rite of Baptism in the Book of Alternative Services

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John W.B. Hill
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Dwelling in the Household of God: Johannine Ecclesiology and Spirituality

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Dwelling in the Household of God: Johannine Ecclesiology and Spirituality
Mary L. Coloe
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Dwelling in the Household of God moves us from seeing God's dwelling place as the Temple to seeing God's dwelling place within the community of believers. The starting point now is an image in John 14:2: "my Father's house," which is given its Old Testament meaning of "my father's household." Our awareness thus moves, like that of the first Christians, from understanding "My father's house" as the Temple (John 2:16) to "My Father's Household" as a community of believers drawn into Jesus' own divine filiation. Coloe invites us to re-read the gospel from the post-Easter perspective of those who have become brothers and sisters of Jesus and living Temples of God's presence. What emerges is nothing less than a profound mysticism of the mutual indwelling of God and believers.

History: Fiction or Science? Dating methods as offered by mathematical statistics. Eclipses and zodiacs. Chronology Vol.I

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History: Fiction or Science? Dating methods as offered by mathematical statistics. Eclipses and zodiacs. Chronology Vol.I
Anatoly Fomenko
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Release Date: 2007-03-19

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History: Fiction or Science? is the most explosive tractate on history ever written - however, every theory it contains, no matter how unorthodox, is backed by solid scientific data. The book is well-illustrated, contains over 446 graphs and illustrations, copies of ancient manuscripts, and countless facts attesting to the falsity of the chronology used nowadays, which never cease to amaze the reader. Eminent mathematician proves that: Jesus Christ was born in 1153 and crucified in 1186 The Old Testament refers to mediaeval events. Apocalypse was written after 1486. Does this sound uncanny? This version of events is substantiated by hard facts and logic - validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources - to a greater extent than everything you may have read and heard about history before. The dominating historical discourse in its current state was essentially crafted in the XVI century from a rather contradictory jumble of sources such as innumerable copies of ancient Latin and Greek manuscripts whose originals had vanished in the Dark Ages and the allegedly irrefutable proof offered by late mediaeval astronomers, resting upon the power of ecclesial authorities. Nearly all of its components are blatantly untrue! For some of us, it shall possibly be quite disturbing to see the magnificent edifice of classical history to turn into an ominous simulacrum brooding over the snake pit of mediaeval politics. Twice so, in fact: the first seeing the legendary millenarian dust on the ancient marble turn into a mere layer of dirt - one that meticulous unprejudiced research can eventually remove. The second, and greater, attack of unease comes with the awareness of just how many areas of human knowledge still trust the three elephants of the consensual chronology to support them. Nothing can remedy that except for an individual chronological revolution happening in the minds of a large enough number of people.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Household of God (Biblical Classics Library)

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Household of God (Biblical Classics Library)
Lesslie Newbigin
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One of Newbigin's Best.......2005-06-27

This books is quite possibly Lesslie Newbigin's most important book, despite the fact that it is so little known. 'Household of God' is the fullest statement of Newbigin's ecclesiology. There is no other book that so fully explicates his understanding of the nature of the church.

Basically, Newbigin's ecclesiology is grounded in his view of the church as evangelical, catholic, pentecostal, missionary and eschatological. Evangelical ecclesiology has tended to focus on the church being defined by the presence of the Gospel being rightly preached and accepted. Catholic ecclesiology has emphasized the centrality of the sacraments and the visible fellowship of the church. Pentecostal thought offers a corrective to both of these approaches because it reckons with the fact that it is the Holy Spirit's work of constituting the community in relation to Christ that makes the church and empowers and effectualizes the church's preaching of the gospel and ecclesial practices.

Drawing together these three strands, Newbigin explores how the church is at its core defined by the eschatological tension of the kingdom being present now in its fellowship (by the work of the Spirit) and yet the kingdom not yet being fully present. This eschatological perspective wherein the church lives in the time between times emphasizes the importance of mission for the very identity of the church. The church lives as God's pilgrim people on the way to the end of the age and in the interim taking the gospel to the ends of the earth.

All of this is ultimately grounded in the reality of the church's participation in the life of the Trinue God. The church's mission and activity in the coming of the kingdom is ultimately a participation in the Father's sending of the Son and Spirit that all creation may be gathered into the life of God and be reconciled to him.

Newbigin also does a wonderful job developing the missional nature of the doctrine of election and the cosmic and social dimensions of salvation. This cuts against individualistic accounts of Christian salvation and anti-missional theologies of election that have plauged many protestant churches since the reformation.

In sum, this book is extremely central to Newbigin's whole project. His work on the gospel, culture and pluralism all proceed from this ecclesial foundation. This book is also simply one of the best ecclesiologies that I have ever read. Newbigin distills the nature of the church in a sucinct and profound way that I have not seen equaled anywhere. This is a vitally important book and deserves a wide reading. Highly recommended.

A Seminal Work that No One Has Read.......2003-01-09

I cannot believe that this is the first Amazon review of this book. Even Fr. David Zampino has not given it his attention. In this book, Bishop Newbigin lays out the beginnings of what would become known as "convergence theology" -- a sort of Grand Unified Theory of Christianity that seeks to unite the truth of divergent Christian theologies into a workable, holistic practice.

Newbigin was no stranger to this work, as he was essentially led down this path when he formed the Church of South India, which merged several formerly competing denominations into a more honest reflection of the Body of Christ. He identifies three streams of Christian practice: the Catholic, the Evangelical, and the Pentecostal, and notes that they actually complement each other. This principle is vital to the Christian Church through the ages, but it seems to be lost in the "church growth" free-for-all we seem to be experiencing today.

This book is well worth reading just for his wonderful exegesis of the Book of Romans. However, realize that this is an early work (which loses the fifth star). Newbigin took a historical view of the "three streams", so the rest of his life was devoted to trying to foster unity between the historical denominations. This is evident in the role he took in forming the World Council of Churches. I believe that the real problems are more theological in nature, and that a thorough re-evaluation of each denomination's core beliefs must take place. One cannot simply glue a Catholic congregation to a Baptist congregation and to a Pentacostal congregation and claim "unity". Each congregation must be able to operate in each stream. Yes, this means a lot of tearing down before building up. But, without the fullness of God in the entirety of the Church, how can we claim to be the unified Body of Christ?

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Confronting the Idolatry of Family: A New Vision for the Household of God
Janet Fishburn
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1 Timothy: The Household of God (Faith Walk Bible Studies)
Phillip D. Jensen , and Greg Clarke
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Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth. -Psalm 86:11a

To know God better is the heart's cry of a growing faith; and to understand His Word is to know Him. The FaithWalk Bible Studies are designed to help you get a grip on--and be gripped by--the message of God's Word. Each study asks probing questions of the Scriptures, and with commentary on the history and culture of the times, helps you work through difficult passages without giving away all the answers. The FaithWalk series captures the wonder of the Bible and leaves you in awe of almighty God.

He has called you to be His child, and has not left you without guidance. Paul's first letter to Timothy is packed with instructions on how to live a godly life. The Household of God walks you through this intriguing letter that demonstrates the essence of love and a sincere faith.

THE POST READER OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION: Doctor Hanray's Second Chance; Fallout Island; The Green Hills of Earth; Doomsday Deferred; Test Tube Terror; Island of Fear; Sinister Journey; The Place of the Gods; The Phantom Setter; The Big Wheel

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THE POST READER OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION: Doctor Hanray's Second Chance; Fallout Island; The Green Hills of Earth; Doomsday Deferred; Test Tube Terror; Island of Fear; Sinister Journey; The Place of the Gods; The Phantom Setter; The Big Wheel
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