Deus Misereatur

The Image of God in an Image Driven Age: Explorations in Theological Anthropology by Beth Felker Jones My rating: 5 of 5 stars What does it mean for humankind to be created in the image of God? Are there ways this should play out in our social, inter-racial, and marital relationships? Is there anything restorative and health-giving for the battered, abused and molested in knowing that they are in the image of God? Many of these questions, and more, are tackled in a new 272 page paperback anthology, “The Image of God in an Image Driven Age: Explorations in Theological Anthropology.” This compilation is edited by Beth Felker Jones, associate professor of theology at Wheaton College, and Jeffrey W. Barbeau, associate professor of theology in the Graduate School at Wheaton College. It is a collection of twelve essays are drawn from the 2015 Wheaton Theology Conference, and are penned by authors across the ecclesiastical-theological-racial-gender spectrum. These papers, pulled together, ...

Krav Maga Professional Tactics: The Contact Combat System of the Israeli Martial Arts by David Kahn My rating: 5 of 5 stars There are days during training when the "martial" is clear; there are other days that it's obvious that it's truly "art"; on occasion it feels as if it is only a sport, with all of the emphasis on scoring points, countering the "attack", and looking for quick openings. That's why it's useful, once in a while, to delve into books that recall what it's all about. In this regard a new volume has just rolled off the press by David Kahn, a certified Israeli Krav Maga Association instructor, and trainer of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies along with all branches of the U.S. military. "Krav Maga: Professional Tactics" is a 352 page instructional manual that is designed for "security-conscious civilians, law enforcement officers, military personnel, and security professionals alike who w...

Delivered from the Elements of the World: Atonement, Justification, Mission Peter J. Leithart IVP Academic (InterVarsity Press) PO Box 1400 Downers Grove, IL 60515 ISBN: 978-0-8308-5126-3; $30.00; March 2016 Reviewed by Rev. Dr. Michael Philliber for Deus Misereatur Imaginative and Ingenious; 5 Stars out of 5 My family and I have changed the rules of the game. After playing UNO for years the standard way, we spiced it up with a few extra twists and turns. Now you can stack the “Draw Four” cards, player by player, until there are no more to be played, thus potentially leaving the last participant who doesn’t have any “Draw Four” cards under a substantial pile. And there are other adventurous variations we’ve added, all of which leave the game structurally the same while internally distinctive.  This is the kind of thing Peter J. Leithart, president of Theopolis Institute, adjunct senior fellow of theology at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho, column...

Sunday morning: From Psalm 63 O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. It has been good to enter your great assembly; to earnestly seek you; to have our dry and thirsty souls quenched with you, O fountain of living waters. We pray for those who don’t know you, and have never known the joy that you are and the life you give….may they hear your invitation and come to the festival. We pray on behalf of Anna’s House Foundation, Darci Oplotnik, the administrators and staff, and the families who have opened homes and hearts. Provide the moneis and resources needed, raise up volunteers and provide more families. Give them all that they need in the midst o...