Wordsmithy Hot Tips For The Writing Life

Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Canon Press & Book Service
ISBN 13 : 1591280990
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life written by Douglas Wilson and published by Canon Press & Book Service. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wordsmithy is for writers of every sort, whether experienced veterans, still just hoping, or somewhere in between. This book exhorts writers to explore the world, to read incessantly, to love mechanical helps, to be fine with being lousy (for a while), to learn languages, and to keep a commonplace book. Through a series of out-of-the-ordinary lessons, each with its own takeaway points and recommended readings, Douglas Wilson provides indispensable guidance, showing how to develop the writer's craft and the kind of life from which good writing comes.

Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in Words written by C. S. Lewis and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Studies in Words" by C. S. Lewis. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Daniel I. Block
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1441245634
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For the Glory of God written by Daniel I. Block and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity Today Book Award Winner One of Worship Leader Magazine's Editor's Picks Current discussions about worship are often driven by pragmatics and personal preferences rather than by the teaching of Scripture. True worship, however, is our response to God's gracious revelation; in order to be acceptable to God, worship must be experienced on God's terms. Respected Old Testament scholar Daniel Block examines worship in the Bible, offering a comprehensive biblical foundation and illuminating Old Testament worship practices and principles. He develops a theology of worship that is consistent with the teachings of Scripture and is applicable for the church today. He also introduces readers to a wide range of issues related to worship. The book, illustrated with diagrams, charts, and pictures, will benefit professors and students in worship and Bible courses, pastors, and church leaders.

Author : Casey Lute
Publisher : Cruciform Press
ISBN 13 : 1936760193
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book But God... written by Casey Lute and published by Cruciform Press. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just two words: "But God..." Understand their use in Scripture and you'll never be the same. Whether from the pen of Moses, Paul, or other biblical authors, "But God" appears in various forms hundreds of times in the Bible. To understand these two words as they are used in Scripture is to understand the gospel. This book focuses on nine of the most important appearances of this key phrase, drawing in numerous other passages of Scripture and in the process unfolding the magnificent drama of God's sovereign grace--from his mercy on Noah to our security in a resurrected Savior. James Montgomery Boice wrote, "May I put it quite simply? If you understand those two words--'but God'--they will save your soul. If you recall them daily and live by them, they will transform your life completely." Boice was right. To the left of "But God" in Scripture appear some of the worst human atrocities, characterized by disobedience and rebellion. To the left of "But God" is hopelessness, darkness, and death. But to its right, following "But God," readers of Scripture will find hope, light, and life. Following God's intervention, the story of Scripture becomes one of grace, righteousness, and justice. In fact, this phrase is used to describe God's activity in nearly every great salvation story in the Bible. It is the perfect phrase for highlighting God's grace against the dark backdrop of human sin. "But God" marks God's relentless, merciful interventions in human history. It teaches us that God does not wait for us to bring ourselves to him, but that he acts first to bring about our good. It also teaches us of the potential consequences if God were not to act. Scripture shows over and over that without God's intervening grace, without the "But God" statements in the Bible, the world would be completely lost in sin and under judgment. May the reading of this book, and of the biblical "But God" statements it contains, cause you to understand these two words, recall them regularly, and allow them to transform your understanding of God's grace and thus transform your very life.

Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Canon Press & Book Service
ISBN 13 : 1591280109
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Serrated Edge written by Douglas Wilson and published by Canon Press & Book Service. This book was released on 2003 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Satire is a kind of preaching. Satire pervades Scripture. Satire treats the foibles of sinners with a less than perfect tenderness. But, if a Christian employs satire today, he is almost immediately called to account for his "unbiblical" behavior. Yet Scripture shows that the central point of some religious controversies is to give offense. When Christ was confronted with ecclesiastical obstinacy and other forms of arrogance, he showed us a godly pattern for giving offense. In every controversy, godliness and wisdom (or the lack of them) are to be determined by careful appeal to the Scriptures and not to the fact of someone having taken offense. Perhaps they ought to have taken offense, and perhaps someone ought to have endeavored to give it.

Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433545861
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writers to Read written by Douglas Wilson and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If books are among our friends, we ought to choose them wisely. But sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. In Writers to Read, Doug Wilson—someone who’s spent a lifetime writing, reading, and teaching others to do the same—introduces us to nine of his favorite authors from the last 150 years, exploring their interesting lives, key works, and enduring legacies. In doing so, Wilson opens our eyes to literary mentors who not only teach us what good writing looks like, but also help us become better readers in the process.

Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Canon Press & Book Service
ISBN 13 : 1885767455
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reforming Marriage written by Douglas Wilson and published by Canon Press & Book Service. This book was released on 1995 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How would you describe the spiritual aroma of your home? The source of this aroma is the relationship between husband and wife. Many can fake an attempt at keeping God's standards in some external way. What we cannot fake is the resulting, distinctive aroma of pleasure to God. Reforming Marriage does what few books on marriage do today: it provides biblical advice. Douglas Wilson points to the need for obedient hearts on the part of both husbands and wives. Godly marriages proceed from obedient hearts, and the greatest desire of an obedient heart is the glory of God.

Author : Brian Mowll
Publisher : Lioncrest Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781544520865
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The ProFAST Diet written by Brian Mowll and published by Lioncrest Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have type 2 diabetes, you are standing at a crossroads. In one direction looms the slow progression of nerve damage, blindness, dialysis, amputations, and death. In the other waits hope: the true, honest possibility of fixing your blood sugar and reversing type 2 diabetes. How? By using your body's natural hormone responses to help you lose weight. If you've tried dieting before and failed, that's because most diets force you to work against your own system, constantly fighting the cravings that keep begging you to eat. The ProFAST Diet is completely different. Based on over forty years of clinical research, this revolutionary six-week program has helped thousands of people lose weight, lower their blood sugar, and eliminate their medications. Change requires action. If you're willing to choose hope, The ProFAST Diet can help you take your life in a new direction and prevent the life-threatening complications of diabetes.

Author : Alan Jacobs
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199831678
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction written by Alan Jacobs and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Oprah's Book Club is hugely influential, and a recent NEA survey reveals an actual uptick in the reading of literary fiction. Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own books, however, suggest that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that reading is, first and foremost, good for you--the intellectual equivalent of eating your Brussels sprouts. For such people, indeed for all readers, Jacobs offers some simple, powerful, and much needed advice: read at whim, read what gives you delight, and do so without shame, whether it be Stephen King or the King James Version of the Bible. In contrast to the more methodical approach of Mortimer Adler's classic How to Read a Book (1940), Jacobs offers an insightful, accessible, and playfully irreverent guide for aspiring readers. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, and the book explores everything from the invention of silent reading, reading responsively, rereading, and reading on electronic devices. Invitingly written, with equal measures of wit and erudition, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction will appeal to all readers, whether they be novices looking for direction or old hands seeking to recapture the pleasures of reading they first experienced as children.

Author : Karen Elizabeth Gordon
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618382019
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Well-tempered Sentence written by Karen Elizabeth Gordon and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basic rules governing the use of periods, semicolons, hyphens, commas, and other punctuation marks are illustrated by original explanations and humorous sample sentences. Reprint.