Sermon on the Mount: Brief Meditations - Softcover

Rapp, James D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982850786 ISBN 13: 9780982850787

Verlag: Rapp Productions, 2013

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Jim Rapp presents a series of 26 brief studies of the Sermon on the Mount. These provocative pieces are written to show that Jesus meant what he said. The author believes that Jesus' teaching is as much a part of the redemptive work he came to do as was his death on the cross; that he came to introduce us to the kingdom of heaven here and now and that his moral teachings are intended to guide us as we live in that kingdom awaiting the day when, by the sacrifice of his blood, we will gain entrance into the eternal reward that awaits us beyond this life. Without the map of Jesus moral teachings few who come to believe in him would continue along that narrow path that leads to life everlasting. Without the blueprint provided by Jesus moral teaching most will build lives that look little different than those of their neighbors living in the kingdom of this world. Those who hear the words of this “best loved, least observed” sermon, and practice them are like a wise man who built his house upon a rock. Storms of doubt and temptation are unable to destroy a house thus built.

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James (Jim) Rapp is a retired public school teacher. Previous to his 27 year teaching career he served as pastor of a congregation in River Falls, Wisconsin for six years. In the years since his retirement from teaching he served his church in Eau Claire, Wisconsin as Director of Drama for 12 years until May 2009. Jim holds a Diploma in Theology from North Central Bible College (now North Central University) 1958, and a Master’s Degree in History from University of Wisconsin-River Falls 1971, with his major area of interest being the Ancient Near East. He has written seven dramas, five of which have been staged. In his twelve years as Director of Drama he co-directed, with Music Director, Cheryl Brandt, twenty-two adult musical dramas and nine children’s musicals. Jim is author of four books of poetry, Perfect Imperfection, Sandals: The Journey of Abraham and Sarah & Hagar, Second Crop: More Poems by James D. Rapp, and Etcetera: An Eclectic expression of Humors. He is also author of Inga & Olaf: Modern Parables. Jim lives with Alice, his wife of 56 plus years, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Rapp Productions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0982850786
• ISBN 13: 9780982850787
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 120
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