Bruce Ellis Benson Libros

Exploring the multifaceted nature of prayer, this collection of essays delves into its connection to the divine, its role in revealing human essence, and its transformative power over desire and action. By adopting a phenomenological perspective, the work examines the intricate relationship between prayer and cognition, highlighting how the analysis of prayer not only enriches our understanding of religious life but also challenges the boundaries of phenomenological inquiry itself.

For years, Cassie Cooper has convincingly played a confident young woman who couldn't care less about what others think of her actions. But in reality, beneath the bold façade lies a frightened, broken little girl who is suffocating under the weight of her secrets. Out of control, Cassie continues whirling down a treacherous path, searching for anything that will numb her pain. But no one will ever know. With her mask securely in place, she keeps that that scared girl hidden, safe from the scrutiny of prying eyes. That is, until she meets Grady Bennett. The martial arts instructor doesn't just look at Cassie; he sees her. And with painstaking patience as their relationship grows, Grady works to help Cassie see herself. Her ferocity. Her strength. Her ability to love and to smile. He pushes her to acknowledge and embrace what she really is...a survivor. As Cassie faces her tortured past, her walls come down. With her vulnerabilities exposed, she loses sight of her new perspective and plummets once again into her void. Sometimes it takes hitting rock bottom to find the necessary strength to land safely. And sometimes, life has to be completely Out of Focus in order to finally see.

Focusing on the ideas of influential postmodern philosophers such as Nietzsche, Derrida, and Marion, the book explores the concept of idolatry in thought. Bruce Ellis Benson delves into how these thinkers illuminate the human tendency to create concepts that obscure the true nature of God. He argues for the necessity of biblical revelation through Jesus Christ as a remedy to this conceptual idol worship, providing a critical perspective on the intersection of philosophy and faith.

When Aubrey Miller begins her education at Titan University, she is no longer the beautiful, blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl of her youth. In fact, she's no longer even Aubrey Miller. Now with jet-black hair, multiple sets of eccentric contact lenses, and several facial piercings, she's veiled herself in complete darkness as a form of protection for herself, as well as others. As she enters her first year of college, her goal is simple: earn a degree with the least amount of social interaction as possible. What she never anticipates is the formation of very unlikely relationships with two people who will change her life in ways she never believed possible: Quinn Matthews, the overtly cheerful pageant queen, and Kaeleb McMadden, a childhood friend who never really let her go. Over the years, as their connections intertwine and strengthen, a seemingly indestructible bond is formed between the three. And eventually, the ties of friendship and discovery of first love begin to coax her from her darkened path as they slowly bring Aubrey back to life. Spanning the course of four years, this is the story of a young woman's plight to finally reemerge, finding strength within unbreakable bonds as she delivers herself from her own manufactured darkness and safely back . . . Into the Light.

By age of thirteen, Dalton Greer had already experienced abouse unfathomable to most. So by the time he was finally rescued from the lastest of his long string of foster homes, he was already traveling down a very dangerous path. Indebted to a known drug lord as means of protection, he chose the life of the streets, thinking that was all his life had to offer ... until he met her. Five years later, she's the only bright spot in his very bleak existence. There's nothing he won't do to shield her from the evil he's experienced, and he wants nothing more to protect her from the life he's chosen, as well as from himself. The day Spencer Locke found Dalton sitting on her porch, she felt his pain and understood his rage. They were bonded by both, though he would never understand why. He had been lost while she was found, and in that moment, she vowed to help him find his way too. As the years pass by, the initial bond becomes something deeper. Spencer loves Dalton regardless of his past, in spite of his choices. One night is all they have before fate makes its own decision. Dalton is forcd to choose the path he will travel, and Spencer is left not knowing why. This is a journey toward the discovery of true friendship as it blossoms into first love, the experience of crucial sacrifice and ultimate betrayal, and the endurance of agonizing heartbreak on the way to finding lasting redemption. And when all secrets are unleashed, two fractured souls find solace ..

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The first available introduction to the 'theological turn' in contemporary French thought. Starting with Emmanuel Levinas and Michel Henry, it also examines later works by the likes of Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Marion and Jean-Louis Chretien: an essential read for anyone seeking an overview of this important strand of contemporary European thought.

Being in Creation asks about the role of humans in the more-than-human world from the perspective of human creatureliness, a perspective that accepts as a given human finitude and limitations, as well as responsibility toward other beings and toward the whole of which they are a part.

Children growing up in harsh environments may develop intact, or even enhanced, skills for solving problems in high-adversity contexts (i.e., 'hidden talents'). This Element proposes that stress-adapted skills represent a form of adaptive intelligence enabling individuals to function within the constraints of harsh environments.