Rumors of Another World: What on Earth Are We Missing?
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (501 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0310253128 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 241 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Faith puts together, assembles, re-orders, accepting the entire world as God's handiwork. 'Nature and supernature are not two separate worlds, but different expressions of the same reality. He challenges us to tune into 'rumors of another world,' and connect the seen with the unseen. We live among clues, like rescuers sifting through pieces of stained glass shattered by a bomb, and only with a blueprint or some memory of original design can we begin to connect the shards, to assemble them into a pattern that makes sense of our world. To encounter the world as a whole, we need a more supernatural awareness of t
Eliot and W.H. He also draws from his understanding of God-in-nature (shades of Annie Dillard here) and from his travels all over the world, using Tasmanian sheep to illustrate a point about human freedom and Costa Rican leatherback turtles to demonstrate "the mixed messages in nature." One particularly powerful chapter discusses the thorny-and unpopular-topics of guilt and repentance. He is fond of modern literary giants like Simone Weil, Virginia Woolf and Evelyn Waugh and is apt to defer to the insights of 20th-century poets such as T.S. Most people, he says, p
Not so sure about all this, Mr. Yancey Well, I'm about sixty percent through this book, and probably not going to read the rest.You haven't convinced me of a thing, Mr. Yancey, and at this point I feel as thought you'rejust wandering through your random thoughts and not trying to make a point.I attend church and various study groups, and call myself a 'Christian' but I can't 'feel' it,and I have so many questions that I am always lost in the Borderlands, as you call it.Why can't someone answer these questions:WHY should be believe Jesus was God? Just because He said so? So hav. Very interesting book! This is my favorite book from Phillip Yancey. It's very thought provoking, and makes you think outside the box! This book is one of the Christian books that would appeal to nonbelievers as well as believers, I would think. As I said, it's very thought provoking and gives evidence of God in nature.. Thoughtful and Inspiring Daughter of Eve Another good book from Yancey. In Rumors of Another World, Yancey uses artful, thoughtful, contemplative language to show us what we are missing in nature, people, cultures,and sex.Some people may find Yancey's writing style laborious, however, I find it refreshing. The book is divided into 3 parts; What we are missing, signs of disorder, and two worlds. His chapter on designer sex is refreshing and thought provoking. I really enjoyed the numerous stories of people and his analogies. It impresses the reader to really open their eyes and s