Callings: Twenty Centuries of Christian Wisdom on VocationWilliam Carl Placher |
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... 1989 , Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America . Used by permission . All rights re- served . Preface The idea for this book , and for me xiii Acknowledgments.
... 1989 , Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America . Used by permission . All rights re- served . Preface The idea for this book , and for me xiii Acknowledgments.
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... serve others , and be most richly ourselves — then life stops seeming so empty : my story has meaning as part of a larger story ultimately shaped by God . But how can we discern such a call ? To the occasional saint , the call ap ...
... serve others , and be most richly ourselves — then life stops seeming so empty : my story has meaning as part of a larger story ultimately shaped by God . But how can we discern such a call ? To the occasional saint , the call ap ...
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... serving God's plea- sure by doing it . In contrast , after Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil , work comes as punishment : Adam will now eat only " in toil " and " by the sweat of your face " ( Gen ...
... serving God's plea- sure by doing it . In contrast , after Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil , work comes as punishment : Adam will now eat only " in toil " and " by the sweat of your face " ( Gen ...
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Contents
IV | 13 |
V | 23 |
VI | 33 |
VII | 35 |
IX | 39 |
X | 47 |
XII | 51 |
XIV | 59 |
LVII | 239 |
LIX | 244 |
LXI | 254 |
LXIII | 262 |
LXV | 273 |
LXVII | 277 |
LXIX | 278 |
LXXI | 286 |
XVI | 65 |
XVIII | 73 |
XX | 80 |
XXI | 83 |
XXIII | 107 |
XXIV | 115 |
XXV | 123 |
XXVII | 128 |
XXIX | 132 |
XXXI | 140 |
XXXIII | 143 |
XXXV | 150 |
XXXVII | 154 |
XXXIX | 176 |
XLI | 190 |
XLII | 196 |
XLIV | 205 |
XLV | 211 |
XLVI | 213 |
XLVIII | 215 |
L | 217 |
LII | 220 |
LIV | 227 |
LVI | 232 |
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