Wisdom to Live By : Living Biblically in a Complex World

by Tinker, Melvin

• ISBN13: 9781857925029
• ISBN10: 1857925025
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-20
• Publisher: Christian Focus

Summary

Spike Milligan - said of his friend Peter Sellers "To know him was like going to a desert island, he's that lonely...."

Pol Pot - started his journey to terror in Cambodia by learning from philosopher Jean Paul Sartre that people have no intrinsic value

Madonna's - conclusion on the one thing missing in her life is 'I am a tormented person, I want to be happy'.

Paul Getty - then the richest man alive was asked "Is there anything you don't have?" He replied "you can always want a little more."

Melvin Tinker shows what is missing in our contemporary mindset. He says - 'Let me ask: do you want to know why deep down you feel you are important when everything around you says you are not? Do you want to solve the paradox that the more you have the more you want and the less satisfied you seem to be?"

Author Biography

Melvin Tinker is the minister of St. John's in Newlands, Hull.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
What's it all about? Wisdom for life Ecclesiastes	p. 11
Simply the Best, God's Wisdom in Proverbs (Proverbs 1:1-7)	p. 30
Words, Words, Words	p. 45
Whose Life is it Anyway? (Psalm 139)	p. 61
A matter of life and death Euthanasia	p. 75
'The best days of your life?' An education for life	p. 89
The Problem of Self-worth (Psalm 8)	p. 105
If only I had the time (Psalm 90)	p. 121
For better for worse Christian Marriage (1 Peter 3: 1-7)	p. 137
Bring Them Up - Parenting (Ephesians 6:1-4)	p. 153
Spiritual Wisdom on Spiritual Warfare (Ephesians 6:10-20)	p. 167
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