Men Worth Knowing: Biblical Meditations for Daily Living

by J. Ellsworth Kalas

Overview

Author J. Ellsworth Kalas believes there is much we can learn about our own walk with God from the people in the Bible. In this inspiring book he gives us meditations about sixteen men from Scripture, some of them well known, others not even named. Each of them, he tells us, can teach us something about ourselves and our relationship with God, "not only through their wisdom but sometimes through their errors and obvious humanness."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664230593
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	01/17/2007
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

J. Ellsworth kalas is Senior Professor of Homiletics at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, where he was formerly president. He also served as a pastor for many years.

Table of Contents

Preface     vii
The Original Optimist (Genesis 3:8-20)     1
Just an Ordinary Man (Genesis 5:18-24)     8
The Boy Who Grew into His Coat (Genesis 37)     15
The Man Moses (Exodus 2:1-22)     22
A Man after God's Own Heart (1 Samuel 16:1-12)     29
My Friend, Elijah (1 Kings 19:1-12)     36
"Stubborn Ounces" (Amos 7:10-17)     43
Faithful for the Long Pull (Daniel 6:1-10)     50
Living on Borrowed Time (Luke 2:25-35)     58
Friend of the Bridegroom (John 1:6-9; 3:22-30)     65
The Soldier-Theologian (Matthew 8:5-13 [Luke 7:1-10])     72
An Obscure Hero (John 8:1-11)     79
"Rock" for a Reason (Matthew 16:13-23)     86
Young Man in a Hurry (Acts 12:6-12)     95
A Rare Friend (2 Timothy 1:15-17)     102
"A Gardener among Human Beings" (Acts 11:19-26)     109
Notes     117