The Moral of the Story

Part I: The imitation of Christ -- I. Jesus Christ: His birth (Christmas-related stories) -- The revolt in heaven / Samuel Kamaleson -- "Why the chimes rang" / Raymond Macdonald Alden -- "If He had not come" / Nan F. Weeks -- "The innkeeper of Bethlehem" / J.W.G. Ward -- "Merry Tifton!" / D. James Kennedy -- II. Jesus Christ: His life and ministry -- "The creation" / James Weldon Johnson -- "The man born blind" / J.W.G. Ward -- The startling painting / Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- "Alive" / Max Lucado -- The story of the faithful friend and its exegesis in a medieval sermon / Summary of Everyman -- III. Imitating Christ -- The deaths of the apostles / John Foxe -- "In the arena" / Chuck Colson -- "The ministry of Edward Spencer" / Jerry Newcombe -- "Father Zossima's brother" / Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- In His steps / Charles M. Sheldon. Part II: The seven deadly sins -- I. Pride -- The temptation of Christ / from the Gospel According to Luke (NIV) -- The parable of the Pharisee and the Publican / from the Gospel According to Luke (NIV) -- The casket scenes from The Merchant of Venice / William Shakespeare -- Paradise lost / John Milton -- Ben Franklin on pride / from Poor Richard's Almanack -- Proclamation of a national fast day / Abraham Lincoln -- Our solid American citizen / Ralph Linton -- "The teapot" / Hans Christian Andersen -- "The good things of life" / Arthur Gordon -- II. Greed -- Naboth's vineyard / from the Book of I Kings (NIV) -- The healing of Naaman the Leper and the greed of Gehazi / retold by Jesse Hurlbut -- The widow's mite / from the Gospel According to Luke (NIV) -- Ananias and Sapphira / from the Book of Acts (NIV) -- "The stolen fruit" / from The Confessions of St. Augustine -- "The pardoner's tale" / Geoffrey Chaucer -- Ben Franklin on greed / from Poor Richard's Almanack -- III. Envy -- Can and Abel / from the Book of Genesis (NIV) -- Saul and David / retold by Jesse Hurlbut -- "Little Snowdrop" / a classic fairytale, retold by Dinah Craik -- Iago's intentions / by William Shakespeare -- "Headmaster Bard" / by Bjornstjerne Bjornson, translated by Kirsti Saebo Newcombe -- IV. Anger -- The parable of the unmerciful servant / from the Gospel According to Matthew (NIV) -- Michael LeFan on anger / Michael LeFan -- "[Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W)" / by Edgar Allen Poe -- "The first crèche" / Arthur Gordon -- "The hammer of God" / G.K. Chesterton -- "Tropical paradise lost and found" / retold by Jerry Newcombe -- V. Lus

שנה

1996

שפה

English

הוצאה

Broadman & Holman Pub

מהדורות

3

עמודים

448

ISBN

9780805461992

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata