購物比價找書網找車網
FindBook  
 有 1 項符合

The Wages of Love

的圖書
The Wages of Love The Wages of Love

作者:Bankston 
出版社:Booklocker.com
出版日期:2022-11-30
語言:英文   規格:平裝 / 476頁 / 21.59 x 13.97 x 2.69 cm / 普通級/ 初版
圖書選購
型式價格供應商所屬目錄
 
$ 1210
博客來 博客來
戲劇總論
圖書介紹 - 資料來源:博客來   評分:
圖書名稱:The Wages of Love

內容簡介

Nathan Whitehurst is a married and devoted pastor who loves the people of his church and the Lord he serves. But he also loves Sumiko, a woman who is not his wife, who has become the passion in his every breath and heartbeat. He no longer wants Jolene, not a kiss, not a hug, not a word of kindness. He looks at her with utter contempt, a contempt already in place when Sumiko came into his world.

The church perceives that Nathan and Jolene are the perfect Christian couple. So, how can they greet the congregants standing side by side with smiling faces, then go their separate ways to the arms of others? How can she profess allegiance to the faith when she imagines Jesus as nothing more than a myth? How can he stand in the pulpit to preach the Gospel or counsel others on the sanctity of marriage? Then again, how can he not? The ministry is his calling, a calling that is deep and abiding.

Nathan’s spirit is in turmoil, his emotions a study in paradox: love and hate, commitment and abandonment, freedom and bondage, honor and betrayal. He and Sumiko are convinced that fate has made them one, and fate cannot be ignored or dismissed. They believe to the cores of their beings that at the hours of their births, they were tethered by the gods to a virtual string, the red string of fate, that wound its way through nations and decades, then crossed a mighty ocean, yet never broke or frayed. Thus, Nathan is persuaded that Sumiko is his destiny, and Sumiko is persuaded that Nathan is hers.

The pastor longs to have peace in his soul, but it too often seems that God is now his accuser and accuses without merit. Nathan wrestles with the Lord in defiance, willing to challenge the Almighty for what is written in His word. Foremost is David, who ordered the murder of Uriah so he could lay claim to Uriah’s wife. Yet, the hand-chosen king of the Divine, whom the scriptures declare was a man after God’s own heart was allowed to keep Bathsheba. Why could Nathan not have Sumiko and still pursue the heart of God?

Why must he struggle with the fear of eternal Hell? Does it even exist, or is it merely an empty threat to keep God’s children in line? Are we imbued with free will, or are we victims of forced induction, who live in terror of a heinous abyss? Is the Bible simply rules for the mindless, who cannot think and reason for themselves? If it is truly inspired by God, why all the contradictions? Why all the anger and vengeance at the Creator’s behest? If He is not the author of confusion, why is there so much confusion?

If living sinless lives is required, did Christ die for our sins in vain? Are the Cross and its purpose only legend? Why should Sumiko be treated as forbidden fruit? For Nathan, it is better to be cast with her to the east of Eden than shackled to Jolene in the splendor of the Garden. Still, no matter how intense his bewilderment, Nathan’s love for the Lord is profound; he cannot bear to be outside His will and presence. He yearns for harmony with Heaven, but Sumiko will not be the price. It is a war of the heart that cannot be won and must not be lost.

 

詳細資料

  • ISBN:9781958877784
  • 規格:平裝 / 476頁 / 21.59 x 13.97 x 2.69 cm / 普通級 / 初版
  • 出版地:美國
贊助商廣告
 
金石堂 - 今日66折
吃飽就沒事了:吃貨們的求生心靈雞湯
作者:喵個不停
出版社:幸福文化
出版日期:2020-04-01
66折: $ 211 
 
金石堂 - 暢銷排行榜
世界一初戀~小野寺律的情況(18)
作者:中村春菊
出版社:台灣角川股份有限公司
出版日期:2025-05-22
$ 111 
Taaze 讀冊生活 - 暢銷排行榜
長女病:我們不是天生愛扛責任,台灣跨世代女兒的故事
作者:張慧慈(小花媽)
出版社:游擊文化
出版日期:2025-04-01
$ 355 
金石堂 - 暢銷排行榜
伊谷納多的新娘(01)特典版
作者:もりもより
出版社:青文出版社股份有限公司
出版日期:2025-05-28
$ 142 
 
金石堂 - 新書排行榜
鄰人是有名直播主 特裝版
作者:菖蒲
出版社:未來數位有限公司
出版日期:2025-05-23
$ 237 
博客來 - 新書排行榜
世界一初戀~小野寺律的情況~ (18)
$ 110 
Taaze 讀冊生活 - 新書排行榜
2025蛇年流年室內催吉行好運風水佈局
作者:司徒法正
出版社:博學出版社
出版日期:2025-05-21
$ 66 
金石堂 - 新書排行榜
和死黨成為新婚夫夫了(01)
作者:和良比もち
出版社:青文出版社股份有限公司
出版日期:2025-05-29
$ 111 
 

©2025 FindBook.com.tw -  購物比價  找書網  找車網  服務條款  隱私權政策