Describes and includes examples of self-expressive, expository, persuasive, and imaginative writing as well as considers language structure and meaning and the dynamics of style

Contemporary Writer: A Practical Rhetoric

Literature & Fiction

Winterowd, W. Ross

Nixon, John S.

History & Criticism

Harcourt College Pub.

<p>In Redemption in Genesis, John S. Nixon looks for Jesus in the Bible’s beginning – in places where most Christians would not normally seek Him, places where His presence is not obvious. A popular and practiced preacher, Nixon draws new, refreshing lessons from the familiar, well-rehearsed stories in Genesis: Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Enoch, Noah, and Abraham. We must recognize, however, that searching for the glory of Christ anywhere in Scripture has its consequences. For wherever we find Him, cast our gaze on Him, and get a clearer picture of His beauty, we will see ourselves with increased clarity, and we will always suffer by comparison. Christ clearly revealed casts our beauty, our strength, our wisdom, our self-confidence in the dust. The Old Testament prophets who were looking for the Messiah exemplified the attributes of Christ in ways even they didn’t fully understand. Through them we see how it is that Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled all righteousness by exhib</p>

Redemption in Genesis: The Crossroads of Faith and Reason

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Pacific Press Publishing Association

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