Bill Nichols

God has one main purpose in giving us his 66 books: so we might know that His greatest desire is a close, intimate relationship with Him and that, in knowing Him, we might have a healthy faith. Join Bill Nichols and embark on a 66-day spiritual journey through the entire Bible, giving you glimpses into the way God moves and speaks in the lives of real people. See how God discloses His character, His thinking, His feelings, His values, and His way of relating to His friends and His enemies. Each day includes a brief overview of one book in the Bible. The days theme expands with an inspirational devotional, true stories, and scripture to encourage and challenge you. Devotions for a Healthy Faith: Get to Know God through His 66 Books will guide you to know God in a more intimate way and grow a healthy faith: a faith that will equip you to handle lifes challenges and prepare you for eternity.

Defining moments are those memorable times or events that we never forget. They shape our beliefs, our values, our life goals, and sometimes they can be so powerful they change even the trajectory of our lives. Defining Moments is a collection of stories of those kinds of experiences in the lives of twenty-eight outstanding leaders. Read the stories from medical professionals, a soldier, ministers, business leaders, teachers, lawyers, professors, scientists, entrepreneurs, writers, and philanthropists. Spanning the globe from India, Guatemala, Honduras, Congo, Afghanistan, Haiti, and even outer space, these defining moments take us to places like classrooms, battlefields, hospital rooms, board rooms, and quiet places. The golden thread running through all these stories is Gods activity in the lives of these individuals. God uses circumstances, events, and other people to create these defining moments. Read their stories and reflect on your own life to discover your defining moments.

Este libro nos ofrece estimulantes y convincentes bases para abordar las cuestiones teóricas que plantea un género cinematográfico como es el documental. Recogiendo el hilo donde lo dejara con su ya clasico Ideology and the Image (1981), Bill Nichols amplia sus argumentos sacando el maximo partido de los mas recientes avances teoricos y yendo mas alla que cualquier otro texto previo en la investigacion de un tema que ya se creia abandonado: no solo se enfrenta a problemas antiguos --la etica y la objetividad, por ejemplo-- con las perspectivas que ofrecen las nuevas ideas sobre el poder, el conocimiento, el cuerpo y la subjetividad, sino que ademas, con todo ello, acaba elaborando una revision de las mas importantes teorias cinematograficas de las dos ultimas decadas que sin duda provocara un cambio de rumbo historico en el terreno de este tipo de estudios. Se trata, en fin, de una obra minuciosa y exhaustiva, un verdadero hito del pensamiento cinematografico contemporaneo, cuya sofisticada fusion entre los asuntos puramente taxonomicos y aquellos mas inclinados hacia la etica permitiran a profesionales y estudiosos penetrar hasta el fondo en los incontables misterios que rodean a la realizacion y consumo de este tipo de filmes.

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