No family today is more dysfunctional than Joseph’s. No one faced greater temptation than Potiphar’s wife offered Joseph. No faith is challenged more severely than was Joseph’s on death row. Yet Joseph stood firm, exemplifying what is possible when ordinary people maintain their connections with God. Like an epic novel filled with intrigue, tension, and torrential emotions, Joseph’s triumphant story touches us all. This third volume in Charles Swindoll’s “Great Lives” series presents a fresh look at one of the most intriguing characters in the Old Testament and focuses on the virtue of forgiveness in the face of deceit and betrayal.
Archive for January, 2008
1st Chapters Podcast | Ep. #124 “Joseph: A Man of Integrity and Forgiveness” (Charles R. Swindoll)
Saturday, January 12th, 20081st Chapters Podcast | Ep. 84 “Tolstoy: Father Sergius & Short Stories” (Leo Tolstoy)
Monday, January 7th, 2008Tolstoy is perhaps best recognized as the author of the classic novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. While he was able to sustain complex and moving plots through large novels, his ability as a writer also is demonstrated in his many short stories. Tolstoy brings to these brief tales the same psychological depth and spiritual insight found in his larger works. In fact, his short stories are an excellent place to begin reading this great author. In them, you will find the same challenging themes of morality, forgiveness, redemption and more.
The stories in this work include
God sees the truth, but waits
A Prisoner in the Caucuses
Alyosha the Pot
Father Sergius
What Men Live By
Where Love is, God is