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The study of the teachings of the prophets concerning life and death is of benefit to the Christian of the New Testament era. The same problems vex him in his daily life. Grief at times appears to overcome joys. Catastrophes ruin prosperity. Death takes away life. Political maneuvering in the world raises the question of its relationship with the intent of our God in the heavens. The Christian faith, however, confidently assures the believer that God's will is always done and that even the loss of physical life is not the final chapter, the absolute end of man. He will rise to everlasting life.

The Bible in American life today / by Philip Goff, Arthur Farnsley, and Peter Thuesen -- America's first Bible : native uses, abuses, and re-uses of the Indian Bible of 1663 / by Linford D. Fisher -- The debate over prophetic evidence for the authority of the Bible in Cotton Mather's Biblia Americana / by Jan Stievermann -- Navigating the loss of interpretive innocence : reading the enlightenment Bible in early modern America / by Robert E. Brown -- Reading the Bible in a Romantic era / by Beth Schweiger -- The origins of whiteness and the black (biblical) imagination : the Bible in the slave narrative tradition / by emerson B. Powery -- Biblical women in the woman's exponent : the Bible in nineteenth-century Mormonism / by Amy Easton-Flake -- Scriptualizing religion and ethnicity : the circle seven Koran / by Sylvester Johnson -- Reading the Bible in war and crisis to know the future / by Matthew Avery Sutton -- Reference bibles and interpretive authority / by B.M. Pietsch -- The soul's train : the Bible and southern folk and popular music / by Paul Harvey -- Where two or three are gathered : the adult Bible class movement and the social life of Scripture / by Christopher D. Cantwell -- The word is true : King James onlyism and the quest for certainty in American evangelical life / by Jason A. Hentschel -- Selling trust : the Living Bible and the business of biblicism / by Daniel Vaca -- The Bible and the legacy of first wave feminism / by Claudia Setzer -- Let us be attentive : the orthodox study Bible, converts, and the debate on orthodox lay uses of Scripture / by Garrett Spivey -- The continuing distinctive role of the Bible in American lives : a comparative analysis / by Corwin Smidt -- Emerging trends in American children's Bibles, 1990-2015 / by Russell W. Dalton -- The curious case of the Christian Bible and the U.S. Constitution : challenges for educators teaching the Bible in a multi-religious context / by John F. Kutsko -- Transforming practice : American Bible reading in digital culture / by John B. Weaver -- Readers and their e-bibles : the shape and authority of the hypertext canon / by Bryan Bibb -- How American women and men read the Bible / by Amanda Friesen -- Feels right exegesis : qualitative research on how millennials read the Bible / by J. Derrick Lemons -- Crowning the King : the use of production and reception studies to determine the most popular English-language Bible translation in contemporary America / by Paul Gutjahr -- Literalism as creativity : intertextuality in making a biblical theme park / by James S. Bielo -- The Bible in the evangelical imagination / by Daniel Silliman -- Feeling the word : sensing Scripture at Salvation Mountain / by Sara M. Patterson -- The Bible : then and now / by Mark Noll

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- UK working group -- International reference group -- Contributors to fourth edition -- Contributors to previous editions -- Foreword to fourth edition -- Preface to fourth edition -- Preface to first edition -- Acknowledgements -- Contact details and further information -- How to use your textbook -- Part I Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- 1.1 What is a major incident? -- 1.2 Classification of major incidents -- 1.3 Summary -- CHAPTER 2 The structured approach to major incidents -- 2.1 Preparing for a major incident -- 2.2 The structured response to a major incident -- 2.3 Recovering from a major incident -- 2.4 Summary -- Part II Organisation -- CHAPTER 3 Health service structure and roles -- 3.1 Command and control -- 3.2 Ambulance services organisation -- 3.3 Medical services organisation -- 3.4 Command and control of the health service response -- 3.5 Ambulance services at a major incident -- 3.6 Ambulance service key roles -- 3.7 Medical services at a major incident -- 3.8 Medical command appointments -- 3.9 Clinical staff at the scene -- 3.10 Summary -- CHAPTER 4 Emergency service organisation and roles -- 4.1 Organisation -- 4.2 Role of the police at a major incident -- 4.3 Role of the fire and rescue service at a major incident -- 4.4 Role of the maritime and coastguard services at a major incident -- 4.5 Summary -- CHAPTER 5 Support service organisation and roles -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Specific services -- 5.3 Summary -- Part III Preparation -- CHAPTER 6 Planning -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Guidance -- 6.3 General principles -- 6.4 Incorporating the structured approach into the response -- 6.5 Recovery -- 6.6 Summary -- CHAPTER 7 Personal equipment -- 7.1 Minimum clothing -- 7.2 Additional items -- 7.3 Summary -- CHAPTER 8 Medical equipment -- 8.1 Introduction.

Abstract: Many economists share the view that the rise in obesity is largely the result of rational decision-making by individuals who compare risks and benefits. A dominant view among economists is that there is no economic justification for government intervention unless there is a market failure. However, recent developments in behavioral economics suggests that people often fail to make optimal decisions, and that public welfare may be improved by government interventions even when there is no externality. This paper examines the association between one's body weight and life satisfaction by utilizing data on self-reported life satisfaction, which approximates individual utility, after briefly reviewing the economics of obesity and discussing the rationale and justification of obesity-related policies. Using a large data set (N = 1,465,219), it is found that life satisfaction of people who are overweight or obese is lower. The adverse life satisfaction effect of obesity remains statistically significant, even when socioeconomic factors and obesity-related health variables are controlled. The findings suggest that many overweight and obese people may be making sub-optimal decisions when it comes to eating. While the findings are not causal and thus do not necessarily suggest that government intervention will be welfare-enhancing even in the absence of negative externalities, effective anti-obesity policies may lead to higher life satisfaction among many overweight people who are struggling with self-control problems.