Author: Lynn Braxton
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
ISBN: 1619846780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
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BLOODLINE: OUR FATHER'S HOUSE, is set on the island of Barbados where the great manor house, Belle Terre, sits empty as it has for almost a century, on a cliff overlooking the sea. Soft sighing winds whisper through the palms that surround it in concert with the gentle waves that wash ashore in the sheltered cove below. Overhead, a flock of seagulls circle, dive, then rise upon the currents and venture further out to sea. A tour bus passes through a pair of ornate iron gates in the distance and travels up a shell-packed avenue to the main entrance. A dozen visitors emerge and enter the house. The faded grandeur of Belle Terre holds them spellbound until they are drawn to the arbor, and the graves of the legendary Edmond Ribaut and his daughter, Desiree Arnaud. Kidnapped by a band of Edmond's enemies in 1827, the nineteen year old girl was believed to have perished in a shipwreck as her captors attempted to take her from the island. The chance discovery of 1852 of a cemetery 2,000 miles away proved Desiree lived for nine years after her disappearance, taking to her grave a secret so shocking that those who found her vowed never to reveal what they had discovered. Her remains were returned to Belle Terre in 1933 by the last descendant bearing Edmond Ribaut's bloodline. Her strange benefactor would, ironically, die the day Desiree was laid to her final rest beside her father in the arbor, leaving the great estate in a preservation trust to the island of Barbados. (postscript) As the sun sets on the island, the ageing caretaker guides his cart up the avenue to lock the gates. They close with a harsh bang that echoes in the stillness. He retraces his path to the workers' compound behind the house. As he reaches for his latch, he turns and looks toward the arbor one last time. She will come soon, emerging from the shadows to enter the house, her blue silk gown whispering across the parquet floors as her soft laughter floats through the rooms where she once played as a child. The old man nods, and closes his door for the night, leaving young Desiree to her benign haunting until the sun rises upon the land once more.
Author: Leonie Smith
Publisher: Venture3 Media, Inc
ISBN: 1950247031
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 277
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Most people visit a church for the first time either by invitation or reputation. Many books have been written on the subject of personal evangelism and the importance of being a bringer. This book however, explores the power of reputation—specifically, God’s reputation as upheld and reflected in a church’s culture. Based on the story of the Queen of Sheba’s visit to King Solomon and how her initial encounter with his kingdom left her breathless and astounded, this book explores the profound effect a church’s culture can have on the heart of a seeker as they pursue rumours of King Jesus and His Kingdom. It warns that Kingdom-culture doesn’t happen by chance, but only as every member of the King’s household lays down their own comfortable and familiar culture to surrender instead to the common culture of Heaven. This book has been written to inspire every Christian to vigilantly uphold Heaven’s culture when living, loving and serving in the Fathers House— their local church. It implores us all not to waste another minute in engaging our God-given gifts and talents to create Heaven on Earth so that the Kingdom of God might be revealed in all of its glory to a world that is in desperate need of its wisdom, power and atmosphere. Only then, having tasted Heaven, will lost people truly desire to seek out this Kingdom’s magnificent King!
Author: Unknown Hebrew
Publisher: Unknown Hebrew
ISBN: 1951476654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Did you know that the term "Spiritual Israel" was a term used in 1958 by Pope Pius XI? He believed anyone, any race of people that believes in our Messiah, is a Semite. This is a lie. You cannot find the term "Spiritual Israel" in the scriptures. We are talking about a bloodline of a specific people chosen by YAHUAH. Here is your answer for "Spiritual Israel." Let us start in the book of Romans 9:1-3, which reads, "I say the truth in YAHUSHUA, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Ruach Ha'Kodesh, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from YAHUSHUA for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. Paul was from the tribe of Benjamin; he tells us that in the book of Romans 11:1 reads, "I say then, Hath YAHUAH cast away his people? ELOHIM forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin." Reread Romans 9:3; the reader can see that Paul tells you it is according to the flesh. There is no Spiritual Israel; again, this is a bloodline.
Author: Dr. Francis Myles
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN: 0768457599
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Tear down unholy altars and close the enemy’s entryways into your life! Do you feel like invisible barriers are keeping you from the life you want? This may be the result of hidden, evil altars in the spirit-realm. An “altar” is not simply a physical object used for religious or occultic practice; it’s an...
Author: Prophet C.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490834362
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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God still makes prophets the same way He did centuries ago when He called and chose people to tell others about the vision He has given prophets for the people. Dont think that God is ordaining men to make other men prophets. Prophet C. brings out this most unique prophetical interpretation of the visions in Revelation that God has used to make him understand the way that God still uses to make Christians in these last day and time prophets. Prophet C. makes Revelation understandable.
Author: Jerry Udoh Ph.D
Publisher: Outskirts Press, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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All Manner of Prayer teaches you how to declare war against the wiles of the devil. The major reason some Believers live mediocre lives is that their spiritual eyes are covered by Satan. Is it not in the book of Hosea that the Bible says, “my people perish for lack of knowledge”? No wonder that, in the first chapter of the book of Ephesians, Paul made a very crucial statement, which was more of a prayer than advice; that God should give us the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. He went further to pray that our eyes of understanding may be enlightened. Why? Because so long as the cloak of darkness hovering over you is not unveiled, the truth or rather mysteries embedded in the Word of God would not be of use to you. The spiritual eyes that are covered cannot appreciate the fact that Satan has a network of coordinated and highly disciplined “disciples” who are empowered to wage deadly attacks on Believers and the promises of God for them. The intent is to either delay or, if they can, completely abort those wonderful promises from God. Believing that Satan does not exist or that Satan is powerless is the greatest deceit of all times. It’s also a sign that you, like many others, are still operating in the dark. This book teaches you how to pray the deliverance kind of prayer and remove the veil and the shackles Satan has put upon your spiritual eyes, preparing you, therefore, to enter the realm of the supernatural with the authority of God to disarm principalities and powers that are lording over your blessings. It is a no-nonsense, no-apologies, power-packed piece of warfare material intended to inflict maximum damage on the enemies sitting on your glory.
Author: Jerry Udoh
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1977259766
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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All Manner of Prayer teaches you how to declare war against the wiles of the devil. The major reason some Believers live mediocre lives is that their spiritual eyes are covered by Satan. Is it not in the book of Hosea that the Bible says, “my people perish for lack of knowledge”? No wonder that, in the first chapter of the book of Ephesians, Paul made a very crucial statement, which was more of a prayer than advice; that God should give us the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. He went further to pray that our eyes of understanding may be enlightened. Why? Because so long as the cloak of darkness hovering over you is not unveiled, the truth or rather mysteries embedded in the Word of God would not be of use to you. The spiritual eyes that are covered cannot appreciate the fact that Satan has a network of coordinated and highly disciplined “disciples” who are empowered to wage deadly attacks on Believers and the promises of God for them. The intent is to either delay or, if they can, completely abort those wonderful promises from God. Believing that Satan does not exist or that Satan is powerless is the greatest deceit of all times. It’s also a sign that you, like many others, are still operating in the dark. This book teaches you how to pray the deliverance kind of prayer and remove the veil and the shackles Satan has put upon your spiritual eyes, preparing you, therefore, to enter the realm of the supernatural with the authority of God to disarm principalities and powers that are lording over your blessings. It is a no-nonsense, no-apologies, power-packed piece of warfare material intended to inflict maximum damage on the enemies sitting on your glory.
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Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467449652
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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This Church’s Bible volume on the Gospel of John contains carefully selected and translated homilies and commentaries from such church fathers as Cyril of Alexandria, Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory the Great, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Augustine, Athanasius, and the Venerable Bede. Ranging chronologically from the second century to the ninth, these substantial patristic selections provide an illuminating window into the breadth of the church’s interpretive tradition on John’s Gospel. Authors of Works Excerpted Ambrose of Milan Ammonius of Alexandria Aphrahat Apostolic Constitutions Athanasius of Alexandria Augustine of Hippo Basil of Caesarea Bede Caesarius of Arles Clement of Alexandria Cyprian of Carthage Cyril of Alexandria Cyril of Jerusalem Didymus the Blind Ephrem the Syrian Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nyssa Gregory the Great Hilary of Poitiers Hippolytus of Rome Irenaeus of Lyons Jerome John Cassian John Chrysostom John of Damascus John Scotus Eriugena Justin Martyr Leo the Great Maximus of Turin Novatian Origen of Alexandria Peter Chrysologus Romanos the Melodist Rufinus of Aquileia Severian of Gabala Sophronius of Jerusalem Tertullian of Carthage Theodore of Mopsuestia Theodoret of Cyrus Theophilus of Alexandria
Author: Joseph H. Hellerman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 113944641X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 253
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This book examines Paul's letter to the Philippians against the social background of the colony at Philippi. After an extensive survey of Roman social values, Professor Hellerman argues that the cursus honorum, the formalized sequence of public offices that marked out the prescribed social pilgrimage for aspiring senatorial aristocrats in Rome (and which was replicated in miniature in municipalities and in voluntary associations), forms the background against which Paul has framed his picture of Jesus in the great Christ hymn in Philippians 2. In marked contrast to the values of the dominant culture, Paul portrays Jesus descending what the author describes as a cursus pudorum ('course of ignominies'). The passage has thus been intentionally framed to subvert Roman cursus ideology and, by extension, to redefine the manner in which honour and power were to be utilized among the Christians at Philippi.
Author: Aeschylus
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1631494678
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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This spellbinding, groundbreaking translation reenergizes Aeschylus’ enduring saga of split loyalties, bloody sacrifice, and the efforts to bring peace after generations of strife. The most renowned of Aeschylus’ tragedies and one of the foundational texts of Western literature, the Oresteia trilogy is about cycles of deception and brutality within the ruling family of Argos. In Agamemnon, afflicted queen Clytemnestra awaits her husband’s return from war to commit a terrible act of retribution for the murder of her daughter. The next two plays, radically retitled here as The Women at the Graveside and Orestes in Athens, deal with the aftermath of the regicide, Orestes’ search to avenge his father’s death, and the ceaseless torment of the young prince. A powerful discourse on the formation of democracy after a period of violent chaos, The Oresteia has long illuminated the tensions between loyalty to one’s family and to the greater community. Now, Oliver Taplin’s “vivid and accessible translation” (Victoria Mohl) captures the lyricism of the original, in what is sure to be a classic for generations to come.
