Author: Jay Lowder
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1616388676
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
DIVYou never know when God will show up/divAt some point we all feel abandoned--by a friend, spouse, family member, or even God. We search to discover meaning for our lives. Often religion tries to confine the answers we seek to church buildings and candy-coated sermons, but in life's darkest moments hope is sometimes illuminated through the most unlikely people at the most unforeseen times. In Midnight in Aisle Seven Jay Lowder presents encouraging, raw, genuine stories of real people, including himself, to demonstrate how anyone, anywhere, can experience an encounter that brings significance to life.
Midnight in Aisle Seven
Author: Jay Lowder
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1616388676
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
DIVYou never know when God will show up/divAt some point we all feel abandoned--by a friend, spouse, family member, or even God. We search to discover meaning for our lives. Often religion tries to confine the answers we seek to church buildings and candy-coated sermons, but in life's darkest moments hope is sometimes illuminated through the most unlikely people at the most unforeseen times. In Midnight in Aisle Seven Jay Lowder presents encouraging, raw, genuine stories of real people, including himself, to demonstrate how anyone, anywhere, can experience an encounter that brings significance to life.
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1616388676
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
DIVYou never know when God will show up/divAt some point we all feel abandoned--by a friend, spouse, family member, or even God. We search to discover meaning for our lives. Often religion tries to confine the answers we seek to church buildings and candy-coated sermons, but in life's darkest moments hope is sometimes illuminated through the most unlikely people at the most unforeseen times. In Midnight in Aisle Seven Jay Lowder presents encouraging, raw, genuine stories of real people, including himself, to demonstrate how anyone, anywhere, can experience an encounter that brings significance to life.
Undefeated
Author: Allen Griffin
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1621360261
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Don't let that dark, undefeated sin defeat you. Call it by its name, kill it, and take no prisoners! The essence of a stagnant lifestyle is walking in undefeated sin. We as believers in Christ are to destroy sin and evict the enemy from our lives and the lives of our brothers and sisters along the way. So many believers call themselves soldiers of the light, and yet they have lived far too long on the battlefield. Putting on the armor of God daily means very little if we will not strike a blow at the heart of hell. In Undefeated Allen Griffin will reveal to you the ominous obstacle to your divine purpose: undefeated sin. Maybe it isn't your sin that has you all bound up. Maybe your mother or father lived a life that made you more susceptible to certain negative behaviors. Maybe you can't see your sin because on Facebook you're cool, at church you're godly, at work you’re diligent, but at home you’re impossible and no one is holding you accountable to anything because you've done a masterful job of keeping it all "separate." It is time to walk in unity and peace with God, be a soldier of light in your world, and become UNDEFEATED.
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1621360261
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Don't let that dark, undefeated sin defeat you. Call it by its name, kill it, and take no prisoners! The essence of a stagnant lifestyle is walking in undefeated sin. We as believers in Christ are to destroy sin and evict the enemy from our lives and the lives of our brothers and sisters along the way. So many believers call themselves soldiers of the light, and yet they have lived far too long on the battlefield. Putting on the armor of God daily means very little if we will not strike a blow at the heart of hell. In Undefeated Allen Griffin will reveal to you the ominous obstacle to your divine purpose: undefeated sin. Maybe it isn't your sin that has you all bound up. Maybe your mother or father lived a life that made you more susceptible to certain negative behaviors. Maybe you can't see your sin because on Facebook you're cool, at church you're godly, at work you’re diligent, but at home you’re impossible and no one is holding you accountable to anything because you've done a masterful job of keeping it all "separate." It is time to walk in unity and peace with God, be a soldier of light in your world, and become UNDEFEATED.
The Devil in Pew Number Seven
Author: Rebecca Nichols Alonzo
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1414338295
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
2011 Retailers Choice Award winner! Rebecca never felt safe as a child. In 1969, her father, Robert Nichols, moved to Sellerstown, North Carolina, to serve as a pastor. There he found a small community eager to welcome him—with one exception. Glaring at him from pew number seven was a man obsessed with controlling the church. Determined to get rid of anyone who stood in his way, he unleashed a plan of terror that was more devastating and violent than the Nichols family could have ever imagined. Refusing to be driven away by acts of intimidation, Rebecca’s father stood his ground until one night when an armed man walked into the family’s kitchen . . . And Rebecca’s life was shattered. If anyone had a reason to harbor hatred and seek personal revenge, it would be Rebecca. Yet The Devil in Pew Number Seven tells a different story. It is the amazing true saga of relentless persecution, one family’s faith and courage in the face of it, and a daughter whose parents taught her the power of forgiveness.
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1414338295
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
2011 Retailers Choice Award winner! Rebecca never felt safe as a child. In 1969, her father, Robert Nichols, moved to Sellerstown, North Carolina, to serve as a pastor. There he found a small community eager to welcome him—with one exception. Glaring at him from pew number seven was a man obsessed with controlling the church. Determined to get rid of anyone who stood in his way, he unleashed a plan of terror that was more devastating and violent than the Nichols family could have ever imagined. Refusing to be driven away by acts of intimidation, Rebecca’s father stood his ground until one night when an armed man walked into the family’s kitchen . . . And Rebecca’s life was shattered. If anyone had a reason to harbor hatred and seek personal revenge, it would be Rebecca. Yet The Devil in Pew Number Seven tells a different story. It is the amazing true saga of relentless persecution, one family’s faith and courage in the face of it, and a daughter whose parents taught her the power of forgiveness.
The Mysterious Plus
Author: William Tarvin
Publisher: William L Tarvin
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1472
Book Description
The Mysterious Plus opens with a situation recently in the news: the murder of an American embassy official in a North African country. The aim of the novel, however, is broader than an individual act of violence. Its murder becomes a symbol of the fanatic-inflamed divisions between Muslim Middle East and Judeo-Christian West, which are fraying the ties that bond humanity. The hero of The Mysterious Plus straddles both worlds. To save his sister, Omar Naaman, nineteen, betrayed comrades and country during Algeria’s fight for independence from colonial rule. At the war’s end, the defeated French, grateful for his double-dealing service, whisked him to France, bestowing a new identity, Remy Montpellier. Years later, Remy is coerced by the French DGSE (their intelligence service) to return incognito to Algeria, where as Omar he is still branded as a traitor, in fact, as the last of the “Seven Devils,” the first six “great collaborators” having been tracked down and killed by Algerian agents. Sent to investigate the gay-bashing murder of an American embassy attaché, who (DGSE suspected) was trafficking classified documents, Remy gradually moves from pursuer to pursued. Will he fulfill the true purpose of his returning to Algiers, or will his treasonous past overtake him? How does the “Mysterious Plus” control the answers to these two questions and hence the resolution to the novel? In his previous book, The Saint of Sodomy (GLB, 1999), William Tarvin, who lived in the Middle East for two decades, satirized Muslim sexual hypocrisies. Though the same barbed wit infuses The Mysterious Plus, it is counterpoised by a darker strain, that materialistic/spiritual differences between West and Middle East threaten to sever the cords bonding humanity. Addendum: Since the novel incorporates ideas from around one thousand philosophical, religious, literary, social, psychological, historical, and political works, Tarvin has provided some commentary and definitions in end-of-chapter footnotes.
Publisher: William L Tarvin
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1472
Book Description
The Mysterious Plus opens with a situation recently in the news: the murder of an American embassy official in a North African country. The aim of the novel, however, is broader than an individual act of violence. Its murder becomes a symbol of the fanatic-inflamed divisions between Muslim Middle East and Judeo-Christian West, which are fraying the ties that bond humanity. The hero of The Mysterious Plus straddles both worlds. To save his sister, Omar Naaman, nineteen, betrayed comrades and country during Algeria’s fight for independence from colonial rule. At the war’s end, the defeated French, grateful for his double-dealing service, whisked him to France, bestowing a new identity, Remy Montpellier. Years later, Remy is coerced by the French DGSE (their intelligence service) to return incognito to Algeria, where as Omar he is still branded as a traitor, in fact, as the last of the “Seven Devils,” the first six “great collaborators” having been tracked down and killed by Algerian agents. Sent to investigate the gay-bashing murder of an American embassy attaché, who (DGSE suspected) was trafficking classified documents, Remy gradually moves from pursuer to pursued. Will he fulfill the true purpose of his returning to Algiers, or will his treasonous past overtake him? How does the “Mysterious Plus” control the answers to these two questions and hence the resolution to the novel? In his previous book, The Saint of Sodomy (GLB, 1999), William Tarvin, who lived in the Middle East for two decades, satirized Muslim sexual hypocrisies. Though the same barbed wit infuses The Mysterious Plus, it is counterpoised by a darker strain, that materialistic/spiritual differences between West and Middle East threaten to sever the cords bonding humanity. Addendum: Since the novel incorporates ideas from around one thousand philosophical, religious, literary, social, psychological, historical, and political works, Tarvin has provided some commentary and definitions in end-of-chapter footnotes.
Midwinterblood
Author: Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1596438029
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined—this is a tale of horror and beauty, tenderness and sacrifice. An archaeologist who unearths a mysterious artifact, an airman who finds himself far from home, a painter, a ghost, a vampire, and a Viking: the seven stories in this compelling novel all take place on the remote Scandinavian island of Blessed where a curiously powerful plant that resembles a dragon grows. What binds these stories together? What secrets lurk beneath the surface of this idyllic countryside? And what might be powerful enough to break the cycle of midwinterblood? From award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick comes a book about passion and preservation and ultimately an exploration of the bounds of love. This title has Common Core connections. A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2013 A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1596438029
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined—this is a tale of horror and beauty, tenderness and sacrifice. An archaeologist who unearths a mysterious artifact, an airman who finds himself far from home, a painter, a ghost, a vampire, and a Viking: the seven stories in this compelling novel all take place on the remote Scandinavian island of Blessed where a curiously powerful plant that resembles a dragon grows. What binds these stories together? What secrets lurk beneath the surface of this idyllic countryside? And what might be powerful enough to break the cycle of midwinterblood? From award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick comes a book about passion and preservation and ultimately an exploration of the bounds of love. This title has Common Core connections. A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2013 A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013
The Tiki Room
Author: Cathy Nolan Vincevic
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 9781438917511
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Arrested for the attempted murder of her father, convicted as an accessory to the crime, broken out of prison, having been struck by lightening and falling into a coma for ten years while trying to escape is just the beginning of Messenger Devreaux's odyssey. Ten long years have elapsed and Messenger has awakened to find she is not quite the same. During her ten-year coma, Messenger enters the world between life and death and learns necessary skills that move her forward in her ultimate quest. When she awakens her spirit is able to travel outside of her body, she can speak with the dead and she becomes as fast as lightning. Befriended by a brilliant former prosecutor, named Sam Cass, who was convicted because of a lifelong drug-addiction, Messenger is on a mission to find her long lost little sister who's become a cold calculating professional killer who works for a fallen angel named Shio who's own agenda is to become a god. Along the way she becomes an ally to Sam who is on a mission from God to try to save an agnostic lost soul named Dustin Clay; whom Shio believes holds the key to the Garden of Eden. But all she wants is to be reunited with the person she loves most, her sister Caedes.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 9781438917511
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Arrested for the attempted murder of her father, convicted as an accessory to the crime, broken out of prison, having been struck by lightening and falling into a coma for ten years while trying to escape is just the beginning of Messenger Devreaux's odyssey. Ten long years have elapsed and Messenger has awakened to find she is not quite the same. During her ten-year coma, Messenger enters the world between life and death and learns necessary skills that move her forward in her ultimate quest. When she awakens her spirit is able to travel outside of her body, she can speak with the dead and she becomes as fast as lightning. Befriended by a brilliant former prosecutor, named Sam Cass, who was convicted because of a lifelong drug-addiction, Messenger is on a mission to find her long lost little sister who's become a cold calculating professional killer who works for a fallen angel named Shio who's own agenda is to become a god. Along the way she becomes an ally to Sam who is on a mission from God to try to save an agnostic lost soul named Dustin Clay; whom Shio believes holds the key to the Garden of Eden. But all she wants is to be reunited with the person she loves most, her sister Caedes.
Seven Highly Effective Police Leaders
Author: Brandon Kooi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000465241
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
This book provides a valuable addition to the policing literature by detailing the backgrounds and histories of seven important police leaders: Teddy Roosevelt, August Vollmer, O.W. Wilson, Penny Harrington, Bill Bratton, Chuck Ramsey, and Chris Magnus. Seven Highly Effective Police Leaders teaches important history, highlighting the impact on the evolution of American policing by academia and social science. Each historical biography demonstrates the importance of each leader’s decision-making and how it continues to shape the future of U.S. law enforcement. Readers are informed about each police leader’s background and how their leadership was shaped by the political and historical environments in which they led. The book is useful for educational courses in policing, American history, leadership, and strategic planning. Additionally, the general public will find this book insightful regarding contemporary mass social justice protests linked to the unique history of the United States.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000465241
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
This book provides a valuable addition to the policing literature by detailing the backgrounds and histories of seven important police leaders: Teddy Roosevelt, August Vollmer, O.W. Wilson, Penny Harrington, Bill Bratton, Chuck Ramsey, and Chris Magnus. Seven Highly Effective Police Leaders teaches important history, highlighting the impact on the evolution of American policing by academia and social science. Each historical biography demonstrates the importance of each leader’s decision-making and how it continues to shape the future of U.S. law enforcement. Readers are informed about each police leader’s background and how their leadership was shaped by the political and historical environments in which they led. The book is useful for educational courses in policing, American history, leadership, and strategic planning. Additionally, the general public will find this book insightful regarding contemporary mass social justice protests linked to the unique history of the United States.
Shelf Life
Author: Robert Corbet
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802789595
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Under the harsh glare of fluorescent lights, teens working at a supermarket unite against demanding customers and try to amuse each other until punch-out time.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802789595
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Under the harsh glare of fluorescent lights, teens working at a supermarket unite against demanding customers and try to amuse each other until punch-out time.
White Gods Black Demons
Author: Daniel Mandishona
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 177922334X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Irony and humour have always been used to counter frustration, despair and to expose double standards. In these ten sharply polished stories, Mandishona explores the dark comedy that lies just beneath the surface of tragedy in Zimbabwean society in the last decade. His perceptions leave few untouched: politicians, new farmers, exiles, stranded queues and inflation that renders the currency worthless... Truth and morality are dispensable in a society where wealth is rewarded with respect, integrity marred by untruth, rumour displaces fact, and power is only interested in its own survival. Mandishona holds a mirror up to reality and without equivocation asks us to look at what is real: the likeness or the distortion and what it is we want to see.
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 177922334X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Irony and humour have always been used to counter frustration, despair and to expose double standards. In these ten sharply polished stories, Mandishona explores the dark comedy that lies just beneath the surface of tragedy in Zimbabwean society in the last decade. His perceptions leave few untouched: politicians, new farmers, exiles, stranded queues and inflation that renders the currency worthless... Truth and morality are dispensable in a society where wealth is rewarded with respect, integrity marred by untruth, rumour displaces fact, and power is only interested in its own survival. Mandishona holds a mirror up to reality and without equivocation asks us to look at what is real: the likeness or the distortion and what it is we want to see.
Searching for God Knows What
Author: Don Miller
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN: 1418529958
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
With equal parts wit and wisdom, New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller invites you to reconnect with your faith. Miller shares what he's learned firsthand--that our relationship with God is designed to teach us about redemption, grace, healing, and so much more. Searching for God Knows What weaves together timeless stories and fresh perspectives on the Bible to capture one man's journey to discover an authentic faith that's worth believing. Along the way, Miller poses his own questions about faith, religion, and community, asking: What if the motive behind our theology was relational? What if our value exists because God takes pleasure in us? What if the gospel of Jesus is an invitation to know God? Maybe you're a Christian wondering what faith you signed up for. Or maybe you don't believe anything and are daring someone to show you a genuine example of genuine faith. Somewhere beyond the self-help formulas, fancy marketing, and easy promises, there is a life-changing experience with God waiting for you--it just takes a little bit of searching. Praise for Searching for God Knows What: "Like a shaken snow globe, Donald Miller's newest collection of essays creates a swirl of ideas about the Christian life that eventually crystallize into a lovely landscape...[He] is one of the evangelical book market's most creative writers." --Christianity Today "If you have felt that Jesus is someone you respect and admire--but Christianity is something that repels you--Searching for God Knows What will give you hope that you still can follow Jesus and be part of a church without the trappings of organized religion." --Dan Kimball, author of The Emerging Church and Pastor of Vintage Faith Church, Santa Cruz, CA "For fans of Blue Like Jazz, I doubt you will be disappointed. Donald Miller writes with the wit and vulnerability that you expect. He perfectly illustrates important themes in a genuine and humorous manner...For those who would be reading Miller for the first time, this would be a great start." --Relevant
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN: 1418529958
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
With equal parts wit and wisdom, New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller invites you to reconnect with your faith. Miller shares what he's learned firsthand--that our relationship with God is designed to teach us about redemption, grace, healing, and so much more. Searching for God Knows What weaves together timeless stories and fresh perspectives on the Bible to capture one man's journey to discover an authentic faith that's worth believing. Along the way, Miller poses his own questions about faith, religion, and community, asking: What if the motive behind our theology was relational? What if our value exists because God takes pleasure in us? What if the gospel of Jesus is an invitation to know God? Maybe you're a Christian wondering what faith you signed up for. Or maybe you don't believe anything and are daring someone to show you a genuine example of genuine faith. Somewhere beyond the self-help formulas, fancy marketing, and easy promises, there is a life-changing experience with God waiting for you--it just takes a little bit of searching. Praise for Searching for God Knows What: "Like a shaken snow globe, Donald Miller's newest collection of essays creates a swirl of ideas about the Christian life that eventually crystallize into a lovely landscape...[He] is one of the evangelical book market's most creative writers." --Christianity Today "If you have felt that Jesus is someone you respect and admire--but Christianity is something that repels you--Searching for God Knows What will give you hope that you still can follow Jesus and be part of a church without the trappings of organized religion." --Dan Kimball, author of The Emerging Church and Pastor of Vintage Faith Church, Santa Cruz, CA "For fans of Blue Like Jazz, I doubt you will be disappointed. Donald Miller writes with the wit and vulnerability that you expect. He perfectly illustrates important themes in a genuine and humorous manner...For those who would be reading Miller for the first time, this would be a great start." --Relevant