The Day of the Lord, Second Edition

The Day of the Lord, Second Edition
An Exegesis of the Book of Revelation and Other Apocalyptic Scripture
By Louis Diedricks

Published: 8/18/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files) What's This
Pages: 122
ISBN: 978-1-47599-802-3
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

The Day of the Lord, Second Edition once again investigates the Bible’s apocalyptic texts and reveals flaws in current interpretations, helping readers to clarify the ties between the Bible’s prophecies of the end of days and events unfolding in contemporary culture. Author Louis Diedricks harvests the fruits of years of biblical study and of his reflections on current events in explaining the day of the Lord.

After providing a forewarning of intense imagery and descriptions in the Bible’s apocalyptic texts, The Day of the Lord devotes most of its chapters to intensively examining the Bible’s Revelation. Several chapters also focus on end-time portions of the Old Testament’s Daniel. In the end, The Day of the Lord affords readers with the insights needed to make choices about whether they wish to believe in God’s Word and live a prudent and just life, or whether they wish to not believe in God’s word, so that they may live for their flesh, resulting in immoral and unjust works.

If you have harbored curiosity—and perhaps even fear—about what the Bible really says about the end of days, or if you have wondered about the meaning of the events unfolding in the world today, then The Day of the Lord can guide you to making sense of the present day in light of the Scriptures’ witness to God’s plans.

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The Quran

The Quran
God’s Word or Satan’s Great Deception?
By John W. Tharp

Published: 4/19/2011
Format: Dust Jacket Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-46200-750-9
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Both the Quran and Bible purportedly hold the keys to creation, but when you examine both closely, only one of them holds up.

A closer examination of Muhammad’s life and the Quran shows that both are opposed to all that God declares pure and holy. Join author John Tharp, who has traveled the world and studied these texts side by side, as he explores

• why it’s no accident that the Ten Commandments were omitted from the Quran; • which facts show Muhammad’s life and teachings are not pure and holy; • how Islam’s teachings contribute to a world full of turmoil.

Tharp also examines the secrets that Muslims don’t share with people outside of their religion, as well as the future implications of the continuing conflict between Islam and Christianity.

Cross the boundaries that divide Christianity, Islam and, other world religions to determine how and why they are different and why these differences are important. You’ll develop a deep understanding of how satanic deception breeds hostility against those who live a godly life in The Quran.

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"Salafi Jihadi Discourse of Sunni Islam in the 21st century"

"Salafi Jihadi Discourse of Sunni Islam in the 21st century"
"The discourse of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi and Anwar al-Awlaki"
By Daurius Figueira

Published: 4/13/2011
Format: E-Book (available as PDF, ePub, and Mobi files)
Pages: 208
ISBN: 978-1-46200-899-5
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

This work is a deconstruction of Salafi Jihadi discourse in the 21st century with special emphasis on the works in English of Muhammad Maqdisi and Anwar al-Awlaki. The work reveals the diversity of strategic positions that exist with reference to war with/on the West, the role of the Muslim minority of the West in this war and the fact that the prime focus of Salafi Jihadi praxis is hegemony over the Muslim lands. The prime focus of Salafi Jihadi strategy in the 21st century is not war on/with the West but the purging of the apostates from the Muslim lands. War with/on the West is then necessay because of the hegemony of the West over the Muslim lands in alliance with the apostates.The most potent reality exposed is a Salafi Jihadi apocalyptic end time discourse that drives extremism especially in the discourse of Anwar al-Awlaki.

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OUR LORD WAS BAPTIZED, YOU KNOW

OUR LORD WAS BAPTIZED, YOU KNOW
Reflections on a Spiritual Adventure
By Marta Weeks

Published: 3/29/2007
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover
Pages: 338
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-0-59540-501-5
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

This inspirational memoir is a testament to how an ordinary person with a few extraordinary experiences and challenges can become a cleric at a time when many in the clergy did not welcome females.

Raised on two continents, author Marta Sutton Weeks describes her road to the seminary against the backdrop of a family that has been caught up in Mormonism and non-Mormonism. She details her re-awakening to a God she remembers only dimly from childhood. Along the way, she tells how she experiences an unanticipated revelation relating to her husband, a father-in-law who preaches about saving energy long before any liquid fuel crises, and a dedicated spiritual director who always seems to ask the right questions.

Weeks invites you along on her spiritual journey and tells how she found God-or maybe how God found her. Our Lord Was Baptized, You Know: Reflections on a Spiritual Adventure takes you through the labyrinth of academia, seminary, the business world, her adventures and misadventures, as well as some heartfelt and unexpected triumphs. From Antarctica to Russia, Panama to Utah, Atlanta to Paris-and with the aid of a helpful heavenly friend now and then-Our Lord Was Baptized, You Know speaks to our times.

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The Restless Wind and Shifting Sands

The Restless Wind and Shifting Sands
By Harry J. Sweeney

Published: 1/12/2010
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover
Pages: 536
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-44015-931-2
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

With 1.4 billion practicing Muslims in the world it is necessary for all to better understand the culture and belief system. In The Restless Wind and Shifting Sands, author and Islamic scholar Harry J. Sweeney explains the intricacies and tenets of Islam. The educational discourse provides insight into the religion practiced by one out of five people worldwide.

The Restless Wind and Shifting Sands explores the Islamic culture through a series of fictionalized private conversations between three friends—Modi, Mani, and Radi—who each represents the moderate, mainstream, and radical factions. Through their daily talks, the friends tackle all phases of Muslim life including arranged marriages, Islamic law, female genital mutilation, predestination, honor killing, Palestine, shariah, and the Qur’an.

The men discuss how each belief drives Islamic culture and relations with non-believers. Filled with a wealth of information, the exchanges between friends seek to impart a better understanding of Islam and the challenges it poses for Western civilization.

The Restless Wind and Shifting Sands communicates that the Islamic religion can contain its fundamentalist elements and work toward a peaceful future.

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God’s 9 & Moses’s 1 Commandments

God’s 9 & Moses’s 1 Commandments
By Rubye C. Wright

Published: 11/17/2012
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
Pages: 118
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-47595-346-6
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Throughout the centuries, man has interpreted the Bible in a variety of ways. In some instances, it was for personal gain or power. This has resulted in sin in every segment of society and a skewering of the message God intended to send to His people through his Word.

Provocative and eye-opening, God’s Nine and Moses’s One Commandments offers an intriguing interpretation of why man has decided to corrupt God’s holy word for his own base needs. Author Rubye C. Wright shows why men, motivated by greed, have historically assumed that each knows better than God what is best for all of God’s people. Beginning with Adam and Eve, Wright contends how the events recorded in the Bible have been changed to suit man’s own purposes.

Wright breaks down each of the Ten Commandments and reveals how men of power have broken them time and time again, even when they believed they were doing God’s work. She also charges that men of God, including Moses and Joshua, explicitly went against God’s instructions and were thus not worthy of their chosen roles as leaders of God’s people.

This hard-hitting study pulls no punches and offers a thought-provoking narrative on the Ten Commandments.

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Spiritual Warfare

Spiritual Warfare
Lessons on Deliverance from Spiritual Bondage to Freedom in Christ
By Stella Davis

Published: 7/29/2010
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
Pages: 240
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-45024-554-8
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Spiritual Warfare, the sequel to Stella Davis’s first book, Giving God the Praise, provides teachings on spiritual warfare for both priests and laity through the recounting of Davis’s own experiences in ministry and those of her team. As a veteran missionary herself, Davis believed that various texts she had read available to the public and to priests did not treat spiritual warfare in the depth required, especially at a time when evil has so increased, and the need to know how to combat it is so great. Extraordinary supernatural phenomena have become more common in our day and cannot escape our attention. Even those who consider themselves “enlightened,” who maintain that the power of nature is unlimited, are put on their mettle by the undeniable facts of the preternatural. Intrigues of Satan are as active today as they were when God first called Davis to ministry. Hence, Spiritual Warfare attempts to address the need to deal with these occurrences, offering a call to repentance, healing, deliverance, and action.

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Doorway to H.O.P.E.

Doorway to H.O.P.E.
Second Edition
By David R. Grimm

Published: 5/21/2010
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
Pages: 112
Size: 8.25x11
ISBN: 978-0-59540-304-2
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Help Overcoming Painful Experiences (H.O.P.E.) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to help people experience a life transformation through their emotional pain so they can live the purpose-filled, victorious life God intended and designed them to live. We set people free from emotional bondage and empower them to live a transformed life.

To accomplish our purpose, the H.O.P.E. program was designed to help people 1) resurrect hope, 2) overcome emotional pain from a variety of issues, 3) build a safe and healthy support network, 4) comprehend the truths about God in the midst of pain while exposing and replacing lies, and 5) experience a life transformation through the healing and restorative power of Jesus Christ.

Our transformation model consists of three levels. Doorway to H.O.P.E. is Level 1 and centers on Three Truths About Life. These truths are used as encouragement for accepting and beginning God’s process of transformation. They also resurrect hope, expose needs and lies, tear down barriers to making healthy changes and “wet appetites” for experiencing how God can transform us through our pain.

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And God Said, “Let’s Babel”

And God Said, “Let’s Babel”
The Bible as Cross-Cultural Communication
By Philip McCarty

Published: 1/2/2013
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
Pages: 136
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-47596-558-2
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

While the ideal method of interpreting the Bible stirs great debate among theologians, seminarians, and intellectuals, average people living in a multicultural world are typically not very concerned with these debates; they just want to know how to understand the Bible. Led by the belief that God desires to communicate with each group in a culturally relevant and understandable way, author Philip McCarty offers a unique perspective as he examines the Bible as a cross-cultural text designed to speak to all people.

McCarty, who earned degrees in Bible, religious education in pastoral studies, and Christian thought, begins with an in-depth analysis of the Bible and the role that translations play in communicating to multiple cultures. As he moves into a careful examination of the basics of hermeneutics and the ways in which God communicates with humans, McCarty encourages students of Scripture to ask the right questions and obtain the right answers. Finally, McCarty discusses why the Bible continues to be a pillar of the church community’s culture and how its scripture connects to each individual.

And God Said, “Let’s Babel” offers valuable insight into why the Bible is a cross-cultural document, how that affects the church as a whole, and what all this knowledge means to spiritual seekers around the world.

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The Prayer Manifesto for the Globally Conscious

The Prayer Manifesto for the Globally Conscious
How to Develop a Heart to Pray for Others
By Lischa T. Brooks

Published: 1/3/2013
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
Pages: 142
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-47596-504-9
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Our willingness and faithfulness to pray for others is the hallmark of an effective prayer life. Sometimes our prayers are hindered because we focus only on our needs or requests. But the church has been commissioned to make disciples of all nations, and it is the responsibility of each member to pray for others in our world.

Well-organized and inspirational, The Prayer Manifesto for the Globally Conscious explores the importance of having a heart to pray for God’s people across the world by denying ourselves and taking up our cross to follow God. Author Lischa T. Brooks uses scriptural examples and humorous, personal stories to illustrate how to develop an effective personal prayer life and focus on our responsibility to pray for others.

In addition to finding a deeper purpose and understanding of prayer principles, you can learn how to:

•begin your prayer with worship;
•conduct an examination of your attitudes and actions;
•pray with the Word of God;
•take time to listen to the Father;
•establish prayer partners; and
•connect with a local church body.

Establishing a life of prayer requires more than just passion and desire; it involves a commitment to applying the principles outlined in the Word of God every day. Develop a rich prayer life committed to God with The Prayer Manifesto for the Globally Conscious.

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