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The Present Times: Neah Bey returns in an all new world ending conspiracy! Imagine artifacts exist that describe perfectly and completely that this is the second time around for the human race. What will governments and financial institutions do to...

منذ‭ ‬نهاية‭ ‬القرن‭ ‬السابع‭ ‬الميلادي‭ ‬إلى‭ ‬العصر‭ ‬الحديث،‭ ‬ساد‮ ‬في‭ ‬العالم‭ ‬الإسلامي‮ ‬الاعتراف‭ ‬بالصخرة‭ ‬الموجودة‭ ‬في‭ ‬الحرم‭ ‬القدسي‭ - ‬جبل‭ ‬الهيكل‭ ‬كموقع‭ ‬هيكل‭ ‬سليمان‭ ‬والهيكل‭ ‬بناه‭ ‬اليهود‭ ‬العائدون‭ ‬من‭ ‬بابل،‭...

Africa needs leaders and Christians from every walk of life to rediscover their identity and purpose in all spheres of society. African Public Theology sounds a clarion call to accomplish this vital task. God created all humans equally,...

A sudden spate of strange events and unlikely coincidences led the author to suspect a hidden hand was directing his life and orchestrating everyone around it. On closer examination he discovered he was not wrong, for the events had been purposely...

Desde su fundación en 1971, el Foro Económico Mundial, con sede en el cantón suizo de Ginebra, ha conseguido convertirse en un centro de control del poder global. Lleva más de 50 años reuniendo a los máximos dirigentes del mundo político, económico y...

In this book Mr. Stuart expresses great indignation at the state of our nation, sharing with us his laconic thoughts on an array of topical issues, including the monarchy, government, religion and hereditary privilege, among many others for your...

PRAYER, MEDICINE, AND HEALING is an invitation to pray for the sick based on evidence from the Bible, Church History, and the origins of the Modern Hospital. Tracing the history of healing from the Hebrew Bible and reviewing the healing...

The invitation of this book is for my readers who are Christian to consider the dimension of harm in the ongoing debates on affirming or not affirming sexual and gender minority Christians within church communities. Much has been said and much is written...

"The angel is free because of his knowledge, the beast because of ignorance. Between the two remains the son of man to struggle."-RumiA no-nonsense approach in fathoming God, man, and the universe, a genesis relates to the existence, just a drop in an...

Spiritual Life on a Burning Planet draws on scientific research in developing religious perspectives on anthropogenic climate change. Its four chapters are entitled ""Tolling Bells,"" ""Burning Planet,"" ""Eschatology in the Anthropocene,"" and ""The...

Inspired by Donald W. Shriver Jr.'s leadership of Union Theological Seminary (New York City), Christian Ethics in Conversation brings together essays by members of a stellar faculty--including Gary Dorrien, Larry Rasmussen, Phyllis Trible, and Cornel...

What should Christians think about Donald Trump? His policies, his style, his personal life? Thirty evangelical Christians (listed below) wrestle with these tough questions. They are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. They don't all agree, but...

The world's ever growing highly partisan political environment has fuelled a renewed interest in the study of politics in the New Testament. This interest has given rise to ""empire criticism,"" which attempts to understand how the Roman Empire affected...

This book of essays asks the enduring, age-old question, ""If God is loving and good, why is there so much evil?"" It answers boldly, ""Because God creates, sustains, and 'allows' evil in the world."" This fact is the greatest and most impenetrable...

What happens when Christians reconsider political engagement? Among leading Christian thinkers, political engagement is either unavoidably necessary or theologically impossible. Is this a false dilemma? Between Faith and Power examines how Christian...

Beth Williams is a substitute teacher assigned to Springfield High School. Bradley Truman is a senior at Springfield High and a science enthusiast. Working on Bradley's year-end science requirement, they accidently develop an innovative system. A system...

Why do many First People in Australia find themselves continually under siege? Why do many interventions fail to produce what was hoped for? Why is it that, when there have been many positive developments, at some deep level, nothing seems to have...

This book shows the paradoxical mode by which Christians keep their faith in the Christian message as they relate with science. It reveals how Paul Tillich's method of correlation helps us to understand how Christians interact with science without...

Living the Questions of the Bible presents questioning as a viable and faithful Christian practice. We may think the Bible is only about getting answers, but the Bible is also a question book, revealing how the life of faith is a quest with and for God...

An earnest young boy who loves nature grows up the son of a fundamentalist pastor. He goes to college, trains as a biologist, and becomes a successful university professor. In the process he finds some of the religious beliefs that carried him through...

What does climate change have to do with religion and spirituality? Even though a changing environment will have a dire impact on human populations--affecting everything from food supply to health to housing--the vast majority of Americans do not...

Faith and Oil tells the story of conservative Christianity's relationship with America's oil industry. It shows how the libertarian values of big oil companies--such as government deregulation of business practices and curbing laws that protect the...

This book, People of Faith, People of Jeong (Qing), seeks to reveal and understand the current state and the future prospective of Asian Canadian immigrant churches (ACIC), including Chinese, Taiwanese, and Korean churches. Starting with a brief...

In the essays collected here Gilbert Meilaender invites readers to reflect upon some of the bioethical issues that are important for all of us. The essays treat bioethics less as a discipline confined to a few experts than as a deeply humanistic set of...

In his book, Dr. Mellow, a physician and clinical researcher, makes the case for faith, religiosity, and spirituality as important practices providing significant physical and mental health benefits. In reviewing the extensive medical literature, he...

Inclusive Hymns for Liberating Christians will expand the spiritual experience of any group, large or small. These hymns inspire justice and peacemaking. They empower women, men, and children of all races to become all they are created to be in the...

The increasing role and power of artificial intelligence in our lives and world requires us to imagine and shape a desirable future with this technology. Since visions of AI often draw from Christian apocalyptic narratives, current discussions about...

Marilyn McCord Adams (1943-2017) was a world-renowned philosopher, a theologian who forever changed conversations about God and evil, a compelling preacher, and a fierce advocate for the full belonging of LGBTQ+ people, especially in churches. Over the...

Finally, a political economist with the lived experience and academic background necessary to explain Pope Francis's disdain for today's rightwing ideologies of populism, nationalism, authoritarianism, and unrestrained capitalism, as expressed in his...

The theory of evolution, as proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859, has been plagued by controversy and criticisms since its inception. But in the Western world at least, the fight seems to be almost over, with evolution being seen by many as a sealed deal...

Milton Joseph Batson has been writing poetry and prose since childhood. His philosophical approach adds an in-depth and thought provoking aspect to his works, providing a unique experience for his readers, drawn from the author's ongoing life voyage. The...

This book is designed to show you that there are many prophetic voices today speaking the realization of the word of God. God is for a second time bringing to pass the words of the prophet Joel and Peter, fulfilling the Scriptures in Joel 2. There are...

Is America's historic polarization ultimately a spiritual crisis? Is the solution America's Next Great Awakening?If America is to realize its sacred purpose-unity in diversity-an inner awakening that spans belief systems and religions (including...

Three Proofs for the Existence of God gives scientific, historic, and prophetic proofs for the existence of God. If we do not think that a computer, or even a bicycle, could have come up by chance, without a designer, could we think that man who made the...

The year 2020 will be known for many circumstances this year, but one of them being that of it being an election year during a time of unrest.During a time of civil discontent, heightened by a global pandemic, the question remains of who will step up as...

America’s Founding Fathers believed in God and His correct way to survive and thrive. God chose them (with flaws) to draft the U.S. Constitution and show citizens the way to greatness. They warned citizens to not allow domineering politicians and...

History is a powerful tool we can use to study the past, as well as its sometimes complex relationship with the present. To understand our nation’s history is to also know its relevancy to today’s current events. Over the centuries, the...

"America is great, not because the people are great, but because God is great. Read Dr. Stebbins' book, Wake Up America-or Die! YOU Must Save America and the Family. You'll be glad you did!" Josh McDowell"What is the greatest threat to America's...

The principle driving force of America’s founding was freedom of religion. America’s institutions established a culture of civic freedom to assure all citizens the right to practice religious freedom in all walks of life. History has...

Fear of the Lord can mean many things, from great respect and awe to fright or even terror. There are special blessings and favor for those who fear the Lord. Blessings are God’s favor and protection. Favor is the evidence that the Lord is pleased...

What do Plato and the Bible tell us about bribery? Does it even matter? When it comes to ethical guidance on bribery should we look less to traditional wisdom and instead be seeking understanding and guidance primarily from modern sources? From...

This book explores the theological and moral significance of practices once familiar to many Christians and Jews, such as Sabbath, vigil-keeping, Shmita (the sabbatical year for the land), and fiesta in relation to the twenty-first century economy...

In praise of Augustine, Herbert A. Deane writes, "Genius he had in full measure ... he is the master of the phrase or the sentence that embodies a penetrating insight, a flash of lightning that illuminates the entire sky." To provide the student with a...

Amidst conflict situations all around our increasingly violent world-ranging from wars between nations to abuse of women and children within the home-women are making effective, courageous, and often creative nonviolent responses. Yet little attention...

What would it be like if you knew that you could live forever? Would you live differently now? “The Best News Possible” hits upon the most basic and unfulfilled need of all humanity: to live in perpetuity. We were created to live forever, so...