As leader of the Jerusalem church, what words of encouragement would James write to these persecuted Christians?Perhaps a little surprisingly, his key message was: faith works. Genuine belief inevitably transforms our speech, suffering, compassion for the poor, humility, prayers, priorities, and, frankly, every other aspect of life. In 5 chapters James introduces and briefly touches upon a whole variety of issues that concern the new believers. In a simple, forthri...

One hundred years hence, mankind has achieved a global garden of Eden. The Rapture is long forgotten or lost to the following a new worldwide religion. From nowhere, the Rapture, and its horrors, throws perfection into chaos. Not taken up are Johnny, Kay, and Granger, preachers who'd kept the Word alive. Along with Dred, the young prophet, they are baffled, broken. Yet gloom becomes glory as God's plan for them is revealed.For three years, they labor, training to hone anointed supe...

Gradients and Tissue Patterning, Volume 137 in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors. - Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors - Presents the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series - Includes the latest inf...

In the lawless frontier of the Old West, justice came from the barrel of a gun… and few men delivered it faster than Jesse Brisco! In this double-barrelled collection, the legendary gunslinger faces two deadly adventures. A revenge-fuelled desperado leaves a trail of bodies behind him and must be stopped before more blood is shed, while a mysterious thief forces Brisco to choose between the law and his conscience. Packed with gunfights, outlaws, and danger at every turn, Jesse Brisco – Dou...

This is a story about an unlikely hero called James Sapphire who invents his own miniaturising machine to escape from the ferocious clutches of his teacher, Mr. Yikes, clutching his wooden birch during a time in England - before 1986 when corporal punishment was banned. James has, luckily avoided the end of the most ferocious master in the most notorious boarding school in all of England; that was until one Monday morning, he had inadvertently, left his towel behind in the school showers a...

A Supreme Court historian’s memoir places court events in the larger context of American history.Legal scholar James F. Simon has written many acclaimed books on the history of the US Supreme Court, but in this memoir, he turns his attention to a more personal subject: himself. Simon, a native of Fort Worth, details what it was like growing up in segregated Texas. He left home for college and law school at Yale, interspersed with travels abroad to build a schoolhou...

Weapon of Choice is a history of the Army special operations forces in Afghanistan from 11 September 2001, during America's global war on terrorism (GWOT). The main aim of this book is to capture the military operations history of the Army special operations soldiers as they fought the war in Afghanistan. The result is an unclassified, well-documented history of military operations conducted in Afghanistan by the U.S. special forces. Contents Prelude to Terror Awakening the Giant Toppling ...