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The force that all mankind marches to is the CROSS-PULL. Unseen and largely unnoticed, there are spiritual forces that everyone encounters in this life. In the human experience, there is a cross-pull where good and evil do battle for the souls of all men. These unseen forces are responsible for the chaos in this sin-marred world. From the time of Adam and Eve until today, people have made choices without considering the consequences. In this book, as in real life, some make hard choices th...

Tiller Bonner, a petite lovely young woman, had two loves in her life. A son, Danny, who was a kindhearted boy any mother would love. Then there was Mary, headstrong with a free spirit at the age of six. Caught between two forces that targeted the impressionable children, Tillie knew her influence had to be a constant in both of her children's lives. Her plans for them would all go up in smoke if the wealthy and powerful grandmother, Mira Bonner, could get charge of them. The impact of two...

How is Christ the answer to a strained relationship with child, parent or sibling? What if I am being mistreated — what does the atonement say about that? How can I discover the desire to repent when I don't feel the need to repent? These are the challenging questions of daily life, the questions to which the gospel must provide an answer if it is to have living, cleansing, redeeming power.The Peacegiver is a book about the answers to these questions. In both content and form it i...

The morning had not yet broken through the last moments of lingering darkness when suddenly a dense, thick fog descended, covering the forest under a thick curtain of white. Behind him in the bedroom, Willy heard the soft, easy rhythm of Bonnie's breathing.The one thing that annoyed him about Bonnie was her persistence when it came to his family. As far as he was concerned, the less she knew, the better. Rummaging through his things, she had come across an old picture. The picture w...

How many times have you thought "if I could only do this and no one know it was me?" Jesse Rash lived that dream. A once shy introverted young boy found his deviant alter ego when hired to find the ones who were trying to harm the daughter, an only child, of a powerful businessman. What Jesse accomplished during his time as Harlan Williams would not bring those that he touched back from the dark side.Being bullied was a part of young Shane Thomas Taylor's life. Though he was a quiet...

How can we understand the complexity of genes, RNAs, and proteins and the associated regulatory networks? One approach is to look for recurring types of dynamical behavior. Mathematical models prove to be useful, especially models coming from theories of biochemical reactions such as ordinary differential equation models. Clever, careful experiments test these models and their basis in specific theories. This textbook aims to provide advanced students with the tools and insights needed to ...

The years in the Texas penal system had matured Willy Baker in every way, except one. His natural physical strength plus the years of hard work in the penal system had formed him physically into a powerful man but still that never quite satisfied him. There was another strength he had seen in his brother John. John's strength was a reasoning mental one. John's point of view always put Willy's arguments to irrelevance. Prison gave Willy time to think. He decided early on to use his time rea...

“As a Sunday school teacher, The Hidden Christ helped me discover significant layers of meaning regarding the Savior in the Old Testament. It 'enlarged my soul and enlightened my understanding.'” — Becky, customer“If you’re like me,” Jim Ferrell writes, “you are afraid of the Old Testament.” But surprising rewards lie ready to be discovered by anyone who picks up this frequently avoided book and begins to “ask it questions.” The Hidden Christ is an account of the ...

Anarchy & Amnesia in Small Town AmericaIn 1930, three joy-riding black youths robbed a young white couple parked on Lover’s Lane. One of the youths shot the white man five times while his girl friend claimed that one of the three raped her. Local law enforcement quickly located the three, interrogated them and locked them up in the county jail. The next day, the white man succumbed to his wounds. That night a mob of angry white-folks stormed the jail and removed all three suspects....

In the early 1800s, there were hard times, territorial takeovers, unrest in the Indian nations, savagery, and an otherwise uncivilized state across America's plains.Those in the east longed for open country and freedom from the large cities growing around them. Wagon trains were making their trek across the east, heading westward. All walks of life, professors, doctors, farmers, and ranchers left the overpopulated east coast for the dream of having blue skies above them and green gr...

As incredible as it may sound, much of the sadness and frustration we feel in mortality is actually created by our well-meaning efforts to find happiness. Relief from this predicament can be found through a divine gospel paradox that rescues us from failed roads and puts us on the surprising path to happiness. Through engaging stories and fresh, invigorating gospel insights, James Ferrell has written a book that challenges our unquestioned and perhaps mistaken assumptions about many of lif...

Many today carry a secret: We do not love what we have been commanded to love. We do not love what is holy. Although we might reverence things that are deemed holy-- the temple, for example, and the scriptures, and the Sabbath-- we do not love them. Not really. Not with our whole souls. The Holy Secret is the story of a man who learns how to love what matters. As he does, he learns another secret: Love for holiness transforms life itself. His realization of what he had been missing may lea...