When a nineteen-year-old member of a Black Muslim cult assassinated Oakland newspaper editor Chauncey Bailey in 2007—the most shocking killing of a journalist in the United States in thirty years—the question was, Why? “I just wanted to be a good soldier, a strong soldier,” the killer told police. A strong soldier for whom?Killing the Messenger is a searing work of narrative nonfiction that explores one of the most blatant attacks on the First Amendment and free s...

Taken from the Preface of the 2001 edition. The contents of this book first appeared in print as a series of twenty-four articles in the Christadelphian Tidings in 1999-2000. During the run of the monthly installments, the editor received numerous requests for publication in book form. The present volume represents both the editor‘s and the author’s commitment to meet what seems a fervent and widespread desire for substantive material on the issue of faith. To that end, we have rewritten, ...

It is God which works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure" (Phil 2v13) Are you consciuos that God works in you? Are you prepared for the drastic changes that God will make when you submit yourself to His workmanship? What are the things you can expect from Him when you yield to HiM? How will He Work? What methods will He use? This book seeks to increase our awareness of God at work, to encourage us to yield to His will; and to provide Bible answers to these and other vital q...

The thoughts and intents of the Christian heart."the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; against such there is no law." Galatians 5. 22-23This 2nd edition of the popular book by Colin Attridge looks at these verses from Galatians and discusses the impact they should have on the Christian life, the thoughts and intents of the Christian heart.

What does the Bible actually say about why Jesus died? It may surprise you... This book invites you to look behind the metaphors and symbolic language, and consider the underlying perspectives that the Bible itself provides about the death of Christ. It extracts an exciting idea: that the death of Jesus was never about a transaction taking place in heaven with God, but rather that it was intended to have a very real impact on each one of us. It was intended to change us, not God! Crisp and...

Through nigh-on forty years of laconic brilliance on Radio 1, a musical taste which defined a culture and his wildly popular Radio 4 show, Home Truths, John Peel reached out to an audience that was as diverse as his record collection. He was a genuinely great Briton, beloved by millions. John's unique voice and sensibility were evident in everything he did, and nowhere is that more true than in these pages.Margrave of the Marshes is the astonishing book John Peel ...

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It begins with the Divine injunction:“Have you considered my servant Job?”The Biblical drama of Job is haunting. A blameless man is tormented by ‘the Satan’: stripped of wealth, status, possessions, health and children – all with God’s permission! Who is this Satan? More chilling still, who is this God? And why, despite this cataclysmic carnage, does the drama focus on the resulting argument between Job and his 3 friends?The ending of the drama seems no clearer. Whe...

Roxanne Redman’s husband hasn’t fathered a child, but he’s suddenly arrested for fifty-thousand dollars’ worth of delinquent child support—and their nightmare is just beginning.Roxanne’s husband, Parker Redman, is shocked when he’s arrested for delinquent child support … especially since the devoted husband hasn’t fathered any children. The Parkers’ best friends, James and Serena, are in the final stages of a bitter divorce.When the divorce is final, James believes his night...

Meet the next generation of literary superstars! Texas Review Press brings you The Southwest Anthology: The Best of the Writing Programs, featuring the upper echelon in talent in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction at MFA, MA, and PhD programs across the Southwest. This beautiful volume was assembled and produced by graduate students in the MFA program in Creative Writing, Editing, and Publishing at Sam Houston State University, home of Texas Review Press. It was also put together und...