A spectacular example of collective protest, the Great Strike of 1877--actually a sequence of related actions--was America's first national strike and the first major strike against the railroad industry. In some places, non-railroad workers also abandoned city businesses, creating one of the nation's first general strikes. Mobilizing hundreds of thousands of workers, the Great Strikes of 1877 transformed the nation's political landscape, shifting the primary political focus from Reconstru...

Find "strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow" with this collection of Our Daily Bread meditations called Great Is Thy Faithfulness. Each page contains a short, easy-to-read devotional that includes a story, Scripture, and inspirational quote that remind you of God's provision and faithfulness. Start each morning or end every evening with these faith-building devotions that encourage you to wholeheartedly trust in God.The encouraging content make this devo...

Kit is a wizard.The youngest wizard in the world, in fact. But her magic keeps going wrong, and all kinds of weird stuff has started happening - exploding fireballs, animals talking when they shouldn't be, and a very strange new arrival in a nearby park. So Kit and her two best friends - along with their local librarian - set off to investigate, and to save the world... again.Brilliantly illustrated throughout by Davide Ortu, The Monster in the Lake is the funny, e...

"I can't tell you how many times I have preached and afterward promised God I would never embarrass Him like that again." — Joseph M. Stowell.Unnatural. Supernatural. A gift. Hard work. Exhilarating. Terrifying. These words only begin to describe the challenge and reward each pastor experiences. So what can assist today's pastors in such an endeavor?The Moody Handbook of Preaching. With contributors like Michael Easley, Joseph Stowell, and George Sweeting, ...

Save the library, save the world!Kit can't STAND reading.She'd MUCH rather be outside, playing games and getting muddy, than stuck inside with a book. But when she's dragged along to the library one day by her two best friends, she makes an incredible discovery - and soon it's up to Kit and her friends to save the library ... and the world.The first book in a fantastically exciting, brilliantly funny, magical new series!Also in the series:The Monster...

Kit, Josh and Alita are heading back to school - and they're excited to discover that they're getting a brand new library, which also means getting their own wizard librarian... and a dragon! But when something VERY BAD happens at the new library, it's up to Kit and her friends to save the world one more time.The third instalment in the funny, exciting, magical, and action-packed Dragon in the Library series, brilliantly illustrated throughout by Davide Ortu.Have y...

55 Reflexões para o seu encorajamentoO Senhor é bom, a sua misericórdia dura para sempre e, de geração em geração… – Salmo 100:5Querida mamãe,Estas reflexões do Pão Diário foram selecionadas especialmente para você. E o nosso anseio é de que Deus transforme a sua vida, à medida que você refletir e praticar as verdades bíblicas apresentadas em cada uma delas.Separe um momento para estar a sós com Deus e enfrente o seu dia a dia fortalecida pelo Senhor...

`Fast becoming a contemporary classic... this book tries both to be critical and engender critical thinking in a number of ways. It offers an overview of a number of theories that address human distress as well as particular forms of "pathology". This book effectively highlights the way that western society has taken "normal"; and "abnormal" emotional states to be factual entities rather than the constructed understandings of human phenomena that they are.... should be on the reading list ...

Em comemoração aos 60 anos deste querido devocional, Ministérios Pão Diário no Brasil tem a satisfação de lançar esta edição na qual, pela primeira vez, um excelente grupo de líderes cristãos nacionais, um autor espanhol e um de origem africana vêm somar forças ao nosso time de renomados autores internacionais. Nosso desejo é que essas meditações, que têm abençoado os nossos leitores por seis décadas, inspirem e orientem a sua caminhada diária com Deus. Desde 1956, o nome Pão Diário reflet...

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? Psalm 11:3Followers of Christ have every right to be concerned about the troubling shifts in our culture. On nearly every front things are different. Much of what we see is a direct contradiction to divinely revealed truth and the convictions we hold dear. At times, we feel like we’ve lost the battle for what’s good and right.The challenge for us now? To respond in ways that communicate t...

Você gosta de acompanhar a turma ou de destacar na multidão? A Bíblia ensina que os cristãos devem ser agentes transformadores e enfatiza que não devem viver como "as pessoas deste mundo"! Quer saber como? Está interessado? Quer impactar os que estão ao seu redor com os valores do Reino de Deus? Você tem em suas mãos mais um incentivo para ler a Bíblia todos os dias e explorar os tesouros que Deus quer revelar a cada um do Seus seguidores. Não fique parado! Mergulhe nas páginas deste livro...