祂的國度必定聚合巨大的動力，在隱祕中培養其勢力， 凡不能被吸收、納入的，至終必顯為虛空。在這波雲詭幻的國際局勢中，神是否仍在掌管一切？基督徒如何昂然面對時代的挑戰、持守聖經的教導？當年以色列人也曾面臨百姓被擄，國家滅亡，信仰瀕臨破產的局面。身為俘虜的但以理，即憑著信心為這一切問題尋求答案。 明瞭但以理書的信息，能使我們瞭解世局的趨勢，在這彎曲背逆的世代中，作神剛強、「大蒙眷愛」的見證人。 作者精研但以理書，本書是每日讀經、講道、備課、小組查經的最佳工具。▕ 作者介紹▕華勒斯（Ronald S. Wallace）華勒斯牧師，英國人，曾就讀於愛丁堡大學，一九五八年獲得博士學位，有豐富的牧會與教導經驗。他曾在哥倫比亞聖經神學院任教達十年之久，直到退休返鄉。他愛好園藝、健行及露營。已婚，有三個孩子。

WALLACE is a trilogy: WAR, WEST, and WEALTH. Each section portrays a modest and inconspicuous protagonist thrust into an immodest and consuming mix of war, frontier survival, and personal accomplishment that stretch values to the breaking point.Rev. Dr. Weagley served the United States Naval Reserve Military as a Chaplain, and actively in the U S. Army Security Agency as an enlisted man. He managed a chain finance office and later worked as a bookkeeper for a trucking company while...

This book on black churches and urban politics uses case studies from various cities to examine the strategies and tactics of activist clergy and congregations. These case studies illustrate how black activist clergy and congregations negotiate the political terrains of their respective cities. The cases show that the political culture of a city-whether that culture is shaped by machine politics, a legacy of political protest, racial and ethnic factionalism, or a city whose power resides i...

• Winner of the 1995 Banta Book Prize for a Wisconsin AuthorRonald Wallace is best known for his wit and good humor, his synthesis of technical skill and strong emotion, his sensory immediacy, his accessibility, and charm. Now in Time's Fancy, his fifth collection, Wallace explores the tragic aspects of life more fully, fashioning a declarative poetry that is darker and deeper, more meditative and complex.

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:"Blunt Teeth" by Margaret Ronald"One Will Grow to Eat the Other" by Michael Kelly (reprint)"Apostasy in Fruit" by Moustapha Mbacké Diop"Suddenly My House Became a Tree of Sores" by Gemma Files (reprint)

In recent years, political discourse about gun control and the Second Amendment has become increasingly volatile and this collection of original essays by top scholars illuminates the various reasons why. Gun lobbies such as the National Rifle Association are more organized and aggressive and their issue agenda has evolved as new and more powerful weapons and militia appear. On the other side of the debate, the critical wounding of James Brady gave gun control advocates a visible martyr wi...

The Uses of Adversity - titled after the line from As You Like It, "Sweet are the uses of adversity" - is a collection of one hundred sonnets cobining the craftiness of traditional form with the effortlessness of free verse. The language is often richly textured and musical, often plain spoken and conversational, but always witty and accessible. The subject matter ranges widely from Rootie Kazootie and Froggy the Gremlin, Howdy Doody and Elvis Presley, to Christopher Colu...

Long for This World features the best of Ronald Wallace's work from his previous collections of poetry—Plums, Stones, Kisses & Hooks (1981), Tunes for Bears to Dance To (1983), People and Dog in the Sun (1987), The Makings of Happiness (1991), Time's Fancy (1994),and The Uses of Adversity (1998)—along with a generous selection of twenty-six new poems. If Wallace's recent poems sometimes seem darker and deeper, more meditative a...