Terran, a young genius abandoned to poverty, feels called to something great. He is given that chance when Naomi and Rictor, intergalactic missionaries of the Bound, arrive at his doorstep. They offer a simple choice, to travel the stars with them or stay behind and fend for himself.When an attempt is made on his life before he leaves the planet, he starts to question his decision.Naomi, meanwhile, is in contact with the Bound's enemies, forced to do their bidding while the...

The foundation of our faith determines our practice of it. Followers of Jesus today have the benefit-and the hindrance-of hindsight. Looking back from this side of the cross, it's easy to understand the benefits of our salvation. Is it enough to know we are saved from our sin? How would it feel to experience the Good News from the beginning? Would it change how we represent Jesus today if we were also saved to something?

Create loyal, engaged and results focused teams and organizations using a practical five-part servant leadership formula.Think of a world where people go to work completely engaged, are inspired to do more than they ever thought possible, remain 100% loyal to the teams and organizations they belong to, are achieving mind-blowing results, and gladly and even passionately follow their leader’s direction. Is that a world you want to be a part of? The reality is you re...

Becoming a disciple is simple. Rethink our lives, Follow Jesus, and believe in Him as Lord and Savior. Being a disciple isn't easy. The learning, the commitment, the time it takes to understand the Gospel of Jesus is demanding. Even harder? Living out that faith and letting God transform us into the best version of ourselves. Many people are discovering a new hunger to experience it.But is it enough? What if the Great Commission means more than that? What if Peter gives us a bluepr...

I am a coconut because my body is black but my spirit inside it is white. The skin is just a shell, fragile and frail; when you cut into it there is a sense of shock when the white milk is revealed. If you split my coconut shell in half and remove it you will see a completely new body on the inside; I think she looks a bit like Marilyn Monroe, only with better legs and juicier hips.Lerato Dlamini is the next Queen of South Africa on her way to her coronation. During her journey she...

Years from now, becoming increasingly desperate for a new life away from London, Alice and Geoff Hewitt make the move to what they think is the perfect village in the English countryside to begin afresh. Their idyllic new start is cut tragically short when their seven year old daughter Joy is abducted and murdered by a paedophile named Leo Faulkner as she walks home from school with her sister Kate.The whole of the United Kingdom is forced into a bleak winter of soul searching as t...

We love Jesus, no question about that. Church? Frustrating sometimes, isn't it? We know gathering with other believers is important, but many of us are suffering from PTSD: Post-Traumatic Sanctuary Disorder. Is there a practical path forward for frustrated believers both outside and inside the structure of today's church? What motivates us to pursue a revival of the mission we have been given?

From identifying the types of secrets we keep to assessing the risks and benefits of disclosure, "The Art of Keeping Secrets" provides practical tools and techniques to help readers navigate the ethical dilemmas and moral quandaries that often accompany the act of keeping secrets. Whether it's protecting sensitive information in professional settings or maintaining privacy in personal relationships, this book equips readers with the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions and prese...

The Cayuga are one of the original five nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, a powerful alliance of Native American tribes in the Northeast, inhabiting much of the land in what is now central New York State. When their nation was destroyed in the Sullivan–Clinton campaign of 1779, the Cayuga endured 200 years of displacement. As a result, relatively little is known about the location, organization, or ambience of their ancestral villages. Perched on a triangular finger of land against...

This book offers a new perspective on the emergence of concepts that shaped the world, set against the dramatic background of political upheaval and crisis of scientific knowledge that characterized interwar Germany and Austria. On the one hand, the political-theoretical certainties of previous generations were rendered suddenly obsolete by the imperatives of total war. On the other hand, the old certainties of a reductive and deterministic conception of scientific knowledge had likewise b...

Michael H. Rogers is well known as foreman of the crew with whom he lived through the chaos and terror of the UFO abduction of Travis Walton in ‘75. Rogers successfully defended this landmark event against every sordid attempt of skeptical obliteration, to emerge as the world’s most famous and certainly best documented occurrence of close encounter ever recorded. Realizing that he was uniquely qualified to find the unfeigned facts of UFOs, mass sightings, clandestine government agendas, et...

Providing clear, useful, and nonjudgmental information, this revised and fully updated handbook describes some of the effects drugs can have on the human body, mind, emotions, and unconscious. Simple and healthy alternatives to consciousness-altering substances, including hallucinogens, uppers and downers, marijuana, cocaine, and alcohol, are offered to those wishing to break away from drug use. For those seeking to experience higher, more enlightened levels of consciousness, this guide of...