"In your mercy, Lord, hear my prayer. Heal my mind; heal my heart; heal me from deep within. Open my eyes so that I may gaze upon your glory. Open my ears so that I may hear you calling. Open my heart so that I may love as you would love." What is it about times of suffering that makes expressing our need for God's comfort even more difficult? This collection of traditional and newly composed prayers gives voice to our pain by expressing lament, trust, supplication, and praise. Here are wo...

"In your mercy, Lord, hear my prayer. Heal my mind; heal my heart; heal me from deep within. Open my eyes so that I may gaze upon your glory. Open my ears so that I may hear you calling. Open my heart so that I may love as you would love." What is it about times of suffering that makes expressing our need for God's comfort even more difficult? This collection of traditional and newly composed prayers gives voice to our pain by expressing lament, trust, supplication, and praise. Here are wo...

Born with the 20th century, Otto Peltzer overcame a lonely childhood, beset by illness, to gain a doctorate in sociology and multiple world records on the running track. He competed in two Olympics, but his outspokenness made him persona non grata to the Nazis. His homosexuality was the pretext for a trial which resulted in his being sent for "re-education" to Mauthausen concentration camp. After the war, having survived four years of brutal treatment and lost his home and family to the Re...

Living and working underwater can be a dangerous thing. First the bulkheads sweat, then there's a trickle of water . . .. . . and then in an instant you're gone. The only thing left is a bloody pulp in the dark water and crushed bone fragments on the seafloor.And you can't bolt to the surface in an emergency. . . . The bends will get you.But that's not the worst. When you're living underwater and also working as a spy for your city, that?s when things get really dan...

New in The Rise of Oceania series!Truman McClusky has led the underwater colonies in their fight against the world's superpowers. Climate change has devastated the surface; nations suffer famine, drought, rebellion, rising waters, and apocalyptic coastal flooding. But now, as Mac leads the underwater colonies to freedom and independence, he's faced with the gravest threat of his life: a Russian assassin, hellbent on killing Mac and everyone he cares for. Now Mac mu...

THE MISSION: Sink an unsinkable warsub.It seems futile.It's a vessel created to start --- and end --- wars: a dreadnought.At over four hundred meters long with a crew of six hundred, it's the largest submarine in the world.Sixty—eight torpedo tubes. Twenty nuclear ballistic missiles with one hundred and sixty warheads. Mines. Grapples. A revolutionary propulsion system.And a brand new weapon: The Tsunami Plow.The war...

War has come to the darkest depths of the deepest oceans.Mayor Truman McClusky of Trieste City is at war with the world's superpowers. Laying claim to the resources of the ocean and its floor is the only way to survive in a world where Global Warming and rising sea levels ravage the surface. But when a Trieste City spy ends up dead — his body beaten beyond recognition — Mac realizes that his city is in mortal danger. The occupying force in Trieste knows more about ...

In the world's undersea realms, the superpowers are pressing. Climate change is ravaging the surface nations, and their militaries are surging into the oceans to seek out new resources to sustain their exploding populations. Now Truman McClusky, mayor of the underwater city, Trieste, must gather a team of operatives and travel the world to steal the most unique and deadly weapon ever invented for use underwater. War is looming, and to win a war, one must do whatever it takes, even if it me...

MURDER AT TRIESTE CITY!The problem isn't hiding the body and cleaning the blood — that part's easy. The real problem is the identity of the Admiral's killer: Meg McClusky, Truman "Mac" McClusky's twin sister. She stabbed USSF Admiral Taurus T. Benning in the chest and neck, murdering the man who killed their father all those years ago.Soon the USSF sends a tenacious investigator to the underwater city of Trieste, and what started as an act of revenge without planning quickl...

Killed in action at the bloody Battle of Shiloh, Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston stands as the highest-ranking American military officer to die in combat. His unexpected demise had cascading negative consequences for the South’s war effort, as his absence created a void in adequate leadership in the years that followed. In The Iron Dice of Battle, noted Civil War historian Timothy B. Smith reexamines Johnston’s life and death, offering remarkable insights into this ofte...

Only in Paul's letters to Timothy do we find the expression 'Man [or Woman] of God' in the New Testament – such a person would be characterized by godliness; but what is it and how do we become godly? Brian answers these vital questions across 11 engaging chapters:The Law and Godliness - why the Old Testament law could never make a person godly.A Life of Godliness - how both men and women can lead lives that are godly.The Evidence of Godliness - what is th...

Teaches the principles, methods, and fundamentals of exegeting the New Testament. Any serious student of Scripture would benefit from utilizing this book in the study of the Bible.