Robert is already getting tired of living in the lawless town of Redrock, but he tries desperately not to get involved in other folks business. When the sons of the richest man in the state decide to destroy the new outhouses he has just built however, things become personal. Not only did they kill a man with their high jinks, they also cost Robert a lot of money.

After centuries of peace, Tagonia suspects trouble maybe brewing from its neighbour, just across the sea. The emperor Marciarnous, although he would never admit it, is losing his control over his ambitious eldest son. Xantos, Ruler of Southern Mensk, has built an army far greater than that of his ageing father's in the North and is now desperate for conquest. No longer interested in peace, Xantos is unwilling to wait until he inherits the title of emperor before pushing forward with his pl...

No good deed deserves to go unpunished, or so it seems. Ron tries to break up a bar fight and ends up going to jail for his trouble. In prison he is given a bottle of illegal moonshine and somehow ends up naked, straddling a pot-bellied pig, earning the title of "The pig sticker"On the outside, Ron's parole officer thinks it's funny to let the moniker slip out in a conversation but the abattoir boss doesn't want to risk any funny business on his watch. Sacked from his job, evicted ...

A biblical defense of egalitarianism that relies on Scripture to affirm gender equality in the church and in the home."Biblical womanhood" is the idea that the Bible teaches God-ordained male leadership and female submission in the home and subordination in the church. Some say this hierarchy of authority is sufficiently evidenced by examples of male leadership (and lack of female leadership) in the Bible: the first human was male, Israel's official priests were ma...

A casual, clear, and compelling Biblical case for male/female equality in the church and home!Embark on a transformative journey into the age-old debate on women's roles in the church and family. In "Why Can't Women Do That?" Philip Payne (renowned author of "The Bible vs Biblical Womanhood" and “Man and Woman: One in Christ”) presents his easiest-to-understand book, offering a compelling and accessible perspective on male/female e...

A casual, clear, and compelling Biblical case for male/female equality in the church and home!Embark on a transformative journey into the age-old debate on women's roles in the church and family. In "Why Can't Women Do That?" Philip Payne (renowned author of "The Bible vs Biblical Womanhood" and “Man and Woman: One in Christ”) presents his easiest-to-understand book, offering a compelling and accessible perspective...

A biblical defense of egalitarianism that relies on Scripture to affirm gender equality in the eyes of God."Biblical womanhood" is the idea that the Bible teaches God-ordained male leadership and female submission in the home and subordination in the church. Some say this hierarchy of authority is sufficiently evidenced by examples of male leadership (and lack of female leadership) in the Bible: the first human was male, Israel's official priests were male, most au...

Does Paul teach a hierarchy of authority of man over woman, or does he teach the full equality of man and woman in the church and home? In Man and Woman, One in Christ, Philip Barton Payne answers this question and more, injecting crucial insights into the discussion of Paul’s view of women. Condensing over three decades of research on this topic, Payne’s rigorous exegetical analysis demonstrates the consistency of Paul’s message on this topic and its coherence with the rest of hi...

A casual, clear, and compelling Biblical case for male/female equality in the church and home!Embark on a transformative journey into the age-old debate on women's roles in the church and family. In "Why Can't Women Do That?" Philip Payne (renowned author of "The Bible vs Biblical Womanhood" and "Man and Woman: One in Christ") presents his easiest-to-understand book, offering a compelling and accessible perspective...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

Black Cat Weekly #98 features 10 short stories and a novel. This time, we have five mysteries (including a terrific original by Adam Meyer, courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), modern tales by Dharma Kelleher (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) and Jack Halliday, plus a classic by Frank Gruber, who was a prolific pulp writer and novelist. Gruber’s story of a dance-hall clip-joint provides a window into a long-gone era. And of course, no issue is complete without a solve-i...