If you died today, can you say with 100% certainty that you would go to heaven? If your answer is anything but a resounding “yes,” then reading this book would absolutely benefit you. Human beings are capable of many things, some good and some bad. We are the only living being on the face of this earth with “free will.” Who we love, spend time with, how we treat others, the list can go on for pages.Why God? cuts right to the thick of what the world is asking about God. If you have ...

Essentials of Cybersecurity is a crowdsourced effort from the members of the Peerlyst online community of information security professionals. These InfoSec experts share their perspective and tips on getting the basics right, from understanding cybersecurity’s vital importance and developing a corporate security culture to protecting your telecom infrastructure and making the most of security technology.The chapters include:Starting at the Beginning: Why You ...

Can public schools feed themselves? That deceptively simple question is like a fingernail picking at a fray in the fabric of 21st century public education. Fallow Lands of Plenty chronicles one high school’s attempt to feed itself and, in doing so, unravels the fabric of neoliberal education, exposes its logics of dependence and control, and begins to weave a new tapestry of education for community cooperation and resilience.Set during the ongoing transition between post-industrial...

If you have ever said to yourself, "I don't read my bible because...," then this book is for you! How can I state such a bold thing? If you think the bible is too confusing, doesn't pertain to you, meant only in church, etc......this book is for you!I've taken every story in Genesis (the first book of the bible) and given it "life." In other words, the characters are not just someone mentioned in the bible. They are people, just like me and you - trying ...

From the 2022 TIME100 Next honoree and the activist who coined the term comes a primer on intersectional environmentalism for the next generation of activists looking to create meaningful, inclusive, and sustainable change.The Intersectional Environmentalist examines the inextricable link between environmentalism, racism, and privilege, and promotes awareness of the fundamental truth that we cannot save the planet without uplifting the voices of its people...

Meyer, the bestselling author of over 53 inspirational books, presents a book on being positive. Includes full-color interiors, a ribbon marker, and a padded case cover.

A timely examination by a leading scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality.Today’s inequality is on a scale that none of us has seen in our lifetimes, yet this disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means. In The Broken Ladder psychologist Keith Payne examines how inequality divides us not just economically, but has profound consequences for how we think, how our cardiovascul...

Stormie Omartian has helped millions of readers approach God with confidence and experience His power. With transparency and biblical depth, she shares what it means to connect with God in a focused and deliberate way as a person of effective prayer. The powerful and meaningful prayers from Prayer Warrior are pulled together for readers in this compact book. This is the perfect prayer companion for anyone who desires to answer the call of God on his or her life to pray, and pray with stren...

"An absorbing examination of why humans feel affection and compassion for certain animals but are callous to the suffering of others." — Publishers WeeklyWhy We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows offers an absorbing look at what social psychologist Melanie Joy calls carnism, the belief system that conditions us to eat certain animals when we would never dream of eating others. Carnism causes extensive animal suffering and global injustice, and it ...

Bible Promise books have long been (and will always be) a staple of our gift line—because we want to be sure that people who may rarely hear it anywhere else have a way to experience the power of God’s Word speaking right in their ear, right by their bedside, right where they live. And now we’re rolling out our best value ever on an all-new set of Bible promise books—for Moms, Dad, Grads, and Teachers—just in time for the annual Spring holidays and special occasions. Each book features up ...

In Pollution Is Colonialism Max Liboiron presents a framework for understanding scientific research methods as practices that can align with or against colonialism. They point out that even when researchers are working toward benevolent goals, environmental science and activism are often premised on a colonial worldview and access to land. Focusing on plastic pollution, the book models an anticolonial scientific practice aligned with Indigenous, particularly Métis, concepts of lan...

Life is full of imitations. Which is why today's culture needs genuine, transparent people of God. People of purpose, not perfection. Believers who crave real spiritual growth. But what does this look like? The book of Genesis provides the answer, where we find three men who experienced an authentic life: Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph.Part of Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe's best-selling "BE" commentary series, Be Authentic has now been updated with study questions and a new introductio...