Faith formation resource for young adults on human sexuality.Our inherent value and worth comes from God’s love for us, but our modern world is filled with sexual expression that too often leads us away from the life of Christ. As Christians seeking to live a life worthy of our calling and desiring to pass along these values to our children and youth, these books (Leader Guide and Participant Book) offer session plans with activities for Young Adults (ages 18–30) t...

In medieval times, when a Jewish boy of five began religious schooling, he was carried from home to a teacher and placed on the teacher's lap. He was then asked to recite the Hebrew alphabet and lick honey from the slate on which it was written, to eat magically inscribed cooked peeled eggs and cakes, to recite an incantation against a demon of forgetfulness, and then to go down to the riverbank with the teacher, where he was told that his future study of the Torah, like the rushing rive...

An examination of how the Jews—real and imagined—so challenged the Christian majority in medieval Europe that it became a society that was religiously and culturally antisemitic in new waysIn medieval Europe, Jews were not passive victims of the Christian community, as is often assumed, but rather were startlingly assertive, forming a Jewish civilization within Latin Christian society. Both Jews and Christians considered themselves to be God’s chosen people. These ...

These studies explore the history of the Jewish minority of Ashkenaz (northern France and the German Empire) during the High Middle Ages. Although the Jews in medieval Europe are usually thought to have been isolated from the Christian majority, they actually were part of a 'Jewish-Christian symbiosis.' A number of studies in the collection focus on Jewish-Christian cultural and social interactions, the foundations of the community ascribed to Charlemagne, and especially on the fashioning ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Big Red One, The Civil War is the gripping first installment in a powerful series that captures the origins of the legendary U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division. In this book, we focus on the 16th Infantry Regiment, a regiment whose legacy of courage and sacrifice began in the bloody battles of the Civil War and continued through history to become the heart of the 1st Infantry Division, known as "The Big Red One."

What's InsideThe Sovereign Wealth Engine: Learn to build a portfolio that acts as a powerhouse for long-term growth.Multimodal Mastery: Insights into trading diverse assets including BTC, ETH, and high-volatility ETFs like SOXS.The TRG Blueprint: A look into the philosophy behind The Triangle Royalty Group—balancing intellectual property, precious metals, and equities.Emo...

Corporate domination of public policy during the Reagan years resulted not only in increasing inequality and deteriorating living standards for millions of Americans, but in a diminution in the capacity of government to solve basic problems that are not amenable to market-oriented solutions.The authors of The State and Democracy (originally published in 1988) propose a new public philosophy for America: one which comprises communitarian values; governments at all levels wh...

It's 1959 and fifteen-year-old Karny Wilson hates his small Tennessee town and school. So, he hops a railroad freight car and runs away to Florida and the circus. He hopes to find a job and his father.Teacher Guide available.

Composed in Germany in the early thirteenth century by Judah ben Samuel he-hasid, Sefer Hasidim, or "Book of the Pietists," is a compendium of religious instruction that portrays the everyday life of Jews as they lived together with and apart from Christians in towns such as Speyer, Worms, Mainz, and Regensburg. A charismatic religious teacher who recorded hundreds of original stories that mirrored situations in medieval social living, Judah's messages advocated praying s...

Composed in Germany in the early thirteenth century by Judah ben Samuel he-hasid, Sefer Hasidim, or "Book of the Pietists," is a compendium of religious instruction that portrays the everyday life of Jews as they lived together with and apart from Christians in towns such as Speyer, Worms, Mainz, and Regensburg. A charismatic religious teacher who recorded hundreds of original stories that mirrored situations in medieval social living, Judah's messages advocated praying s...

In this original and sweeping review of Jewish culture and history, Ivan Marcus examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages in the life cycle have evolved through the ages and persisted to this day. For each phase of life--from childhood and adolescence to adulthood and the advanced years—the book traces the origin and development of specific rites associated with the events of birth, circumcision, and schooling; bar and bat mitzvah and confirmation; engagement, betro...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Big Red One, The Frontier is a gripping second installment in a powerful series that captures the origins of the legendary U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division. Set against the harsh backdrop of the Western frontier, this story follows a band of soldiers and settlers carving out lives in a land rife with danger and opportunity. At its heart is the story of the 16th Infantry Regiment, a unit forged from the remnants of war, whose courage and ...