The increased interest manifested in relation to all matters affecting the East, and the great attention now given to the study of comparative religion, seem to indicate that the time has come when an attempt should be made to place before the English-speaking people of the world a systematic exposition of the doctrines of the Muslim Faith. The present work is intended to supply this want, by giving, in a tabulated form, a concise account of the doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs, t...

In Jeanne Guyon’s Mystical Interpretation of Divinization: Her Biblical Commentary on St. Matthew’s Gospel, we read her most powerful declaration of the transformation called divinization. Jeanne Guyon reveals the Gospel of Matthew as describing the symbolic and hidden journey to participation in God. Guyon writes, “We are called to lose our will in that of God, and pass, transform, and change into God. This is called divinization. There are many other terms for this from...

Nominee for the 2015 Silver Falchion AwardWhen it comes to murder at a convention of killers, everyone is a suspect.Husband and wife private investigators Jack and Annie Gardner are very good at their jobs. He's a one-handed demolitions expert and bomb disposal specialist. She's a former circus performer and a crack shot. Together they run Gardner Investigations.Joseph Mozzano is the former head of the Baltimore mob. When his grand...

The cities of Los Angeles and San Diego were boomtowns during World War II. California aviation companies designed many of the greatest combat aircraft of the era, and bustling armies of women and men helped quickly churn them out by the thousands. An astounding 41 percent of all US warplanes came from California drawing boards during the war. These planes saw combat service everywhere--from the deserts of North Africa to the frozen tundra of Alaska. Southern California planes were the fir...

The relationship between the church and the scriptures of Israel is fraught with complexities, particularly in regard to how the first Christians read scripture in light of the gospel of Christ. Patrick Egan examines the text of 1 Peter in light of its numerous quotations of scripture and demonstrates how the epistle sets forth a scriptural narrative that explains the nature and purpose of the church. Egan argues that 1 Peter sets forth an ecclesiology based in a participatory christology,...

Mindful Living: Cultivating Happiness through Meditation, Compassion, and Acceptance.What if happiness wasn't something to chase… but something already within you, waiting to be revealed?In Happy For You, life coach and former World Champion Powerlifter Patrick Thomas invites you on a raw, personal, and empowering journey to rediscover the joy of simply being. After a near-death health crisis and years of battling anxiety and depression, Patrick tr...

These are the early adventures for Surela. Before she became Champion of Valtoor, she was a thief, mercenary and soldier. These tales are not presented in chronological order, but as they were written. An odd choice, but I believe you can see Surela evolve as a character this way. She owns the God-Shard of Time and Dragons, embedded in her sword, which is 10,000 years old.Surela lives on Vareima. A world filled with people not native to Vareima. They were placed in the world by a m...

This is a collection of useful activities for those hopeful people out there who ever wondered if they could Write anything. Here is some Common and Uncommon Sense for taking control of your Writing. From the reasons you may want to write to the challenges of Formatting, you'll find a little bit of everything here.This collection is a personal one. The concepts are to help you discover the pleasures of becoming a Writer. It begins with the questions of the whys and...

The history of tales of swordplay and magic go back almost as far as there has been civilization. Our early stories featured individuals in battle with extraordinary creatures. This collection is a tribute to the great heroes of sword and sorcery in the past. Not just the ancient past, but the more recent time of the great popes of the mid-20th century.

Cookbook author Jaick Connally has a phobia about lightning storms. He feels safe in the middle of New Jersey. Then he inherits a beachfront condo in Hollywood, Florida.Reluctantly, he moves to live in the condo. A week later, Jaick sees a huge dark shape swallow up someone before his eyes during a thunderstorm. The police call it a simple disappearance, but Jaick feels there's more to it.A chance remark at a local diner drives Jaick to look into another person who disappea...

Something strange is happening to Emily. Something out of her control. All she knows is that each time she dies, her new self has become more aware of her past lives. Drawn ever southward, her journeys all have the same things in common. Small, polished black pebbles fall from the clear sky during each life. She is aided by a man named Ed during her travels to a new life in a new town. Whether he's a bus driver or a tow truck driver, Ed is always there to make sure she arrives safely....

From the Monster under the bed to the residents of the House of Frankenstein, we've all grown up with Monsters. They even inhabit our cereal boxes.We're here to celebrate the monsters who scare us. Over the centuries, the level of terror needed to scare us was low. Before film, television or radio our main source of fright came from books and storytellers. Even in 1931 a warning was placed into the film during early showings of Dracula