Discipleship. It's a familiar term among Christians, but its meaning has been largely lost.What did first century discipleship look like? What did Jesus expect from his first disciples? What does Jesus expect from his disciples today?This book provides a simple, yet extensive look into discipleship by exploring the following questions.How do we follow Jesus?How do we become like Jesus?How do we make disciples to Jesus?This book will feed your...

Written by three leading experts in the field, this book describes and explains all essential aspects of scanning probe microscopy. Emphasis is placed on the experimental design and procedures required to optimize the performance of the various methods described. The book covers not only the physical principles behind this popular technique, but also tackles questions on instrument design, the basic features of the different imaging modes, and recurring artifacts. Novel applications and th...

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 9th International Conference on Networked Systems, NETYS 2021, held virtually in May 2021.The 15 revised full papers and 2 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The papers are organized in the following thematic blocks: distributed systems, blockchain, and verification.

At age twelve, Ashlee Nichols fell in love with her brother's best friend, Beau Jacobsen. Everyone thought she was cute and that her crush was simply that . . . a crush. But her young heart had known he was the one, and she had planned on marrying him as soon as she was old enough. Unfortunately, when she confessed her feelings to Beau, he'd laughed, patted her on the head and told her he was flattered.Sure, Beau had been twenty-two at the time, but she knew she wouldn't always be ...

Taylin Nichols has the perfect job as a nurse in the newborn unit in her hometown of Mitchel Creek, Georgia, but as for the perfect boyfriend—not so much. She knows she needs to dump the guy, but figures it will happen naturally if she's accepted for the work abroad program.On a day when she should've stayed home, she runs into Luke McKay—literally. He's new at the hospital and already has a reputation as an unfriendly, brooding male. Even though he's hotter than a Georgia summer, ...

Addie Heywood thought she was doing okay after her fiancé dumped her just weeks before their wedding, claiming he'd found someone else more compatible with his health food tastes. But when he marries the other woman three months later, Addie needs to get away. Leaving her home in Idaho, she escapes to Mitchel Creek, Georgia, to visit her Aunt Janie. She just wants to spend the next two weeks enjoying her aunt's southern cooking, not dodging the guys her aunt is determined to set her up wit...

This book presents the latest developments in noncontact atomic force microscopy. It deals with the following outstanding functions and applications that have been obtained with atomic resolution after the publication of volume 2: (1) Pauli repulsive force imaging of molecular structure, (2) Applications of force spectroscopy and force mapping with atomic resolution, (3) Applications of tuning forks, (4) Applications of atomic/molecular manipulation, (5) Applications of magnetic exchange f...