God, who created all that exits and lived with human beings in the Garden of Eden, returned to live among us in the form of Jesus Christ! The world, blinded by disobedience, did not recognize him. Those who believe him become the children of God. And become part of The Body of Christ in the world today. A short summary of the New Testament is included. Along with Study / Discussion Topics.We suggest you use the eBooks in this series in group study / discussion sessions. Select a ti...

Why does democracy—as a word and as an idea—loom so large in the political imagination, though it has so often been misused and misunderstood? Setting the People Free starts by tracing the roots of democracy from an improvised remedy for a local Greek difficulty 2,500 years ago, through its near extinction, to its rebirth amid the struggles of the French Revolution. Celebrated political theorist John Dunn then charts the slow but insistent metamorphosis of democracy over the next ...

Revelation chapter 4 begins with, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this . . . and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it . . . Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders" Rev 4:1b, 2 and 4a.God is speaking to John (the apostle) throughout the book of Revelation. Apparently God is using words and symbols the reader (or listener) can decipher using words and symbols used in ...

Mariannridge, a small, tight-knit coloured community nestled in the heart of Durban, was a place where dreams were either born or buried. The flats and semi-detached houses stood like silent witnesses to the lives of those who called this place home. For 16-year-old Junaid "JJ" Jacobs, Mariannridge was both a playground and a prison

The "Part Good and Part Bad Churches" in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 are:- Ephesus: commended for: deeds, hard work. But you have forsaken your first love!- Pergamum: Where Satan Has His Throne. Commended for being true to God's Name and not renouncing their faith. Yet, you have people who teach Balaam and others who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans!- Thyatira: I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance. But you tolerate a false teache...

John Dunn never expected that his summer job as a caddie at the local course in Connecticut might turn into something more. The lifers who plied the loops were an ensemble of misfits and degenerates who made the caddie yard look more like a gambling hall than a country club. But Dunn came of age in those yards and on those courses, and the magnetism of the game and the lifestyle proved irresistible. One adventure after another kept him coming back summer after summer, until he found himsel...

In this timely and important work, eminent political theorist John Dunn argues that democracy is not synonymous with good government. The author explores the labyrinthine reality behind the basic concept of democracy, demonstrating how the political system that people in the West generally view as straightforward and obvious is, in fact, deeply unclear and, in many cases, dysfunctional. Consisting of four thought-provoking lectures, Dunn’s book sketches the path by which democracy became t...

In Revelation chapters 2 and 3 the bad churches are:- Sardis: You are Dead in Deeds. Wake Up!- Laodicea: Your Deeds are Lukewarm. Jesus is outside knocking on the door to be let in!Study / Discussion Topics are included with thought provoking questions about the Bad Churches. Several questions are asked to get participants thinking about their personal life in light of what is said to the churches in Revelation. Passages from other parts of the Bible are referenced to...

John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, that our knowledge is founded in experience and reaches us principally through our senses; but its message has been curiously misunderstood. In this book John Dunn shows how Locke arrived at his theory of knowledge, and how his exposition of the liberal values of toleration and responsible governme...

The Bible is not as complicated as some people think. The objective of this eBook, and this series of eBooks, is to help place the Bible in focus. Without this focus it is easy to get bogged down when reading the rest of the Bible. It is much easier to understand the rest of the Bible once you understand the 7 chapters of the Bible introduced in this eBook, and covered in this series of eBooks!We suggest you use the eBooks in this series in group study / discussion sessions. Select...

All human action lies under the shadow of prospective regret, but there are few areas of contemporary life over which that shadow falls so darkly as it does over politics. We hear constantly that Americans are less likely than ever to vote and are increasingly cynical about the ability of politicians to effect change. Why is politics so consistently disappointing? Starting from the premise that the professional study of politics can offer us a way to understand why we have so little faith ...

The door to understanding is shut to most people, because it is as the Lord said in Isaiah 6:8-10 and Jesus repeated in Matthew 13:10-17: "For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them" Matthew 13:15.This ebook is not lengthy, however the reading of numerous Bible verses, as well full chapters...