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Published early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, of England, only five years after the death of the Roman Catholic Queen Mary, the work is an affirmation of the Protestant Reformation in England during the ongoing period of religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants. Since the English monarchs also asserted control over the Church in England, a change in rulers could change the legal status of religious practices. As a consequence, adherents...
2) Once a king
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Clash of kingdoms volume 3
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Told in two voices, young King Aodren works with Lirra, a Channeler, to dismantle his father's dark legacy and end the divide between Channelers--women with a magical ability--and people without magic.
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It has been nearly seventy years since Hitler's armies won the war, and sixteen-year-old Zara St. James lives in the Shenandoah hills, part of the Eastern American Territories, under the rule of the Nazis--but a resistance movement is growing, and Zara, who dreams of freedom, may be the key to its success.
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"I should be dead. Buried in an unmarked grave in Romania. Obviously, I am not. Apparently, God had other plans." At just under five feet tall, Virginia Prodan was no match for the towering 6'10" gun-wielding assassin the Romanian government sent to her office to take her life. It was not the first time her life had been threatened -- nor would it be the last. As a young attorney under Nicolae Ceauscescu's vicious communist regime, Virginia had spent...
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A follow-up to the best-selling Serpent & Dove finds fugitives Lou, Reid, Coco and Ansel splitting up to recruit allies against the Dames Blanches, an effort that is complicated by Morgane's lethal game of cat and mouse.
Together Lou and Reid are sure they would be able to conquer anything. But Morgane has baited them into a lethal game of cat and mouse; they are pursued on all sides by coven, kingdom, and church. With time and luck running out,...
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"Based on the true story of a brave German nurse tasked with caring for Auschwitz's youngest prisoners, Auschwitz Lullaby brings to life the story of Helene Hannemann--a woman who sacrificed everything for family and fought furiously for the children she hoped to save"--
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As a child, Petr Jasek watched Soviet tanks roll through the streets of his village in Czechoslovakia, taking the country by force and subjecting it to decades of Communist oppression. Petr grew up in the underground church and benefitted from financial help and Bibles smuggled in to his family. As an adult living in the free Czech Republic, Petr chose to begin serving persecuted Christians, especially in Islamist hotspots in Africa and the Middle...
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This book covers the history of humanity from the garden of Eden to present day and how humans find a way to ignore the rules of God and society which eventually leads to their demise either physically or spiritually. The author uses personal experience and events of the last half century combined with Biblical application to bring the reader to an awareness of why people act the way they do when it doesn't seem to make sense. Prophecy in the Scriptures...
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The Xaverian Missionaries of the United Kingdom and the United States organized an international conference of dialogue and exchange between humanists, atheists, and religious believers. This journal is a compilation of the presentations and reflections that built bridges of understanding and challenge to both the atheists and the theists. It is hoped this journal will encourage others to come together in respectful dialogue, seeking the common ground...
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They said it would never happen in America, but the First Amendment was severely attacked in Nebraska from 1977 to 1984. Christian Conviction v. State Persecution chronicles not only the events but why they took place. This was not isolated to a single denomination or group. Among the churches attacked were Amish, Mennonite, Apostolic, Pentecostal, Baptist, and Church of Christ. Among the homeschool families, the list expands farther. Faith, freedom,...
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Between 1999 and 2000, sectarian fighting fanned across the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. What began as local conflicts between migrants and indigenous people over administrative boundaries spiraled into a religious war pitting Muslims against Christians and continues to influence communal relationships more than a decade after the fighting stopped. Christopher R. Duncan spent...
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Three young women go to help rebuild Afghanistan for different personal reasons. Their mission is largely successful until they are kidnapped. In meeting with the natives - both the good and the bad, and in interacting with one another in good times, and bad times, they discover love beyond themselves. Overshadowing them is an Afghan warrior-princess, who is as much a part of the controversies in the land as she becomes a part of theirs. There is...
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The Battle of Vision is an end-time manual with a clarion call to every believer to prepare the way of the LORD. This book will help you to understand the need for Vision from GOD alone. The book of Proverbs, Chapter 29 verse 18 states "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he." This is not just a book. It is spiritual guide and living source for your spirit and soul. This book will challenge you. You will...
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Since heretics have positively revolutionized history and ecclesiastical dogma, we ought to praise and celebrate their lives. Whether we agree with their theology or not, we ought to emulate their bravery and boldness. If you would like to honor Martin Luther, Jan Hus, John Wycliffe, and Peter Waldo, make sure to read this book.26 pages; 25 poems.
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Terrorism could be the heading of the running chapter in human history though strife had always been its grand title. Assorted terrorist groups, to espouse their parochial causes, have been targeting their ideological opponents with utter cynicism but with articulated grievances and identified opponents besides defined terror zones that are amenable for containment and redressal and / or both, at some stage or the other.
But what of the jihadi terrorism,...
19) The Impact of Ethnic, Political, and Religious Violence on Northern Nigeria, and a Theological Re
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This publication seeks to challenge established thinking about the causes of violence in Northern Nigeria. It explores immediate and long-term effects of that violence through reflection, study, and survey of previous research. The fundamental argument within is that ethnic, political and religious violence has affected Christian perspective and core values and thus has hampered efforts towards just peacemaking.
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Shishyashram, a community of Christians stewarding their skills and minds to glorify God, has the unique opportunity of reaching out to the red-light district of GB Road in New Delhi to share the love of Christ with the women who reside there. The Holy Spirit led us to go there and revealed to us how our Lord Jesus walked on this earth, choosing to meet people no one else wanted to see. If we were to follow in the steps of Jesus, then our path was...