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#1 The Phoenician cities were not a united political entity until over a thousand years later, when the Romans created the province of Phoenicia. However, despite their weaknesses and the threat posed by the major powers of the Near East, they had long safeguarded their political independence.
#2 The Phoenician city states were able to continue their independence and...
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#1 The open door to rejection is when we do not receive the love and acceptance God created us to receive. We can experience rejection from our families and from others, and it can lead to fear or pride.
#2 Schizophrenia is a mental illness that causes people to have multiple distinct personalities called alters. It can occur in various degrees, and most people who are...
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#1 On November 8, 2016, Vladimir Putin became the first Russian President of the United States. What could arguably be called the greatest intelligence operation in the history of the world had been executed, and the result was that the candidate Moscow had supported had won. Putin didn't care what happened next. He was certain that with Trump in power, American voters...
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Original book introduction: Disintegrationist attacks on the values that built our nation are insidious because they replace each foundational belief, from the rights to free speech and self-defense to the importance of marriage and faith communities, with nothing more than an increased reliance on...
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#1 Prayer is the primary means for engaging God and releasing answers to life's most perplexing problems. Jesus declared, Men ought to pray at all times and not lose heart.
#2 The problem of unanswered prayer is not God's unwillingness to meet the needs of these spiritual seekers, but a missing spiritual ingredient that can unlock the realm of answered prayer. The promise...
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#1 The stock market is a place where fortunes are made and lost. It can turn suddenly and destroy everything, crushing dreams in the process.
#2 The stock market is a place where fortunes are made and lost. It can turn suddenly and crush dreams in the process.
#3 The stock market is a place where fortunes are made and lost. It can turn suddenly and destroy everything,...
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#1 The destroyers trailed a net behind them as they steamed southwards, leading the Japanese cruiser to believe they were retreating. When they turned north to attack, the giant ship was there.
#2 The flotilla leader was attacked by the cruiser and the destroyer that were following her. The noise of the battle was intense, with men shouting and banging on each other's...
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Book Preview: #1 Love is the only thing that can save the planet. It is important to understand that love is not a Valentine's Day card, but the only thing that can instigate a better world.
#2 Agape is the Greek word for love, and it is what Josie Robbins showed to my family and me when she gave us her seat on the bus. It is a commitment to act for the well-being of someone other...
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#1 A community is a group of people who share a mutual concern for each other's welfare. It is distinct from a group of people who may share ideas, interests, or proximity, but lack concern for one another.
#2 A leader can help a community develop and grow by understanding how groups develop and express their values. Shared values are what attract us to a group in the...
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#1 The English longbowman of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and early fifteenth centuries was capable of destroying ranks of enemy soldiers with a simple bow. The Scots were no match for the laconic English bowman.
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#1 Patriarchy is the natural rulership of men. It is what makes society function, and it is not something that can be changed. Men were made to rule, and they always will.
#2 The natural state of the world is patriarchy, which is the rule of men. But because patriarchy is contrary to God's law, it can be turned to unnatural ends. Evil patriarchy is that which does not...
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Book Preview: #1 The Sobibor camp was a success, as it killed almost two million Jews in just over two decades, without any mistakes or leaks. The Nazis left the camp as they found it, without destroying any evidence.
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Get the Summary of Jacob Goldstein's Money in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In Money, Jacob Goldstein shows how money is a useful fiction that has shaped societies for thousands of years, from the rise of coins in ancient Greece to the first stock market in Amsterdam to the emergence of shadow banking in the 21st-century.
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Get the Summary of Bjorn Lomborg's False Alarm in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Arctic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take drastic action immediately to stop it. Children panic about their future, and adults...
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#1 Suffering can destroy so many things that give life meaning that it may feel impossible to even go on. But nothing is more important than learning how to maintain a life of purpose in the face of adversity.
#2 Suffering can destroy so many things that give life meaning that it may feel impossible to even go on. But nothing is more important than learning how to maintain...
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Book Preview: The 2020 presidential election was one of the most divisive in American history. While Joe Biden came out victorious, the extremely small margin of victory demonstrated the large portion of Americans who wanted to return to conservative values.
Newt Gingrich is one of those people, and as he explains in Beyond Biden, the conservative electoral base has nothing to fear-following...
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#1 There are four rules of firearm safety: 1. Always treat your firearm as if it is loaded. 2. Never point your firearm at anything you are not willing to destroy. 3. Always keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target. 4. Always be sure of your target and what is behind it before you pull the trigger.
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#1 The attack on Force Z, which was the British battleship Prince of Wales, the battlecruiser Repulse, and four destroyers, was the end result of a train of unfortunate circumstances. By November 1944, when the British Pacific Fleet was formally in being, the United States Navy and Marine Corps had already won for the Allies nearly complete control of sea and air over...
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#1 President Franklin Roosevelt was enjoying a late lunch in his White House study on December 7, 1941. The situation in the Pacific had become stressful, and he decided to pass on a luncheon hosted by his wife, Eleanor, for 31 people. Instead, he chose to dine in his study with his longtime friend and aide Harry Hopkins.
#2 Roosevelt had long struggled to prepare...
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#1 When God created the universe, he made everything perfect. There were no defects in his creation. But when Satan came to Eve in the disguise of a snake and raised doubt in her mind about the integrity of God's prohibition, she began to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
#2 The story of Adam and Eve is a prime example of the Lord's mercy. He allowed...