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61) Awakening
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High fantasy and romance mix with adventure and magic in the first of Lara Morgan's Twins of Saranthium series.
For two thousand years, the serpents of Salmut and their riders have kept the people of Saranthium safe – but the pact between human and serpent is failing. Rogue serpents are attacking villages, and rumours abound that the banished god of the serpents, Azoth, has returned to resurrect his empire of slavery.
Orphan, thief and survivor...
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For nearly two thousand years followers of Jesus have gathered in churches to eat a meal called Communion in his memory. In Table Talk, Mike Graves claims if we could travel back to those earliest Christian gatherings, we would realize we are not just two thousand years removed; we are light-years removed from how they ate when gathered because eating was why they gathered in the first place, a kind of first-century dinner party.
Four characteristics...
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Ever since Paul VI imposed a new set of liturgical books, Roman Catholic faithful have suffered the effects of a hasty and far-reaching reform permeated with nominalism, voluntarism, Protestantism, rationalism, antiquarianism, hyperpapalism, and other modern errors. But man is not master over divine liturgy; rather, all of us are called to be stewards of it, from the lowest-ranking layman to the pope himself.
Dr. Peter Kwasnieski argues that sacred...
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What would you do for the cross of Christ?
For two thousand years, Christians have courageously triumphed over beatings, stonings, burnings, wild beasts, and every form of evil to boldly proclaim one truth: the name of Jesus.
Voices of the Martyrs AD 33 - Today is their story and your Christian heritage.
In the 16th century, English preacher John Foxe created what would later be called the "second most important book in history" after the Bible:...
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THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD. In the history of religion there has never been another figure quite like Jesus of Nazareth. We know what propelled Moses, Mohammed and the Buddha into becoming great religious leaders. What transformed this obscure villager from Galilee into a charismatic prophet who would change the course of Western civilization? Drawing on both historical and textual evidence, as well as the study of religious experience, Becoming...
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When the chief prefect of archives is found mysteriously murdered in the Vatican Secret Archives, it unleashes a secret that has been safely buried for two thousand years. But a question arises from the dead: the victim was a follower of the long-lost religious group, the Cathars, a group of Medieval Christians who believes they were the heirs of the original teaching of Jesus. A renowned Daily Telegraph journalist, Jessica Keith, is assigned to cover...
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The Jewish prayer book, the siddur, nourishes a vibrant interface connecting the praying person, Jewish history and redemptive contemporary living. Long description: What is the mystery of the Jewish people? How has Jewish spirituality triumphed over times of persecution as well as the enticements of assimilation? Out of the depths of Jewish despair, the rabbis of the first century and after developed a restorative prayer tradition that has invigorated...
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As strange as it might seem to moderns, God is present, Jesus did walk amongst us, and miracles still occur. If you have ever wondered what it was like to live at the time of Jesus, prepare yourself, you are about to live it through the eyes of someone who was there.
On a hot California afternoon, Ronald Way was struck by a blinding light. In that light, Jesus appeared and asked if he would give up everything and move away to write a story about...
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For two thousand years London has been at the heart of Britain's development as a nation, providing a focus for its political life. The military element is now usually visible only through the pageantry which attends royal occasions, but this masks a more serious underlying intent. Frequently the target for both foreign invaders and domestic factions, it has been required to defend itself against everything from seaborne raiders to aerial bombardment...
70) The Innkeeper
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The innkeeper who turned away Mary, Joseph, and soon-to-be-born Jesus because his inn was full, always seems to be considered the bad guy in the original Christmas Story. It's almost as though the audience is ready to "boo" if this guy were on stage ... or maybe he would wear a black hat if he were in a Western.
But the truth is, what else was he supposed to do? Should he have chosen another guest at random and kicked them out? That certainly would...
71) Love One Another
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Murder. Deceit. Bombings. A two-thousand-year-old mystery. What can José handle next inside this fast-paced, epic adventure with a suspenseful twist at the end!
After deceit, murder and a bombing hit the New South city of Carlisle, José witnesses a rebirth as the community is brought together with an unshakeable love that is founded in Christ's teachings.
But rest doesn't come easy. While José begins to see and experience love on the Master's ultimate...
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The Rise of Artemis - The Golden Age Edition
A Goddess, A Mortal Man, A Shared Destiny .... If only they can survive it.
Alex Bailey is a divorced single dad of a pair of teenagers, struggling to find more in his life than the daily grind. Between long hours at work and a toxic ex, he doesn't have much time to worry about anything other than how to make ends meet. However, his life is about to change when he stumbles upon a stunning naked woman in...
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The true story of the Three Wise Men of the Christmas Nativity Story has remained a secret for over two thousand years. The Three Wise Men are the founder members of the very Sacred Order of the Magi. The Order has survived for two thousand years much the same as the Ancient Orders of Stonemasons and the Knights Templar. Unlike those orders, however, it has remained a secretuntil now. Members of the Sacred Order of the Magi have worked on their own...
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Many Mahābhāratas is an introduction to the spectacular and long-lived diversity of Mahābhārata literature in South Asia. This diversity begins with the Sanskrit Mahābhārata, an early epic poem that narrates the events of a catastrophic fratricidal war. Along the way, it draws in nearly everything else in Hindu mythology, philosophy, and story literature. The magnitude of its scope and the relentless complexity of its worldview primed the Mahābhārata...
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THE NOVEL THAT THINKS ITS THE HISTORY OF TERRORISM Terrere, early in life, suffers parental loss. Her mom dies while she is three due to domestic terror occasioned by the culture of marital rivalries. Her auntie decides to adopt her. Terrere slides into the lust battle caused by her aunties husband. Uncle deflowers her at a tender age, leading to the duo committing clandestinely feticide. With the help of the computer and Internet, Terrere enrolls...
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A strange phenomenon exists on Earth. Multitudes without God in their lives. The Bible has a name for them-the ungodly. It simply means a life without God. A life empty of God. The Bible also calls them the lost. It is not supposed to be that way. We were created and designed for better things. Many people have no idea what is in the Bible. Yet it is the book God has given us to direct us too, and educate us about, Him. This book discusses what the...
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For two-thousand years, democratic authors treated comedy as a toolkit of rhetorical practices for encouraging problem-solving, pluralism, risk-taking, and other civic behaviors that increased minority participation in government. Over the past two centuries, this pragmatic approach to extending the franchise has been displaced by more idealistic democratic philosophies that focus instead on promoting liberal principles and human rights. But in the...
78) Inception
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Could it be possible that there is a man alive on the Earth today that has been here for two thousand years? How has he lived so long? And why? What secrets does he know? Can his knowledge save the Earth or is it doomed? The humble little world of Caravan Master, Lazarus of Bethany, is about to get much bigger! Inception, the first book of the Secret Earth series, reveals the hidden beginnings of the strange, secret life of Lazarus. Bloodthirsty brigands...
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Have you ever been wrong about anything?
Have you ever passionately believed in something, only to find out later that you were mistaken all along? It seems that every church teaches something different from that of the next one. They cant all be right but its very important to the Lord that we know the truth. Which church teaches it? Do any of them have the full picture? How can we know that we know that what we’ve always been taught is accurate?...
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Can you sum up Christianity in a single word?
This is something only God could do-and he did so in the first century through the writings of his apostles. "God in a Word: Five Meditations on the Incarnation of Christ" cracks the first verses of the Gospel of John wide open, spilling light on a mystery of the faith that has both challenged church fathers and strengthened the faith of common believers for two thousand years.
How can it be that God...