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They Called Her Mrs. Doc (Women of the West #5)
by Janette OkeWhile drinking tea and watching life pass from her front porch, during a break from packing to move to the city, Cassie remembers her life, from her girlhood days with her best friend to her marriage, her move to a new location, the births of her children and theirs after them, and traumas that tried her faith, but left her strong.
They Came for Freedom: The Forgotten, Epic Adventure of the Pilgrims
by Jay MilbrandtA page-turning story of the Pilgrims, the courageous band of freedom-seekers who set out for a new life for themselves and forever changed the course of history.Once a year at Thanksgiving, we encounter Pilgrims as folksy people in funny hats before promptly forgetting them. In the centuries since America began, the Pilgrims have been relegated to folklore and children&’s stories, fairy-tale mascots for holiday parties and greeting cards.The true story of the Pilgrim Fathers could not be more different. Beginning with the execution of two pastors deviating from the Elizabethan Church of England, the Pilgrims&’ great journey was one of courageous faith, daring escape, and tenuous survival. Theirs is the story of refugees who fled intense religious persecution; of dreamers who voyaged the Atlantic and into the unknown when all other attempts had led to near-certain death; of survivors who struggled with newfound freedom. Loneliness led to starvation, tension gave way to war with natives, and suspicion broke the back of the very freedom they endeavored to achieve.Despite the pain and turmoil of this high stakes triumph, the Pilgrim Fathers built the cornerstone for a nation dedicated to faith, freedom, and thankfulness. This is the epic story of the Pilgrims, an adventure that laid the bedrock for the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and the American identity.
They Cried to the Lord: The Form and Theology of Biblical Prayer
by Patrick D. MillerThe book introduces biblical prayer in all its varied forms and from different angles: the prayers of Israel's neighbors, the names of God in prayer, prayers for help, the response of God, praise, the prayers of women, confession and penitence, prayers for others, blessing and curse, and Jesus and Paul at prayer.
They Dare to Love the Ghetto
by Keith W. PhillipsTells the true story of one man's vision for what can happen when God's love gets into the inner city. Keith Phillips started sharing the gospel with children in the Watts district of Los Angeles just before the riots there startled the world in 1965. Although constantly in fear of being harassed, beaten or worse, he continued to try to reach the hundreds and thousands of boys and girls who had never heard of the love of God or the exciting news that Jesus had died to give them new life. Soon more workers came, collegians and other young people who shared Keith's convictions. World Impact, Inc. was born and reached to still other cities to help ghetto children and teenagers who have to grow up too fast, who never enjoy the luxury of a real childhood, who suffer the instability of splintered families, who know crime, violence and death as a daily way of life.
They Dared Return: The True Story of Jewish Spies Behind the Lines in Nazi Germany
by O'Donnell Patrick K.At the height of World War II, with the Third Reich’s final solution in full operation, a small group of Jews who had barely escaped the Nazis did the unthinkable: They went back. Spies now, these men took on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. They Dared Return is their story-a tale of adventure, espionage, love, and revenge.
They Dared to Be Different
by Anna Talbott McphersonEighteen stirring stories from the lives of men and women whose devotion to Christ can best be described as a consuming passion. Herein is recorded the stirring account of Ira D. Sankey's composition of "The Ninety and Nine" and the fearless preaching of Catherine Booth, and key events in the lives and ministries of Charles Spurgeon, Charles Wesley, Andrew Murray, Elizabeth Fry and fourteen others. Inspiring and challenging.
They Flew: A History of the Impossible
by Carlos M. EireAn award-winning historian&’s examination of impossible events at the dawn of modernity and of their enduring significance Accounts of seemingly impossible phenomena abounded in the early modern era—tales of levitation, bilocation, and witchcraft—even as skepticism, atheism, and empirical science were starting to supplant religious belief in the paranormal. In this book, Carlos Eire explores how a culture increasingly devoted to scientific thinking grappled with events deemed impossible by its leading intellectuals. Eire observes how levitating saints and flying witches were as essential a component of early modern life as the religious turmoil of the age, and as much a part of history as Newton&’s scientific discoveries. Relying on an array of firsthand accounts, and focusing on exceptionally impossible cases involving levitation, bilocation, witchcraft, and demonic possession, Eire challenges established assumptions about the redrawing of boundaries between the natural and supernatural that marked the transition to modernity. Using as his case studies stories about St. Teresa of Avila, St. Joseph of Cupertino, the Venerable María de Ágreda, and three disgraced nuns, Eire challenges readers to imagine a world animated by a different understanding of reality and of the supernatural&’s relationship with the natural world. The questions he explores—such as why and how &“impossibility&” is determined by cultural contexts, and whether there is more to reality than meets the eye or can be observed by science—have resonance and lessons for our time.
They Found the Secret: Twenty Lives That Reveal a Touch of Eternity
by V. Raymond Edman"The exchanged life." Hudson Taylor first used the term to describe what it means to know Christ as our sufficiency in all things. Taylor is but one of the many Christian luminaries who have discovered Christ as the secret to abundant living. John Bunyan, Andrew Murray, Amy Carmichael, Oswald Chambers, Charles Finney--behind the varied lives and personalities of these and other men and women lies a common theme, a pattern that leads from desperation to the abundant life Jesus promised. From their stories, we too can find the path to deeper faith and a more vital relationship with God. In They Found the Secret, Raymond Edman presents the lives of twenty well-known and little-known Christians. "The details of their experience of the crisis of the deeper life are delightfully different," Edman writes, "yet their testimony to the reality of the joy and power of the Spirit-filled life is unanimous . . . It is [the Lord] who satisfies the longing soul. He is the secret of the exchanged life!"
They Knew Both Sides of Medicine: Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing Told by Alice Ahenakew (Algonquian Text Society)
by H. C. Wolfart Freda AhenakewBorn in 1912, Alice Ahenakew was brought up in a traditional Cree community in north-central Saskatchewan. As a young woman, she married Andrew Ahenakew, a member of the prominent Saskatchewan family, who later became an Anglican clergyman and a prominent healer. Alice Ahenakew's personal reminiscences include stories of her childhood, courtship and marriage, as well as an account of the 1928 influenza epidemic and encounters with a windigo. The centrepiece of this book is the fascinating account of Andrew Ahenakewís bear vision, through which he received healing powers. Written in original Cree text with a full English translation, They Knew both Sides of Medicine also includes an introduction discussing the historical background of the narrative and its style and rhetorical structure, as well as a complete Cree-English glossary.
They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty
by John G. TurnerAn ambitious new history of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, published for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s landing In 1620, separatists from the Church of England set sail across the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. Understanding themselves as spiritual pilgrims, they left to preserve their liberty to worship God in accordance with their understanding of the Bible. There exists, however, an alternative, more dispiriting version of their story. In it, the Pilgrims are religious zealots who persecuted dissenters and decimated the Native peoples through warfare and by stealing their land. The Pilgrims’ definition of liberty was, in practice, very narrow. Drawing on original research using underutilized sources, John G. Turner moves beyond these familiar narratives in his sweeping and authoritative new history of Plymouth Colony. Instead of depicting the Pilgrims as otherworldly saints or extraordinary sinners, he tells how a variety of English settlers and Native peoples engaged in a contest for the meaning of American liberty.
They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations
by Dan KimballAn overview of the six most common objections emerging generations have with church and Christianity along with the biblical answers to these objections and examples of how churches are facing this challenge.
They Loved the Torah: What Yeshua's First Followers Really Thought About the Law
by David FriedmanEven though many Jews believe that Paul taught against the Law, this book disproves that notion. Most Christians are disconnected from the Torah; reading this book will reconnect them. Dr. Friedman Makes an excellent case.
They Loved Their Enemies: True Stories of African Christians
by Marian HostetlerMarian Hostetler tells the stories of many kinds of people -- young and old, male and female, leaders and ordinary folk. There are stories of people from 1,700 years ago and those from recent years. The stories come from across the continent of Africa, from Algeria to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Kenya. Volume 3.
They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It
by Brigitte GabrielThey Must Be Stopped is New York Times bestselling author Brigitte Gabriel's warning to the world: We can no longer ignore the growth of radical Islam--we must act soon, and powerfully. Gabriel challenges our western and politically-correct notions about Islam, demonstrating why radical Islam is so deadly and how we can halt its progress. Brigitte Gabriel speaks her mind:* Fundamentalist Islam is a religion rooted in 7th century teachings that are fundamentally opposed to democracy and equality.* Radical Islamists are utterly contemptuous of all infidels (non-Muslims) and regard them as enemies worthy of death.* Madrassas in America are increasing in number, and they are just one part of a growing radical Islamic army on US soil.* Radical Islam exploits the US legal system and America's protection of religion to spread its hatred for western values.* America must organize a unified voice that says 'enough to political correctness, and demands that government officials and elected representatives do whatever is necessary to protect us. Brigitte Gabriel has fearlessly faced down critics, death threats, and political correctness, and is one of the most sought after terrorism experts in the world. They Must Be Stopped is her clarion call to action. Gabriel thoroughly addresses the historical and religious basis of radical Islam, its frightening encroachment into societies around the world, and its abuses of democracy in the name of religion.
They Saw the Future: Oracles, Psychics, Scientists, Great Thinkers, and Pretty Good Guessers
by Kathleen KrullDiscusses the work and predictions of those who have speculated about or claimed to see the future, from the oracles of ancient Greece to such modern figures as Edgar Cayce and Jeane Dixon.
They Shall See His Face: The Story of Amy Oxley Wilkinson and Her Visionary Blind School in China (Global Stories)
by Robert Banks Linda Banks<P>Amy Oxley Wilkinson was arguably the most widely known female Australian missionary in China and the West in the early 20th century. She was the great granddaughter of colonial chaplain Samuel Marsden and granddaughter of celebrated explorer John Oxley. After rescuing an abandoned blind boy, she founded an innovative Blind Boys School in Fuzhou which is now a major institution in Fujian Province. Her husband Dr George Wilkinson set up the city’s first hospital and introduced a program to address the pervasive curse of opium addiction. <P>Amy’s holistic and vocational approach to disability education brought her national and later international recognition. In 1920, the president of the new Chinese republic awarded her the Order of the Golden Grain, the highest honour a foreigner could receive. Two years later, Amy and the School’s brass band were presented to Queen Mary in England. <P>Amy’s story highlights the significance of Australia’s contribution to the development of early modern China and is a challenge to anyone committed to making their life count for others.
They Smell Like Sheep
by Lynn AndersonWhat kind of leadership will effectively lead the church into the morally turbulent twenty-first century? The same kind of leadership that led it through the morally and politically chaotic first century. Shepherding. This is the kind of leadership Jesus used, and this is the kind of leadership that will take his church where he wants it to go. While the term "shepherd" produces warm images of love, care, and tenderness, it also describes a form of leadership that is perilously protective, dangerous, dirty, and smelly. "Shepherd" is something that every follower of Christ, the Good Shepherd, is called to become. Lynn Anderson, in this important book, leads us backwards in time to discover and identify the biblical leader for the future needs of the Christian community. Anderson's deep dig for truth will concern, convict, and confront us about where leadership has been, and will set a new standard for where the future leader must go.
They Smell Like Sheep, Volume 2: Leading with the Heart of a Shepherd
by Dr. Lynn Anderson Dr.Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. -- Proverbs 4:23 They Smell like Sheep, Volume 2: Leading with the Heart of a Shepherd is about more than gimmicks and techniques of leadership. It speaks to the character and heart of the leader. After all, heart makes the difference in an effective Sunday-school teacher, youth minister, elder, small-group leader, parent, grandparent, or Christian school teacher. Spiritual sheep, stray sheep, and searching sheep aren't nearly as concerned about the knowledge and skill of the shepherd as they are about his heart. When finding their way -- at weddings, at funerals, during family crises, and in the hospital -- sheep go to a shepherd in whom they discern God's own heart, like King David of old. Jesus said sheep would know their shepherd's voice and be drawn to it. It is the heart behind the voice that soothes and comforts God's people. How do you measure the influence of a godly shepherd? Without doubt, it's the heart of the shepherd that most powerfully shapes lives and souls in our flocks. If you want your own heart shaped and molded into the likeness of Christ, this book is an excellent place to begin. Be shepherds of God's flock under your care... as God wants you to be. Heeding the call to be a leader is an awesome responsibility. Whether you have been called to serve as a minister or you're teaching an adult Bible study group or you're a teen leading the youth group in song, most assuredly from time to time you question your abilities and look for support and example. Author Lynn Anderson addresses the starting and ending place of true leadership among God's people: the heart of a shepherd. He presents Jesus, the Head Shepherd, as our only reliable model of godly leadership; he guides us through the Scriptures and gives us practical exercises to strengthen our hearts as we do the difficult yet rewarding work of shepherding people of God with love and grace. Enter the book's pages with the confidence that you are being led by someone who has the heart of a shepherd and who sees himself first as a smelly sheep, dearly loved and led by the Good Shepherd. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory. -- 1 Peter 5:4
They Speak with Other Tongues
by John L. SherrillJohn Sherrill was a skeptic when it came to speaking in tongues and the baptism with the Holy Spirit. But then an assignment for Guideposts changed his life. This moving and deeply personal story invites you to walk in the power of the Spirit day by day.
They Turned the World Upside Down: A Storyteller’s Journey with Those Who Dared to Follow Jesus
by Charles MartinWalk in the shoes of the disciples, as New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin brings their stories to life with his storyteller&’s perspective. In the first century, believer didn&’t just mean someone who heard and agreed with Jesus; it meant someone who acted on that belief. And when the outside world saw the faith of these new believers, they declared &“they turned the world upside down&” (Acts 17:6).That&’s the kind of believer Charles Martin wants us to be. The kind who understands that the truth of Jesus&’ life, death, and resurrection is so powerful, it reshaped history. The kind of believer who lives with that same world-changing faith today. In his second non-fiction work, he uses his talents as a novelist to walk you through the lives of the disciples in the aftermath of the Resurrection and as they spread the message of the Gospel and &“turn the world upside down&”, leading up to Paul&’s ministry in Thessonalica. In his beloved lyrical style, Martin illuminates key moments from Scripture and shares stories from his own life as a disciple.With the same depth, sensitivity, and emotion that have made his novels beloved to millions, Martin will helps you engage with your faith in a new and inspiring way.
They Walked with God: 40 Bible Characters Who Inspire Us
by Max LucadoThe characters we meet in the Bible play a huge role in our lives. Whether we personally relate to Joseph&’s dedication to serving the Lord even when he was confused or we understand when Mary Magdalene mourns in front of the vacant tomb, the timeless stories we find in the Bible influence and inspire us to learn to be more like Christ. But how can we apply these lessons to our everyday lives?In They Walked with God, a compilation adapted from previous works with new content added, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado takes a closer look at 40 of the most inspirational characters in the Bible and shares a powerful message: if God can find a place for each character in the Bible, we can rest assured that he&’s carved out a spot for us too.They Walked with God includes a series of meaningful, in-depth discussion questions that correspond with each biblical character that Max has highlighted, giving you a chance to reflect further about the incredible lives they led and the lessons we can learn from them. This one-of-a-kind, interactive resource is ideal for devout followers and new believers alike.In this compilation, Max weaves together stories from Scripture with stories that offer a modern perspective, bringing each of these men and women to life within the pages of They Walked with God. Max will encourage you as you get to know these figures, and yourself, better by:Guiding you through a comprehensive study of 40 of the Bible&’s most remarkable--and sometimes seemingly unremarkable--charactersProviding 185+ thoughtful and engaging discussion questions designed to spark further conversation about how we can apply these lessons to our daily livesSharing personal stories that will help you grow your faith and strengthen your relationship with JesusMax adds dimension and depth to 40 incredible people who had the chance to walk alongside God, reminding us that we&’re invited to walk alongside him too.
They Were Single Too: Eight Biblical Role Models
by David M. HoffeditzSingleness is not a sin that needs to be redeemed. Yet for many single Christians, the way the church regards them often feels condemning. Living between these truths can be a painful, frustrating experience.By examining eight individuals from Scripture who were single at some point in their adult lives--Paul, Anna, Martha, Jeremiah, Ruth, Joseph, Nehemiah, and John the Baptist--Hoffeditz guides readers through common struggles singles face, such as loneliness and disappointment.Hoffeditz isn't offering a self-help guide, a twelve-step program to recovery, or philosophical musings. They Were Single Too spells out concrete steps for a healthy, God-approved attitude toward unmarried life and how one can truly serve God without a spouse. Brief chapters with questions for reflection allow for either individual or group study.Long used as a resource for singles ministries, this revised edition updates the language of this timeless biblical study and makes it more attractive for today's reader.
They Were Women Like Me: Women of the New Testament in Devotions for Today
by Joy JacobsThey wondered about, waited for, walked with and worked for Jesus. They experienced His company, His encouragement, His comfort, His instruction. And you can, too!This uplifting book of devotions provides background reading on selected New Testament women, plus Scripture portions, poetic commentary reflecting feelings of each woman and historical information about her times. Take a few moments and allow women like Mary, Martha, Salome—and their relationship with the Savior—to enrich and renew your own life.
They Were Women Like Me: Women of the New Testament in Devotions for Today
by Joy JacobsThey wondered about, waited for, walked with and worked for Jesus. They experienced His company, His encouragement, His comfort, His instruction. And you can, too!This uplifting book of devotions provides background reading on selected New Testament women, plus Scripture portions, poetic commentary reflecting feelings of each woman and historical information about her times. Take a few moments and allow women like Mary, Martha, Salome—and their relationship with the Savior—to enrich and renew your own life.
They Were Women Too
by Joy JacobsDo you know what you have in common with Shiphrah and Puah? Zipporah? the Deborahs (yes, there were two)? Peninnah, the other wife? Dinah? Tamar? Michal? and Judith?These insightful devotional readings will allow you to submerge yourself in each personality while learning a bit of history and applying the scriptural theme to your own life. You too can become a woman in the Word!