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To The Ends Of The Earth: How the First Jewish Followers of Yeshua Transformed the Ancient World
by Dr Jeffrey L. SeifYou do know that the first followers of Yeshua (Jesus) were Jews. And everyone knows by now that Jews spread his message through the ministry of Paul, Peter, and the other apostles.
To Every Thing There Is a Season: A Cape Breton Christmas Story
by Alistair MacleodThe story is simple, seen through the eyes of an 11-year-old boy. As an adult he remembers the way things were back home on the farm on the west coast of Cape Breton. The time was the 1940s, but the hens and the cows and the pigs and the sheep and the horse made it seem ancient. The family of six children excitedly waits for Christmas and two-year-old Kenneth, who liked Halloween a lot, asks, “Who are you going to dress up as at Christmas? I think I’ll be a snowman.” They wait especially for their oldest brother, Neil, working on “the Lake boats” in Ontario, who sends intriguing packages of “clothes” back for Christmas. On Christmas Eve he arrives, to the delight of his young siblings, and shoes the horse before taking them by sleigh through the woods to the nearby church. The adults, including the narrator for the first time, sit up late to play the gift-wrapping role of Santa Claus. The story is simple, short and sweet, but with a foretaste of sorrow. Not a word is out of place. Matching and enhancingthe text are black and white illustrations by Peter Rankin, making this book a perfect little gift. For readers from nine to ninety-nine, our classic Christmas story by one of our greatest writers.
To Everyone an Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview: Essays in Honor of Norman L. Geisler
by Francis J. Beckwith William Lane Craig J. P. MorelandIn a society fascinated by spirituality but committed to religious pluralism, the Christian worldview faces sophisticated and aggressive opposition. A prior commitment to diversity, with its requisite openness and relativistic outlook, has meant for skeptics, critics and even many Christians that whatever Christianity is, it cannot be exclusively true or salvific. The editors Francis J. Beckwith, William Lane Craig and J. P. Moreland offer a solid case for the Christian worldview and a coherent defense of the Christian faith. They have gathered together in this book essays covering all major aspects of apologetics, including: faith and reason; arguments for God’s existence; the case for Jesus; the problem of evil; postmodernism; religious pluralism and Christian exclusivism.
To Everyone an Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview
by Norman L. GeislerTo Everyone an Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldviewfaith and reasonarguments for God?s existencethe case for Jesus the problem of evilpostmodernismreligious pluralism and Christian exclusivismPreeminent in their respective fields, the contributors to this volume offer a solid case for the Christian worldview and a coherent defense of the Christian faith.
To Fly Again: Surviving the Tailspins of Life
by Dean Merrill Gracia BurnhamReflecting on the horific year hse and her husband, Marten, spent as hostages in the Thelipene jungle and her experiences since returning home Gracia shares how she is rebuilding her life by god's grace alone. you may be one of the many thousands who know the Burnham's story or perhaps you are seeking direction and hope in the midst of your own pain. This book addresses the confusion, fear, anxiety , and loss of control that all peiple in crisis experience. It also illistrates how God longs to pour his grace in to people with broken dreams and fill there life with new meaning and joy.
To Follow Him: The Seven Marks of a Disciple
by Mark BaileyMost Christians know that Jesus commanded his followers to "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations. " Yet many remain unclear about what Christ intended such a disciple should be or do. Recognizing that now, more than ever, believers need clear, biblical teaching on this all-important subject, author Mark Bailey provides a biblical measuring stick to help readers discern what it means to be the type of disciple Christ urges us to be. Drawing upon humor, simple visuals, and memorable principles to drive home this vital message, Bailey offers a fresh, authoritative teaching for the 90s on what it means to be a true disciple.
To Forget It All and Begin Anew
by Steven M. SchroederGermany's transition from Nazism to peaceful, if at times reluctant, integration into the western and Soviet spheres during the decade immediately following the Second World War is one of the most remarkable events of the twentieth century. Shattered relations between Germans and their wartime enemies and victims had rendered prospects for peaceful relations between these groups unimaginable, or a dream belonging to the distant future. However, numerous grassroots initiatives found varying degrees of success in fostering reconciliation.Drawing on underutilized archival materials, To Forget It All and Begin Anew reveals a nuanced mosaic of like-minded people - from Germany and other countries, and from a wide variety of backgrounds and motives - who worked against considerable odds to make right the wrongs of the Nazi era. While acknowledging the enormous obstacles and challenges to reconciliatory work in postwar Germany, Steven M. Schroeder highlights the tangible and lasting achievements of this work, which marked the first steps toward new modes of peaceful engagement and cooperation in Germany and Europe.
To Give One’s Life for the Work of Another
by Luigi GiussaniFather Luigi Giussani engaged tirelessly in educational initiatives throughout the course of his life. Much of his thought was communicated through the richness and rhythm of oral discourse, preserved as audio and video recordings in the archive of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation in Milan.This volume presents the last three spiritual exercises of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, drawing from the transcripts of these recordings. In these exercises Giussani investigates the rise of ethics and the decline of ontology that have accompanied modernity and the spread of rationalism. Bearing up against old age and illness, he resisted the urge to withdraw, instead finding new avenues of communication and the technological means to reach all corners of the movement. To Give One’s Life for the Work of Another explores the nature of God, the powerful human experience of self-awareness, and the fundamental components of Christianity, in the unmistakable voice of a consummate teacher.At a time when young people are abandoning the church and questioning the value of faith, Father Giussani’s method of judging and verifying Christianity as an experience is a timeless intervention.
To God the Glory
by Annalee SkarinIn the words and teachings of Jesus, TO GOD THE GLORY is a divinely inspired message revealing how His great love is being poured out in abundance and can, if man will accept it, change his life and lead him into His Kingdom.“Behold, I, Jesus Christ, the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the Great Amen, have commanded Annalee Skarin to write these, my words, and to send them forth unto the ends of the earth, that, you, who know my voice might be prepared to enter into the New Day—that you might be purified even as I Am pure. For this is my commandment unto you, and I give no commandment save I prepare the way for its fulfillment.“This work is given that all my holy promises might begin to be made manifest in very deed, yea, that they might begin to be fulfilled in you, for the time is at hand, even the great day of preparation, the day of Almighty God the Father.”—Annalee Skarin
To Govern Is to Serve: An Essay on Medieval Democracy (Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures)
by Jacques DalarunTo Govern Is to Serve explores the practices of collective governance in medieval religious orders that turned the precepts of the Gospels—most notably that "the first will be last, the last will be first"—into practices of communal deliberation and the election of superiors. Jacques Dalarun argues that these democratic forms have profoundly influenced modern experiences of democracy, in particular the idea of government not as domination but as service. Dalarun undertakes meticulous textual analysis and historical research into twelfth and thirteenth-century religious movements—from Fontevraud and the Paraclete of Abelard and Heloise through St. Dominic and St. Francis—that sought their superiors from among the less exalted members of their communities to chart how these experiments prefigured certain aspects of modern democracies, those allowing individuals to find their way forward as part of a collective. Wide ranging and deeply original,To Govern Is to Serve highlights the history of the reciprocal bonds of service and humility that underpin increasingly fragile democracies in the twenty-first century.
To Have and to Hold: Three Autumn Love Stories (A Year of Weddings Novella)
by Betsy St. Amant Katie Ganshert Becky WadeTo Have and to Hold: Three Autumn Love StoriesBy Betsy St. Amant, Katie Ganshert & Becky WadeThey’ve helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples. Now twelve new couples will find themselves in the wedding spotlight in the second Year of Weddings novella collection.Love Takes the Cake: A September Wedding Story by Betsy St. AmantCharlotte Cantrell is always the baker; never the bride. When Will, a regular at Charlotte’s bakery, catches her attention, she can only hope that he is the reliable man this single mother has always hoped to find. The problem is that he’s regularly stopping in to buy cookies for another girl. But when Charlotte is hired to bake a host of wedding goodies for a difficult bride and finds out Will is the best man, she has the perfect opportunity to get to know him better—and find out how serious Will is about this other girl in his life.The Perfect Arrangement: An October Wedding Story by Katie GanshertAmelia Woods is a small-town wallflower and the proud owner of Forget-Me-Nots, a quaint flower shop. Her love life has always been a bit lackluster—until she ends up in an embarrassing fender-bender with handsome Nate Gallagher. Meanwhile, Amelia’s younger brother, William, has proposed to his girlfriend. Amelia would be excited except she has evidence that the fiancée is not who she says she is. It seems Nate is the only one available for any advice-giving, and he’s good at it—and pretty fun to talk to, too. As Amelia works to craft the perfect flower arrangements for other people, she begins to wonder if real love is better than the dream. And if it is, will Nate still be interested when he learns who she is?Love in the Details: A November Wedding Story by Becky WadeWhen Josh returns to his hometown of Martinsburg, Texas, to help his best friend get married, he didn’t intend to run into church wedding coordinator—and ex-girlfriend—Holly. He can’t help but pine after the girl he never got over. Holly broke up with Josh years ago in an attempt to ensure his future success. But she loved him then and still loves him now. As she helps him plan his best friend’s wedding, she longs to be with Josh but doesn’t feel worthy of his big-time lifestyle when she is more comfortable in her small-town world. Will Josh and Holly be able to keep things as they are when their true feelings threaten to surface at every turn?
To Have and To Hold (Mystery and the Minister’s Wife Series, Book #17)
by Sunni JeffersFOR RICHER OR POORER... KATE AND PAUL HAVE NO CLUE what they have committed to when they agree to provide premarital counseling for a wealthy young Copper Mill woman and her fiance. Jessica Mackenzie and Trace Jackson are deeply in love and have plans to pay cash for a modest house with Jessica's trust fund. But when Jessica's check bounces and her trust fund is nearly emptied, the couple's dream of buying a home are crushed. Jessica asks Kate to help her solve the mystery, and in no time Kate realizes the money was stolen. Worse, Kate is sure the crime was committed by someone who knows Jessica... and knows her well. Suddenly those closest to Jessica--her stepmother, her cousin, and even her fiancé--become suspects, and everyone's faith is shaken. Jessica's benevolent father doubts Trace, and encourages his daughter to call off the wedding. Tensions run high, and fingers point in every direction, and Kate hardly knows how to investigate the missing money without worsening the family's crisis. Relying on constant prayer and her knack for character judgment, Kate sets out to solve the mystery before the wedding is canceled and the family is torn apart.
To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
by Jonathan SacksOne of the most respected religious thinkers of our time makes an impassioned plea for the return of religion to its true purpose--as a partnership with God in the work of ethical and moral living.What are our duties to others, to society, and to humanity? How do we live a meaningful life in an age of global uncertainty and instability? In To Heal a Fractured World, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks offers answers to these questions by looking at the ethics of responsibility. In his signature plainspoken, accessible style, Rabbi Sacks shares with us traditional interpretations of the Bible, Jewish law, and theology, as well as the works of philosophers and ethicists from other cultures, to examine what constitutes morality and moral behavior. "We are here to make a difference," he writes, "a day at a time, an act at a time, for as long as it takes to make the world a place of justice and compassion." He argues that in today's religious and political climate, it is more important than ever to return to the essential understanding that "it is by our deeds that we express our faith and make it real in the lives of others and the world."To Heal a Fractured World--inspirational and instructive, timely and timeless--will resonate with people of all faiths.From the Hardcover edition.
To Heal a Heart
by Arlene JamesWhile hurrying to catch a plane, widowed lawyer Mitch Sayer finds a single page from a handwritten letter, a letter offering forgiveness to an unknown recipient. But thoughts of its possible owner flee his mind when he meets his attractive seatmate, Piper Wynne.Guilt has driven Piper from her family, and her new job as an insurance investigator offers the prospect of starting over. Mitch’s discovery of her letter and his quest for its addressee make it difficult to continue to hide her past, especially as their new friendship deepens. Will Mitch’s love for Piper truly heal her heart?
To Heal a Wounded Heart: The Transformative Power of Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Action
by Pilar JenningsEarly on in her clinical practice, psychoanalyst Pilar Jennings was presented with a particularly difficult case: a six-year-old girl who, traumatized by loss, had stopped speaking. Challenged by the limitations of her training to respond effectively to the isolating effect of childhood trauma, Jennings takes the unconventional path of inviting her friend Lama Pema—a kindly Tibetan Buddhist monk who experienced his own life-shaping trauma at a very young age—into their sessions. In the warm therapeutic space they create, the young girl slowly begins to heal. The result is a fascinating case study of the intersection of Western psychology and Buddhist teachings. Pilar’s story is for therapists, parents, Buddhists, or any of us who hold out the hope that even the deepest childhood wounds can be the portal to our capacity to love and be loved.
To Heal as Jesus Healed
by Barbara Shlemon Ryan Matthew Linn Dennis LinnThe following quotes are taken from the back cover of the book: "Wonderful awesome things occur when the sick feel loved through the prayer and compassionate touch of caregivers." According to Barbara A Camden, the President of the Association of Christian Therapists, "This book assists and encourages caregivers to be vehicles of God's tender love and compassion. Simple explanations and real-life examples clarify the power of the Rite of Anointing of the Sick. Priests will find it especially helpful in dispelling the confusion and ignorance surrounding the Rite and in explaining its purpose and worth in any health care setting." The authors of the book, "DENNIS LINN and MATTHEW LINN, S.J. work together as a team (together with Sheila Linn), integrating physical, emotional and spiritual wholeness. They have worked as hospital chaplains and therapists, and have led courses and retreats on healing in over forty countries and in many universities and hospitals. They are the authors of fifteen books which have sold over a million copies in English and have been translated into more than fifteen different languages." Further, the author, "BARBARA SHLEMON RYAN is president of Beloved Ministry and chairs the Department of Pastoral Care for Trinity College of Graduate Studies. She travels nationally and internationally as a retreat director, workshop leader and conference speaker. Barbara is a founding member of the Association of Christian Therapists and a member of the Federation of Christian Ministries. She is the author of five highly successful books."
To Heal the World?: How the Jewish Left Corrupts Judaism and Endangers Israel
by Jonathan NeumannA devastating critique of the presumed theological basis of the Jewish social justice movement—the concept of healing the world.What is tikkun olam? This obscure Hebrew phrase means literally “healing the world,” and according to Jonathan Neumann, it is the master concept that rests at the core of Jewish left wing activism and its agenda of transformative change. Believers in this notion claim that the Bible asks for more than piety and moral behavior; Jews must also endeavor to make the world a better place.In a remarkably short time, this seemingly benign and wholesome notion has permeated Jewish teaching, preaching, scholarship and political engagement. There is no corner of modern Jewish life that has not been touched by it. This idea has led to overwhelming Jewish participation in the social justice movement, as such actions are believed to be biblically mandated.There's only one problem: the Bible says no such thing.In this lively theological polemic, Neumann shows how tikkun olam, an invention of the Jewish left, has diluted millennia of Jewish practice and belief into a vague feel-good religion of social justice. Neumann uses religious and political history to debunk this pernicious idea, and shows how the Bible was twisted by Jewish liberals to support a radical left-wing agenda.In To Heal the World?, Neumann explains how the Jewish Renewal movement aligned itself with the New Left of the 1960s, and redirected the perspective of the Jewish community toward liberalism and social justice. He exposes the key figures responsible for this effort, shows that it lacks any real biblical basis, and outlines the debilitating effect it has had on Judaism itself.
To Heaven and Back: A Doctor's Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels, and Life Again: A True Story
by Mary Neal#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One million copies sold! Dr. Mary Neal (featured in the Netflix original series Surviving Death) tells the incredible story of the kayak accident during a South American adventure that took her to heaven—where she experienced God&’s peace, joy, and angels—and back to life again. In 1999 in the Los Rios region of southern Chile, orthopedic surgeon, devoted wife, and loving mother Dr. Mary Neal drowned in a kayak accident. While cascading down a waterfall, her kayak became pinned at the bottom and she was immediately and completely submerged. Despite the rescue efforts of her companions, Mary was underwater for too long, and as a result, died. To Heaven and Back is Mary&’s remarkable story of her life&’s spiritual journey and what happened as she moved from life to death to eternal life, and back again. Detailing her feelings and surroundings in heaven, her communication with angels, and her deep sense of sadness when she realized it wasn&’t her time, Mary shares the captivating experience of her modern-day miracle. Mary&’s life has been forever changed by her newfound understanding of her purpose on earth, her awareness of God, her closer relationship with Jesus, and her personal spiritual journey suddenly enhanced by a first-hand experience in heaven. To Heaven and Back will reacquaint you with the hope, wonder, and promise of heaven, while enriching you own faith and walk with God.
To Heaven or to Hell: Bartolomé de Las Casas’s Confesionario (Latin American Originals #13)
by David Thomas Orique, O.P.This volume is the first complete English translation and annotated study of Bartolomé de Las Casas’s important and provocative 1552 treatise commonly known as the Confesionario or Avisos y reglas. A text that generated controversy, like Las Casas’s more famous Brevísima relación, the Confesionario outlined a strikingly novel and arguably harsh use of confession for those administering the sacrament to conquistadores, encomenderos, slaveholders, settlers, and others who had harmed the indigenous people, thus using magisterial authority and jurisdictional power to promote restitution.David Orique addresses how, from 1516 to 1547, Las Casas subscribed to and wrote about the theory and practice of the doctrine of restitution. He then presents the specific historical context of the development of the initial manuscript of the Confesionario in 1547 as Doce reglas (Twelve Rules), which later became the augmented Confesionario manuscript. Orique’s commentary on the 1552 Confesionario treatise highlights how Las Casas’s Argumento, and its approval by theologians, legitimates his work. Orique outlines the various guidelines proposed to confessors to identify, investigate, and seek restitution from offending Spaniards based on their possessions and circumstances. He also explores Las Casas’s use of the Thomistic tripartite scheme of divine, natural, and human law.With insightful analysis and commentary accompanied by an eminently readable translation, To Heaven or to Hell will be especially useful to students and scholars of Latin American colonial history, early modern religion, and Catholic studies.
To Heaven or to Hell: Bartolomé de Las Casas’s Confesionario (Latin American Originals)
by David Thomas Orique, O.P.This volume is the first complete English translation and annotated study of Bartolomé de Las Casas’s important and provocative 1552 treatise commonly known as the Confesionario or Avisos y reglas. A text that generated controversy, like Las Casas’s more famous Brevísima relación, the Confesionario outlined a strikingly novel and arguably harsh use of confession for those administering the sacrament to conquistadores, encomenderos, slaveholders, settlers, and others who had harmed the indigenous people, thus using magisterial authority and jurisdictional power to promote restitution.David Orique addresses how, from 1516 to 1547, Las Casas subscribed to and wrote about the theory and practice of the doctrine of restitution. He then presents the specific historical context of the development of the initial manuscript of the Confesionario in 1547 as Doce reglas (Twelve Rules), which later became the augmented Confesionario manuscript. Orique’s commentary on the 1552 Confesionario treatise highlights how Las Casas’s Argumento, and its approval by theologians, legitimates his work. Orique outlines the various guidelines proposed to confessors to identify, investigate, and seek restitution from offending Spaniards based on their possessions and circumstances. He also explores Las Casas’s use of the Thomistic tripartite scheme of divine, natural, and human law.With insightful analysis and commentary accompanied by an eminently readable translation, To Heaven or to Hell will be especially useful to students and scholars of Latin American colonial history, early modern religion, and Catholic studies.
To Hell with the Hustle: Reclaiming Your Life in an Overworked, Overspent, and Overconnected World
by Jefferson BethkeThis is your wake-up call to resist the Hustle culture and embrace the slowness of Jesus.Our culture makes constant demands of us: Do more. Accomplish more. Buy more. Post more. Be more.In following these demands, we have indeed become more: More anxious. More tired. More hurt. More depressed. More frantic.What we are doing isn't working!In a society where hustle is the expectation, busyness is the norm and information is king, we have forgotten the fundamentals that make us human, anchor our lives, and provide meaning.Jefferson Bethke, New York Times bestselling author and popular YouTuber, has lived the hustle and knows we need to stop doing and start becoming. After reading this book, you will discover:How to proactively set boundaries in your lifeHow to get comfortable with obscurityThe best way to push back against the demands of contemporary lifeThe importance of embracing silence and solitudeHow to handle the stressors that life throws at usTo Hell With the Hustle is for anyone who isFeeling overwhelmed with the demands of work, family and communityWanting to connect and spend time with their family.Tired of being anxious, lonely, and burned outJoin Bethke as he discovers that the very things the world teaches us to avoid at all costs--silence, obscurity, solitude, and vulnerability--are the very things that can give us the meaning, and the richness we are truly looking for.
To Hunt a Spy (Sins of a Spy #2)
by D. B. ShusterThe Americans meets Bridge of Spies in this can't-put-down Cold War story of love and patriotism. Caught between duty and conscience.Moscow, 1985. The more time KGB agent Artur Gregorovich spends undercover in the Jewish community—and with the mysterious Sofia—the more he questions everything he thinks he knows about his country, his family, and himself. Nuclear disarmament negotiations have stalled over accusations of his country's human rights violations against Jews, and Artur faces mounting pressure to catch and stop the traitors spreading anti-Soviet stories. Even if those stories happen to be true. As his sympathy for Sofia and her family grows, Artur finds himself asking how far he’s willing to go to stop them. To protect his country, he must do more than stop the traitors. He must hunt--and kill--a spy."Shuster makes the emotional life of her major characters come fully alive while she continues to ratchet up the suspense--all of this set against a vivid rendering of Moscow's material and political culture."- Philip K. Jason, Jewish Book Council"I gobbled up "To Catch a Traitor" and found myself engrossed with the characters....I will see you back here soon for what I expect will be an equally magnificent sequel. Bravo!" - JN ReviewsSins of a Spy1. To Catch a Traitor 2.To Hunt a Spy Fans of thrillers by Lee Child, Douglas Preston, Tim Tigner and Jason Kasper or Jewish historical fiction like Marie Benedict's The Only Woman in the Room will both love this edge-of-your-seat thriller for its historical accuracy, smart plotting and thrilling twists.
To Kidnap a Pope: Napoleon and Pius VII
by Ambrogio A. CaianiA groundbreaking account of Napoleon Bonaparte, Pope Pius VII, and the kidnapping that would forever divide church and state In the wake of the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of France, and Pope Pius VII shared a common goal: to reconcile the church with the state. But while they were able to work together initially, formalizing an agreement in 1801, relations between them rapidly deteriorated. In 1809, Napoleon ordered the Pope&’s arrest. Ambrogio Caiani provides a pioneering account of the tempestuous relationship between the emperor and his most unyielding opponent. Drawing on original findings in the Vatican and other European archives, Caiani uncovers the nature of Catholic resistance against Napoleon&’s empire; charts Napoleon&’s approach to Papal power; and reveals how the Emperor attempted to subjugate the church to his vision of modernity. Gripping and vivid, this book shows the struggle for supremacy between two great individuals—and sheds new light on the conflict that would shape relations between the Catholic church and the modern state for centuries to come.
To Kindle a Soul: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Parents and Teachers
by Lawrence KelemenSets out a practical Torah-based model for raising moral and well-adjusted children, backed up with insights from over 400 scientific studies.
To Kiss Earth Good-Bye
by Ingo SwannParapsychology with chapters on out of body experiences, psychokinesis and prophecy.