God, the Devil and Me
God, the Devil and Me

Author: Alf Taylor

Publisher:

Published: 2021-11-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780369378682

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In this unique and highly entertaining autobiography, Alf Taylor chronicles his life growing up in the infamous New Norcia Mission, north of Perth in the fifties and sixties. At once darkly humorous and achingly tragic, God, The Devil and Me tells of the life and desperation of the young children forced into the care of the Spanish Nuns and Brothers who ran the Mission. Their lives made up of varying degrees of cruelty and punishments, these children were the 'little black devils' that God and religion forgot. Written with an acerbic and brutal wit, Alf intersperses dark childhood memories with a Monty Pythonesque retelling of the Bible, in which Peter is an alcoholic and Judas is a good guy.As a child, underfed, poorly clothed and missing his family, Alf sought refuge in the library in the company of Shakespeare and Michelangelo. He writes with joy about the camaraderie of the boys, their love of sport and their own company, but also notes that many descended into despair upon leaving. Most died early. Alf Taylor is one of the 'lucky ones'.'At once horrific and hilarious, this ''little black devil'' has created a work unique not just in Aboriginal writing, but in Australian literature altogether.' - Dennis Haskell, Australian poet, critic and academic

God, the Devil and Me
God, the Devil and Me

Author: Valerie Georgeson

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2022-02-25

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1789048257

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A chronicle of lived experience, this astonishing book is a biographical exposé, its ultimate theme the great battle of the last days, the final war between God and the Devil. Drawing on her journals, Valerie tells how, at the height of a successful career as writer and actress, she suddenly disappeared. An innocent seeker of God, unaware of the pitfalls, or the unrelenting opposition of the devil, Valerie had strayed into an Indian sect where its female guru, learning of her vocation to ‘write a book for God’, feared her as a potential whistleblower. Vowing to 'stop Valerie writing', she attacks her with magic and occult powers. Now, the writing of the book itself becomes the battlefield. Converted to Catholicism and escaped to France, Valerie is helped by an exorcist. And God, giving her the added vocation to pray for souls lost in sects, comes to her in the Eucharist, fighting alongside, granting moments lifted into bliss and finally breaking the bondage. Thirty years on, the past erased, experience with Valerie the inside story.

God, the Devil and Me
God, the Devil and Me

Author: Thadious Luis Da'vine

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1481707108

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I have written this book that it may be an inspiration to change not only prisoners of the world but our government and all the people of the world that they may consider Gods way and not their own ways to survive in this world. God has given this country the best of all blessings. We have never had a war with another country on our own native soil. We have been blessed with riches and freedom abundantly because we started this country by putting God first in all things. But our government has turned its back on Gods ways and if not corrected, God will surely lay his wrath against this country and many will suffer and many will die if we dont begin to live the last days according to his word and by his laws which are written in his Holy Bible. I have been inspired by God to write this that millions of souls from Nation to Nation shall be saved. That many may take heed to put on the whole armor of God, to prepare for a spiritual warfare. As all the revelations are coming to past before our very eyes, I hope this will help save our cultures, bring back tradition and ethic norms and values into our American Society. I want to give thanks to God, AAA, NA and my sister, Sandra Wright, for helping and inspiring me to finish this four year task and to continue Gods work to bring the true believers together for God and help break the many cycles that are causing our sociological structure to self destruct. From a child, I was told some day that I would be special or do something for Gods will being the 7th son and the 7th child. They said I was Holy. In this book, I will tell you all the good and bad things which I saw in my life time and experiences with the natural and the super natural and the spiritual warfare that exist between life and death and the good and the evil which is real in all our lives today. This book, no matter how hypocritical it may seem, is based on true stories of my own self experiences that it may help some people whos having the same problems come forth for testimony so the unbelievers will become believers in Christ Jesus and to learn that Satan and his demons are real.

God, Is That You, Me, Or the Devil
God, Is That You, Me, Or the Devil

Author: Kevin Winters

Publisher:

Published: 2016-08-02

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780997733433

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This book is for anyone that has ever struggled to know the voice of God confidently. It is a book that covers everything a person needs to know about hearing and discerning the voice of God. It more specifically addresses how we can know the difference between God's voice, our voice, and Satan's voice.

God, the Devil, and Harry Potter
God, the Devil, and Harry Potter

Author: John Killinger

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2004-04-05

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780312308711

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A Presbyterian minister defends the Harry Potter series from conservatives who denounce the books as paganism, demonstrating how they promote the values of faith and morality, and profiling the main character as a Christ figure.

Tempting the Devil in the Name of God
Tempting the Devil in the Name of God

Author: Howard Beckman

Publisher: Inspire on Purpose Books

Published: 2015-11-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781941782248

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Just what is it about Howard Beckman that is so captivating, intriguing and inspiring? The answers are found in this book. During his life, he has run the full gambit from being an out of control teenager, a drug addict, an international drug smuggler to doing hard time in a Thai prison and subsequently a U.S. Federal Prison. However, the real story that is revealed here is how he survived all the horrors and devastating setbacks that came with the world he lived in. Anyone who has ever been involved in the drug culture and addiction, or cares about someone who is, will find Howard?s story meaningful on a multitude of levels. It is one thing to survive the horrors of a foreign prison and the corruption associated with it, but another aspect exists that is just as daunting. Perseverance and cunningness alone are not enough for surviving and making your life, and the lives near to you, worthwhile to the world. Furthermore, Fate, both good and bad, will always play a crucial part in one?s life. A person?s spirituality is what makes the difference when it comes to acquiring sufficient knowledge and wisdom for climbing out of the darkness and moving towards a peaceful existence. The lessons that Howard?s story imparts tell us that it is not too late to begin the journey. The lessons of Howard?s life apply equally to everyone, regardless of the challenges you face. This book is a page-turner that needs to be read.

God, the Devil, and Darwin
God, the Devil, and Darwin

Author: Niall Shanks

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2004-01-08

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0198036671

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In the last fifteen years a controversial new theory of the origins of biological complexity and the nature of the universe has been fomenting bitter debates in education and science policy across North America, Europe, and Australia. Backed by intellectuals at respectable universities, Intelligent Design Theory (ID) proposes an alternative to accepted accounts of evolutionary theory: that life is so complex, and that the universe is so fine-tuned for the appearance of life, that the only plausible explanation is the existence of an intelligent designer. For many ID theorists, the designer is taken to be the god of Christianity. Niall Shanks has written the first accessible introduction to, and critique of, this controversial new intellectual movement. Shanks locates the growth of ID in the last two decades of the twentieth century in the growing influence of the American religious right. But as he shows, its roots go back beyond Aquinas to Ancient Greece. After looking at the historical roots of ID, Shanks takes a hard look at its intellectual underpinnings, discussing modern understandings of thermodynamics, and how self-organizing processes lead to complex physical, chemical, and biological systems. He considers cosmological arguments for ID rooted in so-called "anthropic coincidences" and also tackles new biochemical arguments for ID based on "irreducible biological complexity." Throughout he shows how arguments for ID lack cohesion, rest on errors and unfounded suppositions, and generally are grossly inferior to evolutionary explanations. While ID has been proposed as a scientific alternative to evolutionary biology, Shanks argues that ID is in fact "old creationist wine in new designer label bottles" and moreover is a serious threat to the scientific and democratic values that are our cultural and intellectual inheritance from the Enlightenment.

Dancing with the Devil in the City of God
Dancing with the Devil in the City of God

Author: Juliana Barbassa

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-07-28

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1476756279

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From prizewinning journalist and Brazilian native Juliana Barbassa comes a deeply reported and beautifully written account of the seductive and chaotic city of Rio de Janeiro as it struggles with poverty and corruption on the brink of the 2016 Olympic Games. Juliana Barbassa moved a great deal throughout her life, but Rio was always home. After twenty-one years abroad, she returned to find her native city—once ravaged by inflation, drug wars, corrupt leaders, and dying neighborhoods—undergoing a major change. Rio has always aspired to the pantheon of global capitals, and under the spotlight of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games it seems that its moment has come. But in order to prepare itself for the world stage, Rio must vanquish the entrenched problems that Barbassa recalls from her childhood. Turning this beautiful but deeply flawed place into a pristine showcase of the best that Brazil has to offer in just a few years is a tall order—and with the whole world watching, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Library Journal called Dancing with the Devil in the City of God “akin to Charlie LeDuff’s Detroit”—a book that “combines history and personal interviews in an informative and engaging work.” This kaleidoscopic portrait of Rio introduces the reader to the people who make up this city of extremes, revealing their aspirations and their grit, their violence, their hungers, and their splendor, and shedding light on the future of this city they are building together. Dancing with the Devil in the City of God is an insider perspective from a native daughter and “a fascinating look at the people who live in and aspire to change one of the world’s most impressive cities” (Booklist, starred review).

Outwitting the Devil
Outwitting the Devil

Author: Napoleon Hill

Publisher: Sharon Lechter

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13:

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Originally written in 1938 but never published due to its controversial nature, an insightful guide reveals the seven principles of good that will allow anyone to triumph over the obstacles that must be faced in reaching personal goals.

Luther
Luther

Author: Heiko Augustinus Oberman

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780300103137

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Written by one of the world's greatest authorities on Martin Luther, this is the definitive biography of the central figure of the Protestant Reformation. “A brilliant account of Luther’s evolution as a man, a thinker, and a Christian. . . . Every person interested in Christianity should put this on his or her reading list.”—Lawrence Cunningham, Commonweal “This is the biography of Luther for our time by the world’s foremost authority.”—Steven Ozment, Harvard University “If the world is to gain from Luther it must turn to the real Luther—furious, violent, foul-mouthed, passionately concerned. Him it will find in Oberman’s book, a labour of love.”—G. R. Elton, Journal of Ecclesiastical History