Sylvia is young, beautiful, and a single mother. She is educated and smart, but not smart enough to know when to release those shackles. Now she is stuck with consequences that would lead her to taking on more than just love. If only she had listen to her best friend Angel that was always pushing God on her But now she is stuck with a decision of either breaking the last two links in the shackles or making it a permanent fixture of her life.
Martin Luther's most comprehensive work on justification by faith, his commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians is translated and edited from the Latin into a lively style, paralleling his spoken lectures. Combined with the passion and faith expressed in these lectures, the biblical foundation for the crucial doctrine of justification is underscored and expressed to a new audience. The commentary is also a historical document, a recording of a professor in a classroom in 1531 from July to December of that year, which expresses the Reformer's commitment to the good news of Jesus' death in the sinner's place, challenging the reader/hearer to compare St. Paul's theology with what he/she hears in the church today.
Sentenced to Death for Her Beliefs Mariam Ibraheem was born in a refugee camp in Sudan. Her Muslim father died when she was six, and her mother raised her in the Christian faith. After a traumatic childhood, Mariam became a successful businessperson, married the man she loved, and had a beautiful baby boy. But one day in 2013, her world was shattered when Sudan authorities insisted she was Muslim because of her father’s background. She had broken the law by marrying a Christian man, and she must abandon both her marriage and her son and adopt Islam. Under intense pressure, Mariam repeatedly refused. Ultimately, a Sharia court sentenced her to 100 lashes—and death by hanging. Shackled is the stunning true story of a courageous young mother who was willing to face death rather than deny her faith. Mariam Ibraheem took a stand on behalf of all women who are maltreated because of their gender and all people who suffer from religious persecution. Follow Mariam’s story from life under Islamic law, through imprisonment and childbirth while shackled, to her remarkable escape from death following an international outcry and advocacy that included diplomats, journalists, activists, and even Pope Francis.
In recent years there has been a massive upsurge in academic, professional and lay interest in mortality. This is reflected in academic and professional literature, in the popular media and in the proliferation of professional roles and training courses associated with aspects of death and dying. Until now the majority of reference material on death and dying has been designed for particular disciplinary audiences and has addressed only specific academic or professional concerns. There has been an urgent need for an authoritative but accessible reference work reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the field. This Encyclopedia answers that need. The Encyclopedia of Death and Dying consolidates and contextualizes the disparate research that has been carried out to date. The phenomena of death and dying and its related concepts are explored and explained in depth, from the approaches of varied disciplines and related professions in the arts, social sciences, humanities, medicine and the sciences. In addition to scholars and students in the field-from anthropologists and sociologists to art and social historians - the Encyclopedia will be of interest to other professionals and practitioners whose work brings them into contact with dying, dead and bereaved people. It will be welcomed as the definitive death and dying reference source, and an essential tool for teaching, research and independent study.
The book contains life-transforming and destiny changing messages such like: The weapon of the dust; dealing with the queen of heaven; eaters of flesh and drinkers of blood; the whispering lizard; prisoners of local alters and fighting from heaven. In addition, there are one thousand prayer points to dismantle and destroy malignant powers of darkness.
A single volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its significance today. Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world’s oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years. After a century and a half of foreign invasion, civil war, and revolution, China has once again returned to center stage as a global superpower and the world’s second largest economy. But how did it become so dominant? Wood argues that in order to comprehend the great significance of China today, we must begin with its history. The Story of China takes a fresh look at the Middle Kingdom in the light of the recent massive changes inside the country. Taking into account exciting new archeological discoveries, the book begins with China’s prehistory—the early dynasties, the origins of the Chinese state, and the roots of Chinese culture in the age of Confucius. Wood looks at particular periods and themes that are now being reevaluated by historians, such as the renaissance of the Song with its brilliant scientific discoveries. He paints a vibrant picture of the Qing Empire in the 18th century, just before the European impact, a time when China’s rich and diverse culture was at its height. Then, Wood explores the encounter with the West, the Opium Wars, the clashes with the British, and the extraordinarily rich debates in the late 19th century that pushed China along the path to modernity. Finally, he provides a clear up-to-date account of post-1949 China, including revelations about the 1989 crisis based on newly leaked inside documents, and fresh insights into the new order of President Xi Jinping. All woven together with landscape history and the author’s own travel journals, The Story of China is the indispensable book about the most intriguing and powerful country on the world stage today.
All Manner of Prayer teaches you how to declare war against the wiles of the devil. The major reason some Believers live mediocre lives is that their spiritual eyes are covered by Satan. Is it not in the book of Hosea that the Bible says, “my people perish for lack of knowledge”? No wonder that, in the first chapter of the book of Ephesians, Paul made a very crucial statement, which was more of a prayer than advice; that God should give us the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. He went further to pray that our eyes of understanding may be enlightened. Why? Because so long as the cloak of darkness hovering over you is not unveiled, the truth or rather mysteries embedded in the Word of God would not be of use to you. The spiritual eyes that are covered cannot appreciate the fact that Satan has a network of coordinated and highly disciplined “disciples” who are empowered to wage deadly attacks on Believers and the promises of God for them. The intent is to either delay or, if they can, completely abort those wonderful promises from God. Believing that Satan does not exist or that Satan is powerless is the greatest deceit of all times. It’s also a sign that you, like many others, are still operating in the dark. This book teaches you how to pray the deliverance kind of prayer and remove the veil and the shackles Satan has put upon your spiritual eyes, preparing you, therefore, to enter the realm of the supernatural with the authority of God to disarm principalities and powers that are lording over your blessings. It is a no-nonsense, no-apologies, power-packed piece of warfare material intended to inflict maximum damage on the enemies sitting on your glory.
Death of her friends fianc invokes the hidden shady, shabby, humiliating and painful pasts that she has been suppressing all her lifeAn encounter with a street boy further throws her deep into the sorrowful pasts of her own abusive childhoodIt is time to face her demonic pasts in order for her to heal and to break free from these haunting memories. The faade, behind which she has been hiding, has to crumble, for her to unleash the potential of who she truly is, so she can embrace the future
