Trapped In Sin: Serenity's story

Trapped In Sin: Serenity's story

Author: Amanda Smith

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-06-06

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1300845821

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14 year old Serenity is a mother's dream. She is smart, beautiful, and has strong faith in the Lord. Her life takes on a drastic change when she meets 15 year old Radric. Serenity will go through hell and hot water trying to overcome the obstacles placed on her, through poor choices. Will Serenity eventually be able to escape a world of sex, drugs and alcohol, or will she be forever Trapped in Sin?


One Power in the 'Verse: Finding God in Firefly and Serenity

One Power in the 'Verse: Finding God in Firefly and Serenity

Author: Paul Lytle

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2009-03-07

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0557054885

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"You don't fix faith; it fixes you."From the first scene of the first episode of FIREFLY, where Malcolm Reynolds kisses a crucifix before going into battle, God has played a major role in Joss Whedon's fascinating look at the future. In ONE POWER IN THE 'VERSE, God's presence in FIREFLY and its sequel SERENITY is explored in detail, respect, and awe. With careful scholarship, author Paul Lytle shows that God is inexorably woven into the fabric of the 'verse . . . and why it's better that way.


Original Sin and Everyday Protestants

Original Sin and Everyday Protestants

Author: Andrew S. Finstuen

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 0807833363

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In the Years Following World War II, American Protestantism experienced tremendous growth, but conventional wisdom holds that midcentury Protestants practiced an optimistic, progressive, complacent, and materialist faith. In Original Sin and Everyday Prot


Isadore's Secret

Isadore's Secret

Author: Mardi Link

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2010-04-23

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0472026569

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"In Isadore's Secret, Mardi Link shines a journalist's lamp on this dark, quiet corner of Michigan's history, assuring that the tragic story of Sister Janina is not forgotten. Link's telling is fascinating and thorough, making a story you will not soon forget." ---Steve Lehto, author of Death's Door A gripping account of the mysterious 1907 disappearance of a young nun in a northern Michigan town and the national controversy that followed when she turned up dead and buried in the basement of her own church. Swinging planks of lantern light shine through the musty air and onto the dirt floor of the church basement. The oddly glowing rectangles syncopate over the damp ground and illuminate even the darkest, stooped-down corners of the space beyond. The only sound is the ragged breathing of two men, a young parish priest and a much older laborer. Aboveground these men belong completely to this place, in both body and soul. A glimpse of their faces anywhere in the sanctuary, the rectory, the school, the barn, or the gardens would be a welcome sight. But here below, these men of Isadore are interlopers. Only trespassers would sneak silently into the church's sloped underbelly without witness to carry out such a sinful and secret errand as this one. Despite their tools, and their lantern, and their resolve, neither is equipped for the task at hand or for what is to come. Mardi Link, a former crime reporter, was named Antioch's Betty Crumrine Scholar for Creative Nonfiction in 2007. Her first book, When Evil Came to Good Hart, also published by the University of Michigan Press, spent four months on the Heartland Indie Bestseller List. This true story was the basis for the Broadway play The Runner Stumbles and the film of the same name. Front cover: Photograph of cemetery © John L. Russell, Great Lakes Images; image of face ©iStockphoto.com/duncan1890.


The Existential Joss Whedon

The Existential Joss Whedon

Author: J. Michael Richardson

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-11-18

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 0786455306

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This study examines the major works of contemporary American television and film screenwriter Joss Whedon. The authors argue that these works are part of an existentialist tradition that stretches back from the French atheistic existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre, through the Danish Christian existentialist Soren Kierkegaard, to the Russian novelist and existentialist Fyodor Dostoevsky. Whedon and Dostoevsky, for example, seem preoccupied with the problem of evil and human freedom. Both argue that in each and every one of us "a demon lies hidden." Whedon personifies these demons and has them wandering about and causing havoc. Dostoevsky treats the subject only slightly more seriously. Chapters cover such topics as Russian existentialism and vampire slayage; moral choices; ethics; Faith and bad faith; constructing reality through existential choice; some limitations of science and technology; love and self-sacrifice; love, witchcraft, and vengeance; soul mates and moral responsibility; love and moral choice; forms of freedom; and Whedon as moral philosopher.


COMING HOME: The Genesis Creation Story

COMING HOME: The Genesis Creation Story

Author: Avi ben Mordechai

Publisher: COMINGHOME, INC.

Published: 2019-01-31

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0964335506

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An event of theological "time-travel" back to the beginning, back to the biblical creation story in Genesis chapters 1-3. We will learn some Hebraic details about a larger-than-life seven-day Messianic redemption plan. We will encounter a multi-dimensional world of reality and metaphor. We will come to learn that the biblical creation story is a detailed Hebraic narrative about the Creation referred to in the Hebrew text of Exodus 3:14-15 as יהוה אלהים (YHVH Elohim) and his deep desire for a relationship with each of us; that after all the creation was plunged into a deep spiritual darkness, he (the Creator named in Exodus 3:14-15) was the one that came to set us free from our spiritual captivity because we had no power to set ourselves free. Genesis chapters 1-3 is an extraordinary historical riches-to-rags-to-riches story unlike anything that one can even begin to imagine. Learn Hebraic definitions for faith, hope, love, holiness, heaven, earth, and other theological ideas often lost in translation. Learn about the biblical functions of male and female. Learn the Hebraic truth and context behind Genesis 3:16, "Your desire shall be for your husband and he shall rule over you." Learn about the "marriage" between the Serpent and Eve. Learn Hebraic principles behind giving and receiving to build strong relationships. Learn about a "High Priest" cherub who rebelled in the throne-room of Heaven and morphed to become the Serpent (the Satan) of the Bible. Meet the Word, the Son of Elohim (God) in Heaven. Meet the Word, the Son of Elohim (God) on Earth. Discover the two Genesis creations of man (Day 3 and Day 6) and learn why Yeshua (Jesus) had to resurrect on the Third Day. Discover the Hebraic meaning of the Law of Sin and Death. Learn about DNA quantum entanglement and the second death of Genesis 2:17. Discover the background that drives Paul's theology about the "Works of the Law" and "Under the Law" in the New Testament Book of Galatians. These concepts and so much more packed into this introduction to the Genesis Creation Story.


The Fortuna Coin

The Fortuna Coin

Author: Karen Ann Hopkins

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-09-24

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13:

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"A must read. Not the typical book you would expect from Karen Ann Hopkins if you've read any of her Amish series' but she absolutely nailed this one!! This book jumps right in on page one and makes you not want to put it down even for a second all the way to the end and I loved that! Would absolutely read it again and definitely recommend it to anyone who loves a good romance thriller with some Sci-fi elements in there too." Cassandra, Book Sirens Reviewer Wendy Catalano, a newly remarried mother of four, finds herself, her husband and her children, murder victims of her ex-husband. A family heirloom takes her back in time to the beginning of her relationship with her eventual killer where she's given the magical opportunity to change the future and stop her family's tragic ending. But she isn't aware that she's reliving a tortured life. With only glimpses of the future, Wendy struggles to survive present day, unaware that a bloody and unforgiving destiny awaits her. The Fortuna Coin is a haunting psychological thriller about second chances...but will the truth really set Wendy free?


You See It, Cosmic Royalty

You See It, Cosmic Royalty

Author: Kasimah El-Amin

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2022-10-28

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13:

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`You See It” “Cosmic Royalty is a fun, entertaining, educational book, full of colorful pictures, giving you everything you need to know on your new Golden Path. When I began my spiritual & healing journey, I had to purchase & read “many’’ books to acquire the knowledge that I have today. Well not anymore!! “Cosmic Royalty” has “Everything” you need to know, all in one book. It teaches you about crystals, candle rituals, planetary magik, horoscopic astrology, also your personal astrology sign & its many corresponding elements, metals, planets & much more. Learn about your chakras, holistic methods of healing & knowing how to activate your magic within. This book is written with the confidence & vision that it shall assist the readers who are currently going through an Awakening & are struggling along their Spiritual Path. We all come here with a Purpose & due to pains, traumas, life’s many trials & tribulations, we tend to forget our Souls Purpose. “Cosmic Royalty” is here to “Get You Right”, & back on track with uplifting testimonies about my journey & the many things that tried to distract me on my Golden Path. I shall be teaching you about all 12 astrology signs, the 12 planets connected to your path & their meanings in your astrology signs & houses. We shall discuss your Chakras, their full meaning & functions, how your astrology signs & constellations correspond & correlate with each of your Chakras. We shall talk about candle magik, the vibrations of each candle’s colors, gardening by the moon cycles, Egyptian history, Egyptian science, the best healing crystals, their properties & so much more. Enjoy the journey & if you have any questions or would like to take my classes on these topics above, contact me at 916-330-9230. Thank You! Donations for my non profit organization “We Are Royalty 501c3” for single mothers, can go to our Cashapp at $WeAreRoyalty1 Thank You.. Ashe!


The Abyss

The Abyss

Author: James Bèyor

Publisher: eBookIt.com

Published: 2016-06-03

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1456626817

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Have you ever asked yourself why human beings are compelled to agree? Is it in our organic human nature to gather in like-minded groups and segregate ourselves from others with dissimilar opinions? Why do we feel the need to call ourselves good or right, believing only we have a firm grasp of the truth, while we label those not like us as bad or wrong? Is it possible that our compulsion to agree is an elaborate man-made control mechanism, rooted in fear? James Beyor points out in The Abyss, the second book in his Guarded Hearts trilogy, that we live in a dangerous time, where our agreements are causing us great mental and biological harm. Humankind is suffering from a bio-mental decrepitude. We have been duped into living out a symbolic replica of our human life potential. Beyor points to an urgent need we must all address, which, if we do not, will bring about anther period of inquisition far more insane and destructive than has been suffered by men in the past. This inquisition will require secular obedience as defined by a government out of control. He points to many fundamental elements that foreshadow unparalleled atrocities inflicted on the mentally and biologically impaired human species. This is not just another doomsday tale; it is a message of hope that we can, if we act now, reestablish our innate inner directed sense of all knowing built and begin again to live an authentic life. The people of the world watch helplessly as our institutions falter in their insatiable struggle for dominance over the human race. We must reclaim individual clarity and wean ourselves from our dependency on agreements of symbols and words. In the Beyor Journals you will come face to face with yourself and become aware of your own innate clarity; a genesis gift available to all those who have the courage to join then the great awakening; who claim their right to a living truth. You will never again wonder what is behind your successes and failures.