This book contains a fascinating blend of biblical information, revelation from the author, and spiritual teaching about Satan's strategies against believers. It includes answers to important questions about Satan and tools readers can use to defeat his plans and purposes.
Women writers occupy prominent positions in late 20th century Iranian literature, despite the increased legal and cultural restrictions placed upon women since the 1978-1979 Islamic Revolution. One of these writers is Moniru Ravanipur, author of the critically acclaimed The Drowned and Heart of Steel. Satan's Stones is the first English translation of her 1991 short story collection Sangha-ye Sheytan. Often set in the remote regions of Iran, these stories explore many facets of contemporary Iranian life, particularly the ever-shifting relations between women and men. Their bold literary experimentation marks a new style in Persian fiction akin to "magical realism." Reports from Iran indicated that Satan's Stones had been banned there by government authorities. While its frank explorations of Iranian society may have offended Islamic leaders, they offer Western readers fresh perspectives on Iranian culture from one of the country's most distinguished writers.
Morgan discusses the origin of the emerald, its peculiar structure, and its strange allure. The story weaves across several continents and thousands of years. It is a tale of conquistadors, treachery, shipwrecks, and alchemy. Along the way, we meet scientists and kings and bear witness as the great emeralds are born, mined, smuggled, cut, and sold. The book also discusses the modern art of making synthetic emeralds. From the fastnesses of Afghanistan to the steamy jungles of Colombia and Zimbabwe, from the sands of Egypt to the bitter Urals, this is the story of a stone whose strange journey reflects the yearnings, greed, passions, and longing for beauty of the human race.
The Spear is a gripping supernatural thriller by the master of horror, James Herbert. A young Mossad agent is found dead and private detective Harry Steadman is asked to investigate. On the hunt for a sinister arms dealer, however, what he discovers is a conspiracy of unfathomable horror. Neo-nazi cultists want to unleash an ancient and demonic power. A power so terrible it threatens the world itself . . .
Do demons really exist? Have you ever seen one? Are people who claimed to be possessed merely having a non-specified emotionally induced psychotic episode? Is it possible that those who alleged to have expelled demons experiencing some type of religious self-induced hallucination? That is what the main character in this novel once believed. The story of Satan’s Godson is based upon the hypothetical notion that as Jesus had John the Baptist as his forerunner, the Antichrist may also have a forerunner who will sow seeds of deceit, subtle enough to deceive even the most devout Christian to accept his false identity. A demon born in the dark corners of antiquity searches for a way to emerge through an astrophysical world into the world of mankind and pave the way for his master. An innocent little boy becomes swept up into a whirling demonic mystical plot planned and perpetrated by one of Satan’s most dreadful demons. Dr. Otis Boyd is the boy’s father. He is a man with strong convictions and is an avowed gnostic who neither believes in the traditional Christian definition of God, nor in demons. However, he soon finds he must face a personal inner demon he thought was buried deep in depths of his past and turn to a God who he has never acknowledged to help him save his son, his sanity, and his soul.
Barry Blackstone has been fascinated with the biblical reference to "giants" since childhood but only began looking deeper into the subject when he was challenged by a member of his congregation twenty-five years ago. Over those years, Blackstone compiled information on all the named "giants" and those that slew them (men well-known like David, Joshua, and Caleb and those not so well-known like Othniel, Elhanan, and Abishai). Coming to the conclusion that this race of super-humans was a product of Satan's plan to corrupt man, stop the coming of the Messiah, and resist the Hebrews from possessing their promised land, Blackstone began to see the principles and precepts needed to combat the "giants" of our day in our spiritual warfare "against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places" (Eph 6:12). Travel with this pastor through the Bible as he reveals the origin of the "giants," how they survived the Flood, and when they were finally wiped out in the days of David. With strange names like Rephaim, OG, Arba, Anak, Sheshai, and of course Goliath, learn about their fabled size, their formable weapons, and why they all were so easily defeated! This exploration will cover some of the greatest battles described in Scripture and will uncover how to win against gigantic foes personally. Each chapter is written in a devotional style that will bring a spiritual encouragement to the reader and will help them see that no matter how invincible the adversary, "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Rom 8:31).