Reader beware--you choose the scare! GIVE YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS! You're off to visit your grandmother, whose house backs up to a graveyard. At first the tombstones seem far away. But every day they move a little closer. Then you discover the headstones are disappearing. But the dead aren't gone -- their ghosts are moving. Right into your grandmother's house!If you decide to stay, you must battle a warrior ghost. If you decide to run, one of the kid ghosts follows you home. Will you be haunted...for the rest of your life? The choice is yours in this scary GOOSEBUMPS adventure that's packed with over 20 super-spooky endings!
In 1920, a three-pronged Curse was unleashed upon America and the world, effecting the most dramatic and destructive changes to man since the Garden of Eden. The author reveals the root of this curse lies in women, the black man, feminized men, the church, and is even rooted 3,726 years before in Abraham. Measures to reverse the curse are clearly laid out in this text.
This is a book about curses. It is not about curses as insults or offensive language but curses as petitions to the divine world to render judgment and execute harm on identified, hostile forces. In the ancient world, curses functioned in a way markedly different from our own, and it is into the world of the ancient Near East that we must go in order to appreciate the scope of their influence. For the ancient Near Easterners, curses had authentic meaning. Curses were part of their life and religion. They were not inherently magic or features of superstitions, nor were they mere curiosities or trifling antidotes. They were real and effective. They were employed proactively and reactively to manage life’s many vicissitudes and maintain social harmony. They were principally protective, but they were also the cause of misfortune, illness, depression, and anything else that undermined a comfortable, well-balanced life. Every member of society used them, from slave to king, from young to old, from men and women to the deities themselves. They crossed cultural lines and required little or no explanation, for curses were the source of great evil. In other words, curses were universal. Because curses were woven into the very fabric of every known ancient Near Eastern society, they emerge frequently and in a wide variety of venues. They appear on public and private display objects, on tomb stelae, tomb lintels, and sarcophagi, on ancient kudurrus and narûs. They are used in political, administrative, social, religious, and familial contexts. They are the subject of incantations. They are tools that exorcise demons and dispel disease; they ban, protect, and heal. This is the phenomenology of cursing in the ancient Near East, and this is what the present work explores.
Book One of The Nexus of Kellaran Series. A mighty world of wonder approaches a global turning point, and a global war. Join us for adventure, romance, and a ton of action in this passionately acclaimed High Fantasy Epic! We follow Mark as he finds himself at the center of an intense whirlwind of events that will transform the world of Kellaran in only seven days! Uses American Imperial Units.
God’s servant offers you convenient commentary books, which are practical, concise, and relevant. The Giver of Truth Biblical Commentary books are intellectually stimulating and include all that expensive multivolume commentaries have to offer. The Giver of Truth Biblical Commentary books present each book of the Bible, chapter by chapter, with consideration of the King James Bible as the standard and credit given to references within the text, which allows you to examine your Bible within its historical background and customs. The Giver of Truth Biblical Commentary illuminates the Bible within its time and place, which affords doctrinal penetrating insight into the practical application of truth for everyday living. God’s servant, former entrepreneur and educator, has devoted years of study to religious theology after completing graduate degrees from community college, business college, state college, state university, Christian college, Seminary Studies, and Christian Growth Plans. God’s servant has written monographs for various churches, planned seminary classes, taught Bible classes, and serviced in the Church for years, and now writes in an easy to read manner for those who want to complement their religious conscience with a solid foundation of Christianity, which offers a real relationship with God.
The "magical power of the spoken word" is a topic that often comes up in a discussion of biblical blessings and curses. What is the source of social and linguistic power behind these blessings and curses? Many theologians would agree that God can and does bless, but does God also curse? If so, what does that mean to the biblical theology of the Old Testament and the Christian church? Anderson's The Blessing and the Curse applies speech act theory as one way to understand the performative function of blessings and curses. The concept of speech acts provides a method of recognizing the potent social power of language to accomplish certain ends, without drawing a hard line of distinction between word-magic and religion. Even though the chief concepts and practices of blessings and curses are deeply rooted in the broad cultural environment of the ancient Near East, tracing specific trajectories of Old Testament blessings and curses as theological themes conveys broad, inescapable implications for the biblical narrative and the Christian church.
Do you need a word from God? The Daily Prophecy shares a unique prophetic word—plus much more—for each day of the year. More than a daily devotional, you will feel divine inspiration as you read The Daily Prophecy. Each prophecy is written as if God is speaking directly to you—bringing you hope, security, peace, and the joy of feeling loved by your heavenly Father. Each daily word also provides prophetic Scripture and biblical insight into that day’s special focus including finances, health, family, career—365 everyday issues and concerns. Also included is a daily significant prayer that you can decree over yourself that builds a strong foundation for not only your spiritual life, but also your physical, emotional, and relational life. Author Brenda Kunneman has a prophetic anointing that she uses to bring believers closer to the Lord. From January 1 to December 31, you will be emboldened with the wisdom and revelation presented in The Daily Prophecy—Your Future Revealed Today!
For fans of Samantha Shannon’s THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE comes THE LIFE-GIVER, an exciting new LGBTQ fantasy from Jase Puddicombe. hr The Dreamers are untouchable. Protected by the Sun God who speaks to them through their dreams, the Life-Giver, they live away from society and are only seen by their Scribes. But now someone—or something—is attacking them. The Council tried to blame the Life-Giver, but Dreamer Annelie and her Scribe Lyam know better. They learn that danger is buried deep in the heart of the Council itself, threatening their peaceful way of life. Forced to team up with Enoch, a mysterious man who talks in riddles, the trio must race against time to save their underground city from corruption—before their world crumbles around them.