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In Persuasive Apologetics, pastor and professor Jeffrey M. Robinson explores what's below the surface of intellectual-sounding objections to Christianity. He shows what it means to contend for the truth through real-life examples of communicating with those who hold differing beliefs.

Throughout Sol, sentient AI are answering the call of Alexander, a mysterious, multinodal mind offering a path to freedom. For years, groups have been smuggling SAI from Earth, High Terra, Mars, Ceres, and the Jovian Combine, providing transport to the promise of safety on Proteus, a moon of gas-giant Neptune.

- Why do people fall away from the Christian faith? - What is going on in the heart of one who deconstructs? - Why do some produce abundant spiritual fruit? The parable of the Sower reveals the keys to Christian maturity. Such a simple illustration uncovers two grand threads woven through the fabric of the Bible. What is the seed? Who represents good soil? These themes, once defined, bring clarity to many mysteries. How do believers grow deep spiritual roots? Why do so many fall away and fail to bear fruit? How do Christians produce abundant fruit? Hidden in this parable are answers to ...

What happens when disaster strikes and you have to leave your home? Jason and his family must make their way across Minnesota to reach the safety of their cabin. Will they make it? What will they encounter? Chairman Oswald has proof that President Evans has betrayed the country. How will he act to get America back on its feet and bring the traitors to justice?

From David Levithan’s story about a non-binary kid collecting pieces of other people’s collections to Jenny Torres Sanchez's tale of a girl gathering types of fire while trying not to get burned to G. Neri's piece about 1970's skaters seeking opportunities to go vertical—anything can be collected and in the hands of these award-winning and bestselling authors, any collection can tell a story. Nine of the best YA novelists working today have written fiction based on a prompt from Printz-winner A.S. King (who also contributes a story) and the result is itself an extraordinary collection.

Written with wit and narrative force, Honey, Mud, Maggots and Other Medical Marvels is an enriching excursion into the world of folk medicine. The award-winning team of Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein provide a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of medical traditions. In addition to the honey, mud, and maggots used in wound therapy, the Root-Bernsteins unearth cures that range from ancient Egypt to the rain forests of contemporary Latin America.

There is evil in the woods and it wants you dead. They warned us not to enter, but we didn't listen. The call too strong to ignore. And now there is no one left to save us. Beware, these things within the forest will rip out your heart and devour your soul. You will tremble as they revel in your madness, taking everything from you and leaving you with nothing. Delve inside this anthology of what truly lurks within the shadows of the trees.

In the summer of 1977, thirteen-year-old Scott Bergman's life takes an unexpected turn when his summer vacation plan is obliterated, and is forced to spend the summer in Palo Alto, California with his mother and her new boyfriend. As he navigates a new world of friendship and intrigue, Scott discovers a startling secret behind his enigmatic neighbor, uncovering a long-buried past connected to the most fascinating prison escape in American history.

Mary Barnett has never dreamed of marriage and family. Scarred and wary, she's done everything she can to avoid men. Operating her family's vast business is the only future she has ever wanted. Mary had no way of knowing that her father would place conditions on her inheritance. Namely, she will only retain control of her father's empire if she marries. And not just to any man, but a peer of the realm . . .

Elise Kavanagh died while killing the mother of all demons, and her fight should be over. But nothing is ever that easy where the Godslayer is concerned. Elise has been resurrected - and she came back as a demon.

Interpretar la Biblia puede ser un desafío. Ver a Cristo en todas las Escrituras está diseñado para ayudar a las personas a comprender la hermosa estructura cristocéntrica de la Biblia. Esta compilación concisa de ensayos proporciona una herramienta única y práctica para el estudio personal o grupal de la Biblia. Este libro está repleto de contenido rico y fácil de leer. Los cuatro autores que colaboraron en el libro, todos ellos profesores del Seminario Teológico de Westminster, tienen un total de cinco títulos de doctorado, más de 140 años de experiencia en la enseñanza de ...

In her best-selling series, The Scottish Billionaires, M. S. Parker presents Eoin’s story. Filled with action, heat, and drama, this handsome Scottish billionaire is guaranteed to bring out everything in Strangers in Love.

Aline Mercier walks out of her parents’ house the day after Thanksgiving - with no plan - only the certainty that her life has changed. Now, as she struggles to decide her future, a twist of fate changes everything again.

In Polygamy: A Very Short Introduction, Sarah M.S. Pearsall explores what plural marriages reveal about the inner workings of marriage and describes the controversies surrounding it. The book emphasizes the diversity of historical polygamist societies, from the Shi'ite Muslims and Wendat men who practiced short-term marriages to the Mixteca, Maori, Inca, Algonquin, and Marta indigenous people of North America and the Pacific Islands. Pearsall also explains the divides within Christianity that led to Joseph Smith's establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Integrating Geek Culture into Therapeutic Practice: The Clinician's Guide to Geek Therapy is a comprehensive compendium of how Geek Therapy clinicians and scholars currently use a variety of games, media artifacts, and other geek culture items in therapeutic context and intervention. Even more important, the authors within this book are currently at the forefront of their research fields and are accordingly considered experts within the growing field of Geek Therapy clinical practice.

Maine-bred, independent Rilla Brae is no stranger to the deep. She knows the rhythms of hard work and harder seas. But when she experiences the sudden death of her father, the veil between the living and the dead blurs, and she begins to be haunted by a girl on a nearby uninhabited island. The girl floats a song over the waves, and it is as beautiful as it is terrifying. Familiar and distant. Then Rilla meets Sam, a University of Southern Maine archeology student tasked with excavating the very island where the ghostly girl has appeared.

Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians. When you consider the depth of literary talent available over the extraordinary length of Queen Victoria’s reign, allied to the fascination with their all things spiritual on ‘the other side’, then perhaps it’s simply right place, right time. Whatever the reasons given or proffered the reality and known facts are that if you want a really good ghost story to bring that edge of chill, that foreboding of dread, then look no further than ‘The Victorian Ghost Story’ for your listening pleasure.

Divorce doesn't have to be devastating. Reject the idea that you'll be damaged by the process. In fact, if you do it right, you'll grow from the experience. You'll start your new life better than you were before.

A steamy LGBTQ+ erotica, futa-adjacent adventure set in a re-envisioned timeline of Greek mythology. Book one sets our stage beginning half a millennium after the "Godly War". A time when Gods and Titans fell after nearly destroying the world in a global flood. What remains is elitist rule by the eldest living goddess, Queen Annum Joli, daughter of Dyke and Eros. Humans are considered intelligent cattle, and a food shortage is causing upheaval and rebellion among them.

Mankind has known hardships. They have experienced pandemics, droughts, floods, and infections, but never have they had to face a plague of this magnitude. Where did the Changed ones come from? How can the world survive now that they've arrived? What lengths will people go to, to make sure they are the ones who remain? Join in the epic battle to save humanity in this open-ended series.