High Church

Many of the greatest events mentioned in the Bible are linked with certain mountains; they are both nature's monuments, and the memorials of divine grace. Ararat, the patriarch of mountains, smoked with the first sacrifice in the restored world; Moriah reminds us of the victory of faith, and Nebo of the Christian's vision of the celestial Canaan. Sinai still towers as the sublime symbol of divine Law, and Olivet is redolent with Christ's loving interviews with His disciples. Carmel quickens our faith in the power of prayer; and Zion is the type of Christ's everlasting reign, and the saint's...

Amelia loved her mother, Libby, more than anything. Life was good, and she and her siblings had fun times growing up with their parents in their beloved green home. But all that changed when Amelia was six years old. Her parents divorced--and Libby met Frank, a narcissistic abuser who transformed her mother into an unrecognizable shell of her former self. That was the beginning of the chase for Amelia as she tried to bring her mother back--to save her. But how long could she chase a woman who didn’t seem to want to be saved? And how deep would she allow the abuser to pull her down into ...

While people used to conceal the fact that they were gay or lesbian to protect themselves from stigma and discrimination, it is now commonplace for people to "come out" and encourage others to do so as well. Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are systematically examines how coming out has moved beyond gay and lesbian rights groups and how different groups wrestle with the politics of coming out in their efforts to resist stigma and enact social change. It shows how different experiences and disparate risks of disclosure shape these groups' collective strategies.

In the beginning God was not a man. God cared about our poor condition. That is, that we suffer death. God cared enough that he became a man to suffer death for us. He entered a human body so he could give a human life as the payment for human sin. The important thing in life is that you have loving relationships with the people you meet. The first person you meet is God. God gave you life and a spirit. God has very many kind thoughts toward you, and has great expectations that he would know you. This book is about God’s desire to know us, and about the ramifications of knowing him or ...

Do you ever feel like you're leading your organization through the middle of a war zone? As President of Middle East Television, Stephen Lentz had to wear a flak jacket to work. His driver had an AK-47 between them in the armored car they used to drive him to work. He had 72 employees of which 32 were Shiite Muslim guards, armed with machine guns, grenades, pistols, knives, and dogs. Through this experience, he discovered how to defend and advance his organization in the midst of a war zone. Bulletproof is for every business professional, pastor, and leader who is attempting to accomplish ...

The Fitzgeralds are buttressed by wealth and privilege, but they are also buffeted by crisis after crisis, many of their own creation. Even so, they live large, in love and in strife, wielding power, combating adversaries and each other.