World Missions

The Japanese army's brutal occupation of the city of Nanking during the 1937 Sino-Japanese War is known, for good reason, as the rape of Nanking. As they slaughtered an estimated 300,000 people, the invading soldiers raped more than 20,000 women - some estimates run as high as 80,000. Hua-ling Hu presents here the amazing untold story of the American missionary Minnie Vautrin, whose unswerving defiance of the Japanese protected 10,000 Chinese women and children.

Enjoy five short stories, 20 minutes each, that will inspire you! From the first century, to the present, you will be encouraged by these single men, who did amazing things for God. They changed the world they lived in, and in some cases, ours as well! Saint Patrick was an English teen, when he was captured by Irish slave traders. After his escape, he returned to Ireland to bring the gospel to the people he had come to love. This is one of my all time favorite stories! Percy Mather ventured into one of the most difficult and foreboding areas in the world, the Gobi Desert, in the early 1900'...

(Business Leaders Edition Volume 7) Every enterprise needs leadership and great leaders are formed through both success and failure. Are you and your organization positioned properly for this new age of leadership? Adam Torres is here to help you move forward. In this latest edition of Mission Matters (Business Leaders Edition Volume 7), Torres features 22 top professionals who share their lessons on leadership. In these pages, through inspiring stories, you’ll discover: Four ways leaders can mitigate human error The true power of having a clear life mission How to create amazing digital ...

Solana Sina is a scarab, salvaging wrecked and abandoned space habitats among the Billion Worlds of the Tenth Millennium. She and an oddball crew—a raven, a cyborg, and a dinosaur—board the derelict colony Safdaghar hoping to score some loot before the colony gets catapulted into the outer reaches of the Solar System. But Solana and the scarabs come face-to-face with a gang of vicious pirates looking for slaves and treasure, and a mysterious stranger intent on preserving an explosive secret. Solana must overcome her own horrifying past to survive and escape before it's too late.

Jesús nos envía al mundo de la misma manera que el Padre lo envió a él. Sin embargo, aun miles de años después, muchos cristianos todavía no se ponen de acuerdo que incluye esto. Algunos creen que el enfoque de la misión cristiana es evangelizar y «salvar almas». Otros enfatizan asuntos de justicia global o la labor de alivio y desarrollo. ¿Acaso solo una de estas dos opiniones está en lo correcto por si sola?

Stars glittered over the restlessly undulating waters of the North Sea late on the evening of May 10th, 1941, as a lone twin-propeller Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy fighter bearing the Iron Cross emblem of the Nazi Luftwaffe came in sight of the low, dark line of land along the horizon that marked where Scotland lay.

Many people today talk about justice, but are they living justly? They want to change the world, but are they being changed themselves? Eugene Cho has a confession: "I like to talk about changing the world but I don't really like to do what it takes." If this is true of the man who founded the One Day's Wages global antipoverty movement, then what must it take to act on one's ideals? Cho does not doubt the sincerity of those who want to change the world.

En ninguno de sus libros anteriores Og Mandino había narrado sus experiencias como oficial de la octava fuerza aérea en Inglaterra, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En esta reconocida novela, recreada en Londres en tiempos de guerra nos narra un relato conmovedor que rápidamente se transforma en una historia de éxito e inspiración que brinda nueva esperanza y nos muestra una perspectiva fresca da su vida a millones de lectores.Junto con la historia se encuentra un regalo especial.

In Double Crossed, historian Matthew Avery Sutton tells the extraordinary story of the entwined roles of spy-craft and faith in a world at war. Missionaries, priests, and rabbis, acutely aware of how their actions seemingly conflicted with their spiritual calling, carried out covert operations, bombings, and assassinations within the centers of global religious power, including Mecca, the Vatican, and Palestine.

"A willingness to go is all they have in common," exclaim Beth Moore and Kim P. Davis, speaking of their friends on the front lines who are spreading the gospel around the world and with whom they collaborated to create this audiobook. This second book of 366 daily devotionals features stories of God's faithfulness, written by hundreds of missionaries worldwide. From stirring miracles to heroic adventures, this second volume highlights those who daily go to the outer limits of spiritual devotion.

In 1616, an English adventurer, Nathaniel Courthope, stepped ashore on a remote island in the East Indies on a secret mission: to persuade the islanders of Run to grant a monopoly to England over their nutmeg, a fabulously valuable spice in Europe. This infuriated the Dutch, who were determined to control the world's nutmeg supply.

Stanley and his family receive an unexpected phone call from Scotland Yard. Stanley has been invited to London to help with a top-secret case. One of the crown jewels was stolen years ago. The queen has long suspected Lady Laura, her distant cousin, of the theft, and Lady Laura will be in London to attend a formal ball at Buckingham Palace. If she has the jewel, this will be the perfect time to wear it. And that's where Stanley comes in. Stanley loves the idea of being a spy, even if being flat has nothing to do with his mission. Or so he thinks....

As a Christian parent, you want your children to develop good character and godly wisdom. But how do you go beyond hoping and praying to teaching them ethical knowledge, practical skills, and virtuous habits? This innovative guide provides practical, effective ideas you can use to help your children build their faith and character in 50 ways, including engaging with the Bible and culture, interacting with God and others, making good decisions, becoming better learners, and managing conflict.

Product Description A powerful and gripping fantasy novel that will keep you hooked until the end. Malmo's country was attacked and all the brave, young men who were defending it suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth. What happened to them? Who killed them or took them away, and why? Malmo is the only one with the courage and determination to venture outside their country and find out what happened. But his mission is an exceedingly difficult one, for the attackers are monsters of gigantic size that live at the centre of the Earth. Age: 9+

"Love is a funny thing shaped like a lizard. It climbs down your throat and grabs at your gizzard!" —Dr. Jerry Gibson, Author This powerful little book moves from tragedy to comedy while passionately teaching and mentoring Christian love. Dr. Gibson is simply awesome in his ability to explain Bible passages. "Why are we all brothers and sisters? - God's - 'Our Father.'" Having studied and taught Greek, and Hebrew, he is truly a Biblical Scholar. He's humble and unique; he's baptized and mentored a long impressive list of contemporary Christians. With gleeful spirit and humorous intellect,...

From the tragic loss of courageous airmen who gave their lives for our freedom to the gentle breezes that swirl through graves in a quiet cemetery in Belgium’s countryside, Bob Steele takes us on a personal journey of history and revelation as he recounts the story of his uncle, a gunner on a World War II bomber, and his own personal quest to uncover the fates of the crewmen, their families, and gracious Europeans who honored them.

In a world where space travel is the ultimate frontier, one astronaut's mission to Mars becomes the catalyst for an unimaginable transformation. Tasked with helping to establish a new colony, he finds himself not only grappling with the isolation of space but also with a profound personal journey that challenges his very identity.

Leave Boring Religion and Have Fun With God! This dynamic book will impact your life and enlarge your world! Laugh and learn as you rejoice in these powerful truths presented with comical, real-life experiences you can relate to. Discover the depth of God’s compassion and love for you. Awaken your spiritual consciousness and ability to hear the Creator’s voice. Taste the incomparable wonders of the spiritual world. Experience the ecstasy of life, liberty, and unlimited happiness! Celebrate timeless treasures of untold wisdom and decode the divine mysteries of the ages. Surpass the ...

Human exploration of Mars is the most ambitious and exciting scientific goal of the 21st century, and few people on earth know as much about this fascinating planet as Dr Larry Crumpler. As one of the long-term planning leads for the Mars Exploration Rover Project, he helped control the daily communications between NASA and the rovers roaming the planet to gather scientific data. In this magnificent compendium, Dr. Crumpler recounts the history of the red planet, from the earliest days when ancient astronomers turned their eyes to the heavens to the breakthrough discoveries.

Samantha Spinner's Uncle Paul has gone missing again. But this time, he left behind a yellow mitten and a note: Watch out for the snow! That's weird, especially because they're in Seattle...and it's the middle of summer! Samantha has defeated ninjas, battled clowns, and faced down daredevils. But with the sinister snow, she may have met her math!* A puzzling uncle, a mission to Michigan, and a mysterious mitten. Let's hope Samantha's super-annoying brother can lend her a hand with...the perplexing pants! *That's a super-secret clue.