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Pull on your boots! It's winter in Peabody, Wisconsin, and there is plenty of excitement afoot at the Derwood household. Wise-cracking siblings Jack and Penny become entangled in an international smuggling operation and the nonstop adventure of cracking a dangerous case. At times, however, it is hard to decide which is a greater threat: seasoned criminals or neighborhood bullies.

In the second book of the Peabody series, Scruggs finds himself caught in the middle of a ring of international spies, and they are trying to get rid of a stolen piece of technology. He has to decide who to trust among the strangers he meets, and he has to rely on his wits and courage as he tries to find a way back to the home he has longed for in Peabody, Wisconsin.

Featuring an expose on sermons by Jack Hyles, Lester Roloff, Jack Schaap, Bob Gray (Texas), and Jeff Owens, this book shocks the reader by showing the vast ignorance of the men preaching. Originally written in 2007, the second edition is being released in response to reader requests. Seven popular IFB sermons are chosen , outlined, and examined in light of the very texts that they claim to preach. The author shows the utter disregard for Scripture of the men preaching, as well as their ignorance of it. Where possible, urls to the full sermons referenced are provided in the text (as of 2021)...

Now updated with more cases and more insights into the scandals of prominent Fundamental Baptist churches and schools, SCHIZOPHRENIC CHRISTIANITY shows that child molesting is embedded into the culture Christian Fundamentalism. Using case study after case study of Independent Fundamental Baptist pastors accused, indicted, or convicted of child molesting, the author shows that these men continue to serve in the ministry unhindered. With surprising quotes from public leaders of Christian Fundamentalism such as the late Jerry Falwell, the author shows that many ultra-conservative Baptist ...

Krea is seven years old and a slave. With a ragged troupe of tumblers and jugglers, she travels from town to town in Folger, now a part of the kingdom of Bracken. Every day of the year she is walking or working, and she is always lonely. Then, as winter takes hold of Folger, the troupe realizes that an old woman is haunting their footsteps, and that she has her eye on Krea. In the last book of the Bracken Trilogy, the wise woman returns in a time when war is looming, slavery is legal, and the league of robbers is more powerful than ever.

Facing danger in the remote Canadian Rockies, Jack and Scruggs work together to overcome the dangers facing them and their team. Again and again they combine wit and courage to overcome the obstacles and dangers thrown in their way.

Princess Rosalynn is pretty, spoiled, and childish. She gives no thought to the men and women that protect her father's throne. Then one day, invaders from the enormous kingdom across the river storm across the Bridge and conquer the royal castle. Alone and in danger, Rosalynn sets out on foot to find her father. Driven by fear, she finds the Bridge and crosses it. In the enemy kingdom, she meets an unexpected friend--a woman who has discovered a secret way to save Rosalynn's kingdom. Together Rosalynn and the wise woman face enemy soldiers, wicked outlaws, and the wilds of the river on ...

In this second fanciful novel which follows The Bridge, Jeri Massi continues the history of the tiny island country of Bracken. Rosewyn is the young princess, daughter of Rosalynn and Herron. Unlike her quiet and gentle mother, Rosewyn is forever climbing trees and drainspouts, knocking down boys who bully her, and getting into trouble. Ready for adventure of any kind, she stumbles into a secret plot against her father's crown. With help from her beautiful, powerful grandmother, she escapes from the castle and begins her adventures in exile. After she and her grandmother are chased by their...

A Catalog of Child Molesters and Pedophiles in Baptist Churches (SBC and IFB). From the Baptist minister who sexually tortured little boys and photographed them, to the Baptist pastor who ordered that child victims and their families be harassed, this book catalogs the shock and the shame. To date, in spite of numerous news reports, publicized arrests, criminal convictions, documentaries, and sword statements from victims, Both the Independent Fundamental Baptists (IFB) and the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) refuse to take any steps at all to identfiy, confront, discipline, rebuke, ...

The whole gang from Peabody: Scruggs, Penny, Annette, Jack, and Jean, board a flight for a vacation in New England with Aunt Betty and Uncle Bill. But they find themselves abandoned in a strange, seemingly endless forest in the mountains. With very little food and no gear, they must keep moving as they try to figure out who has left them here, and who is following them, and what they want.

The gang of friends: Scruggs, Jack, Penny, Annette, and Jean have got their new clubhouse in place, but they are stormed by Eddy and his gang of pals who specialize in outwitting the Hall of Heroes and making them look ridiculous. Meanwhile, Jean has been assigned by her church's Young Helps group to clean house and assist the mysterious woman who lives by herself in the big, spooky house on a lonely and dark street. Why does Martha Jenkins have no friends, and why does she never leave her house?

Doc Ericson has just started a llama farm, north of Peabody, Wisconsin, and he asks Penny, Jack, and Scruggs to help out. As soon as they get there, however, strange things begin to happen. Who let the llamas run loose? Is somebody trying to make trouble for Doc Ericson and his llamas? And what about that telescope they discovered? Could it be watching them?

In the fourth book of the Peabody series, the meek and well behaved Jean asks the Lord to help her be brave and send her on an adventure. Over the next several weeks Jean learns to stand up for herself, say the truth even when it's hard, and say what she wants to do. But on a trip to her aunt and uncle's farm in Alabama, Jean has an abandoned hunting lodge, a cave, a missing will, and a stolen jewel to contend with. Proud that she has conquered her fear well enough to learn to ride a horse, Jean has enormous tasks.

Pastor Roye is recuperating in Florida and spends his mornings listening to radio preachers. They have done great works for God and will be the first to tell you so. Roye finds himself wanting when he compares their great deeds to his own. He has never done anything great. He has just plugged away, all his life, and now he is old: retirement age. A question hangs in the air, and he's too afraid to say it out loud: What if Marshland Baptist Church retires him?

A month of daily readings from the Bible for the purpose of unlearning the bad teachings of Christian Fundamentalism and learning the comfort, hope, and faith of Christianity. The book leads the reader through Scripture passages about the Love of God freely given to His children through Jesus Christ and the power of Christ's Love in their lives. Victims of legalistic teachings will find relief and freedom in the truths laid out in this small book.

With Pastor Roye on leave for six months, Marshland Baptist Church must find a preacher willing to serve in the interim. Meanwhile, nobody can figure out why the teen car washes are raking in hundreds of dollars in a town out in the middle of nowhere. Good fortune seems to follow the youth group, but the Sheriff is a little suspicious. Still, when the hearty, smiling Bill Manley shows up to be a temp preacher, the church's good luck seems to be holding. Then again .... Narrated with fondness and affection, the Marshland Baptist Chronicles detail the lives of the residents of Marshland, NC, ...

Survivors of sexual and domestic abuse in Christian Fundamentalism have been neglected and vilified by the teachings of Walter Fremont, Jim Berg, Bob Wood, Jack Hyles, Bill Gothard, and others. All of these men, as well as the behaviorist system called Nouthetic Counseling, have represented themselves as experts at counseling, in spite of not having even the most basic education in the proper treatment of acute trauma or post-traumatic conditions. They are also guilty of gross ignorance of the Bible. It is entirely possible for the Christian believer to live a life of triumph after abuse, ...

This anthology contains five short stories previously published in READING for Christian Schools Grade 6 (Bob Jones University Press 1988), updated for a new generation of readers, with plenty of new illustrations. Black and White interior and a full-cover cover. “Val is For Valiant” - An ordinary boy has an extraordinary dream that changes his life. “The Monument” - A game of tag turns into a journey of discovery and danger “Brethren Nisei” - A white American boy watches his Japanese friends undergo persecution during the war “Antarctica” - Two brothers help their uncle ...

More than merely inspirational! This book prtesents three months of daily devotions in which each passage is explained in easy-to-understand language, the context is shown, and the reader is helped to genuinely understand what the Bible is saying. Emotional, sexual, and financial abuses of innocent people are rampant in many churches today. Predatory pastors and church elders keep power over people by misrepresenting the Bible to them. The goal of this devotional series is to gently educate people who have been abused in churches on the essential concepts of the Christian faith so that they...

I am a woman martial arts master. In 1999, When actress Lynn Redgrave’s then husband John Clark was harassing her, I asked her to let me instruct her in the principles of martial enlightenment. She consented. This book is our correspondence. It is based on Miyamoto Musashi’s Book of Five Rings. It should be helpful to anybody in desperate circumstances. The lessons calmed and guided her. War begins in the mind, and an intelligent, calm fighter can defeat an opponent by exploiting the undisciplined fears and desires of his or her opponent.