Religious Life

Given his years of hard-earned practical experience as a mixed martial arts fighter, as well as decades spent honing his skills, Eric Wahlin understands hard work and discipline, and the mental and physical grit needed to be a successful professional fighter. Along the way, his study of MMA led him to a place he never expected - a new understanding of God and a deeper relationship with Him that has enhanced and enriched his life.

En este libro, el doctor Frank Kinslow te da las herramientas necesarias para transformar las vidas de tu familia, tus amigos e incluso de personas desconocidas. En cuestión de segundos, podrás mejorarla de una manera profunda y para siempre. Y al hacerlo, también te transformarás a ti mismo. No podría ser de otro modo. Aparentemente todo será igual que antes, sin embargo te notarás más afectuoso y animoso. Tus amistades notarán que has cambiado, que estás más presente y eres más generoso.

Sent: Becoming a Fisher of Men is an inspiring and deeply personal memoir of faith, resilience, and transformation. Brezhnev invites listeners into his powerful story, starting from his lowest point—homeless, hopeless, and lost—to discovering a divine purpose that changed his life forever.

This book is a memoir of an unlikely relationship between the author, Karen Hall — a television writer and producer of hit shows like M*A*S*H, Hillstreet Blues, Moonlighting and The Good Wife — and conservative Jesuit biblical scholar Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ, who died in September 2020. It exposes the silencing of Fr. Mankowski by his religious order for airing its dirty laundry and for upholding the two-thousand-year magisterium of the Catholic Church.

Joseph F. Smith was born in 1838 to Hyrum Smith and Mary Fielding Smith. Six years later both his father and his uncle, Joseph Smith Jr., the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were murdered in Carthage, Illinois. The trauma of that event remained with Joseph F. for the rest of his life, affecting his personal behavior and public tenure in the highest tiers of the LDS Church, including the post of president from 1901 until his death in 1918.

God has called you to be an agent of cultural change! America is experiencing a cultural revolution. Against the onslaught of conflicting political agendas, powerful media pressures, and radical ideologies, what should Christians think? How should we respond? In Counterculture, Pastor Duane Sheriff reveals how the "woke" movement has a form of godliness but denies the power of the cross. Instead of aligning with the dominant cultural trends, believers must rise up and forge a kingdom culture, countering critical race theory with "critical grace theory".

During its 2,500-year life, the book of Genesis has been the keystone to almost every important claim about reality, humanity, and God in Judaism and Christianity. And it continues to play a central role in debates about science, politics, and human rights. With clarity and skill, acclaimed biblical scholar Ronald Hendel provides a panoramic history of this iconic book, exploring its impact on Western religion, philosophy, science, politics, literature, and more.

The Book Has Been Described as an Incredible Journey and Awakening in Finding God! Narrated by Joseph LoBrutto III and orchestrated music of renowned musician Man Parrish brings the book Is There More to Life Than What We Know?” to life. This book is an inspiring testimonial of how author Joseph LoBrutto III has embraced a deeply spiritual journey throughout his life. An intriguing blend of New Age philosophy, Judaism and Christianity, it is a personal account of the blessings that come with the pairing of powerful spiritual insight and a firm belief in a higher power.

We all have dreams of doing something meaningful, even incredible with our lives. But where do you start? How do you overcome the things holding you back? This book will take you on a life-changing journey that will equip and empower you to overcome life's challenges. Through laughter and tears, miracles and mayhem, Jeff shares how God caused an incredibly difficult life and devastating physical impairment to work together for good as he engaged in the pursuit of purpose and destiny. The powerful life lessons shared will impact and guide you in your own pursuit for purpose.

Benjamin Franklin: Cultural Protestant follows Franklin's remarkable career through the lens of the trends and innovations that the Protestant Reformation started (both directly and indirectly) almost two centuries earlier. His work as a printer, civic reformer, institution builder, scientist, inventor, writer, self-help dispenser, politician, and statesmen was deeply rooted in the culture and outlook that Protestantism nurtured.

NineLives to Eternity is one man's true chronicle of cheating death a miraculous twenty-seven times. This inspirational and faith-driven human triumph details the aftermath of the author's many harrowing experiences and mishaps, any of which should have resulted in certain death, yet somehow he was incessantly saved by Guardian Angels. The numerous near-death experiences accounted for twenty-six fractured bones and rendered the author unconscious on five separate occasions, yet he somehow lived to tell his compelling story.

En passant une journee avec un petit garcon et son petit frere handicape, vos enfants decouvriront que Dieu nous aime tous autant, quels que soient nos besoins et nos capacites, car nous sommes tous crees a son image. Ce livre vous permettra de parler en famille de l’empathie et de la compassion, surtout vis-a-vis des enfants qui ont des besoins particuliers.

Twelve-year-old Nimra Sharif has spent her whole life in Islamic school, but now it's time to go to "real school". Nimra's nervous, but as long as she has Jenna, her best friend who already goes to the public school, she figures she can take on just about anything. Unfortunately, middle school is hard. The teachers are mean, the schedule is confusing, and Jenna starts giving hijab-wearing Nimra the cold shoulder around the other kids. Desperate to fit in and get back in Jenna's good graces, Nimra accepts an unlikely invitation to join the school's popular eighth-grade boy band.

Where do we go when we die? Or is there nowhere to go? Is death something we can do or is it just something that happens to us? Now in his ninth decade, former Bishop of Edinburgh, Richard Holloway, has spent a lifetime at the bedsides of the dying, guiding countless men and women towards peaceful deaths. In The Last Bus, he presents a positive, meditative and profound exploration of the many important lessons we can learn from death.

A simple and sustainable path to a deep and satisfying walk with Christ There are thousands of how-to books for improving various areas of life--self, relationships, finances, fitness, business, marriage, family. And there are nearly as many books written for believers offering a framework for...

The Bhagavad Gita, perhaps the most famous of all Indian scriptures, is universally regarded as one of the world's spiritual and literary masterpieces. Richard Davis tells the story of this venerable and enduring book, from its origins in ancient India to its reception today as a spiritual classic that has been translated into more than 75 languages. The Gita opens on the eve of a mighty battle, when the warrior Arjuna is overwhelmed by despair and refuses to fight.

In his retirement, Thomas Jefferson edited the New Testament with a penknife and glue, removing all mention of miracles and other supernatural events. Inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment, Jefferson hoped to reconcile Christian tradition with reason by presenting Jesus of Nazareth as a great moral teacher - not a divine one. Peter Manseau tells the story of the Jefferson Bible, exploring how each new generation has reimagined the book in its own image as listeners grapple with both the legacy of the man who made it and the place of religion in American life.

Thirty short-yet-powerful morning and evening reflections offer encouragement, hope, and inspiration to people dealing with a life-threatening illness, and to their family members and caretakers. Here are honest insights and personal stories from a pastor who continues his own journey with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease".

In her award-winning memoir Here If You Need Me, Kate Braestrup won the hearts of readers across the country with her deeply moving and deftly humorous stories of faith, hope and family. Now, with her inimitable voice and generous spirit, she turns her attention to the subjects of love and...

Churchill was far from transparent about his religious beliefs and never regularly attended church services as an adult, even considering himself “not a pillar of the church but a buttress”, in the sense that he supported it “from the outside”. But Gary Scott Smith assembles pieces of Churchill’s life and words to convey the profound sense of duty and destiny, partly inspired by his religious convictions, that undergirded his outlook.