Freedom: Submit to Destiny Book 4

Freedom: Submit to Destiny Book 4
Author: Sophie Kisker
Publisher: Odyssey Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2022-02-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Dreams of tranquility go careening into the unknown... The war is over, and I long to do nothing more than sit at my beloved Master's feet. Instead, I'm in charge of a camp full of POWs, trying to make their lives more tolerable than my own time behind the razor wire. And then 2 little blue lines on a plastic stick change everything. Pregnant? Ryan is desperate to keep me safe. He's putting me in a box, and the harder he pushes, the more I push back. Once, my whole world revolved around him. Now I rarely call him Sir. And then he pushes too far, and I use my safe word. Freedom _______________ HEA, Explicit sex, D/s, punishments. This is the final book of the Finding Home Series. Lots of sexy times, angst, danger, and definitely an HEA. Excerpt: “Come on, one more time!” Her eyes closed tight with effort, Liz pushed the first baby out and into the doctor’s waiting hands. The baby looked startled, as though she’d been sleeping peacefully until suddenly being thrust into the bright lights. “It’s a girl!” the doctor pronounced as she laid the slippery, squirming, suddenly-bawling baby on Liz’s chest. “What’s her name?” It took Ryan a moment to realize she’d asked a question. “Um, Mercy. After Liz’s mom.” The nurse was drying the baby off and doing an exam. “Liz,” she called softly. She opened her eyes. “I need to take her over to the other bed. She’s breathing a little fast.” Liz nodded. Ryan was torn between his daughter a dozen feet away, and his wife whose hand he held tight, and who had another baby to deliver. The decision was made for him when a contraction started. Liz screwed up her face and bore down. “C’mon, love, you can do it. Let’s get Hannah out here to meet her sister.” A handful of pushes later the other baby slipped out and she, too, looked peeved at her circumstances. Ryan felt the tension of the last two days slip out of him as his second daughter joined her cries with the first, and he let out a laugh at the expression on her face. “She looks just like you when you’re mad!” Liz didn’t respond; her eyes were closed with exhaustion, though her grip on Ryan’s hand was tight. A nurse moved the baby from Liz’s chest to a warmer where the team started drying her off. “Ryan,” she whispered, “go check on them. Please.” He squeezed her hand and left her side. Both babies were now pink and protesting. He looked from one to another—tiny little girls with heads full of dark blond hair, and so exactly like each other he wasn’t sure who was whom. He turned back to look at Liz, but something wasn't right. The nurse told the doctor that Liz’s blood pressure had jumped up, and as she spoke, Liz began shaking so hard the whole bed rattled. The doctor called out orders in a calm voice, and suddenly the room was filled with a buzz of activity. Ryan watched in disbelief as Liz continued to shake even as they turned her to her side and gave her oxygen, and stuck something into her IV line. No one paid attention to him as they worked quickly and efficiently. The seizure seemed to go on forever and ever, but finally it quieted. Liz was now surrounded by lines and machines and people who had appeared out of nowhere. There was the steady beeping of a heart monitor. Someone opened the door, someone else released the brakes on the bed, and in an instant, she was rolled out the door and was gone. And Ryan felt more alone than he ever thought possible. ___________________________ Keywords: alternate universe, other Realities, dark fantasy romance, Finding Home series, Sophie Kisker, consensual, pregnancy romance, unexpected pregnancy, Pregnancy Romance, unexpected baby, babies twins, Master and submissive, master/slave, dominance and submission, completed series

Freedom through Submission: Muslim-talk in Contemporary Denmark

Freedom through Submission: Muslim-talk in Contemporary Denmark
Author: Johannes Renders
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2021-03-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004448950

In Freedom through Submission Johannes Renders explores Danish-Muslim statements on human freedom, analysing the Muslim community’s attempts to reconfigure a public debate that pits freedom against islam.

Last Call for Liberty

Last Call for Liberty
Author: Os Guinness
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830873376

The American republic is suffering its gravest crisis since the Civil War. Will conflicts, hostility, and incivility tear the country apart? Os Guinness provides a careful observation of the American experiment, offering a stirring vision for faithful citizenship and renewed responsibility for not only the nation but also the watching world.

Liberty for All

Liberty for All
Author: Andrew T. Walker
Publisher: Brazos Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2021-05-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493431153

Christians are often thought of as defending only their own religious interests in the public square. They are viewed as worrying exclusively about the erosion of their freedom to assemble and to follow their convictions, while not seeming as concerned about publicly defending the rights of Muslims, Hindus, Jews, and atheists to do the same. Andrew T. Walker, an emerging Southern Baptist public theologian, argues for a robust Christian ethic of religious liberty that helps the church defend religious freedom for everyone in a pluralistic society. Whether explicitly religious or not, says Walker, every person is striving to make sense of his or her life. The Christian foundations of religious freedom provide a framework for how Christians can navigate deep religious difference in a secular age. As we practice religious liberty for our neighbors, we can find civility and commonality amid disagreement, further the church's engagement in the public square, and become the strongest defenders of religious liberty for all. Foreword by noted Princeton scholar Robert P. George.

Doing What's Right

Doing What's Right
Author: David W. Gooding
Publisher:
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2019-03-08
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781912721153

Gooding and Lennox present ethical theories that claim to hold the basic principles everyone should follow. They compare the insights and potential weaknesses of each system by asking: what is its authority, its goal, its rules, and its guidance for life? They evaluate why even the best theories have proven to be impossible to follow consistently.

God's World. No String Puppets

God's World. No String Puppets
Author: Jane Lee-Barker
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2022-11-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532663218

We live in a world facing many crises, pandemics, climate and environmental challenges, human rights abuses, and threats of totalitarian regimes. Romano Guardini (1885–1968), a major influencer of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, worked through one of the most difficult periods of German history—the first half of the twentieth century. What does he have to say to these challenges, and how is his notion of providence relevant today? Jane Lee-Barker shows how Guardini’s insight and deep thought on God’s providence weave their way through his work, enabling the reader to fully appreciate “God’s world.” In relationship with God, the human person is invited to participate in responsible care for the world while responding to their own vocational call from the God who sustains him or her.

Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (Baker Reference Library)

Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (Baker Reference Library)
Author: Walter A. Elwell
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 1312
Release: 2001-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441200304

Fifteen years after its original publication comes a thoroughly revised edition of the Evangelical Dictionary of Theology. Every article from the original edition has been revisited. With some articles being removed, others revised, and many new articles added, the result is a completely new dictionary covering systematic, historical, and philosophical theology as well as theological ethics.