Freeing God's Children

Freeing God's Children
Author: Allen D. Hertzke
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2006
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780742547322

Given unprecedented insider access, author Allen D. Hertzke charts the rise of the new faith-based movement for global human rights and tells the compelling story of the personalities and forces, clashes and compromises, strategies and protests that shape it. In doing so, Hertzke shows that by raising issues_such as global religious persecution, Sudanese atrocities, North Korean gulags, and sex trafficking_the movement is impacting foreign policy around the world.

All God's Children

All God's Children
Author: Aaron Gwyn
Publisher: Europa Editions
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2020-10-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1609456351

This sweeping novel set in the province of Texas is “a powerful depiction of the rough realities of frontier life [and] the vicious influence of racism” (The New York Times). Finalist for the Reading the West Book Award for Fiction In 1827, Duncan Lammons, a disgraced young man from Kentucky, sets out to join the American army in the province of Texas, hoping that here he may live—and love—as he pleases. That same year, Cecelia, a young slave in Virginia, runs away for the first time. Soon infamous for her escape attempts, Cecelia continues to drift through the reality of slavery—until she encounters frontiersman Sam Fisk, who rescues her from a slave auction in New Orleans. In spite of her mistrust, Cecelia senses an opportunity for freedom, and travels with Sam to Texas, where he has a homestead. In this new territory, where the law is an instrument for the cruel and the wealthy, they begin an unlikely life together, unaware that their fates are intertwined with those of Sam’s former army mates, including Duncan Lammons, a friend—and others who harbor dangerous dreams of their own. This “swift and skillful Western” takes its place among the great stories that recount the country’s fight for freedom—one that makes us want to keep on with the struggle (The Wall Street Journal). “Gwyn creates an overwhelmingly visceral and emotionally rich narrative amid Texas’s complex path to statehood . . . This is a masterpiece of western fiction in the tradition of Cormac McCarthy and James Carlos Blake.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “It’s always a pleasure to discover another superb writer who had not been on my radar . . . many scenes pulse with tension, tenderness or both.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune

All God's Children

All God's Children
Author: Fox Butterfield
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2008-01-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0307280330

A timely reissue of Fox Butterfield’s masterpiece, All God’s Children, a searing examination of the caustic cumulative effect of racism and violence over 5 generations of black Americans. Willie Bosket is a brilliant, violent man who began his criminal career at age five; his slaying of two subway riders at fifteen led to the passage of the first law in the nation allowing teenagers to be tried as adults. Butterfield traces the Bosket family back to their days as South Carolina slaves and documents how Willie is the culmination of generations of neglect, cruelty, discrimination and brutality directed at black Americans. From the terrifying scourge of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction to the brutal streets of 1970s New York, this is an unforgettable examination of the painful roots of violence and racism in America.

Releasing Family Blessings

Releasing Family Blessings
Author: Larry Huch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Families
ISBN: 9781603745543

"The authors share biblical wisdom and practical tips gleaned from thirty-five-plus years of marriage and ministry together to demonstrate how to build a strong, healthy, happy family by doing it God's way"--Provided by publisher.

God's Perfect Child

God's Perfect Child
Author: Caroline Fraser
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2018-06-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1250207274

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former Christian Scientist Caroline Fraser comes the first unvarnished account of one of America's most controversial and little-understood religious movements. Millions of Americans – from Lady Astor to Ginger Rogers to Watergate conspirator H. R. Haldeman – have been touched by the Church of Christ, Scientist. Founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879, Christian Science was based on a belief that intense contemplation of the perfection of God can heal all ills – an extreme expression of the American faith in self-reliance. In this unflinching investigation, Caroline Fraser, herself raised in a Scientist household, shows how the Church transformed itself from a small, eccentric sect into a politically powerful and socially respectable religion, and explores the human cost of Christian Science's remarkable rise. Fraser examines the strange life and psychology of Mary Baker Eddy, who lived in dread of a kind of witchcraft she called Malicious Animal Magnetism. She takes us into the closed world of Eddy's followers, who refuse to acknowledge the existence of illness and death and reject modern medicine, even at the cost of their children's lives. She reveals just how Christian Science managed to gain extraordinary legal and Congressional sanction for its dubious practices and tracks its enormous influence on new-age beliefs and other modern healing cults. A passionate exposé of zealotry, God's Perfect Child tells one of the most dramatic and little-known stories in American religious history.

101 Questions Children Ask about God

101 Questions Children Ask about God
Author: David Veerman
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1992
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780842351027

Any caretaker of children will appreciate these concise, thoughtful, easy-to-explain answers to some of the most important questions children will ever ask.i

Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children

Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children
Author: Jodie Berndt
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2017-12-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310348072

OVER 500,000 SOLD IN THE PRAYING THE SCRIPTURES SERIES As parents of adult children, we often worry about whether our children will make good choices when they're on their own. Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children provides you with biblically based prayers and encouraging stories to guide you as you pray for your adult children through anything they face. Parent and author Jodie Berndt understands what it's like to release children into the world and still care deeply about them and everything they're up against in life. In Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children, Jodie shares prayers designed with your adult children in mind, whether they're just leaving the nest, flying well on their own, or struggling to take off at all. Jodie shares advice on navigating all aspects of adulthood with encouraging stories from experienced parents who are praying their children through real-life issues like leaving the church, struggling with health concerns, navigating broken marriages, fighting addiction, dealing with financial problems, and more. In Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children, Jodie addresses some of the most difficult questions that confront parents: How can I support my children when they make decisions I disagree with? Is it too late to start praying for my children? What does the Bible teach us about praying for our children? With the grace and wisdom of someone who's been there, Jodie shares the tools and encouragement you need to find the strength to keep praying, even as you doubt yourself and grieve over your children's choices. Whatever you're praying for, Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children will help you find confidence and peace taken straight from Scripture, guiding you to the bedrock of God's promises as you release your children to God's shepherding care.

Any Time, Any Place, Any Prayer

Any Time, Any Place, Any Prayer
Author: Laura Wifler
Publisher: Tales That Tell the Truth
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781784986605

Teach kids how to pray with this beautifully illustrated Bible storybook.

Breaking Free: Making Liberty in Christ a Reality in Life

Breaking Free: Making Liberty in Christ a Reality in Life
Author: Beth Moore
Publisher: Lifeway Church Resources
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2009-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781415868034

Breaking Free: The Journey, The Stories leads you through a study of the Scriptures to discover the transforming power of Christian freedom. Based on Isaiah 61:1-4, this in-depth Bible study draws parallels between the captive Israelites. Teacher Beth Moore uses Scripture to help identify spiritual strongholds in your life, no matter how big or small. She explains that anything that hinders us from the benefits of knowing God is bondage. Breaking Free is Beths life message that she wants to share with you. First released in 1996, this updated version of Breaking Free includes 11 new video teaching messages taped live at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, along with reedited Bible study content and testimonies of how women like you have found freedom and been delivered from their personal captivity. No matter what life stage youre in or struggles youre going through, Breaking Free is the essential study for you. Sessions: 11 video sessions with 10 weeks of print study; Product Description (chapters, topics, etc): Week 1: Untying the Cords of the Yoke, Week 2: That You May Know, Week 3: Removing the Obstacles, Week 4: Rebuilding the Ancient Ruins, Week 5: Binding Up the Brokenhearted, Week 6: Beauty from Ashes, Week 7: The Potter and the Clay, Week 8: Gods Unfailing Love, Week 9: The Steadfast Mind, Week 10: The Display of His Splendor;

Blind Spot

Blind Spot
Author: Paul A. Marshall
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0195374371

Today understanding of religion is essential to understanding many major news stories. This book examines how the media frequently miss or misunderstand these stories because they do not take religion seriously, and how they misunderstand religion when they do take it seriously. To the extent that journalists do not grasp events' religious dimensions, both global and local, the authors argue, they are hindered from, and sometimes incapable of, describing what is happening. However, on the national level the press is one of the most secular institutions in American society -- not necessarily contemptuous of serious religion, just uncomprehending. The essays in this book examine nine specific news stories that were inadequately or incorrectly reported by major news sources because their religious dimension was ignored, overlooked, or misrepresented. These stories range from the 2004 U.S. presidential elections to Iran, Iraq, and the papal succession. In each case the author demonstrates how the story might have been more effectively reported and concludes with specific suggestions for journalist. The authors include both scholars and experienced news analysts. Although it will be of particular interest to people of faith, the book offers all readers an interesting and balanced analysis of the news media's uneasy relationship with religion and religious issues.