The 12th Commandment

The 12th Commandment
Author: John R Mullen
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2021-03-07
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ISBN:

This 40-Week devotional comes at a unique time in modern history. It was written during a government-imposed lockdown designed to limit the spread of Covid-19 in the Czech Republic. The whole world is fighting the same battle.The motivation behind the project was simply to aid our community in serving themselves Communion while we could offer only on-line services. My wife and I arrived in the Czech Republic in the autumn of 1996 to serve in a Czech "church plant" with a vision to minister to the English-speaking community in Prague. We were installed as the lead pastors January 5, 1997, and have been celebrating Communion every Sunday since... at least until the first Covid-19 lockdowns.A fair question is, why is Communion so important to us? To be honest, initially celebrating Communion every time we gathered for a Sunday service was more out of blind obedience than deep conviction. However, the experience of weekly Communion has engrained a spiritual rhythm, to the point that a Sunday without Communion feels incomplete and lacking the spiritual connection discovered in the process.This book is not meant to be a replacement for community worship services. However, at times we are unable to join with our community and we are still hungry for the intimacy found in receiving Communion. This book is intended to facilitate those times via structured Bible readings and teachings on the topic of Communion. The seemingly exhaustible question I address is, why did Jesus command us to "do this to remember [him]?" The title of this devotional is symbolic of the importance of Holy Communion.At the beginning of the evening Passover meal, Jesus directs the disciples, "You ought to wash each other's feet. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you." Symbolically, we could call this the 11th Commandment. Next Scripture records another directive: On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me." In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant between God and his people-an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this to remember me as often as you drink it." For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord's death until he comes again (1 Cor. 11:23-26). This symbolic "12th Commandment" is followed by another command that Jesus refers to as a "commandment." Jesus tells his disciples after the meal, "So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples" (Jn. 13:34-35). In honor of 1 Corinthians 13, let's refer to this as the "13th Commandment." Please keep in mind that these devotions individually highlight an aspect of what might be behind Jesus' directive. The different weeks might vary from obvious to speculative points. However, the intent is to thoroughly explore the possibilities and get you thinking about a different aspect that might be related to Jesus' thinking. This will help avoid Communion becoming routine or merely a religious exercise.My hope is that you'll read each entry of this book and pray/meditate over the points brought up. The 40-week readings are ideal for those struggling with loneliness, sickness, times of spiritual drought, or times of struggle. Consider taking personal notes in a journal with each chapter. I pray you may find new determination in your struggles, new hope, new breakthroughs and new intimacy in your relationship with Christ. These unprecedented days will require more intimacy with Christ than ever before.

The 12th Commandment

The 12th Commandment
Author: Daniel Torday
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2023-01-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250191823

Swirling with secrets and their consequences, exploring how revelation and redemption might be accessed through sin, and driven through twists and turns toward a startling conclusion, The 12th Commandment is a brilliant novel by award-winning author Daniel Torday. The Dönme sect—a group of Jewish-Islamic adherents with ancient roots—lives in an isolated community on rural land outside of smalltown Mt. Izmir, Ohio. Self-sustaining, deeply-religious, and heavily-armed, they have followed their self-proclaimed prophet, Natan of Flatbush, from Brooklyn to this new land. But the brutal murder of Natan’s teenage son throws their tight community into turmoil. When Zeke Leger, a thirty-year-old writer at a national magazine, arrives from New York for the funeral of a friend, he becomes intrigued by the case, and begins to report on the murder. His college girlfriend Johanna Franklin prosecuted the case, and believes it is closed. Before he knows it, Zeke becomes entangled in the conflict between the Dönme, suspicious local citizens, Johanna, and the law—with dangerous implications for his body and his soul.

The Sixth Commandment

The Sixth Commandment
Author: Lawrence Sanders
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2013-02-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453298401

A New York Times–bestselling thriller of medicine and murder by an Edgar Award–winning legend of suspense. The Bingham Foundation is one of the most important scientific charities in the country, giving grants that can make or break a researcher’s career. When they get a proposal that seems too good to be true, they send hardened investigator Samuel Todd to confirm that the science holds up. A cynical detective with a sixth sense for deception and a bad habit of committing adultery, Todd has never met a liar he couldn’t crack. But he’s never met anyone like T. G. Thorndecker. Thorndecker won the Nobel Prize in his thirties, and his work continues to push the outer limits of modern technology. After years of secret research, he claims to have made a breakthrough in the war against aging. When he requests a million-dollar grant from the Bingham Foundation, Todd goes to find out if he’s on the level. As he digs into the demise of Thorndecker’s first wife and late-night happenings in the lab, Todd comes face to face with a medical mystery that blurs the line between life and death. The author of the bestselling Edward X. Delaney series, called “a master of suspense” by the Washington Post, was one of the most popular thriller authors of the twentieth century. The Sixth Commandment shows that his work remains as irresistibly exciting as ever.

The Seventh Commandment

The Seventh Commandment
Author: Lawrence Sanders
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2013-02-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 145329841X

DIVLawrence Sanders concludes his bestselling Commandment series with a sizzling tale of hot-blooded lust and stone-cold murder Nothing gets by Dora Conti. Her latest case brings the tough-as-nails claims adjuster to the mean streets of New York, where Lewis Starrett, a wealthy society jeweler, has been fatally stabbed. Though the killer was apparently an amateur, there was a lot of power behind the knife’s thrust./divDIV /divDIVThe victim lived in an eighteen-room duplex on Fifth Avenue with his wife, daughter, son, and daughter-in-law. Conti must look into the lives of this privileged clan before deciding whether to pay out Lewis Starrett’s life insurance policy. As it turns out, their family affairs are a seething viper’s nest of lust, adultery, and escalating violence. The body count rises—along with Conti’s growing desire for burnt-out cop John Wenden./div

The 12 Commandments of Socialism

The 12 Commandments of Socialism
Author: A.Y Ph.D.
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2020-10-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1664203702

The 12 Commandments of Socialism is an in-depth description of the reality of life and the reality of socialism in socialist countries. It proves the limited freedom and serious violations of human rights. It presents how freedom is exercised with the limited accesses to Free Press, Free Speech, Free Assembly, Free Trials By Jury, Free Travel, Free Votes and Free Social Benefits The 12 Commandments of Socialism also leads the readers to the enlightenment and the fact that the socialist egalitarian utopia has never become a reality in any country that had and has been applying socialism in more than one century of its existence. Socialism indeed delivers so many injustices, sufferings, inequalities, suppressions, poverty and deaths. The 12 Commandments of Socialism is not a speculation or theory but it is well supported with many true stories of socialist victims. These victims faced either the life-long imprisonment and hard labor camps for 10 years to 30 years or the execution of their lives and the endless sufferings of their family members. Millions of people were starved or run their exodus from the socialist regimes. The 12 Commandments of Socialism is composed with a great writing style and rhetorical devices that are used to lead the readers to the reality of socialism and remind the readers to be discerning to the many great and tempting promises of socialism and the socialists who promise heaven but hell is the final outcome and destination. The 12 Commandments of Socialism is also a great philosophical and religious discussion of many areas of life and value. Thus is it not only a great book for reading but also for reflections and refreshments. It is also a touching and inspiring book for a must-to-read book

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments
Author: David Hazony
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2010-09-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1416562516

Part memoir, part scholarship, part manifesto for a vital approach to life, David Hazony’s book tackles some of the most painful human questions that stand at the heart of who we are as modern, thinking people and offers answers that are sure to start a new discussion about the meaning of one of our most enduring, yet least understood, traditions. Across the Western World, the Ten Commandments have become a source of both inspiration and controversy, whether in Supreme Court rulings, in film and literature, or as a religious icon gracing houses of worship of every Christian and Jewish denomination. But what do the commandments really stand for? According to polls, less than half of all Americans can even name more than four of them. Fewer still can name all ten or have a clear idea of the ideals they were meant to promote. For most of us, agnostics and faithful alike, they have been relegated to the level of a symbol, and the teachings they contain are all but forgotten. In Western life today, the Ten Commandments are everywhere— except where we need them most. In The Ten Commandments, David Hazony offers a powerful new look at our most venerable moral text. Combining a fresh reading of the Old Testament’s most riveting stories and ancient rabbinic legends with a fearless exploration of what ails society today, Hazony shows that the Ten Commandments are not just a set of obscure laws but encapsulate a deeply valuable approach to life—one that is as relevant now as it was when they first appeared more than two millennia ago.

Social Dynamics in Second Language Accent

Social Dynamics in Second Language Accent
Author: John M. Levis
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1614511764

This volume offers a definitive source for understanding social influences in L2 pronunciation, demonstrating the importance of empirical findings from a number of research perspectives, and outlining the directions that future work can take. The aim is to present a coherent argument for the significance of social factors and how they contribute to phonological acquisition.

Holy Bible (NIV)

Holy Bible (NIV)
Author: Various Authors,
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 6793
Release: 2008-09-02
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0310294142

The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

Orphan X

Orphan X
Author: Gregg Hurwitz
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2016-01-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466876514

“Brilliantly conceived and plotted ... Read this book. You’ll thank me later.” -- David Baldacci The first in the international bestselling series! Who is Orphan X? The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It’s said that when he’s reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save them. But he’s not merely a legend. “Excellent...A smart, stylish, state-of-the-art thriller...might give Lee Child’s Jack Reacher books a run for their money.”—The Washington Post Evan Smoak is a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He’s also a man with a dangerous past. Chosen as a child, he was raised and trained as an Orphan, an off-the-books black box program designed to create the perfect deniable intelligence asset: An assassin. Evan was Orphan X—until he broke with the program and used everything he learned to disappear. But now someone is on his tail. Someone with similar skills and training who will exploit Evan’s secret new identity as the Nowhere Man to eliminate him. “Hurwitz melds nonstop action and high-tech gadgetry...in this excellent series opener.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The Twelve Commandments of Jesus

The Twelve Commandments of Jesus
Author: Rodolfo Martin Vitangcol
Publisher: Rodolfo Martin Vitangcol
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2022-11-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Jesus’ teachings are so many and so varied that when someone is asked, “WHAT ARE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS?”—they are at a loss where to start. I thought why not gather all together the very important teachings of Jesus and capsulize them in a form of commandments—numbering not more than twelve—that when someone gets to be asked again, “WHAT ARE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS?”—all they need to do is to recite the commandments and, without much effort, they have satisfactorily answered the question. And that is exactly what I did. I assembled together the core teachings of Jesus and tried to capture them within twelve commandments. Behold are these “TWELVE COMMANDMENTS OF JESUS” that when obeyed by even just one third of the world are enough to turn our world into a kingdom of God. Happy reading!