Refining Fire (Brides of Seattle Book #2)

Refining Fire (Brides of Seattle Book #2)
Author: Tracie Peterson
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2015-06-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1441269525

Twenty-two-year-old Militine Scott is in training at the Madison Bridal School in Seattle, yet she has no intention of pursuing marriage. What respectable man would have her? But she has found the school provides the perfect opportunity to keep her unsavory past hidden. Thane Patton, though fun-loving and fiercely loyal to his friends, hides a dark secret, as well. He finds himself drawn to Militine, sensing that she harbors a haunting pain similar to his own. Will they allow God to make something new and beautiful from the debris of their past?

Love's Refining Fire

Love's Refining Fire
Author: Anne McDonald
Publisher:
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2019-11-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781732368040

Trouble has hit Jennifer Warner like an unrelenting firestorm. The young widow of a murdered police officer loses her job and her home; and now her faith is reeling from the blows. Faced with the new-found knowledge that she has unwittingly befriended a criminal mastermind, Jennifer agrees to use her special gifts to help track him down. Where should she begin? Five million dollars worth of jewels are missing, and the suspect uses an alias and leaves no fingerprints. Now someone is out for blood--hers. Forced into hiding, Jennifer flees to northern Maine with her three-year-old daughter. While the new beginning promises her the chance for happiness, emotional demons from the past keep her from trusting the local doctor who has offered his friendship and his love. Jennifer's discovery of the killer's true identity draws the flames of intrigue tighter around her. When her daughter and surrogate mother disappear, Jennifer must battle a blizzard and her paralyzing fear of storms to find them. Will she arrive in time, and how will she free them?

Refined by Fire

Refined by Fire
Author: Brian Birdwell
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2011-08-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1414328974

2005 Gold Medallion Award finalist! When hijacked American Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, LTC (RET) Brian Birdwell was only 15 to 20 yards away. He stepped out into the corridor and was instantly engulfed in flames—burns consumed 60 percent of his body, with almost 40 percent of them third-degree. Thirty-plus operations and countless physical therapy sessions later, his recovery has truly been remarkable, and spiritually he and his family are stronger than ever before. Brian and his wife, Mel, tell their captivating story of God's grace and sovereignty.

Refiner's Fire

Refiner's Fire
Author: Mark Helprin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 550
Release: 2012-06-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0544052498

An Israeli soldier’s life flashes before his eyes in this epic tale: “As if The Odyssey had been updated and rewritten by Dylan Thomas” (The Listener, UK). In 1947, Marshall Pearl is orphaned at birth aboard an immigrant ship off the coast of Palestine. Brought to America, he grows up a child of the Hudson Valley, determined to see the world in all its beauty and ferocity. His epic journey takes him from Jamaica to Harvard; from Great Plains slaughterhouses to the Mexican desert; and from the sea to the Alps. Marshall is eventually drawn to Israel to confront the circumstance of his birth in a crucible of war, magic, suffering, and grace. We first meet Marshall among the mortally wounded Israeli soldiers who are being transferred to Haifa during the Yom Kippur War. From there we follow Marshall—along with his memories and dreams—as he reconstructs his life, galvanizing strength through all that he has learned, suffered, and hoped. “Superb...A first-rate odyssey, full of insight and humor and hard-earned truths”—San Francisco Chronicle

The Refiner's Fire

The Refiner's Fire
Author: Gavin Anthony
Publisher: Review and Herald Pub Assoc
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0828020078

Author Gavin Anthony lost his job, his health, his reputation, his girlfriend, and his dreams for the future. It was there---in the midst of the dark, lonely unknown---that he learned the truth about human brokenness and God's restorative ways. In The Refiner's Fire Anthony shares the inspiring, life-transforming lessons he has discovered about suffering. He explores biblical truths that will forever change how you look at the hard times in life: --God is still good, even when we hurt. --God uses suffering to make us more like Him. --Even---and especially---when life is tough, God is working out His plan. --We are not alone in our pain. The Refiner's Fire moves beyond cliche answers about suffering and offers a comforting, hope-filled perspective on God's purpose in pain. This book is an Adult Sabbath School companion book.

Candle in the Darkness (Refiner’s Fire Book #1)

Candle in the Darkness (Refiner’s Fire Book #1)
Author: Lynn Austin
Publisher: Bethany House
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2002-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1441202870

"A gripping tale told by a gifted writer."--Beverly Lewis Caroline Fletcher is caught in a nation split apart and torn between the ones she loves and a truth she can't deny The daughter of a wealthy slave-holding family from Richmond, Virginia, Caroline Fletcher is raised to believe slavery is God-ordained and acceptable. But on awakening to its cruelty and injustice, her eyes are opened to the men and women who have cared tirelessly for her. At the same time, her father and her fiance, Charles St. John, are fighting for the Confederacy and their beloved way of life and traditions. Where does Caroline's loyalty lie? Emboldened by her passion to make a difference and her growing faith, will she risk everything she holds dear?

Finding Your Bearings

Finding Your Bearings
Author: James A. Harnish
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2021-07-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 172529589X

If you feel you've lost your bearings, you aren't alone! Global pandemic . . . Economic crisis . . . Racial tensions . . . Political polarization . . . Climate change. The converging crises expose our timeless need for an internal compass to guide us through disruption, disorientation and change. James Harnish invites you into six crucial moments when Jesus found his bearings by recalling words and stories from the Old Testament. By connecting Jesus' story with your own, you can find your bearings as you walk the way Jesus walked in the way that Jesus walked it. It's the way that leads to life! Questions for Reflection create an opportunity for you to pause, find your place in the story, and determine your next step along the way. These may also be used for journaling or small group discussion.

Refiner's Fire

Refiner's Fire
Author: Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2001
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780800632533

What does religion have to do with fomenting or transcending violence? In this fascinating work, Kirk-Duggan documents and analyzes religion's involvement in violence, for good and ill, in the Bible, slavery, the Civil Rights Movement, and the youth scene of today.

Love’S Fire Works

Love’S Fire Works
Author: Andrew Carey
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 503
Release: 2015-12-15
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 150496165X

Loves Fire Works The Rule-Breaker is an explosive, power-packed work that communicates boldly about Gods fiery works to birth loves greater mysteries. The author shares his journey to overcome panic attacks and marital fireworks, and his personal stories offer hope and perspective for those struggling with relationships, anxiety, depression, hopelessness, or identity issues. This challenging yet grace-filled work is a refuge and light for connecting with God during trials. This work cries out with a tenacious, ever-pursuing love beyond the rules and ways of this earth, and yet, with a divine justice that feeds and gathers the poor, afflicted, and outcast. Going further with God means breaking our rules burning away the old to awaken us to know Gods perfect love that casts out fear and judgment. This ground-breaking, thought-provoking work will stir the Spirit to greater life within you for a long time to come.

Love Wins

Love Wins
Author: Rob Bell
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 006204964X

Millions of Christians have struggled with how to reconcile God's love and God's judgment: Has God created billions of people over thousands of years only to select a few to go to heaven and everyone else to suffer forever in hell? Is this acceptable to God? How is this "good news"? Troubling questions—so troubling that many have lost their faith because of them. Others only whisper the questions to themselves, fearing or being taught that they might lose their faith and their church if they ask them out loud. But what if these questions trouble us for good reason? What if the story of heaven and hell we have been taught is not, in fact, what the Bible teaches? What if what Jesus meant by heaven, hell, and salvation are very different from how we have come to understand them? What if it is God who wants us to face these questions? Author, pastor, and innovative teacher Rob Bell presents a deeply biblical vision for rediscovering a richer, grander, truer, and more spiritually satisfying way of understanding heaven, hell, God, Jesus, salvation, and repentance. The result is the discovery that the "good news" is much, much better than we ever imagined. Love wins.