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The Old Testament is one of the foundational texts of Western civilization, and is among the most impactful and widely read books in world history. In 24 enthralling lectures, Professor Miller guides you through a core selection of the major books of the Old Testament, inviting you to probe their meaning and relevance in incisive and thought-provoking commentary. In Understanding the Old Testament, you’ll take a revelatory look at this epically impactful document, finding its deeper historical and religious meanings, as well as its sublime literary treasures.

From America's beginning, Christians have often merged their religious faith with national identity. But what is Christian nationalism? Paul D. Miller, a Christian scholar, political theorist, veteran, and former White House staffer, provides a detailed portrait of—and case against—Christian nationalism. Miller shows what's at stake if we misunderstand the relationship between Christianity and the American nation. Christian nationalism is an illiberal political theory, at odds with the genius of the American experiment, and could prove devastating to both church and state.

The annals of movie history are full of lost treasures – spectacular scripts from world-renowned writers that could have been classics, had they only been made. Now, for the first time, some of these forgotten gems have been brought to life, fully realised as vivid, cinematic radio productions. Scripted by major 20th Century writers, they star a host of A-list actors and feature richly evocative, atmospheric soundtracks.

American Methodism Revised and Updated begins with the explosion of evangelical Pietism and revolutionary Methodism, the First Great Awakening, as an independent nation was formed. It then highlights key nineteenth century themes and Methodist contributions, such as spreading scriptural holiness through missions and literature, planting tens of thousands of Sunday schools and churches by Circuit Riders, the pivotal Methodist schism between abolitionists and enslavers, the innovative building of schools and hospitals into the next century, and the revivalism of the Second Great Awakening.

Being diagnosed with breast cancer can be scary and confusing. There are medical terms to learn, options to consider, and important decisions to make, all while trying to carry on with work, family, and life. The Breast Cancer Book can't reverse a diagnosis or make breast cancer disappear, but every moment can inform and empower you or your loved ones, no matter where you are in the breast cancer experience.

Grab your partner and join the spirits on the dance floor. Scare Street’s latest collection of supernatural horror is a grand ball of fear and nightmares. This sinister collection is bursting with 14 tales of terror - more than enough to keep you dancing with demons all night long.

According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 37 percent of Americans identify themselves as spiritual but not religious. How to Be Spiritual Without Being Religious is a book for that sizable number of folks who seek a rich and authentic interior life but find formal religious affiliation unappealing. It is a clear and nondogmatic guide for finding one's own path of transformation, for embracing a vision of a "practical faith" that enhances a life of happiness and peace.

Everyone has drive—a very strong energy and determination to achieve a goal or satisfy a need. But drive can remain dormant, and it alone isn't enough to create the kind of success in work and life you want. In What Drives You, former pro athlete, performance guide, and star podcaster Kevin Miller takes you on an enlightening journey to discover how this motivational force works and how to get yourself in the mindset you need to find your true inspiration and fulfillment.

Knowledge of the ancient power of Egyptian Sacred Geometry is combined with the discoveries of Viktor Shauberger, Masaru Emoto, David Hudson and Ed Sopcak to create a Healing Water. This healing water gives longevity, greater energy, improved health and a greater sense of well-being. Make this water at home, inexpensively, to improve your life. In 2002 I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid at Giza. I was with a group that received special permission to visit this so special place. I had a life altering experience. I was visited by the powerful ...

Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller is one of the design field's most respected figures. She is legendary for her decades of scholarship and activism and is known as a touchstone and conscience for the design profession. This long-awaited book documents the history of the question she has been asking for decades: “Where are the Black designers?” along with related questions that are urgent to the design profession: Where did they originate? Where have they been? Why haven't they been represented in design histories and canons?

Sacred Geometry shows us a form of energy that can be harnessed from the universe, easily and at no cost. Actually, many ancient civilizations knew all about this energy, and how to harness it for their benefit. Knowledge of these energy sources was lost for many hundreds of years. Now scholars have begun to rediscover these secrets. We can use this free energy source to grow our garden vegetables, fruits and flowers. We use water for our crops that has been enriched with Sacred Geometry systems to increase its life force energy by 2.5. As a result, our crops are larger, healthier and more ...

In 1500 Spanish sailing ships began hauling gold from South America to Spain. Trade winds caused them to sail near the western coast of Florida, where pirates learned to gather to prey upon them. Thus it was that for 300 years the western coast of Florida became infamous as a pirate lair. We explore this, finding a unique cultural enigma. To have lived in the periods between 1500 and 1800 was not easy. Life was often unjust, hard, brutal, and short. Especially if you were poor. Yet in the midst of this period of injustice and cruelty, the unique practice of piracy created opportunities for ...

The ancient power of Egyptian Sacred Geometry is combined with the discoveries of Viktor Shauberger, Masaru Emoto, David Hudson and Ed Sopcak to create a Healing Water that gives longevity, greater energy, improved health and a greater sense of well-being. Make this water at home, inexpensively, to improve your life. In 2012 I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid at Giza. I was with a group that received special permission to visit this special place. I had a life altering experience. I was visited by the powerful Egyptian deity known as Imhoptep. ...

Hard learned lessons from a Vietnam Veteran on how to defend against ambushes. Avoiding the Kill Zone, proper vehicle spacing, anti-ambush training and other techniques. Learn how ambushers think and their techniques so you can outwit them. The author survived three ambushes, avoided many others. "I brought all my men home safely. This is how I did it". We were building schools for poor Vietnamese villages. The Viet Cong didn't like that. So their efforts to stop us were furious. Their frustration at their inability to ambush us led them to place a bounty on my head. I was the only army ...

These stories contain common tropes used within the broader horror genre, as well as some characteristics more specific to the body horror subgenre, including pornography, invasion, contagion, mutation, transformation, disease, mutilation, or other unnatural or violent distortions of the human body.

The sixth edition of this classic work on forgiveness, continually in print since 1994, is now available on audio. Features The Seven Steps of Forgiving, Forgiving Others, Forgiving Yourself, and Where Forgiveness Leads.

In The Meditation Summit: Volume II, Sounds True publisher and founder Tami Simon speaks with 10 leading meditation teachers about their personal understanding of this practice - each with a complete guided meditation. Practitioners of all levels will benefit from the abundance of insight and guidance provided by these diverse voices.

In 2015, the historian Chris Momany helped discover a manuscript that had been forgotten in a storage closet at Adrian College in Michigan. He identified it as the journal of a nineteenth-century Christian abolitionist and missionary, David Ingraham. As Momany and a fellow historian Doug Strong pored over the diary, they realized that studying this document could open new conversations for twenty-first-century Christians to address the reality of racism today. They invited a multiracial team of fourteen scholars to join in, thus launching the Dialogue on Race and Faith Project.

Many books have been written about the amazing life of General Douglas MacArthur. This book is different. It contains information that is not reported elsewhere, information that tells us more about the greatness of this man, and how a powerful and popular US president, because of personal animosities, tried to destroy him. MacArthur led a 50-year career through some of the most difficult times in our nation's history, yet he never failed us. His Island-Hopping Campaign in the Pacific, his autocratic but benevolent rule over Japan that rebuilt their country into our great ally, his genius ...

Nick Platt is a British lawyer working in Moscow in the early 2000s - a place where the cascade of oil money, the tightening grip of the government, the jostling of the oligarchs, and the loosening of Soviet social mores have led to a culture where corruption, decadence, violence, and betrayal define everyday life. Nick doesn’t ask too many questions about the shady deals he works on - he’s too busy enjoying the exotic, surreally sinful nightlife Moscow has to offer. One day in the subway, he rescues two willowy sisters from a would-be thief....