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Seeds of Bible Study is a book on how to study the Bible. It uses basic common sense and reading comprehension rules to help people through pitfalls of Biblical interpretation. The writer loves her Bible and wants others to love it too. As a writer and a lover of literature, she includes Bible studies on certain passages to illustrate her point. This frank, honest manual that will help you understand the Bible in depth and help you create Bible studies for yourself or your church. TABLE OF CONTENTS The Basic Rules of Bible Interpretation Basics in Bible Study When Reading the Bible, Use ...

In Christianity, we study the healing miracles done by Jesus Christ. Many believe that healing is part of the gospel and that God hears prayers. Yet so few receive miracles. This is my personal re-examination and close-reading of the miracle stories. I have included personal essays on this Biblical journey which show my emotional reactions to these accounts. Hopefully, those who read this book will be able to understand God's love and directions for us. God desires healing for His people. Study His word and engage with it and move closer along the path of healing.

Urged on by his insecure girlfriend, Mina, Bobby returns home to his family from whom he is estranged. Wounds he thought were healed now reopen. His manipulative step-mother, Penny is a horrible western matriarch who bestrides the whole family like a poisonous spider. A narcissist extraordinaire and the cause of the initial estrangement, she knows which buttons to push to cause distress to Mina, Bobby's girlfriend and to create tension between Bobby and his stepbrothers. Likeable though he is, Bobby is clearly damaged by his stepmother. This causes additional tension to the already self-...

The book of Proverbs is one of the wisdom books in Jewish and Christian history. Bible readers love this book of compact instruction. Yet many people do not read these Proverbs collected by Solomon and others. This little book is a guide to reading the Book of Proverbs.

The Holy Bible is full of Bible characters whose sufferings often mirror those of modern readers. Using Bible stories and over 50 Bible personages, the author shows the human aspects of suffering and what could be learned from the sufferings of Bible sinners and saints.

The annals of Malku are historical lore from many different regions, written in different languages, by different scribes, for varied purposes - to warn, to instruct, to explain. They contain the wisdom, romances, and tales of the kings, priests, and commonfolk of all those that dwell in Malku lands.

The Book of Psalms has brought comfort and insight to both Jews and Christians throughout the centuries. In this accessible audiobook, both new and old Bible followers can engage with the Bible in a meditative way. For those who love studying the Psalms, this audiobook of meditative devotionals and personal commentary will be a joy to hear. Taken from the author's blog, these devotionals are easy, knowledgeable, and insightful.

Do you want your spiritual life to be more productive? Do you feel as if New Age practices get you better benefits than Christian prayers? Do you feel as if you are not quite getting the instructions right and are somehow missing the mark? This audiobook is written to help the listener examine himself and his obedience to the conditional promises given in God's word. In order to help self-examination, I’ve filled this audiobook with questions we should prayerfully ask ourselves. I hope this audiobook will be a blessing to Christians of all denominations and spiritual maturity.

Denise Higgins, a college student and lover of languages, is still reeling from the death of her fiancé, a chaplain in the army, when she is introduced to Ben Moreau, a French-Korean 19-year-old three years her junior. When Denise is hired to be Ben's sober companion, she has a few hurdles to overcome. Least of which are Ben's money, Ben's ability to manipulate her, and her own growing infatuation with him. When Denise realizes that an ancient curse hangs over Ben's family line, she begins to understand that her destiny is interwoven with Ben's.

Although it is not entirely to her liking, grief-stricken Satha, a dark-skinned woman from a poor Theseni clan weds young Loic, the wealthy Doreni son of the king's First Captain. Loic, graced with ability to see into the hearts and minds of others, begins to help Satha overcome her sorrows. Despite coming from different tribes, they begin to forge a life together. But when Satha's own compassion is used against her and a treacherous enemy contrives to dishonor her in Loic's absence, Loic's love turns to anger and disgust.

This collection of published stories by novelist Carole McDonnell bring together multicultural concerns, spirituality, and speculative fiction. The fantastical elements in these tales range from contemporary worlds to days of courtly love to fairytales and to worlds not yet discovered.

In the year 2255, Ellie Ovis finds herself in the unenviable position of being loved by Woden, the Nephilim prince of the New York region, staring lovingly into her eyes. A member of the Creed, Ellie wants nothing to do with this being, whom she considers demon spawn. But the upcoming annual Balance ritual and an incomprehensible prophecy declares that a stubborn Scarred Woman will bring disruption to the Nephilim community. There is no one more stubborn or scarred than Ellie. But could she really be the one who is fated to save the various humanoid populations of Earth?

Sickly fifteen year old Prince Psal, the son of the nature-blessed warrior-king Nahas, should have been named Crown Prince of all Wheel Clan lands. A priest-physician like his friend Ephan, Psal lacks a warrior's heart, yet he desires to earn Nahas's respect and become a clan chief. If he cannot do this, he must escape his clan altogether. But his love for Cassia, the daughter of his father's enemy, and his own weaknesses work against him.

An oath is not easily broken, and an oath made to the god of vengeance is even more difficult to break. This novella tells of Prince Arvid, Skall’s father, and his ill-fated marriage to Sellah, his charcoal bride. The Charcoal Bride is the first of a trilogy of short novels called the Hanrisor Chronicles, which depicts the rise to power of Hanrisor’s King Skall and the family curse - called the Hanrisor legacy - that troubled him and his descendants.

Once more, my friends and colleagues and I have banded together to compose literature connecting astronomy and mythology to create Of Gods and Globes II. Each one of us chose a name that connected astronomy and mythology.

Have you spent most of your life praying mostly for yourself and your family? When you pray for others, do you know how to pray for their needs in any general or specific way? When you pray the Lord's Prayer, how do you pray for the glory of God's kingdom and God's name? This book on how to pray The Lord's Prayer will help you. Jesus gave us the perfect pattern for prayer: The Lord’s Prayer. But how do we pray it deeply? And how do we pray it for others? The prayer is not only for petition. It is not about mere ritual and repetition. As Christians, we have the privilege of asking God for ...

In the Malku universe, fae, merfolk, and humans live together in varying degrees of harmony. Over the millenia, through the use of fae magic, these humanoid groups have inter-married thus creating the faekind (humans with fae ancestry) and webbies (humans with merfolk ancestry.) The story takes place in the land of Hanrisor, whose original inhabitants have lived with foreign sojourners and descendants of slaves.