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"Hypothetical universalism," or "unlimited atonement," states that Christ's death is sufficient for the guilt of all people yet is only effectively applied to those with faith. This tradition, typified by the French Reformer Moïse Amyraut, has continued among Anglicans and Baptists for over four centuries, yet has been underexplored in Reformed systematic theology. Unlimited Atonement fills a gap in resources on atonement theology that begin with the unlimited love of God.

In the autumn of 1915 Will Bird was working on a farm in Saskatchewan when the ghost of his brother Stephen, killed by German mines in France, appeared before him in uniform. Rattled, Bird rushed home to Nova Scotia and enlisted in the army to take his dead brother's place. And We Go On is a remarkable and harrowing memoir of his two years in the trenches of the Western Front, from October 1916 until the Armistice.

👦👧 A Heartwarming, Inspiring, and Funny Story for Kids Ages 4-8 📚 A Perfect Book for Curious Little Minds:Are you looking for a delightful children’s book that will entertain, inspire, and teach valuable life lessons? The Big Adventure of a Small Mouse is the perfect choice! This beautifully illustrated tale follows Max, a brave and adventurous mouse, on a thrilling journey filled with excitement, challenges, and heartwarming friendships. 🐭 What’s Inside:✨ A cute main character who inspires courage and curiosity ✨ Action-packed adventures with fun and surprising twists ...

Lina is no stranger to conflict. When her clan arrives on the shores of Cardiganshire for the summer, she is prepared for trouble. Sea warriors are tolerated in the Irish Sea but never on land. Luckily, the Wolfvanir are not hunting for friends but for food. They will not survive the winter without it. But the territory is already occupied by the Carmarthen Militia, an army with a history as dark as their own. A violent welcome brings Lina face to face with the general himself, a man who wants her gone—but not dead. In fact, he seems intent on keeping her alive. The question is why?

With the electricity of a cabaret and the intimacy of a piano bar, The Pansy Craze is a love letter to queer icons—and those who celebrate them. In this variety show, host Mason Alexander Park and very special guests transport the audience through time, spilling the hot tea none of us got in school. Each evening features songs, sketches, and storytelling that dive into key moments in history when queerness was celebrated, commodified, and then criminalized.

Lyndal Suttone is done watching the merchants suffer. So when an opportunity to help them presents itself, she grabs hold of it with both hands. Now she must leave her family behind and step into a world she has no idea how to navigate. With her eyes fixed firmly on the prize, she is going to need someone to watch her back.

I made a deal with a dark fae. He's dragging me back to his realm, where darkness rules. And now, I'm paying the price of the bargain. The end of the world is supposed to be simpler. No more day jobs, no more loans to pay or cars to keep running or family to please. So why is it that Vale's life in the apocalypse just got all the more complicated? Vale struggles to keep her only friend alive in the face of the dark fae army. She trades her body in a deal with the devil to spare Adrianna, and it awakens something inside of her. Darkness. As Vale tries to fight the monster within, she must ...

Electrics in Plain English isn't a dry textbook, it's the book I wish I'd had when I started. Written by a fellow learner, it explains the fundamentals of electricity in a down-to-earth, no-jargon way. Packed with sketches, real-world analogies, lightbulb moments, and quick quizzes, it's designed to make tricky concepts click. Whether you're starting your sparky journey or brushing up the basics, this book will build your confidence, with a few laughs along the way.

The Sinclairs rule everything and everyone... but the Cravens. I am Olivia Craven. Dray Sinclair's favourite target. But out in elite society, he can't touch me. Here, outside the walls of Bluestone, I am invincible. So I thought... We leave Bluestone for high society season, and in it, we wear our masks. We play our parts. But I don't let that fool me... I don't let the charm of Dray's devilish smile and gleaming blue eyes trick me. He is a stone cold psycho. After he cornered me at Bluestone, and that night I fled the academy, I fled him... I thought this season I might be safe. But Dray ...

Previously published as 'The Prince's Prisoner' by Quinn Blackbird: This is a new edition A dark fae prince. A stolen human girl. And an unwanted marriage. Not all beasts can be redeemed... Callie doesn’t believe in fairy tales. Too bad they believe in her. The fae whisk Callie and her friend off to be prisoners of an eternal dance. But Callie is stolen again. Maybe the eternal dance wasn’t so bad after all… A lethal fae has taken her as his unwilling bride, and she has to balance between life and death in his castle, while finding a way out of the dangerous fae realm. Only, she’s ...

From sickly child to pioneering Victorian explorer, Isabella Bird defied convention. After back surgery in 1850 and the recommendation of life in the open air, she finally looked her malaise and her pain in the eye and set off across the world completely alone. In Colorado she covered 800 miles on horseback, climbing mountains, wrangling cattle, sleeping in snow and finding herself drawn to a violent, one-eyed outlaw with a soft spot for poetry, known as ‘Mountain Jim’.

The beloved sequel to the now-classic Lakota Woman, Ohitika Woman follows Mary Brave Bird as she continues her powerful, dramatic tale of ancient glory and present anguish, of courage and despair, of magic and mystery, and, above all, of the survival of both body and mind.

Affirmations are a way of managing your thoughts so that you can manifest positive outcomes in your life. They help you to reprogram your thoughts and beliefs so that your subconscious mind can release what you want. It's easy to see how affirmations can improve your life by helping make dreams come true or by bringing about personal changes in your lives. It's important not only to think positively but also believe with certainty - believing it will make a change in yourself is essential in manifesting positive outcomes.

“Our story ends with the Sacrament.” Welcome to the brutal world of the light and the dark fae—and their ruthless love. Everything Nari did was to spare herself from the Sacrament. But Daxeel had his own schemes of revenge. He fights his renewed feelings for her--and lures her into the trap. Nari enters the resting place of the gods... to fight for her life. On the Mountain of Slumber, born of ice and lava, of blood and stone, no one is Nari's friend. But everyone is an enemy. Both the light and the dark hunt her. The light aim to kill her. To kill Nari, means to kill Daxeel. Take out...

An unflinching and endearing memoir from LGBTQ+ advocate Jackson Bird about how he finally sorted things out and came out as a transgender man. When Jackson Bird was twenty-five, he came out as transgender to his friends, family, and anyone in the world with an internet connection. Assigned...

Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction.

Do you feel like anxiety is making your life smaller? Are you always worried about the next panic attack? Or are you so stressed that you can't remember when you last felt peaceful and happy? What if there was a simple solution that meant you could stop coping, and start living? For more than 2...

The Blackfeet were hunters, travelling from place to place on foot. They used implements of stone, wood, or bone, wore clothing made of skins, and lived in tents covered by hides. Dogs, their only tame animals, were used as beasts of burden to carry small packs and drag light loads. The stories here told come down to us from very ancient times. Grandfathers have told them to their grandchildren, and these again to their grandchildren, and so from mouth to mouth, through many generations, they have reached our time.

In this powerful and comprehensive guide in the spirit of Jambalaya and Sacred Woman, an herbalist celebrates ancient and modern African holistic healing. “The message of this book is: hold onto your yams, your collards, watermelon, and roots. There is magic, mystery, connection, and healing...

Set during the Great Depression, Sarah Bird's Last Dance on the Starlight Pier is a novel about one woman—and a nation—struggling to be reborn from the ashes. July 3. 1932. Shivering and in shock, Evie Grace Devlin watches the Starlite Palace burn into the sea and wonders how she became a...