Early Visions

What does a stubborn, blunt, and often unpopular Founding Father have to teach us about liberty and leadership today? John Adams, America’s second president and one of the fiercest advocates of independence, was not a man of easy charm. He was irritable, vain at times, and quick to anger. Yet he was also honest, principled, and willing to stand alone when conscience demanded it. From defending British soldiers after the Boston Massacre to preserving peace in the face of war fever with France, Adams’s life offers timeless lessons about integrity, courage, and the fragile survival of ...

An exploration of Paul's role as a pastoral theologian in the early church.​ Through a close exegetical reading of Paul's letters, this volume shows how Paul prioritized moral formation and community-building in his pastoral ministry and placed the practice of communal discernment in churches...

Between 1800 and 1920, an extraordinary cast of bold innovators and entrepreneurs - individuals such as Cyrus McCormick, Brigham Young, Henry Wells and James Fargo, Fred Harvey, Levi Strauss, Adolph Coors, J. P. Morgan, and Buffalo Bill Cody - helped lay the groundwork for what we now call the American West. They were people of imagination and courage, adept at maneuvering the rapids of change, alert to opportunity, persistent in their missions.

He was an immigrant, a soldier, a financier, and a founder. His ideas still shape the world you live in. Alexander Hamilton’s life was as dramatic as it was influential. Born into hardship in the Caribbean, he rose from obscurity to stand beside George Washington, draft the Federalist Papers, and lay the foundations of the American financial system. His vision, brilliance, and energy helped turn fragile colonies into a nation. This book distills Hamilton’s timeless lessons — about resilience, ambition, leadership, and building institutions that last. Each chapter blends vivid ...

Lucia Fiorentino (1889–1934), was one of the earliest spiritual daughters of Padre Pio. Though she lived a mostly hidden life, she played a role in two of the most dramatic chapters in the life of Padre Pio. Years before Padre Pio arrived at her home town of San Giovanni Rotondo, she had a vision of a large tree planted near the Capuchin friary in San Giovanni. Then she heard a voice: “This is the symbol of a soul who is now far away but will come here. He will be strong and well-rooted like this tree and will cover the entire world with its umbrage.” Padre Pio arrived soon after, in ...

THE VISIONS IN THIS BOOK were taken from Perry Stone's personal dream and vision journal, and he believes now is the time to tell them publicly.

What if one of the most popular Christian books of the early Church has been almost completely forgotten by modern readers? The Shepherd of Hermas was once treasured by Christians who wanted to understand repentance, forgiveness, moral discipline, and the life of the Church. It was read, copied, debated, and valued because it spoke to a problem every serious believer eventually faces: What happens when faith is real, but failure is real too? The Shepherd of Hermas for Beginners: A Simple Guide to the Visions, Mandates, and Similitudes gives you a clear, engaging, and accessible introduction...

Discover the fascinating predictions of America's Founding Fathers in The Founding Fathers' Predictions About the Future of America. Explore what visionaries like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton got right—and what they got completely wrong—about the nation's political divisions, democracy, economy, foreign policy, slavery, technological advancement, and global influence. Packed with historical insights, surprising facts, and thought-provoking analysis, this compelling book reveals how the hopes, fears, and foresight of the ...

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 135 St Dunstan lived in the tenth century, between 909 and 988. He developed the ancient church foundation at Glastonbury into the first Benedictine monastery in England, and later served as Archbishop of Canterbury for twenty-eight years. He was a scholar, artist and musician, as well as a contemplative spiritual father. Why is his life and work of interest today after one thousand years? His influence touched many areas of English life in a way that helped determine the foundations of medieval and early modern society. He was a very gifted and many-sided person, ...

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 074 George Herbert’s anguish when he sensed that God was calling him to become a priest, his almost mystical vision of the priestly office, and the total dedication with which he finally embraced it, provide us with inspiration and encouragement in our own desire to serve God. In this perceptive study of four of Herbert’s best-loved poems, ‘The Collar’, ‘Love’, ‘Aaron’, and ‘The Flower’, Kenneth Mason shows how Herbert’s way with words illuminates God’s ways with the human heart. Kenneth Mason, born in 1931, was ordained priest in 1959. After ...

This book is designed to help you unlock the power of manifestation and create the life you desire, specifically focusing on achieving an early retirement. Whether you dream of traveling the world, pursuing your passions, or simply enjoying a stress-free retirement, this guide will provide you with the tools and techniques to manifest your financial goals. In today's fast-paced world, the concept of early retirement may seem like an unattainable dream. However, by harnessing the power of manifestation, you can shift your mindset, attract abundance, and take control of your financial future....

If you're seeking greater understanding of how the original and contemporary accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision fit together, this audiobook will help you. Joseph’s remarkable 1820 vision of God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ is one of the best attested divine visions in recorded history.

Who is in charge? The New Testament gives a message of hope that Jesus is the King who established the reign of God through his life, death, resurrection, and ascension. Good News of God's Reign explores how each New Testament author casts this vision for how early believers could live under...

As #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s new Cainsville series continues, Olivia’s power to read omens leads to the discovery of a gruesome crime with troubling connections to her new hometown. Omens, the first installment in Kelley Armstrong’s exciting new series...

What if your eyes were ripped from your body and cast eight thousand miles away? During a violent London thunderstorm, a freak laboratory accident tears a rupture in reality. A blinding flash of lightning strikes a powerful electro-magnet, and in that split second, Sidney Davidson’s sight is...

Kalen McDonald is a normal man in every way but two. He is married to the love of his life; has a son he adores and enjoys his career as a real estate agent. The exceptions to his mundane existence are, secretly, Kalen is a serial killer, and, secretly, Kalen has a special gift. He murders other killers, each death a temporary elixir for the pain of a past loss. As a child, the one person in his life who showed him, love, was brutally slain by a madman.

Some books are written to entertain. This book is written to document contact. The Contact Diaries presents one of the most unusual primary records to survive from early medieval China: a Daoist casebook of sustained, organized communication with the greater-than-human realm. It is not a myth, not a romance, and not a collection of ghost stories. It reads like a logbook kept under pressure—dated entries, named visitors, ranks and titles, warnings, promotions, prohibitions, remedies, and decisions that remain “pending,” as if another layer of reality runs on administration, ...

Two thousand years ago, when Jesus declared that He would build His Church, He rolled out a blueprint of what the Church was meant to be – relevant and effective through all generations. We now find ourselves in the 21st century, and we need to ask ourselves, "When we roll out the blueprint we currently have for 'building the Church', does it look the same as His? Are we building the Church Jesus wants built?" In this compelling book, Andy Elmes, speaking from years of experience as a church leader, evangelist and leadership coach, sends out a passionate call to the modern-day Church to ...

In this “by ear” lesson, you will learn an early-intermediate level arrangement of the traditional Irish hymn “Be Thou My Vision” in three different styles. This allows you to not only learn the hymn for performance but to also learn different ways of arranging the accompaniment for use in other songs. This lesson is suitable for most adult students who have been practicing regularly for a little over a year.