First Reformed

If God already knows what you'll do tomorrow, did you ever really have a choice? Jonathan Edwards spent his sharpest years answering that, and his answer still unsettles people 270 years later. Every decision feels like it could have gone the other way. But could it have? And if every choice you'll ever make is already known, in what sense is it yours at all? In 1754, Jonathan Edwards set out to settle this question once and for all, and produced what many still call the most powerful work of philosophical theology ever written in America. Freedom of the Will dismantles a comfortable ...

Rising tides. Rising temperatures. Rising fear. Since the Great Shift killed millions worldwide twenty-five years ago, humankind has been bracing itself for a second cosmic catastrophe called the Great Purge, which is expected to extinguish most of what is left of civilization. One of the only viable means of escape—and hope—comes from a program created by “The Great One,” Icelander Benedikt Rafnkelsson.

Who says no to Sebastian Ryder? Me. Twice. The billionaire famous for one perfect date just asked me for a second. I already said no. I keep rooms from swallowing the people who came to be in them. Sebastian is famous for making one night impossible to forget. He still moved three donors for me. Brought me food when I forgot to eat. Chose a tiny courtyard restaurant instead of the kind of billionaire spectacle I expected. So I said yes to the night I knew would end. One perfect, filthy night later, he asked for more. I said no again. I will not wait around hoping I am the woman who finally ...

This is a simple and very short booklet. It is not meant to be comprehensive. It provides a big picture structure to the book of Romans in the New Testament. In fact, if you have Kindle Unlimited, just read this in half an hour or less. That said, because of this hidden partition, it further clarifies some controversial aspects of Romans: Who can be spiritual Jews? What does Romans 9 really means and does it have anything to do with Calvinism? Is Romans 13 really about the government? If you are interested in answering those questions and more, this is a succinct and compact guide. The book...

Part of the furor in the Middle East is the identity of Israel. Various sects of Christianity try to tackle its relationship with the nation, kingdom, and homeland of the Jews. With that in mind, this book aims to answer the following question Biblically: Why is the Church not and never will be Israel? Discover: The five main views of the relationship between the Church and Israel The difference between the New Testament and New Covenant (It's not what you think) Why passages that seem to imply that the Church is Israel doesn't actually say so The question is explored in many angles, and ...

In the first title of the "I Will Build" Biography Series, John M. Wiley analyzed several figures of the Early Church. For the second book in the series, he has constructed a narrative that includes two movements: the Anabaptists and the early Baptists. While several books have been written in the last several decades on both movements, some from professional historians and others from historically-minded pastors and Christian leaders, there appeared to be a need for a book to look at both the Anabaptists as well as the Baptists, which would offer both a historically-critical and ...

Once a villain, always a villain? Optimistic and idealistic superhero Prism is determined to redeem her father’s legacy by rebooting his super villain rehabilitation program. To do so, she sets her sights on Fade, the relapsed super villain who was the reason the government canceled the original program in the first place. However, when she petitions for Fade to be released into her custody, she finds out things might not be as simple as she thought.

Two years ago, West Garrett threw her away like a rough draft. Now she's the TA grading his papers, and he's the one who can't look away. Drew Tanner clawed her way back from the girl who loved him freshman year. She's the best TA in her department, a scholar building a thesis on who holds the camera and who gets erased, and she has no room in her senior year for a Greenwich boy with a custom stick and an easy smile. Then he walks into her seminar and sits in the front row. West has spent four years performing ease. Filming his own highlight reel, scoring from twelve yards, never once ...

Book 1 — Resisting Tate (Christina Phillips) She knows better than to want him. She wants him anyway. Ruby has one rule: never fall for a firefighter. She watched her father pour himself into the job — every birthday, every ordinary Tuesday — and then she watched it take his life. She's done loving men who run toward flames. Then Tate Thompson walks in, all quiet strength and dark eyes, and suddenly her rule feels a lot harder to keep. Tate has never let anything come before the job. Not friendships, not relationships — not the guilt that's eaten at him for fifteen years. He was ...

When three wallflower friends decide they’ve had enough of being ignored, they create a secret society dedicated to causing “just enough” scandal to be noticed. Isabella, the most daring, volunteers to go first by orchestrating a fake affair with notorious bachelor Major Henry Sinclair. But Henry turns the tables—he’s more than willing to play along… and he’s not faking anything. Soon, their little charade turns into a sensual whirlwind Isabella may not be ready for.

Suzanne's father has fallen ill at the worst possible time. Professor Gordon, a world-renowned botanist has accepted a commission from the Duke of Farnsworth to restore the estate's conservatory. Failure to complete the task would spell certain ruin and there's only one thing to be done. Suzanne must journey to Blackheath Abbey and take up the project. One tiny problem with this plan...the Duke knows nothing of this change. Will she be permitted to begin the work until her father can join her, or will they toss her out on her ear? Percy Anstruther, Duke of Farnsworth, has agreed to his ...

Als der Hockey-Playboy Zanders der taffen Flugbegleiterin Stevie begegnet, fliegen die Funken! Teil 1 der beliebten Sports-Romance-Reihe von Liz Tomforde als Hörbuch – mit exklusivem Bonuscontent! Frauenheld und Badboy Zanders lebt seinen Traum: Er spielt in der National Hockey League für...

At twenty-five, Lady Augusta Blackwood is firmly on the shelf, and perfectly content to stay there. With a razor-sharp tongue and a mind far too bold for polite society, she has little interest in marriage, and even less in the dull men who seek it. But everything changes with a single, scandalous proposition from the Duke of Harrington, London’s most infamous rake. Alexander Harrington is a man of many conquests and few regrets, yet beneath his wicked charm lies a soul wearied by empty liaisons and haunted by secrets. When he crosses paths with the unconventional Lady Augusta, he’s ...

When God calls us out of our sin and to himself through the Gospel, he adopts us into his family. That family is the church. This is a book about what that family should be, what it should do, and why it matters. When we look carefully at the big things of the Bible, it's important for us to examine both the scriptures and the culture we live in today. We need to know what the Bible says. We also need to understand the ways we are getting things wrong, and the ways our cultural sins may be blinding us to what God is calling us to in scripture.

I don't dream. I don't desire. At least, I didn't . . . Until they brought her to me. She was human. Fragile. Flawed. And the key to stopping the virus eating my people alive. Dr. Alora Bridges wrote the neural systems that made us weapons. Now, that same code is unraveling us from the inside...

#2 in Wanda Amard’s With the Bad Boy series. Will Vinn & Kimber’s choices put them on a path of destruction? One phone call from Vinn's past will change everything. Will he answer? With consequences piling up Vinn will have big decisions to make. Things may be calm now, but a truth he's been hiding is waiting to tear down the front door. Kimber knows something is wrong with Vinn. The problem is figuring out what because he's not talking. Could her mother have been right about the man she loves? Vinn has troubles piled on top of troubles. He can break a promise to himself, but not to ...

A bully learns he can’t beat this powerful woman. Cindy is shocked when she sees Darrell standing outside of her storm damaged cafe. Her usual carpenter is out of town and sent Darrell as his replacement, so she can’t refuse his services as she so desperately wants. Darrell hurt her friend Ellen when they were neighbors. He was a major jerk and a bully, and Cindy thinks Darrell deserves to learn a lesson. He might think he’s in charge, but Cindy is about to teach him what a girl with a plan can do. Reformed is a sweet and steamy feminization romance about a bully who turns nice with ...