Private Religion

In this wonderful collection, famed theologian Dr. John Baillie shares personal prayers for people who are seeking a better understanding of God and themselves. Organized by morning and evening - with special prayers for Sundays - A Diary of Private Prayer is written with eloquence, piety, and directness. Blending praise and meditative thoughts about God with a concern for the social and individual good, these daily invocations help and inspire us to search our inner selves and find the deep religious beliefs that lie within.

Instant New York Times Bestseller A love letter to the rookie in all of us: Singer-actor Joshua Bassett's fearless memoir in verse about surviving the darkest moments of fame, addiction, and mental health struggles—and finding hope on the other side. "We're all figuring it out as we go along...

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.

Unlock the mysteries of life after death and explore the enlightening discoveries of a private investigator's 15-year investigation. This book is a comprehensive resource answering 150 of the most crucial questions about what happens when we die. Now you can delve into the life-changing insights we learn from near-death experiences, after-death communications, spirit contact through mediums, past lives, past-life memories, past-life and between-lives regressions, out-of-body experiences, soul pre-birth planning, dream visitations, shared-death experiences, and so much more.

The writings and lectures of Swami Vivekananda on meditation, its advantages, and its practices are collected in this book. It is a book that offers lessons drawn from Swami Vivekananda's life to help audiences navigate their own personal turbulence. According to Swami Ji, meditation should be unfavorable. Consider everything. By using your will alone, analyze anything that comes to mind. Next, declare ourselves and what we truly are: beings of existence, wisdom, and happiness. His entire philosophy on meditation and its practices is covered in this book.

A MOB PRINCESS IS APPARENTLY KIDNAPPED! JAKE SCARNE AND A MOB ENFORCER TEAM UP TO RESCUE HER. *** Alana Dallas has been snatched from her Ivy League college. Her mother, Maura, head of San Francisco’s powerful Dallassio crime family, will do anything to get her back safely. As would the fearsome Vincent Anastasia, the elderly family enforcer who adores the girl. Reluctant to contact the F.B.I., Maura Dallas turns to Jake Scarne, who has both police and underworld contacts. And a reputation for doing the impossible – usually because he will bend, even break, the law to help a client. But...

A DYING HIT MAN TELLS A PRIEST ABOUT A HEINOUS CRIME INVOLVING A YOUNG GIRL. BUT HE DOES NOT SWEAR HIM TO SECRECY. THE KILLER'S ONLY REQUEST IS THAT THE POLICE CAN'T BE INVOLVED! ***Even powerful mobsters are expendable to a criminal financial mastermind who hides in plain sight among New York’s power elite.But in pursuing his deranged dream, the man has made a fatal mistake. There are some people, on both sides of the law, who want him to pay for killing the girl. In locales as varied as Paris, New York, Florida, and the Bahamas, MADMAN’S THIRST is a non-stop thrill ride, where ...

In the 1980s, religion and politics, two forces that affect all our lives, locked arms in a concerted effort to seize power in government and overturn America's most basic constitutional guarantee: the separation of church and state. Holy Terror was the first book to expose the coalition of fundamentalist Christians, right-wing ideologues and tech-savvy political strategists who use faith, fear and intimidation in their war on America’s freedoms and their drive to impose their beliefs on people and cultures worldwide. In this classic edition of their acclaimed 1982 book, with a new ...

Prayer is a crucial part of the Christian life, and believers must give it careful attention and cultivation. As they pray, Christians exercise their faith in repentance, in submission to God's will, and in praise to God. Believers in Christ, then, must grow in their prayer life in their communion with God. In this pamphlet, Joel R. Beeke gives listeners helpful, practical ways to improve their prayer lives by first disciplining themselves, in dependence on the Holy Spirit, and by then taking hold of God. Learn what a blessing it is to pray!

The principal led a secret life. Someone rigged his lawn mower to explode, sending him on a one-way flight to eternity. As Bobby lies dying, he has plenty of time to think about all the people he has wronged and who might have put him at death's door. New evidence uncovered by his daughter Ellen, a top-selling real estate agent, proves Bobby's problem was much worse than she ever feared. Former police lieutenant Red Wilder, a Harley-riding PI, resumes investigation of the cold case, an old obsession that ruined his career and possibly his life, as he sinks more deeply into alcoholism. Past ...

The Hebrew root word for ‘work’ is also the root word for ‘service’, particularly service to God in worship. By combining the two English words, ‘work’ and ‘worship’, I hope to challenge people to integrate their faith and work. Work does not just refer to what is done in paid employment. I believe God sees work as any purposeful activity requiring focus and effort. It could be housework, schoolwork, caring for children or parents, study, paid work, voluntary work, etc.

Faith tested by feeling. Confessions written in candlelight. In Victorian parlors, convents, and rectories, clergy and believers wrote what they could not speak. The Letters of Devotion reveals the forbidden correspondences of a century that mistook love for prayer—and found mercy in the confusion. The nineteenth century sought salvation—and found temptation in its reflection. The Letters of Devotion gathers the imagined voices of clergy and believers whose faith blurred into feeling, whose prayers became confessions written in secrecy and sealed in restraint. Each letter is an original...

The newspaper headlines all asked the same question; is James Brennan the new Messiah? Roy Lindermann's, MP for a ruling Liberal Party in crisis, is left a Top Secret folder by his dead friend Dustin Hislop. Investigating the folder's contents, he begins to unravel the story of James Brennan, writer, philosopher and, some would say, Messiah, who the Government put on trial for Treason. Brennan has been under house arrest for years, his only communication with the outside world being a soundless, live broadcast on TV every night from his farm. Now the transmissions have suddenly stopped. Is ...

'Brilliantly audacious' GUARDIAN 'Stunning' DAZED 'Her prose sparkles' ELIZA CLARK ‘Hauntingly good’ iNEWS ’A must read’ GLAMOUR 'One of my favourite novels' JEFF VANDERMEER From the bestselling author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a haunting, heart wrenching novel of three sisters...

THE YEAR IS 1958, ROCK ‘N ROLL IS NEW, FAMILIES ARE STILL CLOSE AND MOST HOMES CONSIST OF A FATHER AND A STAY-AT HOME MOTHER. Kathleen’s family is like that. She even works for her father who is a private investigator. Her secret dream is to become a private investigator also. When Travis Honeycutt walks in, will she get her chance? Travis Honeycutt is a CPA working for Summertime Construction. He came to see if someone will help him figure out whom in the Company has put $5,000 in his checking account. Is someone trying to make it appear that he is embezzling funds from the company? He...

One of Ashleigh Warren's best friends is in trouble. Missy Boatwright has been getting mysterious letters in the mail, and has found diamonds she didn't know about in her safe deposit box! She asks Ashleigh and Taylor Goodwin to investigate, and they soon discover a vast international conspiracy.

Waiting and believing in God's promises is one of the hardest yet most rewarding aspects of faith. Listen as Alisa Hope Wagner wrestles with her belief and learns to overcome her doubts by trusting in God’s word and his promises. In this 10-year compilation of both public and private faith, Alisa has combined her tweets with excerpts from her journal to show how the burden of hope can be both painful and beautiful.

What does it take to become an exorcist? This book will tell you how! A comprehensive guide to private deliverance prayer, deliverance ministry, and solemn deliverance with Church approval for a formal exorcism.

Arriving at his friend’s funeral, Bryce had in his pocket the envelope with a single key delivered to his office the day before, send by dead now James. A random act of violence; his friend was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Shot as he was driving across the Potomac. Bryce tries to understand what happened to James and his own role in this story. He finds more and more data about what his dead friend was involved in and clearly sees that his life is in danger too. This is book 3 of The Gateway series

Bloomsbury presents Galway Confidential by Ken Bruen, read by John Keating 'Bruen is the godfather of the modern Irish crime novel' Irish Independent The thrilling new crime novel set in Galway, Ireland from Ken Bruen. When Jack Taylor wakes up from a coma, he finds himself in a different world...