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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > General
The Day the Angels Cried tells the story of an event that made
history in the United States of America on June 22, 1980 when a
gunman entered the worship services of the First Baptist Church of
Daingerfield, Texas. In a matter of minutes, five people lay dead
and ten others wounded with hundreds of innocent people wondering
if they might be next to face the horror of death at the hand of a
madman. For Larry Linam, it was a day that changed his life
forever. It was during this worship service that he lost his first
born child, Mary Regina Linam, his seven year old daughter. He uses
the book to convey the emotions of anger, fear, hatred, and revenge
that consumed his life for more than two decades while maintaining
a working lifestyle to care for his family. He was living a life
torn by a faith in God and a fear that justice would not be served
by the courts. The events that unfold in his book as he bears his
heart and soul leads the reader on a journey of a downward spiral
brought about by depression, anger, and devastation as he makes
attempts to exact vengeance upon the murderer of his child and upon
the family of the murderer as well. The journey will also lead the
reader into the joy and recovery that is found when hope is
restored through faith in God and friends that never gave up on
Larry Linam. He shares how finding forgiveness and giving
forgiveness dispelled the darkness in his life and allowed him to
tell the story to thousands and the desire to share with more that
God's purpose for believers in Jesus Christ is the most important
thing for anyone facing life's challenges.
"Modern Christianity in the Holy Land" is a modest contribution to
the documentation of the history of our country. In the nineteenth
century, the structure of the Churches underwent change. Christian
institutions developed in the light of the Ottoman Firmans and the
international relations forged by the Ottoman Sultanate. At that
time, the systems of the millet, capitulation, international
interests and the Eastern Question were all interlocked in
successive and complex developments in the Ottoman world. Changes
to the structure of the Churches had local and international
dimensions, which need to be understood to comprehend the realities
governing present-day Christianity. At a local level, the first law
governing the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate was promulgated and the
Orthodox Arab issue surfaced. Moreover, the Latin Patriarchate was
re-established and the Anglican Bishopric was formed. Most of these
events occurred in Jerusalem and their consequences necessarily
extended to the various parts of Palestine and Jordan. This history
is not restricted to the Churches and the study touches on public,
political, social and economic life, Christian-Muslim-Jewish
relations, the history of the clans and ethnic groups, the ties
that neighboring countries forged with the Holy Land, and the
pilgrimage to the Holy Places. This pilgrimage is one of the most
prominent features of the Holy Land. Indeed, the Lord has blessed
this land and chosen it from everywhere else in the world for his
great monotheistic revelations as God, Allah, Elohim. The sources
and references of this book are diverse in terms of color, language
and roots. One moment they take the reader to Jerusalem, Karak,
Nazareth, and Salt and at other times to Istanbul, Rome, London and
Moscow.
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