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Stand Alone
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Matthew Duke Rodgers
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Exploring the enduring influence of John Stott's views on the
Christian life, this book will encourage a new generation of
evangelical Christians to benefit from Stott's life and teaching.
"New York Times" eBook bestseller One fateful starless night,
17-year-old Ira Wagler got up at 2 AM, left a scribbled note under
his pillow, packed all of his earthly belongings into in a little
black duffel bag, and walked away from his home in the Amish
settlement of Bloomfield, Iowa. Now, in this heartwarming memoir,
Ira paints a vivid portrait of Amish life--from his childhood days
on the family farm, his Rumspringa rite of passage at age 16, to
his ultimate decision to leave the Amish Church for good at age 26.
"Growing Up Amish" is the true story of one man's quest to discover
who he is and where he belongs. Readers will laugh, cry, and be
inspired by this charming yet poignant coming of age story set
amidst the backdrop of one of the most enigmatic cultures in
America today--the Old Order Amish.
From the Foreword by Jean Vanier: `The story of John's life has
touched my heart and soul, and brought me closer to God. It has
revealed to me a God wonderfully full of surprises, better, more
intelligent, more creative than we could imagine. An extraordinary
God who cannot be confined in rational concepts or in an "ordinary"
religious life.' ~ John Bradburne (1921-1979) lived an
extraordinary life. He was a reluctant hero of the Second World
War, a pilgrim and a hermit, a poet and a musician, a joker and a
mystic, and a theologian. After many years travelling and
searching, he found the place that God wanted him to be - living
alongside men and women suffering with leprosy in Mtemwa, Zimbabwe,
which he helped transform into a community of peace, joy and love.
During the civil war of 1979, John was kidnapped and murdered.
Since his martyrdom, word of his life has spread around the world,
and miracles have occurred in association with his name. John
Bradburne: The Vagabond of God is the most comprehensive biography
of this remarkable man, based on three years of research through
the archives of the John Bradburne Memorial Society
(www.johnbradburne.com), interviews with people who knew John, and
travels in his footsteps. The book was published first in France,
where it won the Grand Prix Catholique de Litterature.
The life of the Sixth Dalai Lama does not end with his supposed
death at Kokonor in November 1706, on the way to Beijing, and an
audience with the Manchu Emperor Kangxi. This book, the so-called
Hidden Life, presents a very different Tsangyang Gyamtso, neither a
louche poet nor a drinker, but a sober Buddhist practitioner, who
chose to escape at Kokonor and to adopt the guise of a wandering
monk, only appearing some years later, after many fantastical and
mystical adventures, in what is today Inner Mongolia, where he
oversaw monasteries and lived as a Buddhist teacher. The Hidden
Life was written by a Mongolian monk in 1756, ten years following
the death of the lama, his spiritual teacher, whom he identifies as
Tsangyang Gyamtso, and in whose identity as the Sixth Dalai Lama he
clearly has complete faith. However, as one might imagine, there is
nowadays no agreement among the wider Tibetan, Mongolian and
Tibetological scholarly community as to whether this man was a
charlatan or deluded, or whether he was indeed the Sixth Dalai
Lama. The text is divided into four parts. The first part gives an
account of the background and birth of the Sixth Dalai Lama, while
the opening section of the second part (which is in direct speech,
dictated by the lama) continues on, through the political intrigue
in Lhasa at the end of the seventeenth century, to the lama's
escape at Kokonor. The remainder of the second part consists of a
visionary narrative, in which the lama travels through Tibet and
Nepal, and in which he encounters divine figures, yetis, zombies
and a man with no head, all of which is presented as fact. The
third and longest part is an account of the final thirty years of
the lama's life, and his activity in Mongolia as an influential
Buddhist teacher, including a lengthy and moving description of his
death. The final part includes a list of his students and, most
interestingly perhaps, a theological and philosophical
justification for the coexistence of the Sixth and Seventh Dalai
Lamas.
12 CDs. The Life of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, has
been a topic for many books and studies. Gulen's approach to the
life of Rasulullah, "the pride of humanity". This is not cronical
biography. It differs from other books on the Prophet in the sense
that Gulen assumes a psychological and sociological analysis on the
various aspects of the Prophet's life portraying him as a
compassionate father, a profound spiritual leader, a wise statemen,
a courageous commander, a loving husband, a most reliable and
trustworthy person. Approximate running time: 840 minutes.
Anna's House tells the story of a young Norwegian girl whose family
emigrated to America in the middle of the 19th century, and who
later became a charismatic sect leader from Chicago who brought her
flock to Jerusalem in 1881. Though of Norwegian origin, her story
becomes truly an American saga in Jerusalem, which parallels the
radical changes in the Middle East, the results of which we are
living through today.
Shortly after the Civil War ended, David Power Conyngham, an Irish
Catholic journalist and war veteran, began compiling the stories of
Catholic chaplains and nuns who served during the war. His
manuscript, Soldiers of the Cross, is the fullest record written
during the nineteenth century of the Catholic Church's involvement
in the war, as it documents the service of fourteen chaplains and
six female religious communities, representing both North and
South. Many of Coyngham's chapters contain new insights into the
clergy during the war that are unavailable elsewhere, either during
his time or ours, making the work invaluable to Catholic and Civil
War historians. The introduction contains over a dozen letters
written between 1868 and 1870 from high-ranking Confederate and
Union officials, such as Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Union
Surgeon General William Hammond, and Union General George B.
McClellan, who praise the church's services during the war.
Chapters on Fathers William Corby and Peter P. Cooney, as well as
the Sisters of the Holy Cross, cover subjects relatively well known
to Catholic scholars, yet other chapters are based on personal
letters and other important primary sources that have not been
published prior to this book. Unpublished due to Conyngham's
untimely death, Soldiers of the Cross remained hidden away in an
archive for more than a century. Now annotated and edited so as to
be readable and useful to scholars and modern readers, this
long-awaited publication of Soldiers of the Cross is a fitting
presentation of Conyngham's last great work.
What can be accomplished in an ordinary man who trusts in an
extraordinary God? George Mller discovered the endless
possibilities!These excerpts from his diary allow Mller to tell his
own story. Join him on his journey from a life of sin and rebellion
to his glorious conversion. Share his struggles and triumphs as he
establishes orphan homes to care for thousands of English children,
depending on God's response to his prayer of faith to supply all
things. You will learn how to: * pray in faith and receive answers*
seek God for direction* find the ultimate purpose for your life*
rest in God's loving careGeorge Mller's unwavering, childlike
dependence upon his heavenly Father will inspire you to confidently
trust the God of the impossible in every area of your life.
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Therese
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Dorothy Day; Foreword by Robert Ellsberg
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Now back in print, this short biography of St. Therese of Lisieux
by Dorothy Day expresses the surprising yet profound connection
between Day - the founder of the Catholic Worker movement who was
praised by Pope Francis for her passion for justice and dedication
to her faith - and the beloved saint best known for her Little Way.
Whether you are called to the active life like Day or a more hidden
existence like Therese, you will discover that these paths have
much in common and can lead you to a love that has the power to
transform you in ways that are unexpected and consequential.
Written originally for nonbelievers or those unaware of Therese,
the book reflects how Day came to appreciate Therese's Little Way,
not as an abstract concept, but as a spirituality that she had
already been living. Day's life, like Therese's, was filled with
all the humble, self-effacing jobs that were a part of this work.
She found in Therese a kindred spirit, one who saw these simple
hidden tasks as the way to heaven.
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a new exploration of
Karl Marx's life through his intellectual contributions to modern
thought "A perceptive and fair-minded corrective to superficial
treatments of the man."-Jonathan Rose, Wall Street Journal Karl
Marx (1818-1883)-philosopher, historian, sociologist, economist,
current affairs journalist, and editor-was one of the most
influential and revolutionary thinkers of modern history, but he is
rarely thought of as a Jewish thinker, and his Jewish background is
either overlooked or misrepresented. Here, distinguished scholar
Shlomo Avineri argues that Marx's Jewish origins did leave a
significant impression on his work. Marx was born in Trier, then
part of Prussia, and his family had enjoyed equal rights and
emancipation under earlier French control of the area. But then its
annexation to Prussia deprived the Jewish population of its equal
rights. These developments led to the reluctant conversion of
Marx's father, and similar tribulations radicalized many young
intellectuals of that time who came from a Jewish background.
Avineri puts Marx's Jewish background in its proper and balanced
perspective, and traces Marx's intellectual development in light of
the historical, intellectual, and political contexts in which he
lived. About Jewish Lives: Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of
interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of
Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of
Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics,
cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are
paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that
explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity
to the present. In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives
the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series
ever to receive this award. More praise for Jewish Lives:
"Excellent." - New York times "Exemplary." - Wall St. Journal
"Distinguished." - New Yorker "Superb." - The Guardian
The spiritual diaries of Pope St John Paul II - published for the
first time ever in English. The most intimate insight into the
longest-serving pontiff of our time. Over a decade after his death,
the popularity and devotion towards John Paul II, the pope who
helped bring down communism in his native Poland, the great
statesman, and the most travelled pope in history, remains as
strong as ever. Since his early years as a priest in the 1960s, up
until 2003, two years before his death, the pope kept a spiritual
diary, recording his reflections on God, life, spirituality, the
problems facing the church - and his own struggles. Never intended
for publication, these diaries were entrusted before his death to
his personal secretary, who saw fit to have them published as they
represent an unprecedented and important testament to the
spirituality of this Christian leader, adored to this day by
Catholics and non-Catholics alike.
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Unexpected
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Edmond Smith
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The story of John Wesley's affair with Grace Murray and how Charles
Wesley prevented their marriage by persuading Grace to marry John
Bennet, who was one of the key Methodist lay preachers, has long
fascinated historians, but most have tended to view John as the
victim and been hugely critical of the behaviour and actions of the
others involved. Grace has been described as 'impetuous, imperious,
and probably a little unstable' and as an 'uneducated, vain,
fickle, selfish and presuming' flirt, even though this does not tie
in with either John Wesley's or John Bennet's view of her. Bennet
has been dismissed as 'a cheat' and 'a treacherous, unfriendly
man', even though Charles Wesley, George Whitefield and other
contemporaries consistently praised his character. Charles has been
accused of over-reacting to gossip and acting out of personal
reasons. It has been alleged, for example, that he wanted John to
remain single so he could retain the income his own wife required,
and that both he and his wife were too snobbish to want to have
Grace as their sister-in-law. All these accusations have tended to
obscure rather than clarify what really happened because they
either ignore or do not pay enough attention to the fact that John
Wesley was just as much to blame for what happened.Today, after
decades of relative historical neglect, Grace Murray is beginning
to receive more recognition as 'a strong-willed, capable and
dedicated woman worthy of a distinguished place in the annals of
early Methodism'. What emerges from this study is a remarkable
woman - a pioneer female class leader and preacher, who, throughout
her life, had to come to terms not only with the doubts and fears
that can beset Christians at times, but also with the prejudices of
her day. Dr Johnson represented those well when he quipped: 'A
woman preaching is like a dog walking on its hind legs. It is not
done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.' What
comes across most strongly in Grace's writings is her acute
awareness of her own failings and her abiding faith in the
redemptive love of God. When she knew she was approaching death she
wrote to her son:'God did wonders for me all my life. I have been
astonished and overwhelmed with a sense of his love to me the chief
of sinners, the most unfaithful and unprofitable of all his
servants.'Her character makes it all the more understandable why
John Wesley was hit so hard by her loss and why he struggled to
understand why God had not permitted him to marry her:The main
outcome of Grace's marriage to John Bennet has usually been
portrayed as being John Wesley's disastrous marriage on the rebound
to Molly Vazeille, but of far more significance was the divide her
loss created between John and Charles. That had huge and important
repercussions on the way in which Methodism was subsequently to
develop.After the initial trauma was over both John Wesley and
Grace Murray came to believe that it was God who had prevented
their marriage. In a more secular age, it seems preferable to
explain what happened by looking at the actions of people involved
and using the evidence available. This book tries to do exactly
that and what emerges is a tragedy of errors for which all the
protagonists can be held equally responsible. John Wesley, Grace
Murray, John Bennet, and Charles Wesley all did what they did for
the best, if at times misguided, motives. Whether the hand of God
can also be seen in what happened is left to the reader's
judgement.
From the 1950s until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel
Schneerson--revered by his followers worldwide simply as the
Rebbe--built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect
within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that
it is today. Swept away by his expectation that the Messiah was
coming, he came to believe that he could deny death and change
history.
Samuel Heilman and Menachem Friedman paint an unforgettable
portrait of Schneerson, showing how he reinvented himself from an
aspiring French-trained electrical engineer into a charismatic
leader who believed that he and his Lubavitcher Hasidic emissaries
could transform the world. They reveal how his messianic
convictions ripened and how he attempted to bring the ancient idea
of a day of redemption onto the modern world's agenda. Heilman and
Friedman also trace what happened after the Rebbe's death, by which
time many of his followers had come to think of him as the Messiah
himself.
"The Rebbe" tracks Schneerson's remarkable life from his birth
in Russia, to his student days in Berlin and Paris, to his rise to
global renown in New York, where he developed and preached his
powerful spiritual message from the group's gothic mansion in Crown
Heights, Brooklyn. This compelling book demonstrates how
Schneerson's embrace of traditionalism and American-style modernity
made him uniquely suited to his messianic mission.
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