Our world needs men—not just any men, but the kind who understand and embrace the unique calling God has given them as men, husbands, fathers, and leaders.

Scripture provides a code of godly manhood that emboldens you to become all God designed you to be. In The Man Code, pastor Mark Henry distills the essentials of biblical masculinity into 12 key action points, helping you apply the Bible's transformative teaching to every aspect of your life. In this practical guide, you will be.

• Encouraged toward a greater love for Christ and commitment to living out God’s priorities
• Empowered to build your livelihood on the foundation of God's Word
• Enabled to experience the real and lasting fulfillment that comes from living as a godly man
• Equipped to share a clear, biblical ethic of masculinity with the next generation

Packed with useful insights, authentic stories, and engaging study questions, The Man Code will inspire you to embrace your true calling and serve God with courage, conviction, and hope.

Coverage of the wrestling event which took place at the TD Garden in Boston in November 2013. The featured matches include The Miz versus Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry versus Ryback, John Cena versus Alberto Del Rio and the showdown for the WWE Championship between Randy Orton and Big Show.

A collection of highlights from the weekly WWE programmes 'Raw' and 'Smackdown'. Among 2013's stand out moments on the programmes were: the Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match for the WWE Championship between CM Punk and Ryback; the Last Man Standing Match for the World Heavyweight Championship between Big Show and Alberto Del Rio; the confrontation between Paul Heyman and Vince McMahon; and Mark Henry's retirement speech.

Coverage of the WWE WrestleMania Revenge Tour, recorded in April 2012 at London's O2 Arena. The matches included new fighter Lord Tensai's first ever bout with John Cena and the showdown for the WWE Championship between CM Punk and Mark Henry. Elsewhere, an action-packed six-man tag-team match saw wrestlers including Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes battle for supremacy.

A collection of John Cena's most memorable recent matches after reigning for over a decade at the top spot in WWE. The matches included see him up against Mark Henry, Cesaro and Roman Reigns, Randy Orton and Kane.

Coverage of the WWE wrestling event which took place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia in July 2013. The top-billed matches at the event included the WWE Championship battle between John Cena and Mark Henry and the ladder match involving Randy Orton, Rob Van Dam, CM Punk and Sheamus.

Randall Foster prefers to preach sermons, teach classes, raise funds, recruit members and make sure he visits church members before their surgery. Wants to be known for that, if anything a caring minister you can trust. Dreamer. Alas, if anything can go wrong...it does. Not a short list of the wrong going...sexual misconduct charges...divorce...congregational meeting to throw him out...double-homicide indictment when a church member is found slumped dead in church's front sanctuary pew. Didn't help the woman, four months pregnant, is his misconduct accuser and a noosed rope around her neck is from his pulpit robe. He has to reach up to touch bottom. Then the surprises begin. Not everyone is against him. Some figure shadows are evidence of light somewhere. He is sinking...fast. But not all is lost. An irascible secretary...a don't let them get you church member...a new fishing guide...and a salmon-stalking sea lion make for the most unpredictable sliver of hope. He'll take it. Sinking? Yep. Drown? Not sure.

For the last year Tricia Gleason shifted back and forth from fishing guide on Tillamook Bay to homicide detective. In the latter role she "fished" for clues to solve two murders. To celebrate the new day Tricia makes the decision to leave her fishing and detective roles. And, to the voice of her heart, sets the goal to become a minister. Puts her detective hat and her fishing waders in the closet. Closes the door. Hope? To attend classes at Ocean Divinity School in Berkeley, California and learn about the Bible. Hope? To be a good seminary Field Work student at a Palo Alto Community Congregational Church. Hope? To be effective in leading a college church group of Stanford students. But then. Her first night a troubled Stanford student wants to share personal problems. Tricia glances at her watch, the student reads her dismissing body language and leaves. Tricia doesn't see her again...until she is in the morgue. When the casket closes on this coed Tricia's closet door opens. At first she doesn't know the murderer is in her midst, closer than bad breath. On goes the detective hat. Tricia learns she is dealing with more than two women, only distinguished by reddish-orange hair and neon-blue hair. Tricia surmises there is a third person, a primary identity. And then she knew: the murderer actually is someone whose public persona is rational and impressive. This person wears a mask of sanity, hiding the blue and red haired impersonations. As Tricia moves in there is only one problem...she has the wrong sane person in her sights. Would the mask of sanity ever be ripped off?

An in-depth look at some of the biggest individuals in the history of wrestling. Among the memorable giants highlighted in the programme are Andre the Giant, Haystacks Calhoun, Big Show and Mark Henry.

"Write Through Chicago" offers both teachers and students a unique opportunity to connect with Chicago and its remarkable history. Young writers will mourn at Lincoln's Chicago Funeral, marvel at the Columbian Exposition, gather with the crowd at the Haymarket Riot, drive to Riverview Amusement Park, chomp down on the first McDonald's Burger, and celebrate at Grant Park as Barack Obama delivers his presidential acceptance speech. They'll craft a wide range of written forms, from stories and poems to polemics, monologues, diaries, letters and more. All "Write Through Chicago" writing activities align to NCTE & Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and are supported by a website that provides students with ready access to specifically selected research materials. This unique design leaves teachers free to concentrate on helping students truly "learn about a city by writing about a city."
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...Larson ("The Creative Writing Handbook," 1992) and Boone ("Forest High," 2011) collaborate to produce a guide primarily for students, although it'd be useful for anyone "curious about Chicago and anxious to write." Their guide covers nearly a dozen of the nationwide Common Core State Standards for writing, including orienting students to the rhetorical forms of argument, exposition and narrative, and to disciplines like planning, revising and rewriting. The authors approach their task by presenting students with a series of archived headlines from different pivotal points in Chicago history, from the days of fur trader Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable in 1790 to the passage through town of President Lincoln's funeral train in 1865 to the Great Fire of Chicago in 1871, as well as the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, the World Series of 1906 and newly elected Barack Obama's victory speech from 2008. In all these cases and many more, the authors encourage writing students to extrapolate from the headline and quick bullet points of the event, with pointed motivations to consider as many angles as possible, such as the president's Secret Service detail or the engineers on Lincoln's train. It's also recommended for students to go online for further research and to imagine how they would have reacted at the time. Finally, students are encouraged to envision a new scenario spun off from the headline's setting but involving them personally. In all cases, students are carefully guided through the use of educator Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Objectives, first using so-called lower-level thinking (knowledge, comprehension and application) and then higher-level thinking (analysis, synthesis and evaluation). The headlines are well-chosen to represent a wide range of interests-everything from the social reforms of Jane Addams and Hull House to the poetry of Carl Sandburg and the prose of Studs Terkel-and the concept of making writing exercises come alive through local history is an inspired one.
A stimulating, well-presented approach to getting students interested in writing.
"Write Through Chicago" is the best present an English teacher could receive. This book brings to the forefront a logical yet creative way of addressing what is truly important: engaging students to think creatively and insightfully about the world around them. By allowing students to write themselves into Chicago history, Larson and Boone have seamlessly brought together the best parts of teaching and writing. This is the kind of book that makes teachers want to teach.
"-Deborah Will, former President, Illinois Association of Teachers of English"