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In Christian Scripture, the Apostle John twice says that "God is Love." No where else do we find those precise words. Most people assume that simply means that God loves us. After all, the Bible says that in other places. But, while it is true that God loves us, this short book suggests that John did not just mean that. It suggests that John's meaning may be well beyond that.

Maybe you've heard about the biblical book called "Revelation" which millions of Christians believe contains prophesies about events that will signal the end of the world, with more than a few claiming these signs are already happening! But how many of these believers have actually bothered to read and study the book of Revelation to find out if these claims are true? Sadly, the vast majority have not ever read through it even one time!

What if everything you thought you knew about the end times was missing the most important piece? The Final Prophecy: Are You Ready? reveals the overlooked truth buried in Scripture that explains exactly where we are in earth’s timeline—and what happens next. Drawing directly from the Bible, this eye-opening book uncovers a cosmic courtroom scene taking place right now, where destinies are being decided. Discover how current world events, political alliances, and religious movements are fulfilling ancient prophecy right before our eyes.

ويشتمل الكتاب على جملة من الأخبار والأمثال والحكم والمواعظ والأشعار وغيرها. وقد سُمي بـ "العقد" لأن ابن عبد ربه قسّمه إلى أبواب أو كتب حمل كل منها حجر كريم، كالزبرجدة والمرجانة والياقوتة والجمانة واللؤلؤة، وغير ذلك مما تناول عقود الحسان الحقيقية.

في زمن قل غيه الشباب الطموح الذي يحمل هموم دينه وبلده.. يحملها على ظهره ويبوح بها ويفكر في المستقبل في شكل خواطر ذكية.. في هذا الزمان الصعب يخرج علينا أحمد الشقيري.. يحمل خواطره وأفكاره.. انه لا يعبر عن نفسه فقط وإنما يعبر عن مشاعر وأحاسيس وأفكار جيل من الشباب يحب دينه وبلاده ويحلم بمستقبل أفضل.. خواطر أحمد الشقيري شعلة أمل تقول بوضوح أن شباب هذه الأمة هم

Die Pilgerreise prägt bis heute den Glauben und die Frömmigkeit vieler Christen. Die allegorische Geschichte von Christian, beschreibt seinen Weg von seinem alten Leben fernab von Gott bis zu seinem Eintritt in die himmlische Stadt. Auf diesem Weg lernt er viele Menschen kennen und findet Freunde wie auch Feinde. Er hat mit Hindernissen und Widerständen zu kämpfen, aber erfährt dabei immer wieder den Beistand Gottes.

Viele Christen vermissen eine lebendige Beziehung zu Gott, obwohl sie sich gerade diese wünschen. Das Hörbuch des bekannten Bestsellers von Hans Peter Royer, zeigt auf, wie man Gott im Alltag erleben kann und welche Prinzipien dabei helfen können die tägliche Intimität mit Gott einzuüben. Emutigend und herausfordernd!

As James P. Byrd reveals in this insightful narrative, no book was more important to the Civil War than the Bible. From Massachusetts to Mississippi and beyond, the Bible was the nation's most read and respected book. It presented a drama of salvation and damnation, of providence and judgment, of sacred history and sacrifice. When Americans argued over the issues that divided them - slavery, secession, patriotism, authority, white supremacy, and violence - the Bible was the book they most often invoked.

Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the Arab world - a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds. Yet the author of the Muqaddima, the most important study of history ever produced in the Islamic world, is not as well known as he should be, and his ideas are widely misunderstood. In this groundbreaking intellectual biography, Robert Irwin provides an engaging and authoritative account of Ibn Khaldun's extraordinary life, times, writings, and ideas.

You cannot discover lands already inhabited. Injustice has plagued American society for centuries. And we cannot move toward being a more just nation without understanding the root causes that have shaped our culture and institutions. In this prophetic blend of history, theology, and cultural commentary, Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah reveal the far-reaching, damaging effects of the "Doctrine of Discovery."

In presenting The Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East, I wish to state that I was one of a research party of 11 persons that visited the Far East in 1894. During our stay - three and a half years - we contacted the Great Masters of the Himalayas, who aided us in the translation of the records, which was of great assistance in our research work. They permitted us to enter into their lives intimately and we were thus able to see the actual working of the great Law as demonstrated by them.

Three thousand years ago, in the Southwest Asian lands we now call Israel and Palestine, a group of people worshipped a complex pantheon of deities, led by a father god called El. El had 70 children, who were gods in their own right. One of them was a minor storm deity, known as Yahweh. Yahweh had a body, a wife, offspring and colleagues. He fought monsters and mortals. He gorged on food and wine, wrote books and took walks and naps. But he would become something far larger and far more abstract: the God of the great monotheistic religions.

As we all know, and as many of our well-established textbooks have argued for decades, the Inquisition was one of the most frightening and bloody chapters in Western history, Pope Pius XII was anti-Semitic and rightfully called "Hitler's Pope", the Dark Ages were a stunting of the progress of knowledge to be redeemed only by the secular spirit of the Enlightenment, and the religious Crusades were an early example of the rapacious Western thirst for riches and power. But what if these long-held beliefs were all wrong?

The First Crusade is one of the best-known and most written-about events in history, but in this new book Dr Peter Frankopan asks vital questions that have never been posed before. This is the only book to address the history of the First Crusade from the perspective of the East, examining the role of the Byzantine Empire and its ruler, Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

Corrie ten Boom's amazing personal courage and her ability to share the reality of Jesus Christ have made her writings continually popular, and the Corrie ten Boom Library has become a source of inspiration for thousands of readers. Now with two new additions to the library, readers will continue to enjoy this beloved author's words of wisdom. After her release from a World War II concentration camp, Corrie traveled around the world, proclaiming the gospel. Amazing Love tells how she encountered God's love in some of the most unlikely places during her extensive travels.

The companion to the Oscar-nominated documentary, an unparalleled look inside Israel's security establishment. Imagine the following situation: You have just received a tip that six suicide bombers are making their way into the heart of Israel's major cities, each one to a different city, to set off explosions in the most crowded centers of population. How far would you go to stop the attacks?

From his modest headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the Rebbe advised some of the world's greatest leaders and shaped matters of state and society. Statesmen and artists as diverse as Ronald Reagan, Robert F. Kennedy, Yitzchak Rabin, Menachem Begin, Elie Wiesel, and Bob Dylan span the spectrum of those who sought his counsel.

Jesus: A New Vision is at once a magisterial work of scholarship and a completely new approach to the meaning and message of Jesus. It comes at a time when the Western world is divided between a declining number of believers in Christian doctrine and an ever-increasing number of people who feel that Jesus was nothing more than a religious zealot who was executed for the crime of sedition.

Determined to Believe is written for those who are interested in or even troubled by questions about God's sovereignty and human freedom and responsibility. John Lennox writes in the spirit of helping people to get to grips with the biblical treatment of this issue for themselves.

This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people's experience of religion, showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but a strong and vigorous tradition. For this edition, Duffy has written a new introduction reflecting on recent developments in our understanding of the period.