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Padmasambhava, the Lotus-Born Indian mystic and tantric master, is second only to Skakyamuni as the most famous figure in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. In the ninth century, he journeyed across the Himalayan Mountains to establish Buddhism for the people of Tibet. This legendary tale interweaves narration with timeless advice to all spiritual practitioners. Here, in English for the first time, is the complete story of how Buddhism was planted in Tibet.

David Currie was raised in a devout Christian family whose father was a fundamentalist preacher and both parents teachers at Moody Bible Institute. Currie's whole upbringing was immersed in the life of fundamentalist Protestantism — theology professors, seminary presidents and founders of evangelical mission agencies were frequent guests at his family dinner table. Currie received a degree from Trinity International University and studied in the Masters of Divinity program.

A provocative, irreverent biography of Anton Szandor LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan, BORN WITH A TAIL chronicles a time when Americans could welcome a macabre showman into their living rooms via TheTonight Show, before a ginned-up hysteria known as the Satanic Panic would put a target on...

In the 1970s, against the backdrop of the explosive Watergate scandal, Charles Colson revealed the story of his own search for meaning during the tumultuous investigations that led to the collapse of the Nixon administration. A convicted former special counsel to the president, Colson paradoxically found new life - not with success and power, but while in national disgrace and serving a prison sentence.

I was born with my last name spelled Loser. Yep, you read that right: Loser. You can imagine how hard that was. Even worse, I lived up to the name. At the young age of thirteen, I ran as fast as I could into a life of drugs. For the next twenty years, I was using methamphetamine on a daily basis. I was in and out of jail, homeless, and ultimately in prison. This book is for addicts who need to know that there is hope. It’s for mothers and fathers who need to know that there is hope for their sons and daughters.

Country music star Sara Evans’s “humble but incredible life story” (Publishers Weekly) about her rise to stardom, her roundabout path to love, and how her faith brings daily joy no matter the circumstances is an inspiring and “warm, approachable read” (Booklist). Sara Evans—a...

I do comprehend that my life was predesignated by God before he set the entire universe in order. My adventurous journey of life failures, challenges, and my prison circumstances has caused me to realize that there is no demarcations which can hinder me from reaching my God given destiny. You Are Born To Win is an inspirational Christian autobiography by an extraordinary prisoner whom was convicted to 12 years imprisonment for several high profile cases.

Audie Award, Faith-Based Non-Fiction, 2016. In 1953, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, a baby boy was born - dead. The attending physician set his little body aside and tended to his mother for 18 minutes. Now, more than 60 years later, that boy leads an internationally known ministry that encourages hundreds of thousands every year. The Boy Born Dead tells his incredible story from the perspective of his best friend, David Wideman.

This is the fascinating life story of Reverend Anthony Burrus, who was born in the roaring twenties to a sharecropper and his wife in the tiny dust bowl town of Castle, Oklahoma. Reverend Burrus was given the unique "gift of languages"; a polylinguist, with a God-given ability to converse in more than 30 languages, Pastor Burrus has ministered to people around the world.

This is a personal story of a journey from cynical realism to a born-again Christian faith. It started with the loss of my goal of becoming a Christian minister thanks to a dispiriting Bible course taught by a professor who then committed suicide - my first year in college. But my world nonetheless quickly expanded well beyond my bruised Middle America through years of work and doctoral studies in Washington DC and through extensive travel, study, and work abroad. But that well-constructed world would ultimately disintegrate, thanks to forces well beyond my control.

Having written a number of Christian book titles and most relating only a small portion of my personal testimony and experiences regarding my personal relationship with God, I decided to write a new title including more of these aspects. With the fact that a lifetime as a Christian can include many unique experiences, as is the case with me and with the blessings being virtually innumerable, I include only a few select experiences and viewpoints of most significance to me.