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How does an educated, upper-middle-class internet executive with a family and a bright future react when plunged into a seven-year vortex of homelessness from which he can find no escape? In eleven cities across all three West Coast states, this former journalist had the sense to document his terrifying, hilarious, transformative experiences over those years, culminating in running a homeless tent city in one of West Oakland's most dangerous locations.

If you'd like to improve your ability to learn Greek vocabulary by as much as 100%, 200%, even 300% (or more)…using simple memory techniques that you can learn in 15-20 minutes (or less), then this may be the most important audiobook that you will ever listen to. Blieve it or not, it really doesn't matter if you think you have a good memory or not. rankly, if you can memorize a short email address or the name of a movie, then you can use this system to memorize a language as rich and diverse as Greek. But there's really no time to lose.

For generations, churches and families have used Advent wreaths to help prepare for celebrating the Lord's birth at Christmas. The evergreen wreath symbolizes eternal life and includes four candles—typically three purple and one pink, with a white candle in the middle that symbolizes the purity of Christ. Various traditions assign different topics to each candle, and the candles are usually given names to remind us of the good news of Christ's birth.

“I’m deconstructing.” Yet another social-media post announces departure from the Christian faith. The cause could be sex, race, politics, social justice, science, hell - or all of the above. For many, Christianity is becoming implausible, even impossible to believe. While it might be tempting to leave the church in order to find answers, Before You Lose Your Faith argues that church should be the best place to deal with doubts.

Many church leaders assume the most dangerous threats to God’s people will emerge from one side of the field. But when they scan for attacks in only one direction, they leave Christians vulnerable to different dangers. The church needs what Trevin Wax calls multi-directional leadership — leaders who combine dexterity and discipline. In short, leaders today must demonstrate faithful versatility. Wax applies multi-directional leadership to the most contentious issues facing churches right now. Unity and truth can still triumph in a divided age.

Paul's Epistle to the Romans is arguably the most important book in the New Testament. It is the most comprehensive statement of Paul’s revelation, making it therefore the foundation of New Testament theology. This book is a detailed, verse-by-verse analysis and commentary on Paul's letter to the Romans, drawing on multiple translations and providing explanations of all significant Greek words used in the text, while always keeping in mind the overall message which the Apostle Paul has systematically laid out.

In a dystopian, war-torn future where a godless global network reprograms the masses for compliance, the Requiem units are a dying breed. Manned by sciocists - scientific exorcists - the units sweep cemeteries of "latent soul energy". However, there's a lot more than just ghosts in Graviton. Father Aguste Lax, military chaplain to Requiem 4, has his own doubts. The cross around his neck is a feeble reminder of his waning faith. Yet when they encounter a Type Six entity, no amount of quantum firepower can save them. Lax becomes their only hope for escaping Graviton alive.

Experience the joy of daily discipleship with Jesus! According to Ryan J. Pelton, the path of happiness, joy, and freedom are found in answering the call of Jesus to "come and follow me". The Gospel Marinated Life is a wake-up call to a generation lacking clarity on relating to God. Pelton reveals there is no category for a "non-disciple" of Jesus. In fact, for the follower of Christ, daily discipleship with God is the essence of Christianity.

Bernard Brady has given us a rare, delightful, and thought-provoking book - a volume that belongs on the desk or the bed-stand of anyone in search of the rich and varied dimensions of Christian love. Christians are taught that God is love and are commanded to love their neighbors and their enemies. These truths are not controversial. What is controversial and indeed has been controversial throughout the history of Christianity, is the meaning of this love.

In spring of 1953, newly elected President Eisenhower sat down with his staff to discuss the state of American strategy in the Cold War. America, he insisted, needed a new approach to an urgent situation. From this meeting emerged Eisenhower's teams of "bright young fellows", charged with developing competing policies, each of which would come to shape global politics.

Author Steve Parr has emerged as a respected voice in communicating the true dynamics of churches that thrive in reaching and making disciples. His ideas are not only theoretical; he led a ministry that baptized over 1500 people in fourteen years. Parr';s story follows Mitch Walker, fresh out of seminary, as he struggles to find his way as the new pastor of a small and aging congregation.

Leading experts from business and academia consider coffee's history, global spread, cultivation, preparation, marketing, and the environmental and social issues surrounding it today. They discuss, for example, the impact of globalization; the many definitions of organic, direct trade, and fair trade; the health of female farmers; the relationships among shade, birds, and coffee; roasting as an art and a science; and where profits are made in the commodity chain.

Though separated by thousands of miles, the two men form a bond as Mercer provides support to Ahmed in his struggles to provide food for his family, and Ahmed helps Mercer learn how to survive without his dad. High school English and history teachers could use Out of the Pocket as a median to teach about the Iraq war while analyzing themes, symbolism, and character development. The best way to teach history is to tell a story.

Do you wake up in the morning full of energy and excitement, looking forward to what you've planned for the day and the surprises that might be in store? Do you feel like you are thriving instead of striving? Do you feel blessed with good fortune? In short, are you experiencing what's known in eastern cultures as prosperity? The bad news is that most people can't answer yes to any of these. The good news is that the ultimate goal of the four part Zero Stress Coaching Series is to help you join the small minority who can say yes to all of these and more.

The strategy of investing in securities trading at an appreciable discount from underlying value has a long history of delivering excellent investment results with limited marriage, divorce, a death in the family, a new job, retirement, pregnancy, a new home, kids in college, aging parents, sudden financial change, serious health conditions, or a new relationship. Transitions are the times in our life when we will make the worst mistakes in our life or create the best possible improvements to it.

Is your stress level affecting your relationships? If you’re like most people, a few stressful events from the past are probably the source of much of your stress today. Zero Stress Relationships offers an easy, step-by-step process to let go of the things that could be getting in the way of your happiness. If you’re stuck in a cycle of trying to “fix” your relationship by attempting to change the other person you’re missing an opportunity heal yourself.

If you've been asking how to lose weight, you've been asking the wrong question. A better question is, “How do I look and feel great without worrying about it?” The Zero Stress Diet is unlike any diet you've tried before. The goal of this diet is to help you increase your energy by reducing your stress. When you stop overtaxing your adrenals, thyroid, pancreas and liver with what the author Dan Kass calls “fun-fake-foods”, your body can finally get healthy enough to rebalance at your optimum weight. Since this diet does not depend on any foods that contain gluten to provide your nutrition, it works great for those who need to eliminate gluten from their diet as well as those who don't. Looking and feeling younger has a lot more to do with what you eat than you might think. When you break the stress cycle, you give trillions of cells in your body a vacation from stress and a chance to heal. This diet makes it easier than you ever thought possible to relax, lose weight and feel great! Enjoy the Kindle or audiobook version of The Zero Stress Diet today. Losing weight is just the beginning!

This is the true story of Ora-Jay and Irene Eash, Amish farmers from northwest Montana whose lives changed in an instant when a semi-truck struck the family buggy, killing their two young daughters. After the accident, the couple turned to their Amish community for comfort, but they remained haunted by the thought that they might not see their girls again in heaven. Would their deeds be good enough?

The information age has begotten turmoil. It seems that the more information we have, the less peace the average person has. To many, an impression has developed that modern science has disproved the existence of the immaterial realm, and doomed us to a sterile, pointless wandering in the wilderness of minutiae. During roughly the same time this impression has been developing in popular culture, however, massive evidence to the contrary has been steadily erupting from The Sciences!