Passion The Books

This is a collection of Martin Luther's sermons. Martin Luther was a Catholic monk who rifted from the Catholic church and founded Protestant and the Lutheran denomination. Protestant baptizes those who are of age. Lutheran teaches you get saved through baptism. I'm a member of an ECLA local chujrch, Pilgrim Lutheran Church. That one is the closest to Catholic that Lutheran has and is almost identical to straight Catholic. There are many sub denominations of Lutheran. For example, Bethal Lutheran was the Plymouths. Our Savior's I think worships Superman, my friend goes there. It's totally 2000s. They didn't care about the quality or the goodwill anymore. Recommendec for those who want to reclaim their Christian heritage. While the Church of Satan lingers at 300 members, Pilgrim has 9 million each and every year. My ancestors came over on the Mayflower. It is not funny. Easter is a Christian holiday recognized by the government amd the post office to celebrate Jesus' resurrection. It is one of the most important holidays we keep next to Thanksgiving. I repeat, it is not funny. Amen.

The Medieval Marriage Scene: Prudence, Passion, Policy is an anthology of scholarly essays by twelve learned contributors discussing the fictive, artistic, legal, ethical, and economic aspects of the institution of marriage in Europe from roughly 500 to 1550. Individual writings include "Medieval Jewish Models of Marriage", "The Many Loves of Philip Augustus", "The Dilemma of the Widow of Property for Late Medieval London", and more concerning definitions of marriage, sexuality, and legislation of property and propriety alike. An index rounds out this thoughtful, well-researched and solidly presented compilation of insights into the historical context of marriage - a timely volume indeed even as the institution of marriage becomes an increasingly hot topic in the modern day.

This book is different. It set forth in brief form the miracles that occured in connection with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. The author points out the wonderful and heart-searching spiritual lessons which these miracles bring to us.

Ministers who are looking for new material for their Easter season messages will find it in ths book. Those who read these pages will gain new insight into the importance and significance of the miracles of Golgotha.

Here are the titles of the fascinating chapters of this book:

1. The Three Hours of Darkness
2. The Rent Veil
3. The Earthquake Which Rent the Rocks and Opened the Graves
4. The Blood and Water
5. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
6. The Arrangement of the Grave Clothes
7. The Saint That Arose and Appeared in the Holy City after Christ's Resurrection
--- from book's dustjacket

"The purpose of the church is to bring God glory through the worldwide proclamation, reception and worship of His Son," says David Shibley. "That is our corporate purpose. It should be our individual purpose as well." With that premise as foundation, Shibley's The Missions Addiction (Charisma House, 2001) is a masterful analysis of the church and missions in today's global culture. The church should take note of Shibley's latest title because he speaks from experience. He has personally ministered in 51 nations and is founder and president of Global Advance, a ministry that provides training and resources for thousands of pastors in 50 nations.

"I am personally convinced," he writes, "that there were dramatic advances for the gospel worldwide in the 1990s and that those previous ten years were a mere prelude to what God will do in this decade." For example, he cites the fact that, at the end of the year 2000, the JESUS film had been seen by more than four billion people, with almost 129 million people registering decisions for Christ.

Other predictions are more sobering: increased conflict for the church, more militant religions (especially Islam), and a more exacting standard for Christian leadership.

He sees American isolationism as a critical concern for spreading the Gospel. "The possible merits of protectionism juxtaposed against globalization may be argued in politics," he acknowledges, "but a protectionist mentality in the church is always suicidal. There are no merits to `spiritual protectionism'; it is always lethal. The most patriotic thing I can do for America is love the world."

Again and again he challenges, both by offering hope and encouragement, and by articulating obstacles to overcome. He says teens in missions are at once a cause for great hope and great concern. More American teenagers went on missions trips last summer than ever before, but Shibley says, "[W]hile Gen-Xers and millennials are spiritually hungry, they are also often biblically illiterate and tend to value relevancy over truth."

Shibley's passion for missions is contagious, his heart for missionaries transparent. He narrates countless stories of martyrs and others who have sacrificed all to follow Christ to the mission field -- often in the missionaries' own moving words. For example, he shares the story of a couple who stayed in Afghanistan when all other foreigners were evacuated: "The evacuation convoy came and left without us. Our neighbors were puzzled. Later we heard them call us no longer `the foreigners,' but `the people who stayed.' "During our first Christmas, ...over 50 women and their children all squeezed into our home, a little living room, to hear the advent story. Some wept... Others ran to their husbands and told them to go to the house of `the people who stayed' and hear the Good News."

Recurring themes include the need for unity in the Body, and the necessity of adherence to Scripture. The Missions Addiction is a valuable reference book, meticulously documented with hundreds of notes and index entries; it is a history, citing the thoughts of centuries of missions greats; and it is a call to action, challenging believers to tell the Good News.

A Moment of Passion is a powerful story of a daughter's early sexual abuse in the home and its emotional impact on her romantic encounter years later.

Nineteen-year-old Katrina Cole is an aspiring student at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. Raised from birth by an abusive father, Katie fights to maintain a normal life, despite the adversities at home. When her father dies in a tragic accident, Katie's stability is rocked and depression becomes her companion. Concerned school advisors refer the obviously distressed teen to the university's guidance department, where she meets Frank Hardgrove. The handsome blue-eyed, 24-year-old University of Virginia counselor takes Katie under his wing, until a moment of passion puts her therapy into a tailspin.

We recommend this book to adults and late teens that have an interest in a love story with serious emotional overtones. The story is fast paced, well written and has a unique late twist that will have you begging for more. This novella is bound to become a favorite romance classic.

I have been buying this calendar every year for almost two decades now and have found other photographers who have published calendars and books on Claude Monet's home and gardens at Giverny, France - however ELIZABETH MURRAY is the best. She combines both her photographic skills and her obvious love of the subject in her calendars. You don't throw one of hers away! Even years later friends who I have given one as a gift tell me that they keep there calendars also!

"Elizabeth Murray's enchanting photographs capture all of the charm and vivid color of Monet's inspiring gardens at Giverny, sometimes referred to as his 'living canvas.' Murray had the unique experience of living at Giverny for a year, working in the gardens in exchange for her room and board. She returns to the gardens annually to capture Giverny's many palettes with her camera. Here are forty of her favorites.

"Our deluxe address books are hardbound with a hidden spiral binding that allows them to lie absolutely flat. Forty full-color reproductions complement information pages with room for 480 names, addresses, home and business telephone numbers, cell/pager, and e-mail addresses. A lovely gift. Shipped individually shrink-wrapped for safety. ISBN: 0-7649-0039-0; size: 7 x 8 1/4"."--© Pomegranate

"Claude Monet was one of the masters of nineteenth-century French impressionism, but he considered his garden, and not his painting, to have been his greatest work. A skilled horticulturist, Monet transformed the grounds around his Giverny home into a living canvas, with carefully sequenced blooms that produced a changing fountain of color.

"Forty-seven of Elizabeth Murray's finest Giverny photographs are presented in this deck, along with one historic color chrome showing Monet proudly standing in front of his house, which is covered with Virginia creeper and roses. Informative text describes the various facets and flowers of the garden and provides important planting and care instructions for the home gardener.

"With 48 fact-filled cards per package, Knowledge Cards™ are a great source of condensed information--all in a deck the size of a pack of playing cards. ISBN: 0-7649-1351-4; size: 3 1/4 x 4"."--© Pomegranate

Having been a detail artist decorating Tournament of Roses parade floats for 20 years, this is truly a magnificent "behind the scenes" look at what it takes to make the Rose Parade the greatest parade of all time! Seeing pictures and reading descriptions of people and floats that I spent many an hour with was a very pleasant stroll back in time!

Since Amazon didn't post an editorial review for this book, here's the description from the back of the book to help you decide if this story is for you: "She knew the pain of loving was inevitable ... marriage had left Megan emotionally shattered -- her faith in men destroyed as her husband, Erich, had destroyed himself. Now, years after Erich's death, his aristocratic brother, Kurt, summonned her to Austria. Two shocks awaited her there: a valuable inheritance, and a man to rekindle flames and feelings she'd thought were buried with her husband. Overwhelmed by Kurt's seductive, destructive charm, Megan fell in love with him. But his love brought a heritage of hatred and deceit -- a heritage that threatened her happiness, and her life ..."