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A very good read. I am excited to see what the Lord is doing in the church in this hour!!! God is preparing the church for HIS Glory and Francis Frangipane does an excellent job with fantastic insights on what is yet to come for the church. This book will take you to a new level of focus. I know many Christians whose only objective is being raptured out of here, but I believe after reading this book people will be really moved to cooperate with the Holy Spirit to bring change as God brings us back to our "first love" so that the power that began in the early church talked about in the book of Acts will be manifested in this hour. I am so excited in the Lord. I recommend this book to anyone who is ready to elevate their thinking about the church today. Get Ready!!!!!

I have enjoyed Francis Frangipanes's books as he was the first author to bring my heart to its knees. God has used him to bring hearts to a new level of realization that things have got to change around here. We have got to focus on our hearts because they will set our destiny. When the Lord sets our hearts right, and when we look up, we see a new destiny: This book of Frangipane details an overwhelming vision he had of heavenly beings, saints, and the overpowering presence of the Lord Himself. Frangipane reveals to those of us who are looking toward the Second Coming: His Presence has started coming in waves. In the Bible, the prophet Habakkuk announced that "the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea". Similarly, Isaiah fortold that "the Lord rises upon you and His glory appears over you". I have never received such a magnificent revelation before. Frangipane believes that God is in the process of preparing the Bride by healing his people, reviving their first love, and bringing them together in unity. This book helps us evaluate and redefine our relationship with God, while the detailed vision of impending glory pumps our hearts up with joyful anticipation of our entry into glory.

Faith is a fine enough thing, but this is the sort of book in which faith is used as a trump card to gloss over even the most painful processes and events, cheapening and simplifying them -- a recurring theme in the author's work.

I'm so glad I received this book back in December. It was a true confirmation about the glory of God and being in His presence. I highly recommend it if you're serious about having a VERY intimate relationship with Him. It's a book that was before its time.

If you are looking for examples of the zen and minimalist aspects of Japanese style, then this is the wrong book for you.

Pluses:
Some of the pictures are interesting, and I liked many of the cultural aspects of the book.

Minuses:
Some of the pictures reminded me of the elaborate and glitzy decor of some Westernized Asian restaurants.

Recommendation:
If you are interested in all aspects of Japanese style, this book might interest you. Everyone else should avoid buying this book.

i have thouroughy enjoyed it thank u very much it really made my day to see that other people have the same in terests as me n my colleagues

Regardless if you want to have a Japanese Tea Room, a Japanese touch, or just like looking at great photographs of Interior Design, you should buy this book.

I normally don't like books which take elements from one Style, in this case Japanese, and then adapt it for Western use, but here it works very well, thanks to superb and tasteful examples. The authors are also very up-front about it, as the sub-title which does not appear on the cover is "A Sourcebook of Japanese Style for the Western Home".

In hundreds of excellent photographs we are shown in sections with such titles as: "Light and Space", "Traditional Furniture" and "Japanese Textiles" just how easy it is to give rooms and areas of your home a Japanese touch or feel. I personally like the Style very much because it is subdued, almost austere, yet elegant, and makes much use of natural materials. The book is full of really clever examples of what one can do with space, and the best part is, that for the most part it can be done without great expense. The list of sources of where to buy materials at the end of the book is unfortunately out of date. The copy of the book I have was published in 1990, but many sources should be readily available on the Internet.

Along with the excellent book "Japanese Style" by Suzanne Slesin, et.al. (at the time of writing out of print), "Japan: The Art of Living" is all you'll need to go Japanese. And lastly before I forget, the price is right.

As a an architecture student and in an architecture firm working guy I found this book very helpfull. I like japanese architecture and this book has taught me a way to design interiors in japanese-western way.

This slim volume is an introduction to the work of this forgotten Los Angeles builder/draftsman. He produced some wonderfully whimsical houses for a brief period of time.To compare his work to that of Schindler or Neutra is criminal (as was Kesling.) It is a pleasure to see the Schulman photographs and the redrawn floorplans. The text is not informative- it could have been left out entirely leaving room for more pictures and floorplans. For someone with a love of Los Angeles or Streamline Moderne architecture this inexpensive volume is worth a look.That it is inexpensive makes it worth the look.

An interesting overview of a minor Southern California architect who saw an opening in the market for inexpensive streamline homes. The author examines eight of these buildings in detail and when I saw the black and white photos it is obvious that Kesling had the good sense not to make them as simple or austere as the houses designed by Schindler, Neutra, Breuer, Keck and the other big names of thirties architecture. Houses designed by this elite group always ending up costing plenty.

Apart from the eight houses covered (which all have ridiculously small floor plans in the book) David Gebhard writes an excellent introduction about Moderne/Streamline design. There are plenty of exterior and interior photos and the author provides an interesting chronology of projects that Kesling was involved with from 1935 thru 1948.

I love any Streamline houses and a book I have always enjoyed is Classic Modern Homes of the Thirties: 64 Designs by Neutra, Gropius, Breuer, Stone and Others (Modern House in America) by James and Katherine Ford, a reprint of a 1940 book with 194 photos and 128 floor plans. Also worth a look is The Modern House Today by Nick Dawe, stunning color photos of sixty-three still standing in England.

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Although not without errors this book is well illustrated and quite interesting. The fact that Kesling may or may not have been a bit of a scoundrel only makes it more interesting. So let's just say this is the best book on Kesling, ok?

Seriously, the other reviews suggest the same snobbery that Kesling had to deal with when he was alive. I'm not an architect and therefore can only appreciate things that look good. But I must tell you, compared to the houses they build today, Kesling's look mighty fine to me. So lighten up, folks. Who knows, maybe Neutra or Schindler wrote a bad check or two!

William Kesling was as good at architecture (despite a lack of formal training) as he was bad at business. In the middle of the Depression, he popularized moderne-style houses, but his career in LA was destroyed by a vindictive client. He re-established himself in La Jolla as a builder of rational, low cost housing. This elegant study, with its bw photographs by Julius Shulman and David Sadofski, and its preface by the late David Gebhard, restores a lost reputation.

I brought this book because I am getting married and wanted to learn more about creating a loving home. I expected this book to leave me with feelings or warmth but instead it left me cold. In particular in one segment of the book, called defining momements, Ms. Stoddard describes a defining moment in her marriage where she decides not to pack her bags and leave her husband. Her husband's teenage son from a previous marriage had thrown a wild party in their absence and destroyed the house. After her husband convinces her to stay ,a decision is reached that the best thing for everyone is if the son goes to boarding school. While I don't condone the actions of the son I certainly know many families who have faced difficulties like this with teenage children. Leaving their husband or removing the offending child from the home are usually not the options considered. At the time of the incident the son's natural mother was in an irreversible coma. I think this was a defining moment in their family but more for the parent-child relationship then for the husband-wife relationship. In another part of the book Ms. Stoddard refers to another one of her husband's sons as a juvenile delinquent. I think this is a very unloving label/reference toward a troubled child. While I believe this child may have behaved in some truly destructive ways, I also believe no one is born a juvenile delinquent. They are created.

I thought this was a wonderful class on marriage from an honest female perspective. In college, I took a class about marriage, but it was taught by a man and had more suggestions about what a man could do to be a successful marriage partner. While men and women could both learn from this book, I appreciated the female perspective from an author who sees marriage as an equal partnership.

Living in Love rates as high as Alexandra Stoddard's previous books. For those who long to have a gracious, loving home and extended family this book is a MUST! Jam packed with simple ideas we all can impliment

Those familiar with Ms. Stoddard's work will delight in reading "Living in Love". She talks in depth about her relationship with her husband and as always describes her life in a way that makes you want to go home, light some candles and sip a cup of tea in front of a fire

Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy was the son of a Sri Lankan Tamil father and an English mother, born in Sri Lanka and educated in Great Britain. This twofold cultural citizenship also symbolizes the two major traditions from which this recently re-issued book draws. Coomaraswamy's basic strategy is best seen as proceeding from a long lineage of Hindu thinkers who have sought to appropriate and assimilate the Buddha's teachings, most famously exemplified in the Puranic accounts of the Buddha as merely being another incarnation of the god Vishnu. On the other hand, Coomaraswamy's attempts to argue this point are based on the presuppositions of early-20th century positivist approaches to oriental studies, especially in their concern to uncover the very oldest (and presumably, truest) of doctrines. In this case, that means recovering the true meaning of the Buddha's words by divining his actual intentions, while ignoring completely the ideas and interpretations of later Buddhist thinkers. Although The Living Thoughts of Gotama the Buddha will be deeply misleading to its target audience of readers who are looking for a reliable introduction to Buddhism, it should be of great interest to intellectual historians looking to understand the ideas of the various thinkers like Coomaraswamy who are today often lumped together under the heading of Orientalism.

To establish that the Buddha was a Hindu, Coomaraswamy first denies that the Buddha was in any way a social reformer. For the Buddha's rejection of the caste system was nothing of the sort: "what he actually did was to distinguish the Brahman by mere birth from the true Brahman by gnosis, and to point out that the religious vocation is open to a man of any birth: there was nothing new in that." In one sweeping assertion, Coomaraswamy radically revises the history of caste. Apparently in Coomaraswamy's view, the true system of caste in ancient India was a meritocracy in which any outcaste with a religious vocation could study the Vedas and practice Brahmanical rituals. Needless to say, this attitude conceals and trivializes the terrible inequities of the caste system, both past and present.

Coomaraswamy's greatest concern, however, is to show that the Buddha's teachings were in no way doctrinal innovations. Most notably, Coomaraswamy denies that the Buddha taught the non-existence of the self. To this end he engages in an elaborate series of intellectual gymnastics that should manage to bewilder any reader who is still following along. For instance, he chooses the extremely awkward "un-Selfisness" [sic] as his translation of the Buddhist term more commonly rendered "no-self" (Pali anatta, Sanskrit anatman). Of course, in this denial of the doctrine of no-self he has had a great deal of company; virtually every western scholar of Buddhism in the 19th and early 20th century seemed to try to find some way of making this seemingly nihilistic doctrine more harmonious with the Christian belief in an eternal soul. As a Hindu, Coomaraswamy's unique contribution to this history is his insistence that "the Buddhist point of view is exactly the same as the Brahmanical." To make such a claim required that Coomaraswamy and Horner engage in a great deal of translational mischief in the second part of the book, their presentation of excepts from the Pali canon. So, for instance, a passage normally rendered as "Go along, monks, taking refuge in yourselves" becomes "Go along, monks, having Self as refuge." (For more on the no-self doctrine and specific issues in translating Pali terminology, see Steven Collins's _Selfless Persons_.)

It may sound strange, but Coomaraswamy's book is ultimately not about the Buddhist religion at all, since for him this religion is at its root an enormous misunderstanding. Readers interested in the Buddhist religion should read Walpola Rahula's _What the Buddha Taught_, which remains the best introduction to Buddhism written in English. For Coomaraswamy, the Buddha was a Hindu sage who taught no new doctrines and implemented no new social practices, but agreed with all of the great (non-Buddhist) thinkers in (European) world history, including Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Eckhart, et al. This position would have appealed especially to 20th century advocates of the "perennial philosophy," thinkers such as Aldous Huxley and Joseph Campbell who sought to combine all of the world's philosophies and religions into one unified, albeit extremely vague, body of wisdom. Yet Coomaraswamy's vision is deeply offensive to contemporary Buddhists, just as a writer would offend Christian believers who claims that Jesus was just another not particularly innovative Pharisaic Jew deeply misunderstood by his followers. Thankfully, however, in the early 21st century dialogue on Buddhism, ideas like Coomaraswamy's have generally fallen out of favor. Today's scholars are more apt to acknowledge that Buddhists themselves, not Hindus or western orientalists, have been the best caretakers of the Buddha's teachings.

This book is one of the best introductions to Buddhism. It goes past the layers of obfuscating polemics that were added to make the Buddha into a cult figure, which in his own life he wasn't.

Im a Pali scholar and write books on Buddhism. This book is (outside of the Suttas) is the single best introductory book to own on Buddhism... AK Coomaraswamy is seen by Indians and experts in Buddhism as a "GOD" of Indian Philosophy. He spent endless years translating Pali as well as Sanksrit. He is also very well trained in Platonism as well as Neo Platonism. ...

This book, inexpensive and tiny though it be, is the single BEST introduction to buddhism available in print. A double introduction by Dr. AK Coomaraswamy and followed by a corpus of primary translations by IB Horner, herself a famous Pali translator.

What makes this book absolutely phenomenal and stands out from the massive amount of trashy books under the title of "Buddhism"? Simple, this book makes no claims without citation, no conclusions without references in Sutta (Buddhist nikaya doctrine). Other so-called books on Buddhism are 99% composed of the authors personal dogmas and conjectures without even a jot of reference, or citation.

In actuality, 80% of this book is composed of key translations by Mrs. IB Horner, only the very lengthy introduction is by Dr. Coomaraswamy. A.K. Coomaraswamy is author of over 60 books before he passed, was prolific in Pali, Sanskrit, greek, latin, and other languages and is often heralded as the "God of Indian Philosophy" by many. Myself having many thousands of books on Buddhism, this little simplistic book remains top 30 books out of over 4000 books on Buddhism I personally own. Outside of reading the Suttas themselves in the original Pali (something unheard of in practicality), this is the single book which upholds scriptural accuracy and is philosophically choate to the Sramanistic Monism that was original pre-secular Buddhism.

The words of Thomas Jefferson are never more appropriate than when applied to Nova Scotia.
I was born in 1935 and grew up in Nova Scotia. I left in 1959 and have lived in Montreal,New Jersey and since 1975 ,in Mississauga,outside Toronto.The cover of this book immediately caught my attention;particularly the name of the author,Lesley Choyce.It is a surname I'd never come across and certainly not to be associated with Nova Scotia.Both sides of my family were Scottish and Irish immigrants who came to Nova Scotia in the late 1700's, mainly to get away from the oppression of the British and and in search of a life where a man's worth came from his own efforts ,not from his position,religion or privilege.
Choyce has written a good book describing the history of Nova Scotia;trying to make sense out of what happened along the way and why things are the way they are today.
He covers the early history where Nova Scotia was nothing more to England and France than land to occupy for its resources or military significance.The people,other than military,were conned in every way possible ,all with only one purpose,spread of empire.
The forms of government,oppression,prejudices,religious descrimination and all the rest of social systems ,that were so bad in Europe were transported and installed here.While governments fought ,the rule and influence moved back and forth with wins and losses.It was the people themselves that were the real losers.The key when looking at the development of Nova Scotia is to remember there was never a Revolution as there was in the United States.Hence, the mentality of being masters of their own destiny has never replaced the reliance on big government ,mother country,King or Crown to direct and control the lives of the people.
Nova Scotia was a British colonly like the other 13 colonies in 1776 when the American Revolution succeeded in driving out the British and creating a country founded on the principles of Life,Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness ,Justice ,their own Constitution,Laws and government. That did not happen with Nova Scotia.As the author correctly shows,Nova Scotia had more in common with the American colonies,but nearly 100 years later in 1867 was virtually forced into union through Confederation.The driving force being the Tory Government and greatly supported by England.Certainly there was no wide support of the people as most of them were, or were descendents of, the French,Scottish and Irish who had known the heavy hand of British rule.There never was a vote by the people ;simply the application of Peace Order and Good Government...
Canada has been existing ,more or less,under this arrangement for 139 years and is probably less united than in 1867. While the central government continues to control,the provinces are forever squabbling and even fanning flames of separation in Quebec,Alberta,BC,and the Maritimes.
The author doesn't really get into it too much;but as you read this book ;keep asking yourself what did the English or the French do that was in Nova Scotia's interest. Then, what has been the result in Nova Scotia of having joined into Confederation.Unfortunately,the mindset is not really there to change the arrangement,but to keep hoping that Government will solve it.
Another thing that the author skips over is that the total population of Nova Scotia has changed little in the last 100 years. The reason is that so many young people have seen the stagnation and simply did what their forefathers from Ireland and Scotland did;its called dispora,they got the hell out of there for greener pastures.
The author has found himself a place there,he loves the landscape ,the people and the culture.Great,and all the more power,success and happinessto him .But remember he works in the secure enviroment of a university,not in the mines,in the fisheries,lumbering ,steel industries or a host of other occupations which have had a continuing history of small successes and crushing disasters.
Another reviewer mentioned that the lack of maps was a problem in following this history;but I kept a highway map handy and had no problem.Another, mentioned visiting Nova Scotia.It is a wonderful place to visit,loads of history,excellent roads and an endless number of spots to discover anywhere along the coast or inland.If the Nova Scotia Tourist Information Bureau is contacted;they will send loads of information to you.

While the history covers the full length of Nova Scotia's history, it is very anecdotal in nature. As a result I found it very disjointed. The lack of a map was also keenly felt. Even though Choyce often supports his theme of the great influence of the sea on Nova Scotia, the gaps in the narrative greatly weaken the impact. If you want a series of short excerpts of Nova Scotia's history, I can recommend this book. However, it is not up to giving much insight into the why of the province's history.

I am planning a trip to Nova Scotia this summer and was surprised at the dearth of informative books about the province. This work was all I came across that appeared to be likely to give me some background that would enhance my trip. I have thoroughly enjoyed it. In addition to providing an insightful history the book is quite entertaining. The only addition I would wish for would be a good map.

Lesley Choyce is a novelist, not a historian -- something that shows through in Nova Scotia: Shaped by the Sea. The book is well written and gives a compelling portrait of this corner of Atlantic Canada, but at times the history seems to barely dent the surface.

Arranged in 45 short (usually four- to five-page) chapters, Choyce covers Nova Scotia from the geologic prehistory of the land through European colonization and into the fish wars of the 1990s. Throughout it all he manages to strike a nice balance between veneration of important historical figures and lamentation of the wrongs imposed upon the environment, Native Americans and others.

Although Choyce obviously doesn't love everything that has been done by the people of Nova Scotia over time, he does love the province -- something that shines through in the brief historical vignettes of this book.

Don Stewart was an eye-witness to the miraclous in the ministry of many well-known Evangelist. His book "Only Believe" is an inspiring report of the supernatural as seen through the eyes of one who saw it on almost a daily basis. He did a very good job of weaving his way through much of the "negatives" and the "rumor-talk" surrounding the healing revival of the 40's, 50's and 60's. You'll be blessed by what you read.

As we look to our past, it prepares us for our future. I was impressed with the author's views and insights on these various Generals of the Faith, who have gone on before us. I was inspired and encouraged by the author's facts of the late Rev. A.A. Allen's accounts. I gleaned a lot from the author's willingness to be open and candid in his writings. My hat is off to you, Rev. Don Stewart for sharing these sometimes very painfull accounts of our beloved, Rev. A.A. Allen. What a helpful insight into our past, it will help with our future. If you have not purchased a copy of the book, get one. It is much needed in your libary today. I've recommended it to a friend, and I highly recommended it to those in search of facts from our past of Great Men and Woman of God. You won't be disappointed.

What to do when God places His Treasure... In Earthen Vessels??
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In recent years, there's been much said, preached about, and written in books about the personal lives and ministries of
"The Mighty Men of God...In Our Generation!"

Especially, the powerful healing ministries..of Katheran Kulhman,Amie Mc Pherson,William Branham, A.A.Allen,Jack Coe,Morris Cerrullo,R.W. Shambach,Benny Hinn,Leroy Jenkins,
Don Stewart and others!

I personally have been approched by 3 publishers, asking me to write about my 60years of "walking by the side ... of many of Gods Giants of Faith, yet God has never released me to do so as of yet!

I have hesitated to open up the past, as, often what is really wanted, is to expose the humanity side of God's men...and not the Divine Calling and Anointing of God!

While it's wonderful to read about the powerful accounts of these people of God and how the effected their world.. we need to leave there personal lives and their personal relationship with God... to the Lord! Let me explain.

You see, some people like to play God.. and expose other ministers faults and failures.. just to exalt themselves,
by putting down someone else! Pentecostisim especially, has been
bound with this problem for years and driven many away from god!
God is a God of Love and Restoration..even to fallen ministers!
Say Amen Bro. Swaggart! (by the way, God is using him around the world to win multitueds to Christ! Pray for his ministry!)

There's two problems with that attitude! One is the question; " Who made us God?" secondly; " As we deal forth judgement to others.. so shall we drink from that same cup!

" Trust me! It's a bitter cup! I've been guilty, in years past and I've had to ask forgiveness. We allllll... need God! Amen?

Let me stop here an say, that "Whatever is committed to God..
and is under the blood of Christ, is a Holy Thing! The Devil...

You Nor I ... have a right to touch it or bring it out from undet the precous blood coveing of Jesus!

If God has forgiven sin..He also has forgotten the sin and we must forgive and forget also!

Flesh is Flesh! Spirit is Spirit! All flesh stinks(yours or mine).. and we must learn to know, respect and revere one another, .. by God's Spirit! Especially in the ministy!

Yes all preachers are human and have to deal with the flesh
and the spirit, just like you do. We all make mistakes! I've made many.. but by the grace and mercy of God Almighty, I've been forgiven and learned from the experience and moved forward to be a greater man of God then before!

I did agree to a 2 hr. interview with Don Stewarts co-editor, concerning a few of my accounts with the late Rev. A. A. Allen. I appreciate the credit given to myself and my late friend, Rev. Seven Bloomburg, in the front ot Don's book "Only Believe."

While the book is wonderful and full of history of the healing movement, if I may ... I would like to address an important issue that it brings up to the body of Christ.

Bro. Stewart and I have had a great relationship in the ministy, in many crusades, spanning about 40 years! He's a special man of God, who has both carried a heavy cross.. of inheriting another mans foundation... and the responsibilities of producing fruit in many International Missionary Crusades!

It's been my priviledge to know and work with Evangelist Don Stewart since the late 1950's, when he was first healed of a crippled leg... in the A. A. Allen Miracle Healing Crusade, in Phoenix, Az.

We were both blessed to work and travel with Rev. Allen.(Don..in later years, as his assoc. evangelist, then as VP. and later Pres. of Miracle Revivals Inc., after Bro. Allens went to be with the Lord.)

I first worked with Bro. Allen at age 17, as a radio editor for his national broadcast and attending to the emergency section of
people who were the more serious cases, coming for prayer.

In later years, I worked again .. some 8 or 9 times, as crusade organist, singer, minister and promotional projects. Those were wonderful days.. of having a "Front Row Seat"..to witness multitudes coming to Christ, astounding miracle healings as well as God used him to birth a revival of Joy and Liberty...around the world! The fruits of his labor is still producing souls, in many nations today.(over 30 yrs. after his coronation.)

Don Stewart also has recieved much mentoring and inspiration from Bro. Allen, as has thousands of ministers around the world, including myself.

I also, have been greatly inspired and schooled, by many other men I've worked with over 60 yrs, and some 3,000,000 miles on the gospel trail, in 58 nations.(William Branham,Leroy Jenkins,
Jack Coe,Morris Cerrullo,Dr. Thomas Whyatt, R.W. Shambach,John H. Osteen,my own father and many others.

I could write volumes about my experiences and what I've witnessed, but While I shared some of my accounts of Bro. Allens life with Don and his Co-author, I'd like to address a specific point on the review of Bro. Stewarts book and his information about Rev. Allen.

First of all, the bible commands us (it's not an option)..to "Judge and to Know..no man, after the flesh!"

This is the missing plum line, in most churches and ministries today! We tend to judge men of God by the size of their crowds, success,the way they dress, look, ..the "Outer packaging!"

Even the miracles, anointing, and operation of the gifts of the spirit..are not always signs of their character or integrity!

Excuse me! Take a good look at most of the men of God in the bible and you'll see that "THEY ALL HAD FLESH PROBLEMS, YET GOD CHOSE THEM, KNEW THEM, AND USED THEM FOR HIS GLORY!"

He often uses " Bad Boys.. To Do Good Things!" Not the religious, pastors of the first church of the fridgidare!

In the end, we all (A.A.ALLEN, BENNY HINN, DON STEWART..BUFORD DOWELL...AND YOU).. STAND BEFORE "A LOVING, HEAVENLY FATHER.. WHO DEALS IN RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT" .. and we have to give account for our personal Relationship (Like David of old, our Heart after God)... and the real fruit we have produced for "His True Kingdom..Not Ours or some Denomination!"

Remember... It's about Relationship! Not Religion, Good works or even Ministry!

We must know every man (and woman) by the Spirit..by their Heart, the way God sees them and as the "Finished Product..
of His Handy Work!"

I walked by the side of the good..the bad... and the ugly.. over the years and it does'nt matter who it is, their color, or their past failures, if their faces are washed in the BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.. THEY'RE PART OF THE GLORIOUS REDEEMED OF THE LORD!

If they're not, pray for them! Love them and Restore them! Pour in the oil and and wine! Don't expose their sin..or God will expose yours!

In closing, some of the greatest men and women of God on planet earth, ..who will never have a book written about them, be seen on TBN, or preach to a hundred people, are also really true Generals in Gods Mighty End Time Army! Why? Because they've been faithful! They've fought a good fight! Ran a good race!
Been obedient vessels!

Be encouraged! The Best is yet to come!

-Watch for the Wind...

Evangelist Buford Dowell

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"In Him... is life!"

This is a wonderful companion book to "All Things are Possible" written by David E Harrell. Where Harrell draws the unbiased facts, Stewart as an insider fills in the background color. Together, they are a fairly complete picture of the Healing Revival, circa 1947-1969 and its colorful evangelists, yet separately, they both leave gaps.

To his credit, Stewart doesn't evade to tough questions on AA Allen (His drinking problem, his being prone to showmanship and theatrics, his death) or any of the evangelists, but handles them with the same kind of love that a parent has when they talk about their child's problem. You get the sense that Allen really was a "father figure" to this young minister. Stewart also takes us into the ministries of some of the "lesser known" evangelists of the movement, men such as Tommy Hicks and Velmer Gardner. These "lesser known" men had powerful ministries, yet were always in the shadow of the giants Branham, Roberts, Coe and Allen.

One thing I found odd about Stewart's book was the absence of the ministry of RW Schambach. He, as with Stewart, was an associate evangelist under Allen, and he had and still has a powerful and enduring ministry, yet the book is silent on him. The only mention of Schambach is one paragraph on page 156 calling him a "powerful preacher". Leroy Jenkins and Marjoe Gortner had more written on them. This is strange, maybe jealousy or a sense of betrayal when he left Allen's team? Only Stewart knows.

Another negative was Stewart's seeming self promotion. He titled his chapter "The Last of the Healing Evangelists", and went on to state that there is only "Benny Hinn, Reinhard Bonkke and myself" left as big healing evangelists. He also implies in the book that his ministry is the only one with Apostolic Succession from the Healing Revival. Again, he conveniently left out RW Schambach and even TL Osborne.

Stewart gives glowing and much deserved credit to the ministries of Oral Roberts and William Branham. Both were bridge builders, Branham brought Oneness and Trinitarian believers under one campaign roof, and Roberts brought Pentecostalism and the Charismatic movement together. He also convincingly spoke of the battles Jack Coe, Allen and eventually the rest of the evangelists had with the Assemblies of God (AofG). He made a good argument on why the evangelists felt threatened by the AofG, and why they left.

Overall, I enjoyed the book, and it has a place on my bookshelf next to Harrell's "All Things", Liardon's "God's Generals" and the Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements". Stewart's candid answers to the unpleasant questions and the compassion he had when he spoke of their weaknesses had me to re-think my own beliefs about these men and their character. If I brought one thing away from the book, it is that God pours His gifts into earthen vessels, and in the end, looking at the vessel discarded is in no way a indication of what it was filled with at one time

How sad that this author considers homosexuality a condition that is in need of healing. This point of view is ignorant and harmful. Homosexuality has always existed and will always exist, and it is 100% natural. Jesus surely would not have expected anyone to deny themselves an essential part of their nature. Homosexuals deserve acceptance, support and understanding, the exact opposite of what this book offers.

This book has been so helpful in challenging and helping me to see what it was about lesbianism that drew me in and beckoned me. Andy is a wonderful, humorous and insightful speaker and writer and I have both appreciated this book and the ministries of Desert Streams and Exodus International. This has been a helpful and insightful book that I would highly reccommend for those that want to look deeper than the surface to what the real cries are for. It was very useful to help me out of the lie of homosexuality and I am thankful for resources such as these.

Comiskey opens up his own life in a most vulnerable way to depict not only the confusion and pain that come with homosexual struggle, but the freedom and wholeness that come with pursuing the truth of Jesus. This book is both informative and touching. Recommended for all those who secretly struggle with homosexuality, wishing that somehow change could happen, for those whose loved ones are gay or struggle with same-sex attraction, or for those who are interested in learning how to better love our fellow human beings with this struggle. For an even more thourough look at the theological topic of homosexuality as it relates to Christianity, I also highly recommend Straight & Narrow? (InterVarsity Press).

This book gives the reader a greater understanding of human sexuality from a biblical viewpoint. Easy to read and understand. An excellent book!

I'm astonished by the political correctness of the main editorial review at the top of this page. It suggests that the book was written to be a mirror on the modern day, that we have much to learn from ancient mesoamerican culture.

Make no mistake, this is an excellent book. But what it really shows us is the depths of horror and depravity that was pre-conquest mesoamerican culture. The Aztecs were monsters, but their only invention was in the refining of the horrors the Mayans, whom they conquered from within.

The author provides details of the depravity of the Aztecs. This is not a book for the squeamish.

One of the key points of this book is that all the client peoples of the Aztecs hated the Aztecs so much that the moment a new power (the Spanish) arrived, the subject people flocked to them because they simply could not imagine any other situation that could be worse than life under the Aztecs. And no, I'm not an apologist for the Spanish--neither am I willing to excuse the brutal, homicidal native culture that thankfully is gone now.

I am half way from completing this book and I can not read any further. I began to notice a nagging sense of moral superiority from the author that I found objectionable. The author constantly compares the Mayas and the Aztecs to other shamanistic cultures and each time points out how the shamanistic society was obviously superior. I thought it was odd early on when he routinely quoted from books that discussed Eskimo and Sioux shamans. I was confused as to what this had to do with Mesoamerican religion and culture. Granted they are all Native Americans, but this book claimed to concern itself only with Mesoamerica. He also spent much of the book expressing how the mistake of the Mesoamericans was in their building of cities, that this represented a Fall from the Eden of the shamanistic society. After becoming fed up with this tripe I did a search online for the author and I learned that according to one description he was "one of the most colorful gurus of the '70s' New Age movement". I finally fully comprehended why I hated this book so much.

This is a brilliant book. I've re-read it many times. A previous reviewer wrote that he did a net search on the author and discovered he was a "70's guru." Not so. His father was the weird one. His son, the author of this book, is a respected scholar.

It isn't often that you read a book that so deftly communicates the cosmic framework of an ancient culture. However, it is obvious that Tompkins' take on the archeological evidence of ritual and religion left by the Olmecs, Aztecs and Mayans is written within the framework of modern culture. Of course, any academic will translate an ancienct culture of which he has no first hand knowledge via his own ideologies, so it is silly to critique it, as the other reviewer has, in such a way. This book is a refreshing look at religion and spirituality in mesoameria, and is a good resource for anyone seeking knowledge about shamanism as well.

The reason I bought this book is because there was a picture of me holding my daughter in it. The picture was very clear and I wanted to keep it as a keep sake for her of her mom before leaving Iraq. She loves it.

This book is consists almost entirely of pictures. Very litle is written about the men and women who fought and continue to fight this war. Also, although the 3rd Infantry division was the main effort during this campaign it seems like the Marines steal the show in this book. If you like pictures this is the book for you. I you want to read about the war you will be disappointed.

This could be a first: a 'history' of a war that's still being fought, thougtfully released before the end of 2003. Of course, the end of 'major' combat was announced in May 2003 (during the president's impressive photo op), so it's safe to declare the 'war' over and proceed with this coffee table book.

The book looks good, certainly. It is competing with any number of other nice, big, glossy books of pictures from Operation: Bad Intelligence.

For a book on the Iraqi conflict, we'll have to wait for some time, it seems. This book has some gorgeous shots of the leadup to war, the war itself (where the Iraqi army mostly went home to get heavily armed for Iraq War II, or III, I guess), and so on. It looks like Bush's carrier landing scene was a virtual announcement to the publishers of the world that it was time to get those 'history' books rolling. There is a solitary shot of a soldier's flag-draped coffin, giving one a reminder that many more have died since. There are also shots of Saddam's palaces, and reminders of his own atrocious behavior which we were a bit late in condemning since we indeed supported it all the way. The book needs revision, as Saddam has since been captured, reminding us that he wasn't sitting in an underground lair, stroking a white cat and planning world destruction, but was threatening the American people from his spider hole with a six-month beard and bad breath.

The book barely hints at the horrors of war the way similar photographic works have. Sure, we see some battle shots, a few wounds, dusty, blown-apart buildings in Baghdad, but the book offers nothing new on the US armed forces or on this or any other war. Actually, I expect this baby to be on sale pretty soon, just in time for the publishers to push out a new book covering 'Post-War Iraq', meaning impending civil war. Perhaps it's best that the book is light on commentary...

This is essentially a photo album of Operation Iraqi Freedom which again proves the old adage, a picture is worth a thousand words. It dispenses with text and allows the reader to visually
experience the war on land, sea, and air. I think it is the best of the current spate of Iraq War books by photo-journalists.