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In the years following World War II, still struggling to understand the effects of "combat exhaustion", later known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a young Kentucky family relies on the bond of love alone to piece together lives shattered by the events of December 7, 1941.
The saga which began with Josiah Stevenson atop New Hampshire's "Old Craggy" in A Far Way Home continues in The Trapper's Choice. In 1836 David Eldridge treks through the Rockies on an epic journey of fur trapping and self discovery. Having left the love of his life Callie back in Arkansas, David lives with and learns from the old trappers who instill this wisdom in him: "Once the Old Man places his claim on you, you never say goodbye." Torn between the freedom of the mountains and the sweet enslavement of his lover's arms, young David comes of age criss-crossing the American west, and wrestling with "the Trapper's Choice."--Back cover.
Religion of Fear reveals the story of how a Pentecostal sect, the Church of God of the Union Assembly, a small splinter group of the holiness Church of God movement, evolved into one of the largest and wealthiest cults in America. At its height in 1995, the Union Assembly included fifty-four churches spread across nineteen states. Spanning nearly a hundred years and three generations of family leadership and relying on hundreds of interviews with members and former members, David Cady’s groundbreaking investigation begins, in 1917, with the Church’s illiterate but magnetic founder, Charlie (C. T.) Pratt, summoning a congregation of resilient followers with little more than a flair for sp...
Albert alone seemed to be aware of his older brother Fred's dark side; that he kept hidden from almost everyone else - the side that lashed out at small defenseless animals and at his adoring younger brother. Would fighting alongside each other in the War between the States provide the grace under fire that could bring fraternal reconciliation, or would Albert emerge from the war too wounded to stand against jealousy? Marge Whittaker explores discord and disgrace, courage and cowardice, retaliation and redemption in "To Stand Before Jealousy" - the third book in her 'Craggy Mountain' series. Previously by Marge Whitaker: "A Far Way Home"; "The Trapper's Choice"
Now with a revised ending, the fifth book in the Craggy Mountain series, The Red House Inn details the coming of age of Ansel Stevenson - his trials, temptations and triumphs, as he seeks to find his calling and purpose at the dawning of the 20th century in the mountains of New Hampshire. Through sickness and health, love and loss, young Ansel must stay true to a vision he has been given. Does he have the strength and support to see it through? Only time spent at the Red House Inn will tell.
In old churchy language, "Domini Canes" means "Hounds of the Lord." Dominicans are friars whose main interest is in preaching the Good News. The order is called the Order of Preachers, so they use the postscript O.P. Pete, the dog, in his second book of devotionals [Good News fer Bad Dawgs] insists that "OP" stands for "Old Pete", and that the Dominicans are made up of monks, nuns, and dawgs like him! Hang on to your hat, or at least your collar, as Pete, sharing from the GNBDV [Good News for Bad Dawgs Version] of Scriptures tells it like it is - to him. Maybe to you too!
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Most people don't believe in a literal, burning hell. Evidence indicates, however, that hell is real, its punishments are fierce, and its population is enormous.
From the USA Today bestselling author of Sara's Game comes a moving novel of suspense that explores the gray lines dividing good and evil. *** When Jay Cross heals a paralyzed man just by touching his hand, and is able to do it again and again for the sick and the frail, his quiet, peaceful world is thrown into utter turmoil. At the same time, only a few hours away, David Kreutzer wipes his hand across his wife's forehead, curing her failing eyesight. Instead of approaching the ability with fear and reluctance, he sees the bright glow of dollar signs. Millions of them. Where did this power come from? Why were both men chosen? And who is the mysterious stranger lurking in the shadows, waiting for his chance to destroy them both?