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For fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, discover the story behind their unique friendship forged in the darkness of World War II and how it inspired the stories of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity. In a world devastated by the cataclysm of war...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Deepen your insight into and appreciation for the writings J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis as you explore the untold story of how the First World War shaped their lives, faith, and writings. Had there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbit, no Lord of the...

In the late 1820s, John Nelson Darby abandoned his career as a priest in the Church of Ireland to become one of the principal leaders of a small but rapidly growing religious movement that became known as the “Plymouth Brethren.” Darby and other brethren modified the Calvinism that was common among their evangelical contemporaries, developing distinctive positions on key doctrines relating to salvation, the church, the work of the Holy Spirit, and the end times.

The shocking untold story of how the FBI partnered with white evangelicals to champion a vision of America as a white Christian nation.

Given the consistent movement away from God's values in America today, this audiobook provides biblical directives on how believers are to act in a morally corrupt society. It clarifies EVERY believer's duty concerning loving others, while at the same time taking a stand. What makes this audiobook unique is its effort to present a scriptural basis for Christian American citizenship today, rather than the Christian tradition of our nation. With over 185 scripture quotations, the audiobook is unmistakably for those who believe the Bible.

Before Moses, there was no viable monotheistic religion in the known history of the human species. His spiritual descendants number in the billions. He is arguably the most influential person to have ever lived, and for at least 2,000 years, we have gotten the basic details of his life wildly wrong. Moses and the Death of Heresy is a journey of recovery that empowers listeners to find something that has been lost, something that we were all intended to experience: actual religious freedom.

Mention is often made of Leo XIII and a famous vision that he saw — that of an attack being made or planned by the devil against the Church. The facts about this vision, however, have been unclear for many decades, for there are different versions of what occurred, and of what was or was not said in that vision. What is fact and what is fiction about this event in modern papal history?