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Keiko Yoshida is a young Japanese girl living in San Francisco. Her life Is filled with family, hope, and even love. Pearl Harbor changes all that. She finds herself and her family living in a world of anger, suspicion, and fear. In the years that follow, she will be persecuted, isolated, and forced into a prison camp. But that will not kill her determination to hold on to hope.

The bestselling series from the authors of the phenomenal multimillion-selling Left Behind books. Here is the first in the Biblically inspired series, The Jesus Chronicles, which brings to life the story of Jesus, told in the voices of those who knew and loved him best—the Gospel writers John...

The Dowager Duchess of Loring had finally married off all her grandchildren and was now uncertain about what her future held. When she accompanies her grandson and his new wife on a trip to Italy, a chance encounter with a past love turns her world upside down.

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman by John Bunyan can be a bit challenging, even for the best of listeners. Not so with this new, easy-to-understand version that translates the original archaic language into simple conversational English, allowing listeners of all ages to easily navigate this popular Christian story considered by many to be the third part of The Pilgrim’s Progress series. This story depicts the stages of life—from cradle to grave—of a very wicked man in an evil age and the miserable consequences that undoubtedly follow such wretched living.

Zacharias has loved Elisabeth all his life. When negotiations are made for their marriage, the childhood friends trust that their future will be bright. But as their story unfolds in their village near Jerusalem, the life they build together is marked by both the joy of love and the sorrows of loss and longing, for as the years pass by, the steadfast couple is never blessed with the thing they desire above all: a child.

Joseph’s family just started a war they’re going to lose. Two days ago, his half-sister Dinah was kidnapped and raped by the prince of the city of Shechem. Now Joseph is trapped between his brothers, clamoring for an attack on the walled fortress, and his father, who knows they can’t win. 

In the two years since Joseph’s family sacked Shechem and fled south, his relationship with his brothers has collapsed to new lows. Now Joseph is having dreams of a future where he lords over his older brothers. Needless to say that hasn’t improved his popularity. But it may not matter, because Joseph’s dreams seem to be coming true. Father’s blatant favoritism may have poisoned Joseph's brothers against him, but it has its perks as well.

Based on real-life characters and events, this historical novel tells the story of Sebastian Castellio, a brilliant theologian and ethicist, whose calls for religious tolerance and dialogue in the sixteenth century sparked a violent backlash from his one-time colleague and friend, the renowned Protestant Reformer John Calvin.

This book captures reasons for the growing gap between Catholic and Protestant churches due to doctrines added after the 1st century, often false or shaky teachings, and odd interpretations of Bible verses. Debates about religion and politics are some of the most entertaining and best ways to understand perspectives. Developing the debates and the way they are postured is a great way to study the Bible along with many other 1st and early 2nd century documents. You might be surprised how many odd ideas and opinions about Bible verses came decades and centuries after 33 AD.

From slave to ranchman - a historical western based on true events. In return for his freedom, a slave is tasked with the job of delivering a valuable stallion to a horse farm in Tennessee. The Civil War is dying down, and the roads are dangerous, but with some help, the horse is delivered, and the slave sees freedom. Wishing to be freed from any remembrance of the slave farm, John has a last name that he refuses to use.

An Evening in Ephesus is a Dramatic Commentary on the Book of Revelation. The setting is a house church meeting in Ephesus following John's release from exile on the Island of Patmos. The Jewish-Roman War had ended a year earlier in 70 AD, in which Jerusalem and the temple were completely destroyed, just as Jesus had predicted from the Mount of Olives 40 years earlier.

After widower John Hollister's daughters become mail order brides, he moves out to Colorado to be near them. Loneliness overwhelms him, prompting him to send off for his own mail order bride. His youngest daughter's disapproval stalls his wedding, sending everyone into a family dispute. Can John and his intended, Viola, ever find a way to be together?

Spirituality and urban living serve as a purposeful backdrop of Moment Before Creation, both “otherworldly” and deeply rooted in the saga of living in the ghetto. It’s a hypnotic tale that boasts good old-fashioned story-telling, Quantum Physics, “street smarts,” and wisdom of the ages. Engaging and wittingly original, Moment Before Creation promises to deliver on all that has come before it.

What if the Apostle John is still living today? What if somewhere on this planet walks a man who once walked with Christ? It is possible, because after He was resurrected Jesus told Simon Peter that He might leave John alive until He returned to earth. Read the gospel of John, Chapter 21, verse 22. That would make John the third-oldest man to ever live. If you want to know who the other two are, read the book. This is a story about what might happen if this man were to encounter his family after a great many years. This story is also about the last days of creation-the end times.

What can we learn by watching Jesus respond to his mother, when she asks him for help, and he changes the water into wine? What is Jesus saying to Nicodemus, “the up and in,” about being born again and the Spirit? And with the “the down and out” Samaritan Woman at the Well, Jesus shows us how to effectively reach those who have been wounded by religion and relationships.

In AD 100, John the Apostle is restored to the body of his youth and sent on a mission with a warning to never reveal his true identity. Fast-forward to modern-day Seattle, where John leads a foundation dedicated to bringing clean water to third-world nations. When a new television series threatens to reveal the truth of his identity, John struggles to keep his secret, especially as he grows close to Nicole, a young woman he recruits to lead his organization.

Through the lens of archaeology, history, and comparative mythology, we strive to shed light on the legacy of the Anunnaki. We examine their representation in popular culture, their impact on language, and their place in contemporary beliefs and spiritual movements.

This is the story of the Last Supper told through the mind of the apostle John.