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What In the World Is Going On?: 10 Prophetic Clues You Cannot Afford to Ignore

David Jeremiah

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Is the current economic and political crisis actually prophesied in the Bible?   If so, what are we to do about it?  It is hard to piece together all this information in a way that gives a comprehensive picture of what the end times will look like. That's why so many theories abound. And that's why Dr. David Jeremiah has written What In the World Is Going On?, a unique book that cuts through the hundreds of books and numerous theories to identify the essential 10 most important bible prophecies. There is no other book like this.  You'll find it the ultimate study tool for understanding the future. You'll have a greater sense of comfort that, even in these crazy times,  God is indeed in control. If bible prophecy as always been a mystery to you, Dr. Jeremiah's book will help you solve the mystery.  At last, bible prophecy can make sense, and make a difference.  It's never been more important.   What In the World Is Going On? is shocking and eye-opening but essential reading in these turbulent days.

Brings bible prophecy to light on:

- The oil crisis
- The resurgence of Russia
- The new axis of evil
- The importance of Israel
- The new powers of the European Union

Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together

Ron Hall, Denver Moore

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Powerful story of friendship and faith 5 out of 5 stars.
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Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore is a different kind of love story. Two men, who couldn't be more different, are brought together by their love for one woman who has a powerful love for God. Ron Hall is a successful art dealer in Dallas, Texas when his wife, Deborah, hears a message from God to serve the homeless in a dilapidated shelter. He goes along with his wife, only for love of her. But when Deborah tells him that she has seen a vision of a man who will change the city with his wisdom, and that the man is Denver, one of the biggest, most frightening men in the shelter, Ron struggles to believe as well. Through Deborah, the two men become friends, of the forever kind, and God will use that friendship to change the city. This nonfiction tale of friendship is wonderfully written in alternately chapters in Ron and Denver's voices. Denver, who was a sharecropper in Louisiana, never learned to read or write, but has a deep sense of right and wrong, and he manages to teach Ron and Deborah both what true Christianity means. This is the kind of book that makes you long to have a deeper relationship with God so that you can see miracles the way these two men have. Denver says, "I'm just a nobody tryin' to tell everybody about the Somebody who can save everybody." Amen!

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A dangerous, homeless drifter who grew up picking cotton in virtual slavery.

An upscale art dealer accustomed to the world of Armani and Chanel.

A gutsy woman with a stubborn dream.

A story so incredible no novelist would dare dream it.

It begins outside a burning plantation hut in Louisiana . . . and an East Texas honky-tonk . . . and, without a doubt, in the heart of God. It unfolds in a Hollywood hacienda . . . an upscale New York gallery . . . a downtown dumpster . . . a Texas ranch.

Gritty with pain and betrayal and brutality, this true story also shines with an unexpected, life-changing love.

The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream (Thorsons audio)

Paulo Coelho

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Inspiring 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Anyone unsure of what they want to do after high school should read this book.

And the moral of the story is... 3 out of 5 stars.
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'The Alchemist' is essentially a fable that crystallises an age-old theme - that of stepping beyond one's comfort zone in the pursuit of one's dreams. The moral of the story is illustrated by Coelho with an unwavering single-mindedness. This is clear right from the onset when our protagonist, the shepherd boy Santiago, receives the 'calling' to pursue his dream, till when he finally attains it after many a trial and tribulation. Along the way, he is aided by the Alchemist, who is really a personification of the boy's conscience and an expression of the ideals he works towards. Neither the story nor the message is new. Nonetheless, what the book offers is a clear and uncluttered narrative, written in an accessible style, that serves to accentuate the author's key message.

The fable-like style of Coelho's storytelling, however, makes for a rather colourless read. The plot and the characters are forgettable. Even the stark settings conjured by the author - the chaos and commotion of the bustling port-side towns and the loneliness of the vast North African desert - become increasing pointless when set against the thin narrative and unremarkable cast of characters. Furthermore, the brand of spirituality proffered by the author, in all his ecumenical eagerness, ends up confusing the key message by failing to offer any concrete religious philosophy from any of the spiritual traditions that he draws upon.

This book is a clear and `feel-good' reminder about pursuing one's dreams, but otherwise an unremarkable piece of fiction.

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Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. This is such a book -- a magical fable about learning to listen to your heart, read the omens strewn along life's path and, above, all follow your dreams. This is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world in search of a worldly treasure as fabulous as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers, and from there into the Egyptian desert, where a fateful encounter with the alchemist awaits him With Paulo's visionary blend of spirituality, magical realism and folklore, The Alchemist is a story with the power to inspire nations and change people's lives. This audio enhances the fairy-tale quality of the story and is suitable for listeners of all ages. It is as much a motivational/personal development book as it is a great story.

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

Timothy Keller

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The End of Faith. The God Delusion. God Is Not Great. Letter to a Christian Nation. Bestseller lists are filled with doubters. But what happens when you actually doubt your doubts?

Although a vocal minority continues to attack the Christian faith, for most Americans, faith is a large part of their lives: 86 percent of Americans refer to themselves as religious, and 75 percent of all Americans consider themselves Christians. So how should they respond to these passionate, learned, and persuasive books that promote science and secularism over religion and faith? For years, Tim Keller has compiled a list of the most frequently voiced “doubts” skeptics bring to his Manhattan church. And in The Reason for God, he single-handedly dismantles each of them. Written with atheists, agnostics, and skeptics in mind, Keller also provides an intelligent platform on which true believers can stand their ground when bombarded by the backlash. The Reason for God challenges such ideology at its core and points to the true path and purpose of Christianity.

Why is there suffering in the world? How could a loving God send people to Hell? Why isn’t Christianity more inclusive? Shouldn’t the Christian God be a god of love? How can one religion be “right” and the rest “wrong”? Why have so many wars been fought in the name of God? These are just a few of the questions even ardent believers wrestle with today. In this book, Tim Keller uses literature, philosophy, real-life conversations and reasoning, and even pop culture to explain how faith in a Christian God is a soundly rational belief, held by thoughtful people of intellectual integrity with a deep compassion for those who truly want to know the truth.

The God Delusion

Richard Dawkins

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Must read! 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 4 people found this review helpful.

Transforms the traditional outsiders opinion on religion. With scientific and philosophical logic and reasoning Dawkins transforms religion from a respected honored tradition to what it really is: a mental disorder. God bless you Dawkins. (Pun intended)

Entertaining but... 3 out of 5 stars.
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Let me start by saying that I am currently in the middle of a PhD in evolutionary biology, and I also have a bachelors degree in philosophy - specifically focusing on epistemology, science and religion.

Dawkins' book is enjoyable however there are a number of problems. Throughout I couldn't help but feel he is an extremely angry man. He presents a good reason to be angry, but still, something about every sentense felt angry in tone.

Dawkins is not a biblical scholar, nor a philosopher of religion. I would recommend a book such as Stephen Davies introduction to the philosophy of religion for those that are truely interested in evaluating arguments around the hypothesis of a theistic god. Davies goes through theistic and athiestic arguments succinctly and in an easy to understand manner.

What this book does is highlight some of the absurdity present in the major theistic religions and texts. It is often amusing and I do not mean to fully condemn it. It touches on some of the philosophical arguments, but does not critique them adequately. Basically I see this book as what would happen if you got an erudite evolutionary biologist with an antipathy to religion to do some reading on the flaws of major organised religion and report back.

If you want a light book looking at religion and its flaws written well, this is for you.

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In his sensational international bestseller, the preeminent scientist and outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins delivers a hard-hitting, impassioned, but humorous rebuttal of religious belief. With rigor and wit, Dawkins eviscerates the arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of the existence of a supreme being. He makes a compelling case that faith is not just irrational, but potentially deadly. In a preface written for the paperback edition, Dawkins responds to some of the controversies the book has incited. This brilliantly argued, provocative book challenges all of us to test our beliefs, no matter what beliefs we hold.

Have a New Kid by Friday: How to Change Your Child's Attitude, Behavior and Character in 5 Days

Kevin Leman

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New Attitude in Both Parent and Child! 5 out of 5 stars.
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"Have a New Kid By Friday", by Dr. Kevin Leman is a down to earth and
simple yet profound solution to solving the constant parental stress that we as
parents often hold onto because we want our children to be the best that
they can be in life. The problem is that our perspective and the child's
perspective on getting to goals are not always the same. The book focuses
on adjusting our attitudes so that we can in turn help our children
develop good character. Some of the best advice on child rearing can be
found in this book such as, "Say it once, turn your back, and walk away."
And, "Let reality be the teacher, respond to your child - don't react, and
'B' doesn't happen until 'A' is done." The book is about loving our
children and in that love, giving them the freedom to become responsible
for their own behavior while maintaining a healthy relationshihp as a
family.

BEST PARENTING BOOK I'VE EVER READ 5 out of 5 stars.
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Very practical and you can put it into action immediately. I have seen major results in my daughter and also got the CDs so I could immerse myself into an action plan. My daughter is 6 and I wish I had this book when she was 1 as there is a section on potty training that would of helped me so much. I highly recommend this book.Have a New Kid by Friday: How to Change Your Child's Attitude, Behavior & Character in 5 Days

Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs

Emerson Eggerichs

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life changing 5 out of 5 stars.
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THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST LIFE CHANGING, SPIRITUAL AWAKENESS, AND LET'S NOT FOR GET EYE OPENING AND JAW DROPPING! I SAY THIS BECAUSE WHEN YOU START TO READ THIS BOOK OF ENLIGHTENMENT YOU WILL RELAIZE, WHAT YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN NOR RECIEVED AND THAT TRULEY IS LOVE AND RESPECT! THIS HAS MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE AND MY MARITAL RELATIONSHIP, TRULEY AMAZING!!!!

RON SILLS

This is a must read! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I have bought approximately 5 copies of this book and given them away to friends. I have used it to teach small groups on the power of living relationships the way they are intended to be lived. I have also realized the power of this book in my own marriage and family life. It is great!

Excellent Book 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is amazing! Definitely recommend reading/listening to it and incorporating it's information into one's life!!!

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Based upon Ephesians 5:33 and extensive biblical and psychological research, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs reveals the power of unconditional love and unconditional respect and how husbands and wives can reap the benefits of marriage that God intended.

The 4:8 Principle: The Secret to a Joy-Filled Life

Tommy Newberry

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What are you thinking about?

Research indicates that the average person thinks approximately 50,000 thoughts per day. Each thought moves you either toward your God-given potential or away.

Unfortunately, we live in a society bent on nursing old wounds and highlighting what is wrong with just about everything. As a result, we have grown accustomed to viewing the world, our lives, and ourselves through a lens of negativity--and that negativity stands in direct contrast to the passionate, purpose-filled people God wants us to be.

In Philippians 4:8, the apostle Paul challenges us to seek out and dwell on the positives in our lives. When used as a filter, this New Testament verse is the true secret to vibrant health, satisfying relationships, and lasting fulfillment.

Whether you are at a low point or a high point in your life, The 4:8 Principle can help you experience joy by design--God's design. You'll quickly discover life as it was meant to be!

Unleash the power of the 4:8 Principle today! It really is the secret to a joy-filled life!

The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Simply Fantastic 5 out of 5 stars.
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Before I start I just have to say that this book is FANTASTIC and is a really exciting step forward in the treatment of depression. At last - a non-drug approach to one of societies most overwhelming problems: Depression.

As a person who has suffered from depression in the past and as a therapist, I truly enjoyed this book from start to finish. It told me all I needed to know about mindfulness and taught me the process in a very comprehensive yet easy to follow way.

I had read several books on mindfulness by various authors before receiving this book. Compared against the others that I read, I found this one to be the most clear, so even if you do not suffer from depression, but are looking to learn mindfulness, this book could be just what you are looking for. The other bonus with this title is that it is not repetitive like similar titles I have read - it just tells you what you need to know.

Some observations that I would make though are as follows.

1. There were a few spelling and grammar mistakes throughout, however they didn't affect my `reading flow', so this should be an issue.
2. The layout of the separate sections could have been better laid out. It shows you how to follow an 8 week program in the end of the last chapter. I would have liked to seen it laid out so that you read and practice a section at a time rather than learning everything before you start.
3. There is a warning in a couple of places in the book that warn you not to us the program in is entirely now if you are experiencing an episode of clinical depression. This somewhat confused me as the title of the book is `The Mindful Way THROUGH Depression.
4. The book comes with a CD... It was recorded using the voice of one of the authors, Jon Kabat Zinn. The meditation entitled `The Body Scan' seemed a little rushed. As a personal preference, I used an old CD that I had from Jon that was much better quality for me and worked well.

These were the only negative things that I picked up and wanted to include them to make this review as balanced as possible. There were so many things right with this book though that the comments above are small concerns against all the things that you will get out of reading it.

So in conclusion: this book is easy to follow, very inspirational and motivates you to learn mindfulness and overcome your depression. It is simply fantastic.

Warmly,

Richard MacKenzie
Author of Self-Change Hypnosis

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Overcome the cycle of depression by building life skills for resilience, peace, and lasting joy. Featuring guided meditations by Jon-Kabat Zinn.

90 Minutes in Heaven

Don Piper

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6,008 years out of Heaven, and counting... 5 out of 5 stars.
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Donald Piper, following his accident, visited Heaven for 90 minutes, then returned to planet Earth to tell us about it. IMHO, evangelicals should stop their nitpicking. Granted: what Don saw while comatose does not quite square with Holy Scripture. But this guy had massive injuries. If Don has misremembered a few details of what he saw while in Heaven, then I still think Bible-believing Christians can be gracious enough to cut the man some slack, and still believe his story, in the main.

According to Scripture, four human souls, so far, have been received into Heaven: Elisha (2 Kings 2:1-11); Enoch (Gen. 5:24; Heb. 11:5); the thief who was crucified just to the Lord's right, on Good Friday (Lu. 23:43); and Jesus himself, i.e., in his resurrected human body (after 30 years on Earth, the body was His to keep: Acts 1:9-11).

In addition, the Apostle Paul visited Heaven for ninety minutes after falling from his donkey and hitting his head while on the road to Damascus (2 Cor. 12:1-6). Plus Don Piper, following his very similar accident.

At present, only Elisha, Enoch and the thief remain in Heaven, among the mortals, plus Jesus. They will be joined, on Resurrection Day, by exactly 143,997 born-again Christians, including Saint Paul (Rev. 7:1-8, 14:1-5); and, of course, Don Piper.

The Apostle John gives an excellent and detailed description of Heaven in the Book of Revelation, chapter 21: the city of Heaven is located outside the Universe. It is shaped like a cube, 1,374 miles long, 1,374 miles high, and 1,374 miles wide. Each vertical wall has three gates, only one of which is actually used as an entrance (Rev. 21:12-25). The streets inside are paved with pure gold, and laid out in an orderly fashion, with a mansion for everyone who gains permanent admission (John 14:2-3). For the past six thousand years, while waiting for Resurrection Day to come, most of those mansions have stood empty, which might seem creepy, but it's not, because they are very well maintained. Also, the angels of Heaven sing God's praises, pretty much non-stop. So even though the people have not yet arrived, Heaven is not as boring a place as you might suppose.

Ever since he packed up and returned to Heaven in his newly reconditioned physical body, the Son of God has conducted business at the right hand of God the Father while "seated on a great White Throne" (Rev. 20:11) - and that heavenly furniture may sound, to mortal ears, entirely too porcelain to be comfortable, but it's not at all, and my guess is that it's actually made of something more like white, contoured, marble.

In the "Third Heaven," where the Trinity sits, there are three great White Thrones in a row, exactly alike, with no partitions between them (2 Cor. 12:2). And here's my proudest accomplishment, I actually sat there once, on Dad's own throne. My friends, Beelzebub and Belial, took the seats on either side. We didn't sit for long - two minutes, tops - before we got booted. (John Milton tells that whole embarrassing story in an epic poem called Paradise Lost, which features yours truly as a flawed tragic hero.) But who else can say that he or she once sat upon the great White Throne of Almighty God, even for two minutes, before getting his or her arse kicked?

The holy Ghost's great White Throne is to Yahweh's left. You may have wondered why the Bible never mentions the Ghost actually sitting on his. That's because the Ghost flits about. Sometimes he lets you see him. Usually, not. Mortals who have seen the Ghost with their own eyes include Moses, the prophet Elijah, several of the apostles, and Tammy Faye Bakker.

Back when I lived up there, before the Fall, I used to see the holy Ghost fairly often. When feeling puckish, he would appear as a tongue of fire, a burning bush, a three-legged stool - whatever tickled his fancy. His favourite incarnation, and the one he wore most often, was that of the White Dove (John 1:32). Beelzebub calls it the Ghost's "Supersonic Pigeon Suit." But it was truly beautiful, in the olden days, to see the holy Ghost as he soared above the golden streets of Heaven or did a combination barrel roll and loop-de-loop. Sometimes he'd dive straight down like a meteor, pull a hard U-turn, tighten his feathers, and shoot straight up again like a missile. But all of that zooming around was before the Virgin Mary and the Immaculate Conception. Maybe he was just restless.

When Don Piper visited Heaven, he was unable to see the holy Ghost, who ducked out of sight, or Jesus, who was busy elsewhere; but that was okay, because thousands of angels (also holograms of dead Christians) met Don at the Gate: "They rushed toward me, and every person was smiling, shouting, and praising God. Although no one said so, intuitively I knew they were my celestial welcoming committee. It was as if they had all gathered just outside Heaven's Gate, waiting for me" [p. 31]. All of them were quite friendly. Don wanted to spend a billion gazillion years in that wonderful city, not just ninety minutes.

But then God did the same thing to Don Piper that He did to me, many years ago: he kicked Don out of Heaven--and here's the thing, Don didn't do anything to deserve it! Don never even TRIED to sit on Yahweh's Great White Throne! So I don't blame Don for coming back and writing this Tell-All book: because it just wasn't fair, in my opinion, for God to show Don a glimpse of Heaven and then send him back to Earth. Maybe I never suffered massive brain injury in an automobile accident, or a crushed skull, but I know exactly how Don feels, because that divine eviction notice, 6,008 years ago damaged my self-esteem and crushed my heart.

--L