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You don’t have to suffer because of misunderstanding any longer! Biblical Body Building in Layman’s Terms was written with a specific audience in mind: it is for those people who have a desire to change their lives according to biblical principle. This book is intended to make available to the reader certain building blocks needed in order to move upward in Christ, to become effective Christians in the readers’ spiritual lives as well as manifest the same excellence in their personal lives. It is the author’s intent to equip spiritual babes with enough ammunition to withstand the assault of the enemy on their lives on all three levels: spiritual, physical, and mental. Biblical Body Building in Layman’s Terms was created with one thought in mind as it relates to the spiritually immature, and that was to make each chapter a course in development through applicable illustrations. Join us as we strengthen our faith, develop our spirit man, and manifest the excellence of His grace in our lives by practicing repetition regarding the Word of God at the lowest common denominator and then move upward! ... Read more

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When hotshot smoke jumper Silas Kent gets his own fire crew, he thinks he's achieved what he's always wanted. But a lightning-sparked fire in the Desolation Wilderness of the Sierra Nevadas has his team in a plane before they can even train together. Pilot Elle Westmore has been called up to drop the crew into the heart of the forest infernos. A single mother of a mysteriously ill six-year-old, she can't imagine her life getting any more complicated. It doesn't take long for things to go very wrong, very quickly. A suspicious engine explosion forces Elle to make an emergency landing. Silas is able to parachute to safety but soon discovers his crew can't be trusted. They're hiding something, and now Silas is on a race to save himself and Elle from the flames--and from a more dangerous threat: his own team. ... Read more

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'Noahic' is an existential rollercoaster into a world unknown to modern man. Wonderful imagery, memorable characters, and twists and turns abound in this novel about a group of men on a dangerous mission. ... Read more

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Action packed and suspenseful
A slow start, but once the action starts, it doesn't let up. The story is stronger than the writing, but good enough to keep you glued. The twist is crazy too. If you like supernatural thrillers, this one's for you.

A must-read
Excellent, thought-provoking, intriguing, suspenseful, fascinating, compelling, engaging, spellbinding... you get the idea. A gripping novel that I was not able to put down until I had finished.

Noahic
Shawn Hopkins is a genius! His book kept me on the edge of my seat! It kept me wondering what would happen next. I loved every word of it!

Thought provoking
This was not my usual light summer reading...however it was riveting and kept my attention.Every page was a page turner! It also made you think about your faith and the strength of your beliefs. Can't wait for his next book.

NOAHIC - Gripping!!
Before even getting into the book, the prologue is an adventure in itself - one of the best examples of descriptive writing I've ever read. Close your eyes and you are there! Teachers would be wise to share this with their writing classes. The rest of the book flows with excitement, twists and turns and is a "can't wait to read the next chapter" page turner. But be advised, you may want to plan a time to do nothing but read, as you will not be able to put NOAHIC down once you start reading! I look forward to the next Shawn Hopkins novel. ... Read more

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A Properly Run Business is a must-read for anyone thinking of starting their own business, as it is unlike any other book. A Properly Run Business will, quite literally, take you by the hand and show you the steps to take and the pitfalls to avoid. This is an inspirational and financial book. It’s a guide for individuals interested in their own success. Knowing what you want from life is a good thing, but knowing how to get it is even better. ... Read more

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When you contemplate the state of the American Church today, do you envision an institution that is vital and growing, or one that is stale and in decline? And more importantly, what do you think Christ would have to say about His church in this country? In all likelihood, our Lord would chastise us for being complacent just as He severely rebuked the Church at Laodicea for being "lukewarm." Consequently, since the health of the Body of Christ is dependent upon the health of each member of the Body, chances are good that He would rebuke you and me. So if your spiritual life seems to be stuck in neutral, if God seems to be distant, there is a solution: "be zealous, and repent." It's what Christ told the Laodiceans to do almost 2,000 years ago, and it's what He's calling each of us to do.today.Shawn Stamp is a husband and father of two, and he enjoys working with the youth group and accompanying the "worship team" at his church. With degrees in math, computer science, and business administration, he has been working in the field of information technology as a computer systems analyst for almost 20 years. ... Read more

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Three Generations - Seventy Years of Family Ministry in the Congo
"Congo Vignettes" traces the history of the Laban Ministries International and three generations of the Laban and Marcella Smith family serving as missionaries in the heart of Africa. Author and women's speaker Shawn Lantz is the daughter of missionary parents, Jim and Nancy Smith, founders of the mission organization started by Jim's parents.The organization today is committed to training nationals to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with their own people in the Bandundu region in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).

Each chapter is introduced with a familiar hymn, a scripture or quote from diaries and journals of a family member and a story telling of life as a missionary, serving the remote areas of Africa. Each story ends with an application to life, an encouraging word of Scripture or a probing question to consider.

Lantz writes in a style that gives the reader the comfortable feeling of knowing the family personally experiencing with them their joys, their grief, their troubles and triumphs and the excitement that comes while fulfilling God's purpose.

"Congo Vignettes" offers hope and comfort to anyone entering a new culture, or an uncharted course in life.The stories are filled with insights into the lives of missionary pioneers, those who have responded to the call to missions. Lantz offers the reader a challenge to join in the adventure of world missions. The book is a tribute to Shawn's parents, Jim and Nancy Smith, and to her grandparents, Laban and Marcella Smith. Stirring stories of God's love, provision, and presence.
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D'Shawn's name is inserted throughout each story making D'Shawn the hero in each book!

#6 - The Trojan Rocking Horse
You'll never believe where our heroes have landed now! A giant toy store on an ancient Greek Island! This could be their most incredible journey yet, filled with kings and queens and a giant rocking horse. Once again, our heroes have been given a very serious assignment by Mission Control: to teach the king that true happiness means being content with what he has. ... Read more

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D'Shawn's name is inserted throughout each story making D'Shawn the hero in each book!

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Blast off with Bob and Larry as they head to the Nutty Sundae Deep Space Ice Cream Shop. But beware! Our heroes are not just in the search of a triple scoop sundae with caramel sauce and a cherry on top. D'Shawn, Bob and Larry have been given a very serious assignment by Mission Control: to save all the ice cream in the universe!

Greedy robots have taken over the ice cream shop and are refusing to share the ice-creamy goodness. It's a Mission Possible Adventure of the most delicious kind!

Through it all, there's a lesson to be learned: When you keep everything to yourself it doesn't make you happy. Only when you share do you have true happiness! And the adventures don't end here! In the next Mission Possible Adventure, your child will land on Dinosaur Island for a lesson in encouragement. See what happens next in book 4, Jurassic Playground

So buckle your seat belts and let VeggieTales carry you to faraway places, from the depths of the sea to the heights of the stars.
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Christians sometimes forget the importance of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. We delegate evangelism to the preacher - but also make him responsible for every other need of the congregation. What is the real role of the preacher? What are our responsibilities to our preachers?In Man of God, thirty preachers share their insights into the life and work of the minister. Yet this volume speaks to all of us. We are all ministers of the gospel and called to be men and women of God. ... Read more

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THE TRUE STORY OF OCTOBER 2, 2006, WHEN CHARLES ROBERTS ENTERED AN AMISH SCHOOLHOUSE, bound and shot ten schoolgirls, and then committed suicide, stunned all who read the headlines or watched the drama unfold on television screens. Somehow, the senseless violence seemed all the more horrific against the backdrop of horse-and-buggy funeral processions and scenes of wide-eyed innocent children clad in bonnets and suspenders.

But perhaps even more startling than the violence was the quiet yet powerful response of the Amish community offering unconditional forgiveness to the murderer and reaching out to his family with baskets of food and warm welcomes into their homes. Could such forgiveness be genuine, truly heartfelt? Surely there must be simmering rage behind those peaceful words.

Jonas Beiler wondered. He had grown up in that very Amish community. His own pain of losing his daughter in a tragic accident years before resurfaced, and the lingering shadows of other life tragedies loomed darker. As he met with the grieving families, he could see how devastated and broken they felt, and yet he was drawn to the strength he saw in them.

Outsiders, too, had difficulty understanding the rock-solid faith of the people in this Amish community. How could they forgive someone who killed their innocent daughters? How could they reach out and embrace his family, expressing unconditional love for them in these circumstances? Letters from around the world poured in, asking these universal questions in the face of suffering.

And so began Jonas Beiler's journey into this story -- the story behind the headlines, behind the farmhouse doors, around the lantern-lit kitchen tables, at the local market, and alongside the tiny coffins. His quest is now yours to read. His discoveries yours to consider.

Walk with those closest to the scene: an Amish grandfather, an ambulance driver, a surviving Amish schoolgirl, and volunteer firefighters. Even look on as the community demolishes the school where the murders took place and builds the New Hope School that holds no memories of bloodstained walls.

Think No Evil is the first insider account of the tragic events, the personal victories and the daily Amish life in Nickel Mines, written by a native of the Amish community who still lives and works where most of his relatives are Old Order Amish. Against the rich and fascinating backdrop of Amish culture, Beiler reveals the best of the human spirit in the midst of the worst, and leaves us all drawn heavenward, the richer for it. ... Read more

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Good Book But!
Good book which goes into detail about the terrible tragedy in Nickel Mines.The author keeps repeating how forgiving the Amish people are.My only question is if they are so forgiving why do they practice "Shunning" on former Amish who decide to leave the Amish lifestyle.You would think they would practice some of that forgiveness the author talks and talks about.

A Supernatural Response to An Evil Act
I didn't know much about the Amish before this book. I recently read that retreats are now being offered where phones, t.v.'s, and all electronic detractors are removed. All the luxuries that were suppose to free up our time to relax aren't working. We are a compulsive, obsessive, stressed to the max society. Maybe there are some lessons to be learned from the Amish. This is what this book taught me.

First of all Jonas Beiler is qualified to write this book. He was raised Amish in the area of the story and left his Amish way of living when he became an adult. About 5% about "choose" to leave. Since then he has not been ostracized from them at all. Next, he himself suffered the loss of his daughter a young child named Angie. She was only 19 months old when she died in a vehicle accident. So he knows the unimaginable pain of losing a child suddenly. He also had the fortitude to forgive his spouse and remain with her after she had an affair with a friend of his. What does he have that defies our "get even," "me first" culture? That answer comes to us in this story.

The catalyst for this tragedy comes from the carnal mind of the shooter. He had a daughter that died shortly afterbirth. Within 10 years God has given him two more children but he can't get over loosing the first one and he blames God for all his unnecessary suffering. The Amish know God can be trusted and don't question His eternal perspective. So like Timothy Mcveigh, he sets off to win the body count, then cowardly take his life so as not to have to face the misery his hands created, and he picks the most Godly devoted he can find, little Amish girl angels. Had his gun jammed before the self inflicted wound I think he would have lived to understand why Jesus is called our savior, and what he saves us from. Ironically he is shown the meaning of life by the first human life he takes. 13 year old Marian sees him raise his 12 gauge shotgun, and she announces at that moment, "Shoot me first." Her 11 year old sister Barbie then says, "Shoot me next." Can you believe it? They ask to be shot first. Probably thinking the sight of the blood letting and the boom of a shotgun blast in a small room might snap him back to his sanity and they might save the lives of their school mates if he stops right away. Of course I got choked up by that.

By 9 o'clock that very day the Amish community phoned Charles Roberts wife and told her they hoped that she would stay in the community. They told his family that they held no ill will towards them or the now deceased killer who took his own life. The name of the book comes from something one of the victims grandfathers told CNN at a community meeting.

"We must not think evil of this man." This book is a great inspiration for the world and timed perfectly. What a contrast to all the other school massacre books. Almost like God wanted to show us His heart. Unforgettable!

The ineffable unexplained again
If you missed some of the facts of the incident this book will fill them in.It does that well. What it will not do is explain the reasons behind the forgiveness. A tenuous link is made to the history of the Amish, but this only presents another fact or two; it does not explore the deep motivational struggles in practicing forgiveness. The book says to forgive.The book does not say how to forgive.

Where Were the Amish Men?
This is a moving account of the murder of five Amish school girls in October 2006 by Charles Roberts, a deranged killer. The two authors grew up Amish, leaving only when they became adults, so they provide an excellent account of why the Amish responded as they did, with forgiveness rather than anger. Just keep in mind that this book is not the Amish perspective on the tragedy. It is the perspective of two people who understand Amish beliefs and who write about them from a psychological and sociological perspective. They describe the modern psychological benefits of Amish forgiveness with more skill than they explain the deeper religious motivations that underlie them. These were, after all, men who chose to leave the Amish faith. They are understanding outsiders, but they are outsiders.

Unfortunately, I have the same grating frustration with the events this book describes as I do with the Rwandan genocide and with the 1999 Columbine massacre. Something that is clearly wrong--passivity in the face of violence and evil--is described as if it were a supreme good rather than a tragic failure. I described my frustration earlier in my Amazon review of a film on the Rwandan genocide. I'll describe it again here.

The best illustration what is right came over two thousand years ago when Greece faced death and enslavement from an invasion out of the East. The men of Greece are said to have left for battle with the words of their mothers, wives and daughters ringing in their ears. They were to return "with their shields or on them." The first thing an ancient soldier did when in breaking and running was to cast away his heavy shield. Returning with their shields meant that they had defeated their foe. Returning on their shields meant that they had been wounded or died in a battle that they had won. (If they'd have lost, their bodies would have been left on the field.) In short, the women of Greece were telling their men they had a responsibility to protect their families whatever the cost.

I will be blunt. Why were all ten victims shot by Charles Roberts and all five who died girls? The little one-room schoolhouse wasn't a school for girls. There were about as many boys present as girls, some as old as twelve. Those girls died for two reasons. First, because Charles Roberts, in his perverted grief over the death of his daughter, intended to target girls. And second, because the boys in that school did nothing to stop him, meekly doing as they were ordered, leaving the classroom and standing outside as the tragedy unfolded.

That's why I captioned this review, "Where Were the Amish Men?" These boys growing up to manhood in the Amish faith had not been taught that they had a role they could not avoid, the responsibility of the stronger sex to protect their little sisters and the young girls in their neighborhood. And that responsibility was not lessened by the fact that acting meant facing danger and even death. Amish men are certainly excellent farmers and businessmen, what some women call 'good providers.' But they're of little value when evil comes knocking.

In short, while the authors clearly want us to be impressed by the Amish faith they left behind. I'm not. The Amish have grossly overemphasized one virtue, forgiveness, while wholly neglecting another of greater importance, our responsibility for the lives and safety of others. If those Amish boys had been properly raised, taught to become men when men are needed, that little Amish community would have had far less to forgive. Yes, one or two of the boys might have died as they attacked the 200-pound Charles Roberts en masse, but they would have bought precious time for all the girls to escape and, once the girls were safe, all but perhaps one or two of them could have made their escape, leaving Roberts with no one to kill but himself.

The Amish have made a tragic mistake, one that is now centuries old. There is evil in this world, genuine evil that must be fought, defeated and destroyed. We can't delegate all that responsibility to those who respond to 911 calls. The same Jesus who talked about forgiveness also told his disciples "let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one." Evil and violence must be met with courage, strength and, yes, counter-violence. Forgiveness is necessary after the fact. But it is not enough.

--Michael W. Perry, Untangling Tolkien: A Chronology and Commentary for The Lord of the Rings

A let down
I read Jonas' account of the lives taken at the school house. His major plot line was forgiveness. I knew that the Amish put forgiveness, a virtue shared by the whole community.
LMN ia airing a movie based on the happening surrounding the shooting of 10 children. This movie tells a very different story from Jonas' book.

In Amish Grace the LMN movie, focuses on one mother who cannot forgive the man who killed her daughter. Jonas book leads us to believe that all of the parents forgave the shooter. Jonas failed to share the whole truth. ... Read more

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