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"Google? or God? Where is Your Trust?" addresses this modern dilemma head-on, highlighting the importance of relying on God's Word, especially in times of crisis. Author Gary Smith explores the profound impact of instant information access on our faith and spiritual resilience. While it's convenient to Google a Bible verse in a moment of need, true strength and endurance comes from a deeper connection with Scripture. The book offers a compelling argument...
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Here is a book of theodicy that employs stories from unique, compelling angles on everything from philosophy and theology to art, theater, sports, and social justice as it grapples with suffering. It is a thorough exploration of the bleakest and most fearful questions around God's presence in human suffering and death.
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"I didn't think he'd do it. I really didn't think he would. I thought he'd say, whoa, hold on, wait a minute. We made a deal, remember, the land, the blessing, the nation, the descendants as numerous as the sands on the shore and the stars in the sky." So begins James Goodman's original and urgent encounter with one of the most compelling and resonant stories ever told-God's command to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. A mere nineteen lines...
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It is June 1936. Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) has finally been granted a visa for asylum in Norway, having been banned first from living in Paris, and then the whole of France. With him comes the draft of The Revolution Betrayed: What Is the Soviet Union and Where Is It Going?, which is completed and sent to the publishers on the 4th of August. The book, published by Faber in 1937, is considered to be Trotsky's major work on Stalinism. Trotsky's passion...
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viii, 291 pages ; 25 cm.
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"Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, one of the world's top memory researchers reveals the powerful role memory plays in nearly every aspect of our lives, from recalling faces and names, to learning, decision-making, trauma and healing. A new understanding of memory is emerging from the latest scientific research. In Why We Remember, pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist Charan Ranganath...
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xxi, 222 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
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"How do you take an idea from inspiration to manifestation? How do you move from telling a story to creating a world? In this richly illustrated book, the first of its kind written specifically for writers, Kerrison lays out the craft of immersive storytelling. She uses case studies to show what works, and highlights the essential role of the writer on a complex creative team. Ready to take the kernel of an idea and turn it into a full-fledged experience?...
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