The book of Isaiah is outstanding in its brilliance of style, poetic power, and foretaste of the hope of the gospel. It tells how God himself has provided the highway to holiness for those who have been redeemed. These are imagesthat evoke the exodus from Egypt and foreshadow Christ's achievement at the cross. There is joy even in Isaiah's portrayal of judgment—rebuilding within the demolition, the new replacing the old—as world events reveal God's hand.In the visi...

Zechariah is imbued from beginning to end with the same heart cry that Jesus turned into a prayer for the world: "Your kingdom come."In this volume, Barry G. Webb explores the kingdom of God as the prophet Zechariah apprehended it. In oracles and visions Zechariah challenged his hearers to return to the coming kingdom, to cleanse themselves in anticipation of the cleansing fountain of God's grace, and to restore the city of Jerusalem in preparation for its coming g...

Eminently readable, exegetically thorough, and written in an emotionally warm style that flows from his keen sensitivity to the text, Barry Webb's commentary on Judges is just what is needed to properly engage a dynamic, narrative work like the book of Judges. It discusses not only unique features of the stories themselves but also such issues as the violent nature of Judges, how women are portrayed in it, and how it relates to the Christian gospel of the New Testament.Webb concentr...

The name "Luneburg" was coined for King George II of England, who was also the duke of Luneburg, Germany, in 1727. The final name, Lunenburg, was probably a result of misspelling in the early records of the town. On August 1, 1728, Lunenburg was officially granted township but, as early as 1726, a variety of industries had been started and twenty-six houses had been built. In the late nineteenth century, the town returned to predominately agriculture and, today, is a rural residential comm...

The Puritans called Baptists "the troublers of churches in all places" and hounded them out of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Four hundred years later, Baptists are the second-largest religious group in America, and their influence matches their numbers. They have built strong institutions, from megachurches to publishing houses to charities to mission organizations, and have firmly established themselves in the mainstream of American culture. Yet the historical legacy of outsider status linger...

Where's The Church? is a powerful and deeply moving call for the modern Church to rediscover its true identity.In a world filled with suffering, injustice, loneliness, and spiritual confusion, many people are asking a haunting question: Where is the Church? Not the building, not the programs, and not the Sunday service-but the living, breathing body of Christ.Through powerful storytelling, biblical reflection, and real-life challenges faced by people like Lisa-a mother aban...

The East End of London, Victorian London 1884. The crowded tenements, the poor standard of living, the disease, the crime and the vice are all inhabitants of this darkest of places, yet people here are not insular nor vying to be better than their neighbour’s. This is an environment where everyone looks out for one another, where despite poverty, friendship is the watchword and this is the world in which twelve-year-old Alice Kettle sweeps her street crossing, keeping it c...

The end of things as we have known them is approaching faster than most people realize or care to believe. The end times have been foretold for thousands of years, and for that very reason, many think it will never happen, that it's just superstition. However, 2,600 years ago, we were told of a series of events that would take place which would bring us to the end of our civilization. All of those events have now come to pass--except one.Are we about to cause that last event to tak...

Our country and our society are in trouble, and we are in danger of losing our most precious freedoms. This is so because as the Bible says, “A people without understanding shall come to ruin” (Hosea 4:14). We have lost our understanding of what brought us these freedoms and what is required to maintain them. This book is an attempt to restore that understanding and turn America off its current path to destruction and back to the ways that made it a great nation in the first place....

Wake Up Singing - A Decade of Expression is a product of 10 years of writing, studying, traveling and composing. Accompanying the booklet is a full-length album which combines eclectic and earthy with rock, folk and alternative sounds. The interactive book explores various mediums from prose, poetry and drawings to accompanying sounds and informative links. Soft Cover printed versions of wake up singing are available through cdbaby.com. For more information about the artist please go to ww...

The absence of universal health insurance coverage in the United States of America has been debated for years without many solutions being proposed.Barry G. Hoerig, a registered nurse and certified case manager, explains how Medicare for all would solve our problems in this thought-provoking book. He also reveals how politicians continue to work against a solution that could transform our health care system.As you read, you’ll get answers to questions such as:• How ...

Eminently readable, exegetically thorough, and written in an emotionally warm style that flows from his keen sensitivity to the text, Barry Webb’s commentary on Judges is just what is needed to properly engage a dynamic, narrative work like the book of Judges. It discusses not only unique features of the stories themselves but also such issues as the violent nature of Judges, how women are portrayed in it, and how it relates to the Christian gospel of the New Testament.Webb concent...