Respected DNA scientists, geneticists, and Book of Mormon scholars provide their views on DNA and the Book of Mormon. The topic of DNA research is a timely one, as are the compelling views presented in this book.

This book reveals the tactics many anti-Mormons employ in attacking the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In clear, straightforward terms, the authors explain the true beliefs of the church and how to see through the word games that critics use to attack it. Offenders for a Word answers critics' objections to Latter-day Saint beliefs regarding the Godhead, polygamy, salvation by grace and works, eternal progression, the premortal existence, the role of the Prophet Josep...

There is a widening divide between the data, tools, and knowledge that international relations scholars produce and what policy practitioners find relevant for their work. In this first-of-its-kind conversation, leading academics and practitioners reflect on the nature and size of the theory-practice divide. They find the gap varies by issue area and over time.The essays in this volume use data gathered by the Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project over a fifte...

"This study Bible is a must-have to help us see Jesus Christ throughout the whole Bible." —biblereviewguys.comThe ESV Gospel Transformation Study Bible is designed to help readers see Christ in all of Scripture, and grace for all of life.It features book introductions, gospel-centered study notes, and a series of all-new articles—written by a team of over 50 pastors and scholars. This content explains passage-by-passage how God's redemptive purposes culminate in th...

Using the high-profile 2017 blasphemy trial of the former governor of Jakarta, Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama, as its sole case study, this book assesses whether Indonesia’s liberal democratic human rights legal regime can withstand the rise of growing Islamist majoritarian sentiment.Specifically, this book analyses whether a 2010 decision of Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has rendered the liberal democratic human rights guarantees contained in Indonesia’s 1945 Constitution ineffe...

Jordan J. Winslow had tried love. He had tried marriage. And he swore that he would never go through that mess again. Then he met the beautiful, dynamic Catherine. She was not interested in this geek. But Jordan had a plan. He would give her what she wanted most, a winning season for her sculling team. Implementing the plan would make this time in his life the best he'd ever known, and worse than he could have ever imagined.

When winning at all costs becomes too expensive.Eddie Alonso, a former pro soccer star, whose career was ended by a violent and intentional assault, is now a reluctant high school science teacher and varsity coach in St. Cloud, MN. When two of his favorite student players are recruited by an upstart Finnish soccer club owned by an eccentric tech billionaire with a secretive cognitive training program run by Dr. Anna Lehtinen, Eddie is suspicious of the motives but ...

Discover the next frontier in sports training—improving your mental game, no matter your age or experience—and how to become the Playmaker, both in your professional and personal life.Coaches search for it. Parents dream of it. Fans love it. Athletes want it.The playmaker on any sports team possesses it: an elusive, intangible quality combining anticipation, perception, and decision-making skills. This quality raises their game above the competition and all...

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - December 2020In Their Image: A Pastor is invited to open a church on another planet, but finds its furry inhabitants have a unique faith all their own.Metaphors: A widowed white woman in a black community has a falling out with the neighbor.The Crate: Two women escape from a country that forces equal treatment to one that encourages differenc...

From terror attacks to the War on Terror, bursting real estate bubbles to crystal meth epidemics, sexual predators to poisonous toys from China, our list of fears seems to be exploding. And yet, we are the safest and healthiest humans in history. Irrational fear is running amok, and often with tragic results. In the months after 9/11, when people decided to drive instead of fly—believing they wee avoiding risk—road deaths rose by 1,595. Those lives were lost to fear.The Science of ...

It's a collection of poems about the seasons in Upstate New York.My name is Michelle Rae Peterson. I have lived in my hometown in Upstate New York my whole life. My husband and I have raised three amazing children. We live to travel, work on our dream home, kayak, and spend time with our children and dogs.

A field guide for understanding the complex characteristics and social and emotional needs of gifted kids.Many bright and gifted kids do not feel understood or supported. For adults wanting to change that, Bright, Complex Kids provides guidance for gaining entrance to their internal world. This practical and easy-to-use field guide includes ideas for how and why to:listen and respondself-monitor adult biasesavoid communica...