"If any man come to me and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple."-Luke 14:26Christians do not love Jesus enough! Indeed, based on his observation of this matter for over fifty years as a born-again Christian, the author has concluded that on a scale of one to ten, the average Christian's love for Jesus scores no more than two. That is the startling message of Lloyd Elcock's fi...

"Where Are We Going?" by David Lloyd George is a thought-provoking exploration of the future of society and politics. The book delves into the challenges and opportunities that face humanity, emphasizing the importance of social justice and economic reform. Lloyd George, a prominent political figure, draws on his experiences and insights to discuss the direction in which society is heading. His reflections encourage readers to consider their roles in shaping a better future, making it a si...

Worcestershire is a county of wide, fertile valleys, drained by the Severn, the Avon, the Teme and the Stour and ringed by some of England's best-known hills, including the Malverns and the Cotswolds.This concise but comprehensive account is based on a wealth of published and unpublished research. It is both highly readable and well illustrated, and will interest the general reader, students and local groups seeking to put their own work within a wider perspective....

Some of the poems which compose this book have appeared in the Yale Review, the Smart Set, the New Republic, Reedy’s Mirror, the Dial, the Touchstone, the Little Review, Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, the Century, and the New York Tribune. They are good, in spite of their numerous appearances. Lacerated grey has bitten Into your shapeless humility. Little episodes of roving Strew their hieroglyphics on your muteness. Life has given you heavy stains Like an ointment growing stale. Endless fee...

Where Are We Going? is a searching intervention in the political uncertainties of the postwar world, written with the urgency of a statesman confronting national drift. Blending parliamentary eloquence with pamphleteering force, the book examines Britain's direction amid economic strain, social unrest, imperial responsibility, and the unsettled legacy of the Great War. Its style is direct, argumentative, and lucid, characteristic of interwar political prose that sought not merely to descri...

The year is 2039, and as the Independence Day holiday approaches, George Stoltz (best-selling author of the Those Who Made it Happen books) is given a suggestion by his agent for a new entry into that series. As it so happens, July 4th will also mark the tenth anniversary of the opening of Secure, Washington—a hybrid (part prison/part conventional) city owned and operated by the state to permanently house the worst of its misfit citizens: repeat criminal convicts, people who suffer from se...

Why was Jesus, who said ‘I judge no one’, put to death for a political crime? Of course, this is a historical question—but it is not only historical. Jesus’s life became a philosophical theme in the first centuries of our era, when ‘pagan’ and Christian philosophers clashed over the meaning of his sayings and the significance of his death. Modern philosophers, too, such as Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Nietzsche, have tried to retrace the arc of Jesus’s life and death. I Judge No One is a ph...

In "Where Are We Going?", David Lloyd George presents a compelling exploration of the socio-political landscape of post-World War I Britain. Written in a rhetorical style that combines passionate oratory with incisive analysis, the book addresses the pressing questions of national identity, economic recovery, and social justice. Lloyd George's poignant reflections on the failures of wartime consensus and the disillusionment of the masses resonate deeply within the context of a rapidly chan...

The gospels and ancient historians agree: Jesus was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, the Roman imperial prefect in Jerusalem. To this day, Christians of all churches confess that Jesus died ‘under Pontius Pilate’. But what exactly does that mean?Within decades of Jesus’ death, Christians began suggesting that it was the Judaean authorities who had crucified Jesus—a notion later echoed in the Qur’an. In the third century, one philosopher raised the notion that, although Pilate ...

In "Where Are We Going?", David Lloyd George presents a profound exploration of the socio-political landscape of early 20th-century Britain. The book blends incisive political commentary with a vision for the future, examining themes of national identity, social justice, and the impact of World War I on British society. Lloyd George's eloquent prose and persuasive rhetoric not only reflect the challenges of his time but also serve as a call to action for reform and progressive thought duri...

A collection of personal memories of over twenty years of cricket and cricketers from David Lloyd, Lancashire and England cricketer and cricket commentator.

"Even Hannibal himself wou'd have found it impossible to have match'd his army over Snowden"Daniel de Foe, A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain... 1924"It would be the height of ingratitude to find fault with any thing, where kindness and humanity were so predominant."Mary Morgan, A tour to Milford Haven, in the year 1791."At Holly well they speake Welsh; the inhabitants go barefoote and bare ...