The Way of Jesus - Teachings of the Apostles for today, New Covenant Translation is a manual, or guide, for the Philosophy of Jesus and church practice.The first part of the text sets forth the two ways, or paths, of life or death. The first path is a pattern for living the Philosophy of Jesus, and the second is what to avoid. The church practice part of the text gives instructions on baptism, the Eucharist (Communion), fasting, prayer, and other church matters. It concludes with a...

Biblical criticism is an umbrella term covering various techniques for applying literary historical-critical methods in analyzing and studying the Bible and its textual content. Biblical criticism is also known as higher criticism, literary criticism, and historical criticism. Biblical criticism has done nothing more than weaken and demoralize people's assurance in the Bible as being the inspired and fully inerrant Word of God and is destructive in its very nature. Historical criticism is ...

The modern restorative justice movement, perhaps one of the most important social movements of our time, was born in a Christian home to Christian parents, specifically to Christian peace workers striving to put their faith into action in the public arena. The first major book on the subject was written primarily for a church audience and drew deeply on biblical themes and values. But as restorative justice has moved into the mainstream of criminological thought and policy, the significanc...

Graduating college is a momentous achievement.But once the diploma is awarded and the parties are over...now what?What's the next step?How do we bridge the gap between our college days and the "real world"?That's where the experts at Quick and Dirty Tips come in. Their wisdom and experience will turn your uncertainty into confidence, your ineptitude into skill, and your questions into answers.In this essential guide for life after college, 12 experts fr...

Science is uncovering extraordinary data on how pre- and perinatal experiences have a profound impact on health and human behavior. All the participants were speakers at the 9th International Congress of the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health held in San Francisco.

Story of Our Nation: Defining Moments In American History assembles a capacious documentary and interpretive record of the United States, tracing political founding, territorial expansion, warfare, civic reform, and contests over citizenship. Its range encompasses speeches, constitutional arguments, memoiristic testimony, historical narrative, military studies, and social commentary. Foundational debates over federal power and liberty stand beside accounts of conflict, nation-building, and...

More than 60% of men said they’d disqualify a woman from marriage consideration if her level of sexual prowess was less than ‘good’. 87% of survey respondents chose long hair over short as their general preference in terms of attractiveness in a woman. Approximately 80% of respondents would be interested in a serious relationship, or more, with a woman who embodied all of their most desired traits. So, if men aren’t really afraid to commit, and do seem to know what they want, what exactly ...

"A whole culture is imaginatively and authoritatively illuminated" in this "suspenseful, insightful, poignant" novel of prehistoric times ( Publishers Weekly).Twenty thousand years ago, a courageous girl lived in Siberia near Woman Lake, a place you won't find on any modern map. Only thirteen, Yanan and her companions—hunters of deer, gatherers of roots and twigs—struggle to survive the harsh realities of hunger and cold, bound by an unending cycle of birt...

From the revered author of the bestselling The Hidden Life of Dogs, a witty, engaging, life-affirming account of the joy, strength, and wisdom that comes with age.Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing the natural world, chronicling the customs of pre-contact hunter-gatherers and the secret lives of deer and dogs. In this book, the capstone of her long career, Thomas, now eighty-eight, turns her keen eye to her own life. The result is an a...

Set in prehistoric Siberia, a "psychologically acute and soaringly imaginative" novel by a New York Times–bestselling author ( Publishers Weekly).In this novel by the author of Reindeer Moon, set in the Paleolithic age, Kori lives among his hunter-gatherer people, guilty with the knowledge that his unborn child is being carried by his shaman father's new wife. Then, Kori impulsively seizes another woman, from a different tribe, after seein...

An iconoclast and best-selling author of both nonfiction and fiction, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing, thinking, and writing about the cultures of animals such as lions, wolves, dogs, deer, and humans. In this compulsively readable book, she provides a plainspoken, big-picture look at the commonality of life on our planet, from the littlest microbes to the largest lizards.Inspired by the idea of symbiosis in evolution—that all living things evolve in a seri...

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing other creatures and other cultures, from her own backyard to the African savannah. Her books have transported millions of readers into the hidden lives of animals—from dogs and cats to deer and lions. She’s chronicled the daily lives of African tribes, and even imagined the lives of prehistoric humans. She illuminates unknown worlds like no other. Now, she opens the doors to her own.Dreaming of Lions traces Thomas’s ...