Over the last two decades, Bethel Church in Redding, California, has risen to prominence in the area of signs and wonders ministry. The kinds of miracles seen in the ministries of Jesus and the New Testament Church are manifesting, not only through Bethel’s leadership team (e.g. Bill Johnson and Kris Vallotton), but also ordinary, everyday people – both within the church, and to an even greater extent outside of its four walls. For example, the blind are receiving their sight, the deaf hea...

How was it that the Torrens system, a mid-nineteenth-century reform of land titles registration from distant South Australia, gradually replaced the inherited Anglo-Canadian common law system of land registration? In The Law of the Land, Greg Taylor traces the spread of the Torrens system, from its arrival in the far-flung outpost of 1860s Victoria, British Columbia, right up to twenty-first century Ontario.Examining the peculiarity of how this system of land reform swept ...

The most famous story of Jesus retoldProdigals digs deeply into each line from Jesus's famous parable about the prodigal son, inviting all listeners—those down on their luck or high on their horse—to identify as prodigals. A prodigal is anyone who accepts they have a sinful human nature and turns toward the love of home, the place where we find a deeper relationship with God.Rather than divide the world into prodigals and nonprodigals, Taylor invit...

In Honduras’ “wild west” mountain jungles, Amanda Madrid found her calling as a medical doctor to poor farmers.When Amanda’s father rejects her dream to be a doctor, eighteen-year-old Amanda strikes out alone and enters medical school in Tegucigalpa.Her work as a medical officer, public health consultant, and director of an international holistic Christian ministry called Predisan could have resulted in prestigious luxury for her. Instead these experiences led Dr. Madrid to...

Two cultures collide and embrace in this love story and coming-of-age struggle for life's "high places."After Tenwa burns his tribe's religious shrine, he realizes that following the missionary may cost him his life. His father and the tribal leaders want him dead. He flees his village, hoping to reach the Nile River and safety of high places where he can start again with his new wife, Tabu.As the Germans and British battle for land in East Africa, Missionaries William and ...

DOES GOD’S WORD TO MOSES STILL MATTER?God called Israel out of Egyptian slavery. The book of Leviticus tells the amazing story of what happens next. God speaks to Moses and Israel learns how to be God’s people. But would they honor Him as their God? What if God called you? What would you do? Does God’s word to Moses still matter to us today?Greg Taylor takes you back in time to 1400 B.C. and the world of Leviticus. The original title of the book in Hebrew means, "He Called....

This collection of essays compares media diversity law (including cartel law) in Australia and Germany. Both countries are liberal Western capitalist societies strongly committed to the rule of law, individual freedoms and democratic values and principles. They also face similar economic, social and technological challenges. Yet there also are important differences between Australia and Germany that make a comparison of how both countries regulate media diversity profitable. Australia has ...

From Darkness to Light, the first part of a two-book saga, is an incredible true story about Tom Slone, who suffered tremendous difficulties living as a runaway, Satanist, sorcerer, and gang president growing up in the south side of Chicago. Little did Tom know, that despite everything in his life, God would take him to Heaven to make a decision that would change his life forever. God also revealed what Tom's life was like before coming to earth, and how the strategies of Heaven and angels...

Gather round to hear of how life on earth will end — told from ancient myths around the world! End of Days gathers seven diverse apocalypse stories in one book so readers can discover the unique differences and surprising similarities between these world myths — all recreated in gripping graphic novel format. Dive into legends from various mythologies and traditions, including Norse, Native American, Egyptian, Chinese, and more. With the Universal Myth series, readers can experience exciti...

Baptism is more important than you think. But not for the reasons you suppose.Combining careful Bible study with enlightening historical survey and practical suggestions, this book provides a rich resource for deepening and renewing a central practice of the Christian faith.

Step into twenty‑three unforgettable years on a prairie grain farm, where the harvest is heroic, the challenges are relentless, and-most surprisingly-the machinery talks back.In The Harvest Chronicles, Catherine Taylor invites readers into the heart of Taylor Grains Ltd., sharing the real‑life joys, disasters, humour, and grit required to farm in southeastern Saskatchewan. Through whimsical storytelling and imaginative personification, Cathy gives voice to...

The Church of the Nazarene has been living and breathing missions for more than 100 years; it is a part of who we are as Nazarenes. As you read about experiences in missions, imagine embracing the challenge to go and make Christlike disciples. The individuals you will meet are a sampling of hundreds who have gone, served, and walked alongside the ministry of missions through Work & Witness and Mission Corps. Many have done it, and you may feel led to join those who will go in the future.