In a culture confused about manhood, here’s your call to rise.Think Bigger – The Real Man Handbook is a bold and timely guide for men ready to lead, build, and grow in strength and purpose. It speaks directly to a generation that’s lost the blueprint for what it means to be a Real Man—one rooted in values, not validation.Across 14 hard-hitting chapters, this audiobook blends powerful principles with real-world male role models, historical examples,...

Why does God allow suffering? If you've ever wrestled with this question, you're not alone. Many Christians struggle to reconcile their faith with the harsh realities of pain and hardship. This insightful book offers a helpful lens through which to view your struggles: the theology of the cross. Author Michael Berg uses the apostle Peter's compelling story— from the impulsive disciple in the Gospels to the humble shepherd in his epistles— to show the contrast between a "theology of glory,"...

On any given Sunday the Christian approaches Christ who is present in Word and Meal. The songs, movements, and prayers that surround this Word and Meal are called the Divine Service. It is God's (divine) service to us and our proclamation of Christ's life, death, and resurrection to ourselves and anybody that enters the church on that Sunday.One way to appreciate the traditional divine service is to see the life of Christ on display. The major events in the life of Christ are hinte...

How shall we live? What is the good life? What is the value of a person? What is my place in this world? Is God active in this world? These are questions that have been asked in every culture and in every era. From the Hebrew concept of Shalom (wholeness/well-being) to the Greek concept of Eudaimonia (happiness) and even to the American notion that all people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, great thinkers have pondered what it means for humans to flo...

What is the point of Baptism?Did you know that water is everywhere in the Bible? Whether it's literal H20 or water used as a literary motif, the pages of God's Word are saturated with water. This water kept—and keeps—God's people alive not just physically, but also spiritually.In The Baptismal Life, Rev. Dr. Michael Berg reflects on the power of water in Scripture, the impact of Baptism, and how this precious sacrament connects believers to Christ....

Read the Script Pipeline 2015 Semi-Finalist!In 18th-century Germany, mythological beasts still roam the Black Forest. Werewolves, giants, trolls, and other fantastical monsters hide in the shadows or in faraway places, posing a danger to anyone who crosses their paths.As children, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm witnessed a werewolf murder their father. Never forgetting this heinous act, the brothers are determined to hunt down and destroy all mythical creatures. When the opportuni...

The SMARTEST MOVES to INCREASE YOUR WEALTH...NOW!You may not be a millionaire now or in six months, but you can become one if you change your mindset and adopt proven financial strategies that have helped countless others become true millionaires.There's no need to live frugally to achieve financial freedom in the future. Instead, you should focus on making smart choices based on your personal needs and wants. Of course, you can't avoid spending so...

Some of the most significant obstacles to human well-being today are habits of Western thought that have been exported around the world. These habits include dichotomous conceptions of truth and relativity, cynical conceptions of knowledge and power, and conflictual conceptions of science and religion. Michael Karlberg articulates a framework for reconciling each of these false dichotomies in a critically informed and constructive manner. He does this, in philosophical terms, by reconcilin...

TRUTH AND FAILURE AT THE EDGE OF UNDERSTANDINGWinston doesn’t think like other people. He struggles to explain himself and questions basic mathematics. Fearing expulsion from his graduate program, he takes a leave of absence to test a new class of computer. Nothing about this computer is normal and Winston unleashes ambitious code to push its limits only to discover there is a reason he struggles with people and can’t follow norms. Now his greatest failure has him facing the truth ...

Many Western countries have seen an increase in the volume and importance of external consultants in the public policy process. This book is the first to investigate this phenomenon in a comparative and interdisciplinary way. The analysis shows who these consultants are, how widely and for what reasons they are used in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, The Netherlands and Sweden. In doing so, the book addresses the positive and negative implications of high levels of external ...

This paper examines the consequences of heightened capital mobility and of the integration of developing economies in increasingly globalized markets for the exchange rate regimes of the industrial, developing, and transition economies. It builds upon previous studies by IMF staff on various aspects of the exchange rate arrangements of member countries, consistent with the IMF's role of surveillance over its members' exchange rate policies.