Get ready for a thoroughly engaging journey as Dr. Chuck Davis shares his experiences as an influential church and mission leader, professor, and true prayer practitioner. In Speak Up! Listen Up!, Pastor Davis demonstrates how through a strong biblical foundation, prayer is the key to an apprenticeship with Christ.Step-by-step, the reader is guided in prayer, stewardship of the Word, and engagement in faith community. Dr. Davis equips each Christ follower with the tools to use their many g...

What now?Followers of Jesus often have this question looming over their mind and heart, but Pastor Chuck Davis provides clarifying answers and guidance in his book, Authority Encounter, through biblical verses that will help readers understand their authority and deepen their understanding of the kingdom of God.We live in a world rooted in power, and followers of Christ are challenged daily by the powers that seek to interrupt or trample the...

Who is God?Not as a distant idea. Not as an inherited tradition. But as the living, holy, personal God who reveals Himself and invites us near.In this compelling devotional journey, Sharon Simmonds guides readers into a deeper vision of God. Through twenty Scripture-anchored reflections, she creates space not only for understanding but for encounter—engaging mind, heart, and spirit through Scripture, reflection questions, and prayer.This book is an ...

Redefine your relationship with God and accept Jonah's invitation to join the mission.We all yearn to know our simple existence has a deeper meaning. Our innate desire to thrive is a testament to that. Yet, the societal demonstrations of what it means to flourish are limiting—and it's due to the inadequacy. The modern world is becoming disconnected from God's original design for humanity. We see more and more people flourishing when we turn our focus into the overfl...

Opposition is inevitable in any worthwhile pursuit.Jesus promised challenges in the faith journey, "In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world" (John 16:33). There is some reflex in all of us upon hearing these words from Jesus—he may have overcome the world, but what about me?Davis presents the case that one key aspect of being an overcomer for the Christ follower is the notion of spiritual authority. Living in a world ...

This book offers a timely analysis of work and labor processes and how they are rapidly changing under globalization. The contributors explore traditional sectors of the U.S. and world economies - from auto to steel to agriculture - as well as work under new production arrangements, such as third world export processing zones. Many chapters analyze changing dynamics of gender, nationality, and class. The contributors explain why more intensified forms of control by the state and by capital...

This text uses an innovative approach to the dynamics of labour's decline and proposes policy initiatives necessary for its revitalization. The book emphasises the need for restructuring of capitalism on a global scale and challenges traditional economic and industrial relations wisdom.

This book tells the true story of aviation as it evolved from mankind’s first primitive attempts to fly to the remarkable successes of the early twentieth century in a non-technical and even fun way, designed to impress upon the reader that the history of aviation is richer and more remarkable than they ever imagined. It is also a tribute to the men-and a few women-who laid the foundations that made not only Kitty Hawk possible, but Von Zeppelin’s great dirigibles a reality as well. Most o...

Ex-cop Fred Carver investigates a death at a Florida funeral home whose residents don't always die of natural causesRetirement is a word that has always frightened Fred Carver. One of Orlando's finest, he retired early—when a criminal's bullet shattered his kneecap and made him unfit for beat work. Since then he hasn't been able to relax, and fills his days and nights investigating cases the local police aren't willing to touch. Now one of those cops has come to hi...

We need good preaching—preaching that challenges us by God’s Word and brings the comfort that comes from God’s promises. Yet many of us rely solely on others to preach to us and are not benefitting from the kind of preaching that should be most consistent and personal—preaching to ourselves.Note to Self is a practical introduction to this daily discipline. Pastor Joe Thorn delivers fifty brief, devotional chapters that model preaching the gospel to ourselves and its practi...

How can I strengthen my faith? Do I really know God?God invites all of us to grow in spiritual intimacy with Him, and it's important for Christians to evaluate the depth of their faith and look for ways to deepen it in their everyday lives. What we believe about God is likely to define the degree to which we become like him in character. And God's Word—the Bible—is the reference to which we must return continually to compare what we believe with what God

Abraham, the patriarch, of both Jews and Christians, was called by God His ‘friend’. ‘Becoming the Friend of God’ takes an in-depth look at four critical aspects and situations in Abraham’s life and how he responded to the person of God. The ability of friends to speak and listen to one another as friends, and the friendship factors of sacrificial love and entertaining one another are examined. In that Abraham is the only person in the Bible to be called God’s friend in both of the Testame...