A nostalgic collection of seasonal tales and reflections capturing the heart of a Victorian Christmas.In Around the Yule Log, Willis Boyd Allen gathers a series of short stories, essays, and musings that reflect the values, sentiments, and atmosphere of Christmastime in the late nineteenth century. Ranging from heartwarming family narratives to contemplative sketches on winter and holiday traditions, this collection offers readers a glimpse into the moral ...

Do you know what to do or say when you are bullied?Are you tolerating people who manipulate or abuse you?When others treat you badly do you just try harder to get along?Learn the inside story on what makes bullies tick, and discover your own vulnerabilities and your hidden strengths!This book will change the way you see bullies and change the way you see yourself.If you want to know what bullying is, why bullies target you, and a strategic method to get b...

This holiday season step into the Nativity scene through a hole in time and become an active participant in the true Christmas Story! Join this interactive Bible Study and move close to the events and people surrounding the Advent of Christ. You will have the opportunity to be one of the marginalized shepherds, the concerned citizens of Jerusalem and the mysterious but powerful Magi. This is not a quiet peek into the manger. The Christmas Story—Step into Scripture, A Bible Study for Advent...

Over the course of his more than five decades as a General Authority for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Packer has powerfully and thoughtfully addressed many major doctrinal, moral, and social issues. Now his teachings on 25 key topics have been compiled in this encyclopedic guide to better understanding the principles and practices of the Gospel. With hundreds of quotations, his most memorable stories, and dozens of photographs chronicling President Packer's se...

The Apostle Paul—in the Beginning, is an interactive Bible study. It is fast-moving and information packed! This is the fifth book in The Step into Scripture Bible Study Series. This interactive study allows you to insert yourself into biblical history. You’ll notice that Scripture is never changed. But you may be! Your perspective might shift as you walk around the Bible you once only read. As events unfold around you, verses are no longer simply print on a page. The Apostle Paul—in the B...

In the fourteenth century, a culture arose in and around the Edwards Plateau of Central Texas that represents the last prehistoric peoples before the cultural upheaval introduced by European explorers. This culture has been labeled the Toyah phase, characterized by a distinctive tool kit and a bone-tempered pottery tradition.Spanish documents, some translated decades ago, offer glimpses of these mobile people. Archaeological excavations, some quite recent, offer other views of this...

After Easter—Step into Scripture Bible Study, captures the thrill of spending time with the risen Savior and tackling the enormous job of evangelizing the world!This interactive study lets you insert yourself into pages of your Bible. You become one of the apostles, taking part in the action. Scripture is the script! Like an epic movie, scenes are vividly presented and historical background introduced. You step into those scenes. How will you feel as events unfold? For instance:

The product of a violent home, John Christian Hillcox overcomes long odds to build a Texas megachurch from where he preaches the gospels of Prosperity and End Times, while also using the power of his voting bloc as a political cudgel. A man of enormous appetites and inadequate self-control, Pastor Hillcox rallies his church and televangelical flock to oppose everything he considers immoral and detrimental to the United States' becoming the godly, Christian nation it is meant to be....

John the Baptizer—one of the most fascinating and interesting characters in the New Testament. Jesus called him the greatest man that ever lived!Yet John is often misunderstood, appearing as a wild, ranting fanatic. The movies show him shaking his finger at people and shouting, “Repent, repent!”You, however, know the real John—now that you are one of his disciples! Step into Scripture Bible Study makes it possible for you to insert yourself into the pages of your Bible using ...

A fantastic collection of light, chirping articles originally published in Fraser's Magazine from Church of Scotland minister Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd.

In late 1937, our loquacious and unreliable narrator, Kurtis De’ath returns to Germany, where he prepares for a trip with Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, to Moscow. On his own with orders from Adolf Hitler (and Sir Joseph Ball), Kurtis probes the unspeakable secrets of the Holodomor, the man-made, deliberate starvation of four million men, women, and children in the Ukraine. He matches wits with the NKVD and Stalin himself. As the Nazis annexe Austria and Joseph Chamberlai...

This book pulls together 61 stories that will have you laughing, smiling, and crying as Pres Packer recites a century's worth of wisdom from gospel living. With 51+ years as a General Authority, Pres Packer's soothing, one-of-a-kind voice echoes through his stories such as "To Call Instead of Invite", "The Spirit of Revelation", "Love Beyond Self", "Putting Together a Boy", "Reinforcing Prayer", and "Leaders Keep Confidences". The titles may not be familiar at first, but as you read them y...