Forced to make a choice between her faith and a degree, Ellen learned the hard way that graduation isn't always guaranteed when you're a follower of Jesus Christ. Born out of a five-year indoctrination under a secular university agenda, Rethinking College reveals the harsh truth from the perspective of a student who gave up everything to follow her heart's desire to serve the Lord. This jaw dropping narrative concludes with a comprehensive list of options and alternatives to the traditiona...

Learn common hazards Christians face in undergraduate majors in this simple easy to understand format. Each major is categorized as ideological, technical, or core, followed by a summary of issues concerning to Christians, and recommendations for alternative options where available.As a companion to the original "Rethinking College: When Secular University And The Christian Student Are Incompatible," my goal is to fill the gaps between what academics and school counselors are being...

Formed from portions of Wood, Tyler, and Ritchie Counties, Pleasants County was founded in 1851 and was named after Gov. James Pleasants Jr. of Virginia. Residents of Pleasants County fondly recall many of the buildings that no longer exist today, such as the button factory, blacksmith shop, marble factory, and the Quaker State Oil Refinery, all of which are preserved in the photographs that are showcased throughout Images of America: Pleasants County. Taking a step back in time, these pho...

600 pro-life KJV Bible verses form the scriptural view of life in the womb.Every child is precious. But did you know that before we are even conceived we are also known by God? Using the Word of God as the only reference I Formed Them For My Glory catalogues God's thoughts towards the unborn, encourages new mothers to love and pray for their children and makes an indissoluble case for the the sanctity of life in the womb.All scriptures are taken from the King James Version,...

Every child is precious. But did you know that before we are even conceived we are also known by God? Using the Word of God as the only reference I Formed Them For My Glory catalogues God's thoughts towards the unborn, encourages new mothers to love and pray for their children and makes an indissoluble case for the the sanctity of life in the womb.All scriptures are taken from the King James Version, a public domain work.

The name Ozark comes from the French Aux Arcs. The town of Ozark may have gotten its name because it is at the bend of the creek. Today the term Ozark refers to the large upland region that covers parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Ozark, Missouri is nestled in the hills of this region and serves as the county seat of Christian County. This book looks at Ozark's 150 year history, using vintage photographs from the Pegram Collection to capture the spirit of the town and surr...

New Paltz was established in 1678 by a small group of Huguenot refugees and their families. These pioneers settled into the fertile Wallkill River Valley with the majestic Hudson River to the east and the Shawangunk Mountains defining the western border. These families endured what today would be insurmountable odds, yet for generations they survived and constantly improved their quality of life. The homesteads of these patentee families still stand along historic Huguenot Street and are t...

One-hundred-fifty miles west of Dallas, on a gently rolling prairie that was once the predatory domain of the Plains Indians, lies Shackelford County. Anglo-American settlers began arriving in the 1850s to raise livestock and cultivate crops near the Clear Fork of the Brazos River. To protect the settlers from the Indians, the US Army established Fort Griffin in 1867. In true Wild West fashion, the raucous town of Fort Griffin sprang up nearby to service the soldiers, cattle drovers, and b...

Monticello was founded by the White County commissioners in 1834 on a bluff above the Tippecanoe River. They named it after the mansion ofThomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. It was incorporated as a town in 1862. The county seat grew more rapidly when the railroads cameto town before the Civil War. Then the town grew large enough to become a city in 1909, and a mayor was elected. The area around the city became atourist destination in the 1920s after dams created th...

On April 7, 1870, an act of the state legislature created Lincoln County, named for Pres. Abraham Lincoln, from Lawrence, Franklin, Copiah, Pike, and Amite Counties. Settlement began more than 50 years earlier with Samuel Jayne's small trading post on St. Stephens Road. Extensive timber resources, the arrival of the railroad in 1857, and the 1859 founding of Whitworth Female College put the county on the map. Logging, lumber mills, and other industries brought scores of people to the regio...

Portland is located in �the big bend� of the Connecticut River near the center of the state, where natural resources provided a prosperous livelihood for generations of residents. First settled as part of Middletown, the area was incorporated as Portland in 1841. The town is known for its brownstone quarries, the Gildersleeve shipyard, and shade-grown tobacco. Meshomasic, the first state forest in New England, is located here. In Portland, historic photographs drawn from the archives of th...