Take control of the beginning of each day, and you take control of the way you view your entire day! I designed this book to inspire each of us to be happier in less than one minute.I took my absolute most popular quotes from my 'Skip Johnson Author' Facebook page and added insights that will have you inspired, encouraged and motivated to live your day in the way you have always wanted to live it.Take 60 seconds each morning or evening and listen to that day's message for 3...

"Charleston" is a highly readable primer on the South Carolina City's incredible history from its founding through the 2015 Emanuel AME Church massacre and the massacre's aftermath. It was designed specifically to give readers unfamiliar with Charleston's incredible history, especially visitors, a way to learn that history in one or two easy and interesting sessions. By any measure, Charleston is a remarkable city. From her earliest beginnings she has experienced the lowest of lows and the...

Eleven preachers with different gifts, backgrounds, and personal emphases show how they proclaim Christ from all the Scripture in a variety of contexts.Edmund P. Clowney (1917-2005), the late president and professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, was a trailblazer of Christ-centered, redemptive-historical preaching. Through his classroom instruction, his publications, and his example as a preacher, he ignited in many seminary students and pastors a passi...

The year 2020 was unlike any other year in history. Four new epic crises, which developed simultaneously and unexpectedly, terrorized and isolated us. One, the coronavirus pandemic began early in the year and, with a vaccine only a hopeful dream, it quickly spiraled out of control. Two, state and household budgets melted down as businesses across America failed, some never to reopen, which left us facing an unthinkable choice: save the economy, which would allow Covid-19 kill a million or ...

In 2021 and most of 2022, Skip Johnson wrote a popular weekly newsletter that one of his readers described as "truth disguised as opinion." The newsletter, titled Onward|Upward, focused on current events, gee-whiz science and religion, and although many of his posts dealt with topical issues, many others offered timeless insights into all three subjects. This small book, "Timeless Perspectives on Events, Science and Religion," is a collection of his readers' favorites.

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The American Civil War started when eleven southern ‘slave’ states declared their independence from the United States of America. Abraham Lincoln’s Republican government were strongly against slavery and fought to abolish it and keep the country united.The American Civil War: History in an Hour gives a concise and authoritative overview of these four years of bloody and devastating warfare to help you understand how the ...

In Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World, bishop and social activist John Shelby Spong argues that 200 years of biblical scholarship has been withheld from lay Christians. In this brilliant follow-up to Spong’s previous books Eternal Life and Jesus for the Non-Religious, Spong not only reveals the crucial truths that have long been kept hidden from the public eye, but also explores what the history of the Bible can teach us about reading its stories today and living our lives for...

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes...

WHO ARE YOU?WHAT DEFINES YOU?WHAT IS YOUR IDENTITY?How you answer those questions affects every aspect of your life: personal, public, and spiritual. So it’s vital to get the answer right.Pastor and best-selling author Mark Driscoll believes false identity is at the heart of many struggles—and that you can overcome them by having your true identity in Christ. In Wh**o Do You Thin**k You Are*?*, Dri...

"Hamilton's turbulent life, the dramatic birth of a nation . . . propelled with the page-turning intensity of an epic novel." —Ronald Blumer, Peabody Award–winning writerA new reissue of this important biography of Alexander Hamilton—arguably one of the most brilliant and complex of our nation's founders.From his less than auspicious start in 1755 on the Caribbean island of Nevis, to his unhappy fate in 1804 in Weehawken, New Jersey, at the hands of his enemy...

Are You Sure You Know What Your Favorite Bible Stories Mean?A surprising number of popular Bible stories are commonly misused or misunderstood, even by well-intentioned Christians. In this concise yet thorough book, Eric J. Bargerhuff helps you fully understand the meaning of David and Goliath, Jonah and the Big Fish, the Woman Caught in Adultery, and other well-known Bible stories.Providing fascinating historical and scriptural insights, Bargerhuff helps y...

THE NEW YORK TIMES**#1** BESTSELLERThe must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama, Legends and Lies: The Patriots is an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leaders.The American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each other, as loyalists and colonial rebels faced off for their lives and futures. Th...