In churches today, there are ever fewer older pastors speaking into the lives of younger leaders, and fewer younger leaders feeling there is much to be learned from the experience of their elders. Street-smart wisdom is gone from training as there are many men and women preparing pastors who have never themselves pastored a church. Intriguingly, even older, more seasoned pastors yearn for insight into their task, as they remain "undiscipled" in the school of leadership.In What ...

At Sector General, anything can happen-and frequently does. In this vast hospital in the depths of space, the thousands of staff, human and alien both, have a single mission: to care for all patients, of all species. For decades, these dramas of humanity and humor have commanded a following among science fiction readers. Now, in a single omnibus, the seventh and eighth volumes of the series-Code Blue: Emergency and The Genocidal Healer-return to print, along with an introduction by John Cl...

This captivating book takes readers deep into the enigmatic world of Area 51, the legendary U.S. military base shrouded in secrecy and conspiracy. The Secrets of Area 51: Unveiling the Mystery explores decades of intrigue, blending meticulous research with gripping storytelling to uncover the truth behind one of the most mysterious locations on Earth.From its origins as a testing ground for cutting-edge aircraft to its infamous reputation as a hub for extraterrestrial activity, thi...

In the guise of tolerance, Hollywood and modern culture have granted "alternative lifestyle" status to a behavior condemned by Scripture. In the Same Sex Controversy, the authors clarify and defend the Bible's stand on homosexuality as they expand on key passages. Subjects include the basis of biblical morality, biblical teaching on marriage and sexuality, the new "homosexual apologist," and both Old and New Testament witnesses against homosexuality. They also provide information on how to...

Sector General: A massive deep-space hospital station on the Galactic Rim, where human and alien medicine meet. Its 384 levels and thousands of staff members are supposedly able to meet the needs of any conceivable alien patient--though that capacity is always being strained as more (and stranger) alien races turn up to join the galactic community. Sentient viruses, interspecies romances, undreamed-of institutional catering problems--it all lands on Sector General's doorstep. And the only ...

This omnibus edition presents books 4–6 of the sci-fi saga chronicling a vast hospital in outer space dedicated to saving both human and alien kind.James White's tales of Sector General are lively, humorous, and humane, at times shot through with a healer's anger at violence and destruction. These are endlessly inventive dramas of civility and spirituality, tempered with White's gently wicked wit and his keen eye for the remarkable in the everyday.Now, in a s...

A spaceship crashes, and two war heroes must decide how many, and which victims, can be saved.A doctor contracts a potentially fatal illness, and only the courage of a colleague can save him.Dr Conway needs an alien's cooperation in order to reassemble a living jigsaw - but first he must find a way to communicate with it.In the galactic hospital, floating through space, no case - however weird, alien or baffling - is too small or too large for Sector General.

Surgeon Captain Lioren was a perfectionist who expected similarly high standards from everyone who worked with him. But on a First Contact mission to a planet where plague had reduced a peaceful civilisation to barbarism and war, Lioren's perfectionism was his undoing. In his zeal to find a cure for the plague he unwittingly caused the death of the entire planetary population.Lioren's guilt led him to seek the ultimate penalty - death. But instead, he was sent to the Sector General...

To the doctors and nurses at the galactic hospital Sector General, Cha Thrat was just another trainee. Nothing unusual in that as they arrived regularly. But Cha Thrat is finding life at Sector General much more unnerving than she expected. Her world was only recently discovered by the Galactic Federation, so being faced with numerous alien species is overwhelming. And no one knew what to expect from her.Cha Thrat is a skilled healer and, according to her world's strict medical eth...

The first three novels in the incredible Sector General series.Welcome to SECTOR GENERAL - a colossal space hospital that attends to species ranging from an ultra-intelligent prune in a blob of syrup, to a teleportative brontosaurus, to a shape-shifting amoeba that constantly melts like an ice lolly on a summer's day. The hospital's staff is equally diverse, counting among its ranks an exoskeletal, insect-like assistant and a six-legged, elephantine surgeon.Then there is Dr...

Mainland Tanzania exemplifies the developing world's struggle to achieve middle-income status while confronting widespread poverty and substantial health challenges. Tanzania's struggle with HIV/AIDS, reproductive and child health, malaria, and tuberculosis are characterized by both positive recent trends and persistent challenges. A high disease burden coupled with finite public sector resources has led the government of Tanzania to increasingly seek innovative tools to protect the health...

A massive hospital space station on the Galactic Rim faces an unsettling change in leadership that could jeopardize its future.Mind Changer takes place at Sector General, a sprawling hospital space station with 384 levels and a multispecies staff of thousands. In the course of practicing deep-space medicine, the staff has encountered challenges ranging from plagues caused by cafeteria food to cafeteria food resembling alien species. But now they face a disq...