Norbert Mercado: 107 books

Janet Boncodin is about to have a baby, but her boyfriend has refused to take responsibility. What future awaits the child?

“Life is more exciting if there is a dream,” Jonathan Abraham told Gene Ensomo as the cruise ship Queen Virginia plied the Mediterranean Sea on a cold night. The ship was on its way to Port Haifa in Israel.Jonathan Abraham, and his wife Ruth, were Jews who were born in Australia. Their...

“Jerusalem is an eternal city,” Engineer Andronicus Asyncritus told his fellow passengers in the 12-seater van which was taking them to Bethlehem first, and then to Jerusalem. Gene was sitting beside the driver. “What do you know about the city of Jerusalem?” Engineer Asyncritus...

AUGUST 2, 1990. “Iraq’s Army invaded the oil-rich nation of Kuwait today. President Saddam Hussein of Iraq justified the invasion of Kuwait by saying that Kuwait historically belongs to Iraq. Saddam said that Kuwait is the birthplace of Nabopollasar, the father of Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar...

“I miss you. Wherever you are, my love, I hope you are safe. You can call me by landline or cellphone, or just text me. I’m aware of the situation you are in, and I’m praying for you,” Andrea Gonzales said in her radio program in DWRD titled From Davao With Love.

Winning the first democratic presidential elections in Egypt after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, Mohammed Morsi, backed by the Muslim Brotherhood, seized absolute dictatorial powers by ramming down the people's throat an Islamist constitution placing himself above the court and the law....

“The tests of life open the panorama of God's mercy to those who trust Him,” Recab said while they were eating. Saul, Jemimah, their daughter Rebekah, Baanah, and Recab were at the dining table having breakfast. Abishai was with Ish-Bosheth in the children’s room. “The tests...

At the seaport of Marseille, the boarding ramp of the ship Altalena was crowded by Jewish immigrants bound for the newly-established state of Israel. Altalena was the former LST-138, one of the landing crafts used by the Allied countries in the invasion of Germany-controlled France in June, 1944....

“The land of Israel was promised to the Jews by the Lord God who created the heavens and the earth, and all things which the universe and this earth contain. Israel and the city of Jerusalem will never be extinct because of God’s promise to Abraham, the father of the Jewish people,” the American...

“Please be merciful to me! Please help me!” a blind man who was standing in front of the Al Arish exclaimed in the Egyptian tongue to passengers who had just arrived at the seaport of Rhinocolura. The passengers just came from Raphia, and had just crossed the River of Egypt.

The group of American teachers came to the Philippines aboard the US transport ship USS Sheridan. They sailed from San Francisco, California to Manila several weeks before the arrival of the USS Thomas. The ship brought the first batch of Thomasites – 365 male and 165 female teachers.

“Why has it suddenly become dark?” Flavius asked his fifteen-year old servant, a Jewish teen from Caesarea Philippi.Flavius was one of the trusted military aides of Pontius Pilate, the Roman Procurator of Judea and Samaria from 26 A.D. to 36 A.D. He walked to his house from the palace before noon...

A celebration is in danger of coming to a halt. Nahalel, Bezer, and Jezebel are worried. Even their chief, Ephraim, is at a quandary. What surprises await in Cana?

Josephine Marquez watched on television the live nationwide media coverage of the announcement of the government’s response to the massacre of thirty-six soldiers under the command of General Teodolfo Bautista on October 10, 1977 by Muslim rebels in Patikul, Sulu.The Muslim rebels led by the bandit...