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Dare to Trust in Daniel's God! What brings you to the book of Daniel? Is it the moral example of Daniel and his robust faith? Or is it because you want to dig further into the prophetic material that speaks of the end times? Primarily the book tells you about Daniel's God. Lucas suggests rather than...

The book addresses the important relationship between the covenants of the Old Testament and the sacraments of the New Testament. From years of experience, it seems that the sacraments of Christ are not well understood in terms of their purpose, their importance in our daily lives, or for the reasons...

This Introduction does not pretend to offer anything to specialists. It is written for theological students, ministers, and laymen, who desire to understand the modern attitude to the Old Testament as a whole, but who either do not have the time or the inclination to follow the details on which all...

Many people today regard themselves as VICTIMS. Victims of the times, of family failures, victims of poverty, of poor education, of politics, of bad luck, and any other thing we might single out to take the blame off ourselves. Josiah proves us all wrong. Of all the chains that could have kept him...

This best-selling tale is based on the biblical figures of David, Saul, and Absalom. For the many Christians who have experienced pain, loss, and heartache at the hands of other believers, this compelling story offers comfort, healing, and hope. Christian leaders and directors of religious movements...

What happened before David became a notorious lover and conquering king? Meet young David as he struggles with prodigious gifts and crushing weaknesses. Inspired by the Biblical story, Warrior Poet offers a new look the "man after God's own heart." A man whose words in the Psalms...

*      *A God with No Name is an original take on the history of god and tells the story of his evolution from a lowly Canaanite tribal deity up to his present position as a being of universal power and prestige. The book draws on source material from the Torah, the Ugaritic Baal Cycle and the...

Could anything be so fearful as coming to grips with a fierce lion; or a hungry, raging bear; or a boastful, profane, bragging and blasphemous Philistine giant? But these were the chilling experiences of the boy David. God used these and other experiences to mold David into the man who would later...

Meet Joseph! … the Husband of Mary and Step Father of Jesus   Christians are very familiar with Mary, her faithfulness and courage . . . and the part she played in God’s plan to bring the promised Messiah to the world. But most of us know very little about Joseph and his...

exemples que j'ai recus de mon grand-pére vérus: la bonté et le douceur, qui ne connait point la colére. du pére qui m'a donné la vis la modestie et la virilité du moin si je m'en rapporte a la réputation qu'il a laissée et au souvenir personnel qui m'en reste. de ma mére la piété et la...

In the following Dictionary, compiled from the best sources ancient and modern, with the addition of many original articles, the selections have been made with reference to what was thought most useful; and thus many things of minor importance, usually found in similar works, have been excluded. Every...

To give us a better understanding of the Catholic Faith, in Characters of the Passion Fulton J. Sheen returns us to Calvary. There he dramatically brings to life in brief but penetrating characterizations many who played important roles in the “Eternal Drama of the Cross.” Peter, Judas, Pilate, Herod,...

Generations of devout Catholics, including many learned theologians and writers, have derived great spiritual benefits from a careful reading of the private revelations here compiled, those of Ven. Anne Catherine Emmerich and Ven. Mary of Agreda, primarily, along with those of St. Bridget of Sweden and...

I am a nice worshiper, you all know me. I am the one who never complains, no matter what kind of service I get. I entered into the church premises, no one noticed me.  The usher hurriedly passed me into church service as if I was disturbing the traffic.  When I tried to park my car on my...