{"id":132,"date":"2009-04-06T20:38:26","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T03:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2021-12-28T17:38:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T00:38:28","slug":"resources-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/?page_id=132","title":{"rendered":"V 15: Resources &#8230; books and websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"975\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"975\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"975\">\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">____________________________________________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Note:<\/span><\/span> <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It is strongly suggested that you print off\u00a0 a complete section for\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">reading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">through at a later <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> date than trying to read the content of this\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> website directly off<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">the computer\u00a0 screen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">____________________________________________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">These pages are given to highlight further issues of building Christian <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">community<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> around the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">world. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jesus Christ needs to be at the centre of all efforts<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> to building<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> that community. Then there <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> needs to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">be a wholistic emphasis on the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">inner person<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> (our spirit), middle person (our soul of mind,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> will and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">emotions) <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and our outer <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">persons (our physical body), as being necessary for building <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">effective <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">community. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There are several categories here as part this Resources page:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Websites <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8230;&#8230; the linked websites in the left hand column of<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0this website<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">CDs and DVDs <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8230;.. still under construction<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Recommended Books <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8230;.. still under construction<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Past E-mail Broadcasts<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> &#8230;&#8230; the linked websites in the left<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">hand column of this website<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">___________________________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Websites: <\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">These websites have been grouped initially into two broad sections then four<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> finer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> categories in the<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> last section of four categories based on the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">ideas below: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">1. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">JESUS CHRIST &#8230;.. THE ORIGIN OF ALL THINGS:<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">See the Blog Site: <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jesuschristwebsites.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/jesuschristwebsites.blogspot.com<\/a>\/<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Look at the website by my friend Ian Thomson.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> He addresses these issues <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0 \u00a0in a <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">way I never could. In <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ianthomsonian.org\/\"><strong>http:\/\/ianthomsonian.org\/<\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">he addresses topics such as:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ianthomsonian.org\/2013\/01\/04\/sacred-place-what-sacred-place\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our great high priest and perfect sacrifice or us<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6 class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ianthomsonian.org\/2013\/01\/01\/this-is-the-first-day\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sacred Place? What Sacred Place?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1 class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ianthomsonian.org\/2013\/01\/01\/this-is-the-first-day\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">THIS IS THE FIRST DAY<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1 class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ianthomsonian.org\/2012\/12\/23\/the-sacred-cow-of-going-to-church\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Sacred Cow of Going to Church<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>_____________________________________<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">2. INNER <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">PERSON (our spirit):<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">See the Blog Site: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/2innerpersonourspirit.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/2innerpersonourspirit.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>_____________________________________<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>3. MIDDLE <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/wp-admin\/Middle%20Person.html\">PERSON<\/a><\/strong> (our soul of mind, will and emotions): <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">See the Blog Site: <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/3middlepersonoursoulofmind.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>http:\/\/3middlepersonoursoulofmind.blogspot.com\/<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">4. OUTER <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/wp-admin\/Middle%20Person.html\">PERSON<\/a> (physical body) <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Practical application of our Christian Worldview<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> And The <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Outer <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Created Order &#8230;.. how did we get here? &#8230;.. through Evolution or <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">a <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Special Creation?).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">See the Blog Site:<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/4outerperson.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>http:\/\/4outerperson.blogspot.com\/<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">_________________________________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h3><strong>Recommended Books: &#8230;..<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookdepository.com\/\">Book Depository<\/a> in the United Kingdom &#8230;.. millions <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>of books available . Delivery\u00a0<\/strong><strong>around the world is included in the price of the <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>book<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n<h2><strong>_________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h1>Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, by Michael Denton<\/h1>\n<h4>Publisher Descriptions<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>More than thirty years after his landmark book Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (1985), biologist<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Michael Denton\u00a0 revisits his earlier thesis about the inability of Darwinian evolution to<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>explain\u00a0the history of life. He argues that there remains &#8220;an irresistible consilience of<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>evidence for rejecting\u00a0Darwinian cumulative selection as the major driving force of<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>evolution.&#8221; From the origin of life to\u00a0the origin of human language, the great divisions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>in the natural order are still as profound as ever, and they are still unsupported by the series<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>of adaptive transitional forms predicted by Darwin.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>In addition, Denton makes a provocative new argument about the pervasiveness of<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>nonadaptive\u00a0order throughout biology, order that cannot be explained by the Darwinian<\/h4>\n<h4>mechanism.<\/h4>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">_________________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Heavenly Man,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Brother Yun\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">by Hattaway Paul.<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Publisher Descriptions<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The true story of how God took a young, half-starved boy from <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">a poor village in Henan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Province, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> China, and\u00a0 used him to preach <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">the gospel despite intense persecution.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">[Publisher]<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Heavenly Man is the intensely dramatic story of how God took a young,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">half-starved boy from <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">a poor village in Henan Province and used him mightily <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> preach the gospel despite horrific <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> opposition. Brother Yun is one of China&#8217;s<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> house<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">church leaders, a man who despite his relative youth has suffered <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">prolonged<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> torture\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and imprisonment for his faith. His account challenges any<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> complacency<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> about the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">situation in China, where international economic<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> investment ignores <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">the brutal fact\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> that religious <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">persecution is still a daily<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> reality for millions.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Instead<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> of focusing on\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">the many miracles or experiences <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> of suffering,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> however, Yun <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">prefers to emphasize\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">the character and beauty of Jesus. This <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">astonishing <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">book <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">will <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> form a watershed in <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">your spiritual life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">_____________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/orders.koorong.com.au\/search\/details.jhtml?display=ext&amp;code=0060842377\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Publisher Descriptions<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A leading voice at the crossroads of faith and politics offers a prophetic\u00a0 appeal<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> for<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">our times: faced <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">with a growing gap between the rich and poor,bombarded<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> by <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">national\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">security alerts <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> that ratchet <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">up our stress levels, taxed by a <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">government <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">that spends\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">billions of dollars on <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">war &#8211; where do we <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">find hope? <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In this revised and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">updated edition <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">of his classic, Jim Wallis insightfully critiques <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">contemporary culture<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> and politics,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">inspiring us with stories to convert our way <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">of thinking and point <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">to a <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">solution to our\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">current\u00a0 social and political dilemmas.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">_____________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Call To Conversion, The<\/strong> <strong>(Revised and Updated 2005) &#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">(Why Faith Is Always Personal but Never Private) <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wallis Jim (Author of the New\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">York Times <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">bestselling God&#8217;s Politics)\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Paperback<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orders.koorong.com.au\/search\/details.jhtml?display=ext&amp;code=0060842377\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Publisher Descriptions<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Put Your Faith into Action!\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A leading voice at the crossroads of faith and politics<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> offers\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">a prophetic <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">appeal <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">for our times: faced with a growing gap between the rich <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and poor,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">bombarded <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">by national <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> security alerts that ratchet up our stress levels,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> taxed by a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">government that spends billions of dollars <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> on war &#8211; where do\u00a0 we find <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">hope? In\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">this\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">revised and updated edition of his classic, Jim Wallis <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">insightfully <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">critiques\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> contemporary culture and politics, inspiring us with stories to convert our <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">way<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">of <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">thinking and point to a solution to our current <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">social and political dilemmas.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8211; Publisher<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">___________________________________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">God&#8217;s Politics<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wallis Jim (Author of the New York Times bestselling God&#8217;s Politics)<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/orders.koorong.com.au\/search\/details.jhtml?display=ext&amp;code=0060842377\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Publisher Descriptions<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Since when did believing in God and having moral values make you pro-war, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">pro-rich, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">pro-Republican? And since when did promoting and pursuing <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">a<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> progressive\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">social <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> agenda with a <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> concern for economic security, health care,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">educational\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> opportunity mean <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">you had to put faith in <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> God aside? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">While the Right\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">in America has\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">hijacked the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">language of faith to prop up its <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">political<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> agenda &#8211; an\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> agenda not all people of faith <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">support &#8211; the Left hasn&#8217;t <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">done much better,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> largely\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">ignoring faith and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">continually\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">separating moral <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">discourse and personal ethics<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> from\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> public policy. While the Right\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">argues that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">God&#8217;s way is their way,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> the Left<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> pursues an unrealistic separation of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">religious<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> values from morally <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> grounded political<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> leadership. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The consequence is a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> false<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> choice between ideological religion and\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">soulless politics.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The effect of this\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">dilemma was made clear in the 2004 presidential\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> election.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Democrats&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">miscalculations have left them despairing and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">searching\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> for a way <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">forward. It has <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">become clear that someone must <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">challenge the Republicans<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">claim that they speak <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">for God, or that they <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">hold a <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">monopoly on moral values in the<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> nation&#8217;s public life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wallis argues that America&#8217;s separation of church and state does not require <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">b<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">anishing\u00a0 moral and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> religious values from the public square. In fact, the very <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Survival <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">of America&#8217;s social fabric depends <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> on such values and vision to shape.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Our politics <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8211; a dependence the nation&#8217;s founders recognized.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">God&#8217;s Politics<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> offers a clarion call to make both our religious communities <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and our<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">government more accountable to key values of the prophetic <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">religious tradition &#8211;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> that is, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">make <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> them pro-justice, pro-peace, pro-environment, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">pro-equality, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">pro-consistent ethic\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">of life (beyond single <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> issue voting), and<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> pro-family (without <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">making scapegoats of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">single mothers or gays and lesbians).<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Our biblical faith and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">religious traditions simply\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">do not allow us as a nation\u00a0 to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">continue to ignore the <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">poor and marginalized, deny racial <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">justice, tolerate the<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> ravages of war, or turn away <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">from the human <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> rights of those made <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">in the\u00a0 image <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">of God.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">These are the values of love and justice, reconciliation, and\u00a0 community that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jesus\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">taught and that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">are at the core of what many of us believe, Christian or <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">not. In the<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">tradition of prophets such as <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Martin Luther King Jr., Dorothy Day,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> and Desmond Tutu,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Wallis inspires us to hold our political <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">leaders\u00a0 and policies<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> accountable by integrating<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">our deepest moral convictions into our nation&#8217;s <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">public life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">___________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Velvet Elvis &#8230; Repainting the Christian Faith <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Rob Bell.<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/orders.koorong.com\/search\/product\/view.jhtml?code=0310273080\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Publisher Descriptions<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Somewhere in my basement sits a Velvet Elvis &#8211; a painting of the King himself,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">air-brushed onto <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> black velvet in a wooden frame. What if the painter of my Velvet <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Elvis\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> announced there was no more need to paint, that he had painted the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">ultimate<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> painting? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">We would think he had lost <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> his mind because of our <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">instinctive\u00a0 understanding that<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> art is\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> never done &#8211; it&#8217;s the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">endless process of <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">learning,exploring, shaping and forming.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And it&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">no <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">different with <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> faith. The Christian faith will never be complete. We will <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">always<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> be\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">exploring and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">discovering what it means to live in harmony with\u00a0 God <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and each other. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">If we don&#8217;t, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">our faith may end up in the basement. This <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">book is <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">about the endless\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">need<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> to keep <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> painting . . . Rob Bell.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8211; Publisher.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">____________________________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Irresistible Revolution, The<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Claiborne Shane<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/orders.koorong.com\/search\/product\/view.jhtml?code=0310266300\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Publisher Descriptions<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Living as an Ordinary Radical, <\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">using unconventional examples from his own<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> life, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Shane Claiborne <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">stirs up questions about the church and\u00a0 the world, and<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> challenges<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">readers to truly live out their <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Christian faith.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Many of us find ourselves caught\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">somewhere between unbelieving activists <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">inactive believers. We can write a <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">cheque to feed starving children or\u00a0 hold <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">signs in the streets and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">feel like we&#8217;ve<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> made a difference without ever <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">encountering the faces of the suffering masses.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> In this book, Shane Claiborne <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">describes an authentic faith rooted in belief, action,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> and love, inviting\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> us into\u00a0 a<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> movement of the Spirit that begins inside each of us <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and extends into a broken<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> world. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Shane&#8217;s faith led him:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">to dress the wounds of lepers with Mother Teresa<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">visit families in Iraq amidst bombings<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">dump $10,000 in coins and bills on Wall Street to <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0redistribute <\/span><\/span>wealth.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Shane lives out this revolution each day in his local neighbourhood, an<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> impoverished\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">community <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> in North Philadelphia, by living among the homeless, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">helping local kids\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">with homework, and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> &#8220;practicing resurrection&#8221; in the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">forgotten<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> places of our world. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Shane&#8217;s message will comfort the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> disturbed, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and disturb the comfortable but will <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">also\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> invite us into an irresistible revolution. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">His is <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> a vision for ordinary radicals<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> ready to\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">change the world\u00a0 with little acts <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">of love.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>________________________________________________________________<\/h6>\n<h1><strong>Simply Christian by Tom Wright<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h4><strong>Simply Christian is essential reading for anyone who wants to consider the real fundamentals<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>of Christianity or is\u00a0intrigued by its claims about the place of justice, beauty and love in our<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>daily lives. Written in a lively and\u00a0accessible style, though rooted in solid scholarship, this<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>book describes the exciting relevance of the Bible and the\u00a0Christian story for the contemporary<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>world. Not since C. S. Lewis. Mere Christianity has there been such a thrilling\u00a0attempt to<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>re-express the heart of the Christian faith and the transformation it offers to every area of<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>personal and\u00a0social life.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>SIMPLY CHRISTIAN is essential reading for anyone who wants to consider the real<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>fundamentals of\u00a0Christianity or is intrigued by its claims about the place of justice, beauty<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>and love in our daily lives.Written in a lively and accessible style, though rooted in solid<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>scholarship, this book describes the exciting relevance of the Bible\u00a0and the Christian story<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>for the contemporary world.It is laid out helpfully in three sections. The first opens with the<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>frustrated longings of humanity for justice,spirituality, relationships and beauty: why are<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>things like this, do they have to be so and can\u00a0life be lived differently? Tom Wright then sets<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>out the central Christian belief about God and his creation, and\u00a0explores the biblical analysis<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>of whats wrong with the world. He explains Gods plan for its renewal, and the central<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>importance of Jesus.In the final section, he explores what it means to follow Jesus, to be<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>energized by the Holy Spirit and to advance Gods plan for our world. Brilliant Bishop<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>Wright is one of Gods best gifts to our decaying\u00a0Western church, and would-be learners and<\/h4>\n<h4>teachers of the faith will gain hugely from these fascinating pages.<\/h4>\n<h4>J.I. PACKER, professor of theology,\u00a0 Regent College.<\/h4>\n<h4>Publisher.<\/h4>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">____________________________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h1 class=\"hide-for-small\">No God But One: Allah Or Jesus? by Nabeel Qureshi:<\/h1>\n<h4>Both Islam and Christianity teach that there is only one God, and so many people see<\/h4>\n<h4>them as similar and\u00a0overlapping. Bestselling author Nabeel Qureshi takes readers on<\/h4>\n<h4>a compelling journey that compares the two\u00a0faiths in detail, revealing their radically<\/h4>\n<h4>different natures. On account of the superficial points of agreement between Islam and<\/h4>\n<h4>Christianity,\u00a0any don&#8217;t see how\u00a0tremendously deep the divides between them really are,<\/h4>\n<h4>and fewer still have considered the evidence for each\u00a0faith. How is Jihad different from<\/h4>\n<h4>the Crusades? Can we know the life of Jesus as well as the life of Muhammad?\u00a0What<\/h4>\n<h4>reason is there to believe in one faith over the other, and what difference can the<\/h4>\n<h4>Gospel really make?\u00a0In <em>No God But One<\/em>, <em>New York Times<\/em> bestselling author<\/h4>\n<h4>Nabeel Qureshi takes readers on a global, historical,\u00a0yet deeply personal<\/h4>\n<h4>journey to the heart of the world&#8217;s two largest religions. He explores the claims<\/h4>\n<h4>that each faith makes upon believers&#8217; intellects and lives, critically examining the evidence<\/h4>\n<h4>in support of their distinctive beliefs. Fleshed out\u00a0with stories from the annals of both<\/h4>\n<h4>religions, <em>No God But One<\/em> unveils the fundamental, enduring conflict between Islam<\/h4>\n<h4>and Christianity-directly addressing controversial topics like Jihad, the Crusades, Sharia,<\/h4>\n<h4>the Trinity, and more. Readers\u00a0of Qureshi&#8217;s first book, <em>Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus<\/em>,<\/h4>\n<h4>will appreciate his careful and respectful comparison of Islam\u00a0 and Christianity. Both<\/h4>\n<h4>religions teach that there is <em>No God But One<\/em>, but who deserves to be worshiped, Allah or<\/h4>\n<h4>Jesus?<\/h4>\n<h4><em>&#8211; Publisher<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4>See the\u00a0 book\u00a0 in the Christian bookshop in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koorong.com\/search\/product\/search.jhtml?keywords=No%20God%20But%20One#\/close\">Koorong<\/a> in Australia<\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">____________________________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Books on the New Spirituality Movement:<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There are two religious spiritualities vying for the modern mind: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A Spirituality from <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: inherit; color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jesus Christ <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8230;. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">there is a great need to\u00a0 equip<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> the<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Church <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">to answer, in the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">power of the gospel, the questions <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">emerging in a <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">culture dominated<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> by planetary\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">paganism, for the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">sake of her evangelism and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">her\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">intentional Christian living.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">is a further need:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To train a new generation of scholars and leaders to understand<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and inform <\/span><\/span>the Church of the challenge of global paganism.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To understand the richness of the Christian gospel and the Bible&#8217;s worldview <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0in light\u00a0 of the post-modern pagan option.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To instruct members of Christ&#8217;s Church around the world about the<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 implications of living in and witnessing to a pagan world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To give an understanding of the counter-cultural character of the Christian<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Worldview to the next generation of Christians, born into a paganized culture\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">that<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> claims to be\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">just and normative,\u00a0 and dismisses Christianity as mere <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">bigoted <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;traditionalism,&#8221; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">by giving Christian\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> youth an understanding of <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">the timeless<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> character<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> of the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Christian\/pagan antithesis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The New <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Spirituality: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This spirituality is quite different to the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Spirituality<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> from<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Jesus <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Christ <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">as described\u00a0 in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> the page <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Spirituality from Jesus Christ <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8230;.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> where they<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> are coming from.\u00a0 Each is vying for the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">modern mind.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">____________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">See the website at: <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthxchange.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">http:\/\/www.truthxchange.com<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Dr. Peter Jones has written<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">he Has many books which are available in the Online Store section <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">of the<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> website. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">See the section for viewing his online books at <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthxchange.com\/store\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">http:\/\/www.truthxchange.com\/store\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">See the section for viewing his online books at <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthxchange.com\/store\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">http:\/\/www.truthxchange.com\/store\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Two of his excellent books are:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8216;Gnostic Empire Strikes Back&#8217; by Peter Jones &#8230;. Gnostic Empire Strikes <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0Back\u00a0 sounds the alarm of the New Age threat, comparing it to the ancient <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Christian heresy of Gnosticism.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Spirit Wars by Peter Jones<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> &#8230;. <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Spirit Wars demonstrates that at the dawn <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">of a\u00c2\u00a0 new millennium, two world views (the only two) collide: pagan monism <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and theism\u00a0 the earth goddess or the God who made heaven and earth. At<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> the <\/span><\/span><\/em><em style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">heart of our culture wars are Spirit Wars. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cwipp.org\/ct.asp?subscribe=1\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">If you would like to sign up to<\/span><\/span><\/a><a style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cwipp.org\/ct.asp?subscribe=1\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> receive this newsletter, <\/span><\/span><\/a><a style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truthxchange.com\/resources\/insideout\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Click Here<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">_______________________________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Robert Bell Books, DVDs and Videos:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Robert Holmes Bell Jr.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> (born August 23, 1970) is a best-selling <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Author\">author<\/a>,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christian\">Christian <\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">speaker, and the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">founding <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pastor\">pastor<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_Hill_Bible_Church\">Mars Hill Bible Church<\/a> located in <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grandville,_Michigan\">Grandville, Michigan<\/a>. He is also the featured <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">speaker in the first series of <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">spiritual <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Short_film\">short films<\/a> called <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NOOMA\">NOOMA<\/a>, and has been tagged by some <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">in the press<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">as &#8220;the next <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billy_Graham\">Billy Graham<\/a>.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rob_Bell#cite_note-findarticles.com-0\"><sup><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">[1]<\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Bell and his wife, Kristen, have two boys and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">live in <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan\">Grand Rapids, Michigan<\/a>. From <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rob_Bell\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rob_Bell<\/span><\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">See a <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">different website on Rob Bells Church: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshill.org\/\">http:\/\/www.marshill.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When you put Rob Bell into a search engine like Google, you find <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">many listings <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">for <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Rob Bell<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">_____________________________________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PAST EMAIL BROADCASTS<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> &#8230;.. See the following stories:<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/frommotherteresaofcalcutta.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">From Mother Teresa of Calcutta &#8230;. how to deal with other people<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">_______________________________________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PAST KEN AND HARRIET PLACE EMAIL BROADCASTS<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> &#8230;..<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Email broadcasts to lighten up your day &#8230;. bring some fun, laughter and a<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">different perspective on life.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">From a Christian Spirituality: Proverbs 15:13-15<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A merry heart maketh a <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cheerful\u00a0 countenance: but by sorrow of the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">heart <\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">the spirit is broken. The heart <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">of him that hath understanding seeketh <\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">knowledge: but the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">mouth of fools<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> feedeth on foolishness.\u00a0 All the days of <\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">merry <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">heart hath a continual feast.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">See the following emails:<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/rearrangedkap.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/rearranged.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Rearranged<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/ihopeyoudancekap.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I Hope You Dance<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/attitudekap.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">ATTITUDE<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainwingskap.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mountain Wings<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/thepowerofcreativitykap.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Power of Creativity<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/thedamkap.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Dam<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/africaflying.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Africa Flying<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/christianhumorkap.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">CHRISTIAN HUMOR<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/theloanofficier.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Loan Officer<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/title7percent.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/title-7.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Title 7%<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kenandharrietsplace.blogspot.com\/\">Ken and Harriet&#8217;s Place<\/a> &#8230;.. many past emails like the <\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0ones above <\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">_______________________________________________________________<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PAST MISCELLANEOUS EMAIL BROADCASTS FORWARDED ON<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> &#8230;..<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">to encourage or inform people in a thoughtful 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