A Christian's Look at Daytime Soap Operas


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This book's main focus is women who may have a strong passion for the daytime soap operas. In today's world where divorces have become common practice, the daytime soap operas may have become highly influential in this growing trend. Are these shows promoting values that we can incorporate into our lives? Tyrone Short walks through scriptures to illustrate his points.




Praying through Hard Times


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Linda Evans Shepherd shows how God's answers to prayer may not come packaged in the ways we would expect, but they do come in ways that will transform our lives. This book will be a comfort to those who struggle with faith yet still dare to believe that God cares. Through solid biblical teaching and true stories of answered prayer, Shepherd walks with readers on a journey to renewed hope.




Revelation


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The NIV Application Commentary helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context. It gives preachers and teachers the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.




When You Can't Find God


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Terra is overcrowded, but a solution may have been found -- tucked away in Roswell is alien technology that leads to the creation of a method of space travel known as portaling. A party of soldiers and scientists led by Dr. Emma Bradley, Colonel John Berger, and Dr. Layton Tremayne are about to take what they believe is the first step into the unknown. But what they discover is not only a wonder but a puzzle. The city of Eden on the distant planet Nibiru has obvious Terran influences. Who was there before them? When Emma, John, and Layton return to Terra, they're dismayed to find things are even worse than they were when the trio left. The atmosphere is on the verge of toxicity and the population is reaching Malthusian proportions. Worse, there are plans afoot to portal the excess population off Terra to planets which may not be what their new inhabitants expect. Most won't survive. Then they learn that a platoon of soldiers were portaled to Eden for a planned invasion of Nibiru and the surrounding planets. Emma, John, and Layton scramble to stop the military action, but will they be able to take back the city that's become their home?




The Truth of a Spirit Dying


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The Truth of a Spirit Dying is about forgiveness. Identifying the counterparts of our struggles and embracing them. Facing the ghosts of our past and confronting them. It's about one family's trials and tribulations relating to the loss of a primary figure in the cycle of life. It's a journey in search of answers that lead to the discovery of a greater cause and a higher power.The Truth of a Spirit Dying highlights the devastating trickle down affect that a father's absence has on a mother and her children. Also, the courage and strength she displays as a single mother attempting to fulfill the role of both mother and father, while her effort goes unnoticed by her children. As the mother struggles to keep the family together she uses drinking as a mechanism to cope with the loss of the only man she ever loved and the fading images of her children. As she becomes more dependent on alcohol, her children become less dependent on her and are forced to nurture their own existence. The family is quickly broken up and subsequently begin their journeys through life carrying the burden of being fatherless children, an inheritance that would never die.







Slaying the Marriage Dragons: A Biblical and Experiential Look at How to Deal with Issues in Marriage with Discussion Questions


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Be prepared to slay your Marriage Dragons! Anyone who is married, or is planning on being married, will one day encounter one of the Marriage Dragons named in this book. It is important for married couples to realize how a Marriage Dragon will attack you and your spouse. By using basic principles based on Scripture, a Marriage Dragon can be defeated, and your marriage can be stronger and better than ever. You should never fear a Marriage Dragon as God is always walking ahead of you in your battle. He will lead the way for you! If you are single, this book is for you too. By understanding how a Marriage Dragon attacks, you will have a better grasp on how to defeat them biblically once you enter into a marriage covenant. Marriage Dragons can be devastating if they are not dealt with quickly. The longer they are left alone or ignored, the more damage can and will occur to your marriage. Some of this damage can take months, or possibly even longer, to repair what the dragon has done. In each chapter, a different Marriage Dragon will be examined, so you will have an understanding of how to recognize them, defeat them, and have a stronger marriage. As each dragon acts and responds differently, learning to slay the different dragons will take prayer, faith, understanding, and, most importantly, a reliance on God to help you in your defense against any of these dragons. Are you ready to defeat any of the Marriage Dragons that may be attacking your marriage? Are you ready to grab God's Word and the hand of your spouse, and head into battle? If so, read through this book and see how God wants you to win your fight!




Days of Our Lives


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On November 8, 1965, Days of Our Lives debuted on NBC. The show overcame a rocky beginning to become one of the best-loved and longest running soap operas on daytime television. For 30 years, the story of the show's Horton family has been closely followed by a dedicated audience. Through extensive research, including the first-ever examination of the show's archives, and interviews with cast members, writers, producers and production personnel, the show's history is told here. This reference work provides a complete cast list from the show's debut through 1994, as well as the most comprehensive storyline of the show ever available. Also included are family trees of the show's characters, tracing the often confusing relationships involved in thirty years of developing roles.




Walking-Out in Mud & Bruises for a Miracle of Reconciliation


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Do you want healing for your broken relationship and marital breakdown? In this book, the author says that as you walk out of your room in torn cloth, shriveled hair, and in mud, with black eyes and bruises all over you, your broken relationship, separation, and divorce will be restored and healed by a miracle of reconciliation. The author addresses todays social disease of marital divorces and separation. Whether you are estranged from your spouse or from your loved ones, your family, your friends, your children, your parents, your church members, your pastors, your business partners and associates, or from anyone, the author avers the eternal truth that theres no broken relationship that Christ cannot heal. The author speaks about root causes of present-day divorces amongst Christians: Affliction of generational curses or spiritual affliction Ones own inner attitude and mind frame Personality traits in individuals Direct attacks and causes by demons He also shows how to tear down these root causes and bring about miracles of restoration for any kind of broken relationships. The parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15:1131 tells you how the younger son became estranged and suffered a broken relationship with not only his loved ones. His own relationship with God the Father was also broken down. But the prodigal son stopped blaming the devil, others, and God and came to his senses. And thereafter, a miracle of reconciliation took place in his life, and there came a happy ending in his life. A happy ending waits for you too. As you read this book, you too can grasp the revelation of walking out of your room in torn cloth, shriveled hair, and in mud, slime, black eyes, and bruises all over you for the healing of your nightmares of broken relationship, marital separation, and divorce.