The Making of America


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The United States of America has been blessed with the world’s greatest political success formula. In a little over a century, this formula allowed a small segment of the human family—less than 6 percent—to become the richest nation on earth. It allowed them to create more than half of the world’s total output in production and enjoy the highest standard of living in the history of the world. In this book, we learn how the Founding Fathers discovered this success formula. Much of this discovery is told in the words of the Founders themselves, so that the reader can feel the power of their minds sweeping away thousands of years of bad government and illogical laws to formulate a whole new society based on human freedom. By returning to the roots of the Founders’ thinking, and contemplating the logic that they used in establishing the Constitution, we can better understand the challenges and solutions that confront us in today’s political world. This eBook includes the original index, illustrations, footnotes, table of contents and page numbering from the printed format.




The Freedom to Read


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Hiding in the Light


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Leaving Islam for Christianity cost her more than she imagined, but gave more than she could have dreamed. Rifqa Bary grew up in a devout Muslim home, obediently following her parents’ orders to practice the rituals of Islam. But God was calling her to freedom and love. He was calling her to true faith. He was calling her to give up everything. Hiding in the Light is the story of Rifqa’s remarkable spiritual journey from Islam to Christianity. It is also the untold story of how she ran from her father’s threats to find refuge with strangers in Florida, only to face a controversial court case that reached national headlines. Most of all, it is the story of a young girl who made life-changing sacrifices to follow Jesus—and who inspires us to do the same.




The Heart of Female Same-Sex Attraction


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The fruit of years of training, research and counseling experience, Janelle Hallman has drawn together a comprehensive resource for those who are interested in understanding and counseling women in conflict with same sex attraction. In this ground-breaking work, Hallman sets forth the unique dimensions of struggle that women experience through the presentation of research, interviews and clinical experience. This is an indispensable guide for understanding and a manual for counseling adult women seeking to ''mature in giving and receiving love in all of [their] relationships, and no longer be restricted by destructive relational patterns.''




When Slavery Was Called Freedom


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When Slavery Was Called Freedom uncovers the cultural and ideological bonds linking the combatants in the Civil War era and boldly reinterprets the intellectual foundations of secession. John Patrick Daly dissects the evangelical defense of slavery at the heart of the nineteenth century's sectional crisis. He brings a new understanding to the role of religion in the Old South and the ways in which religion was used in the Confederacy. Southern evangelicals argued that their unique region was destined for greatness, and their rhetoric gave expression and a degree of coherence to the grassroots assumptions of the South. The North and South shared assumptions about freedom, prosperity, and morality. For a hundred years after the Civil War, politicians and historians emphasized the South's alleged departures from national ideals. Recent studies have concluded, however, that the South was firmly rooted in mainstream moral, intellectual, and socio-economic developments and sought to compete with the North in a contemporary spirit. Daly argues that antislavery and proslavery emerged from the same evangelical roots; both Northerners and Southerners interpreted the Bible and Christian moral dictates in light of individualism and free market economics. When the abolitionist's moral critique of slavery arose after 1830, Southern evangelicals answered the charges with the strident self-assurance of recent converts. They went on to articulate how slavery fit into the "genius of the American system" and how slavery was only right as part of that system.




Proclaim Liberty!


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The two main subjects of this book are democracy and liberty. Indeed in Chapter One, the author declares that the book is about "the destiny of America". He is referring to the period immediately following the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941, describing the event as a blessing in disguise, because it united all Americans.




The Pietist Option


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The time has come for Pietism to revitalize Christianity in America. Historian Christopher Gehrz and pastor Mark Pattie argue that the spirit of Pietism, with its emphasis on our walk with Jesus and its vibrant hope for a better future, holds great promise for the church today. Modeled after Philipp Spener's Pia Desideria, this concise and winsome volume introduces Pietism to a new generation.




Freedom's Journey


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Some were slaves who endured their last years of servitude before escaping from their masters; some were soldiers who fought for the freedom of their brethren and for equal rights; some were reporters who covered the defeat of their oppressors. Here, for the first time, are collected the testimonies of African Americans who witnessed the Civil War. They include the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass on the meaning of the war; Martin R. Delany on his meeting with Lincoln to gain permission to raise an army of African Americans; Susie King Taylor on her life as a laundress and nurse to a Union regiment in the deep South; Elizabeth Keckley, Mary Todd Lincoln's seamstress, on Abraham Lincoln's journey to Richmond after its fall; Elijah P. Marrs on rising from slave to Union sergeant while fighting for his freedom in Kentucky; letters from black soldiers to black newspapers; and much more.




Financial Freedom


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Finally Learn the Shocking Truth about God's Plan for Your Financial Freedom! God's will for you is financial freedom. Yet, a large percentage of Christians are barely making it from one week to the next. Why does it seem so hard to ever get ahead in life and why are so many believers living under a mountain of debt? Find out about one young couple's journey from poverty and failure to prosperity and success. Learn why they were continually giving offerings, but only found themselves deeper in debt. They lived in a run-down rental house and had to search furniture just to find change to go out to eat at McDonald's. Then read about the one prayer that changed their lives forever. Soon their debts were paid off. They moved into a home with 18.5 acres which they paid off in less than a year. They gave more in offerings in one year's time than they used to earn combined in 3 years before. Finding out what they prayed and how you can pray the same prayer will change your life forever. You've been taught God wants to prosper you, but you've never been given a step-by-step roadmap of how to get there. You've been told what God's will is, but you've never been taught HOW to accomplish it. In this step-by-step practical study, Brother Dean teaches you how to receive and walk in the blessings God has provided for you: - How to Walk in Financial Blessings Every Day of Your Life - Why Giving and Receiving Doesn't Work for Most Believers - How the Cross of Christ Sets You Free from Poverty and Lack - 7 Simple Steps To Getting Out of Debt - How God Protects You from Danger and Disaster in your Life - The 1 Prayer You should Begin Praying Immediately - What Solomon did to Become the Wealthiest Personon Earth - 1 Habit which Guarantees Success in Every Area of Life