Alton Loveless knows books and he knows how to write. With his rich history as a seminar speaker and later as the President of Randall House Publications, his life has been immersed with the printed page. In reflection, I sat at his feet many times and listened to him describe books that he had read. Often as John C. Maxwell and I would sit and talk with Alton, he would hold up a book by R.G. Lee or Warren Wiersbe and with a twinkle in his eye and passion in his voice, he would declare, "this is the best book I have ever read and you boys need to read it." I still treasure those books on my library shelf and thank God for the guidance and influence that Dr. Loveless had on my life and especially on John whose books have now sold over 20 million copies. These Memoirs by Alton Loveless will bless, encourage and inspire every reader to passionately pursue Christ and to read everything that has been written about our Lord and Savior. The life of Dr. Loveless has impacted many. This book is going to touch many lives and inspire someone just like me to understand that leaders are readers. Here's a book from a man of integrity whose walk matches his talk. He lives what he writes. -Dr. Stan Toler, Best-selling author
Few have walked across the landscape of our denomination and left such indelible footprints as Dr. Alton Loveless. His broad range of experience and multi-faceted ministry has had a profound impact on many lives. He provided capable leadership for one of our national departments at a critical juncture in its history. Even in retirement he continues to encourage others and contribute to the legacy of Free Will Baptists. Thank you, Dr. Loveless, for your faithfulness and commitment to Christ and His church. Keith Burden Executive Secretary National Association of Free Will Baptists, Inc.
Autobiography, minister, publisher, columnist, traveler, missions. Testimony: Few have walked across the landscape of our denomination and left such indelible footprints as Dr. Alton Loveless. His broad range of experience and multi-faceted ministry has had a profound impact on many lives. He provided capable leadership for one of our national departments at a critical juncture in its history. Even in retirement he continues to encourage others and contribute to the legacy of Free Will Baptists. Thank you, Dr. Loveless, for your faithfulness and commitment to Christ and His church. Keith Burden Executive Secretary National Association of Free Will Baptists, Inc.
For nine years "Thursday Thoughts by Dr. Alton Loveless" has been a regular part of our Editorial page. In that time the world traveler and man of God has taken our readers along on hundreds of globe-trekking adventures by way of his concise and informative writing style. The columns have been a mix of the sights, sounds and smells of the places visited, combined fluently with details and research of their historic and global significance.This collection of columns is a way any reader can get his or her passport stamped by living out extensive world travels through the ears, eyes, feet and heart of Dr. Loveless. I encourage you to let him be your tour guide ... it's a trip you won't regret.Respectfully, Doug Smith, managing editorFarmington Press
This is a story that has it all - romance, intrigue, betrayal, challenge, and beauty. From the descriptions of places Livingston visited, it is apparent that Dr. Loveless is well-traveled, and that he also has first-hand knowledge of many aspects of life. This is the story of a military pilot whose life takes a U-turn, and he is enriched by the circumstances in which he finds himself. The characters are well-developed and relatable. The storyline is captivating, and in the process, a clear message of salvation and God's guiding hand is presented. I highly recommend this book and believe every Christian will find it encouraging as well as entertaining.
This book by Alton Loveless will bless, encourage and inspire every reader to passionately pursue Christ and to read everything that has been written about our Lord and Savior. The life of Dr. Loveless has impacted many. This book is going to touch many lives and inspire someone just like me to understand that leaders are readers.Grab a cup of coffee and sit back in your best chair and read about a life well lived and about a man who has lived his life with a passion for the truth. Here's a book from a man of integrity whose walk matches his talk. He lives what he writes.-Dr. Stan Toler, Best-selling author General Superintendent Church of the Nazarene
This heartwarming novel contains the heartbreak of lost love, conflicts with peers, failure to do what is right and the consequences that come with each decision made. It is a story of misplaced values and how God puts a person into situations to fulfill His plan. In the early 1960s, Lieutenant Allen Livingston finds his life turned upside-down. Throughout the next two decades he learns how God can use others to reveal His purpose to a person wherever they may be in the world. He learns how life may have been detoured by heartbreak, but that one can still find fulfillment and peace when they return to Gods Will. The Rasmussens, two Austrian doctors, chose to leave opportunities for wealth and comfort to give their lives for the poor and homeless in one of the poorest countries in the world. Its in a medical and teaching compound that they give more than fifty years of their life to this humanitarian effort with one thought plaguing them: And Who Will Follow Us?
This heartwarming novel contains the heartbreak of lost love, conflicts with peers, failure to do what is right and the consequences that come with each decision made. It is a story of misplaced values and how God puts a person into situations to fulfill His plan. In the early 1960s, Lieutenant Allen Livingston finds his life turned upside-down. Throughout the next two decades he learns how God can use others to reveal His purpose to a person wherever they may be in the world. He learns how life may have been detoured by heartbreak, but that one can still find fulfillment and peace when they return to Gods Will. The Rasmussens, two Austrian doctors, chose to leave opportunities for wealth and comfort to give their lives for the poor and homeless in one of the poorest countries in the world. Its in a medical and teaching compound that they give more than fifty years of their life to this humanitarian effort with one thought plaguing them: And Who Will Follow Us?
“For a guy who has never set foot outside the USA, I feel like a seasoned world traveler, thanks to Alton Loveless who picks me up on his magic carpet called “Monday Moments.” We’ve uncovered history in London, waded in the Jordan River, heard the roar of hunting lions in Africa, and cheered American servicemen at 30,000 feet returning home from far-flung battlefields. Climb aboard—we saved a seat for you.” —Dr. Jack Williams, Director of Communications, FWBBC, Nashville, Tennessee. "Call me a world traveler, yet I’ve rarely crossed the borders of my own country. Still I’ve traveled far and wide in the words of Dr. Alton Loveless over the past few years. Dr. Loveless is an inspiration and wonder, all wrapped up in the flesh of a man. Here’s a man who has visited countless nations, spoke in some of the most exotic and remote churches on the globe, yet when he recounts his travels in print it is as if I am there climbing that mountain, or sitting in that airplane seat looking out over the wing at the mountains and valleys of some remote region. I first met Dr. Loveless when a minister in the town where I manage the hometown newspaper came into my office to introduce me to their new associate pastor. He told me how Dr. Alton Loveless had spent many decades in the printing field — having worked for and managed a publishing house for much of his career. It didn’t take but a couple weeks for me to be introduced to the new minister’s writings. Immediately I was hooked. In the years since, Dr. Loveless became a regular contributor to the local newspaper with a weekly column. He quickly drew a following of faithful readers. Countless times I’ve been thanked by readers for including his works in the local paper by his friends and neighbors ... and in many cases, complete strangers who were drawn to the pictures he painted with words. Whether it be the reader who’s lot in life has kept them from traveling abroad, or the traveler who longs to experience more beyond his or her borders — Dr. Alton Loveless can take you there. I’m sure you will find his travel writings to be every bit as realistic, entertaining and enjoyable as my readers has." --Doug Smith, General Manager, Farmington Press "With an adventurous spirit, Dr. Loveless has journaled his lifetime travels that parallel a rich and inspiring spiritual journey in His Father ́s world. Sit down with a cup of coffee and enjoy the ride!" --Dr. Greg Sergent, Pastor, Wise, Virginia. " ́Monday Moments ́ is a favorite read for me. Its short, inspiring narrative is just what I need to begin my week." --Winnie Yandell, Pastor’s wife, Oklahoma. "My wife and I have enjoyed reading all the articles that you have sent out called ́Monday Moments ́. They are always spiritually uplifting and fascinating reading. Please continue writing them." --Gerald & Norma McAllister, Nashville, Tennessee. "I have enjoyed and appreciated the ́Monday Moments ́ articles I have read. Having lived in another country myself for many years, I like the way you often utilize traveling experiences to relate them to God ́s eternal truth and man ́s need. God bless you and thanks." --Earnie Deeds, Oklahoma. Retired Missionary to Brazil. "Dr. Loveless your stories are fascinating and I enjoy reading them." --Dr. Ramakrishna Venkatesh, University of Kentucky Medical School- Professor/Surgeon. "As a bi-vocational pastor I am blessed to be able to receive ́Monday Moments ́ on my PC. It’s refreshing and uplifting to read about Dr. Loveless’ travels and experiences - always given with a perspective of God’s word." --Don White, Pastor, Bristol, TN. "Dr. Loveless’s ́Monday Moments ́ are interesting and his descriptions of places where he and his wife have visited are always vivid and enticing. His writing is refreshing in that it reveals appreciation of God’s glory and grandeur se
When Sunflowers Bloomed Red reveals the origins of agrarian radicalism in the late nineteenth-century United States. Great Plains radicals, particularly in Kansas, influenced the ideological principles of the Populist movement, the U.S. labor movement, American socialism, American syndicalism, and American communism into the mid-twentieth century. Known as the American Radical Tradition, members of the Greenback Labor Party and the Knights of Labor joined with Prohibitionists, agrarian Democrats, and progressive Republicans to form the Great Plains Populist Party (later the People’s Party) in the 1890s. The Populists called for the expansion of the money supply through the free coinage of silver, federal ownership of the means of communication and transportation, the elimination of private banks, universal suffrage, and the direct election of U.S. senators. They also were the first political party to advocate for familiar features of modern life, such as the eight-hour workday for agrarian and industrial laborers, a graduated income tax system, and a federal reserve system to manage the nation’s money supply. When the People’s Party lost the hotly contested election of 1896, members of the party dissolved into socialist and other left-wing parties and often joined efforts with the national Progressive movement. When Sunflowers Bloomed Red offers readers entry into the Kansas radical tradition and shows how the Great Plains agrarian movement influenced and transformed politics and culture in the twentieth century and beyond.
The author practices Optometry in the Atlanta area, and serves as a legal consultant to optometrists and related health care professionals. He holds an undergraduate degree in Physics-Mathematics, and post-graduate degrees in Law and Optometry. Dr. Provost is a member of The Florida Bar and The Georgia Bar, and is licensed to practice Optometry in Florida and Georgia. He lives in an Atlanta suburb with his wife Evelyn, an attorney, and their four champion Persians, who have replaced in both intelligence and charm, four talented children who have gone on to careers in Optometry, teaching and real estate. The author graduated from Berry College near Rome, Georgia in 1961. While at Berry College in the late fifties the author was President of the Freshman Class, Treasurer of the Sophomore Class, Secretary, Vice-president and finally President of the Men's Student Government. At the end of his Junior year he became the first ever recipient of the Jessie Pritchett Parish Student Leadership Award, presented to the one student among the entire student body who best demonstrated leadership qualities on campus. While at Berry College the author rewrote the Berry College Handbook for Men. Following graduation in 1961, the author enlisted in the U. S. Army. He served two tours of duty in South Korea, the first as the feature writer for The Pacific Stars and Stripes newspaper, distributed daily to more than 37,000 U. S. soldiers in South Korea. The young reporter covered all meetings of the Military Armistice Commission (MAC) held at Panmunjom, and traveled freely throughout South Korea in his assigned Jeep, writing about anything of a military or civilian nature that interested him or that might be of interest to his readers. At age 24 the author was accepted as a student at the prestigious Defense Language Institute, located at Monterey, California, where he studied the Korean language for a year, graduating first in his class of thirty students. Following months of instruction at the U. S. Army Intelligence Center located at Ft. Holabird, Maryland, the author was stationed with the 502 Military Intelligence Battalion in Seoul, South Korea. As the youngest of the five prisoner interrogators and intelligence analysts, the specialist daily interrogated captured North Korean espionage agents and their 'minders" who had failed in their attempt to infiltrate the irregular coastline of South Korea. These experiences are the subject of the author's soon to be published book entitled The Wall at Inchon. In 1965 the author received an Honorable Discharge from the U. S. Army, and in 1967 was accepted as a student at the University of Houston College of Optometry. Dr. Provost graduated in 1972 with the degree Doctor of Optometry, and began his private practice of Optometry in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida suburb of Plantation. In 1977 Dr. Provost was accepted into Nova Southeastern University College of Law, graduating in 1980 with the degree Juris Doctor. He has practiced Optometry since 1972 and Law since 1980, in Georgia and Florida. The author was born in Kinston, North Carolina in 1939, the knee baby of seven children. Following the sudden death of his father, a wartime U. S. civil service engineer, in February 1947 the seven-year-old was sent to live for a decade in historic Oxford Orphanage, located northeast of Raleigh. Dr. Provost's Reflections in An Orphan's Eye-A Decade at Oxford is the first book written about the historic 132-year-old institution since Nettie Bemis' popular Life at Oxford, published in1925. However, whereas Nettie Bemis' work centered around the history and campus life at Oxford, Dr. Provost's work, while recounting the history of the institution, is a factual, bittersweet narrative of a youngster's decade-long odyssey spent growing up 'inside the hedges." This work is a moving account of how tradition rich Oxford Orphanage and its four hundred students and staff grabbed a timid, disillusion
The Bible is the book of promise... this is its foremost character and message." What are the Bible's promises? And how do we, as Christians, live within and for that promise every day? These thirteen hopeful messages from Alton Wedel are designed to help you communicate God's essential promise to your congregation in a clear and relevant voice. Within are sermons for every Cycle C gospel text during the last third of the Pentecost season from the Common, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic lectionaries, including: - The Day You Were Healed - An Encounter with Two Old Friends - Heaven Can't Wait - The Gospel of the Little Man - Are There Any Questions? - Christ Is King and seven more. Use these complete sermons as presented -- or as creative inspiration for your own personal messages. Alton F. Wedel brings to this little book of sermons more than four decades of experience in the pulpits of parishes that range from rural to small city to major suburban and finally to a central city congregation in Minneapolis. That experience is reflected in four previously published works and in sermons that have been included in fifteen homiletical publications of major church publishers. His lectures on preaching have been heard in seminaries and pastoral groups throughout the Mid West. Now in Naples, Florida, his retirement from parish work involves a continued ministry in writing, teaching, and lecturing.
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