In The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry, an expert author reveals the truths and dispels the myths that have surrounded the Freemasons for hundreds of years- Were the first masons 14th-century stone masons and cathedral builders, or can Freemasonry really be traced back as far as Egypt, Babylon, and Palestine? The Masonic insistence on the belief in a Supreme Being The Masons and the Knights Templar True or false- the Masons coordinated the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution. How are Masons initiated, and exactly what goes on in a Masonic lodge? What s the difference between the York Rite and the Scottish Rite, and are there women and African American Freemasons? The Masons in the streets of Washington, DC- a tour
Freemasonry is an ancient secret society shrouded in obscurity. Fascination with the mysteries of the Masons reached a fevered pitch after the release of Dan Brown’s novels Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, and The Lost Symbol. But these novels and their related movies raised more questions than they answered. The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Freemasonry, Second Edition, fills readers in on the truths behind the mysteries. In it, readers get: - A fact-filled overview of the birth and beginnings of Freemasonry, including its relationship to the Knights Templar and Egypt. - Fascinating facts about famous Masons. - An explanation of the various Masonic organizations, such as the York and Scottish rites, and the Shriners. - A behind-the-scenes look at what really goes on in a Masonic lodge, including initiations. - A new walking tour of Washington, DC, pointing out the hidden Masonic symbols featured in The Lost Symbol. - Scripts for Masonic rituals, giving a flavor of the language used in such ceremonies. - A field guide to Masonic symbols and regalia, with photos and explanations of significance. - The history behind Masonic philanthropic efforts and youth groups. - A history of African-American Freemasonry and the role of women in Masonic organizations.
What is the truth about the Masons suggested in Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code? Can Freemasonry really be dated back as far as Babylon? Did they really coordinate the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution? What really goes on at a Mason lodge during an initiation? Here is the real story behind the secret society that now boasts nearly five million members (and has included such illustrious fellows as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin), as revealed by a Master Mason. • Offers a highly illustrated field guide to Masonic jewelry and symbols • Includes further reading, a glossary, a list of famous Freemasons and information on Freemasonry in popular culture • Morris is a Master Mason
Dr. Brent Bozeman shares his writings with the world about things he learned the hard way. The thoughts and ideas contained in these meditations were originally intended for his two sons, and they are sometimes intense, with raw passion and vulnerability. Written from the perspective of his own struggles with addiction, shame, and a real doubt of Gods love, he reminds us all that falling down is not the end of our story but the beginning of grace. This book offers 365 personal meditations intended to challenge your mind and inspire hope. By surrendering to the relentless love of God, you too can rise above.
Crowe speaks to tens of thousands each year, instilling leadership skills and motivating his audience to imagine what you would do for the glory of God, if you knew with certainty that you absolutely could not fail.
It is the Old Testament book of Habakkuk that can be found the first distinct utterance of the grand theme of Justification by Faith; for it is written the just shall live by His faith (Hab. 2:4). It is also in the book of Habakkuk that the Lord said Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. (Hab. 2:2) In this volume will be revealed how the message of Justification by Faith and its associated vision is the pinnacle of gospel truth resting on the sure pillars of all the law and the prophets (Matt 22:40). This volume will also explain how the great themes of the piercing of the Lord of Glory, the Cross of Christ, being sanctified through obedience, the works of faith, repentance, the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary and the fear of the Lord are all more perfectly comprehended as they are illuminated by the central theme of salvation: Justification by Faith. Concerning the importance of this Bible truth the servant of the Lord declared, Several have written to me, inquiring if the message of justification by faith is the third angel's message, and I have answered, 'It is the third angel's message in verity.' 1SM 372 (1890). This is verily the message of our time, now in this volume made plain upon tables that he may run that readeth it.
A groundbreaking account of the Secret Gospel of Mark, one of the most hotly debated documents in Christian history In 1958, at the ancient Christian monastery of Mar Saba just outside Jerusalem, Columbia University scholar Morton Smith claimed to have unearthed a letter written by the Christian philosopher Clement of Alexandria and containing an excerpt from a previously unknown version of the canonical Gospel of Mark. This excerpt recounts a story of Jesus’s apparent sexual encounter with a young, resurrected disciple. In recent years, an influential group of researchers has alleged that no Secret Gospel or letter of Clement existed in antiquity, and that the manuscript that Morton Smith “found” was a modern forgery—created by none other than Smith himself. In this book, Geoffrey S. Smith and Brent C. Landau enter into the controversy surrounding this document and argue that the Secret Gospel of Mark is neither a first-century alternative gospel nor a twentieth-century forgery by the scholar who announced its discovery. Instead, this account is intimately bound up with the history of Mar Saba, one of the oldest monasteries in the Christian world. In this fascinating work, Smith and Landau present the realities and misconceptions surrounding not only the now-lost manuscript but also its brilliant, enigmatic, and acerbic discoverer, Morton Smith.
The Sword of Bokus On the planet Alkan IV, an insane warlord battled to return his planet to the martial philosophy of his worlds past. Captain Kenneth Smith and his crew engaged the forces of Bokus of Alkan IV. Invasion from the Past The Galaxy Probe was drawn into a conflict between two advanced races in the Andromeda Galaxy. One was acting for Earths welfare. One was acting to conquer Earth. Both were masters of time travel. The Souls of Edom Planet Zin was hit with a lethal plague. Galaxy Probe was sent to Zin to find a cure and save the Zinite race. Kenneth Smith met the love of his life. The beautiful Vandraka. The Archangels Prophecy Galaxy Probe was drawn into a battle between light and darkness. Between good and evil. To the crews astonishment, they encountered a supernatural being from the spirit realm. The Epiphany Captain Kenneth Smith and First Officer Nanu were propelled into an adventure of a life time. One that took them into the presence of evil spirits in Hell and to the throne of God in Heaven. This is a volume of five novellas in the GALAXY PROBE VOYAGES series. Most of this volume is a prequel to GALAXY PROBE VOYAGES- Keturahs Children. These experiences of the spaceship crew take the reader to the Andromeda galaxy, back in time, and into the spirit realm.
This book explores the post-apocalyptic novel in American literature from the 1940s to the present as reflections of a growing anxiety about the decline of US hegemony. Post-apocalyptic novels imagine human responses to the aftermath of catastrophe. The shape of the future they imagine is defined by "the remainder," when what is left behind expresses itself in storytelling tropes. Since 1945 the portentous fate of the United States has shifted from the irradiated future of nuclear holocaust to the saltwater wash of global warming. Theorist Brent Ryan Bellamy illuminates the political unconscious of post-apocalyptic writing, drawing on a range of disciplinary fields, including science fiction studies, American studies, energy humanities research, and critical race theory. From George R. Stewart's Earth Abides to N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season, Remainders of the American Century describes the tension between a reactionary impulse and the progressive impetus for a new world. "Brent Ryan Bellamy weaves a rich and diverse tapestry of fictions, all of which navigate the changing valences of apocalypse, survival, and remainders during the rise and fall of the post-Second World War 'American Century.' Given the global post-apocalyptic reality we all currently inhabit, this is a timely and significant study." "Brent Ryan Bellamy weaves a rich and diverse tapestry of fictions, all of which navigate the changing valences of apocalypse, survival, and remainders during the rise and fall of the post-Second World War 'American Century.' Given the global post-apocalyptic reality we all currently inhabit, this is a timely and significant study." —Gerry Canavan, author of Octavia E. Butler
An autobiography of one of the towering figures of contemporary American music and a powerful meditation on history, race, capitalism, and art. Henry Threadgill has had a singular life in music. At 79, the saxophonist, flautist, and celebrated composer is one of three jazz artists (along with Ornette Coleman and Wynton Marsalis) to have won a Pulitzer Prize. In Easily Slip into Another World, Threadgill recalls his childhood and upbringing in Chicago, his family life and education, and his brilliant career in music. Here are riveting recollections of the music scene in Chicago in the early 1960s, when Threadgill developed his craft among friends and schoolmates who would go on to form the core of the highly influential Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM); the year and a half he spent touring with an evangelical preacher in the mid-1960s; his military service in Vietnam—a riveting tale in itself, but also representative of an under-recognized aspect of jazz history, given the number of musicians in Threadgill’s generation who served in the armed forces. We appreciate his genius as he travels to the Netherlands, Venezuela, Trinidad, Sicily, and Goa enriching his art; immerses himself in the volatile downtown scene in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s; collaborates with choreographers, writers, and theater directors as well as an astonishing range of musicians, from AACM stalwarts (Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, and Leroy Jenkins), to Chicago bluesmen, downtown luminaries, and world music innovators; shares his impressions of the recording industry his perspectives on music education and the history of Black music in the United States; and, of course, accounts for his work with the various ensembles he has directed over the past five decades.
In this eBook 5 we will now learn answers to one of the questions we all ask ourselves one time or another. At my death where will I go? I would like to relate a true story about my uncle many years ago. He was a big man 6’4” or more. He lied about his age when he was 16 years old and got a job with the railroad as a fireman on a steam locomotive. He worked his way up to an engineer driving the train from point to point and from town to town. One day we as a family were sitting in the front room of my parent’s home and my uncle was ask: what do you think is going to happen to you when you die? He thought for a moment and looked up and said: well, I believe when you die you a just damn dead and that is all there is to it. Sadly, there are many people who think the same way today. There is much more to this life than just the few years we live as mortals on this earth. God has a much larger plan for us all. It is a good plan and one we can learn about and gain great comfort and happiness from. You see in all the eBooks I have written a graph titled the “Plan of Salvation” showing God’s Plan from the pre-existence to the final placement of all depending on how they choose to live their life in mortality. I put it in every book because of the importance it is to us. Death though, all ways a sad time, can be mitigated somewhat with the knowledge that it is more of a beginning that an end. That statement might be a new and strange concept to many but if you have been taught before or read in the eBooks thus far you know we were all taught these things in the pre-existence and we as mortals today accepted and wanted to experience this mortal probation willingly knowing that we all have the potential to return and live with God In exaltation in the celestial world depending on the type of life we choose to live here in mortality. We must remind ourselves that death is a separation of the body and the spirit. The spirit is eternal and will always be. The mind of man is in the spirit. The spirit and the body will be reunited upon our resurrection at the designated time never again to part. This will all be discussed in greater detail in the next eBook 6 Titled “Final Judgment”. It is now in this mortal time we are living on this planet to do all we can to learn of the mission of Jesus Christ, His atonement, and His commandments to live righteous lives and be worthy to return to live with Him. This takes effort on the part of each of us. We will not gain salvation with Deity as with those who have done so by default. We must be actively engaged in this work. Read on now and enjoy.
In this eBook 6 we will now learn answers to one of the questions we all ask ourselves one time or another. At my death where will I go? I would like to relate a true story about my uncle many years ago. He was a big man 6’4” or more. He lied about his age when he was 16 years old and got a job with the railroad as a fireman on a steam locomotive. He worked his way up to an engineer driving the train from point to point and from town to town. One day we as a family were sitting in the front room of my parent’s home and my uncle was ask: what do you think is going to happen to you when you die? He thought for a moment and looked up and said: well, I believe when you die you a just damn dead and that is all there is to it. Sadly, there are many people who think the same way today. There is much more to this life than just the few years we live as mortals on this earth. God has a much larger plan for us all. It is a good plan and one we can learn about and gain great comfort and happiness from. You see in all the eBooks I have written a graph titled the “Plan of Salvation” showing God’s Plan from the pre-existence to the final placement of all depending on how they choose to live their life in mortality. I put it in every book because of the importance it is to us. Death though, all ways a sad time, can be mitigated somewhat with the knowledge that it is more of a beginning that an end. That statement might be a new and strange concept to many but if you have been taught before or read in the eBooks thus far you know we were all taught these things in the pre-existence and we as mortals today accepted and wanted to experience this mortal probation willingly knowing that we all have the potential to return and live with God In exaltation in the celestial world depending on the type of life we choose to live here in mortality. We must remind ourselves that death is a separation of the body and the spirit. The spirit is eternal and will always be. The mind of man is in the spirit. The spirit and the body will be reunited upon our resurrection at the designated time never again to part. This will all be discussed in greater detail in the next eBook 6 Titled “Final Judgment”. It is now in this mortal time we are living on this planet to do all we can to learn of the mission of Jesus Christ, His atonement, and His commandments to live righteous lives and be worthy to return to live with Him. This takes effort on the part of each of us. We will not gain salvation with Deity as with those who have done so by default. We must be actively engaged in this work. Read on now and enjoy.
CPH Christian Living Commentary on the book of James by author Brent A. Calloway will give every Christian reader the opportunity to grow in knowledge and faith. The reader will learn to observe, understand, and apply the Bible to transform his or her life as they humbly walk with God. It is Calloway's genuine expectation that this commentary will help the reader more fully reveal the love of God in their life as they learn how to engage his Word like never before. The reader can expect to grow spiritually, personally and professionally, as well as his or her family relationship. CPH Living Commentary is easy to read and understand while also accurately communicating what James meant in his letter to his first-century readers. It offers the 21st century reader a practical guide, as to how they can apply this same message in their lives.
Building communicate. Stained glass windows, high altars, multi-purpose worship/gymnasium spaces, Plexiglas pulpits, padded pews--these and all other architectural elements say something about a congregation's theology and mission. They point to a faith community's beliefs about worship, identity, purpose, and more. From the stark simplicity of a Quaker meetinghouse to the splendor of a Romanesque Revival building, sacred spaces speak loudly. What they say can either reinforce a congregation's mission or detract from it. Holy Places is designed to be used by congregations who are involved in or are contemplating work on their facilities. This could include renovation, remodeling, expansion, or building. No matter how extensive the project, approaching the work with mission at the forefront is the key to having a final result that strengthens the congregation's ministry. The process outlined in this book--discern, decide, do--lets congregations begin where they are and provides the help they need to move to the next level.
This book is a translation of the Greek New Testament with the following features: 1) Each potential parsing of each verb, participle, and infinitive presented in an interlinear format 2) English tenses used that match the Greek tenses 3) Greek nouns that are not made into English verbs (and vice versa) 4) Brackets indicating the words added into the translation 5) Two parsing keys and a page of symbols, abbreviations, and words As a graduate of a non-denominational Bible college and an inter-denominational seminary, the author did not play favorites with any theological school of thought. He strove to find a balance between Greek accuracy and English readability. The following Greek texts were used: the United Bible Societies’ Greek New Testament, 4th Edition and the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum, 26th edition. The author is able to overcome the poor quality of the Greek texts used by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English translators. Yet, it is very difficult for Bible teachers and Pastors to overcome the traditional words used in these early translations that are so very misleading to English Bible readers. How were “experts” in Latin able to translate their Greek text (and Hebrew) and still be given credit today for being “conservatives?” Many Greek students think that the Greek words have only one parsing (example: mood, tense, voice, etc.). Unfortunately, some preachers speak dogmatically about a Greek word while leaving out the other potential parsing that that particular verb may have. Please honor God’s inerrant, infallible, and God-breathed Word by doing a professional job of research and study. Consider the eternal consequences for all speaking and all listening!
Allen Brent examines the significance of the Hippolytan events in the life of the Roman Church in the early third century. Developing the thesis of at least two authors in the Hippolytan corpus, he proposes a new, redactional explanation of the relation between these different authors and the theological and social tensions to which their work bears witness. Brent reconstructs a picture of the community that contextualizes both the Hippolytan literature and in particular the Statue, for which he proposes a new interpretation as a community artefact though universally misjudged as a monument to an individual. Tertullian's relationship with Callistus is finally re-assessed. This work is thus an important contribution to new understandings of a period critical both for the development of Church Order and embryonic Trinitarian Orthodoxy.
Bishops are to be understood primarily as representatives of cultures regardless of where their people are territorially located. The vindication of this thesis has implications also for ecumenical reconciliation between episcopal and non-episcopal communions occupying the same geographical territory. The author compares the approaches and insights of both Vatican II and Lambeth 89 on this issue, and then proceeds to a historical and theological analysis of the development of the threefold Order in the early centuries, which he illuminates with the aid of contemporary sociological and cultural theory, in particular that of Durkheim. Key themes in the development of Order are identified in the classical texts of Ignatius of Antioch, Irenaeus, Cyprian, Tertullian and the Church Order literature. The author's conclusion is that we need both to break the geographical and jurisdictional mould in which our understanding of church Order has become set.
It's true-one great idea can revolutionize your business. If you don't think so, just read this book and find the great ideas that revolutionized these authors' businesses. You will find yourself thinking, "That's great! Wish I's known that before..." All of these authors have used practical, commonsense thinking to develop the innovative ideas they have revealed in this collection to make their lives and thier businesses better.The contributors to this book are a distinguished group of successful professionals that represent a wide range of businesses. These authors are entrepreneurs, business consultants and coaches, professional motivational and inspirational speakers, business owners, CEOs, and presidents. They can give you an insider's look at some excellent and practical ideas that can mean the difference betwenn just making it and resounding success.
Do you want to unlock your potential, turn your life around, remove mental blocks to success and be the success you were meant to be? If your answer is yes to any of these, you need to read this book! Those who choose to travel the road to success must also travel the road of continuing education. Success is about being prepared. Every time you read a book that contains the experience of successful people, you are advancing on your road to success whatever that word means to you. The authors in this book will help you expand your horizons and gain a whole new perspective on how to achieve success. You owe it to yourself to learn what the successful people in this book know. There's no time like the present. A rewarding experience awaits you.
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