This is a story of healing. The last book in the Coming Home series, Taking Life is the story after the turning points, after the drama, where someone becomes what they are meant to be. It's a place where healing is found. If you've ever made mistakes and learned to live with the consequences, this book is for you. If youÍve ever lost someone you loved and learned to carry on without them, this book is for you. If youÍve ever thought you were at your limit, but found reserves you never knew existed, this book is for you. If you are searching for any of those things, this is the story of finding them. I know, I lived it.
The passion of Charles Cooper's poetry lays out in cascading, erudite verse, cataloging his youth in the suburbs of Richmond, chasing manhood in the US Army, chasing the dreams of a boy in the Nation's intelligence community, and finally living life inside the beltway of Washington, DC.
The author, Rev. Charles Cooper, was born in Gunnison, Colorado, a grandson of the first European immigrant to be born in Gunnison country. After growing up in Arvada, Colorado, he spent the next forty years moving from one town to another serve in the United Methodist Church. After serving the Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Methodist Church as a District Superintendent he retired in June, 2008. "Chuck" spent most of the next few months writing this short novel titled, "Old Man and the Neighborhood." In December, 2008, he went back to full time ministry as pastor of the Community Federated Church located in a small western Wyoming town called Thermopolis. The church is federated between the Presbyterian USA and United Methodist denominations. They have been federated since 1921.
This is the first scholarly defense of the pillars of the prewrath position put forth by Charles Cooper, former professor at Moody Bible Institute and now founder of the Prewrath Resource Institute and one of the position's most well-respected lecturers. The book takes a serious academic look at the application of Matthew 24: 1-31 and Daniel 9 to the Church, but is written to be accessible to readers at all levels. The first section deals in-depth with the issue, Does Matthew 24: 1-31 apply to the Church? In this section, Cooper examines what can be learned, both from the text and from the writings of the church fathers. On the issue of text, he looks at language issues, culture, book composition, authorship and intent of the gospel, and much more. On the issue of Daniel 9, he looks at issues related to event dating, prophetic context, and original language, ultimately putting forth an unexpected interpretation of the fulfillment of the 69th Week. This book has four goals: (1) to support the prewrath position in its conclusion that insisting on a sharp distinction between God's work in Israel and His work in the Church is a false presupposition that directly contradicts scripture; (2) to support the prewrath position in its conclusion that Matthew 24: 1-31 does apply to the Church, the bride of Christ; (3) to set forth a clear biblical exposition of Matthew 24: 1-31 and (4) to correct the false and misleading conclusions about both the timing and fulfillment of Daniel 9: 24-27.
Cheers and Tears the memoirs of Lieutenant General Charles G. Cooper U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), details one man's amazing rise in the armed forces, a man who witnessed the genesis of the Vietnam War from where it started.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Descent into Madness And look into the madness, As it burns its tempered black. Could I remember purity And dream I had it back. But when I write of it, The ink burns to the page, Blots out the virgin white, disguises disgust and rage, Tempers all this living, the art that keeps me sane. We burned in hell to turn this black, To sing this verse and want it back To wonder at the piper’s song That called to us from night’s fall. The innocence has gone to be, To sleep the page and not with me; But with the page the purest white, Until with ink, contempt I write; And cover in the darkest black, All that’s been to Hell and back.
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