When you have read these simple pages, you won't say "It's Raining Miracles" is a great book." You won't say "Don Evans is a great writer." But your heart will know that God is still doing today the same things He did when Jesus walked the earth. You will hear testimony after testimony of just how great our God really is." "'It's time saith the Lord. It's time to see the fire on the roof again. It's time for the wind to blow. 'It's time for the lame to be made whole, for the blind to see, and the lepers to be cleansed. It's time that I will do mighty acts so that men can be saved. I will do it through your hands,' saith God. Some will say, 'Is that the Don Evans we know?' Yes, but they will hardly recognize you, for the anointing of God will be so strong and powerful upon you'" (Prophecy given by Danny Griffin, September 1987). The late great Irene Burk Harrell said, "Many say they have a miracle ministry or flow in the Prophetic, and we see very little. But not so when Brother Don Evans comes to town. The proof is in the pudding, they say, and truly He does provide the proof to back up his ministry from God.
THE STORY: The action takes place in suburban Philadelphia, where the Reverend Avery Harrison, a Baptist preacher, clings tenaciously to his position in the local black elite. His upwardly mobile philosophy is avidly shared by his wife, Myra (whose
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Whether you ride the back of a garbage truck, do extensive research to end world hunger, guide people to the heights of the Himalayas, or work to sabotage the threat of breast cancer . . . not the task -- but how you approach and perform the task are the critical elements with which you are faced. All jobs are extremely important in their relation to human existence. Your attitude as to how you perform in the arena of the workplace speaks volumes about your ratio of success. How we carry ourselves on the golf course in correlation to the way we live in public is synonymous with success. Character in both arenas is analogous to the vigorous pursuit of what is right and worthy. The way we amplify our energy in pursuit of that elusive hole-in-one and the voracity with which we approach life stand in ultimate contrast to the stoic approach to our existence. The veritable conclusion to this thing called "life" in comparison to a round of golf can be exhaustive, intriguing, or downright ridiculous. It is all in the way you look at it . . . approach it. For many of us golf is a passion. For many of us life is a melody. Reining in the two and subduing the lusts of each can be mesmerizing in their appeal. Our approach to life as compared to 18 holes of golf may just be the answer to sanity in this impoverished dilemma of existence.
Ellis P. Bean was a callow youth of seventeen about to embark on a grand odyssey. Philip Nolan, a dashing soldier of fortune invited the young man to join him on an expedition to capture wild mustangs in Texas. Nolan promised Ellis a few months of thrilling excitement, to be capped off by a small fortune in gold coins. The expedition didn’t realize until it was too that they were being stalked by Spanish squadrons of veteran cavalry, for the Spanish rulers of Texas feared Nolan was leading an invading force. After a brief battle, Nolan was killed and the surviving members of the hunting party were taken prisoner. Ellis Bean’s real adventure had just begun; an adventure far different from the one he had been promised. Ellis endured nearly a decade of imprisonment in Mexican jails—in Nacogdoches, San Antonio, and Acapulco—much of the time in painful shackle or in solitary confinement. After many failed escape attempts, Ellis was finally released from prison—on the condition that he fight with the Spanish to pout down the insurrection of Padre Hidago and General Morelos. He promptly deserted, joining up with the freedom fighters. Soon he was counted among the leaders of the Mexican independence movement against Spain. But after years of fighting, of victories and reversals, the revolution finally seemed on the verge of collapse…and Morelos begged Ellis to return to the States to raise an army to invade Texas. Ellis Bean was finally home—but would he return as promised, to the cause of freedom? Once home, could he force himself to return? Based on actual events and filled with meticulous details, the story of Ellis P. Bean is an unparalleled adventure from the pages of America’s frontier history.
A grisly murder in a photography studio sets Richmond Constabulary detective Able Rand on the trail of a hired killer whose next victim could be the one man who offers hope for the Confederate States of America. His investigation takes him from corrupt government ministers and black marketeers to gamblers, gangsters and prostitutes.
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