Which side of the barbed wire prison fences are the bad guys? Likewise, on the outside of those fences who are the good guys? This is an insightful true story of how a rag-tag minimum security prison slow pitch softball team in the Blue Ridge Mountains entered into a small city softball league as an experiment into integrating inmates back into the community and how these unseemly men persevered, triumphed and won the respect and acceptance of the whole community: always remembering: “...There is none righteous, no, not one:” (Romans 3:10).
The Lavish Hospitality of God is the compelling journey of a pastor who enters the church "through the side door," from a legalistic childhood church into a more biblical vision of the kingdom of God. The author recounts the blessings of his heritage along with his struggle in allowing God to reshape his understanding of water baptism, the role of the Holy Spirit and the Lord's Supper in a way that reflects the apostolic church's teachings. Through a careful study of how the early disciples ate together, the book dispels the way the evangelical church has turned the love feasts and common meal into a "Jesus-and-me" moment of silence. This is a call to rethink the Lord's Supper and other church ordinances as an expression of the "outrageous and sometimes scandalous hospitality of God" and a sign of His kingdom presence. Jim Reynolds holds a bachelor's and a master of divinity degree from Abilene Christian University (1964, 1967), a doctorate from the Graduate Theological University, Berkeley, Calif. (1974), and a law degree from SMU (1981). He has been a licensed marriage and family counselor, and has published numerous articles and books, including Secrets of Eden, God and Human Sexuality (1974) and The Lepers Among Us (2007). Jim has taught religion, theology, philosophy and biblical studies at Pepperdine University and the University of Texas, and presently is an adjunct professor at Dallas Christian College. He also does mediation for Dale O'Neall and Associates in Fort Worth, Texas. >From 1981 to 2007, Jim was a family lawyer and partner with the Whitaker Chalk law firm in Fort Worth, Texas. Since 1984, he has been pastor of Lake Highlands Church in Dallas, Texas. Jim and his wife, Donna, have two children and eight grandchildren.
Why We Don't Shoot the Wounded makes the case for the redemption and restoration of fallen church leaders and members, rather than ostracizing them through shame and guilt, or forcing them to permanently step down from their calling within a faith community. The author cites biblical precedents in the lives of leaders in Israel and the Church, and retells the story of the God who seeks to restore, and who calls all of us to become the Church who heals the wounded. Church members, he says, need to be equipped to respond when one of their own "is overtaken by a trespass, to restore such a one with a spirit of gentleness." This is done within the context of naming the sin, lifting the shame, guilt and secrecy surrounding church scandals, and then moving through the process of forgiveness, healing, accountability and restoration. Jim Reynolds holds a bachelor's and a master of divinity degree from Abilene Christian University (1964, 1967), a doctorate from the Graduate Theological University, Berkeley, Calif. (1974), and a law degree from SMU (1981). He has been a licensed marriage and family counselor, and has published numerous articles and books, including Secrets of Eden, God and Human Sexuality (1974), The Lepers Among Us (2007), and The Lavish Hospitality of God (2009). Jim has taught religion, theology, philosophy, and biblical studies at Pepperdine University and the University of Texas, and presently is an adjunct professor at Dallas Christian College. He also does mediation for Dale O'Neall and Associates in Fort Worth, Texas. From 1981 to 2007, Jim was a family lawyer and partner with the Whitaker Chalk law firm in Fort Worth, Texas. Since 1984 he has been pastor of Lake Highlands Church in Dallas, Texas. Jim and his wife, Donna, have two children and eight grandchildren.
Colonialism endures in Canada today. Dismantling it requires an understanding of how colonialism operated across the British Empire and why Canada’s colonial experience was unique. Whereas colonies such as India were ruled through despotism and violence, Canada’s white settler population governed itself while oppressing the Indigenous peoples whose lands they were on. Canada and Colonialism shows that Canadians’ support for colonial rule – both at home and abroad – is the reason colonialism remains entrenched in Canadian law and society today. Author Jim Reynolds presents a truly compelling account of Canada’s colonial coming of age and its impacts on Indigenous peoples, including the settler-led internal colonialism behind the Indian Act and those who enforced it. As one of the nation’s leading experts in Aboriginal law, Reynolds provides a vital accounting of the historical underpinnings and contemporary challenges the nation must address to reconcile with Indigenous peoples and move toward decolonization.
This book tells the story of a First Nation’s single-minded quest for justice. In 1958, the federal government leased part of the small Musqueam Reserve in Vancouver to an exclusive golf club at below market value. When the band members discovered this in 1970, they initiated legal action. Their tenacity led to the 1984 decision in Guerin v. The Queen, whereby the Supreme Court of Canada held that the government has a fiduciary duty towards Indigenous peoples. Jim Reynolds, who served as one of the legal counsel for the Musqueam, provides an in-depth analysis of this landmark case and its impact on Canadian law, politics, and society. By recognizing that the Musqueam had enforceable legal rights, the Guerin case changed the relationship between governments and Indigenous peoples from one of wardship to one based on legal rights. It was a seismic decision.
We, as Christians, so often seek to comprehend the spiritual with our minds rather than our hearts, all to our own detriment. The Holy Trinity cannot be “figured” out in our minds. He must be experienced in order to be understood. Just as “the brightness of his glory” can only be found in the darkness of the cross; the Holy Trinity can only be found in the journey of a seeking heart, and Jim takes us on a journey through scripture in search of the Holy Trinity in order that we come to know Him whom we seek, “even as also I am known” (1 Corinthians 13:12).
Can Canada claim to be a just society for Indigenous peoples? To answer this question, and as part of the process of reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission urged a better understanding of Aboriginal law for all Canadians. Aboriginal Peoples and the Law responds to that call, introducing readers with or without a legal background to modern Aboriginal law and outlining significant cases and decisions in straightforward, non-technical language. Jim Reynolds provides the historical context needed to understand relations between Indigenous peoples and settlers and explains key topics such as sovereignty, fiduciary duties, the honour of the Crown, Aboriginal rights and title, treaties, the duty to consult, Indigenous laws, and international law. This critical analysis of the current state of the law makes the case that rather than leaving the judiciary to sort out what are essentially political issues, Canadian politicians need to take responsibility for this crucial aspect of building a just society.
AppleWorks, the integrated application that arrives in 4 million homes, schools, and offices a year, includes word processing, drafting, painting, database, Web-page creation, spreadsheet, and (in version 6) slide-show functions. It comes with everything, that is, except a printed manual.
Serenity: Better Days, from Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews, follows everyone's favorite space cowboys in an action-packed adventure where the crew takes on a heist that promises a big payoff. But when someone is taken captive, the gang must put aside their enduring differences and work together, at the risk of losing their cash prize. Joss Whedon is joined by a great roster of writers, including comedian Patton Oswalt, Dr. Horrible and The Shepherd's Tale cowriter Zack Whedon, and Jim Krueger (Avengers/Invaders), in this special expanded edition! This volume includes the miniseries Serenity: Better Days, the short stories "Serenity: The Other Half" and the previously uncollected "Serenity: Downtime," and the one-shot Serenity: Float Out.
NAKED CHURCH is a handbook on empowering amateur Christian leaders to authentically practice the New Testament one another verses in home churches each week, with the goal of mutual growth and maturity in Christ. Being naked with one another, being known and knowing others, is the starting point for both pastors and lay leaders who want to help fellow believers move out of self-centeredness and immaturity to become forgivers, peacemakers and effective kingdom proclaimers. The emphasis is on practicing genuine hospitality and authentic vulnerability each week: listening rather than lecturing, sharing struggles honestly, and retelling the Great Story of Jesus to one another. The chapters explain how home church leaders can nurture spiritual identity in group members and release one another to grow up in Christ, while mutually ministering their spiritual gifts. The author gives biblical and practical insight from years of experience in leading home churches, tackling such challenges to maturity as anger, victimhood, financial disarray, unresolved marriage conflicts, grief and loss. Real home church should be neither an encounter group nor another Bible study, the author explains, but an ongoing experience that helps us actually do the truth we already know. Jim Reynolds holds a bachelor s and a master of divinity degree from Abilene Christian University (1964, 1967), a doctorate from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, Calif. (1974), and a law degree from Southern Methodist University (1981). He has been a licensed marriage and family counselor, and has published numerous articles and books, including Secrets of Eden, God and Human Sexuality (1974), The Lepers Among Us (2007), The Lavish Hospitality of God (2009), Why We Don t Shoot the Wounded (2010), and The Unfinished Drama of Scripture (2012). Jim has taught religion, theology, philosophy, and biblical studies at Pepperdine University and the University of Texas, and presently is an adjunct professor at Dallas Christian College. From 1981 to 2007, Jim was a family lawyer and partner with the Whitaker Chalk law firm in Fort Worth, Texas. Since 1984 he has been pastor of Lake Highlands Church in Dallas, Texas. Jim and his wife, Donna, have two children and eight grandchildren.
Wishing Star Incorporated is in the business of making dreams come true, and Ben is the head of operations. His job is to grant the wishes of individuals who believe in the legitimacy of supernatural phenomenon; leprechauns, fountains of eternal youth and beauty, magical lamps with genies inside...or a Wishing Star. During his ten year tenure, Ben has found that it takes a special kind of person to buy into such a fantastic concept...mainly a power hungry, greed consumed, unscrupulous kind of person...which makes collecting payment for services rendered all the more satisfying. While Ben doesn't charge anything to grant a client's wishes, his interpretation of the wish is rarely what his customers expect, and Ben's employer has a non-negotiable policy regarding the reversal of granted wishes. The only way to reverse a wish and do away with any undesirable effects stemming from it is contract annulment...a gentle way of phrasing, "forfeiture of one's eternal soul to the owner of Wishing Star Incorporated." And Ben's boss isn't a guy anyone would want in control of their destiny post-mortem. He goes by the name of Bub, and aside from being the sole shareholder in Wishing Star Incorporated, he also rules supreme in the bowls of hell. Unwittingly duped out of his own soul a decade ago, Ben made a deal with Bub in order to regain it. In return for procuring the souls of fifty other unfortunates, Ben would regain the opportunity to circumvent an afterlife of brimstone and hellfire. However, upon reaching number forty-nine, Ben now has doubt that the means justify the end. Even with the questions of conscience, Ben is eager to complete his fiftieth assignment...if for no other reason than to escape constant contact with his nauseatingly amiable employer, Bub. Not looking forward to Ben's retirement, Bub has decided to try and coerce Ben into staying on the Wishing Star team for another fifty souls. Knowing that Ben will assuredly turn down a straightforward offer, Bub decides to make the possibility of Ben fulfilling his contractual obligations highly unlikely by tossing a barracuda in the bath water. That barracuda's name being Randy Salyers; the apathetic by-product of consumer driven society. A young man with nothing to loose and no interest in gains. Ben's problems don't begin and end with Randy, a customer uninterested in his wares. There's also the fact that Randy Salyers ex-wife is Bub's new mistress and she thinks Bub hired Ben to kill Randy. This might not be a problem in Chicago or New York City, but Ben is now in Circleville, Ohio...and news travels fast in a rural Ohio farm town. If Ben can keep a colorful cast of yokels from sticking their noses, as well as other body parts, in his business there might just
A work on the songs of the grasshoppers and crickets of Western Europe, with over 1600 oscillograms taken from the 174 species and subspecies covered, as well as 11 confusibles from other orders (cicadas, amphibians and birds).
They battle demons and monsters, hunt ghosts and defend us against the things that go bump in the night. They are Occult Detectives and they've been a staple of pulp fiction since the beginning of those glorious, garish magazines. Now Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to bring you a quartet of tales starring some of the most unique Occult Detectives ever created; three newly minted heroes and one classic master of mysticism. From the days of the Wild West, Joel Jenkins offers up his Indian Shaman hero, Lone Crow. Then we have Josh Reynold's colorful Charles St. Cyprian, the Queen's own Royal Occultist, followed by Jim Beard's Sgt. Janus, the Spirit Breaker. And we culminate with a little known pulp classic figure, Ravenwood: the Stepson of Mystery as chronicled by Ron Fortier. Get ready to take on possessed gunfighters, eerie mesmerizing spirits, a bewitching temptress and a legion of the undead as these four brand new tales usher you into thrilling adventures beyond the realm of the ordinary; your guides...the Occult Detectives.
Told through e-mails written after their daughter was born, narrative material, and later reflections, the authors chronicle God's immense faithfulness in the midst of struggle. It is a testimony of beauty for ashes in a different light, having nothing to do with sin, but everything to do with the reality of life's hardships and heartbreaks here on Earth.
Zombie crime fighters, politicians, soldiers, rescuers-but a Zombie prom date or bowler? If you're looking for Zombies, prepare to be ZOMBIEFIED! Two dozen amazing zombie stories sure to breathe life back into the Undead. If you're looking for stories that shamble, groan, and eat brains, you're sure to become ZOMBIEFIED. Stories by: Dayton Ward M.H Bonham Gary Jonas David Lee Summers Carol Hightshoe Laura Givens Rie Sheridan Rose Lou Antonelli John Lance And Many More!
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