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The tales of the legendary King Arthur and his round table of noble knights. The rise of King Arthur is often forgotten in our real world as we seek real world facts about where the legend came from. The original text does not worry about factual answers instead relying on the imagination and the fairy tale personalities of the Lady of the Lake, Merlin, Lancelot and all the rest of the noble characters that arise in these stories.
An allegorical work that starts off with Part I and the journey of Christian to Celestial City. The second part tells a similar story but of Christian's wife and children and their journey to Celestial City. This fun and easy read is a great choice for people of all ages and for any Christian in any part of their walk with God as it is an entertaining read but also highly instructive in the walk and trials of the Christian believer as they go through life.
The heroine Dorothy goes through a traumatic storm in which a tornado takes her away to the land of Oz. In her attempt to find her way home she meets some eccentric characters that are seeking for physical solutions to emotional weaknesses they believe they possess. The lion wants courage, the tin man wants a heart and the scarecrow wants a brain but they all must overcome these weaknesses to get to the Emerald City so that they can find out who they are and get Dorothy home to her aunt in Kansas.
An often confusing book to follow, the story of Varney nonetheless had a lot of influence on modern vampire fiction. Driven by the need for blood and for monetary gains, Varney loathes the situation he is in and over the course of the novel he is seen as a character of sympathy. Eventually Varney has to make a decision as to whether to live with his condition or make a more drastic decision.
This is a humbling and profound look on Augustine as he goes from infancy, to the sins of his youth and finally to accepting Christ as his Lord. Throughout this work you will find just how much the greatness of God fills all things and the profoundness of it being able to inhabit the very being of a mere man such as Augustine.
Bored and depressed, Faust tries to take his own life and in the process calls on the Devil who sends a representative, Mephistopheles to serve Faust for a set number of years. At the end of the term however, Faust will be damned and condemned to Hell. Faust agrees and uses his cohort for a number of tasks. When he falls in love, he strives for a better life and in the end his love dies and pleads with God to save her beloved FaustÕs soul from eternal corruption.
A reprint of the classic Douay-Rheims version of the Holy Bible. This reprint is more of a reference and study tool rather than a devotional Bible. The verses all begin on their own lines to make it easier to reference certain verses and the durable paper the book is printed on makes it easier to make notes right in this Bible without having to markup that beautiful leather edition that you keep.
A reprint of the classic YoungÕs Literal version of the Holy Bible. This reprint is more of a reference and study tool rather than a devotional Bible. The verses all begin on their own lines to make it easier to reference certain verses and the durable paper the book is printed on makes it easier to make notes right in this Bible without having to markup that beautiful leather edition that you keep. As well the edition has replaced all the JehovahÕs with what most scholars believe is the name of God in the Old Testament, Yahweh.
Although humanity has always been somewhat inclined to the supernatural it is not until the last couple hundred of years that we have taken a keen interest in it and trying to understand the science and philosophy behind it. This work attempts to bring together different areas of study with the supernatural from psychic phenomena, ghosts and also religious occurrences to give readers a good basis to start their own studies on. Although basic it its general understandings, the belief of today's culture had to have started from works such as this.
A casual get away with friends to a beautiful country mansion goes horribly wrong when the group of friends first think that the house is haunted. They soon learn that there is something must more malicious living inside the mansion as they scramble to escape with their lives. But, is the witch inside the house what they really need to fear?This work is intended as a cinema or theatre work.
In this combined volume of the Salem Witchcraft collection, we get a glimpse of the history of the Salem area and what brought on the trials that claimed so many innocent lives. Along with the history is detailed topographical information to give you a feel for what the issues and the area was like that gave rise to such a dark history in the American New England states.
A treatment on the use of relics and icons in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox theology, this book uses the Bible as a basis to renounce such uses of tradition to make theological truth and uses solely scripture to make any truth claims as far as saints and relics in the church.
Ein Nachdruck der klassischen deutschen Luther-Version der Bibel. Dieser Nachdruck ist eher ein Referenz- und Studieninstrument als ein Fromme Bibel. Die Verse beginnen alleine, um es zu machen Leichter auf bestimmte Verse zu verweisen und die dauerhafte Papier das Buch ist Gedruckt auf, macht es einfacher, Notizen in dieser Bibel ohne zu machen Die schöne Lederausgabe zu markieren, die du hältst.
Ein oft missverstandenes Buch, das auf einmal war Dachte, ein böses Buch zu sein, Der Prinz ist ein Übernehmen Wie Machiavelli glaubte, dass ein Fürst einer Nation Könnte die Macht übernehmen und halten. Viele könige gefürchtet Gemeinsame Menschen zum Zeitpunkt dieses Textes geschrieben werden Und Machiavelli antwortete auf seine Fürsten Ängste mit Wie er regieren sollte. Andere Schriften zeigen, dass Nicolo Nie geglaubt, dass dies der Weg ein Fürst sein sollte Tatsächlich behandeln die um ihn herum.
Das bekannteste von Nietzsches Werken, So sprach Zarathustra eine Philosophie, in der Gott tot ist und durch den ""Superman"" ersetzt wird, ein Mensch von unglaublicher Macht, die über die Menschheit herrscht. Eine Reihe von Diskursen erklärt auch, wie das Leben gelebt werden sollte und welche Dinge in unserem ganzen Leben wichtig sein sollten. Diese Arbeit, obwohl umstritten, hat unsere Gesellschaft in vielerlei Hinsicht beeinflusst, oft ohne uns selbst zu wissen.
An indepth series of sermons and teachings on the holy sacrament of communion. Spurgeon, in his brilliance, uses a variety of scriptures that all relate to the eucharist to teach us about the importance of this Biblical practice and why we need to be observing it in either formal church settings or within small groups of fellow believers.
A well thought out treatment of the New Testament by one of the most influential Arminian theologians that was caused by the Reformation. This is the first book in a series that encompasses the whole Bible and gives us a look into the thinking of John Wesley and the church that arose around his powerful relationship with God.
Unexpectedly, Hank Morgan is struck in the head and wakes up in 6th century England. In order to make himself useful he approaches the revered King Arthur to solve the medieval problems with 19th century problem solving. Through his problem solving he comes to realize that all he learned of this time may not be true.
Being an avid reader, the nobleman who then renames himself Don Quixote, goes out on his horse looking for some epic adventure like he has read. He dons a horse names the young neighbour girl as his lady (which she is completely unaware of) and makes his way around the Spanish countryside coming across inns he believes are castles and others that he believes are in dire need, which they are not, all in the quest for the grand tale.
Continuing on in the final book on his mammoth work on theology, Hodge finishes his thoughts on the work of Christ, Salvation and the Holy Spirit. He lines out the thinking and fallacies of many evangelical and Roman Catholic schools of thought while clearly explaining the Reformed way of thinking. He concludes this tome with the Calvinist teachings on the final days of both the earth and humanity when they die. Again laying bold arguments for the Reformed way of thinking, Hodge is able to articulate clearly and Biblically this way of theological thought while giving credence to the past.
Young love is sparked when the Trojan, Troilus, falls for the beautiful Cressida and their love affair culminates in their consummating the relationship. When Cressida is traded for a prisoner of war, Troilus sneaks into the Greek camp only to find his beloved Cressida being wooed by a Greek soldier. Troilus plans revenge to claim his young love. While this romantic story plays our, the Greek general Agamemnon and the Trojan leader Prius play their games of cat and mouse to see if the Greek warlord can turn the city of Troy into a pile of ash.
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