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Most of what we know of the life of Jesus comes to us from four Gospels in the New Testament, specifically, the Synoptic Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke. These books present a more human, historical view of Jesus. The Gospel of John, much different, provides the view of a divine Jesus. These four Gospels are unique endeavors regarding Jesus' social situations, his loved ones, and his reactions to stress. In this study I looked at Jesus' behavior through the Synoptic Gospels, and analyzed Jesus' behavior against the field of criminology. My hope is that we derive more of Jesus' motivation and social situation than what one typically accepts. This is but one view, under a small ...

A Cross Bearer's Deliverance is a memoir of my life beginning in poverty stricken 1950’s Danville,Virginia and chronicles my experiences as I was moved up and along the east coast growing up in Boston,Massachusetts.While constructing my story it brought forth memories I suppressed of love, betrayal, devotion and revelation shown through those closest to me. It demonstrates that even though everything in my surroundings suggest I go on a self deprecating journey........I choose one of enlightenment. Join me on that journey!

Joyce Ann Prettol served on the mission field with Wycliffe Bible Translators for 45 years. She served first in the jungles of Bolivia, then the tropics of the Philippines, and finally in South Asia. Joyce was most passionate about her relationship with Jesus and making sure to share the good news. She dedicated both her personal and professional life to that pursuit, praying daily that friends and family would know Jesus more. Her greatest desire was that her children and grandchildren would follow Christ just as fully and passionately. This book was written as her personal testimony of that journey and evidence of God’s faithfulness all the way through her untimely death in 2022.

By the grace of God, Nona Freeman veteran missionary, has written her story. Over 66,000 books are in print. Adventures of Bug and Me - an autobiography Bug and Nona on the Go - an autobiography This is the Day - an inspirational book Box 44, Monrovia - biography of African missionary Shouting on the Hills - biography of her mother, Carrie Eastridge Unseen Hands - the story of revival in Ethiopia In the Bag - an inspirational book My Memorial - (compiled) Pentecostal Journal Beloved Wide Spot, the newest release, is the story of Bug and Nona Freeman's seven years pastoring a small church in a small town in Louisiana before they went to Africa in 1948.

COLD, FLOWING WATERS A daily devotional from the writings of Kenneth and Louise French will inspire you. You will be blessed as they share their heart and burden for souls in their articles and notes. They came to Alaska with the apostolic message in the 1940s. Brother French began a newsletter in 1949 called the “Alaska Witness.” He faithfully served as editor and main contributor to the newsletter for many decades. Let the messages from these Pentecostal pioneers refresh you as you drink daily from “cold, flowing waters.” ~Pastor Glover

Nona Freeman has written many books telling the forty-one years share husband spent in Africa. She has tried to show her readers that the incomparable grace of Jesus is sufficient for every situation, no matter how ugly or how desperate. He is forever able! During the late 1980s, E.L. Freeman returned alone to the States to attend a board meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. While there, the Lord gave him the same vision He gave to his wife on the other side of the world. In part, he told them: "The churches in America are in trouble. The affluence of America has robbed them of their trust in me… I am sending you back… Accept every invitation you get to visit the churches and tell them ...

This is the compelling true story of the author's parents, who lived as missionaries among Stone Age Spinifex aborigines in the Australian outback for almost two decades. Exciting adventures - vast cultural differences - living day to day under challenging conditions - became the undreamed-of reality for Bob and Ethel Stewart, an average American couple. In 2003, an Australian government official toured outback aboriginal communities. He was stunned to discover that, more than 35 years later, the aborigines of Western Australia not only remembered them, but still highly revered their Tjamu and Lyunku.