This is the story of how and why such powerhouse Wall Street law firms as Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Davis Polk & Wardwell, and Sullivan & Cromwell, grew from nineteenth-century entrepreneurial origins into icons of institutional law practice; how, as white-shoe bastions with the social standards of an exclusive gentlemen’s club, they promoted the values of an east coast elite; and how they adapted to a radically changed legal world, surviving snobbish insularity and ferocious competition to remain at the pinnacle of a transformed profession. It is no accident these firms are found in New York, the largest city in the world’s largest economy and also the nation’s largest port, principal banking center, and epicenter of industry. At the dawn of the twentieth century, linked by canals, railroads, telegraph and telephone lines, transatlantic steamships and undersea cables, New York became the economic nerve center of the United States. It also wielded formidable political power and supplied every President or Vice President of the United States between the Civil War and the Great War.

Why do so many evangelicals follow leaders with dubious credentials when they have other options in their own faith? Exploring intellectual authority within evangelicalism, the authors reveal how the concept of anointing—being chosen by God to speak for him—established a conservative evangelical leadership isolated from secular arts and sciences.

-Zebadiah- The last time I saw her, she was marked with blood. Excommunicated. Now she

A critique of the failed social policies of the past thirty years.

A groundbreaking new history of the United States, showing how Christian faith and the pursuit of petroleum fueled America's rise to global power and shaped today's political clashes Anointed with Oil places religion and oil at the center of American history. As prize-winning historian Darren Dochuk reveals, from the earliest discovery of oil in America during the Civil War, citizens saw oil as the nation's special blessing and its peculiar burden, the source of its prophetic mission in the world. Over the century that followed and down to the present day, the oil industry's leaders and its ordinary workers together fundamentally transformed American religion, business, and politics -- boosting America's ascent as the preeminent global power, giving shape to modern evangelical Christianity, fueling the rise of the Republican Right, and setting the terms for today's political and environmental debates. Ranging from the Civil War to the present, from West Texas to Saudi Arabia to the Alberta Tar Sands, and from oil-patch boomtowns to the White House, this is a sweeping, magisterial book that transforms how we understand our nation's history.

In this life-transforming book, Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne presents an in-depth and practical understanding of the anointing of God; its purpose, power, and plan in the life of every believer¿ And that includes YOU! Like all of God's creation, the anointing is intentional and does not simply occur by chance or coincidence. It is the manifested presence of God that comes with a specific assignment to those who are hungry, thirsty, and in relentless pursuit of Him. In The Anointing, you will be propelled beyond head knowledge and into the realm of heart revelation as you discover, study, and apply the truth of the Word of God.Powerful topics outlined include:¿Understanding the Anointing¿How to Increase the Anointing¿Releasing & Transferring the Anointing¿The Glory of God¿Impartation of the Anointing¿The Price of the Anointing¿Special AnointingsGet ready to receive the supernatural flood of God's undeniable presence and power. You shall live in the anointing and abundance of God!

The Esther Anointing gives you the keys to Esther's success, including the qualities that make women great, the power of influence, and the key to finding God's favor for your assignment.