A biography of the controversial abolitionist who led the raid on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry.

Life from the Dead is an in-depth study of the incredible endurance of the Jewish people in history despite ongoing systematic and unrelenting efforts to effect their genocide. The survival of the Jewish people is notk, however, merely a testimony to their own resiliency or ingenuity. It is a testimonmy to the utter faithfulness of their God to maintain the integrity of the covenant he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Your faith in God will be enriched as you read these dramatic subjects: Daily Prayer, As Good as Dead, Can These Bones Live?, The God-Wrestler, From the Pit to the Palace, A Resurrected Nation, By My Spirit, Says the Lord, Mashiach: Life from the Dead. The God of Israel is the ruler over death and life. As such, he can heal the sick and restore the terminally ill to life, and in the end, he will keep faith with the righteous who are in the dust of the earth by bringing them forth to life from the dead in the resurrection. Life from the Dead will build you faith in God's power to triumph over death and to bring abundant life to all those who put their trust in him.

Travel through the Bible, phrase by phrase, with this daily devotional by Glen Scrivener. This book - the first of four quarterly devotionals - takes in January to March. It covers Genesis to Ruth - "In the beginning" to "Shelter under his wings." Day by day you'll be drawn to the centre of the Scriptures - the Person of the Lord Jesus. These are not daily pep-talks aimed at the will. They are daily doses of the grace of Christ to warm your heart and establish you in the truths of the gospel.

An innovative, wide-ranging consideration of the global ecological crisis and its deep philosophical and theological roots. Global crises, from melting Arctic ice to ecosystem collapse and the sixth mass extinction, challenge our age-old belief in nature as a phoenix with an infinite ability to regenerate itself from the ashes of destruction. Moving from antiquity to the present and back, Michael Marder provides an integrated examination of philosophies of nature drawn from traditions around the world to illuminate the theological, mythical, and philosophical origins of the contemporary environmental emergency. From there, he probes the contradictions and deadlocks of our current predicament to propose a philosophy of nature for the twenty-first century. As Marder analyzes our reliance on the image and idea of the phoenix to organize our thoughts about the natural world, he outlines the obstacles in the path of formulating a revitalized philosophy of nature. His critical exposition of the phoenix complex draws on Chinese, Indian, Russian, European, and North African traditions. Throughout, Marder lets the figure of the phoenix guide readers through theories of immortality, intergenerational and interspecies relations, infinity compatible with finitude, resurrection, reincarnation, and a possibility of liberation from cycles of rebirth. His concluding remarks on a phoenix-suffused philosophy of nature and political thought extend from the Roman era to the writings of Hannah Arendt.

On January 2, 1972, Mark Arax's childhood came to a sudden, explosive end when his father was shot to death at his nightclub in Fresno, California. It was one of the most sensational murders in California's heartland, and it was never solved. Mark, only fifteen years old at the time, was left with a legacy of questions: Were the rumors about his father true? Had he led a double life? Was he killed because of his dealings with the underworld? Mark Arax, an award-winning journalist at the Los Angeles Times, now writes a searing, intensely personal account of his twenty-two-year search for answers about his father's life and death, and his own identity. As the oldest child, Mark was thrust into the role of patriarch. His quest for answers began in high school, when he sought out his father's father, an Armenian immigrant. His grandfather opened a window into an old country world full of promise and heartbreak -- and four generations of eccentric family members. Two decades later, Mark uprooted his wife and baby and returned to Fresno under an assumed name to try and determine who killed his father and why. Fearing for his own life, he discovers his father was murdered just before he was going to make a startling disclosure. More than a true-life murder mystery, more than an exploration of family and culture, In My Father's Name is the poignant story of one man's remarkable journey as he uncovers long-hidden secrets about his father, his family, his heritage, and the town he once called home.