The Beautiful View

A girl born in the back woods of a small town in Georgia before World War II, Edna learns what it's like to be poor and not even know it. She doesn't know she's being discriminated against. She doesn't realize there are countries who want to take her country away from the people, or country to whom it belongs. She doesn't know there is a different lifestyle out there in the world, much like the one her grandfather preached and taught his biological family, and church family to avoid patterning after. Things you don't know may hurt you if you become involved to an extent greater than what you ought. Be careful with your life . . . it is precious!

“God will never be mad at you!” Although the Bible assures us that God’s essential nature is love, how seldom one hears such encouraging words in church. Maybe you are one of the many people who have dropped out of the church because of its prevalent portrayal of God as an unfriendly old man who is always angry with those who don’t shape up and, worse yet, plans to punish those who don’t believe and behave correctly with eternal conscious torment. If you’ve ever wondered whether the Bible supports such an irritated image of God, this book is for you. Looking closely at major beliefs and key passages of Scripture, author Morgan Roberts introduces us to a friendlier God, a God who is incapable of anything other than love, a God who will never give up on anyone—a God who even loves our enemies! Such a beautiful view of God is the result of the author’s lifetime journey as a pastor and teacher, a journey that began when, as a teenager, he happened to find a copy of the New Testament and began reading about a God who is endlessly, foolishly, and incredibly merciful.

"Break free from tangles of logic and markup in your views, and implement your user interface in Rails cleanly and maintainably. Build up solid, sustainable layouts with HTML5. Then learn to manage your forms and keep your markup clean. Learn when (and when not) to use Presenters, and how to tame HTML emails. Master the asset pipeline introduced in Rails 3.1 as you use Sass and CoffeeScript to create easy-to-manage code for enjoyable user interfaces"--P. [4] of cover.

Examining the urban and architectural developments in Rome during the Pontificate of Julius II (1503–13) this book focuses on the political, religious and artistic motives behind the changes. Each chapter focuses on a particular project, from the Palazzo dei Tribunali to the Stanza della Segnatura, and examines their topographical and symbolic contexts in relationship to the broader vision of Julian Rome. This original work explores not just historical sources relating to buildings but also humanist/antiquarian texts, papal sermons/eulogies, inscriptions, frescoes and contemporary maps. An important contribution to current scholarship of early sixteenth century Rome, its urban design and architecture.