The Unforsaken

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Having learned that she has powers both to heal people and to create zombies, Hailey is trying to lead a fairly normal life, but when she attempts to contact her boyfriend, she brings dangerous villains to her doorstep.

This novel of the Spanish Civil War, winner of the French Academy's 1960 Prix du Roman, deceptively conventional in its scheme and in its romanticism; actually speaks to us on more than a single level of meaning. On the most apparent, we have an almost too recognizable protagonist, Juanito Sanchez, a child of the Valencian huerta, thrown into the conflict while still in his teens. Although unrelated to the nonheroes of today's fashionable novels, his heroism is for the most part unspectacular and encompasses endurance, growth, an increase in his understanding of his relation to others and to the world. At home in the rich, untended farmland his widowed mother sits praying to Valencia's ancient Virgin of the Forsaken that this son be spared. After many vicissitudes, he returns to the huerta. So it is rather in the manner of his survival that the novel, with its existentialist overtones, reaches its true meaning and distinction. For there is in this boy some of that natural goodness and purity which Melville's Billy Budd possessed and part of his diplomat - author's achievement is to have made this quality believable, as well as the capacity of others to recognize and respond to it. Some of these are rather unlikely characters to make such response - notably Agustin, the political commissar of Juanito's regiment, whose commitment is less political than philosophical and becomes more so as the fortunes of the Republic wane. Others do so understandably, such as Encarnacion, a woman whose husband and father-in-law have been taken hostage by the Nationalists just before Juanito's troops occupy their village. Intellectuals and liberals, symbolically caught in no man's land, their dilemma is not resolved other than by death for the sick husband. Encarnacion's becoming pregnant by Juanito also takes on symbolic value.

This book seeks to unpack the evolution of Barth's understanding of God's suffering in Jesus Christ in the light of election. The interconnectedness of election, crucifixion, and (im)passibility is explored, in order to ask whether the suffering of Christ is also a statement about the Trinity.

This work seeks to provide a critical analysis of the prophecies in the book of Isaiah that parallels the prophetic insights in the book of Revelation. The underlying question is, "To what extent has God foreordained things, especially before and during the final judgment?" The author thinks all that concerns God's majestic plan, i.e., to accomplish God's purpose for humanity, is covered in its entirety. God is highly active in foreordaining things, and whatever God foreordains shall be fulfilled in the end. Isaiah's conception of the interplay between the themes of punishment and healing is central to his eschatological trajectory. In this respect, theologically speaking, the total restoration of Israel signifies the restoration of all humankind. Such an eschatology might accommodate the notion of Christian Universalism.

This is the story of the world after it ended . . . Five thousand years after the apocalyptic event known as The Death, Per Hiero Desteen - priest, telepath, assassin - has been working to find ancient information to save his people. The Brotherhood of the Unclean, a roving band of feral raiders, stage an unprecedented attack. They manage to nullify Hiero's telepathic powers, and leave him vulnerable and alone in the wasteland that once was North America. Now he has to not only survive, but strike back and stop the Brotherhood before they can wipe the vestiges of civilisation from the face of the Earth . . . forever. The sequel to the beloved novel Hiero's Journey, The Unforsaken Hiero takes us back into a world that has been irrevocably changed by the hubris of mankind, and the new races that rose to live in it.

A practical guide for the building of a young convert to a mature believer in Christ Jesus The follow-up of new converts is unavoidable for a church that wants to grow in numbers. Most of these converts have a sincere desire to know God and to grow in intimacy with Him. But often, they tend to roam around for long on the same spot simply because they lack the essential knowledge needed for their forward move; or they may have this knowledge disorderly. A good number of them end up backsliding even to the point of returning to the world. This guideline helps to solve this deficiency by providing every new believer with a solid foundation that will help him or her to have a fast and grounded spiritual takeoff. Well-established new converts ensure the availability of workers ready for the mission field. How can one build a young convert? This book, which has a practical approach provides the answer. All those who might have felt at a certain moment in their walk with God that they began their Christian life the wrong way will find in this book the means to correct it.

The Vines Expository Bible offers scriptural truth alongside guided explanations of key passages from influential preacher Dr. Jerry Vines. With biblical exposition and practical teaching culled from years of faithful ministry, helpful insights from God’s Word are presented in the warm, pastoral manner Dr. Vines is known for. Features Include: NKJV paragraph-style text with in-text subject headings 205 "Presenting the Message" detailed outlines from Jerry Vines' sermon archive 148 "Living the Message" articles with illustrations for living the Christian life 237 "Applying the Message" notes that help you see the relevance of Scriptures for your walk with Christ 311 "Discerning the Meaning" word studies that illuminate the meaning of key words in Scripture 66 Book Introductions Topical Index NKJV Concordance 10.5-point print size