In The Easter Lamb, the traditional Easter story takes on new significance as Jesus's death and resurrection are explored through the events of Passover. Through child-friendly text and engaging illustrations that meaningfully connect these two important events, young readers will see how God has always cared for his children and that he had a plan for our salvation from the start.

On the night he was arrested, Jesus celebrated Passover with his disciples during what we now call the Last Supper. Jesus knew he would soon have to die like the lambs who were sacrificed in place of the firstborn Israelites so that all of God's children might live.

John Greco masterfully tells these two stories--Passover and Easter--in The Easter Lamb, weaving together their biblical symbolism and significance. You may have heard the Easter story before, but this unique take will deepen you and your child's understanding of the holiday and explain how important the image of Christ as a lamb truly is.

The Easter Lamb is ideal for:

• Introducing children 4 and up to the Passover and Easter stories
• Sharing together as a family as a read-aloud or as part of a new Easter tradition
• Helping young children better understand the Bible and how God's redemptive plan connects throughout Scripture
• Easter Sunday school lessons, family devotions, and gift giving

Year after year, countless believers immerse themselves in the story of the first Christmas, rehearsing the well-known tale of the baby King who was born into the humblest of circumstances. But for some, the nativity story has become so familiar, it has been robbed of its power. For others, the biblical narrative is more like a puzzle: the pieces are all there, but it's not clear how they all fit together. Luke talks about shepherds and a census, while Matthew deals with wise men and an escape to Egypt. There's a star and a manger and more angels than you can count--it can be hard to keep it all straight!

Rediscovering Christmas is a modern paraphrase of the Christmas story, drawn directly from the Gospels and created to help readers see the Father's heart in details that are all-too-often overlooked. The result is a seamless retelling of Jesus's birth that will fascinate new and mature believers alike. Also included are twelve devotional essays that invite readers to step into the first Christmas story as if they were there, going deeper into cultural contexts that will help them discover the goodness of God in fresh and surprising ways. This beautiful, hardcover volume is perfect for quiet times, group study, or family reading, and is sure to become a favorite holiday tradition.

Are some things in life worth taking a stand for, no matter the cost?

Fourteen-year-old Adams Klein lives by one simple rule: don't do anything that might change the course of history. To protect him from a murderous tyrant, Adams was hidden away in the year 2015. A refugee from the distant future, his existence is a secret. But when he witnesses a tragedy unfolding, he can't stand by and do nothing. Now history is being changed, and Adams and his new friends are being hunted by a villain who'll stop at nothing to retain his iron grip on the world of the future, even if it means destroying the past.

In the history of philosophical thought, few themes loom as large as skepticism. Skepticism has been the most visible and important part of debates about knowledge. Skepticism at its most basic questions our cognitive achievements, challenges our ability to obtain reliable knowledge; casting doubt on our attempts to seek and understand the truth about everything from ethics, to other minds, religious belief, and even the underlying structure of matter and reality. Since Descartes, the defense of knowledge against skepticism has been one of the primary tasks not just of epistemology but philosophy itself.

The Oxford Handbook of Skepticism features twenty-six newly commissioned chapters by top figures in the field. Part One contains articles explaining important kinds of skeptical reasoning. Part Two focuses on responses to skeptical arguments. Part Three concentrates on important contemporary issues revolving around skepticism. As the first volume of its kind, the articles make significant contributions to the debate on skepticism.

The Air Force is not developing enough senior officers with multi-functional logistics experience. Furthermore, the segregation of maintenance and logistics under the dual-track concept is not beneficial for maintenance or logistics in the long run. Maintenance officers will not be well prepared to assume the leadership positions in logistics that they will be placed in due to over specialization. LROs on the other hand, are too generalized in the early part of their career and this will likely inhibit their development as a leader. Additionally, the lack of command positions for LROs and therefore fewer promotion opportunities means that maintenance officers will continue to dominate both wing and staff positions. Whether or not the Air Force decides to keep maintenance and logistics segregated, the fact remains that the logistics functions of supply, transportation, and logistics plans have as much to do with MC rates as do aircraft maintenance.

There was never supposed to be a post-marriage period of my life, says John Greco. He had just accepted his dream position as a church pastor when his wife announced she was divorcing him. In a few short weeks, his marriage ended and his career plans unraveled. He was hurt, angry, and felt abandoned by God. Marriage is supposed to be for life, but divorce still happens. How can a Christian reconcile the reality of divorce with the biblical view of marriage? How can the wronged spouse forgive? And how can God still be good when bad things happen? In Broken Vows: Divorce and the Goodness of God, Greco doesn't offer pat answers. In the initial aftermath, he says one must simply grieve. There is a period after a devastating loss when a soul is unable to take in words of healing, he says. These are the moments, not to look for answers or try to find any sort of good in the situation, but to pour yourself out to Jesus. Broken Vows combines Greco's personal story with a biblical view of suffering. He provides pastoral help for those who have experienced divorce and gives all Christians a way to think biblically about this difficult subject.

Twenty short tales of murder, revenge, greed, love gone wrong and other mayhem along with a couple of more charming tales tossed in - all with a twist.ContentsGood for NothingBenny and SlaughterKiller SmileIzzyThe ArrangementAbout to DieThe PromotionEllie's CatsNo One's to BlameNever Look BackBrotherly LoveThe NeighborsThe Best Sex EverWe All Got What We WantedAssisted LivingThe ConfessionYour Perfect MatchDivorce Is Not an OptionAnything for Art A Marriage to Die For

Discover God's heart for you at the center of redemption's story.
Brimming with poetry and praise, prayers and prophecy, the book of Psalms is an invitation to walk with God and experience his overwhelming love. As you journey through devotions for all 150 psalms, The Ascent
- helps you get more out of your time in God's Word,
- highlights important cultural and historical background information,
- focuses on the big story the Bible tells from Genesis to Revelation,
- embraces the seemingly weird or tough passages others avoid, and
- uses a conversational manner to inspire, inform, and encourage.
Be drawn deeper into the story of redemption, into your purpose as an image-bearer of God, and into the embrace of the Father who loves you.

It's the early 1960s in Brooklyn, New York, when auto mechanic Michael Delagatta changes the course of his life in order to attain the same extravagant lifestyle as his cousin. As Michael embarks on a crime-filled journey orchestrated by members of the American Mafia, and rises within the organization, John F. Kennedy enters the political arena. As a favor to his father, Kennedy runs for President. The Mafia decides to rig the votes and help Kennedy win so he will hopefully ignore the family organization and its illegal money making operations. But when John appoints his brother, Bobby, to the position of Attorney General, all hell breaks loose as Bobby begins going after organized crime and the bosses. After the Mafia orders Michael to oversee the assassination of either John or Bobby, he soon discovers that the members of the mob are not the only ones who want Kennedy dead. As a history-making chain of events unfolds, Michael is left to harbor a dark secret for the rest of his days, leaving the possibility of an open-ended mystery to remain unsolved forever. In this historical thriller, a mobster who becomes intertwined in the controversy before, during, and after the assassinations of John and Bobby Kennedy sets out on a dangerous journey to save the family organization and hopefully himself from an untimely end.

It's the early 1960s in Brooklyn, New York, when auto mechanic Michael Delagatta changes the course of his life in order to attain the same extravagant lifestyle as his cousin. As Michael embarks on a crime-filled journey orchestrated by members of the American Mafia, and rises within the organization, John F. Kennedy enters the political arena. As a favor to his father, Kennedy runs for President. The Mafia decides to rig the votes and help Kennedy win so he will hopefully ignore the family organization and its illegal money making operations. But when John appoints his brother, Bobby, to the position of Attorney General, all hell breaks loose as Bobby begins going after organized crime and the bosses. After the Mafia orders Michael to oversee the assassination of either John or Bobby, he soon discovers that the members of the mob are not the only ones who want Kennedy dead. As a history-making chain of events unfolds, Michael is left to harbor a dark secret for the rest of his days, leaving the possibility of an open-ended mystery to remain unsolved forever. In this historical thriller, a mobster who becomes intertwined in the controversy before, during, and after the assassinations of John and Bobby Kennedy sets out on a dangerous journey to save the family organization and hopefully himself from an untimely end.

A compelling investigation and personal quest for the truth about God of the Bible and the Gods of ancient history.God and the Gods presents the results of a personal journey to uncover the multifaceted pieces of information not covered in national news and hidden from the public for reasons unknown. Volumes of additional information-with stories and artifacts-that are off limits to mankind. Th is manuscript touches merely a few of the many secrets that society is hiding for its own benefit. They are small pieces of a multidimensional puzzle in unraveling the real origin of mankind-something that could change the history of who we are and where we came from. Author John Greco opens our eyes to the possibilities that have accumulated over the years through the facts, findings, and scientific studies of the human body, religious proof, and archaeological discoveries being made throughout the world today. The Bible is fact, in most cases, but there is much more to know. The truth is out there, and most of it is staring us in the face every day. We as humans, who worship a God we cannot see, need to look in the right places and tie the many pieces of this amazing puzzle together. God and the Gods gives you the opportunity to question the basic teachings of all religions, including their exclusions, and begin to consider what the answers truly are. The city of Troy was a myth until it was found. The truth is out there and waiting to be discovered.

What if these stories from the past were true? What if everything we humans have been taught was a deliberate attempt to hide the true origins of mankind for some unknown purpose, in an effort to control the masses through religion and fear? Why did these ancient gods leave? Did any stay on earth? Have you ever questioned the Holy Bible? I do all the time. Some of my many questions are: Why was God pleased that gold was abundant on Earth even before he made Adam? Why is it written in the Sumerian clay tablets over 6,000 years ago that their Gods (The Anunnaki) came to Earth 450,000 years ago and found gold in Africa and other areas of Earth? The stories are exactly the same.

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Live by the Word. Walk by the Spirit.

You were never meant to live the Christian life in your own strength, so stop trying. Each morning, awaken your heart to the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life. And then, each evening, renew your mind with the unchanging truth of God's Word.

The Sword and the Spirit

• contains morning and evening devotions for a forty-day experience,
• focuses on biblical truths related to the Word of God and the Holy Spirit,
• highlights the unity between Scripture and spiritual experience, and
• includes a dedicated prayer prompt for each reading.

Powers and Capacities in Philosophy is designed to stake out an emerging, discipline-spanning neo-Aristotelian framework grounded in realism about causal powers.

The volume brings together for the first time original essays by leading philosophers working on powers in relation to metaphysics, philosophy of natural and social science, philosophy of mind and action, epistemology, ethics and social and political philosophy. In each area, the concern is to show how a commitment to real causal powers affects discussion at the level in question. In metaphysics, for example, realism about powers is now recognized as providing an alternative to orthodox accounts of causation, modality, properties and laws. Dispositional realist philosophers of science, meanwhile, argue that a powers ontology allows for a proper account of the nature of scientific explanation. In the philosophy of mind there is the suggestion that agency is best understood in terms of the distinctive powers of human beings. Those who take virtue theoretic approaches in epistemology and ethics have long been interested in the powers that allow for knowledge and/or moral excellence. In social and political philosophy, finally, powers theorists are interested in the powers of sociological phenomena such as collectivities, institutions, roles and/or social relations, but also in the conditions of possibility for the cultivation of the powers of individuals. The book will be of interest to philosophers working in any of these areas, as well as to historians of philosophy, political theorists and critical realists.

This book is about the nature of skeptical arguments and their role in philosophical inquiry. John Greco delineates three main theses: that a number of historically prominent skeptical arguments make no obvious mistake, and therefore cannot be easily dismissed; that the analysis of skeptical arguments is philosophically useful and important, and should therefore have a central place in the methodology of philosophy; and that taking skeptical arguments seriously requires us to adopt an externalist, reliabilist epistemology. This book will be of interest to professionals and graduate students in epistemology and moral philosophy.

This book is about the nature of skeptical arguments and their role in philosophical inquiry. John Greco delineates three main theses: that a number of historically prominent skeptical arguments make no obvious mistake, and therefore cannot be easily dismissed; that the analysis of skeptical arguments is philosophically useful and important, and should therefore have a central place in the methodology of philosophy; and that taking skeptical arguments seriously requires us to adopt an externalist, reliabilist epistemology. This book will be of interest to professionals and graduate students in epistemology and moral philosophy.

Powers and Capacities in Philosophy is designed to stake out an emerging, discipline-spanning neo-Aristotelian framework grounded in realism about causal powers.

The volume brings together for the first time original essays by leading philosophers working on powers in relation to metaphysics, philosophy of natural and social science, philosophy of mind and action, epistemology, ethics and social and political philosophy. In each area, the concern is to show how a commitment to real causal powers affects discussion at the level in question. In metaphysics, for example, realism about powers is now recognized as providing an alternative to orthodox accounts of causation, modality, properties and laws. Dispositional realist philosophers of science, meanwhile, argue that a powers ontology allows for a proper account of the nature of scientific explanation. In the philosophy of mind there is the suggestion that agency is best understood in terms of the distinctive powers of human beings. Those who take virtue theoretic approaches in epistemology and ethics have long been interested in the powers that allow for knowledge and/or moral excellence. In social and political philosophy, finally, powers theorists are interested in the powers of sociological phenomena such as collectivities, institutions, roles and/or social relations, but also in the conditions of possibility for the cultivation of the powers of individuals. The book will be of interest to philosophers working in any of these areas, as well as to historians of philosophy, political theorists and critical realists.

Written by an international assembly of leading philosophers, this volume includes seventeen newly-commissioned full-length survey articles on the central topics of epistemology.