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Trevor Black novels volume 2
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"Craig Parshall delivers supernatural suspense for today's readers, along with legal suspense elements that will appeal to his core readers. This story is for readers of Frank Peretti, Randy Singer, Ted Dekker, and Steven James"--
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"Master, would you brand me? It would be an honor." Scarred follows actress Sarah Edmondson's account of her recruitment into the NXIVM cult, founded by Keith Raniere. It narrates in detail the 12 years she spent within the organization, during which she enrolled over 2,000 members, chronicling her breaking point and her harrowing fight to get out, help others, and heal.
• Complete with personal photographs, this tell-all follows Sarah from the...
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In 1979, a fiery preacher named Jane Whaley attracted a small group of followers with a promise that she could turn their lives around. In the years since, Whaley's following has expanded to include thousands of congregants across three continents. In their eyes she's a prophet. And to disobey her means eternal damnation. The control Whaley exerts is absolute: she decides what her followers study, where they work, whom they can marry--even when they...
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At first, the Watchtower Society seemed harmless to William J. Schnell, even valuable as a way to develop his faith in God and pass it on to others. This book is Schnell's fascinating account of his involvement with the cult, which effectively enticed him in the 1920s and continues to lure countless individuals today. Readers will learn, as Schnell did, that the Jehovah's Witness religion he had joined was anything but innocent. For thirty years he...
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LE LIVRE QUI FAIT FUIR LES GURUS!"La Dernière Directive par Krishnakant Desai a été peut-être la publication la plus influente dans le monde Vaisnava depuis 1977".- HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami, un des gurus d'ISKCONQui devrait initier des disciples dans le Mouvement Hare Krishna?La pureté spirituelle et le prestige général de l'Association Internationale pour la Conscience de Krishna (ISKCON, ou le Mouvement Hare Krishna) ont subi une grave détérioration...
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Why are there so many religions? Do they basically teach the same thing? Bruce and Stan address these questions and more as they take a close look at some of the world's major religions and belief systems. From Islam to Jehovah's Witnesses and from New Age Spirituality to Atheism, Darwinism, and Naturalism, World Religions and Cults 101 features-
• key teachings of each religion
• quick-glance belief charts
• brief biographies of leaders
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With all of the different religions, sects, denominations, and belief systems out there, it can be difficult to separate the facts from mere opinion, especially if one is relying solely on online sources which may or may not be vetted and which often have an ideological or political slant to them. How can we truly understand if we cannot even be sure we are getting the facts straight? In this comprehensive resource, more than 75 evangelical scholars...
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Discover the Power of Symbols, Ritual and Mystical Gestures
This Powerful Guide Explains the Involvement of the Subconscious Mind in Bringing About Inner Revelation. Freemasons, Rosicrucians, members of other brotherhoods as well as any person who is interested in metaphysics and sacred wisdom will enjoy this publication, which explores the role of the mind in bringing about powerful inner experiences and development resulting from symbols, ritual...
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Presenting the Conclusions of the GBC Foundational DocumentISKCON's GBC (Governing Body Commission) has issued a Foundational Document on the position of Srila Prabhupada, a document which it has declared to be "historic" and required reading by everyone in ISKCON. In the spirit of cooperation, this book published by the ISKCON Revival Movement (IRM) offers the conclusions of that GBC Foundational Document. These conclusions establish that Srila Prabhupada's...
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¿Son religiosos los venezolanos?, ¿rezan, van a misa y esperan favores de los santos?, ¿creen en la brujería?, ¿consultan adivinos y astrólogos?, ¿se hacen baños para la suerte y usan amuletos? "De que vuelan, vuelan" es un ensayo sobre los imaginarios religiosos de los venezolanos que intenta llenar un vacío en el estudio sobre las mentalidades de la cultura en nuestro país.
Partiendo de una revisión exhaustiva de los estudios realizados...
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When over 900 followers of the Peoples Temple religious group committed suicide in 1978, they left a legacy of suspicion and fear. Most accounts of this mass suicide describe the members as brainwashed dupes and overlook the Christian and socialist ideals that originally inspired Peoples Temple members. Hearing the Voices of Jonestown restores the individual voices that have been erased so that we can better understand what was created-and destroyed-at...
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With decisions come consequences: some dark and some worthwhile.
Pastor Nolan lights up like a kid on Christmas morning when someone compliments his preaching. Nothing quite touches his soul more than a kindly old woman shaking his hand after church to say, "God really spoke through you today."
Nolan and his high-school-sweetheart wife Faye dedicate their lives to the church-Nolan as a preacher and pastor and Faye fulfilling any duty asked...
94) La Orden Final
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¡EL LIBRO QUE TIENE A LOS GURÚS EN FUGA! "La orden final de Krishnakant Desai ha sido quizás la publicación más influyente después de 1977 en el mundo Vaisnava."- HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami, guru de ISKCON, 12/1/2013 ¿Quién debe iniciar a los discípulos en el Movimiento Hare Krishna? La pureza espiritual y el prestigio general de la Sociedad Internacional para la Conciencia de Krishna (ISKCON, o el Movimiento Hare Krishna) ha sufrido un grave...
95) The Core
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Thousands of people have gone missing around the globe. All people find are letters saying goodbye and a white card with a black circle in the middle.
THE CORE is an organization that goes back millennia. What some call a cult used to be how the world was organized, but through time, and violence, memories have been erased. Now, however, THE CORE is on the rise, and behind it all is a man named Alex.
Every day Alex shares stories of a forgotten...
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"He races to complete their mission against escalating odds--his task made more perilous when he loses his heart. She's determined to defy convention and live a solitary life--until she tastes the reckless pleasure found only in his arms. Drawn together by fate, united by fiery passion, they pursue their shared destiny...one they'll live to see only if they unmask the Black Cobra."--Author's website.
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"High school psychology students will read about what motivates the criminals behind cult murders. After introducing the wide range of cults that exist in the world, this book focuses on those cults that often feature violence, abuse, ritual death, and mass murder. Religious, doomsday, and terrorist cults are just some of the cults covered in this detailed title. Historical accounts of cult murders are followed by descriptions of the psychology of...
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In an era of rapid growth of false religions worldwide, Christians need information they can trust. This comprehensive new edition of the leading book on cults will equip you--no matter your background--to understand and use biblical truth to counter false religions, including many that masquerade as mainstream Christianity. Reflecting the developments in cults and world religions in recent years, this edition, updated by expert Jill Martin Rische...
99) All fall down
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In the midst of a chaotic midnight assembly, Sunshine is forced outside into the darkness. Holding a scrap of paper scrawled with a stranger's name and address, Sunny grasps the hands of her three small children and begins her escape. Liesel Albright has dreamed of starting a family. She never bargained on inheriting one already in progress…or one so deeply damaged. When nineteen-year-old Sunshine appears on the Albrights' doorstep claiming Liesel's...
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"A Wisconsin family grapples with the power and limitations of faith when one of their own falls under the influence of a radical church"--
Lyle Hovde lives a mostly content life in rural Wisconsin with his wife, Peg, daughter, Shiloh, and six-year old grandson, Isaac. After a troubled adolescence, Shiloh has become deeply involved with an extremist church, and the devout pastor courting her is convinced Isaac has the spiritual ability to heal the...