Download or read book Deliver Me From Evil written by Alloma Gilbert and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-01-14 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evan Waller is a monster. He has built a fortune from his willingness to buy and sell anything . . . and anyone. In search of new opportunities, Waller has just begun a new business venture: one that could lead to millions of deaths all over the globe. On Waller's trail is Shaw, the mysterious operative from The Whole Truth, who must prevent Waller from closing his latest deal. Shaw's one chance to bring him down will come in the most unlikely of places: a serene, bucolic village in Provence. But Waller's depravity and ruthlessness go deeper than Shaw knows. And now, there is someone else pursuing Waller in Provence – Reggie Campion, an agent for a secret vigilante group headquartered in a musty old English estate – and she has an agenda of her own. Hunting the same man and unaware of each other's mission, Shaw and Reggie will be caught in a deadly duel of nerve and wits. Deliver Us From Evil is Hitchcockian in its intimate build-up of suspense and filled with the remarkable characters, breathtaking plot turns, and blockbuster finale that are David Baldacci's hallmarks.
Download or read book Get Thee Behind Me Satan Rejecting Evil written by Fr. Kevin E. Mackin OFM and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s no denying the powerful attraction of evil. Pop culture blockbusters like The Exorcist and Rosemary’s Baby, and their many recent successors, are but a snapshot of the appeal. What are the biblical facts about evil, demonic possession, the exorcisms by Jesus? Has the modern-day church downplayed the devil, leaving humans in the lurch? How can everyday folks recognize and avoid the snares of Satan? In “Get Thee behind Me, Satan”: Rejecting Evil, Kevin E. Mackin, OFM, a popular priest and former college president and professor, shares his religious studies as a helpful guide for preachers, catechists, and laypersons. The book offers a unique reader-friendly look at church history, biblical sources and understandings of Satan, exorcisms, the “kingdom of God,” faith formation, and keeping the devil away.
Download or read book Christ Versus Satan in Our Daily Lives written by Robert Spitzer and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual writer, theologian, and philosopher Jesuit Fr. Robert Spitzer tackles the topic of recognizing and overcoming spiritual evil. His focus is the human heart. His goal: our moral and spiritual transformation, which leads to true peace and genuine happiness. The book is divided into two main parts: the realities of God's goodness and of spiritual evil, and recognizing and overcoming diabolical tactics, which range from temptation and deception to the Deadly Sins. Father Spitzer shows readers how to experience God's peace even during times of suffering and persecution. He examines the basics of the spiritual life and Christian mysticism, including the contemplative dimension. He explains the purgative, illuminative, and unitive aspects of spirituality, as well as the Lord's consolation and the passive Dark Night of the Spirit. Father Spitzer provides the biblical and theological background of Jesus' victory over Satan. The author also explores the reality of the Devil, including extraordinary manifestations of diabolic activity such as possession. He recalls the true story of the famous possession case on which the novel and film The Exorcist were based. In the final sections of the book the author explains: how diabolical spiritual forces operate how temptation works, and what to do to defeat it the "deadly sins" and how to overcome them
Download or read book Walking Through Fire written by Vaneetha Rendall Risner and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The astonishing, Job-like story of how an existence filled with loss, suffering, questioning, and anger became a life filled with shocking and incomprehensible peace and joy. Vaneetha Risner contracted polio as an infant, was misdiagnosed, and lived with widespread paralysis. She lived in and out of the hospital for ten years and, after each stay, would return to a life filled with bullying. When she became a Christian, though, she thought things would get easier, and they did: carefree college days, a dream job in Boston, and an MBA from Stanford where she met and married a classmate. But life unraveled. Again. She had four miscarriages. Her son died because of a doctor's mistake. And Vaneetha was diagnosed with post-polio syndrome, meaning she would likely become a quadriplegic. And then her husband betrayed her and moved out, leaving her to raise two adolescent daughters alone. This was not the abundant life she thought God had promised her. But, as Vaneetha discovered, everything she experienced was designed to draw her closer to Christ as she discovered "that intimacy with God in suffering can be breathtakingly beautiful."
Download or read book What Makes a Hero written by Elizabeth Svoboda and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining investigation into the biology and psychology of why we sacrifice for other people Researchers are now applying the lens of science to study heroism for the first time. How do biology, upbringing, and outside influences intersect to produce altruistic and heroic behavior? And how can we encourage this behavior in corporations, classrooms, and individuals? Using dozens of fascinating real-life examples, Elizabeth Svoboda explains how our genes compel us to do good for others, how going through suffering is linked to altruism, and how acting heroic can greatly improve your mental health. She also reveals the concrete things we can do to encourage our most heroic selves to step forward. It’s a common misconception that heroes are heroic just because they’re innately predisposed to be that way. Svoboda shows why it’s not simply a matter of biological hardwiring and how anyone can be a hero if they're committed to developing their heroic potential.
Download or read book A Story of Evil written by Jose Tarin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome, to Hunters World Hunter used to be an average, everyday nobody. Although, many others would probably call him one of the luckiest men in the world, because Hunter had a lot more than most. He had his own car, a well paying job, a newly bought home with a white picket fence, and a beautiful woman that he would one day get to walk down the aisle and call his wife. Yet after a cruel twist of fate while taking a pre-honeymoon vacation, all his luck and everything he had once held dear, was about to be ripped away from him. After coming into contact with an object unlike anything he’d ever seen in this world before, Hunter finds himself now in a situation most frightening as he awakes in prison, handcuffed and chained with no memory of how he got there in the first place. Now emotionally distraught, and with no one else to help him understand, the Devil himself now beckons his son to come home for a very special job.
Download or read book The Devil s Arithmetic written by Jane Yolen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1990-10-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A triumphantly moving book." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder—she's tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village in the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this "Chaya" that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel the mystery, Nazi soldiers come to take everyone in the village away. And only Hannah knows the unspeakable horrors that await. A critically acclaimed novel from multi-award-winning author Jane Yolen. "[Yolen] adds much to understanding the effects of the Holocaust, which will reverberate throughout history, today and tomorrow." —SLJ, starred review "Readers will come away with a sense of tragic history that both disturbs and compels." —Booklist Winner of the National Jewish Book Award An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"
Download or read book Deliver Me From Evil written by Mary Monroe and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when the life you have is not the life you want? Christine Thurman and her husband, Jesse Ray, built a business worth millions and were once deeply in love. But lately J.R. has become obsessed with his empire and Christine feels taken for granted. . .until Wade Eddie Fisher, a bad boy with good looks from Christine's past, comes back to town. Even though Wade is penniless and undependable, he reignites something deep within Christine. Before long she's immersed in a sultry affair, and has devised a plan so risky that it promises to deliver all she could possibly want--or shatter the lives of everyone close to her. . . "With its sexual triangle and triplecrossing plot, Deliver Me From Evil is modern noir." --Akron Beacon Journal "Her wildest and most entertaining novel yet." --Publishers Weekly
Download or read book A Critical and Exegitical Commentary on the Book of Psalms written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Evil Within Me written by Chan Jagatia and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-22 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel is about a boy by the name of Sam Smith and his journey through life. Through the years, Sam comes across more and more hardship; initially not having any contact with his father and then going on to face the passing of his mother. Sam wraps himself in depression with his only comfort blanket coming from a very close group of friends and his girlfriend. On one particular night, whilst engaging in fun activities with his close friends, the group stumble across a hidden artefact in the attic of Sam's house which once belonged to his uncle. The artefact in question is an ancient table, imported from India and hidden deep inside, lays a discarded and long forgotten relic in a shape of a chalice. It is not the chalice which is of significance but the content therein, as it is this content that ultimately and drastically changes the course of circumstances and events the group of friends find themselves in - whereby lives are lost and the test of their friendship comes under constant and severe strain. During the turmoil, an ancient Demon King is set free to roam the world and through it all, via a innocent mistake. A mistake, the group is not so easily allowed to forget as death and catastrophe is rampant. Who will survive? Who will live? Who will die? Will the once close group of friends ever be rid of this sinister and ghastly evil entity? Only time shall tell...
Download or read book The Evil Around Me written by Teresa Gillis and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about a little girl that was abused mentally, verbally, physically and survived and wanted to share this story with anyone that was abused and mistreated in their lives. When you are abused by someone and you think there is no escape. There is always someone around you that loves you and wants to help. And if there is no one you have yourself to love and you can find a way out. You are not alone in this world. With everything she had been through even to this day she does not give up. Yes she could dwell on her past and let that take the best of her and give up. Her advise is never give up no matter how old you are. You are special in so many ways, and you are beautiful, and no one on this world can take that away from you. We are put on this world to love one another and to love ourselves, and to love God.
Download or read book Evil s Fancy written by Ralph Arnote and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 1996-01-15 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willy Hanson, cagey entertainment czar who's seen his share of danger, is in the game again. But this time he's not the quarry, but the hunter. From the glitter of Las Vegas's casinos to the sleaziest dives in New Orleans, from Pacific Coast gin joints to the glitter and danger of Hong Kong, Willy won't rest till he finds his best friend's killer. Up against a gorgeous femme fatale whose turn-ons are kinky sex and murder, and whose partner is a sadistic killer who'd make Charlie Manson proud, Willy's luck may have finally run out. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book The Life Heroic written by Elizabeth Svoboda and published by Zest Books (Tm). This book was released on 2019 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An approachable, research-backed guide that will equip middle grade readers with the tools they need to become everyday heroes.
Download or read book Pastor Evil written by Robert McCabe and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-11-23 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what your real purpose or calling in life is? Wouldn't it be wonderful if you were a prodigy of some type: like a pianist, mathematician, scientist, gifted athlete, or even a priest or pastor. But most of us plod through life doing something we fell into at an early age. Then we gain responsibilities and get stuck in those professions for the rest of our life. Find out what it is like to actually discover your calling in life at a later age and then act upon that calling with all your gathered knowledge and inherited gifts and skills. Robert McCabe spent a lot of his adult life with careers that he fell into for money to support his family. He didn't hate his profession, but he felt there was always something missing. Then one day, after McCabe was semi-retired he was struck by a mental lightning bolt. He suddenly KNEW what his real purpose in life was to be. McCabe goes after that purpose with all his might and skill (The Destruction of True Evil). McCabe learned skills though out his career. They served him very well in the rooting out and destruction of evil beings in the world. He also discovered he possessed hidden gifts to help him with this true purpose in life. Join McCabe and watch what finding your true purpose in life could entail. It is sometimes terrifying and heart wrenching. He MUST always make the right decisions as witness, judge, and executioner of Evil.
Download or read book The Devil In The White City written by Erik Larson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An irresistible page-turner that reads like the most compelling, sleep defying fiction' TIME OUT One was an architect. The other a serial killer. This is the incredible story of these two men and their realization of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, and its amazing 'White City'; one of the wonders of the world. The architect was Daniel H. Burnham, the driving force behind the White City, the massive, visionary landscape of white buildings set in a wonderland of canals and gardens. The killer was H. H. Holmes, a handsome doctor with striking blue eyes. He used the attraction of the great fair - and his own devilish charms - to lure scores of young women to their deaths. While Burnham overcame politics, infighting, personality clashes and Chicago's infamous weather to transform the swamps of Jackson Park into the greatest show on Earth, Holmes built his own edifice just west of the fairground. He called it the World's Fair Hotel. In reality it was a torture palace, a gas chamber, a crematorium. These two disparate but driven men are brought to life in this mesmerizing, murderous tale of the legendary Fair that transformed America and set it on course for the twentieth century . . .
