Download or read book Apocalypse Rising Episode 3 of 4 written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apocalypse is Now The third story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. The year is AD 2125. After apostasy rises in the Christian Remnant and the Republic unleashes a murderous campaign of persecution against the Church—the world as we know it takes an apocalyptic turn: End times events rise to a fevered pitch of mayhem that forces Christians to make sense of the Great Tribulation—and confront a new normal that threatens it all. But there is hope. For Alexander Zarruq and Rebekah Kony are on the verge of retrieving the memory marker at the heart of Christianity: the Nicene Creed. Except their mission and the Creed itself are threatened in ways unimagined after opening the portal to the past. Will they find within themselves the courage to confront the threats and save the future faith from the consequences of time travel? Meanwhile, John Mark Ford and his crew are trapped in the Neutral Zone seeking intel from the ruins of the Order of Thaddeus—but then the unthinkable happens. The Fourth and Fifth Trumpets unleash a new wave of God’s judgment that ratchets up the stakes. Not only for preserving the remnant Church, but bringing Christ’s salvation to unbelieving Solterra before the world ends at the hands of a demonic invasion. Will the Remnant succeed in retrieving what the Church needs to survive the Great Tribulation and save the world during these dark, apocalyptic times? Devour the next episode to find out in the thrilling follow-up season to the celebrated Apostasy Rising that readers agree is “Great reading and relevant in today’s times”! End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.
Download or read book Antichrist Rising Episode 3 of 4 written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2023-03-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resistance Is the Only Way The third story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. Pre-order now and receive delivering October 1, 2023! The Antichrist has risen. Prepare for the beginning of the end. Antichrist Rising is the climactic end to the explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Friends will die under torturous persecution. Lovers will be separated and find the unexpected. Survival will hinge on the Resistance, which is the only way during these last days. The only way to remain faithful, to find victory in the face of overwhelming odds. To survive until Jesus returns to fight the final fight. The ultimate, climactic battle between good and evil. Between Christ and Antichrist. And you will have a front seat for it all — diving into the depths of what it means to live not by lies, to take up your cross and follow Christ in these last days, to Resist in the face of overwhelming odds. End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.
Download or read book Apocalypse Rising Episode 4 of 4 written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apocalypse is Now The final story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels. The year is AD 2125. End time events have risen to a fevered pitch of catastrophic mayhem—forcing Christians to make sense of the Great Tribulation and confront a new normal that threatens it all. Then the unthinkable happens. Something foretold but all-together unbelievable. A paranormal power is unleashed with the Sixth Trumpet that promises something far more sinister and terrifying than has ever visited Earth. Something mysterious, something ancient that has remained in the shadows of biblical memory from the dawn of time. An alien demonic force ratcheting the stakes to a mind-blowing degree. Which not only anticipates the coming Antichrist and its horror. But also threatens all that one faithful Remnant holds dear—putting everything on the line and revealing just how eternally threatening the stakes really are. Alexander Zarruq and John Mark Ford must uncover the mystery and retrieve the Church’s suffering memory if Ichthus and Solterra has any chance of survival. But forces far more dangerous and powerful than the Church has faced stand in the way. And when the Republic does something no one expected—all seems lost. Will the Ichthus Remnant succeed in retrieving what the Church needs to survive the Great Tribulation and save the world from an eternal, hellish fate? Devour the final episode to find out in the epic follow-up season to the celebrated Apostasy Rising that readers agree is “Great reading and relevant in today’s times”! Then get ready in 2022 for Antichrist Rising—the thrilling Season 3 conclusion that ushers in Christ’s glorious return. End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.
Download or read book Apocalypse Rising Episode 2 of 4 written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apocalypse is Now The second story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. The year is AD 2125. After apostasy rises in the remnant of Christianity and the Republic launches a murderous campaign of persecution against the Church—the unthinkable happens: The Seven Trumpets from the Book of Revelation begin to blast, ushering in a rising apocalypse with Christians fighting to make sense of it all. But there is hope. For Alexander Zarruq and Rebekah Kony travel back in time to the Council of Nicaea to retrieve the memory at the heart of the Christian faith: the Nicene Creed. Its defense of Jesus’ divine status and saving death are what the Church need to remain faithful during these dark, apocalyptic times. Yet a series of bewildering events threaten not only their mission—but introduce a menacing turn that could alter future Christianity itself. They must solve these mysterious events in order to preserve the memory of the Creed and safeguard the future faith—but the outcome is uncertain. Not only that, John Mark Ford and his crew search for the mysterious Order of Thaddeus Remnant and witnesses the devastation wrought by the Second Trumpet blast—leading to an unexpected twist and a new mission that takes the Ichthus Resistance into the heart of the Republic to preserve the Church—and save the world. Will they succeed in retrieving what the Church needs to survive the Great Tribulation? Devour the next episode to find out in the thrilling follow-up season to the celebrated "Apostasy Rising" that readers agree is “Great reading and relevant in today’s times”! End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.
Download or read book Apostasy Rising Episode 4 of 4 written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Church's Future Is History. The final book in the epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more! The year is 2123. The citizens of the world have united. Peace, prosperity, and progress reign supreme. Rising apostasy threatens to consume Ichthus, the last remnant of Christianity. And the Church's most chaotic hour since the Protestant Reformation is about to dawn. In this final episode of the epic story of rising apostasy within the Church, the remnant of Christianity faces its most dire hour with threats from outside rising to a fevered pitch as Solterra Republic makes its true intentions known and felt across the world. Racing against the clock of destruction is a band of faithful followers who put it all on the line to help fight for the Church and safeguard her future. Traveling back in time once again to retrieve the past, only to risk it all, the finale culminates in a reveal so personal and unbelievable that readers will be eagerly anticipating the next season with bated breath—Antichrist Rising. Will the future Church survive forces threatening her from inside and out? Will Ichthus retrieve from history what it needs to survive the future? And will ordinary believers rise to do the impossible when the Church needs them most? End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith. Finish the adventure with the final episode in the epic 4-part series by bestselling author J. A. Bouma about the future Church under siege.
Download or read book Antichrist Rising Episode 4 of 4 written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2023-04-16 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resistance Is the Only Way The final story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. Pre-order now and receive delivering December 1, 2023! The Antichrist has risen. Prepare for the beginning of the end. Antichrist Rising is the climactic end to the explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Friends will die under torturous persecution. Lovers will be separated and find the unexpected. Survival will hinge on the Resistance, which is the only way during these last days. The only way to remain faithful, to find victory in the face of overwhelming odds. To survive until Jesus returns to fight the final fight. The ultimate, climactic battle between good and evil. Between Christ and Antichrist. And you will have a front seat for it all — diving into the depths of what it means to live not by lies, to take up your cross and follow Christ in these last days, to Resist in the face of overwhelming odds. End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.
Download or read book Apostasy Rising Episode 1 of 4 written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Church's Future Is History. The first story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more! The year is 2123. The citizens of the world have united. Peace, prosperity, and progress reign supreme. Rising apostasy threatens to consume Ichthus, the last remnant of Christianity. And the Church's most chaotic hour since the Protestant Reformation is about to dawn. Standing at the center is a broken parish priest whose faith in the future of the Church is beginning to fray. When news breaks of Christian leaders dismantling the faith, Father Alexander Zarruq receives a mysterious visitor bearing an urgent request from a former mentor that turns his world upside down. What's more: An old friend makes history discovering what may be the Church's only hope—time travel. Will the future Church survive forces threatening her from inside and out? Will Ichthus retrieve from history what it needs to survive the future? And will ordinary believers rise to do the impossible when the Church needs them most? End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.
Download or read book Apostasy Rising Episode 2 of 4 written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Church's future is history. The second book in a four-episode, binge-worthy story season released monthly, told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more! The year is 2123. The citizens of the world have united. Peace, prosperity, and progress reign supreme. Rising apostasy threatens to consume Ichthus, the last remnant of Christianity. And the Church's most chaotic hour since the Protestant Reformation has dawned with the dissolution of the faith and creation of a one-world religious assembly, Panligo. Standing at the center in this second episode continuing the epic story is a broken parish priest whose faith in the future of the Church is beginning to fray—and whose life has just been decimated by an act of terror. Only questions swirl around who perpetrated the act of persecuting violence. And evidence begins to surface of an old nemesis of Ichthus rising from the shadows to once again bring the Church to its knees. The only hope for Christianity's future survival seems to be a lost religious order, and discovering its beginning and end means traveling back in time to visit one of Christ's apostles. Will the future Church survive forces threatening her from inside and out? Will Ichthus retrieve from history what it needs to survive the future? And will ordinary believers rise to do the impossible when the Church needs them most? End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith. Continue the adventure with episode 2 in the epic 4-part series by bestselling author J. A. Bouma about the future Church under siege.
Download or read book Antichrist Rising Episode 2 of 4 written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2023-03-10 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resistance Is the Only Way The second story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. Pre-order now and receive delivering August 1, 2023! The Antichrist has risen. Prepare for the beginning of the end. Antichrist Rising is the climactic end to the explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Friends will die under torturous persecution. Lovers will be separated and find the unexpected. Survival will hinge on the Resistance, which is the only way during these last days. The only way to remain faithful, to find victory in the face of overwhelming odds. To survive until Jesus returns to fight the final fight. The ultimate, climactic battle between good and evil. Between Christ and Antichrist. And you will have a front seat for it all — diving into the depths of what it means to live not by lies, to take up your cross and follow Christ in these last days, to Resist in the face of overwhelming odds. End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.
Download or read book Apocalypse Rising Episode 3 of 4 written by J. Bouma and published by Emmausway Press. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apocalypse is Now The third story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. The year is AD 2125. After apostasy rises in the Christian Remnant and the Republic unleashes a murderous campaign of persecution against the Church-the world as we know it takes an apocalyptic turn: End times events rise to a fevered pitch of mayhem that forces Christians to make sense of the Great Tribulation-and confront a new normal that threatens it all. But there is hope. For Alexander Zarruq and Rebekah Kony are on the verge of retrieving the memory marker at the heart of Christianity: the Nicene Creed. Except their mission and the Creed itself are threatened in ways unimagined after opening the portal to the past. Will they find within themselves the courage to confront the threats and save the future faith from the consequences of time travel? Meanwhile, John Mark Ford and his crew are trapped in the Neutral Zone seeking intel from the ruins of the Order of Thaddeus-but then the unthinkable happens. The Fourth and Fifth Trumpets unleash a new wave of God's judgment that ratchets up the stakes. Not only for preserving the remnant Church, but bringing Christ's salvation to unbelieving Solterra before the world ends at the hands of a demonic invasion. Will the Remnant succeed in retrieving what the Church needs to survive the Great Tribulation and save the world during these dark, apocalyptic times? Devour the next episode to find out in the thrilling follow-up season to the celebrated Apostasy Rising that readers agree is "Great reading and relevant in today's times"! Ichthus Chronicles is an explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home-inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days-offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.
Download or read book A Refined Faith written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2024-09-06 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HOLD
Download or read book Deliver Us From Evil written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2024-03-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stand Against the Darkness Fans of the supernatural, get ready! Group X is back with their most harrowing case yet. Brace yourself for a suspenseful mystery that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about reality itself. Elijah Fox and Gina Anderson, seasoned investigators of the enigmatic Group X, never anticipated the sinister turn their personal lives would take. What begins as just another day at the Church’s investigative agency soon spirals into a deadly game of shadows and secrets. When two figures from their past resurface with haunting pleas for help in chilling missing person cases, Elijah and Gina are thrust into a cat-and-mouse dance with darkness where reality blurs with the supernatural. As they delve deeper, they unearth a web of secrets pointing to a cosmic conspiracy that stretches back to the dawn of time itself. But with every revelation comes a new peril, as malevolent forces and long-forgotten horrors conspire to veil the truth. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, Elijah and Gina must summon every ounce of courage and cunning, faith and fortitude to unravel mysteries that shroud their world in shadows. Dark and gritty with touches of humanity and humor, this heart-pounding tale will leave you breathless in this collision of reality and nightmare. Perfect for fans of Frank Peretti and Dean Koontz, this briskly paced supernatural suspense mystery offers a chilling glimpse into the abyss where unseen forces shape our reality, but Christ’s power and Christian faith ultimately triumph. Devour this gripping journey into the heart of our disenchanted age deceived by an ancient promise straight from the pit of hell itself!
Download or read book Till Death Us Depart written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Wedding Ever Goes According to Plan. Especially when SEPIO Is Getting Hitched! The big day has finally arrived: Silas Grey and Celeste Bourne are going to be joined together in holy matrimony. But things don't exactly go according to plan. Both before and during their wedding. And when an enemy shows up unannounced and uninvited, things go from bad to worse in no time flat—threatening all they hold dear. Will Silas and Celeste find their happily ever after? Find out in this romantic suspense novella throwing them into an unexpected, pulse-pounding ride that puts the death clause in their vows to an early test!
Download or read book Hostile Takeover written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2025-01-02 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gideon O'Donnell is your typical Midwest lawyer with city-high hopes crashing into small-town reality. Bootstrapping his practice, with two associates wanting more? Check. Nearly broke, with his landlord squawking for back rent and Consumer Energy ready to shut off his lights? Double check! Picking through the courthouse trash defending drunk drivers, murderers, and other lowlifes — wheeling and dealing anyway he can to get his client off? Wouldn't be a small-town lawyer any other way! Except those days are almost over with the case of Gideon's career nearly ready to go to trial with the promise of a major payday. Those days are also numbered. Not only are those broke, bootstrapping days catching up to him, with his renegade ways skirting the respectable side of the law ticking off the wrong people. Tragedy strikes close to home — threatening his case with him in the crosshairs of justice. But all is not what it seems. When this small-town lawyer meets big-time threats, the story roars to life — catapulting Gideon and his team into local, national, and global stakes that threaten his town, his family, and everything he has worked for his entire life. This briskly paced story combines unexpected twists and entwines the storylines of those closest to him to weave a page-turning legal drama with a shocking conclusion and compelling, real-world implications that will leave you breathless. Hostile Takeover is the first standalone full-length Mill Creek Junction novel and the start of stories with small-town renegade lawyer Gideon O'Donnell who must solve his most personal case yet. His own.
Download or read book Silas Grey Religious Conspiracy Archaeological Thriller Collection Deadly Hope Fallen Ones The Eden Legacy written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on with total page 1445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 3 Bestselling Religious Conspiracy Archaeological Thrillers for 40% off Full Price DEADLY HOPE A Strange Blessing. A Mysterious Contagion. Is There Hope for Humanity? In a race to save humanity and the faith, SEPIO needs to unravel the mystery of the strange blessings to find a cure and offer the world hope—catapulting them into another action-packed adventure with an unexpected ending. FALLEN ONES An Ancient Conspiracy. A Modern Phenomenon. A Shocking Revelation about the Universe. A political conspiracy stretching back half a century threatens to embroil the Order of Thaddeus with alarming implications—for America, the world, and the Church. The stakes explode when an archaeological site yields a discovery that unveils unsettling questions about human existence. When new insights from the Bible unveil shocking revelations, SEPIO must unravel the conspiracy with ancient roots leading to a modern phenomenon. THE EDEN LEGACY A mythic Garden. A Tree of power. Bones with a divine legacy. In a race against a menacing force Christianity has been holding at bay for generations, Silas and SEPIO must find Eden and our ancestors’ relics before a wicked power is unleashed upon humanity. Will they find Eden in time and recover our ancestor’s legacy before both are leveraged for evil? Join three epic adventures in the bestselling archaeological religious thriller series fans say is “a great read, fun, thrilling” and “recommended highly to anyone” — with “a lot of suspense and plot twists” and written “in a way that the story and characters are absolutely believable!” As one reader says: "If you like the sigma force novels by James Rollins or Steve Berry's Cotton Malone series you might like this series. It provides plenty of rollicking action adventure while also giving insights into the Christian faith."
Download or read book A Reimagined Faith written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Purchase includes a free online course on faith*** What do you do when the faith you’ve always known no longer makes sense? That’s the haunting, confusing, unexpected question confronting twentysomething Peter Daniel Young after a friend doubts whether Christianity makes sense of life and has anything to offer. More troublesome yet: the right Christian answers Peter was trained to give since childhood are for questions no one is even asking—including his friend, and even himself. Which leaves him questioning what he’s always believed — leading to a crisis of faith the likes of which he has never before experienced. While not abandoning his childhood faith, Peter launches into a journey of exploration and discovery, reimagining faith for his world and questioning what the essence of the Christian message is in the first place. Along the way, he is confronted by rising doubts, encouraged by friends new and old, questioned by those close to him, and challenged to own his faith for himself. What he discovers is all at once terrifying and thrilling — for this story is the drama of his faith’s death and rebirth. Written in the self-discovery style of John Green’s coming of age stories, with shades of such classics as C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity and John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, J. A. Bouma’s tale is the first story in a fresh, insightful spiritual coming of age series for a new generation wondering if the Christianity they’ve always known still matters in these dynamic times — and whether there might be something more to help make sense of life. Drawing from his own spiritual journey as a young adult, Bouma writes a stirring fable of resonance and truth for those wrestling with deep questions of faith, life, and everything in between. Whether you are facing your own crisis of faith and wondering whether Christianity still matters, or you know someone who is struggling themselves, discover along with Peter what the Christian message means for him, his family and friends, his life in the Church — and for you.
Download or read book Templars Rising written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A legend 900 years in the making rises again to protect the Church The day before Easter 1119, 700 unarmed Jerusalem Christian pilgrims were savagely attacked by Muslims from two nearby cities. Three hundred were slaughtered, sixty more were taken as slaves—and nine men rose to avenge their deaths and pledge their lives to "the defense of Jerusalem and the protection of pilgrims." The Knights Templar, robed in white with crimson crosses and armed to protect Christians from threatening persecution. Nine hundred years later, a series of similar devastating, coordinated attacks leaves the Church reeling during Holy Week—and bewildered by the possibility that the legendary Knights of Christ have risen from the shadows of legend into the light of activation. When the Order of Thaddeus, ancient defender of the Christian faith, is embroiled in the mayhem without any answers, SEPIO launches its most harrowing operation yet—to not only protect the Church and bring the perpetrators to justice, but to confront the mysterious men in white avenging Christian persecution once again. Templars Rising is a story of faith and persecution, vengeance and martyrdom that leverages the familiar conspiracy suspense of Dan Brown, the special-ops muscle of James Rollins's Sigma Force novels, and the historical insight of Steve Berry's Cotton Malone series—delivering an explosive religious thriller that abandons Hollywood-style Templar conspiracies for the remarkable historical truth behind the ancient religious order. In a truly original story ripped from the unreported headlines chronicling the horrifying persecution of the worldwide Church, J. A. Bouma combines fact, faith, and fiction like few contemporary religious storytellers—weaving an adventurous, action-packed page-turner with a compelling, inspiring message for believers and non-believers alike about the nature of faith and ones unashamed commitment to it—even unto death. Grab the 6th book in the bestselling religious suspense series readers say offers a "highly entertaining" and "compelling read"!