Download or read book Defending the Defenseless written by Allie Phillips and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2011-10-16 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you love cats, dogs and other pets? Do you want to do more to help protect and advocate for these pets, but don't know where to start? Defending the Defenseless is for anyone who wants to join a growing crusade to bring animal protection to its rightful place in a civilized society, to protect animals from harm inflicted by humans, and allow them to live happily in an environment that appreciates their unique qualities. Regardless of career or lifestyle, anyone can become an advocate for pets in a growing movement to defend the defenseless. This book guides readers through the variety of ways they can help companion animals and offers practical tips to get involved, from donating money to volunteering at animal shelters, from opposing animal experimentation to raising children to protect animals. Defending the Defenseless is perfect for anyone who loves animals and is seeking guidance on how to get involved.
Download or read book Defend the Defenseless written by Arese Carrington and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-18 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defending Life written by Francis J. Beckwith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-13 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defending Life is arguably the most comprehensive defense of the pro-life position on abortion - morally, legally, and politically - that has ever been published in an academic monograph. It offers a detailed and critical analysis of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey as well as arguments by those who defend a Rawlsian case for abortion-choice, such as J. J. Thomson. The author defends the substance view of persons as the view with the most explanatory power. The substance view entails that the unborn is a subject of moral rights from conception. While defending this view, the author responds to the arguments of thinkers such as Boonin, Dworkin, Stretton, Ford and Brody. He also critiques Thomson's famous violinist argument and its revisions by Boonin and McDonagh. Defending Life includes chapters critiquing arguments found in popular politics and the controversy over cloning and stem cell research.
Download or read book Patriotism written by Igor Primoratz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic and cultural globalization and the worldwide threat of terrorism have contributed to the resurgence of patriotic loyalty in many parts of the world and made the issues it raises highly topical. This collection of new essays by philosophers and political theorists engages with a wide range of conceptual, moral and political questions raised by the current revival of patriotism. It displays both similarities and differences between patriotism and nationalism, and considers the proposal of Habermas and others to disconnect the two. Ideal as a supplementary reader for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in politics/political science especially in political theory, contemporary political ideologies and nationalism and in philosophy for courses on applied ethics and political philosophy.
Download or read book For Life written by John Bornschein and published by Kirkdale Press. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We are one nation under God, and a nation that is under God must defend life at all stages-young and old alike." John Bornschein was an almost-aborted child. Abortion isn't an abstract political argument--it's about life and death for individuals. In For Life Bornschein shares his story and calls the church to defend the defenseless. Exploring Scripture and history, he equips you with the baseline and background knowledge you need to stand boldly on our culture's front lines to protect life at all stages. A special section from the Family Research Council provides you with essential information for engaging others about the issues of abortion and defending your position.
Download or read book Contemporary Just War written by Tamar Meisels and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a renewed defense of traditional just war theory and considers its application to certain contemporary cases, particularly in the Middle East. The first part of the book addresses and responds to the central theoretical criticisms levelled at traditional just war theory. It offers a detailed defense of civilian immunity, the moral equality of soldiers and the related dichotomy between jus ad bellum and jus in bello, and argues that these principles taken together amount to a morally coherent ethics of war. In this sense this project is traditional (or "orthodox"). In another sense, however, it is highly relevant to the modern world. While the first part of the book defends the just war tradition against its revisionist critics, the second part applies it to an array of timely issues: civil war, economic warfare, excessive harm to civilians, pre-emptive military strikes, and state-sponsored assassination, which require applying just war theory in practice. This book sets out to reaffirm the basic tenets of the traditional ethics of war and to lend them further moral support, subsequently applying them to a variety of practical issues. This book will be of great interest to students of just war theory, ethics, security studies, war and conflict studies, and IR in general.
Download or read book Me Versus Me written by Milola Charles and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young girl, going to church was the norm for my siblings and me. As I began to get older, I realized that going to church was no longer just enough because I realized that they were some deep-rooted issues I was struggling with that weren't properly addressed in the church, if at all. With no one to talk to and no resources available at the time, I struggled in silence The church needs to return to the place that recognizes the importance of being a hospital to those who are spiritually sick, not a place of judgment. It should be a place where people can bring their internal struggles and conflicts to receive healing. There are too many young Christian youths who are battling with obstacles--such as lust, masturbation, greed, loneliness, and so much more--with no platform to which they feel safe to turn to. There are also too many Christian parents who have unintentionally created blinders in their children's lives that they don't realize some of the things that their kids are struggling with. This book is not for the faint at heart. For those who are "too spiritual," be warned! It's biblical. It's the raw and the uncut truth of what your Christian teen or adult goes through. Proverbs 28:13 states, "You will not succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you." In order to be free from anything, you must first acknowledge and then confess your secret. If you are trying to strengthen your relationship with God but you are still struggling with your trashy, fleshly desire to commit sin, then this book, Me Versus Me: The Struggle to Be Your Better Self, is for you.
Download or read book The Pursuit of God with Study Guide written by A. W. Tozer and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes the voices that speak most clearly in the present are those that echo from the past. So it is in this Christian classic by the late pastor and evangelist A. W. Tozer. In The Pursuit of God, Tozer brings the mystics to bear on modern spirituality, grieving the hustle and bustle and calling for a slow, steady gaze upon God. With prophetic vigor and flowing prose, he urges us to replace low thoughts of God with lofty ones, to quiet our lives so we can know God’s presence. He reminds us that life apart from God is really no life at all. Tozer's bestseller, this book has been called "one of the all-time most inspirational books" by a panel of Christian magazine writers. And with this study guide, ideal for group or individual use, reflection and discussion questions will help you internalize the content and apply it to your life.
Download or read book The Templars written by Barbara Frale and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the powerful medieval military order, based on the author's discovery of the long-lost Inquisition transcript of their trial, traces their rise and fall against centuries of war, religious fervor, and power struggles.
Download or read book Mind Realignment for Excellence written by Manzoor R. Massey and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have known Dr. Massey for a number of years. During that time, he had quietly and consistently completed an amazing number of incredible humanitarian projects while conducting a very successful professional life. While serving as the school superintendent of the largest K-8 public school system in California, I asked him how he found the time and resources to help so many of the children in my district. Mind Realignment Naked Secrets for Building a Better You is his answer to my question. It is a remarkable collection of thought and advice intended to unleash the power within you. I have met many people who enrich the world through serving their fellow man. But very few have succeeded in accomplishing the goals that they set for themselves and almost no one sets the bar as high as Dr. Massey. I urge you to read this book. I will be applying its message chapter by chapter, day by day to my own life and work. Dr. Massey is a tough act to follow, but he has left a trail for us to take, if we will only aspire to making the world a better place. The Honorable Jean Fuller, PhD. State of California Assembly Member, 32nd District If you are looking for practical wisdom, incisive insight, hearty encouragement and wisdom both current and past, look no further! Drawing widely from many sources as well as using his own pen, Manzoor Massey has provided us all with what we much need wisdom for life. This book will, no doubt, bless and inspire and challenge and change you. Randall L. Roberts, Senior Pastor Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California Practical, simple, but provocative tool to realign the minds of all who are willing to part with their unproductive past and experience a more rewarding future. Dr. Massey was vice-president of my corporation. I requested him to apply the wisdom of his book to train my executive teams. If heeded, this book will build better families, better communities and better businesses. Jose Arredondo, Businessman Bakersfield, California Dr. Massey has written an empowering, uplifting, and inspiring book for us all. Through his many years of experience and study, he has compiled a wealth of valuable wisdom, and he has graciously passed them on to us. I whole-heartedly recommend that you read this book with an open heart and mind and get ready for real nuggets of truth that apply to real life, and can be transformational! Pastor James Ranger Bakersfield New Life Center Dr. Massey is a keen student of human behavior and its impact on life. In Mind Realignment for Excellence he presents succinct and practical advice for rebuilding your life. Best of all, it illustrates and advocates balance the very quality that is so easily lost in the juggling of competing priorities that form our daily agendas. The book's format is best suited for the baby-boomer - iPod generation. Lowell C. Cooper, General Vice President General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Washington D. C. Dr. Massey's Mind Realignment Naked Secrets for Building a Better You is to the serious person what the power-bar is to the devoted athlete. It is full of succinct and powerful statements packed with energy. All it takes to fall upon a pearl of wisdom is to just open a page and look anywhere and it lands on the bull's eye each time. The reflection given to digest it, and the effort spent in applying it, is bound to be rewarded with lasting inner healing. Devadas Moses, MD, DrPH. Loma Linda, California
Download or read book Nonviolent Word written by J. Denny Weaver and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-02-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book displays how the nonviolent Word of God made visible in Jesus Christ is expressed in the contemporary idiom of the peaceable grain of the universe. Moving between historic Anabaptist understandings of Jesus as revealing the “Word of God” and more recent expressions of Jesus as disclosing the “grain of the universe,” the book invites a reading of Scripture centered in Jesus’ life and teachings as told by the narratives of the New Testament. This approach to the Bible discovers there a persuasive witness to the power of nonviolent action in both historic movements and contemporary settings. Beginning with the radical wing European Reformation, the book explores how new understandings of biblical authority expressed in the language of that era have relevance now over five centuries later when stated in a contemporary language for evangelical, ecumenical, and anti-racist Christian witness. To that end, chapters in Part One explore how Reformation-era Anabaptists expanded or went beyond the received understandings of Scripture and Word in confronting their crises. In Part Two the chapters apply this expanded understanding of the Word to contemporary understandings of the Bible and theology, dialogue across black-white lines, and in nonviolent witness and activism.
Download or read book The Joy of the Gospel written by Pope Francis and published by Image. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect gift! A specially priced, beautifully designed hardcover edition of The Joy of the Gospel with a foreword by Robert Barron and an afterword by James Martin, SJ. “The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus… In this Exhortation I wish to encourage the Christian faithful to embark upon a new chapter of evangelization marked by this joy, while pointing out new paths for the Church’s journey in years to come.” – Pope Francis This special edition of Pope Francis's popular message of hope explores themes that are important for believers in the 21st century. Examining the many obstacles to faith and what can be done to overcome those hurdles, he emphasizes the importance of service to God and all his creation. Advocating for “the homeless, the addicted, refugees, indigenous peoples, the elderly who are increasingly isolated and abandoned,” the Holy Father shows us how to respond to poverty and current economic challenges that affect us locally and globally. Ultimately, Pope Francis demonstrates how to develop a more personal relationship with Jesus Christ, “to recognize the traces of God’s Spirit in events great and small.” Profound in its insight, yet warm and accessible in its tone, The Joy of the Gospel is a call to action to live a life motivated by divine love and, in turn, to experience heaven on earth. Includes a foreword by Robert Barron, author of Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith and James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage
Download or read book Brother Prodigal written by Mike DePaoli and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-09-19 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brother Prodigal, Book One of the Fifteen, introduces The Fifteen, named so by its people, the Dan, because it was divided at the time of the Two Covenants by the Myelara, beings of power and patrons of the Dan. It is the Myelara who discover a grave prophecy that hints at evil on the horizon, but have no idea what it means until they, who thought they were immortal, discover they are being hunted when one of them is murdered. Meanwhile, the Famar, the demons of Nithafell, thought to have been banished over two thousand years ago, emerge from the bodies of men and women sacrificed to the Demon Queen by her worshippers, the Prodigals, and stalk The Fifteen again in ever-increasing numbers, threatening the lives of the Dan and The Fifteen itself. Nicodemus MacAndruis, newly knighted Justiciar, and Theisis Whisperain, blind priestess and his childhood friend, discover this threat when they discover a body sacrificed to the Demon Queen, and when Pentegarn, Nicodemus' older brother, comes back into his life after ten years without a word. Pentegarn is now one of the Faer Danor, wielders of magic feared and despised in The Fifteen, because they are often mistaken for those they hunt, the Prodigals. Pentegarn is after the one responsible for sacrificing the body they found, and he draws Nicodemus and Theisis with him to find the enemy, across a landscape crawling with demons. And when they do find him, they find he was distracting them from something far worse.
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Download or read book The Savvy Mom s Guide to Sons written by Tina Krause and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Savvy Mom’s Guide to Sons will encourage your faith, challenge you spiritually, and give you real-life advice on how to parent boys with wisdom and confidence. Biblically-based advice will equip you to guide your boys in the Christian faith—plus, you’ll encounter some humorous, common-sense tips along the way. Each of these 101 accessible chapters wraps up with thought-provoking quotations and questions, making The Savvy Mom’s Guide a perfect book to read alone or with other mothers of sons.
Download or read book Stalked and Defenseless written by Nikki Goeser and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Nikki Goeser it was a day like any other ... with one exception. Her husband, Ben, had only 16 hours to live. On that fateful day in Tennessee, the man she loved would be murdered by a demented and evil coward who was stalking her. In compliance with state law, Nikki had left her legal firearm locked in the car. With the help of legislatively created pistol free zones, one evil man gunned down Nikki's husband as she was forced to look on, alone, defenseless and disarmed by an ill-conceived law designed to protect her. Read this inspiring story of courage through remorse, as one woman struggles to seek justice for the man she loves. Follow Nikki Goeser as she fights to ensure that others are never held victim to the same terrible fate.
Download or read book The Gutsy Girl s Devotional written by Marian Leslie and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are You. . . Gutsy? Courageous? Fearless? Bold? . . . The truth is, when you have the Courage-Giver Himself by your side, you can live each day fear-free. With each turn of the page, you'll encounter topics like: Trust, Speaking Up, Prayer, Protection, God's Presence, God's Plan, God's Promises, Faith, Wisdom, and more. Every reading is overflowing with practical, powerful, biblical wisdom! Includes: --6 months' worth of inspiration and encouragement! --a complete scripture index
