Download or read book Temptation written by Tony Martin II and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We face all different types of temptations daily as Christians. How successful are you in these temptations? What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses? Paul writes to the church at Corinth under the influence of the Holy Spirit that “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it” (1 Corinthians 10:13). James gives us a solution to our temptations when he states “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). What does it mean to submit? What does it mean to resist? The answers are waiting for you inside.

Download or read book Temptations written by Jessica T. Rogers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-07-13 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derek Caruthers has just hired a young, gifted and handsome musician, Ahmad, to help lure younger members to the church. Ahmad is irresistible to the ladies, except for Melanie, Derek's assistant, who has finally decided to confess her love for him. When it looks like Derek's best friend and secret love interest, Mary, may be falling for Ahmad, Derek tries to support their budding romance. But avoiding his true feelings gives place to dangerous temptations. Old wounds are reopened and secrets are revealed in this alluring sequel to By the Grace.

Download or read book Temptations written by David Pinski and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-07-29 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Temptations by David Pinski is a thought-provoking and evocative work that delves into the complexities of human desires and moral choices. Pinski, known for his insightful and often controversial storytelling, presents a narrative that challenges readers to confront their own values and the nature of temptation. The novel explores the lives of its characters as they navigate a web of moral dilemmas, personal ambitions, and ethical conflicts. Through a series of richly developed scenarios, Pinski examines how individuals grapple with their innermost desires and the consequences of their actions on themselves and those around them. Temptations is celebrated for its deep psychological insight and its exploration of the human condition. Pinski’s writing is marked by its intensity and complexity, offering readers a compelling look at the darker aspects of human nature and the often ambiguous nature of right and wrong. With its focus on the moral struggles faced by its characters, Temptations provides a reflective and engaging read for those interested in literature that probes the intricacies of human behavior and the impact of personal choices. Pinski’s masterful narrative invites readers to examine their own beliefs and the universal challenges of temptation and morality.

Download or read book Tempted and Tried written by Russell Moore and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2011-03-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although temptation is a common and well-acknowledged part of the human experience, few realize the truth behind temptation and fewer still know how to defeat it. Tempted and Tried will not reassure Christians by claiming that temptation is less powerful or less prevalent than it is; instead, it will prepare believers for battle by telling the truth about the cosmic war that is raging. Moore shows that the temptation of every Christian is part of a broader conspiracy against God, a conspiracy that confronts everyone who shares the flesh of Jesus through human birth and especially confronts those who share the Spirit of Christ through the new birth of redemption. Moore walks readers through the Devil's ancient strategies for temptation revealed in Jesus' wilderness testing. Moore considers how those strategies might appear in a contemporary context and points readers to a way of escape. Tempted and Tried will remind Christians that temptation must be understood in terms of warfare, encouraging them with the truth that victory has already been secured through the triumph of Christ.

Download or read book Temptations written by Alexander Verlangen and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2024-10-26 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oliver knows what he saw. Blood-splattered walls and a werewolf fleeing from the scene of the crime. His infuriating roommate Lucian agrees to help with the investigation. Lucian knows the supernatural is nonsense. A twisting crime leaves Oliver and Lucian in danger and dependent on one another. The only problem is they’ve spent much of their time together hating one another. Heated arguments, contentious plots, and endless insults. With their lives on the line, will they be able to keep themselves alive and discover their passion for one another?

Download or read book Temptations written by David Pinski and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Times Trials and Temptations written by Frances S. Ipock and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-05 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Bio I am one of six children born in Richlands, N.C. I love writing songs. I love painting. I love singing and I love my children and my husband. I'm writing my life story because I want to make a difference with my life by letting others know even you are handicap you can still feel loved, successful. even maybe admired. I wanted to leave my family with a legacy of my achievements in life by being a fighter. I'm dedicating this to the memory of my husband. God bless whoever reads this book. Synopsis Here is a story about a teenager, Abby Franks, and her best friend, Judy Watson, and the times they have, and the trials they go through, and the temptations that they deal with. Now that they have met Bobby Fairfield, and Jimmy Worley life is much more interesting and very exciting. Not only are they trying to finish school but the hot summer days and being tempted to try to have a good time and not go too far is impossible. When Bobby looks at Abby she can feel her heart flutter. She finds it so hard to be what her parents is expecting of her. Her friend is her escape for someone to confide in and have an excuse to go and see Bobby.

Download or read book Rock Paper Scissors written by Len Fisher and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praised by Entertainment Weekly as “the man who put the fizz into physics,” Dr. Len Fisher turns his attention to the science of cooperation in his lively and thought-provoking book. Fisher shows how the modern science of game theory has helped biologists to understand the evolution of cooperation in nature, and investigates how we might apply those lessons to our own society. In a series of experiments that take him from the polite confines of an English dinner party to crowded supermarkets, congested Indian roads, and the wilds of outback Australia, not to mention baseball strategies and the intricacies of quantum mechanics, Fisher sheds light on the problem of global cooperation. The outcomes are sometimes hilarious, sometimes alarming, but always revealing. A witty romp through a serious science, Rock, Paper, Scissors will both teach and delight anyone interested in what it what it takes to get people to work together.

Download or read book Undercover Temptations written by Melony Ann and published by Melony Ann. This book was released on 2023-11-19 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people think I have a pretty good head on my shoulders. I have a good job. I’m a Sergeant with the Gainesville Police Department. I’m a commander on the SWAT team. I’m a single dad. I work hard to make sure my son has everything I didn’t. I’ve never complained. I put my head down and push through whatever I face because everything I do is for my son. But I have a secret. A secret I fear could destroy everything I’ve worked for. I’ve done very well at hiding it behind a carefully crafted persona. No one knows what I keep hidden. Until I’m sent on an undercover mission with my best friend. Lieutenant Matt Chance. The man owns my heart and doesn’t even know it. I try to keep my feelings private, but when he becomes the target of the cunning serial killer we’re trying to take down, I’ll do everything I need to do to protect him. Even if it destroys me in the process. ~ This book is a steamy MM cop romance with mentions of mental health themes and real life issues that face the LGBTQI+ Community. It may not be suitable for all readers. ~

Download or read book Divine Games written by Steven J. Brams and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A game-theoretical analysis of interactions between a human being and an omnipotent and omniscient godlike being highlights the inherent unknowability of the latter's superiority. In Divine Games, Steven Brams analyzes games that a human being might play with an omnipotent and omniscient godlike being. Drawing on game theory and his own theory of moves, Brams combines the analysis of thorny theological questions, suggested by Pascal's wager (which considers the rewards and penalties associated with belief or nonbelief in God) and Newcomb's problem (in which a godlike being has near omniscience) with the analysis of several stories from the Hebrew Bible. Almost all of these stories involve conflict between God or a surrogate and a human player; their representation as games raises fundamental questions about God's superiority. In some games God appears vulnerable (after Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit in defiance of His command), in other games his actions seem morally dubious (when He subjects Abraham and Job to extreme tests of their faith), and in still other games He has a propensity to hold grudges (in preventing Moses from entering the Promised Land and in undermining the kingship of Saul). If the behavior of a superior being is indistinguishable from that of an ordinary human being, his existence would appear undecidable, or inherently unknowable. Consequently, Brams argues that keeping an open mind about the existence of a superior being is an appropriate theological stance.

Download or read book Teachings of Presidents of the Church Spencer W Kimball written by The Churhc of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This book was released on 2006 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have established the Teachings of Presidents of the Church series to help you deepen your understanding of the restored gospel and draw closer to the Lord through the teachings of latter-day prophets. As the Church adds volumes to this series, you will build a collection of gospel reference books for your home. This book features the teachings of President Spencer W. Kimball, who served as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from December 30, 1973, to November 5, 1985.

Download or read book Welcome to Temptation written by Jennifer Crusie and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophie Dempsey wants to help her sister film a video and then get out of Temptation, Ohio. Mayor Phin Tucker wants to play pool with the police chief and keep things peaceful. But when Sophie and Phin meet, they both get more than they want. Gossip, blackmail, adultery, murder, vehicular abuse of a corpse, and slightly perverse but excellent sex: all hell breaks loose in Temptation as Sophie and Phin fall deeper and deeper in trouble... and in love.

Download or read book Enchanting Temptations in Shadow written by Stephanie Julian and published by Moonlit Night Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-28 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No escape, no fun, no sex... What's a forgotten goddess to do? It's been three months since Kari, an Etruscan Goddess, was kidnapped and her two hot captors have yet to lay a hand on her. She hasn't been playing hard to get. In fact, she's made it clear she'd be more than happy to pass the time more...pleasurably. Yes, Den and Jacoby may work for the bad guys, but they're not evil. They're yummy. Den would gladly give Kari everything and anything she wants. He wants to take her up on the offer in her teasing smile, but he needs something in return. His mother is dying and he needs Kari to help him get her to help...to the wolf shifters who would shoot Den and Jacoby on sight. Jacoby also needs Kari's help to get his sister Emelia away from his evil father. Jacoby will do whatever it takes to make sure his father can't corrupt Emelia. If that means defecting to the shifters, no problem. Especially if that also means he can continue to see Kari. But even the best-laid plans can go wrong...and when Kari, Jacoby and Den need to rescue Emelia, none of them expect the fight to cost more than they're willing to pay.

Download or read book The Temptations of Lord Tintagel written by Bronwyn Scott and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his enemy… becomes his truly tempting ally! Inigo’s best friend’s life was cut brutally short by his association with the lovely Audevere Brenley and her father. Now Inigo seeks justice. But never did he dream that his greatest ally would be Audevere herself. What begins as business is branded with passion as Inigo rediscovers the intrepid, determined woman he thought he knew. His most dangerous revelation? His own feelings for her! The Cornish Dukes Born to inherit, destined for love! Book 1 — The Secrets of Lord Lynford Book 2 — The Passions of Lord Trevethow Book 3 — The Temptations of Lord Tintagel Look out for the next book in the series, coming soon! “Tempted by His Secret Cinderella blew me away, it’s stylish, seductive, intriguing and utterly romantic, honestly it’s perfect!” — Goodreads on Tempted by His Secret Cinderella “Do not think that this is just a mere tortured hero comes homes and heroine tries to bring him back to his old self, because this book is far, far more than that, the story goes from the expected to the utterly heart in mouth unexpected and then finishes with the most beautiful ending.” — Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on Captivated by her Convenient Husband

Download or read book Highland Temptations Box Set Books 1 3 written by Aileen Adams and published by . This book was released on with total page 839 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Highlander’s Captive Rufus MacIntosh wants his family’s birthright back. He’s fought wars and his own personal demons. Time to claim what is his family’s. More specifically, his brother’s. And so, bringing friends and allies, he takes back what is his family’s. The lands are theirs again. Except now, Rufus discovers his brother has abandoned the birthright, the land, all of this. He’s headed to new lands and new worlds. Rufus should be relieved, he’s no longer responsible for any of it. He can walk away from their ancestral lands. He’s not sure if he wants to. Davina MacFarland never claimed she was an angel. She certainly isn’t a common thief, even though she’s related to one, now that her brother took Rufus McIntosh’s lands. She shouldn’t have been involved. She really shouldn’t. But now there’s been a scuffle and she’s the captive of that damned Rufus MacIntosh. But she can hold her own. Or can she? A Highlander’s Gypsy William Blackheath’s had recurring dreams, the same one, over and over again, of a woman calling out for him, asking for help. He doesn’t believe in seers, but goes to visit one anyway, to learn what the dreams mean. He’s told that to find peace, he has to find the woman. Shana Invermore’s half Scottish, half gypsy. She’s definitely not a wilting flower, nor is she always one to follow laws. She can raid with the best of them. Until she’s caught. Now Shana’s the captive Jacob Stewart. And that damned Steward plans to use her as bait. She’ll show him who’s bait. A Highlander’s Reiver When a Highland lass is the orphaned charge of an uncle who leads ne’er-do-wells and thieves she has no choice but to stay and steal. No choice because leaving would mean abandoning her little brother. She’s told him not to follow her when she’s out reiving cattle from other clans. It’s just her luck he would choose to follow her on the night she’s captured. Drew MacIntosh never imagined he’d become the guardian of his sister’s twin toddlers. He’s a fighter. He’s not father material. Especially not to bairns as young as these two. And now he’s added to his burdens by apprehending a captivating reiver of a lass. One with a burden of her own, it would seem. How is he supposed to turn the lass over to Rufus so she can pay for her crimes when it would mean her brother would be left in the hands of brigands and cattle raiders? Life was so much simpler when he was soldiering and fighting.

Download or read book Sweet Temptations and the Surprise Billionaire written by Tabitha Foster and published by Chances Press, LLC. This book was released on 2014-11-28 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always the baker…never the bride. Ambitious and fresh-faced beautiful, Liliana McCrory has spent the last couple of years entirely concentrated on building her business baking elaborate gourmet wedding cakes. Just when Liliana’s almost all but given up on the idea of romance in her own life, she literally runs into the dapper best man at her most high profile wedding while carrying a tray of strawberry shortcakes. Despite the instant spark with the mystery man, the appearance of his fiancée by his side quickly dashes any thoughts of potential romance. Technology innovator and billionaire, Cole Montgomery, always puts family first. After the passing of his beloved wife, Katherine, he focused on rebuilding his family and giving his young son, Jackson, a new mother figure by becoming engaged to the high school sweetheart he recently reconnected with. However, a chance meeting with the radiant natural beauty and business savvy Liliana at his best friend’s wedding plants seeds of doubt about his upcoming nuptials. When Cole hires Liliana to bake the cake for his own wedding, the two find themselves undeniably drawn to each other. As a surprising connection between the two is revealed, will Cole and Liliana listen to the voice in their hearts or risk missing out on the chance at a great love?

Download or read book Temptations a book of short stories written by David Pinski and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The same traits that distinguish David Pinski as a playwright characterise him also as a writer of short fiction. The noted Yiddish author is concerned chiefly with the probing of the human soul,—not that intangible and inconsequential theme of so many vapourings, dubbed mystic and symbolistic by the literary labellers,—but the hidden mainspring that initiates, and often guides, our actions. Pinski seeks to penetrate into the secret of human motive. It is not enough for him to depict the deed; he would plumb, if possible, the genetic impulse. That is why, if he must be classified, one places him among the psychological realists. He is at his best faithful to both the inner and the outer life. Thus we find, in his numerous stories and plays, very little of the conventional heroism and villainism with which most authors are concerned, and very much of the deeply human at which the majority of authors shake their heads. This is not to say that Pinski’s work lacks heroic figures; on the contrary, in a measure it constitutes a series of noble and ennobling portraits, representing men and women who meet life face to face and are scorched by its flames. So, too, there are less inspiring personages who compromise with life and their better selves. And in the background lurks our common humanity, faintly quick with the potentialities of ignominy or greatness. Despite his growing fame as one of the most significant dramatists now active, Pinski began his career as a writer of short stories. He has been recognised as the first Yiddish author to give artistic treatment to the Yiddish proletariat, and no small part of his life has been sacrificed to the cause of the oppressed and the disinherited. His earlier works, both in fiction and in the drama, were devoted to the depiction of life among the lowly, and it is characteristic of the man that he does not allow his personal views to mar his artistic product. It may be said that three chief periods have thus far appeared in the labours of the Yiddish author. First there is his proletarian “manner” in which the life, problems and aspirations of the Jewish workingman are portrayed in such masterly dramas as “Isaac Sheftel” (written at the age of twenty-seven) and such incisive commentaries as the best of the early tales, “Drabkin.” Then there is the genre of the biblical reconstruction, in which ancient themes are utilised for the purpose of producing thoroughly contemporary works of art. Among his plays “The Dumb Messiah” and “Mary Magdalen” represent this phase of his skill, while among the stories, “Zerubbabel” and “Beruriah” would come under this category. There is also the treatment of sex problems, as evidenced by such plays as “Jacob the Blacksmith” and “Gabri and the Women,” and tales like “The Awakening” and “The Black Cat.” I must confess that I am not greatly concerned with the periods and “manners” of authors; classification has little to do with genuine literary appreciation. This is all the more true in a case like Pinski’s, since the various phases of his work follow no chronological order, and often appear side by side, as it were, in the same work. Take for instance the first tale in this book, “Beruriah,” which I consider one of the greatest short stories ever written, insofar as the wide reading of a single person in some half dozen or more languages can substantiate such a statement. Who shall say that the tale is mere reconstruction or elaboration of a Talmudic legend, or a problem in love, or a psychological study, or even a symbolic story? It is all of these, and something more. Who shall say that “Drabkin” is merely a proletarian narrative? To be sure, the background is furnished by the humble Jewish operatives, but is the tale itself any the less universal on that account? Is it any the less a problem in love? Is it any the less a satire upon human foibles, with the same essential theme as Pinski’s remarkable work of genius, “The Treasure,”—one of the outstanding dramas of the century? The truth is that Pinski harmonises and renders universal almost everything he touches. From an insignificant three or four line suggestion in the Talmud he elaborates a “Beruriah,” producing one of the most striking female portraits that has come from an author peculiarly rich in well-drawn women. Out of various strands from Jewish history he weaves a “Zerubbabel,” which flames with a Jewish patriotism particularly contemporary in application. Nor is this intense devotion any more exclusively Jewish than the crumbling of world-philosophies depicted in the epic play, “The Last Jew.” This human and universal touch is rendered all the more evident by the author’s attitude, both in life and in the stories that are the product of his actual experience, toward the oppressed and the disinherited whose champion he is. With him the independence of the writer is almost a religion; so much so that he is just as ready to voice fearlessly the faults of his own people as he is to glorify their historic and racial virtues. He reveals them to themselves, and is as little compromising with them as with any other. If he knows their nobility, he knows, too, their pettiness; he sees them in their climb up Mount Sinai to talk with the Lord, and in their grovelling over the heaps of mire called money-making. Yet it is no part of his art or his purpose to sit in judgment. Indeed, one of the noblest notes arising from the author’s work as a whole is the spirit of “Judge not.” This human note rings from “Mary Magdalene” (an entirely original treatment of the fecund theme, superior, in my opinion, to both Paul Heyse’s and Maurice Maeterlinck’s plays upon the same subject) as from the excellent tales “The Temptation of Rabbi Akiba” and “High Priest Johanan.” He who beholds in such stories as these only a biblical or religious strain, misses more than half of their beauty. Rabbi Akiba and High Priest Johanan are not spirits of an ancient age, individuals of a departed civilisation. Far from it. They are you and I. “Beruriah” is by no means the virtuous wife of an overwrought Rabbi. She is an eternal type; she can be found in the Talmud, in the Icelandic sagas, in a play by Ibsen, in a novel by Hardy; she is Antigone, she is Candida; she is the soul of woman clothed in tragic beauty. Pinski’s tales, then, of which the following comprise the first series, demand universal appreciation but little less than his dramas. Theirs is that rare beauty which is an indissoluble union of manner and matter. In the original, they represent the most melodious Yiddish that has been written,—a powerful refutation of the unthinking scorn of those who refer to the tongue as a jargon. They are for men and women who read with the mind as well as the eye....FROM THE BOOKS.