The stark and dramatic contrast between many contemporary schoolrooms and my own grammar and high school days almost defies belief . In my youth the student body was markedly different . At fourteen the disaffected and the stupid left ...
... McClellan, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Farragut, Foote, Worden, Sampson and others; in the third group stand three or four living authors, and back of them, with averted faces and ashamed, loom the mighty shades of Emerson, Bancroft, ...
... Church's credibility. The enchantment of yesteryears is diminishing. The question now is, “Can we become re-enchanted with Christianity?” I believe we can. Marcus Borg's book, The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith ...
Insightful and provocative, Redating Matthew, Mark and Luke offers a fresh look at a hard problem as well as an interesting perspective on the inner workings of the early church.
This is a man who is at once a technical expert – he flies 747s across continents – and a poet of the skies. This couldn’t be more highly recommended.' Alain de Botton Think back to when you first flew.
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Mark Twain After the Civil War, Samuel Clemens (1835–1910) left his small town to seek work as a riverboat pilot. As Mark Twain, the Missouri native found his place in the world. Author, journalist, lecturer, wit, and sage, ...
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Trace Mark Twain's life from 1835, when his birth was heralded by Halley's Comet, to 1910, when the comet returned upon his death, in this fascinating biography by Newbery Honor author Sterling North.
Pilate and the bystanders ironically call Jesus “king” (15:2, 9, 12, 32) with the address “hail, king of the Jews” (15:18) similar to the familiar “ave caesar” (174). b. The authorities release a murderer and kill an innocent man ...
He introduced himself as Dr Simon Smith. He had greying hair and blandly smooth features, and his manner was both efficient and impersonal. Lucas determined to act the same, as if none of this business was actually to do with him, ...