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5 comments about Morning by Morning (Hendrickson Christian Classics).

1. Every morning,I could meditate in God. I'm lazy but this book make me eager. God give me this book to work hard.....



2. Reading a Spurgeon devotional is like having the perfect dessert after a perfect dinner. Morning by Morning is just such a treat. Spurgeon's eloquence reaches a spiritual level that challenges the reader yet clarifies great truths of the Bible like few others. Like C.S. Lewis, he illuminates without expanding beyond the source. This little volume would make a great gift for any Christian.



3. I chanced upon this daily devotional in a local bookshop. I didn't know it was that good. I just bought it because I needed something extra for the morning before going off to work. As I began going through it, I realised how inspiring, motivating and crystal clear Spurgeon was able to explain some of the things about God. Along the way, it gave me many fresh revelations; things that I accepted previously as a Christian but never really understood why. As mentioned, many of the devotionals were inspiring and motivating. I really felt that God was speaking to me so lovingly through Spurgeon's devotionals. I'm not the only one who felt this way. Many of my friends and colleagues whom I shared the devotionals with felt the same way. Spurgeon's devotionals brought them so much closer to God and made some of them so much more passionate about God. This is definitely the first-choice daily devotional to go through first thing after we wake up every morning.



4. This is the best Christian devotional I have ever read. It is sure to bring you closer to God as you meditate on Charles Spurgeon's writings based on the Bible.



5. This book is a fantastic daily devotional. Charles Spurgeon helps you to grow closer in your walk with the Lord. It is a book that you will look forward to reading everyday.

5 comments about History: Fiction or Science? Chronology 2 (Chronology).

1. We can so far divide the New Chronology into the following three parts:
   
   a) The verifiable theory that proves consensual chronology wrong with the aid of astronomy, statistics and mathematics;
   
   b) The new chronology hypothesis based on a new understanding of known historical facts and the most likely logical explanation of the most obvious inconsistencies inherent in the official version of history;
   
   c) The history conjectures, that is experimental historical reconstructions based on assumptions that the authors believe to make sense in the light of their research and linguistic parallels - void of ironclad factual support to date.
   
   Fomenko's theory complies with the most rigid scientific standards as a whole:
   
   It gives a coherent explanation of what we already know.
   
   - It is consistent: independent lines of inquiry all lead to the same conclusion.
   
   - The predictions it makes are confirmed empirically.
   
   Fomenko goes by the following axioms:
   
   - Chronology is the basis of history;
   
   - Human evolution has always been linear, gradual and irreversible;
   
   - The "cyclic" nature of human civilization is a myth, likewise all the gaps, duplicates, "dark ages" and "renaissances" that we know from consensual history;
   
   - The accumulation of geographical knowledge as reflected in cartography is a gradual and irreversible process;
   
   - The chronological distance between a given manuscript and the events described therein is proportional to the amount of distortions it contains;
   
   - There is no "useless" information in authentic ancient sources.
   
   Why the mainstream historians do not shower mathematician Academician Dr.Prof Fomenko with thanks and laurels?
   
   The Russians:
   
   Because Fomenko asserts that there was no such thing as the Tartar and Mongol invasion followed by three centuries of slavery, providing a formidable body of documental evidence to prove his assertion. The so-called "Tartars and Mongols" were the actual ancestors of the modern Russians, living in a bilingual state with Arabic spoken as freely as Russian. The ancient Russian state was governed by a double structure of civil and military authorities. The hordes were actually professional armies with a tradition of lifelong conscription (the recruitment being the so-called "blood tax"). Their "invasions" were punitive operations against the regions that attempted tax evasion. Fomenko proves that Russian history as we know it today is a blatant forgery concocted by a host of German scientists brought to Russia by the usurper dynasty of the Romanovs, whose ascension to the throne was the result of coup d'état, charged with the mission of making their reign look legitimate. Fomenko proves Ivan the Terrible to be a collation of four rulers, no less. They represented the two rival dynasties - the legitimate rulers and the ambitious upstarts. The winner took it all! Over some 30 years of controversy, Russian historians have made a most remarkable transition - they were initially accusing the young mathematician Fomenko of anticommunist dissident activity and attempts to deface the historical legacy of Soviet Russia; nowadays the middle-aged mathematician is accused of adhering to "pro-communist Russian nationalism" and defacing the proud historical legacy of Great Russia.
   
   The Westerners:
   
   Because Fomenko blows consensual Russian history to smithereens, successfully removing a crucial cornerstone from underneath the otherwise impeccable edifice of World History. Fomenko adds insult to injury, wiping out one by one the Ancient Rome (the foundation of Rome in Italy is dated to the XIV century A. D.), the Ancient Greece and its numerous poleis, which he identifies as the mediaeval crusader settlements on the territory of Greece, and the Ancient Egypt (the pyramids of Giza become dated to the XI-XV century A. D. and identified as the royal cemetery of the Global "Mongolian" Empire, no less). The civilization of the Ancient Egypt is irrefutably dated to the XII-XV century A. D. with the aid of the ancient Egyptian horoscopes cut in stone. He was the first one to decipher and date all such horoscopes, coming up with mediaeval dates in every case. English historians rage at the suggestion that the history of Ancient England was de facto a Byzantine import transplanted to the English soil by the fugitive Byzantine nobility. To reward the English historians who consider themselves the true scribes of World History, the cover of the present book portrays Tintoretto's Jesus Christ crucified on the Big Ben.
   
   The Chinese:
   
   Because Fomenko wipes out the Ancient History of China outright. No such thing. Full point. The compilation of the so-called Ancient Chinese History is reliably datable to the XVII-XVIII century only. It is perfectly recognizable as the Ancient European history, reworked and transcribed in hieroglyphs as yet another historical transplantation, this time performed on the Chinese soil by the loving Jesuit hands. The Chinese are the next in line to go berserk. Chinese history is inevitably bound to get both more ancient and more eventful, proportionally to the growing involvement of China in the world affairs. Chinese historians will keep on finding valid proof of prehistoric Chinese spaceflights until the Politburo orders them to shut up.
   
   The Arabs:
   
   Too bad. Islam with all its key figures is datable to XV-XVI century A. D. Arabic historians may find consolation in the crucial historical role of the Ottoman Empire in the XVI-XVII century. The trouble is that this empire was initially a Christian state, with Hagia Sophia identifiable as Temple of Solomon, according to Fomenko! We can only guess if the acquisition of Alexander the Great (a Macedonian and a Christian) as the founder of the Muslim World Empire will make Fomenko's theories more acceptable to the Arabic mainstream. He certainly does not spare any holy cows at all, claiming The Stone of Qa'Aba in Mecca to contain the lost Arch of the Covenant.
   
   The Divinity:
   
   Despite of reiterated statement that his theory is all about chronology and not Religion, Fomenko stirs up a whole condominium of wasp nests. His collection of anathemas, fatwa, and other condemnations from all parties concerned is already considerable. Little wonder, considering that the history of religions à la Fomenko looks as follows: the pre-Christian period (before the XI century and JC), Bacchic Christianity (XI-XII century, before and after JC), JC Christianity (XII-XVI century) and its subsequent mutations into Orthodox Christianity, the Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, and so on.
   
   According to Fomenko we know strictly NOTHING about the events that predate the X century A. D.
   
   St Augustin was prescient when he spoke unto us: "be wary of mathematicians, particularly when they speak the truth."
   



2. Here is a serie of books which turns "the whole world" upside down. I learned a lot of it and I hope that a new book from A.T. Fomenko will follow very quick. A absolute must for everybody who is interested in history or even a little bit from it.



3. I don't care what other people say of this book. Those affirmig it's fake, they hadn't ever read it. Or have some special reasons to do so. "Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see..." This book won't make you feel comfortable. It'll make you feel free. It'll make you feel you're "not the only one" to feel you'd been lied to for centuries.



4. Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3A80YKC8W7UEE New Chronology is a theory validated by astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient manuscripts that asserts: that Antiquity and Dark Ages are phantoms invented in the 16th 18th centuries. Human civilization is barely 1000 years old!
   
   New Chronology complies with the most rigid scientific standards:
   
   - It gives a coherent explanation of what we already know;
   - It is consistent: independent lines of inquiry all lead to the same conclusion;
   - The predictions it makes are confirmed empirically;
   
   New Chronology goes by the following basic axioms:
   - Chronology is the basis of history;
   - Human evolution has always been linear, gradual and irreversible;
   - The "cyclic" nature of human civilization is a myth, likewise all the gaps, duplicates, "dark ages" and "renaissances" that we know from consensual history are fantasy and hoax;
   - The accumulation of geographical knowledge as reflected in cartography is a gradual and irreversible process;
   - The closer in time is a given manuscript to the events described the less distortions it contains;
   - There is no "useless" information in authentic ancient sources.
   
   Fomenko asserts: There was no such thing as the Tartar and Mongol invasion followed by over two centuries of yoke and slavery, providing a formidable body of documental evidence to prove his assertion. The so-called "Tartars and Mongols" were the actual ancestors of the modern Russians, living in a trilingual state with Arabic and Turkic spoken as freely as Russian. The ancient Russian state was governed by a double structure of civil and military authorities. The hordes were actually professional armies with a tradition of lifelong conscription (the recruitment being the so-called "blood tax"). Their "invasions" were punitive operations against the regions that attempted tax evasion. Fomenko proves that official Russian history is a blatant forgery concocted by a host of German scholars brought to Russia by the usurper dynasty of the Romanovs. Their ascension to the throne was the result of conspiracy, so they charged these imported historians with the mission of making Romanov's reign look legitimate.
   
   Fomenko proves Ivan the Terrible to be a collation of four rulers, no less. They represented the two rival dynasties - the legitimate Godunov rulers and the ambitious Romanov upstarts.
   
   As Fomenko blows consensual Russian history to smithereens, he successfully removes a crucial cornerstone from underneath the otherwise impeccable edifice of World History. Fomenko adds insult to injury, wiping out one by one: the Ancient Rome: the foundation of Rome in Italy is dated to the 14th century A. D., the Ancient Greece and its numerous poleis, which he identifies as the mediaeval crusader settlements on the territory of Greece.
   
   The Ancient Egypt: the pyramids of Giza become dated to the 11th to 14th century A. D. and identified as the royal cemetery of the Global "Mongolian" Empire, no less. The civilization of the Ancient Egypt is irrefutably dated to the 11th to 15th century A. D. with the aid of the ancient Egyptian horoscopes cut in stone, like enormous Dendera horoscope that hangs in main entrance to the Louvre museum in Paris.
   
   He was the first one to decipher and date unambiguously all such horoscopes, coming up with mediaeval dates in every case.
   
   English historians rage at the suggestion that the history of Ancient England was de facto a Byzantine import transplanted to the English soil by the fugitive Byzantine nobility. To reward the English historians who consider themselves the true scribes of World History, the cover of the book "History: Fiction or Science?" portrays Tintoretto's Jesus Christ crucified on the Big Ben.
   
   Fomenko wipes out the Ancient History of China outright. No such ancient history. Period. The compilation of the so-called Ancient Chinese History is reliably datable to the 17th 18th century only. It is perfectly recognizable as the Ancient European history, reworked and transcribed in hieroglyphs as yet another historical transplantation, this time performed on the Chinese soil by the loving Jesuit hands. The Chinese are the next in line to go berserk. Chinese history is inevitably bound to get both more ancient and more eventful, proportionally to the growing involvement of China in the world affairs. Chinese historians will keep on finding valid proof of prehistoric Chinese spaceflights until the Politburo orders them otherwise.
   
   Islam with all its key figures appears as late as 15th-16th century A. D. as a branch of proto-Christianity. This is amply illustrated by imagery of Prophet Mahomet, archangel Gabriel, Heaven and Hell of this period. In today's Islam all imagery of the things living is taboo.
   
   Arabic historians may find consolation in the crucial historical role of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th 17th century. The trouble is that this empire was initially a proto Christian state, with Hagia Sophia identifiable as Temple of Solomon, according to Fomenko! We can only guess if the acquisition of Alexander the Great (a Macedonian and a Christian!) as the founder of the Muslim World Empire will make Fomenko's theories more acceptable to the Arabic mainstream. He certainly does not spare any holy cows at all, claiming The Stone of Qa'Aba in Mecca to contain the lost Arch of the Covenant.
   
   
   The history of religions according to Fomenko looks as follows: the pre-Christian period (before the 11th century and Jesus Christ ), Bacchic Christianity (11th to 12th century, before and after Jesus Christ), Jesus Christ Christianity (12th to 14th century) and its subsequent mutations (15th to 17th) into Orthodox Christianity, the Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Buddhism, and so on..
   
   Saint Augustine was quite prescient when he said: "be wary of mathematicians,.. particularly when they speak the truth."
   
   Henry Ford once said: "History is more or less bunk!"
   
   Prominent mathematician Anatoly Fomenko not only proved it for a fact, but as true scientist tried to upgrade it into a rocket science.
   
   This book will change your perception of History forever!
   What if Ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt were invented during Renaissance?
   What if The Old Testament was a rendition of events of the Middle Ages?
   What if Jesus Christ was born in 1053 and crucified in 1086 AD?
   Sounds Unbelievable?
   Not after you've read "History: Fiction or Science?" by Anatoly Fomenko, the genius mathematician.
   Armed with astronomy and computers Anatoly Fomenko turns History into a rocket science.



5. Like Erich von Däniken, the Creationists, and the legion of sensational conspiracy theorists, this book makes huge claims based on speculation founded on the most superficial and selective reading of the historical record.
   
   Most insulting to one's intelligence is the claim that C14 dating could be so far off the mark. This method has been tried and tested for 50 years. It is based on the known decay rate of an unstable isotope, that occurs in fairly predictable amounts. Calibration merely raises the accuracy from around 10% to 1% error margin. Even without calibration, the measurement of various isotopes has given civilisation a history of thousands, not hundreds of years.
   
   Tree rings are a well understood phenomenon in biology. These can be used to obtain accurately dated samples more than 4000 years old. C14 dating can be calibrated with these samples to adjust for slight variations in C14 levels due to the solar cycle. This enables us to date to within a couple of decades samples dating back to early classical times.
   
   If you want to understand the science of dating, read Nature's Clocks: How Scientists Measure the Age of Almost Everything.
   
   However, this is only a part of the evidence, there is layering of earth above sites, known geological events like volcanic eruptions, traces of natural and human activity all correlated. How do we explain Pompei? If we want to apply Occam's razor, is it really easier to believe in a huge medieval conspiracy, that was able to construct a consistent history, complete with archaeological evidence that had not yet been found? And that all of the thousands of scientists involved in dating have been misled?
   
   I can only conclude that this book was written as a money spinner to hook the gullible, like so many other conspiracy books.

1 comments about Broadman Hymnal.

1. This is the same Broadman Hymnal you remember from church. If you love that good-old-fashioned worship and praise, this item is for you!

2 comments about A Reformed Baptist Manifesto.

1. Baptist of all stripes will find this book of great help and edification. In a little more than a 100 pages, these men deal biblically and clearly with significant issues.
   
   Dispensationalism, Antinomianism, Arminianism, and Paedobaptism are all tackled from a New Covenant perspective. The first three in this list have been particularly troublesome to Baptist in America since the late 19th century.
   
   This book gives me hope that we may soon see a full treatment of Covenant Theology from a Baptist perspective.
   
   Along these lines is the short, but helpful treatment of the so-called "New Covenant theology" that is gaining in popularity.
   
   The irenic tone of the book made it exceptionally enjoyable to read.



2. I just read this book and it filled in a lot of gaps for me. I knew I was Reformed Baptist by listening to Reformed Baptist preachers, but after reading Mr. Waldron and Barcellos' book, I now know why precisely I am. I know where I fit in now and I am thankful for that. The thrust of the book is the New Covenant as the Constitution of the Church and how that works itself out as it relates to law and grace, Arminianism and Calvinism, Paedobaptism and Credobaptism.
   
   I currently attend a Presbyterian PCA church and have many brethren there that I love, but some of their practices I cannot get over, as much as I have tried. One in particular is Paedobaptism (infant baptism.) Though not an exhaustive treatment, A Reformed Baptist Manifesto forcefully presents why Reformed Baptists do not hold to infant baptism and why they believe in Believer's Baptism only. I am not going to spoil why because I want you to buy the book. I have to admit that I skipped ahead and read the Paedobaptism chapter, but after reading the book I believe it probably would have been better to start at the beginning. This is not only chapter in the book or even its main argument, but it was the initial reason I purchased it. The Reformed Baptist Manifesto contains more than a fight about baptism. It allows one to understand why there is a denomination called Reformed Baptist. Paedobaptism is only one aspect that interested me, but after reading why it is rejected, I see much larger issues.
   
   The book itself is easy to read, not too technical, and continues to be edifying to this believer. If you want a super technical treatise of everything this book is not for you. If you want a good overview with apologetic content, then you should like this book. It is a departure point to other works on the subject. It also does not contain a lot of history. The book is about the New Covenant as found in the book of Jeremiah and Hebrews and it gets to that topic immediately.
   
   Concerning the book and its writing mechanics, I liked the larger print, but in reality it is a larger book because of the size of the print, not the content. Some of the grammar I thought was a little less polished in places, but nothing that could not be understood. I remember no misspelling or gross errors in the writing.
   
   This work does what I think may be better than anything else. The Reformed Baptist Manifesto causes you to go back to the Bible and study for yourself, seeing and being interested in things you may have not thought about before.
   
   I gave this book five stars because I believe it accomplishes what it is intending to do. It stays on topic and gives an overview and comparison to competing thoughts to clarify its thesis. The small faults above do not amount to enough to drop a star, and if you do not buy the book intending to find an encyclopedia, then you will be pleased with your purchase.

No comments about Martin Luther King, Jr.: Young Man with a Dream (Childhood of Famous Americans Series.).

3 comments about Missiology: An Introduction to the Foundations, History, and Strategies of World Missions.

1. I was able to meet Dr. Terry at a conference held by my church and found him to be a most enjoyable, approachable, and humble man. This book will be valuable to both the seminarian and layman as well. If you're preparing for missions, get this book.
   
   Being both seminary prof (Southern Baptist Theological Sem.) and missionary, his experience plus knowledge makes for a cutting edge tool to "mish" from.
   
   I heartily recommend this book.



2. Excellent source for those seeking revelant information on world missions. I recommend this text for universities as well as local church congregations who desire to learn more about missions and what I believe Christian are called to accomplish in their lifetime.



3. This book gives a very good overview of everything that has to do with Missions: the Biblical foundations, the history and different strategies used to advance God's Kingdom. All writers are having a Southern Baptist and/or IMB background, so that might make the content a little colored, but it is still worth it.
   
   It is a good book if you want to have a very broad yet thorough overview of what missiology is all about.

No comments about Falwell Inc.: Inside a Religious, Political, Educational, and Business Empire.

5 comments about The Personal Beliefs of Jimmy Carter: Winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.

1. Nobel Peace Prize winner and humanitarian President Carter explains how certain events have influenced his life in this excellent autobiography. Although the book contains the words of a man that is not afraid to speak the truth, he does not go into details of the failed attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran. He micromanaged the rescue team from the White House, instead of empowering his men in the field to make any decisions. Unlike other presidents, he has not been bought off by corporate America.



2. During the Carter Administration, President Carter had to deal with the deaths of his mother, sister, and brother, and that was near the start of his four years of Presidency. Then there was the Hostage Crises in Iran. President Carter had to try anything, and everything to get the hostages. It cost the lives of several soldiers when thier helicopter crashed in the desert. Essentially, President Carter got a raw deal. He was not reckognized by those who came home from Iran, or anybody else in the United States, as the saviour. President Reagan got that glory. And, at president Reagan's Inaugural Ball/Dinner, he did not even mention President Carter. This may sound like a put down of both administrations, but it is not. Both men had their faults, as does today's President Bush. I have the ultimate respect for President Carter. For somebody who will be 80 October 1, it does not surprise me that he is still constructing houses, taking care of the other persons, etc.



3. It really is awful to see ideological conservatives give a critique of a book they haven't even read here at Amazon.
   
   One went as far as to claim that the only thing Carter did that was worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize was the progress he made at Camp David.
   
   Have they been so blinded by war and hate that they can't even look toward Carter's admirable work in Habitat for Humanity as a basis for him winning this prestigious award?
   
   They obviously must be. They certainly are dedicated to crushing the image of someone who represents solving problems with great love and effort, rather than with destruction and arrogant minsunderstanding.
   
   But I recommend this book for someone with an open enough mind to see how wonderful a human being Jimmy Carter is. Regardless of your partisan bias.



4. I have read most of his books and find them all to be well written and this one is stands up to the test.



5. The book is very interesting, I think not many people in the world put there faith in to action, thats what the book is about. And I get chance to meet with President Carter personally and he is really very interesting person, read the book and you will know better...

5 comments about Out Of the Silence.

1. "God never does anything without having a purpose" the author tells us in the preface. This book is the story of how he, as one who makes his living communicating, lost his voice, and how he was healed by the Lord Jesus Christ. During his time of testing, his faith was being stretched. He describes various situations such as financial difficulties facing his college-age daughters. His wife told them, "Girls, I don't understand what God is doing right now, but this one thing I do know; He did not bring us into the desert to kill us. He will make a way for us. Stay in school" (p. 53).
   On faith during such times, the author writes "At times, it may take more faith for us to maintain the right attitude through an anonymous trial than to preach to fifty thousand people in a superdome" (p. 61).
   On receiving God's guidance:
   "Quit looking for the grandiose and look for the routine...trust Him to lead you into His will for your life" (p. 64).
   On Christian cliches:
   "When I minister to people today, I am very slow to offer empty platitudes...Instead of platitudes, I've learned the power of silence and touch" (p. 95).
   We're reminded that tests don't last forever. He describes the miracle he received from God and adds "The miracle didn't just bless me. It blessed thousands of people" (p. 140).
   This is a faith-building book which I highly recommend.



2. The book came VERY fast and was exactly as described. Very Happy and will do business again.



3. I can't promise this story will touch you the way it touched me, but it will impact your life. It is beautifully written, surprisingly honest, remarkably poignant, and for me, very, very personal. In fact, I am weeping as I write this.
   
   You see, I am currently experiencing the things he writes about. I had a terrific broadcasting career and an extremely rare voice that I lost to a paralyzed vocal chord. That, combined with the loss of the only woman I've ever loved, was devastating. I experienced the same loss of identity, feelings of worthlessness, financial devastation, hopelessness, and the desire to put a gun in my mouth to escape the pain, that Duane did.
   
   In fact, I'm still in the storm, but this book gave me hope and built my faith! I know there's a purpose for all of this and that God hasn't abandoned me. If you, like me, sometimes struggle to trust or believe in a God who seems to have left you all alone, please get this book. It makes no difference if you have working vocal chords or not - anyone who has known great pain will relate to this story.
   
   And whatever you do, be sure to get the companion tape so you can hear Duane's miracle for yourself. Although only six minutes long, it is very, very powerful!



4. I could not believe my ears when I heard Mr. Miller's testimony. I believe that miracles are for today and that God is still doing a mighty work for people if we will just turn our hearts to Him.
   
   I could not help but believe the man. He had 200 witnesses, not to mention doctor after doctor examine his condition. He saw specialists that examined famous singers and other voice talent. They determined his voice was degrading with time.
   
   No medical explanation could accurately describe what happened to this man, except for the fact that God touched his life and healed his voice.
   
   There is no sensationalism prior to Mr. Miller's healing. There is no one hopping pews or handling snakes. This is just a faithful servant of God who was saved by a God who loves him and each and every one of us.
   
   There is no coincidence in this. 3 years to the day of his last sermon, while talking about how God rescues and heals those He loves, this man is healed. God should receive all glory for what He has done. Amazing!



5. _Out of the Silence_ shows us the downward spiral of three years without being able to speak, not knowing what God was doing. It must have been as difficult and discouraging as Joseph's years before he was exalted as a leader in Egypt and later saved his family. Duane teaches us much about learning from God in difficult times.