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Is there legitimate evidence for the supernatural realm? If so, who originated such influences? If there is a God, how can we be sure that the Bible is His message to mankind? Is the Bible we have today authentic, and can we trust what it says? What advantage does Christianity have over the religions of the world? These questions and others will be posed and rationally addressed. If you are a Christian attending a secular university or are in ...

Die vornehmste Qualität des Menschen ist sein Wille, die unvergängliche Wirklichkeit jenseits der Wandlungen und Zufälle dieser sterblichen Welt zu entdecken. Diese Qualität meine ich mit dem Wort >spirituell<. Der Geist des Menschen ist sein Wille. Das ist die Lehre des Thomas von Aquin und der Schlüssel zum Verständnis unserer menschlichen Natur. Die Seele ist ein Kunstgebilde, das Ergebnis unserer Lebenserfahrung. Ob die Seele vergänglich o...

Although much has been written about the industrial revolution, we rarely read about industrial revolutionaries. This absence reflects the preoccupation of both classical and Marxist economics with impersonal forces rather than with individuals. In Manufacturing Revolution Lawrence A. Peskin deviates from both dominant paradigms by closely examining the words and deeds of individual Americans who made things in their own shops, who met in smal...

This book discusses the political content of music over the past 200 years, from the classical to the hip-hop genres and everything in between. Beginning with Beethoven, Courtney Brown describes how Beethoven's music has been used to support a wide variety of political views across the entire ideological spectrum, both during Beethoven's life and long after. Then a provocative comparison of Bob Marley's music and Richard Wagner's "Ring" operas...

Already Einstein could never see quantum mechanics as a complete theory. Nowadays, many researchers, including 't Hooft, view quantum mechanics as a statistical description of some underlying reality. The workshop Beyond the Quantum, organized in Spring 2006 at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, The Netherlands, was one of the first meetings completely devoted to physics that may need an explanation beyond quantum mechanics. A broad variety of subj...

Jesus promised the disciples three things-that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy and in constant trouble." -Chesterton, G.K. A Prophetic Call to the Conservative Church in America-Return to the Kingdom! Is life in the kingdom not working for you in the way you have been led to believe? If you're open to a more Biblical understanding of the kingdom and its implications for your life, then stick your toe in the water: you are rea...

Jesus promised the disciples three things-that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy and in constant trouble." -Chesterton, G.K. A Prophetic Call to the Conservative Church in America-Return to the Kingdom! Is life in the kingdom not working for you in the way you have been led to believe? If you're open to a more Biblical understanding of the kingdom and its implications for your life, then stick your toe in the water: you are rea...

In 2004, Seamus Crowe stepped off a plane and felt the Ugandan soil beneath his feet for the first time. As a devout Christian, he had leapt at the chance to teach in a small Ugandan village - a way to spread the Word and, more importantly, to offer his services to those less fortunate than himself. In this series of letters home, Crowe recounts his experiences: the hardships and the joyous rewards. From touching and often very entertai...

Seminar paper from the year 1998 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1 (A), University of Zurich (English Seminar), course: Lexicography, 18 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In this paper, 80 lexicographic definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary are classified and evaluated, the basic question being the following: are similar words defined in similar ways? The ...

Do you want a deeper relationship with God? A closer walk with Jesus? A sense of the Holy Spirit's constant presence? Is this the deepest desire of your heart, but you don't know where to begin? This book is for you. It offers no shortcuts or sure-fire techniques for a deeper spirituality. But it serves as a simple and easy-to-follow signpost marking the path of daily relationship with God. God invites you into relationship with him, just as y...