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When Deb Moerke and her husband decided to become foster parents, they never imagined how their lives would change. And never did they imagine their worst nightmare coming true: Their five-year-old foster daughter, Hannah, murdered at the hands of her birth mom, Karen. The Moerkes were overwhelmed with horror and grief. And just when they didn’t think they could bear any more, Deb received a phone call from Karen in prison. Facing a life sentence for Hannah’s murder, she was pregnant. And Karen had an incredible request: Would Deb take her unborn baby and love it as her own?

Sometimes, beloved and treasured Christian practices go horrifyingly wrong, extending violence rather than promoting its healing. In this bracing audiobook, Lauren Winner provocatively challenges the assumption that the church possesses a set of immaculate practices that will definitively train Christians in virtue and that can't be answerable to their histories.

In 1878, Elder Joseph Standing traveled into the Appalachian mountains of North Georgia, seeking converts for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sixteen months later, he was dead, murdered by a group of 12 men. Most accounts of this event have linked Standing's murder to the virulent 19th-century anti-Mormonism that also took the life of prophet Joseph Smith and to an enduring southern tradition of extralegal violence.

On the day Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot, a remarkable little girl went to heaven. This is the story of a mother's quest for peace in the midst of unspeakable heartache. By the time the shooting ended on that cloudless January day in front of a Tucson grocery store, 19 innocent people lay wounded, dead, or dying. The youngest among the six who died was a little girl whose dark eyes and smiling face would soon appear on newscasts around the world.

The tragic death of 13-year-old Danny Croteau in 1972 faded from headlines and memories for 20 years until the Boston abuse scandal - a string of assaults taking place within the Catholic Church - exploded in the early 2000s. Despite numerous indications, including 40 claims of sexual misconduct with minors, pointing to him as Croteau's killer, Reverend Richard R. Lavigne remains "innocent." Drawing on more than ten thousand pages of police and court findings and interviews with Danny's friends and family, fellow abuse victims, and church officials, the author uncovers the truth.

The Tudors are England's most notorious royal family. But, as Leanda de Lisle's gripping new history reveals, they are a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew. The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 before speeding on to Henry VIII and the Reformation. But this leaves out the family's obscure Welsh origins and the ordinary man known as Owen Tudor who would fall (literally) into a queen's lap - and later her bed.

In The Tale of Two Sons, one of America's most loved Bible teachers takes you deeper into Luke 15 than ever before, revealing insights into the culture of Jesus' day and an unforgettable ending. The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) has been preached from nearly every pulpit in the...

Was Mary Magdalene murdered? Did the Catholic Church conspire to eradicate the Holy Bloodline from existence? To some, Mary Magdalene was the wife or consort of Jesus Christ. The infamous Da Vinci Code has firmly placed this idea into the popular arena along with the idea of a Holy Bloodline descended from Jesus and Mary. In this unique recording, we journey to places never before researched in connection with this story.

Welcome to the Murder, Sorcery & Salvation in the Bible podcast. We think the Bible is full of love, happiness and good days. I mean, it is but that’s not the only things. There were some real dark events that happened in the history of the Bible. I’m here to talk about them. Join me wherever you listen to podcasts!

I'm talking about dark events that happened in the history in the Bible and we’re going into detail, too, because this stuff is juicy. Did men and women wear makeup back then? Did animals talk? Any secret societies? A bunch of stuff that’s going on in today’s world gets me curious to find out where it came from and if we can relate to the Bible in things going on in our life today. So, let me open my book and let’s delve into some history, shall we?

MURDER AND MERCY: THE KILLING OF AN OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER” by Deborah M. Decker is a true-crime podcast about the life and career of one female police officer, turned FBI Special Agent, and the heart-breaking murder investigation that happened on Christmas of 2003, which forever changed her life. This is a true story about how God works through unimaginable circumstances to strengthen our faith and show us His love. This podcast is hosted by Deborah M. Decker, a 25-year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who is now retired. Deborah is a member of Kingsland ...