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On Good Friday, the verger of St Albans cathedral was supposed to be preparing the Easter service. Instead he discovers a man lying dead, fallen from the famous 50-foot-high spire. Did he jump, or was he pushed? For DCI Maarten Jansen, it's a simple case of suspected suicide. Until a stranger, Willow, who witnessed the jump, prompts a deeper investigation into a long-buried past, involving a mental hospital, a pregnant woman and 50 years of silence. As Willow's own family history entwines with the case, Jansen starts to wonder how everything is connected.

EVER WONDERED WHY THE ROMAN EMPIRE FELL? Find out in this podcast from British historian, Nick Holmes, as he tells the extraordinary story of Rome's decline and fall, and how its legacy is still central to the world we live in today. WANT A FREE EBOOK? Then head directly to Nick's website www.nickholmesauthor.com.

Physician Ed Wheat has helped thousands of couples improve their love lives and build happier marriages. In Love Life for Every Married Couple, he'll help you improve your marriage through sharing, touching, appreciating, and focusing healing attention on your mate. Answering physical, psychological, and stress-related questions in a Christian context, Dr. Wheat demonstrates how to bring your feelings of love back to life. 

Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire, written by the world's foremost scholar of late antiquity.

It Doesn’t Take a Perfect Person to Find a Perfect Love Even though he was born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic created a “ridiculously good life.” But after dating disappointments and a failed relationship, he reached his mid-twenties worried that he would never find a woman to love...

We are an evangelical, historically Anglican congregation in Falls Church, Virginia, a few miles from Washington, D.C. We are a vibrant congregation that also has a history that goes way back. Established in 1732 and rebuilt with the help of George Washington in 1763-1769, we long predate the country's founding.

For many Christian women, the constant demands of family, pursuing a career, and managing a household leave little time or energy for anything else. As a result, more than half of women struggle to read God’s Word as much as they’d like. As a busy working mom of three, Brittany Ann, the founder of Equipping Godly Women, understands this struggle all too well. In her latest book, Brittany Ann helps women of faith overcome spiritual resistance, create and maintain a quiet time they’ll love, and change their lives forever.

Esther Emery was a successful playwright and theater director, wife and mother, and loving it all - until, suddenly, she wasn’t. When a personal and professional crisis of spectacular extent leaves her reeling, Esther is left empty, alone in her marriage, and grasping for identity that does...

How do we overcome those battles in our lives that we always seem to be fighting? Learn to overcome the “giants” in your life—the fears and insecurities that keep you from reaching your full potential. It’s likely you have a threatening giant in your life: an adversary or stronghold...

Todd Gerelds, author of the best-selling book and hit movie Woodlawn, believes the most meaningful life lessons he has learned have been on the playing field. The voice of his coach rings in his head when life gets tough or when his day becomes off-kilter. It just happens that his coach's voice is also his father's. His dad was Tandy "The Coach" Gerelds, the subject of Woodlawn and the man who led his team to victory in the racially charged atmosphere of 1970s Alabama. Here, Todd reflects on 52 of his dad's most formative "coachisms."

They say friends are the family we choose. And that choosing—the joy of loving and being loved by someone who isn't genetically obligated to share life with us—adds priceless worth to our days, but also great risk. Because hurt can happen even in the closest friendships, and sometimes friendships fall apart. The loss can be staggering. As we struggle to digest the pain and confusion, we wonder, How could this happen? And what do I do now? Beloved author Elizabeth Laing Thompson comes alongside listeners as they process their struggling friendships.

Listen to the comforting word of God as you wind down for the day. Let the stories of the Book of Mormon and the gentle ambiance wash away the cares of the day.

As the world’s most popular annual Bible commentary for more than three decades, Standard Lesson Commentary (SLC) provides 52 weeks of study in a single volume.

As the world’s most popular annual Bible commentary for more than three decades, Standard Lesson Commentary (SLC) provides 52 weeks of study in a single volume.

FALL ASLEEP FAST With God's Word is your peaceful nighttime companion, featuring word for word KJV Bible verses read aloud over calming sleep music and gentle rain sounds for sleeping. Each episode is designed to quiet your mind, strengthen your faith, and help you rest in God's promises. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, stress, or restless thoughts, let God's Word bring peace to your heart. Listen nightly and allow Scripture, sleep music, and rain sounds for sleeping to guide you into deep, refreshing rest in His presence.

John Chrysostom’s letters to his childhood friend Theodore who had fallen for a young woman after agreeing to live a life of asceticism. John explains to Theodore that he has covenanted with a Heavenly Bridegroom and that to marry Hermione would be adultery. John compares the destruction of the soul of Theodore to the destruction of the Temple of Israel.

True North Church is a community of people who have discovered renewed life, joy, and purpose through our faith in Jesus Christ. We are committed to growing in biblical faith and sharing God’s love with one another and our community. You can listen to our weekly messages from the Bible in this podcast. We hopt you are encouraged and prompted to dig deeper into a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ.

You have a giant in your life. An adversary that's diminishing your ability to live fully in Christ. Whatever it may be—rejection, fear, anger, comfort, or addiction—this giant stands between you and God's promise...and it must fall. Like with David and the Israelites, God has a better plan...

This podcast contains the sermons and publications of Twin Falls Community Church.

A podcast where we hear stories of God meeting people and setting them free. “Your mind’s renewing, ashes to beauty, now go and tell your story.” Even if my grandma wasn’t seeing change in my life, she continued to pray for the walls to fall. May these stories encourage you to continue to persevere in prayer for your friends and family members, like my grandma did for me. New episodes every first and third Monday.