Showing results for "The World Over" in Religion & Spirituality

April 7, 1944 - This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, fled over 100 miles to be the first to give the graphic and detailed descriptions of the atrocities of Auschwitz. Originally published in the early 1960s, I Escaped from Auschwitz is the striking autobiography of none other than Rudolf Vrba himself. Vrba details his life leading up to, during, and after his escape from his 21-month internment in Auschwitz.

George Everard eloquently describes the lifework of every Christian. Worldly temptations are always around us and it is our task to overcome them. Everard explains what it truly means to overcome the world and how we can remain detached by the definition of true service.

Whether it's the news, social media, or well-intentioned friends, we're told daily to fear "others". We fear strangers, neighbors, the other side of the aisle, even those who parent differently. And when we're confronted with something that scares us, our brain sees only two options: attack or avoid. But either way, polarization intensifies. What if you could defy your own instincts and choose a third option - scandalous, disruptive, unthinkable LOVE?

Het christendom is één van de grootste religies in de wereld en het christelijke cultuurgoed is diep verankerd in de Westerse samenleving. Willemien Otten behandelt de periode vanaf het vroege christendom tot en met de hedendaagse ontwikkelingen.