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В двадцать восемь лет Шмитт предпринял пеший поход по пустыне Сахара. Он отправился туда будучи атеистом, а, десять дней спустя, вернулся глубоко верующим человеком. Вдали от привычного окружения писатель и драматург открыл для себя простую жизнь, завязал дружбу с туарегами. А потом он заблудился на просторах Ахаггара. На протяжении тридцати часов он ничего не ел и не пил, он не понимал, где оказался, и сумеют ли его найти. И ночь, проведенная под звездами, открыла ему новый духовный путь.

Hildegard von Bingen, Heilige und Heilkundige: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten.

El mundo musulmán reverencia su nombre, se trata de uno de los profetas fundamentales en el surgimiento de las religiones monoteístas, su biografía despierta la curiosidad de los historiadores y su figura se ha convertido lamentablemente en una fuente de conflictos. Mahoma es considerado por la religión musulmana como el último de los profetas. Según se cuenta, nació en La Meca alrededor del 570 en la tribu Quraysh. Se dice que su primer encuentro con el arcángel Gabriel cuando era niño lo limpió de toda influencia maligna, lo que le permitió recibir más tarde la revelación de la palabra de Dios, el Corán.

Jim's volumes of personal journals, written over many years, reveal the inner struggles and victories that he experienced before his untimely death in 1956. In The Journals of Jim Elliot, you'll come to know this intelligent and articulate man who yearned to know God's plan for his life, detailed his fascinating missions work, and revealed his love for Elisabeth--first as a single man, then as a happily married one.

Suitcases from Heaven: A Mother’s Journey through Her Daughter-in-law’s Cancer is the heart- wrenching story of a daughter-in-law fighting a rare, terminal cancer with a mountain of miracle-moving faith, and a mother-in-law depleted of miracle-believing faith who wants nothing to do with such miracle nonsense. Day by day, as Cindy Seaton Henson cares for her dying daughter-in-law, God invites her onto Jazmin’s hope-train legacy. This memoir is intended to encourage caregivers to lean into restored faith so they can better care for their loved ones.

On December 14, 1997, Marine Corps Captain Danny White thought he had it all. He had married his high school sweetheart and they had three children and another on the way, when an accident on an Arizona highway shattered his life and left him and two of his children stranded in a desert of the soul. Through his faith in God, Danny eventually found his life and a new love to lead him to his destiny.

Ibn Battuta, erster muslimischer Forschungsreisender: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Jesus von Nazareth, der historische Jesus: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Thomas von Aquin, der große Kirchenlehrer: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Benedikt von Nursia, Kirchenlehrer und Gründer des Benediktinerordens: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Baptism, marriage, burial, hitting for the cycle. Portal to tomb. Assassinated seminary classmate, close friends with Watergate figures, African odyssey, divorce, remarriage, all in the shadow of inevitable, impending death. Does death make hash of all our efforts? Is there a dimension beyond what we know? Can normal people access it? As we burn down our culture's best achievements can we do something more useful than mourn? Come along on this holy roller coaster. You may recognize the highs and lows.

As a special operations army commander, Jeff Tiegs anchored his life in the battlefield—and the Bible. He joined the 1st Ranger Battalion at age eighteen and retired as a Delta Force lieutenant colonel. Often separated from his wife and kids, Tiegs lost friends in combat but never stopped pursuing his enemies wherever they tried to hide.

When the great preacher Jonathan Edwards wanted to describe what authentic revival looks like, he looked to his wife Sarah. A transformative experience empowered her to delight and trust in God, even through the darkest of times. She could testify: “I felt such a disposition to rejoice in God, that I wished to have the world join me in praising him.” Sharon James gives an engaging account of Sarah’s life, and includes Sarah’s full first-hand account of her formative revival experience.

"Statesmen... may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand." -John Adams. What does it mean to be a nation "under God"? Where have we been as a nation, and where are we going? Using unforgettable accounts of both famous and little-known Americans, Under God tells the stories of men and women of faith who forged our nation.

Cos'è cambiato nei cinquant’anni passati dalla pubblicazione di Lettera a una professoressa? Che cosa succede se quella Lettera viene riportata oggi sui banchi di scuola, data ai ragazzi da leggere e da discutere? Andrea Schiavon lo ha fatto, intrecciando la vita e gli scritti di don Milani con i problemi, le aspettative e i sogni degli studenti di oggi. «E se io non rientrassi in un numero che va dallo zero al dieci?» chiede uno di loro, interrogandosi sui voti. «Come può funzionare un sistema dove gli insegnanti non hanno voglia di insegnare e gli studenti di imparare?» domanda un altro.

Love to Christ introduces listeners to one of the most beloved Scottish pastors of the nineteenth century, Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813-1843). Following a biographical sketch that acquaints us with the life and ministry of M'Cheyne, Jordon Stone presents thirty-eight excerpts from M'Cheyne's writings that walk us through the nature, foundation, means, rewards, and ministry of holiness. M'Cheyne's life and ministry was marked by a pursuit of holiness.

A Sweet Flame introduces listeners to the piety of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758). Dr. Haykin's biographical sketch of Edwards captures the importance the New England minister placed on Scripture, family piety, and the church's reliance upon God. The remainder of the book presents 26 selections from various letters written by Edwards, two written by family members at his death, and an appendix drawing upon Edwards's last will and the inventor of his estate.

Spurgeon and the Poor is a fascinating study into the life and ministry of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, exploring his understanding of the place of benevolence in the ministry of the local church. Alex DiPrima examines the way Spurgeon's belief that gospel preaching and soul-winning formed the church's mission informed his view of social concern as a compelling argument for its power.

Hay libros de memorias que tienen el ritmo y la tensión de una novela de aventuras. Si lo que nos cuentan no estuviera rigurosamente documentado, parecerían más bien el guion trepidante de una película de acción. Estas memorias hablan, además, de una de las figuras más decisivas de la Iglesia contemporánea, san Josemaría Escrivá. Al hilo del relato, Casciaro va presentando una galería de figuras inolvidables: sus padres, algunos miembros del Opus Dei y tantos otros personajes del Madrid de los años treinta, o de la guerra civil española, vista desde ambos "lados" de la contienda.

After the death of his brother, Warren Lewis lived at The Kilns in Oxford, edited his famous brother's letters, and did a little writing of his own. Then he got a letter from a stranger on the far side of the world. Over the years that followed, he and Blanche Biggs, a missionary in Papua New Guinea, shared a vibrant correspondence. These conversations encompassed their views on faith, their politics, their humor, the legacy of C. S. Lewis, and their own trials and longings.