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Rapture or Resurrection: Which Should We Be Looking For?Are the Resurrection and the Rapture one and the same? How will these events manifest themselves on Earth? Will I receive my resurrection body after I ascend to Heaven? How will I receive God''s salvation? Is atonement an option for me?These and many other common questions about the Rapture and the Resurrection are answered clearly in the Scripture, but often this information is muddled by modern interpretations, biases and speculation. ΓÇ£Rapture or Resurrection: Which Should We Be Looking For?ΓÇ¥ peels away layers of confusion and prejudice to reveal the purity of God''s word.ΓÇ£Rapture or ResurrectionΓÇ¥ demystifies the Rapture by taking an unflinching look at the Scripture itself to reveal only God''s intended meaning. The book examines God''s word without denominational bias to illuminate the most common misconceptions about the Rapture, resurrection and God''s salvation. Readers confused and fascinated by the Rapture and the mysteries of resurrection ΓÇô whether Christian, Jewish, drawn to the Old Testament or New ΓÇô will be inspired and enlightened by ΓÇ£Rapture or Resurrection.ΓÇ¥

It All Starts WithinSeptember 11, 1989...Four Days Before My 18th Birthday...I Was Being Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Knowing of a brutal murder. Two peers of mine, possessing the Same Charges as I, received probation and house arrest; another peer received 20 years In Prison For Being At the murder scene and the teen which took Thee Life was sentenced to 60 years In Prison.This Journey is Not About Five Teens That "Conspired" To Take A Man's Life...Exaggerated With Ideas To fill-in the blanks Where Truth was Not Known.I Recall- As Feel- Even Today Thee Moment Of Being arrested...Looking Into Thee Blood Filled Eyes Of My Mother...Reassuring Her..."Everything's Ok."Beyond My crimes...Beyond a 30 year sentence...WithIn My Innocent Ignorance...I Knew I Had Cursed Thee Life Given Me WithIn Silence Too Long. I Had Spent A Great Part Of My Existence Praying For It To End...asking To Be Taken Away From It All.I Had Offended Enough Thee Life...Love and Freedom WithIn- now- It Was To Be Taken. For 17 years I did Not Find a Reason...I could Not Embrace Purpose, Though I Believed...Something Mattered.This Journey Is Of A Soul Walking Through Existence Into Thee Entrance Of Hell- WithIn As WithOut- but a Path Necessary To Endure So That Thee Mind May Know Life- Love- Freedom WithIn As WithOut.If You Only Take One Thing From This Moment...Then Please...Know This...It All Starts Within...

Rebecca Silverstream lost something that was so dear to her. Her boyfriend, Brian Johnson was taken away involuntarily because his family moved to another state. The following period brought sadness and loneliness. She did her best to continue her life but the love she had for him never diminished. Miraculously, they stumbled on each other in a most unusual way. Their meeting brought back old memories and rejuvenated new zest in them. They confessed their love to each other and a new journey began. Nevertheless, the future terrain presented obstacles to conquer. How well they adjusted and fought to preserve their love, unfolded into a drama that is exciting and thrilling. The narrative is filled with scenarios that capture the interest of the reader. Each event is carefully described and produces pleasure and enjoyment. For example, the social problem of race develops along the natural order of events. Its emergence contributes to the preponderance of heated dialogue that develops between Rebecca and her parents about Brian. The journey that followed produced a confluence of events filled with thrill, excitement, suspense and eventually a happy ending. The scenes were carefully developed artfully into a coherent piece of literary brilliance. There is no doubt that the narrative will stir the reader's emotion and capture his interest. Smooth as Silk succeeds in delivering good quality reading.

Chance Murphy, convicted of 1st Degree Murder,is paroled from Missouri to California. He must survive on the streets for 5 years before the invisible yolk around his neck is removed to reveal the "true" freedom. Times and things had changed since Chance Murphy roamed the L.A. streets as a teenager during the mid-60s. Now he was a grown man, fresh out prison after 15 years and going back to Cali. Omar Rashad received his Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Sociology from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO. The author attended Manual Arts H.S. in Los Angeles, CA during the Watts Riots. He is a native of Kansas City, MO, who now resides in Atlanta, GA.

WAS IT FATE THAT BROUGHT THIRTEEN YEAR OLD GORDON SUMNER TO A FORGOTTEN PLACE AND TRANSPORTED HIM BACK TO THE DAYS LEADING UP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR? IT WAS AN IRONIC CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT LED THE BOY TO DISCOVER A HERO KNOWN ONLY TO A FEW AND TO LEARN OF HIS STORY. IT ALL SEEMED TOO DETAILED, TOO ACURATE AND TOO REAL TO BE JUST A DREAM, BUT WHAT ELSE COULD IT HAVE BEEN. JOURNEY WITH HIM TO DISCOVER THE LEGEND AND THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES HE TOUCHED. PUT YOURSELF IN THE SHOES OF THE YOUNG MAN AND DECIDE WHAT IS TRUTH AND WHAT IS NOT. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THE SIGHTS, THE SOUNDS, THE SMELLS AND THE FEELINGS OF THE PEOPLE OF A BYGONE ERA AS THEY FACED AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE AND WITNESSED THE MAKING OF A LEGEND, THE LEGEND OF JONATHON KRONE.

Rain Rain Go Away, Come Again another DayIn the spring of nineteen forty nine from lower Virginia to the Alabama coast it rained. Those who had heard the sirens were still alive. Those who fled the flood waters born from once slow flowing creeks were saved. Those that paid it no mind were now lost, or maybe alone this night praying to stay alive. Josh sat in the Civil Defenses headquarters and had no idea as to what he would do next. Sitting there he watched through swollen and darkened eyes as the Red Cross volunteers continued to work around the clock bringing in food and water. Things right now were insane to him and to all those who sat around him staring blankly into the bare floor. They were wondering what would life would be like when it all came to an end. It had been raining; torrential, miserable cold wet rain for the last four months. It seemed as if the rain was never going to end. He had already lost his house, his crops in the fields, and his livestock as he watched it all wash away one day right before he himself was rescued. His mother and father are still listed among the missing. No one could figure out why God was punishing everyone.

This personal memoir tells how many gay people can sometimes spend decades of tThis personal memoir tells how many gay people can sometimes spend decades of their lives fooling themselves and others before realizing their true identities. The book is adult but not pornographic. The author who lived primarily in the Carolinas and Florida relates his life story as it started about the time of World War Two until now. He knew that he was different from other children and had extraordinary talents. He did not understand what his differences were. He was unable to get answers about sex when he was a child because that was a taboo subject It was a time and place when and where sex was not even discussed with people''s children or anyone else. This made relationships difficult. So, he concentrated on his plans for a career and the use of his talents. Suppressing his true sexuality resulted in some mental and emotional turmoil and sometimes clinical depression. After many years and a broken marriage, he was finally able to break the bonds of unhappiness by finding friends who accepted him and loved him unconditionally, something he never experienced even in his own family. He believes this is every gay or lesbian''s story as they seek simple acceptance for being who they are. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Larry Barnes (PhD) is a retired minister, counselor and musician who grew up and lived primarily in the Carolinas. He lives with his domestic partner in Florida. He enjoys participating in his church and in local LGBT groups. He also enjoys camping and traveling.heir lives fooling themselves and others before realizing their true identities. The book is adult but not pornographic. The author who lived primarily in the Carolinas and Florida relates his life story as it started about the time of World War Two until now. He knew that he was different from other children and had extraordinary talents. He did not understand what his differences were. He was unable to get answers about s

Eddy Trout doesn't know his family history, and grim memories fester in his heart. Anymore, his heart merely pumps blood. He'd like to kill the damn thing and, hopefully, grow a new, more loving one. But how do you kill your nightmares? And what about the stranger who's making damnable claims of fatherhood? Should Eddy kill him, too? It wouldn't be the first time he's killed a man claiming to be his father.

The End is only the Beginning....It wasn't the first time Lieutenant Travis Daniels had been far from his wife and son. Leading an elite team on countless missions, dodging death at every turn-it was what he was trained to do. And returning to his family was always his driving force... but this time might be different. Imprisoned for an unsanctioned intrusion into a hot zone, Travis and his elite team took a deal to assist in the colonization of Mars to evade the death penalty. While stationed there, Travis' only source of sanity were the brief video conversations he was allowed with his family. When the last transmission received showed choppy images of the city in darkness and blurs of humanoid creatures running through the streets, Travis and his team must decide to either stay on Mars or find a way back to his family-unknowing of the hell that Earth has become.

In 1888 there's bad blood and bitter feuding between two families, the Lufkins and the Roses. It seems William Rose sought the heart and hand of Lufkin's beautiful daughter, Grace and she was the main subject of the feud. Her father put a stop to the romance and the fire of hatred was kindled resulting in bitter quarrels and lawsuits between the families. On the evening of August 22, 1888 Moses Lufkin is seated on a lounge near an open window conversing with the Slover family in the town of Gales. All of a sudden a shot is heard. Lufkin has been shot in the back and dies within minutes. Eli Slover rushes to the window and sees a man running from the scene, who he believes is William Rose. Rose, considered a likely suspect, is arrested two days later, and charged with the crime. This true story gives intimate details and events leading to this horrible tragedy. You'll get a glimpse of other possible suspects and motives, a look at the justice system of the times, as Rose endures three trials, being acquitted at the first two, with a conviction at the third. Appeals were made all the way to the US Supreme Court but Governor Merriam denies the commutation of the death sentence and Rose is scheduled to hang. On October 16, 1891, the death march begins, and Rose courageously meets his fate. As he stands at the top of the gallows, he glances at the little crowd of people below with his piercing dark eyes and gives his last speech; "Gentlemen, you realize that I stand on this platform tonight as a poor, unfortunate man, who in a few minutes must swing. Some of you will surely live to see the day that I shall be declared innocent. Watch that old man, Slover, and see whether my words don't come true. Gentlemen, I bid you goodbye." The gruesome details of the execution begin at 5 am; Sheriff Charlie Mead pulls the lever, a loud crash is heard, Rose's limp body lies in a heap upon the floor; the rope broke. The horror-stricken crowd stands motionless. Finally, deputies carry his body to the gallows, another noose is placed around his neck, and the trap sprung again. This time the rope holds and Rose swings a second time; his spirit finally escaping into eternity. Over 120 years later, people who've heard this story, still claim an innocent man was hanged, not once, but twice. Such a terrible miscarriage of justice is now a part of the past. But there is a piece from this story that still stands at the Redwood County Museum, Redwood Falls. It is the small, one-room jail where Rose stayed the day before his execution. This treasure from the past has been preserved by the Redwood County Historical Society and is on display during the summer months.

This is a book of gut-wrentching cries from deep with in a hurting lost soul. The written journal of jotted down memories, notes and given prophecies. The repentative heart of a newborn innocent yet unlearned child of God full of fears, anxiety stricken and extremely dysfunctional. The recorded journey to victory for the gaining of stability and FREEDOM. A journey from just getting through life to LIVING it!!!

When your wife is diagnosed with cancer it is agonizing. When both of you are diagnosed within weeks of each other the uncertainty is relentless. Jay Otterbacher's memoir details one unbelievable year he could never have imagined. Anyone with a friend, colleague or loved one facing cancer can better understand what they are going through from this amazing story of thirty-two weeks in 2006. "It's Cancer" provides an unfiltered view behind the public facade into the home, relationships and treatment of one ordinary couple facing an inconceivable battle against two cancers at the same time. The implausible circumstances created the story. This narrative captures it in an open and friendly manner that allows you to be there with Karen and Jay as they use humor and strength to navigate through the fear, stress and uncertainty that all cancer patients know too well. Whether it was family, friends, dolphins or doctors something always appeared just the way it had to at just the time they needed it during this incredible year. In amazing detail, Jay shares the impact that each of these encounters had on their fight with the disease and their perspectives on life.If you have been told "It's Cancer", this book can be a source of hope and inspiration while you learn from the choices (both good and bad) that Karen and Jay made in their treatment and in communicating with the people who cared about them. If cancer has touched someone in your life the details captured in this book will give you insight into the week to week grind of the fight to regain control of their lives. Excerpt: When he finished walking us through the plan I asked about mastectomy. He said it was not even something he was considering in Karen's case. He explained that mastectomy was invasive surgery with a long recovery time and there was no evidence that it would improve her survival chances. I thought about debating with him since I had about twelve hours of exhaustive internet self-study on breast cancer but since we loved his answer I let him ride on this one. By the time we had walked back across the causeway through the hospital and to our car, Karen had her jaw set. She was going to beat this and she was going to do it in a big way. She declared that she wanted an elliptical machine so she could work out at home and stay in shape during her recovery. I responded that we would get one. Karen let me know that that was not good enough; she wanted one now. We drove from the hospital to an exercise equipment store.They had six or eight different models in the store, three of which were on sale. Karen pointed to one of the top models and said "that one". At that point the salesman in the store started his pitch on a lesser model that was on sale. He apparently did not understand that the answer to everything that day was to be yes. I gave him a shut up look, a credit card and asked how much to have it delivered that day. By the end of the day it was installed in our exercise room. It would be nine months before either of us would use it.

In never-before-released details, the author reveals the early struggle to bring computer technology to Behind-The-Iron-Curtain Communist Poland, Post-Franco Spain, Socialist Venezuela, and Post World War II Brazil. The intersection of political ideology, human nature and advanced technology creates a drama that is humorous, appalling, dangerous and even lethal...

Continuing thoughts in poetic form of an old soul's journey.Reflections III brings to the reader my never ceasing ponderings about life, faith, love and so much more. My promise to share my poetic adventures with family, friends and old souls continues here in this third volume.

The story of Captain Ror continues in book three, Necessary Lies.After rescuing Sarah Gold from the caves, Ror took her to Shadow Falls where she was reunited with friends from Earth. Conflict arose and it was decided that Ror, Sarah and another Black Hair captain named Brecht would find the lair of the Winged Beasts using hang gliders. Catastrophe befalls the trio as Sarah's hang glider dismantles while in the air and Ror is captured. After weeks of torture he escapes only to be subdued by former Rested tribesmen inside a frozen river. Hearing that Sarah has fallen, Detective Ron Smith ignores the warnings of the Black Hair tribe and goes into the wilderness hoping to find her alive. What he finds, however, is completely unimaginable and ends up changing his opinion of who could have actually killed Treetop, the dead corpse back on Earth.the dead corpse back on Earth.

Do you know your family's history? Liz discovers her families surprising secrets during a road trip.

Stop! This is not your typical travel book on Venezuela; you won't find traditional reviews of restaurants, endless descriptions of places to visit, or rated accommodations. It's much, much more. An inspirational story about risk taking, Visions of Venezuela is about following one's muse, living life on the edge, experiencing every day as if it was your last. Everyone at one time or another has asked, "What if?" then returned to their regularly scheduled, myopic lives. Not this newlywed couple! Meet the Havilands, Joe and Alicia, who honeymooned on the windswept, palm tree punctuated Isle of Margarita in Venezuela and loved it so much that they went back to the same place to live and teach a year later. They were courageously living their dream: Venezuela or Bust! So, imagine if you will, this castaway couple selling everything they owned, including her beautiful emerald green Mustang convertible, putting their stuff in storage, and taking off to a foreign country, more than 4,000 miles away from their home, on a wing and a prayer, with their life savings and no job(s) waiting. That's what this companionable couple, both educators, did so daringly. Without any planned income and only a rented place to stay temporarily in Porlamar on the Island of Margarita, they threw caution to the wind and set sail on an adventure that made their family and friends marvel with delight. Little did this middle-age dynamic duo know that this was just the tip of the iceberg; it represented a new beginning of worldwide travel that would change their lives irrevocably, reeling them in hook, line, and sinker. It's a modern day Robinson Crusoe tale, couples-style, but instead of encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, Joe and Alicia met up with a plethora of unforgettable, compassionate people (both island natives and expats) and unexpected adventures that left them craving for more. It's a picture-perfect collection of entertaining anecdotes for both jetsetters and armchair travelers alike. Written in a sociable, conversational narrative, Visions of Venezuela is a must read, taking readers on a vicarious island tour de force. Fasten your seatbelts, turn your trays to the upright position, and prepare yourself for takeoff. This is your passport to travel into the lives of richly rendered characters, where you'll sight see the goings on of everyday island life on Margarita in this sybaritic symphony for the senses. Hear the barking dogs of Porlamar. Taste the gamey rooster soup from a road side stand. Smell the Caribbean lapping at your feet. See the shoeless, shirtless boy flamboyantly flying a homemade kite down a volcanic-red dirt road. Feel the warm, life-sustaining rain on your sun-kissed skin. And so much more. Leave your persnickety life behind, and take a much-needed vacation, one chapter at a time. You'll find the destination worth it, each and every time you pick up Visions of Venezuela to read. By book's end, it might even challenge you to make your own voyage of self-discovery and quite possibly land you in a faraway exotic place, where nothing is ordinary and anything can happen.

America's Free Speech is under systematic assault. President Obama himself is the Serial Abuser-in-Chief, and his assault is being conducted on many fronts with a multitude of means, both overt and covert. The goal is no less than the minimization if not elimination of dissent from his top-down agenda. The First Amendment was never intended to be a social engineering project, but treating it as such is as natural to a Statist as any other governmentally dictated program. This book details Obama's War on America's most important political right.

Seven Days'' Journey is a personal narrative detailing various experiences that I encountered as I ventured to an unknown destination in Southern Africa. The tedious journey by bus and train lasted seven days in total. Lessons learned and experiences gained not only impacted my personal life aptly, but have consistently impacted many lives of friends and relatives in Africa and the USA. Though you cannot ignore an element of humor embedded in the narration, you definitely learn a lot in terms of towns, cities, and countries located along the route that I took from Kenya to Botswana. People who are on the brink of taking a subsequent move in life and are uncertain of their endeavor would reap from reading Seven Days'' Journey to Botswana. It is a captivating, moving, and an interesting piece that not only stirs up emotions but exposes the reader to realities of lives that some people face in order to bring about a total transformation of their economic challenges.On the spiritual aspect of it, faith becomes real when you act on it. It is a religious conviction as well that a mighty blessing is pronounced to those who go out and those who come in. Abraham in the Bible sojourned in the land and was never the same again in his life. My personal venture to South Africa has surely turned my life around to a prosperous path indeed.

New surprises, a new beginningHe arrived in Africa in the middle of the night, unexpected and ill-prepared for the volatile Congo of the mid-1960s-police stops, political turmoil-a culture still reeling from colonial oppression. Plunged without experience into an assignment with meager resources and conflicting expectations, he came face to face with his strengths and his limits. With each Congo dawn came new obstacles and opportunities that demanded action. John Franz describes in this poignant memoir how he navigated the unique and exotic situations he faced with unexpected results. With wit and alacrity, he illustrates how the Congo turned an obligation of alternate service during the Viet Nam War into a crucible for a transformation that recreated his life.

Maintain or lose your spiritual eligibility. God desires to see you stand strong in the face of adversity. Even when things may seem difficult, God still want to see you maintain that which He has given unto you. There is so much that God has in store for you. What He has for you is not limited to materialistic things. He wants to see you superimpose His will over the lies and plots of the enemy. Don%u2019t allow the oppositions that may come into your life make you lose your eligibility. When you maintain your walk with the Lord, you%u2019re eligible to walk in true prosperity. True prosperity is when you are able to defeat the enemy in every area in your life. I encourage you to stand on the word of God and watch Him work in your favor. You can either maintain or lose your spiritual eligibility, the choice is yours. About the Author: Author Shakeema Robinson resides in North Carolina with her husband Lorenza Robinson. They have 3 beautiful children Janiqua, Shaniah, and Lorenza Jr. She is an Evangelist that loves to preach and teach the word of God. She also has a heart to see those that are being held captive set free by the power of God. Her favorite scripture is Psalm138:8 The Lord will perfect those things that concern me for His mercy endures forever. She is currently working on her second book.

This poetry collection is archaeology of the soul, exploring events and feelings to discern deeper truths. In gathering and refining poems written over many years, distinct lifetime stages emerged, each with particular interests and longings. Individual poems depict slices of time that illuminate vivid moments or mundane experiences to distill their insight. Crisis strikes, bliss surprises, humor heartens. Mistakes chasten and love heals. Forgiveness brings recovery, meditation serenity. The poems reveal deepened understanding with age, and readers may find echoes of their own discoveries. Together, these poetic glimpses suggest the essence of a full life edging toward conclusion with acceptance and peace.