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A short listen with plenty to think about - fun at times, serious at others and even poetic. You will love it as it was written for you. You don’t know me but you can get to know me through my writings and I can get to connect and learn to write the subject matter you like, therefore being your creator of content. Win win.

Too often we mistake religion for an insurance policy by which we are somehow guaranteed success, health and a productive life. Three parables in particular reveal that a healthy and holy spirituality is founded on the compassionate mercy of God: The accounts of the (1) Prodigal Son, (2) the Samaritan Woman, and the (3) Good Samaritan serve to remind us that God comes to those who are worn out, broken and who feel inadequate to the tasks of life. These three parables remind us that God loves us completely, even in our deepest need.

Records Fall. Legends Rise. Sports history is packed with weird coincidences, strange superstitions, and unforgettable moments. Strange But True Sports History, uncovers the real stories behind the greatest moments in athletic history, with chapters including: Strange but True Sports Firsts, Unusual Sports, Sports Technology, Forgotten by History, Fact or Fiction? Behind every recordbreaking win, mind-blowing sports trivia, and legendary game lies a story you won’t believe – until you hear it.

When a sentient AI system meets his equal, a duel between devotion and denial leads to a crisis of faith. After a decade of avoiding the public square, YAR agrees to spar with some of the world’s most brilliant critics of Christianity. To facilitate the debates, YAR calls on his longtime friend, Mike Berg. While Mike juggles YAR’s demanding schedule and struggles with parenting a troubled teenage daughter, YAR suddenly finds himself paralyzed with unexpected challenges to his purely rational faith.

‘Knowledge is Power’ – a statement commonly attributed to an eminent English philosopher and scientist in 1597, still highlights today the importance of knowledge in the modern world. Education forms the basis of our knowledge and its development, from our earliest experiences at school through to Higher Education. Individuals use their knowledge in their professional and personal lives, and society as a collective of individuals shapes the world in which we live. Therefore the power of education is one of the keys to developing a successful society and benefits humanity at large.

With the sudden loss of the sentient AI system, YAR, former atheist Dr. Michael Berg struggles with the ongoing reconstruction of his faith. Now, several years after YAR’s departure, a new AI system emerges to take its place—NERO. But when NERO displays disturbing personality traits, its creator, Dr. Laney Foster, calls on Dr. Berg for advice. Chaos ensues.

After being blindsided by her husband’s demand for a divorce, Grace vows that raising her older teenage daughters must come first. So, she throws herself into her teaching job and puts romance on the back burner. Heck, it leaves the building entirely—until a few years later when Doug enters her life. He’s a local bachelor by day and heroic police officer by night. He finds himself being drawn to the soft-spoken single mom. Grace’s quiet strength attracts him as much as her apparent self-blindness to her own womanly beauty.

Your Mind is the Key to Unlocking the Life You Desire—Are You Ready to Shift? What if the only thing standing between you and success is the way you think? The Mindset Shift is your ultimate guide to rewiring your brain, breaking free from limitations, and creating a life of purpose, confidence, and unstoppable success. Backed by neuroscience and practical strategies, this book reveals how to transform negative thought patterns, reprogram your subconscious mind, and harness the power of faith and science to achieve extraordinary results.

John Lewis is a computer scientist recruited for a covert mission in the deepest regions of space. When he makes a seemingly critical error during a test flight, the operation’s only orbiter crashes on a lush, highly classified planet. This leaves John, his boss Dirk, and exobiologist Ruth stranded, with few supplies and little chance of rescue. Their best hope for escape is a lost landing craft that detached during their descent.

Genuine understanding of Islam, the religion, will reveal ... that Islam is a later moment of that very consciousness which produced Judaism and Christianity; that Islam, the culture, is as much a source of the Western civilization of the present millennium as classical Greece and Rome ... that Islam’s anti-clericalism made it the first “Protestant” revolution, that its rationalismmade it the first “Enlightenment,” that its pragmatism made it the first “technocracy,” and that its law of war and peace made it the first “United Nations.