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Thousands of religions have adherents today, and countless more have existed throughout history. What accounts for this astonishing diversity? This extraordinarily ambitious and comprehensive book demonstrates how evolutionary systematics and philosophy can yield new insight into the development of organized religion. Lance Grande—a leading evolutionary systematist—examines the growth and diversification of hundreds of religions over time, highlighting their historical interrelationships.

I've traveled back twenty-two years to rewrite the future and stop the nightmare threatening Earth. An apocalypse looms, promising total annihilation. No one will be spared. Now the weight of the world rests on my shoulders; I'm the one tasked with changing everything. I have come back to the past, and in five days, on the twenty-sixth of April, the day of reckoning will arrive. The event that will happen will be known as the Eclipse in the future. It will divide the history of the Solar System into a before and after.

Clark Keane, sixth grade superhero Eagleboy, would do anything for his friends. Climb a way-too-high rickety treehouse? Sure. Create a superhero alter ego for Murphy instead of studying for finals? No question. Brave the grumpy neighbor’s Mutant House in the dark to find Murphy’s lost ball? Well… if he has to. So when Murphy accuses Clark of being a bad friend because of one teensy joke, Clark is outraged. Shots fire, balls fly, and friends pick sides. No treehouse is safe from the feud. But friendship might not be the only thing in danger. Strange things have begun to happen on Oak Street.

Admiral Lujan Sergey is Commander-in-Chief of the Unified World’s special forces, the Spherzah. When the new government of a former enemy world, Issel, requests assistance from the UW to repel an invasion by masuk slavers, the negotiations become contentious. An assassin strikes during the treaty signing, and Lujan is critically injured. The damage to his central nervous system leaves him with little but his keen mind.

In the intricate dance of life, we often find ourselves grappling with three essential realms: Food, Finances, and Faith. My journey has been a tapestry of struggles and stumbles, a series of daily do-overs inspired by my own surname—Mulligan. This book is a candid documentation of my missteps and the invaluable lessons gleaned from them, with the hope that listeners can chart a swifter course to success in their own lives.

An Infinite Treasury acquaints you with one of the most uplifting Puritan authors, William Bridge (1600-1670). Brian G. Hedges traces Bridge's life and ministry in a brief biography, emphasizing Bridge's theology of grace in the Christian life. Hedges then presents excerpts from Bridge's writings, which reveal Jesus as grace personified so that we can enjoy salvation in Him. Listen and be encouraged by the grace, fullness, and sufficiency of Jesus Christ in William Bridge's writings.

The volcanic eruption on Deception Island, Antarctica has destroyed potentially the most significant archaeological find in human history… but not before the mysterious rune it produced somehow saved the lives of two of the most powerful members of the Order of the Global Brotherhood. In an act of apparent magnanimity, the Order’s chairman, Thierry Voltaire, provides funding to offer that same rune of health and vitality to the global population in the form of a tattoo, free of charge. But how does the rune actually work?

Science fiction masters Larry Niven (Ringworld) and Gregory Benford (Timescape) continue the thrilling adventure of a human expedition to another star system that is jeopardized by an encounter with an astonishingly immense artifact in interstellar space: a bowl-shaped structure cupping a star, with a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths. And which, tantalizingly, is on a direct path heading toward the same system the human ship is to colonize.

Audacious astronauts encounter bizarre, sometimes deadly life forms, and strange, exotic, cosmic phenomena, including miniature black holes, dense fields of interstellar plasma, powerful gravity-emitters, and spectacularly massive space-based, alien-built labyrinths. Tasked with exploring this brave new, highly dangerous world, they must also deal with their own personal triumphs and conflicts.

A human expedition to colonize another star system is jeopardized by an encounter with an astonishingly immense artifact in interstellar space: a bowl-shaped structure cupping a star, with a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths. And which, tantalizingly, is on a direct path heading toward the same system.

I traveled twenty-two years into the past to change the future and prevent the nightmare that threatens the Earth. I founded the Syndicate, which has by now become the most powerful organization in the world. It comprises the most talented Evolvers humanity has to offer—I selected them personally, guided by the knowledge from the future. I have now assembled a small army of Evolvers under the auspices of the Syndicate to clear the descent from the mountain and reach an incredibly powerful monster—the Silkworm, whose abilities I intend to claim for myself.

The illegitimate son of a peasant, Rion of Tryferos has very limited prospects with only one remarkable talent: when he plays the lyre, he ushers in the supernatural balm of peace to all who hear. This turns out to be his ticket into the palace, where he nightly plays for the restless, rejected king. King Hector of Tryferos is paranoid, because he knows his days on the throne are numbered. What he doesn’t know is that his anointed successor is Rion.

Joshua Chatraw and Jack Carson help listeners rediscover a deeper faith in the midst of a confusing world. They invite skeptics and doubters to explore the ancient faith for a new perspective on contemporary Christianity. Chatraw and Carson build on C. S. Lewis's metaphor that envisions Christianity as a house with many rooms, suggesting that listeners move beyond the cramped attic of reactionary versions of the faith to explore the larger, more ancient main floors of the house.

Some questions about the New Testament canon are far from settled, either in the academy or the church—to say nothing of misconceptions and confusion. This is a crucial topic, given the importance of the canon's formation for our understanding of early Christianity and the nature of the Christian faith itself. In Creating the Canon, Benjamin P. Laird explores misunderstood, disputed, and overlooked matters tied to the composition, collection, and authority of the New Testament canon.

The enormous aliens known as Gimfa attacked the planet Lewa, and the Guardians thought they took them down. But instead, the aliens established a beachhead on the colony world and are readying a larger army to eliminate humanity once and for all. First Earth and now Lewa… unless the Guardians can stop them. More of the advanced Guardians are in development and may be ready to stand alongside Vortex Stingray and the others as the Galactic Alliance joins humanity’s effort to clear Lewa of the Gimfa.

Lieutenant Paul Anderson is a Guardian driver, able to pilot the massive, thirty-meter-tall mecha “Point Break” from his cockpit high above the ground. There are only two problems—the Alliance won’t let him arm the giant mecha, and even if he could, he’s a long way from where any of the fighting is occurring. When Paul learns his mother’s been killed on Lewa, he wants to get some payback… but he can’t.

Biblical prophecies about the end times have confused, confounded, and even divided God's people for centuries. But the reason Scripture gives us hints about the future is to provide the encouragement we need to endure the present, confident that God keeps his promises. In this balanced look at four major views of the end times, bestselling author Bryan Chapell explains the primary ways Christians have interpreted biblical prophecy about the last days, not so that we might pick a hill to die on but so that we can cling to what unites us in Christ.

Julia Hastings, wife of the oldest Hastings brother, Graham, is soaking up her first Christmas on the 7H Ranch. Embracing Hastings family traditions, and hoping to create new ones, Julia has high hopes for an unforgettable holiday, but little does she know that the Hastings brothers have their own ideas up their sleeves on how to make her first Christmas a memorable one.

History is clear: Whenever the church has aligned itself with worldly, coercive power, it ends up on the wrong side of important justice issues. But when the church cooperates with God's power through his presence among the least powerful, its witness for Jesus transforms the world into a better place. In Reckoning with Power, David Fitch unpacks the difference between worldly power, or power over others, and God's power, which engages not in coercion but in love, reconciliation, grace, forgiveness, and healing.

After the cataclysm known as The Last Stand, humanity fled to the stars. Earth has now been lost to the Gimfa, giant alien creatures bent on destruction and chaos. The benevolent Galactic Alliance gave humanity a colony world—Lewa—to call our own, but they have given humanity one condition: our Guardians must remain unarmed as they aren’t allowed to join the elite Alliance Corps military force.