Driven by Eternity: Making Your Life Count Today & Forever

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Most people would be left destitute if they planned their futures as carelessly as theyve prepared for eternity. Drawing on the principles in 2 Corinthians 5:911, John Bevere reminds us that all believers will stand before God and receive what they have earned in life. In building their lives to be ready for that day, and maintaining an eternal frame of reference, readers will develop significant lives. In keeping sight of the goal, readers will learn to labor for rewards that endurefor timeless eternity.

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Driven by Eternity.......2007-10-05

This book is awesome!! It is a MUST read for anyone wishing to get closer to God. The video study series is absolutely the ultimate. I would recommend this series to anyone.

Driven By Eternity.......2007-08-05

This is an eye opening book. It is not only well written, but it hits home on a topic that many people today need to reevaluate.
I loved it and recommend it highly.

A must for anyone desiring to mature as a Christian.......2007-07-23

Before I read the book I heard Brother Bevere preaching. I then bought a set that included this book, the CD's for "Affabel" as well as video presentation and one of his novels. I was impacted by his message from the beggining.
The whole subject of this book is that our present life is nothing when compared with eternity. Based on this premised, we must do our best on this life to first, to be save, and second, to ensure that we secure the rewards that God has for us in his Kingdom.
These rewards are not just "spiritual" but real they are promised in the Scripture. Bevere starts his book by presenting the allegory of the Kingdom of Affabel, which he uses as an allegory of this life and the coming Kingdom of Christ. The characters of the story represent various forms on which people approach the Christian faith, both voirtous and others fallacious as they do not adhere to the Scripture. At the en of the allegory the chareacters face King Jalyl, and receive what they deserve for how they lived their lifes.
Bevere goes on and makes a case for how most of Christians -and obviously those who are not- waste most of their lives building and working on things that are not of etenrnal significance. By using the Affabel allegory and using the holy Bible to support his teachings, Brother Bevere demonstrates what the Bible says about eternity, how people are actually living it, and how really we should see it. He also tell us what God expect from us and the benefits of us following His Will and Plan.

I found this book life changing. I recommend this book to anybody and everybody, whether you are a believer or not. If you are a believer, you will shape up and start to put something in your "account" with God, otherwise all your hard work will be gone when tested by God's purifying fire. If you are not a Christian, well, you need to "open" an account, becasue otherwise everything there will be nothing left for you, other than eternal punishment.

Very impressive - with one MAJOR flaw.......2007-07-21

There is a lot to recommend in this book. Bevere makes a compelling case for filtering all of one's thoughts, words and actions through the light of eternity. Good stuff! And he writes better than most. Why just three stars, then? For a major doctrinal flaw. Bevere devotes one entire chapter to his conviction that it is possible to lose one's salvation by one's actions. His "proof" of this contention is utterly unconvincing, as any teaching outside Christian orothodoxy would be. I was flabbergasted - if he's wrong about this, what else is in error? It's difficult to recommend for this reason alone. The book with the offending chapter excised would be worth five stars, easily.

EXCELLENT 5 STAR BOOK.......2007-07-20

John Bevere earns nothing but praises- this may be his best book yet. If you are looking for some "meat" to chew on, once again John Bevere provides it in this AWESOME book. You cant put the book down- A must for
every serious Christians library.

Judgment Day! Islam, Israel and the Nations

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5 Star Plus Review
Well researched but not well written
An Apocolyptic Slant to World Events
One of the most important books of our time!
Judgement Day

Judgment Day! Islam, Israel and the Nations
Hunt, Dave
Manufacturer: The Berean Call
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1928660320

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The Truth is More Devastating than Fiction In what is possibly the most comprehensive and clear-cut examination of ancient biblical prophecy and modern-day Middle East politics regarding Islam, Israel, and the nations, Judgment Day! is an eye-opening page-turner for scholars, analysts, pastors, professors, politicians, and laypeople alike. Amazing historical facts and first-hand insight make this book a thrilling, sometimes troubling, readbut one that is necessary for an accurate understanding of the prophetic times in which we live. Drawing parallels between the land for peace appeasement of Hitler (prior to his systematic extermination of more than 6 million Jews) and todays strategy of the nations united against Israel is not at all difficultbut Dave Hunt goes much deeper than that. With painstaking clarity and detail, Judgment Day! reveals the ancient agenda against the Jews, and traces its twisted trail to modern-day deceptions of U.S. Presidents, foreign ambassadors, covert (and overt) military operations, businesspeople, educators, and world leaders alike. In this no-holds-barred documentary, Dave Hunt skillfully dissects the myth of Palestinian claims to the Promised Land, and exposes the fraud, deceit, and treachery of an international community allied against the Jewish nation. As the author writes, In the final analysis, the battle over Israel is a battle for the souls and destiny of mankind. If Islam and the nations siding with her should accomplish their goal of destroying Israel, then mankind [from a biblical perspective] is eternally lost.... Why are the stakes so high? What will the outcome be? Discover the uncomfortable but irrefutable truth in Dave Hunts impassioned exposéJudgment Day! Hear what Shimon Erem, one of the most celebrated Israeli generals of all time has to say: Dave Hunts Judgment Day! has encyclopedic dimensions of the most crucial and vital issues of our times Life and Death issues, which affect us both as individuals and as a Judeo-Christian community. In 1948, when the State of Israel was just re-established, 600,000 Israelis faced 80 million Arabs! Sixty-thousand ill-trained and ill-equipped Israeli soldiers of a newly organized army (six months old) crushed 600,000 (a ratio of one to ten) soldiers of four Arab armies, well trained and heavily armed, reinforced by units from seven additional Arab countries, not to mention the active help of the British. Shame and humiliation overwhelmed the whole Islamic world! To eliminate Israel, a strategy was conceived, establishing the unholy trinity: Islamic terrorism, a hostile, anti-Semitic Europe, and a corrupt United Nations. The slogan of conquest is: First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people. Europe has already been invaded by hordes of Muslims. It is all there in Dave Hunts Judgment Day! Who is next? USA?! Like the biblical prophets, Dave Hunt has a vision and is not hesitant to issue a Battle Cry. Judgment Day! is a MUST READ and a call to action! James statement (2:26), Faith without works is dead, cannot be ignored! Not only will Faith be dead, but, alas, the faithful toounless we ACT! Dave Hunt makes it utterly clear in Judgment Day! It is a powerful book! Shimon Erem, July 2005

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5 Star Plus Review.......2007-06-27

This is a rivetting read! A must for all Christians. The book is clear concise, and full of facts and insight into the modern crisis that Islam poses for the world. An invaluable book in these times - it is so exciting to read Dave Hunt, such a polished presentation. Don't hesitate. Hugh Nicholetts

Well researched but not well written.......2007-05-25

Dave Hunt is well informed and has done his research, but his presentation style and the editing of his manuscript leaves much to be desired. This book is packed with information, but it is repetitive and not well organized. For the content I would have to give the book a 4 star rating.

An Apocolyptic Slant to World Events.......2007-05-12

While Mr. Hunt certainly is well versed in the New Testament...I sometimes felt like he was trying to insert round pegs in square holes in order to comport biblical prophecy with modern day events.

That being said, I enjoyed reading Judgment Day for the true historical background of the Mideast, and the Jews inherent right to occupy the land of Israel as God's "Chosen People". I also think Mr. Hunt makes a compelling case on why the US must conduct its foreign policy in a manner that will uphold the democratic values of Western Judeo-Christian civilization over the petrifying Islamic vision of world domination via Jihad (Holy War).

In conclusion, an excellent summation of the modern day clash between Judeo-Christian and Islamic civilizations that appears to be reaching its climax on the inevitable "Judgment Day".

One of the most important books of our time!.......2007-02-12

I think that this is the most important book that Dave Hunt has ever written, and it is one of the most important books of our time. Some of the facts that are presented in it are pretty troubling, but it contains some very valuable information that most people are not aware of. I highly recommend this one!

Judgement Day.......2007-01-05

Thought provoking book, gives a clear insight into the Middle East crisis and why it has been unresolved for many,many years. Gives you a greater understanding of why the Arabs and Israelites continue to attack each other.

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Good tool for Spiritual Directors/guides
God's unconditional love, center of the message of the Word of God to the world.
Good Goats
Not a Children's Book
Worth Reading

Good Goats: Healing Our Image of God
Dennis Linn , Sheila Fabricant Linn , and Matthew Linn
Manufacturer: Paulist Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Sleeping with Bread: Holding What Gives You Life
Understanding Difficult Scriptures in a Healing Way
Healing the Purpose of Your Life
Don't Forgive Too Soon: Extending the Two Hands That Heal
Simple Ways to Pray for Healing

ASIN: 0809134632

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A fully illustrated, full-color book that, through a blending of story, scripture and theology, tackles questions of sin, hell, and vengeance in such a way that readers are led to transformation and healing in the midst of a loving, merciful and saving God.

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Good tool for Spiritual Directors/guides.......2007-05-07

Good Goats is a powerful but simple book to use to help yourself or others debunk the noise in our heads that makes us think that God is a judgemental and cruel god. Linn anwers all types of questions about us and our faith walk helping us to understand that we are "all good goats". Excellent.

God's unconditional love, center of the message of the Word of God to the world........2007-03-19

Good goats is a message by the Linns that already proclaimed a few years back what the encyclical: Deus Caritas Est recently confirmed for the world: God is love, God loves all humans unconditionally. This message for the last millenium was continuously challenge by the theology of Saint Anselme: Jesus sufferd and died to satisfy and pay for our sins, a demand of distributive justice, the justice of an eye for an eye. Benedict XVI stresses that the cross is a "non-violent" symbol of the love and forgiveness of God for the whole world.... and stresses his conviction that the secular world of today who "forgets God", suffer from a deep loneliness and therefore needs to hear that God loves the whole world, that the world is DEAR to God. The message that God tenderly loves the world is the most important healing of our modern world. Ubald Duchesneau

Good Goats.......2007-01-12

Good goats is excellent source for everyone interested in understanding and/or healing their image of God. In this book, profound truths about a God of unconditional love are made real.

Not a Children's Book.......2006-11-07

Good Goats is not a children's book.... however it is a book for ALL God's children. This masterpiece creates a healthy image of a loving God that should be spread and taught to everyone of all ages. The Gospel and the Love of God is Truly GOOD NEWS!

Worth Reading.......2006-07-09

I found this book to be very well written. It was helpful to me as I search to better my understanding of God. This book informed, but did not put me down. I am presently re-reading it and getting even more out of it.

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Graphic SF Reader
Poorly drawn, expertly written
Okay...what else can you show me??
Clever Waste of Time
A fantastic story hampered by bad and unreliable art

Judgment Day
Alan Moore , Rob Liefeld , and Gil Kane
Manufacturer: Checker Book Publishing Group
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Binding: Paperback

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DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore

ASIN: 0974166456

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Alan Moore gives readers more treatment of the Awesome universe of characters. Featuring artwork by Rob Liefield and comics legend Gil Kane. Following the success of his run on Supreme, acclaimed comics writer Alan Moore (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell) was given the opportunity to write a mini-series featuring an entire super-hero universe. The results were just as unpredictable, and ingenious as his work on his landmark work, Watchmen.

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Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-04

A compilation of some issues of the end of Youngblood it seems, with cameos out the wazoo. Savage Dragon, Supreme, and others. A mystical storybook that can change history is at the heart of the mystery, and allows some homages to dc and old characters galore, as well as for Moore to make some comments about the state of comics at the time.

There is some really nice work by Gil Kane in the back showing some short adventures of some of the 'old school' Allies superteam.

Poorly drawn, expertly written.......2007-05-07

Judgement Day is a great comic if you completely forget the horrible drawing and weak storytelling of artist Rob Liefeld. The reason I gave this 2 stars is that even because the story is so well written by Alan Moore, the art drags it down to the point where its hard to read through because Mr.Liefelds shoddy grasp of anatomy and telling a story are more sophmoric than the work of an art student in his first year of art school. Its like paying to watch a movie with a good story only to have to sit through bad special effects, weak acting and piss-poor cinematography. Skip out on this one or better yet, borrow it or read it at a comic store but its not worthy of your money unless you find it for a bargain. Poor Alan Moore.

Okay...what else can you show me??.......2005-12-31

Alan Moore pretty much took the world of superheroes, shook them upside down and inside out with his WATCHMEN book(s).
WATCHMEN is something that I find myself re-reading every year or two.

When I first heard about this project, I had hopes that Moore would once again shake, rattle and roll this otherwise usually pedestrian form of comic-book. The premise was a good one....what would happen if a court of law had to be administered to a superhero (those who so often seem to live outside or above the law). Okay, it's ground that Stan Lee & Wally Wood covered in DAREDEVIL #7 (when Namor/Submariner wanted to file suit against the entire Human Race...and, in turn, has legal charges pressed against him). But that was forty-some years ago....and Alan Moore is a master at the craft of comic-book writing....and this really sounded as though it had a great deal of potential.

Unfortunately one doesn't see a lot of new road paved between the DAREDEVIL #7 issue and this work. Granted, there are some interesting twists and turns....but the work as a whole does not live up to the finer sum of its parts.

While I can appreciate Moore wanting to explore and dissect the superhero mythos that seems to have captivated generation after generation, I fear that he doesn't manage to do so with JUDGMENT DAY.

For those who truly wish to read Moore at his best, I'd give a blazing five stars to WATCHMEN or V FOR VENDETTA.
This is not a book I'd use to introduce those unfamiliar with Moore's work in comic-books.

Clever Waste of Time.......2004-12-06

This is supposed to be a revealing look at the superhuman community and what happens when one is killed by another. What it actually is is a self-serving justification for the Youngblood universe and all of its little spinoffs.

Knightsabre comes home drunk on his 30th birthday. He passes out and wakes up accused of murdering Riptide. The story moves between the main plot and short stories of spinoffs throughout the ages. As the story moves to an unlikely trial (held in private) we find that the whole event is a result of the entire universe. Every character since the dawn of time has had some hand in this story.

This story was supposed to show how a superhero faces trial using non-super courts and legal systems. But they pick their own judge and hold the trial in secret. Secret from the non-super world, that is. In the end it just shows how cleverly Alan Moore can tie seemingly unrelated elements into a story. The story ends with the third part of the four-part story. Part four is reserved for a series of short Youngblood prequel stories (why not just make it a three-parter?).

If you want to see Moore being clever, you might like this one. If you are looking for the advertised drama, stay away because it isn't here.

A fantastic story hampered by bad and unreliable art.......2004-03-19

Obviously, Alan Moore is a master of comics storytelling, and JUDGMENT DAY is no exception. The story builds on themes he had already been exploring in SUPREME. However, the art on the mini-series turns what could have been a great story into merely a really good one. There are several dimensions to this problem: one is that the art is just not consistently good enough. Work by the likes of deserving comics legends and veterans like Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens is tempered by work from Rob Liefeld and a few others in his lackluster stable of artists. This is nowhere more apparent than on the main story about the trial, leaving the main story not as good as the various flashbacks. If you're a Moore completist, definitely pick this up, especially if you enjoyed SUPREME and his ABC books. If not, wait until you can find this book for cheaper than it is here.

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These books are great, but...
Ineffective and Capricious
Disappointing
Keeps Getting Better and Better
BEST EVER

Until Judgment Day
Christine McGuire
Manufacturer: Pocket
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Until Proven Guilty (Pocket Star Books)

ASIN: 0743422309

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Kathryn Mackay is on the hunt for a serial killer who targets Catholic priests in this thoroughly modern thriller by New York Times bestselling author and veteran prosecutor Christine McGuire.

Kathryn Mackay has had her share of triumphs and tragedies throughout her career in the California District Attorney's office. In and out of the courtroom, she's seen the best of times -- such as her marriage to Santa Rita County Sheriff Dave Granz -- and the worst of crimes, including the ones she's currently investigating: the serial murders of three local priests during the Christmas holiday season. Now it's up to Kathryn to stop the killer before he makes his final judgment....But with the specter of sexual abuse and money laundering hanging high above the Church's spire, few individuals are willing to offer their confessions. So it's up to Kathryn and Dave to break the silence and learn some impossible truths -- including a devastating one of their own.

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"Kathryn Mackay is on the hunt for a serial killer who targets Catholic priests in this thoroughly modern thriller by New York Times bestselling author and veteran prosecutor Christine McGuire. Kathryn Mackay has had her share of triumphs and tragedies throughout her career in the California District Attorney's office. In and out of the courtroom, she's seen the best of times -- such as her marriage to Santa Rita County Sheriff Dave Granz -- and the worst of crimes, including the ones she's currently investigating: the serial murders of three local priests during the Christmas holiday season. Now it's up to Kathryn to stop the killer before he makes his final judgment....But with the specter of sexual abuse and money laundering hanging high above the Church's spire, few individuals are willing to offer their confessions. So it's up to Kathryn and Dave to break the silence and learn some impossible truths -- including a devastating one of their own. "

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These books are great, but..........2004-10-28

I have enjoyed this author from the very first book. The characters are well written and engaging and the stories draw you right in. However, after reading the last two in the series, I can't help but wonder if the author dislikes the main character. I am not sure whether I will read the next book or not.

Ineffective and Capricious.......2004-01-18

SUMMARY: District Attorney Kathryn Mackay and her husband David, the local sherriff, are on the trail of a serial killer stalking the local diocese's priests. Each time the murderer strikes, the M.O. changes, and there is no definitive link between the victims, leaving investigators to wonder if these heinous murders are the work of a group or a single person, and desperate to discover the assignation of victimology, in order to ward off the next murder.

WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT: Good characterization, fast pace, and crisp dialogue move this story along nicely.

WHY YOU WON'T: The personal issues between the married protagonists overwhelm the main focus of the work, which is the serial murders. The topic of sexual abuse in the Catholic church, while trendy, is poorly captured and pejorative in this novel, which may leave you feeling cold.

SUMMARY: I enjoyed the writer's style, and would consider reading another novel in this series, but would hope the plot is better laid out and more integrated, and definitely less predictable.

Disappointing.......2003-08-21

I was very disappointed in this installment of the series which, to me, was predictable from the first chapter.

Dave and Kathryn's personal issues began overshadowing the priest killings less than halfway into the book, which just led up to what was the inevitable ending. Since I've enjoyed this series so much since the beginning, I was disappointed to find that there was no twist or turn and that this is the direction the author chose to go.

Add in all the graphic lust and sex, and it wasn't at all what one usually expects from this series.

Keeps Getting Better and Better.......2003-07-04

I have read every book in the series and have enjoyed them all. However, this one stands above the others. A very interesting story with an unexpected twist. Ms. McGuire has taken a risk with this twist, but it keeps the reader involved. I am curious to see where this series goes from here.

By the way, this is a must read book.

BEST EVER.......2003-05-30

I've read all of Ms McGuire's books & her latest is her best so far. It's exciting & yet highly emotional. This book is a definite keeper.

Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment: Popular Religious Belief in Early New England

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Social history of Early New England popular religion
Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgement

Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment: Popular Religious Belief in Early New England
David D. Hall
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
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This book tells an extraordinary story of the people of early New England and their spiritual lives. It is about ordinary people--farmers, housewives, artisans, merchants, sailors, aspiring scholars--struggling to make sense of their time and place on earth. David Hall describes a world of religious consensus and resistance: a variety of conflicting beliefs and believers ranging from the committed core to outright dissenters. He reveals for the first time the many-layered complexity of colonial religious life, and the importance within it of traditions derived from those of the Old World. We see a religion of the laity that was to merge with the tide of democratic nationalism in the nineteenth century, and that remains with us today as the essence of Protestant America.

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Social history of Early New England popular religion.......2006-03-03

In Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment, David Hall makes a strong case for defining popular religion in early New England as an interdependent endeavor influenced by both clerical and lay forces. Hall analyzes the relationships of the clerical and lay populations at the book market, in the meetinghouse, and during the performance of rituals. He asserts that these locations act as significant social and religious intersections in which the clergy and the lay population must negotiate their differences. The consensuses they reach are often unstable and must be renegotiated, but this seems to be the major impetus behind Hall's work: Popular religion is about negotiation, market competition, meetinghouse parleys, and arbitrated ritualism.

The final chapter of the novel is a treat of sorts - selections from and analysis of the diary of Samuel Sewell. Sewell's writings bring Hall's book together in the words of a real person who lived in Early New England. I recommend this book for its intelligence, clarity, and unique subject matter.

Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgement.......2000-05-05

Hall uses the popular religion of early New England to argue that for clergy and lay people alike religion was a part of everyday life, and although the clergy and lay people's religious interpretations of events could differ their choices of interpretation were limited by their shared culture. Hall argues that the vast majority of the early New Englanders shared a common middle class background and a common religious background influenced by the Reformation. Both the clergy and lay people agreed that it was especially important for each person to be able to read the Bible on his own. But, the power to read the Bible also gave lay people the confidence to have interpretations of the Bible that differed from those of their ministers. The belief in wonders, supernatural events or extraordinary events (earthquakes, meteors, etc.), was a remnant of their Elizabethan culture. Both clergy and lay people attributed religious meanings to wonders, with the clergy sometimes writing popular books detailing wonders. The popularity of these stories encouraged the printing of wonder books not written by clergy as well. By the later 1600's, the clergy were increasingly attributing wonders to explainable natural events, but with the self-confidence gained by their literacy lay people still often gave religious significance to natural events. Their shared culture made universal literacy extremely important, but literacy empowered lay people to disagree with clergy sanctioned interpretations of Scripture. This empowerment of the lay people went so far as to have them feel confident enough to disagree with their ministers over the issue of sacraments, particularly baptism and the rites of the Last Supper. This confidence also gave lay people the ability to break rituals, such as confession, weddings (dancing even though it was prohibited), and sickness (relying on doctors and folk medicine instead of only on prayer).

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A Story That Must Be Told
heart-wrenching story of survival
Recaptures a long-overlooked historic event

Like Judgment Day
Michael D'Orso
Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Rosewood
Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921

ASIN: 0399141472

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A Story That Must Be Told.......2003-07-23

You will amazed at how an incident at ugly as Rosewood could be dismissed by those involved. No one - not the survivors, not the attackers - wanted to discuss what happened.... until one of their own started working to put the pieces together.

D'Orso does a great job of telling all sides of the story. You'll come to admire the families who maintained their dignity even after being run off from their homes, and you'll wonder why it took so long for the story to be told. This is a story of an ugly chapter in the history of race relations in this country. It is an excellent book that can make you both sad and angry at the same time.

heart-wrenching story of survival.......1999-02-10

I read this book in one day, and I don't think I'll ever forget the people of or the place Rosewood, FL. The author does an excellent job of using flash backs and the investigation years later to make this an unforgettable book. It never ceases to amaze me on how horrid the history of this country can be. I thought the ending of the book showing the kind of people who live on the site of Rosewoood now are so much like the ones who destroyed this town. I felt myself holding my breath wondering are the survivors going to get what the state owes them? And then realizing nothing could repay them for the horror they experienced at the hands of a disgusting bloodthirsty mob. I recommend this book to anyone who wants the truth, this book is not just for African-Americans but for everyone.

Recaptures a long-overlooked historic event.......1998-05-28

"This much is known," writes Michael D'Orso, beginning a chilling 13-page description of the destruction of a small, black Florida town in the first week of 1923. Incensed by a white woman's hysterical tale of being attacked by a black man, men from surrounding villages headed for Rosewood-a "black town in a white place in a white time"-shot every African-American they could find and torched every home they saw. The carnage lasted seven days. When lawmen got around to showing up, "there was no one left to save. The town was empty. . . . A week had passed since the bells of Rosewood rang in the new year. Now those bells lay smoldering among the twisted steel and blackened ruins, the charred carcasses of cats and dogs, the smoking soot of a place that would never exist again."

Even the casual history buff repeatedly encounters similar stories from post-slavery America: grotesque murders, massacres and lynchings-through the mid-1960s-committed with white neighbors' grinning encouragement and the tacit approval of law enforcement. And yet the story of this rural community carries the power to shock anew. It was a crime against not just flesh and bone but *a community*, a crime that tore up a people's history by the roots. D'Orso's beautifully drawn "Like Judgment Day" resurrects the community as well as its destruction, showing us the faces and lives of those who survived and helping us fit Rosewood into the quilt of our history.

After the prologue, D'Orso picks up the story nearly six decades later, in 1982, when a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times approached a 39-year-old clerk named Arnett Doctor and asked him about his family's connection to Rosewood. Doctor's mother had told him about surviving the killing spree, and the reporter's questions spurred him to devote his life to uncovering the truth about Rosewood. Doctor-a black man "born in the '40s, come of age in the '50s and '60s, all in the Deep South, enough right there to fuel a lifetime of fury"-found the story true but obscured: Afte! r the initial headlines and articles (most based on the outrageously slanted local sheriff's report), the tale had disappeared. "There was no mention of it in any book on Florida's past, no record in any account of the region's racial relations," D'Orso writes. "Like the remains of a rock thrown into a pond, the record of Rosewood faded from a single splash, to scattered ripples, to stillness." Doctor began searching for a lawyer to seek reparations for the survivors and descendants but ran into surprising resistance-few people "could believe there had once been a town up here in this godforsaken swamp country, a busy town filled with black people, three hundred of them at its peak, at the turn of the century, land-owning people with their own homestead businesses." Finally he convinced a firm to take the case to the Florida legislature, and D'Orso's story shifts from plaintiffs to lawyers to legislators, on its way to a suspenseful legal showdown in 1994.

D'Orso, a Virginia journalist, does a brilliant job of telling the story simply, movingly, without the impassioned rhetoric that often inadvertently robs books like this of some of their power. He lets us get to know some of his characters without canonizing or demonizing any of them. And he doesn't attempt to resolve everything, noting where survivors' recollections differed and where Doctor's public statements outstripped the literal truth. (In a few cases, though, further definition would help-D'Orso never really clarifies who took control of the land after its black residents disappeared, or why Rosewood had slipped from 300 to 150 residents in the two decades before the massacre.)

Interestingly, one of the book's most telling points is left pretty much between the lines. Unavoidably, what "Like Judgment Day" brings to mind is the cruel rhetoric of underclass-bashing politicians and pundits who seem incapable of understanding black America's relative historical disadvantage with regard to property and wealth. As D'Orso notes, Rosewood was unusual! but hardly unique: The Emancipation Proclamation hardly put an end to forcible evictions of African-Americans from homes and businesses. And when D'Orso brings his story into the present, it becomes obvious that times haven't changed nearly as much as we'd like to think. He quotes whites who live near Rosewood today; their hate seems to run as thick as it did before Martin Luther King Jr., before World War II, before Rosewood. The nearest neighbor uses the word "nigger" over and over, even joking about turning his dogs loose on visiting black men. It's a shatteringly appropriate way for D'Orso to conclude "Like Judgment Day," driving home the point that despite the white protestors' cries that the massacre is "just history," it's anything but. The "redemption" in the book's subtitle is a slim one.

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As President John F. Kennedy prepares to make his historic visit to West Berlin, a covert group of ruthless killers prepares to strike. And only one man can stop them: Father Sean Conlin, hero of the West German resistance.

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Great.......2004-07-14

This is the greates book I have ever read, every one who has liked Jack Higgins books will love this book, I also would suggest the book Bad Company which was also a fabulous novel.

Boring!.......2002-04-07

If it wasn't my tenacious nature, I couldn't have finished the book!

Great writing by him and reading by you!.......2001-05-16

You will not be disapointed at all! I wasn't! Great plotting!

my fave Jack Higgins.......2000-01-11

I have read this book at least twice now and it holds up to the test of time. The magnificent faith of the character Sean Conlin and others in this story inspires me every time I read it. Besides that, great story! Although, I do have to say that the hard-bitten, I'm-just-waiting-for-death-so that-all-this-suffering-is-over hero is getting a little old.

Imagine an old man imprisond and a man to get him out........1997-07-30

'BREAK HIM. IT'S ALL THERE'S TIME FOR....' 1963. On the eve of Kennedy's historic visit to berlin, Ulbright's commissars plan their propaganda counter-strike from the red side of the Wall. Inside the inpregnabler fortress of Scholss Neustadt lies Father Sean Conlin, survivor of Dachau and lifelong apostle of human freedom. His jailers must make him admit to being a CIA hireling in the vital munutes when the whole world is watching.... The west is determined to save him. Racing against time, gambling with their own survival, a small band of intrepid men take on a rescue mission that could sway the course of history.

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They are teenagers whose lives were forever changed in the twinkling of an eye. Left behind at the Rapture, they must fend for themselves in a world gone crazy. The continuing story of Judd Thompson, Vicki Byrne, and Lionel Washington. Follow them as they struggle to survive and fight the forces of evil. With Nicolae on the rise, will this unlikely group survive? Or will they fall prey to the unending train of death and destruction? Follows the events and timeline established in the fifth book of the adult series, Apollyon.

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This entire series is excellent!.......2005-09-17

If you are a fan of the adult Left Behind series, these books are a great read and very addicting!

Judgment Day Left Behind.......2004-04-19

In the book Judgment Day, the young tribulation force faces many dangers in the seven year tribulation. In the kid's town, the book starts off with a great action scene keeping you on the edge of your seat. Judd and Vicki try to find anything they can do to try to get away from the GC. While Lionel is on the GC at the same time he's going against the GC to try to help his friends out as his memory is beginning to come back to him.

Towards the beginning of the book I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen to Judd and Vicki. I thought some of the plans they did were genius. Such as the distraction against the commander and stealing his jeep, allowing them to get around tuff obstacles. I didn't know what they were going to do though when they heard the chopper gaining on them. "I hope there's enough gas in there! He thought. When the lighter was red hot, Judd lit the rag. He wedged the tire iron against the accelerator and put the jeep in gear. He hoped the car would travel a good distance from the river before it overturned, but it only went a few hundred feet before the front wheels turned and the jeep ran straight into a demolished house. Seconds later an explosion rocked the street. The jeep burst into flames" (Jenkins 51). That's just one scene from the book and if you like stories that keep you on the edge of your seat then this is probably the book for you.

After Judd survives the waterfall. He goes on with his plan to go to the Stahley's mansion. He figured that's probably the only place he would be safe from the GC. He then goes down to the basement and finds a computer and gets online. He talks to Pavel and gets some important information. He then knows he has to get to his friends. If you want to find out what happens then you have to read it. It's definitely worth it.

Suspenseful to the end.......2003-10-11

As Lionel's memory returns, the kids are in more danger than ever before!
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After a long chase, Vicki and Judd are seperated as they plunge into a raging river. With Vicki captured, and Judd washed away over a waterfall, Conrad and Lionel plan a heroing escape from the GC.
Vicki must put up with the Morale Moniters Melinda and Felicia, and the cold Commander Blanka and finds hope in that if she dies, she will be with God and the others who had already given their lives for the Lord.
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This is going to happen people!.......2003-05-08

...I have the whole series written so far (to book #28), and I don't have time to write a review to all.
This is probably my favorite of all of them.
Anyway, Vicki and Judd must hide from the GC (Vicki being blamed for a murder that she didn't commit, and Judd from escaping from a GC prison). Lionel works inside and tries to help them.
If you are a Christian (and I pray that everyone WOULD be), GET THIS SERIES!

Great book!.......2001-11-03

Don't listen to what anyone wrote and read the book and decide for yourself. Personaly it is worth reading!

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