Letter to the Church in the United States
Dieser Brief von vielen christlichen Leitern im globalen Süden spricht Bände…
“If you who know the Truth will not speak for us who will?”
A mad confusion of rival affairs At about the same time that Kate discovers her husband is unfaithful, she gets a crush on her snowboard instructor, Evan. And the flirtings and double-crossings start. And never seem to end. The setting is a winter sports region in New Zealand. The players are mostly party-lovers who live…
I bought this book mainly because of the subtitle: A Story of France in the Time of the Huguenots. That was the subject of interest to me, as some of my ancestors in Jersey were forced to flee France during the persecution after the Edict of Nantes was repealed in 1685. The fact that the story…
Das Buch der Mitte: Wie wir wurden, was wir sind: Die Bibel als Herzstück der westlichen Kultur, von Vishal Mangalwadi, ist eine mutige Analyse des starken Einflusses der christlichen Bibel auf die Entwicklung der westlichen Welt. Mangalwadi ist ein äußerst gebildeter und überzeugender Wissenschaftler. Er verbindet sein akademisches Studium mit politischem und sozialem Handel, so…
Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett Edge of Eternity – the final book of Follett’s perspective-shattering Century Trilogy – traces the vibrant lives of the offspring of the British, Russian, German and American families that we got to know in Fall of Giants and Winter of the World. Relationships come and go and fates fluctuate, revealing…
A deep childhood wound plagues Carl’s conscience but the discipline and drive instilled in him by his severe and – as it turns out – hypocritical father nevertheless enables him to succeed in his business venture. Sadly, this is at the cost of failing to show true love for his wife and family and succumbing…
Games, von Patrick Oberholzer ist ein krasses Buch – krass in seinem übergrossen Format, krass in seiner dramatischen Gestaltung und besonders krass in seiner Botschaft. Es ist auch ein sehr lehrreiches Buch, das uns im gemütlichen Westeuropa auf die traumatischen Lebens- und Fluchterfahrungen vieler Afghanen aufmerksam machen sollte.