Ascent Into Darkness

Author : Michael Leehan
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780849947032

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Ascent from Darkness by Michael Leehan Pdf

The redemptive story of one man's agonizing journey from the depths of Satanism to a radical new life in Christ. A life of difficulty and disappointment set 33-three year old Michael Leehan up for the worst decision of his life—to make a deal with the Devil to follow and serve him. Practicing the dark arts that include ritualistic cuttings and blood sacrifices, while fine tuning his manipulation and control skills, Michael launched into a twenty year downward spiral that included job loss and detachment from loved ones, and even jail time. But God had another plan that included a group of Christian men to love him and pray for him—even when it became evident his assignment from Satan was to kill their pastor, Craig Groeschel. The life Michael Leehan lives today is an incredible testimony of the transforming power of God's mercy and grace, but is also a wakeup call to the church to be fully aware of the spiritual war that is going on all around them, and to the ultimate battle for their souls. "I am sending you to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me." Acts 26:18

Author : Edward C. Raymer
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612511023

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Descent into Darkness by Edward C. Raymer Pdf

On December 7, 1941, as the great battleships Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah lie paralyzed and burning in the aftermath of the Japanese ttack on Pearl Harbor, a crack team of U.S. Navy salvage divers headed by Edward C. Raymer are hurriedly flown to Oahu from the mainland. The divers have been given a Herculean task: rescue the sailors and Marines trapped below, and resurrect the pride of the Pacific fleet. Now for the first time, the chief diver of the Pearl Harbor salvage operations, Cmdr. Edward C. Raymer, USN (Ret.), tells the whole story of the desperate attempts to save crewmembers caught inside their sinking ships. Descent into Darkness is the only book available that describes the raising and salvage operations of sunken battleships following the December 7th attack. Once Raymer and his crew of divers entered the interiors of the sunken shipwrecks—attempting untested and potentially deadly diving techniques—they experienced a world of total blackness, unable to see even the faceplates of their helmets. By memorizing the ships’ blueprints and using their sense of touch, the divers groped their way hundreds of feet inside the sunken vessels to make repairs and salvage vital war material. The divers learned how to cope with such unseen dangers as falling objects, sharks, the eerie presence of floating human bodies, and the constant threat of Japanese attacks from above. ​Though many of these divers were killed or seriously injured during the wartime salvage operations, on the whole they had great success performing what seemed to be impossible jobs. Among their credits, Raymer’s crew raised the sunken battleships West Virginia, Nevada, and California. After Pearl Harbor they moved on to other crucial salvage work off Guadalcanal and the sites of other great sea battles.

Author : David W. Pao ,David K. Bryan
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506418964

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Ascent into Heaven in Luke-Acts by David W. Pao ,David K. Bryan Pdf

In comparison with other aspects of Jesus’ life and ministry, his ascent into heaven has often been overlooked within the history of the church. However, considering its placement at the end of the Gospel and the beginning of Acts—the only narrative depictions of the event in the New Testament—the importance of Jesus’ ascent into heaven is undeniable for Luke’s two-volume work. While select studies have focused on particular aspects of these accounts for Luke’s story, the importance of the ascension calls for renewed attention to the narratological and theological significance of these accounts within their historical and literary contexts. In this volume, leading scholars discuss the ascension narratives within the ancient contexts of biblical, Second Temple Jewish, and Greco-Roman literature; the literary contours of Luke-Acts; and questions of historical and theological significance in the wider milieu of New Testament theology and early Christian historiography. The volume sets out new positions and directions for the next generations of interpreters regarding one of the most important and unique elements of the Lukan writings.

Author : Bruce Baugh,Richard Dansky
Publisher : White Wolf Games Studio
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1565047532

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Darkness Revealed by Bruce Baugh,Richard Dansky Pdf

Hope -- Sacrifice -- Unity A century-and-a-half in the future, humanity has ventured into space, encountering strange alien races and diverse new worlds. Yet in the dawn of this new age, Earth is assaulted by a menace from its past -- twisted, once-human creatures called Aberrants. Humanity's greatest defenders -- men and women gifted with formidable psychic powers -- -- stand against this horrific threat. Armed with psionic abilities and biotechnological enhancements, and aided by mysterious aliens, these guardians hope to fend off the invasion and protect humanity from its own twisted reflection.

Author : Saint John of the Cross,Aeterna Press
Publisher : Aeterna Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Ascent of Mount Carmel by Saint John of the Cross,Aeterna Press Pdf

THE Carmelite Order was originally devoted to a purely contemplative life. Its members lived as hermits on Mount Carmel, striving to imitate the holy prophets Elias and Eliseus. According to their Rule—which, given about A.D. 1210, records the customs observed by these hermits since they became a body corporate—they spent their time in or near their cells, meditating on the law of the Lord day and night, repairing only once a day to the oratory to hear mass. They said their office or their Paters privately, and took their more than frugal meals in solitude. James de Vitry thus speaks of these hermits: ‘Others, following the example of Elias, that holy anchorite and great prophet, embraced the eremitical life on Mount Carmel, chiefly on the part overlooking the town of Porphyry, now called Caiffa, near the fountain of Elias, not far from the monastery of S. Margaret, Virgin. There living in small cells, like bee-hives, they made a sweet spiritual honey Aeterna Press

Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : HMH
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780547537078

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The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton Pdf

The author of The Seven Storey Mountain explores the mysticism of Saint John of the Cross. The only thing that can save the world from complete moral collapse is a spiritual revolution. . . . The desire for unworldliness, detachment, and union with God is the most fundamental expression of this revolutionary spirit. In Ascent to Truth, author and Trappist Monk Thomas Merton makes an impassioned case for the importance of contemplation. Drawing on a range of thinkers—from Carl Jung to Pope Pius XII—Merton defines the nature of contemplative experience and shows how the Christian mysticism of sixteenth-century Spanish Carmelite Saint John of the Cross offers essential answers to our disquieting and troubling times. “For any who have the desire to look into meditation and contemplation . . . this is the book for which they have waited.” —New York Herald Tribune Book Review “For those who may be curious about mysticism, and for those who may be called to a life of contemplation, this is an excellent book.” —Catholic World

Author : John of the Cross
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : EAN:8596547730590

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Ascent of Mount Carmel by John of the Cross Pdf

This book is a 16th-century treatise to the poem The Dark Night of The Soul by the Spanish writer John of the Cross. It gives a commentary on the poem and practical advice on the ascetical life, the final aim which is the union with God. Part of the advice is based on the author's experience of the spiritual search. Together with the poem and the other treatise The Dark Night, this work belongs to the most important writings of the Spanish spiritual mysticism.

Author : Royal Irish Academy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Ireland
ISBN : OSU:32435065020539

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The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy Pdf

Author : Martin S. Laird
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199267996

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Gregory of Nyssa and the Grasp of Faith by Martin S. Laird Pdf

Scholars of Gregory of Nyssa have long acknowledged the centrality of faith in his theory of divine union. This study elucidates important auxiliary themes that accrue to Gregory's notion of faith as a faculty of apophatic union with God.

Author : Ann Conway-Jones
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191024603

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Gregory of Nyssa's Tabernacle Imagery in Its Jewish and Christian Contexts by Ann Conway-Jones Pdf

Integrating patristics and early Jewish mysticism, this book examines Gregory of Nyssa's tabernacle imagery, as found in Life of Moses 2. 170-201. Previous scholarship has often focused on Gregory's interpretation of the darkness on Mount Sinai as divine incomprehensibility. However, true to Exodus, Gregory continues with Moses's vision of the tabernacle 'not made with hands' received within that darkness. This innovative methodology of heuristic comparison doesn't strive to prove influence, but to use heavenly ascent texts as a foil, in order to shed new light on Gregory's imagery. Ann Conway-Jones presents a well-rounded, nuanced understanding of Gregory's exegesis, in which mysticism, theology, and politics are intertwined. Heavenly ascent texts use descriptions of religious experience to claim authoritative knowledge. For Gregory, the high point of Moses's ascent into the darkness of Mount Sinai is the mystery of Christian doctrine. The heavenly tabernacle is a type of the heavenly Christ. This mystery is beyond intellectual comprehension, it can only be grasped by faith; and only the select few, destined for positions of responsibility, should even attempt to do so.

Author : St John of the Cross
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781602064959

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Ascent of Mount Carmel by St John of the Cross Pdf

"St. John of the Cross lived a monastic and ascetic life, believing this was the best way to combat the evils of the world, the flesh, and the Devil, and to focus on God alone. The Ascent of Mount Carmel, which he began composing after his escape from prison, is the story of the loneliness and suffering of the soul before its reunion with God. Included in this volume is not only the relatively brief poem only eight stanzas long but the poet s own stanza-by-stanza, line-by-line, and verse-by-verse deconstruction as well. Divided into three books (and a grand total of 91 chapters), The Ascent of Mount Carmel also contains footnotes to verses of scripture referred to in the poem. Spanish mystic and poet ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS (1542 1591) played a major role in the Catholic Reformation of the 16th century, and produced several renowned writings, including his Spiritual Canticle, The Dark Night of the Soul, and Sayings of Love and Peace."

Author : Herman Joseph Heuser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015075063761

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The American Ecclesiastical Review by Herman Joseph Heuser Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11307796

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The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Br. Ericjon Thomas PhD
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781456897581

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Mystical Darkness by Br. Ericjon Thomas PhD Pdf

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Author : H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher : ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Whisperer in Darkness by H. P. Lovecraft Pdf

The Whisperer in Darkness and Other Weird Stories CONTENT: The Outsider The Case of Charles Dexter Ward The Haunter of the Dark The Nameless City The Rats in the Walls The Statement of Randolph Carter The Tomb THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham. When local newspapers report strange things seen floating in rivers during a historic Vermont flood, Wilmarth becomes embroiled in a controversy about the reality and significance of the sightings, though he sides with the skeptics. Wilmarth uncovers old legends about monsters living in the uninhabited hills who abduct people who venture or settle too close to their territory. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward: Incantations of black magic unearthed unspeakable horrors in Providence, Rhode Island. Evil spirits are being resurrected from beyond the grave, a supernatural force so twisted that it kills without offering the mercy of death! The Tomb: This extraordinary collection features 13 spine-tingling tales of delicious terror by the unquestioned master of the horror genre, as well as portions of stories he never fully completed. Discover how the mind of H.P. Lovecraft worked, and how much his early and late stories tell about this intriguing writer.