As a poor farm boy who was inured to hard labor, Thomas Josiah Kinard I (1889-1971) chopped cotton and harvested timber in the Piney Woods of Polk County. He had already felt the call of God on his life before he received the Pentecostal Baptism in the Holy Spirit in 1915. When war came, he was ready and willing to answer the call of his country as well as his God. He participated in four major offenses France, then marched into Germany to serve in the Army of Occupation. After the War, Tom Kinard founded several Assemblies of God churches and pastored others, while working full-time at the huge Humble refinery in Baytown, Texas. He wrote: ""I did not mind one bit, this was my country, and my people, and I loved it better than ever before, and tomorrow I will get my Discharge, and go back to my home and loved ones that I have not seen in twenty-three months, with the feeling that I had tried to be a good soldier, for my country in the time of this great struggle against the forces of evil.""

What really lurks under your bed? Would you like to know about the madness of clowns - or the helpless cries of the Doughboy as he’s stuffed into the oven? Perhaps you fear being trapped in an elevator...for a rather long period of time. Or going on vacation... to a land where screams are eternal, and the tears are rivers of red. But be careful when crossing the Cith Bridge, for the creatures there feast on things that are not quite... wholesome. If this sounds like your kind of journey, let Don Broyles be your guide in Doughboy And Other Strange Tales. This book contains adult content and is not recommended for readers under the age of 18.

O'Bryons new book is packed with quotes, trivia, historical interest, inspiration, and wisdom. (Christian)

Terrorist. A real hot button of a word in a world of fear, unrest and paranoia. Savior. Everyone claims to be one, even the bad guys. The lines blur. Life has been rough on John Riley. He has permanently hunkered down to weather the constant series of storms that have constituted his life. Not a bitter person; just exceedingly cautious and profoundly alone. Enter the charismatic Ben Peelsa. Direct, honest. The epitome of integrity. With a seemingly careless casualness he introduces profound changes into Rileys desultory life. Good changes, transforming changes. Changes so profound that Riley is reborn. But all is not as it seems. Peelsa has an agenda. And a dark side. John Riley finds himself a pawn in a plan that could change the course of history, a plan that could change everything. Rileys new found life begins to come apart. He must decide where his loyalties lie, and to do this he must unravel the riddle of Ben Peelsa. In so doing, John Riley discovers that he himself holds the key to it all . . .

This popular volume offers the pastor a complete sermon and worship program for each Sunday of the year. Pastors will gain fresh sermon ideas, new insights, and unique illustrations from a wide range of preaching clergy. Especially helpful to pastors who relate their sermons to the Common Lectionary. New feature this year: Children's Sermons.

No one man or woman has ever been in a position to see the presidents, and the presidency, so intimately, over so many years. They called him in for photo opportunities. They called for comfort. They asked about death and salvation; about sin and forgiveness. At a time when the nation is increasingly split over the place of religion in public life, The Preachers and the Presidents reveals how the world's most powerful men and world's most famous evangelist, Billy Graham, knit faith and politics together.

This book focuses on the re-invigoration of Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp persona in America from the point at which Chaplin reached the acme of his disfavor in the States, promoted by the media, through his departure from America forever in 1952, and ending with his death in Switzerland in 1977. By considering factions of America as diverse as 8mm film collectors, Beat poets and writers and readers of Chaplin biographies, this cultural study determines conclusively that Chaplin’s Little Tramp never died, but in fact experienced a resurgence, which began slowly even before 1950 and was wholly in effect by 1965 and then confirmed by 1972, the year in which Chaplin returned to the United States for the final time, to receive accolades in both New York and Los Angeles, where he received an Oscar for a lifetime of achievement in film.

This is the story of the Light Crust Doughboys phenomenon, from their debut broadcast in 1930 to their contemporary live performances.