Genesis 1 opens with, “In the beginning, God ....” All life starts with Him. He wants total access to our souls, to dwell near us, to meet with us. And until we come face-to-face with Him, we can’t experience a saving relationship with the Lord. Once we gaze upon Jesus, we will automatically stop, drop, and shine—bringing the light to others, as Paul says in Philippians 2:15. As believers become readers of the Word of God, the Bible, they also become bringers of the light of Christ in their daily lives. Are you ready to get fire-hosed with living water? As that water washes your heart, the world will see you shining like the stars in the universe. Steeped in Scripture, overflowing with life application, and written with passion, Word-Reader, Light-Bringer will challenge Christ-followers to seize the power that comes to them through the Holy Spirit and shine the light of Christ to a watching world.

The letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter, and Jude are among the most neglected letters of the NT. Thus, methodological advances in NT study tend to arise among the Gospels or Pauline letters. But these letters are beginning to receive increased attention in the scholarly community. Reading Second Peter With New Eyes is the third of four volumes that incorporate research in this area. The essays collected here examine the impact of recent methodological developments in New Testament studies to Second Peter, including, for example, rhetorical, social-scientific, socio-rhetorical, ideological and hermeneutical methods, as they contribute to understanding this letter and its social context.

The earliest known account of the Northern Lights were recorded by the Neo Babylonian Astronomers under the Court of King Nebuchadnezzar II in 567 B.C. It is the year 2025, a strange string of world events and happenings begin to happen when the Aurora Borealis suddenly disappears. What if everything you have ever wondered or desired can be answered by a simple question. What do you do? Do you let the moment pass, even if you understand great destruction will come to you and all that you know and love? If you found out how the world would end, would you tell everyone? Or would you keep it inside? Will the truth be heard out of the mouth of an abducted extraterrestrial being? No one has a clue of what will happen next when the fate of all mankind as humans know it, seems to fall on deaf ears.

Heraclitus is the first English translation of Volume 55 of Martin Heidegger's Gesamtausgabe. This important volume consists of two lecture courses given by Heidegger at the University of Freiburg over the Summers of 1943 and 1944 on the thought of Heraclitus. These lectures shed important light on Heidegger's understanding of Greek thinking, as well as his understanding of Germany, the history of philosophy, the Western world, and their shared destinies.