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Love first. Ask questions later.In the middle of the Iraq War, Jeremy and Jessica Courtney found themselves with their two children caught up in the turmoil, just hoping to make a difference. After an encounter with a father whose little girl was dying from a heart defect, they began to investigate options for helping and learned that untold thousands of children across Iraq were in similar need, waiting in line for heart surgery in a country without...
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For all who are displaced. For all who are weary of the way things are. For all who long for a more beautiful world.
Preemptive Love founder Jeremy Courtney has seen the very worst of war. He's risked his life saving lives on the front lines. He's come face to face with ISIS, been targeted by death threats, and narrowly escaped airstrikes.
Through it all, the most powerful thing he's learned is this: we're not just at war with each other. We're...
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Sometimes it can be hard to remember that you are more than a mom.
Do this. Don't do that. Try this parenting strategy. Read this book. Many mothers desire to be the best mom possible, but the pressure can feel overwhelming. Even at church, many of us are being taught that "motherhood is a woman's highest calling."
While valuing mothers is important, idolizing or idealizing the role places unsustainable pressures and stress on moms and causes...
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In “Against the Grain”, Bill Courtney shares his convictions on the fundamental tenets of character, commitment, service, leadership, civility, and others that, in his decades of success as an entrepreneur and educator, have proven to be the keys to a winning and meaningful life and career. Each chapter tells the story of one of these tenets through compelling anecdotes of the colorful characters in Bill's life, leading to a deeper understanding...
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Is your dog driving you up the wall? ◆ Stealing and destroying anything that's not nailed down?◆ Pulling your arm out of its socket on walks?◆ Racing off into the blue yonder, deaf to your calls? As a professional positive dog trainer Beverley Courtney knows just what you're up against! She's taught thousands of new owners how to work with their puppies and dogs - entirely without force. You got your pet to be your loving companion - and yet...
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"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matt. 11:28) Women are overcommitted, overconnected, overburdened, and overwhelmed. Their lives are full, but oddly, their souls are empty. They are aching for a bold challenge-one that will bring rest to their longing souls. Rest Assured is for the daring women who truly want to disrupt their current patterns and see lasting change. Divided into two parts, Rest Assured...
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Does your dog steal anything that's not nailed down? Learn how you can• leave food on the table• forget shoes and toys on the floor• know your rubbish is safe in the bin- without having to mount an armed guard to protect it all from your family dog! This book will take you step-by-step through some simple and surprising games which will turn your thieving rascal into a saintly pooch who can be trusted with cakes on the coffee table, dinner on...
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"This is the first war in the history of the world that has so generally been named Armageddon. In the records of all the wars preceding the titanic struggle now going on, there is scarcely any use of this word. What is the significance of this? Why the general conviction that this war is Armageddon? The answer is very clearly given by Dr. Courtney....In the use of the word 'Armageddon' the writer borrows the main part of the title of his editorial...
10) Goblins
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THE FEAR IS GROWINGFrom the moment he saw the ancient castle rising out of the picturesque Scottish countryside, filmmaker Dan Martin knew he'd found the ideal location for his vampire horror movie. And nothing could make him leave. Not the eerie legends of soul-stealing beasts of the nightnor a bizarre series of freak accidents. Not even his pregnant wife's tragic miscarriage.THE TERROR IS BORNExcept that now there is another fetus growing in Vicki's...
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Plan and Enjoy Self-Guided Inn-to-Inn Hikes
Leave the car behind, and go on a multiday hiking adventure in Northern California. Cross the Sierra in the footsteps of pioneers, staying in cabins beside clear mountain lakes. Take a romantic stroll along the beautiful Mendocino Coast, and sample gourmet cuisine at inns overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Explore the hydrothermal landscapes in Lassen Volcanic National Park, where you can relax with a muscle-soothing...
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Susan Courtney is Associate Professor of English and Film Studies at the University of South Carolina, Columbia
Hollywood Fantasies of Miscegenation analyzes white fantasies of interracial desire in the history of popular American film. From the first interracial screen kiss of 1903, through the Production Code's nearly thirty-year ban on depictions of "miscegenation," to the contemplation of mixed marriage in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967),...
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Some of the oldest, most notorious saloons in the American West lined the streets of Prescott's Whiskey Row. Dating back to 1864, the remote mountain town thrived on its mining and cattle industries during the day and raised hell at night, when dusty outlaws and pioneers like Virgil Earp and Doc Holliday crowded Row saloons to quench their thirsts. Whiskey Row bore witness to legendary gunfights, murders, and other curious tales, like that of Baby...
14) Move On
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You can say good-bye to the person you've been pretending to be!Life is often messy. God makes provision to help us move beyond our messes.Oftentimes our first instincts are to hide, deny, ignore, or run. In Move On best-selling author Vicki Courtney helps readers come clean with their muddy messes, revealing the deeper issues they must face, including: the need for approvalstruggles and broken dreamsshamelegalismidolsChristian snobberyIt is in the...
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Most people will live their entire lives attempting to clean up their messes on their own or will hide their messes under a multitude of modern-day fig leaves. Are you weary of hiding and pretending? If so, it's time to find the courage to come clean about the mess you are. It's time to lay your heart and soul bare before the Lord and say, "I'm not okay, and I need your help. "Once you face your messes, God-in his sweet mercy-will help you get real,...
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Samuel L. Clemens, aka Mark Twain, arrived in Hartford, Connecticut, in August 1867. He was there to see the publisher of his new travel book, The Innocents Abroad, and fell in love with the city. "Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief," he wrote to his San Francisco newspaper. At the time, Hartford was a manufacturing, insurance, and banking center. Clemens ultimately settled there, built an ornate mansion, raised...
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What teens and young adults haven't got a clue about, but all need to know to create an incredible life. Thinking In One Direction is a practical guide to help teens and young adults unlock their potential. Ultimately, we just want to feel comfortable being the person we want to be. Create any life by Thinking In One Direction.
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God's Power in Action, consists of eight plays, six regular Christian plays, two Pastor Appreciation plays, and one Christmas play. Each story line is derived straight from the Word of God and gives a visual content through Phyllis' writings. Once again, the characters found on the front cover of this book consist of people in her church congregation as they were performing these plays. The man playing the King on the front cover is her son, Michael....









