Neta Jackson Knihy

Kniha Hrdinové víry je sbírkou čtyřiceti pěti poutavě vyprávěných a nádherně ilustrovaných příběhů z dějin křesťanství. Mezi jinými se v ní seznámíte se životy velikánů, jako byli Martin Luther, David Livingstone, John Wesley, William Tyndale, George Müller či Hudson Taylor. Příběhy dovedou děti k zamyšlení nad kladnými charakterovými vlastnostmi jednotlivých postav.

Druhá sbírka 45 příběhů z dějin křesťanství.Tentokrát budete číst o osobnostech jako John Bunyan, Corrie ten Boom, John Newton, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Watchman Nee a David Zeisberger. Vhodné pro děti od 6let i celou rodinu.

A devastating fire wakes up the Yadas to a new God is on the move. In spite of MaDear's failing health. In spite of the breakup of a teenage love. In spite of the curse of HIV. In spite of prison time hanging over the head of a beloved child. In spite of a startling wedding. Out of the ashes, God is doing a new thing. As the prayer group heads into a new year fraught with change, Jodi Baxter and her Yada sisters are realizing it is either hunker down with the safe and stagnant, or get rolling with God -- even if it means letting go of the old and embracing the new.

Jackson examines the many facets of forgiveness, grace, racial prejudice and healing in this enjoyable follow-up to The Yada Yada Prayer Group. When a wildly diverse group of women gets together to pray, they have no idea how God's gonna rock their world.

Just when Gabby gets an opportunity to make a fresh start and fulfill her dream of starting a shelter that caters to homeless women and children, her ex-husband shows up and involves her with his troublesome gambling debts.

For the Yada Yadas, gettin' caught up in troubles isn't the problem; it's how to get free.Only weeks ago, we Yadas toughened our prayer knees when one of our own was the victim of a vicious racial attack. Now it seems each household is being thrown into even bigger and badder circumstances. It especially worries me, Jodi Baxter, because I'm a fixer by nature, and the prayer list is getting out of control . . .Ruth and Ben are caught up in an unplanned pregnancy--in their fifties! Chanda is deluded by the glitter of her lottery dream come true. Florida wants to move her family, hoping to leave trouble behind, but it looks like it may catch up to her anyway. And I'm finding that even good things like prayer group can consume me in no time flat.If there is an upside, it's that all this trouble is revealing the subtle lies we Yadas believe about God, ourselves, each other, and life. Maybe our best hope is to catch on to what God's doing--and catch on quick!--before the enemy can take any prisoners. That'd be a freedom worth celebrating. And celebrating is what my spiritual sisters and I do best.

The Yada Yadas got tight in the past year, but they're about to learn the real meaning of togetherness. We'd done it: we'd taken a mismatched, diverse group of women and cobbled together a prayer group that really worked for all of us. Now that spring was here, we were celebrating our one-year anniversary--and a wedding, an early parole, and two baptisms in the lake! Everything was feeling pretty great.But it's when we're in our comfort zone that we're most likely to let our guard down. Without warning, lots of little things seemed to become big problems. With a white supremacy hate group targeting a local university, our very diversity almost became a liability. It took a vicious attack on Nony's husband to make us see that we had to get tough--and fight back together.

Gabby knows God is the God of second chances. But can she give one to the man who betrayed her? When she was thrown out of the penthouse she shared with her husband and their sons, Gabby didn’t know if she’d ever find a soft place to land. But after seeking refuge at the shelter where she works, extraordinary things happen as she is reintroduced to God. From the ashes of her marriage comes the House of Hope—a safe haven for homeless moms and their children. But now those ashes of her destroyed marriage are being stirred again. When her long-gone husband’s life hits rock bottom, he reappears and asks for one more chance. And Gabby faces what feels like an impossible choice. Take him back. Or keep moving forward without him. Toward someone new who hasn’t betrayed her. Is God redeeming what Gabby thought was gone forever? Or is He leading her down a different path and giving her something—and someone—new?

Sometimes you find hope in the last place you look. Gabrielle Fairbanks has nearly lost touch with the carefree, spirited young woman she was shen she married her husband sixteen years ago. But when the couple moves to Chicago to accommodate Philip's ambition, Gabby longs for the chance to find real purpose in her own life. A chance encounter with a homeless woman suddenly opens a dooor she never expected. The women of Manna House Women's Shelter need a Program Director--and she has the right credentials. Gabby's in her element, feeling God's call on her life at last, even though Philip doesn't like the changes he sees in her. But she never anticipated his quit your job at the shelter or risk divorce and losing custody of our sons. In this moment, Gabby's entire foundation shifts. She must find refuge, as in the song they sing at Sunday "Where do I go when there's no one else to turn to . . . I go to the Rock I know that's able, I go to the Rock." For everyone who loves the best-selling Yada Yada Prayer Group novels comes a brand new series sprinkled with familiar faces and places from the Yada Yada world. It's the perfect novel to start with--or to meet friends from past Yada stories.

The Yada Yadas thought they had a handle on forgiveness, but it seems God has them on a crash-course to an even deeper level.After everything the Yada Yadas had been through in the past eight months, I told God I could sure use a little "dull and boring" in the new year! But that was before Leslie "Stu" Stuart moved in upstairs. Ms. Perfect herself and me--Jodi Baxter--living in the same two-flat? A recipe for collision. Then Delores Enriquez's son Jose wanted to throw my Amanda a quinceanera--a coming-out party, Mexican style--and they're only fifteen!At least Bandana Woman, who held up our Yada Yada Prayer Group at knife-point last fall, was safely locked up in prison . . . or so I thought. We visited her, like the Bible says; even sent her something for Christmas. But then she ends up back in our face. I mean, how far is forgiveness supposed to go?I guess I should have realized that with eleven Yada Yada sisters as diverse as a bag of Jelly Bellies, life would always be unpredictable. All I know is that the longer we Yada Yada pray together, the more "real" things are getting, not only with each other but with God. Dull and boring? Not a chance.

"Lucy Tucker, the crotchety old bag lady from the popular Yada Yada House of Hope series, is a veteran of the Chicago streets and not about to give up her independence, even as she approaches her 80th birthday. Until, that is, a young displaced woman with her gentle ageing mother and a dog named Dandy seem to need her--unsettling the secretive Lucy, who doesn't let anyone get too close. But just when it seems her past is catching up with her to bring her in out of the cold, Lucy disappears again"--Back cover.

Presents biographies of missionaries, evangelists, and other Christian heroes who worked courageously to share the Gospel with others.

Kathryn Davies, an outgoing young women with a zeal for life, leaves medical school and moves to Chicago, where she discovers the SouledOut Community Church and longing to part of the church family, meets Avis, a reserved women and the two discover their contrasting lives may work together.

Set in 1909 India, the story follows fourteen-year-old John Knight as he navigates a vibrant and chaotic new world. His adventure takes a serious turn when he befriends Irish missionary Amy Carmichael, who is dedicated to rescuing young girls from oppressive customs. John's sense of justice is ignited upon learning about Jewel, a child bride facing a grim fate at the hands of her uncle. As John grapples with the potential involvement of his father in upholding cruel laws, he must decide whether to act and save Jewel from her impending doom.

After coming to China as a missionary, Gladys Aylward adopts several orphans and tries to save more during the war between China and Japan

What do an ex-con, a former drug addict, a real estate broker, a college student, and a married mother of two have in common?Nothing, or so I thought. Who would have imagined that God would make a prayer group as mismatched as ours the closest of friends? I almost didn't even go to the Chicago Women's Conference--after all, being thrown together with five hundred strangers wasn't exactly my "comfort zone." But something happened that weekend to make us realize we had to hang together, and the "Yada Yada Prayer Group" was born! When I faced the biggest crisis of my life, God used my newfound Sisters to show me what it means to be just a sinner saved by grace.

A Muslim boy, in Morocco, risks his parent's wrath when he accepts pictures of Jesus from a Christian missionary named Maude Cary.

In 1888, change arrives in a small village in Calabar, Nigeria in the form of a courageous missionary named Mary

Living as a slave with her family on an old Maryland plantation in 1853, twelve-year-old Rosebud Jackson had been helping her mother with the cooking for the Big House as long as she could remember. Rosebud's world seemed like an endless pile of pots and pans to wash, food to prepare, and bread to bake. Her father worked long days in the fields while her fifteen-year-old brother Isaac was the stable boy.But when a series of tragedies strike, Rosebud is left alone and very afraid. Her only hope is that the words of her father will come true: "Just listen for the whippoorwill." When the harvest season is over, this sound will be her signal to follow in a desperate attempt to escape her cruel slavery.On the darkest of nights, Rosebud will meet the mysterious person the slaves called "Moses," who will lead her and other slaves on a harrowing journey toward the North on the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman, known as "Moses," was also an escaped slave and became notorious for leading bands on runaways on their dangerous passage to Canada.Will Rosebud be able to keep up? Does Harriet Tubman know the way?

It is sometime during the 1880s, and Jack and Amy have come to London searching for their uncle. On their own without money, food, or shelter, they have nowhere else to turn. But what is the chance of finding him when they don't even know where he lives?For the two youngsters, attempting to live on the streets is frightening, dangerous, and an opportunity for the worst elements of the city to take advantage of them. London society has become uncaring, even cruel, to the needy. Where can they find safety?When those strange Salvation Army people approach them on the street, should Jack and Amy run away? Can the General and Catherine Booth be trusted?What hope do Jack and Amy have when ruthless men come after them?

Set against the backdrop of 1860s southeastern Africa, two young boys, Wikatani and Chuma, find themselves captured by slave traders known as the Red Caps. As they endure a harrowing journey through the jungle, their hopes for escape seem dim. However, David Livingstone, a determined missionary and British official, is on a mission to combat the slave trade. The story explores themes of courage, friendship, and the fight against injustice as the boys navigate their perilous situation and seek a way back home.

Karl Schumacher was fifteen when he came to the German city of Wittenberg in 520 seeking an education. He had been very fortunate that the esteemed university professor, Doctor Martin Luther, had taken him into his household as a servant. Luther's promise of tutoring Karl in exchange for his labor was the chance of a lifetime—until a poster on the church door declared his master a heretic! Karl is asked to travel with Doctor Luther to appear before the emperor's Imperial Council in the city of Worms. Will his life be at stake as well as Luther's? And who is the mysterious young lady who shadows their trip? Could she be a spy for Luther's enemy, Doctor Eck? Or might the night riders be secret supporters of Luther? With danger lurking on every side, who can Karl trust?

The two young Burmese girls had dreaded leaving their father, but he told them that the only safe thing was for the two of them to go live with the American missionaries, Adoniram and Ann Judson. May-Lo and Len-Lay really aren't sure what the danger is, and they don't know what to believe about their American foster parents. Could the accusations that the missionaries were English spies be true? When the Judsons leave the city of Rangoon to establish a mission work in Ava, the Golden City, the girls are taken along on the dangerous river trip that will separate them from their father by 350 miles. Will they ever see him again? Will they even make it to their destination? How will the emperor of Burma respond to Mr. Judson's petitions to give religious freedom to Christian converts? Their arrival is followed by eventual disaster. When the British attack the Burmese, all the white foreigners, including Adoniram Judson, are hauled off to the terrible Death Prison. Every clue indicates that the Judsons are spies, and a Burmese-English boy named Myat Rodgers is determined to prove their guilt. Should the girls tell the authorities what they know? Or will they all end up in the Death Prison? Without their father's help whom could they trust?

Der 13-jährige Ned Carter arbeitet seit seinem fünften Lebensjahr in gefährlichen Kohlenminen. Er kämpft darum, seinen kleinen Bruder Pip vor dem gleichen Schicksal zu bewahren, da die Familie in großer Not ist. Nach einem Unfall scheint Pips Schicksal jedoch besiegelt zu sein.

Der dreizehnjährige Sklave Hamilton Jones erklärt sich 1775 für frei, als sein grausamer Herr stirbt. Getrieben von Rache will er den Sklavenhändler John Newton zur Rechenschaft ziehen, der seine Mutter verschleppt hat. Doch Newton überrascht Hamilton mit seiner Gelassenheit und seiner eigenen düsteren Vergangenheit. Wird Hamilton seine Rache ausführen?

In Antwerp, Belgium, in 1543, after his mother is arrested as a heretic, fifteen-year-old Adriaen Wens flees with the Anabaptist preacher Menno Simons and must decide whether to turn Simons in to save his mother from death.

Der 14-jährige Casey hat vor Kurzem seinen Vater verloren und wünscht sich nichts mehr, als den düsteren und bedrückenden Umständen zu entfliehen, welche sein Leben prägen. Als er die Chance bekommt, in einem bekannten Zirkus mitzuarbeiten und zum Artisten ausgebildet zu werden, scheint ihm das der ideale Ausweg zu sein. Allerdings bleibt ihm zum Einüben seiner Akrobatiknummer nur wenig Zeit, da Vorstellungen in Chicago geplant sind. Als ein gefährlicher Unfall passiert, ist Casey anschließend vor Furcht wie gelähmt! Wird der dynamische Evangelist Dwight L. Moody, den er vor Kurzem kennengelernt hat, ihm bei der Lösung dieses Problems helfen können?