This work takes us through a detailed but readable survey of the writings that make up the Historical Books of the Old Testament from Joshua to Esther, Maps and charts are included to aid the reader in this journey through the Old Testament narratives. This work was originally published as part of the larger book, Old Testament Survey, the Bible Jesus Used.

Synopsis: Education has contributed enormously to the Scottish national character. The emphasis has always been on making a good education available to all and on giving those with talent every opportunity of advancement. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, however, it was clear that the provision of schooling was failing to meet the needs of an expanding population and the growth and diversification of the economy. In 1824 the Church of Scotland began an ambitious program to tackle the problem. In setting up new schools and the first teacher training colleges, the Church saw itself...

The Christian life is a supernatural process and it begins with the work of God on our behalf. It is for this reason that when Paul writes an epistle to the believers at Ephesus, he does not begin with a list of instructions to be followed or commands to be obeyed, but rather he spends the entire first half of his letter in telling of all that God has done for us. It is only after he has established the riches that we have in Christ that he turns to the practical question of how we ought to live in light of our new identity. This verse by verse commentary takes the reader through Paul's...

An outlined study of some of the major teachings of the Christian faith coupled with charts and illustrations. This study covers the basic doctrines about the Bible itself, Theology, Christology, Soteriology, Angels and Anthropology, Ecclesiology and Eschatology.

Battalion Chief John Stevenson reflects on the unique message of Christianity, using as a backdrop a career in Fire Fighting as he draws our attention to Jesus Christ, the ultimate Fire Rescuer.

The Older Testament was the Bible used by Jesus and the Apostles. This exciting new survey includes a variety of maps, charts, and illustrations to map out the course of each book of the Old Testament and to see how they join together to provide a grand panorama of God's plan and purpose for His people. Concise and easy to read, yet also giving attention to historical and archaeological scholarship, each book is explained and outlined with special regard to the practical lessons to be applied.

The 1930s, remembered as the decade of dole queues, hunger marches, & mass unemployment, also saw the development of new industries, the growth of suburbia, & rising standards of living for many. In this book, the authors look behind the legends for an objective reassessment, as Britain again struggles with recession & unemployment.

A History of British Elections since 1689 represents a unique single-volume authoritative reference guide to British elections and electoral systems from the Glorious Revolution to the present day.

The main focus is on general elections and associated by-elections, but Chris Cook and John Stevenson also cover national referenda, European parliament elections, municipal elections, and elections to the Welsh and Northern Irish assemblies and the Scottish parliament. The outcome and political significance of all these elections are looked at in detail, but the authors also...

This compact and accessible reference work provides all the essential facts and figures about major aspects of modern British history from the death of Queen Anne to the end of the 1990s. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History has been extended to include a fully-revised bibliography (reflecting the wealth of newly published material in recent years), the new statistics on social and economic history and an expanded glossary of terms. The political chronologies have been revised to include the electoral defeat of John Major and the record of New Labour in office. Designed for...

Taisō Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) was the most popular woodblock artist of his day. Customers lined up on the day of publication for his prints of historical characters and beautiful women. His career, which introduced subtle psychological observation to the artistic and representational world of ukiyo-e, straddled the tumultuous late Edo and early Meiji periods. Yoshitoshi was fascinated by the supernatural, and some of his best work concerns ghosts, monsters, and charming animal transmutations. Yoshitoshi's strange tales presents two series that focus on his depictions of the weird...