Every Sunday all over the world people rise up and claim to speak in the name of God. It is an astonishing thing to do and an astonishing claim to make. It is small wonder that the sermon has been the focus of debate, discussion and investigation. It has been dismissed as irrelevant in today's culture and has become the butt of numerous jokes and caricatures. Yet the claim persists that these human words in some way can become God's message to these hearers. This collection of twenty-nine articles by international experts in the area of homiletics coincides with the revival of interest in...

A completely revised, redesigned and updated edition of the definitive and bestselling woodworker's bible.

A highly practical book on how to preach effectively. This is a book for all preachers (of any denomination), be they ordained or readers, students preparing for a preaching ministry, or lay-people called on to preach from time to time. Anyone who preaches knows how much help is needed within preaching, because this form of communication is a demanding and difficult one. This workbook provides just the help people must have. In his introduction, David Day describes the ambivalence in churches about preaching. He goes on to help preachers construct and deliver sermons that draw the practice...

This Book Five Archive edition collects issues 19-23 of the first volume of Deadworld. Also included, the original tale of "Deadworld: Guns for Sale," from Caliber Presents #8 is here. As Dan and Joey depart the city, a band of survivors in Michigan decide to head to the wilds of the Upper Peninsula, hoping that the cold weather and sparse population, will inhibit the menace of the walking dead. John leads a ragtag group as they race for the remote area, hoping they can establish their own civilization. Long before there was The Walking Dead there was Deadworld. Here is one of comics' longest...

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion are some of the greatest tales of good versus evil ever told. From the creation of Arda to the War of the Ring, Tolkien's Middle-earth has seen war and rebellion, devastation and loss, in which the powers of darkness emerged. Here in his latest book, best-selling author and Tolkien expert David Day explores Tolkien's portrayal of evil, and the sources that inspired his work: from myth, literature and history. This work is unofficial and is not authorized by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers.

Tolkien's works have inspired artists for generations and have given rise to myriad interpretations of the rich and magical worlds he created. The Illustrated World of Tolkien gathers together artworks and essays from expert illustrators, painters and etchers, and fascinating and scholarly writing from renowned Tolkien expert David Day, and is an exquisite reference guide for any fan of Tolkien's work, Tolkien's world and the imaginative brilliance his vision inspired.

Tolkienova Středozemě přežila katastrofické války a rozhodující bitvy, při nichž povstali skvělí muži i ženy, aby utvářeli směřování své historie. Kniha Tolkienovi hrdinové zkoumá spletitosti ohledně Tolkienova zobrazení dobra a zla a rozebírá nejslavnější hrdiny od stvoření Ardy až do konce Války o Prsten.

Tolkienovy knihy jsou plné dramatických a napínavých bitev. Ve Středozemí se v bojích znovu a znovu střetávali nejmocnější vládci a vojevůdci, ať už šlo o války lidí proti skřetům či skřetů proti trpaslíkům. Kniha Tolkienovy bitvy analyzuje každý boj, od legendární bitvy o Helmův žleb po zničení Železného pasu, a nabízí přehledné mapy s polohou a způsoby útoků armád. Nezbytná kniha pro každého fanouška Tolkiena.