Bøger af M. D. House

After her miraculous rescue by the angel Raphael, Sophia, daughter of Barabbas and Chanah, sets out with the former slave Onesimus to find the elusive and itinerant apostle John. Once they find him, an unexpected trip outside the Roman empire into the mysterious northern nation of Sarmatia expands her understanding of God's global efforts to gather his children to their Savior. It also reveals in starker detail the pernicious, pervasive attempts by the adversary to disrupt the work and turn the children of God toward evil and superstition. Pride is her own weakness, and she must learn how to temper and control it, so that her mind might be open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. What surprises await her as she travels great distances with the Lord's beloved apostle to spread the message of the gospel? How differently does God see her life than what she has assumed? What will happen to the growing church's relationship with Rome when Emperor Vespasian dies and his sons pick up the mantle? And how does John continue to have so much energy and faith?

From the author of the award-winning Barabbas Trilogy and The Servant of Helaman comes another story about the harrowing challenges of discipleship ...For a prosperous businessman in the Ancient American city of Ammonihah, God is good, but not top of mind. Until God's call becomes more insistent and memories of productive faith rise from the ashes of spiritual indolence. When the heavens orchestrate a meeting with the Lord's prophet, who is on a mission to steer Ammonihah from certain calamity, the man named Amulek must face the consequences of boldly proclaiming the God he knows is real. He will also learn the depths of his own commitment ... and of God's perfect, eternal love for his children.

It doesn't get much worse than the prospect of a three-way civil war, and in a global superpower grown arrogant and complacent in its prosperity, only one influential man leads the peaceful charge against corruption and tyranny, while others plot more radical solutions. Council Minister Merak Dorvallen's allies are few, and now his youngest son Coren, a Lieutenant in the vaunted Irrianite military, is the target of government assassins. Desperate, Merak reaches out to Ohrim Sunvail, an old friend in exile who harbors potentially helpful secrets. Ohrim's exceptionally competent and head-strong daughter Mei' Shera accepts the assignment and thwarts the assassins, setting in accelerated motion events that will shape a drastically different future for Irrianon.In the midst of the chaos, scientists in Irrianon have secretly cracked the code for interstellar space travel, which will shape a drastically different future for the entire planet of Toryl, especially when they find a sister planet of humans only a few years behind in technology. The winner of the Irrianite civil war will lay a solid first claim on the stars, unlocking a universe of possibilities for both progress and potential disaster.

Intelligent life on another planet. Human intelligent life. Many Toryllians had long thought it possible, but seeing these people for the first time-these Earthlings-was challenging to process. It would be easy to live among them, blend in, and observe. But for how long? When should the newcomers reveal themselves? Earth couldn't just become a galactic science experiment. And what if these Earthlings-these apparent siblings-needed urgent help? How and when should superior technology be brought to bear? Such issues would be difficult to judge, especially when things at home aren't going well, either. But if current trends toward a third global war on Earth accelerated, a decision would have to be made. In the meantime, new questions and discoveries regarding non-human alien races who visited both planets in the past could change the interplanetary dynamic completely. Is the galaxy ready for a new set of storms?

While a mighty nation reels following the assassination of its chief leader, its greatest enemy prepares to launch another bold invasion aimed at the subjugation of the free people of Nephi, about fifty years before the Savior's long-prophesied advent to the world.Caught up in the swirling cacophony of events is a young soldier and spy, a former orphan whose growing testimony of the coming Christ will be tested and refined as he engages in momentous battles to preserve the freedom and faith of his nation from invasion, assassinations, and creeping apostasy.Short Excerpt -- Ch.6, p. 123"You are a Christian, I presume?"How did he answer that question in the presence of the prophet of the Lord? Was he, truly? He had been baptized, and had tried to be faithful and obedient to the statutes and ordinances. He had no serious doubts that Helaman, and many great leaders before him, were prophets and prophetesses."I am," replied Kai, raising his eyes and feeling his conviction grow a bit in saying it with such firm feeling in front of the prophet. "And I will die one. I'm not as knowledgeable as most. I can't do miracles or anything. But I will defend the cause of the Christians to the last drop of my blood."