Bøger af Michael A Barber

You have no doubt experienced those many feelings deep inside that a really good movie churns up. You feel for the characters, you relate to them, reach out to them. Every step of the way you find yourself cheering them on, yearning for them to achieve their goals, to be the people they're working to be, and to succeed in what started out as an impossible quest. But most of all, every word you read is real. Every event is true, it's actually happening; it's not just believable or realistic, but you find yourself living in this world, savoring memories of events and of friends you know you will never forget...This is just such a story. It will grip you from beginning to end, play with your feelings, keep you hanging in suspense. But most of all, it will become as real to you as it has to its author. The impossible quest that this unlikely group of friends embark upon will prove to be as moving and inspiring a story as you will ever read...This is a story of unfailing tenacity and courage in the face of impossible odds. It tells the tale of an unlikely group of friends who live in a post-war world of amazing technology, untold wealth, and apparent beneficence. But there is a problem with this world. Somehow none of its inhabitants seems to be aware that they live under a protective shield in a vast area of the open terrain of a once beautiful earth.Nick West begins to see images, waking dreams, of places and events he has never witnessed in his life. His view of the authorities, of his environment, of his life, begins to change. The ruling Administration that built the shield starts to appear threatening. Its citizens are unaware of the nature of their existence, and of their government; they passively indulge in every government program and activity. Nick assembles a team of Resistance fighters who develop their unique abilities. Together they work to uncover the terrible truth about the powerful government that labors so hard to keep its subjects imprisoned under the shield...

You have no doubt experienced those many feelings deep inside that a really good movie churns up? You feel for the characters, you relate to them, reach out to them. Every step of the way you find yourself cheering them on, yearning for them to achieve their goals, to be the people they're working to be, and to succeed in what started out as an impossible quest. But most of all, every word you read is real. Every event is true, it's actually happening; it's not just believable or realistic, but you find yourself living in this world, savoring memories of events and of friends you know you will never forget... This is just such a story. It will grip you from beginning to end, play with your feelings, keep you hanging in suspense. But most of all, it will become as real to you as it has to its author. The impossible quest that this unlikely group of friends embark upon will prove to be as moving and inspiring a story as you will ever read...This is a story of unfailing tenacity and courage in the face of impossible odds. It tells the tale of an unlikely group of friends who live in a post-war world of amazing technology, untold wealth, and apparent beneficence. But there is a problem with this world. Somehow none of its inhabitants seems to be aware that they live under a protective shield in a vast area of the open terrain of a once beautiful earth.Nick West begins to see images, waking dreams, of places and events he has never witnessed in his life. His view of the authorities, of his environment, of his life, begins to change. The ruling Administration that built the shield starts to appear threatening. Its citizens are unaware of the nature of their existence, and of their government; they passively indulge in every government program and activity. Nick assembles a team of Resistance fighters who develop their unique abilities. Together they work to uncover the terrible truth about the powerful government that labors so hard to keep its subjects imprisoned under the shield...

Ladies and Gentlemen, we would like to present to you the story of Esther, who became Queen of the ancient kingdom of Persia. This is a dramatic story of events that took place some five hundred years before the days of Jesus. The story tells of intrigue so deadly that the nation of the Jews was in danger of being almost wiped out! But a humble, young Jewish maiden became Queen of the Persian empire, and through her bold and courageous actions she saved her people from near extermination. This is her story. Come with me to Susa, into the palace of the King...

Joan Bocher was burned to death in England in 1550 AD. Her crime? The Encyclopædia Britannica (1964) says: "She was condemned for open blasphemy in denying the Trinity, the one offence which all the church had regarded as unforgivable ever since the struggle with Arianism."On October 27th, 1553, Michael Servetus, a medical practitioner, was burned at the stake at Geneva, Switzerland, for denying the doctrine of the Trinity.In 1693, a pamphlet attacking the Trinity was burned by order of the House of Lords, and the following year its printer and author were prosecuted.In 1697, Thomas Aikenhead, an 18 year old student, was charged with denying the Trinity and hanged at Edinburgh, Scotland.In 1711, Sir Isaac Newton's friend, William Whiston (translator of the works of Jewish historian Josephus), lost his professorship at Cambridge for denying the Trinity.An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture, detailing Sir Isaac Newton's condemnation of the Trinity teaching, was first published in 1754, a full twenty-seven years after Newton's death, due to the controversies surrounding the doctrine.In view of the great quantity of books available in support of the doctrine of the Trinity, it may seem unusual to find that this book denies it. Fortunately the author should fare better than the individuals referred to above in view of the available freedom of speech. But it may be viewed as heretical nonetheless. The central doctrine of Christian churches, accepted by far and away the majority as a divinely authored teaching, the Trinity seems entrenched beyond question of doubt.However, Bible students rely on Bible translations when studying God's Word, in contrast with the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek manuscripts from which all modern-day translations are produced. This book reveals that scriptures which support the teaching of the Trinity in some Bible versions are incorrectly translated. The student can be forgiven for readily accepting the Trinity when his or her own Bible translation clearly teaches it! Such is the power of the Bible (see Hebrews 4:12), that translations have taken on the status that the original manuscripts by the Bible writers held. However, no translation today can successfully claim to be "inspired by God" (2 Timothy 3:16). Consequently, throughout this book, appeal is made to Bible manuscripts and accredited collections to verify the true sense of a passage of text. The finest scholarship on biblical manuscripts and on Hebrew and Greek language syntax and word morphology is introduced and quoted throughout this work, demonstrating effectively that the linguistic and contextual considerations for each passage of scripture are in agreement in their refutation of the Trinitarian view.

This book endeavours to provide a comprehensive answer to the question of the Trinity dogma. Although theologians and Christian writers have provided abundant material to define and explain the teaching of the Trinity, this volume covers the major scriptures that support the doctrine and provides new light on their meaning using the immediate and remote context of each passage, and including references to a number of Bible Versions and to the original language manuscripts.