Bøger af Scott Armstrong

In succinct and entertaining fashion, Scott Armstrong guides you through the joys and challenges of birthing a new church. Active Duty grabs your attention from the opening chapter, and does not let go until YOU are ready to plant a church at Hell's gate! The author's belief that church planting is the most effective method of kingdom growth is contagious. Along with motivation, you will find practical wisdom suitable for highlighting and note taking. The reader will discover numerous resources, lessons learned, and recommendations for anyone starting a church, or those desiring to grow a small church. The transparent look into the hardships church planters face will be a source of strength to those in similar spiritual battles. For those who pastor established works, Active Duty issues the challenge to plant new churches in neighboring unchurched or under churched areas. This can be done effectively as established churches become "sending" churches. This book destroys the myth that church planters must have super powers and unlimited resources. The Armstrong story proves that ordinary God-called people can do extraordinary things. Active Duty is a church planting adventure!

The year is 1812. Fourteen-year-old Henri Carle has heard about Napoleon's great victories his whole life. France rules the continent of Europe and the name Napoleon strikes fear in the hearts of those that face him. When France prepares to march to Russia with 500,000 men, young Henri has no idea that the army he has attached himself to will be reduced to a beaten rabble of barely 20,000 within six months. During the buildup and the ill-fated Russian campaign, Henri goes from a shy boy who is unprepared for life on his own to a confident, courageous soldier. As he is maturing and becoming a man, the army is disintegrating around him. They face seemingly insurmountable obstacles in a desperate struggle to reach home. Utilizing actual incidents and events from the invasion and disastrous 500-mile retreat, this fictional account, as seen through Henri's eyes, brings a crucial turning point in history to life. Praise for Russian Snows: Coming of Age in Napoleon's Army: "[Russian Snows] brings a humanizing perspective to Napoleon's failed invasion of Russia. The characters, especially Henri, really make this story." Publishers Weekly "This is a terrific story. Henri has an adventurous spirit and endures so much. I can certainly recommend this book!" Paul Trainor, aged 15 "The imagery is well-conceived and the degree of suspense and anxiety as seen through the eyes of [Henri] vivid. Young readers will be engaged by this story and learn about the troubles of war in a compelling, personal way." Alan Preston, Leadership Coach "The author's details of sight, sound, and smell bring pictures to life. We hear swords being sheathed, smell fresh bread still warm from the oven, and see the bright colors of military uniforms." Lizzie Ross, Author

After losing his wife, Wil is looking for a fresh start with his daughter in the remote west coast town of Prince Sound. But TRUE COST, a mobile computer app he creates to help his daughter at school gives him anything but. Steph is a chemical engineer and heads a multi million dollar firm in Toronto, specializing in fracking in the oil patch. The unexpected death of her only brother gives her something she never wanted - a child to care for and a challenge to her values. Wil and Steph's geographical and ideological chasms begin to evaporate as they are plunged into a the most powerful game of corporate espionage the world has ever seen. TRUE COST is a blessing and an apocalypse. It evaluates products world wide on health, labour and environmental criteria, and goes unexpectedly viral. Soon Prince Sound, and then the world, are changing what they purchase, and what they don't. Such a shift creates a tsunami of attention, as well as powerful enemies who are losing billions of dollars. Wil and Steph, his new venture capital partner, are hunted by the clandestine and all reaching arms of the corporate underworld who will stop at nothing to take TRUE COST offline, permanently. From China to Toronto, New York to Costa Rica, Wil and Steph try and evade the hidden assassins as they attempt and get the next version of TRUE COST up and running. Save the world or save themselves? It is a choice they need to make at every turn. Steph's character is one of survival and success in a male dominated industry. She is as tough as it comes until that moment that touches her in a place she promised she would keep buried forever.

The focus of this book is the large-scale statistical behavior of solutions of divergence-form elliptic equations with random coefficients, which is closely related to the long-time asymptotics of reversible diffusions in random media and other basic models of statistical physics.