![]() ![]() Tortured for Christ stars Emil Mandanac ( In the Name of Honour, Queen Marie of Romania) and Raluca Botez ( Mihai and Cristina, Solitary Prayer).Įven though the main actors in the film have relatively minimal film credits, their talent speaks for itself. The film also highlights the sacrifices made by other Christians that he encountered along the way. This, to me, was a clear sign that I had found a winner.īased off of Wurmbrand’s book of the same name, Tortured for Christ tells the true story of Richard Wurmbrand, a Romanian pastor who is imprisoned and tortured for his faith. ![]() After watching the film, whenever I would tell someone about it, I struggled to stop my emotions from bubbling to the surface and betraying my soft interior. Tortured for Christ beautifully depicts his story of courage and suffering during his 14 years spent in a Russian prison. Although I’ve been a longtime supporter of Voice of the Martyrs, an organization dedicated to helping persecuted Christians, I was completely unaware that its founder, Richard Wurmbrand, was also persecuted. ![]()
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![]() ![]() A fascinating, enjoyable read even if you’re not a classics buff. (Not very, it seems.) A less obvious is to ask what made the Greeks laugh? (The things we laugh at haven’t changed much in two millenniums.) Some insights into ancient Rome are the “spinning” around Caesar’s murder by proponents and opponents alike, the fact that Augustus was an emperor who could take – and make – a joke, and the fact that most of what we think we know about Cleopatra is a myth thanks to Augustus’s demonising scribes. One obvious one is to ask how great Alexander was. By updating reviews and essays that have appeared elsewhere, Beard takes a chronological approach to ancient Greece and Rome and confronts a number of issues, some obvious, some less so. A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, this is the perfect introduction to classical studies, and deserves to become something of a standard work ( Observer ). ![]() from oblivion”? The upside of this sense of imminent loss, Beard believes, is that it gives them “the energy and edginess” they still have. What was the Renaissance but “a desperate last-ditch attempt to save the fleeting and fragile traces. The perception that the classics are in decline is nothing new. ![]() ![]() ![]() The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed.īut perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The bride – The plus one – The best man – The wedding planner – The bridesmaid – The body (We always chose to provide the publisher synopsis because we feel that it’s worthwhile to discuss whether the official book description actually squared with your experience of the book.) This means that if you choose to purchase, I’ll make a small commission.) The Guest List Synopsis But we are also providing the publisher’s synopsis and 10 discussion questions to fuel the conversation. ![]() This book, while a popular Reese’s Book Club pick, wasn’t universally loved among Goodreads reviews, so be sure to use our selected reviews in your book discussion. ![]() Our The Guest List Book Club questions and discussion prompts will help you get started. What more do you need from a thriller? With all the dark secrets and twisty turns, The Guest List will definitely feed a great book club discussion. ![]() ![]() Lets keep in mind that Lewis’ perception of Venus does not match the reality that has been discovered. Well there’s a whole ‘nother planet here! Presently night falls and is totally dark, as the cloud cover lets in no starlight, nor does Venus have a moon (39). ![]() It was like the discovery of a totally new genus of pleasures” (37), but he had only one as it quenched his hunger and thirst completely. The taste, if it should be called taste, was unlike anything on earth: “It seemed mere pedantry to call it a taste at all. It moves with the waves, seeming to float, but is firm enough to lay or walk upon, though the walking took quite a bit of practice (36).įinally, he finds fruit-bearing vegetation and drinks the juice from it. He eventually meets a form of land that first appears as “great patches of floating stuff was sidling down a wave”(35). Ransom floats atop great waves and weathers quite a storm (34). The clouds are too dense to appreciate the sun, though its setting is obvious. ![]() The coffin-like spacecraft essentially melts away, leaving Ransom naked and floating on a vast ocean and under a golden sky. Unconscious for most of the journey, Ransom regains consciousness as he is descending to the surface and begins to feel Venus’ gravity. Asked if it was too vague to put into words, he responds, “On the contrary, it is words that are vague” (30). This is due mostly to the other-worldliness of Perelandra and the limits of language. ![]() Lewis begins the chapter by describing how difficult it was to get Ransom to describe aspects of his journey. ![]() ![]() ![]() To keep her secret and save her crown, Aurora’s mother arranges for her to marry a dark and brooding Stormling prince from another kingdom. ![]() But she’s yet to show any trace of the magic she’ll need to protect her people. She’s intelligent and brave and honorable. As the sole heir of Pavan, Aurora’s been groomed to be the perfect queen. ![]() Long ago, the ungifted pledged fealty and service to her family in exchange for safe haven, and a kingdom was carved out from the wildlands and sustained by magic capable of repelling the world’s deadliest foes. In a land ruled and shaped by violent magical storms, power lies with those who control them.Īurora Pavan comes from one of the oldest Stormling families in existence. I have a lot of trust in these ladies’ recommendations and ability to completely destroy my TBR. I found out about this book from some of my bookish friends Fiction No Chaser, Laughing Listener, Reader Voracious, and Read By Dev in one of our group chats and they convinced me I had to give it a read. The second book, Rage, is due to release on. Roar is the first book in the Stormheart series by Cora Carmack. ![]() ![]() ![]() “He was hitting his spots, changed up on us and my guys battled,” Case said of Kim. Scott finished with nine strikeouts and was praised for his gutsy performance on the mound. ![]() “I was looking forward to that, it was a tight game and I’m glad I got that hit,” he said. Kim’s error on the next batter gave Poly runners on first and second but Alvarez was able to get Yahir Torres to fly out to left and end the frame. The Jackrabbits tied it in the third inning when Sebastian Morales walked and Scott drove him in with an infield single. In the first for Yorba Linda, Jacob Talbott doubled, Jackson Magni singled then Jayden Flaig’s sacrifice fly scored Talbott to make 1-0 against Poly starter Lucas Scott. Smith came in and struck out Sebastian Byrd and got Isaac Holder to hit into a force play to end the threat. Poly (24-4) had an opportunity in the sixth when it chased Alvarez from the game with two base runners on and only one out. ![]() ![]() ![]() Vets and nurses from the shelter medicine team performed a very delicate and precise surgery to wire his jaw back in place, as much as possible. Quin was found to have two fractures in his jaw a symphyseal fracture and caudal mandibular fracture. He was transferred to the Home’s North Melbourne shelter for specialist care from the shelter medicine team.” “Our first priority was to alleviate Quin’s pain and keep him comfortable, so he was immediately placed on pain relief and antibiotics. “Unfortunately we don’t know what caused Quin’s injury, but the fractures he sustained had already shown signs of healing,” said Amanda, cattery coordinator at the Home. ![]() It was an old and untreated injury, so the poor cat would have endured awful pain for some time. Stray cat Quin arrived at our Cranbourne shelter in June, suffering from a fractured jaw. Quin seeks new home: Meet the cute cat with a crooked smile AugQuin - who arrived at our shelter with a fractured jaw, requiring multiple surgeries - is ready for a new home. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is cracked open by the case and finds within not the person he believed himself to be but a stranger. Each mystery has a different detective chasing its solution (or, in the case of 2018’s The Witch Elm, a suspect trying to grasp his own role in the crime), and the investigation becomes an appraisal of the detective himself. ![]() In the seven, genre-stretching crime novels Tana French wrote before her eighth and most recent, The Searcher, she perfected an approach that rarely fails to fascinate. Slate has relationships with various online retailers.īut note that deals can expire and all prices are subject to change.Īll prices were up to date at the time of publication. ![]() ![]() " -Chapter 19 in The Red and the Black by Stendhal Their happiness assumed at times the aspect of crime. But they never recaptured the delicious serenity, the unclouded happiness, the spontaneous joy of the first days of their love, when Madame de Renal's one fear was that of not being loved enough by Julien. Their happiness would have seemed great in the eyes of other people. ![]() They underwent transports of utter madness. "Their joy was thenceforward of a far higher nature, the flame that devoured them was more intense. ![]() Leur bonheur avait quelquefois la physionomie du crime." -Chapter 19 in The Red and the Black by Stendhal Mais ils ne retrouvèrent plus la sérénité délicieuse, la félicité sans nuages, le bonheur facile des premières époques de leurs amours, quand la seule crainte de Mme de Rênal était de n'être pas assez aimée de Julien. Leur bonheur eût paru plus grand aux yeux du monde. ![]() Ils avaient des transports pleins de folie. "Leur bonheur était désormais d'une nature bien supérieure, la flamme qui les dévorait fut plus intense. ![]() ![]() ![]() Some gods and goddesses were good and benevolent and others were not. For instance, a mythic explanation of a tsunami might be that the god Poseidon was angry, whereas now we give a rational and physical explanation of such. think Mesopotamians, Egyptians, and the early Greeks) was that all events were the result of some spirit’s action. The basic way to understand the world at this time (i.e. With respect to myth, everything in nature is thought to have powers and to be alive: water, air, sun, and the like. ![]() Rational inquiry in Greece begins by giving physical and natural explanations of things and using law, predictions, and scientific thinking instead of myth. Myth gives anthropomorphic explanations of the world and refers to gods, magic, and the like. It arises as an alternative way to understand the world in comparison to myth. In the western world, rational thinking begins in Ancient Greece. This chapter provides a brief overview of how philosophy developed in the west by looking at some key elements of Plato’s Apology. ![]() ![]() Western philosophy begins in Ancient Greece, with a range of thinkers pushing the status quo to delve into topics that affect us as human beings. ![]() |