Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)

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Blasphemy! Heresy! Who does this man think he is, claiming to speak directly to God?! Jesus did it, Muhammad did it, the Jewish prophets did it, but none of their Gods had the sardonic wit or raw verve of Prophet Walsch's God. Neale Donald Walsch isn't claiming to be the Messiah of a new religion, just a frustrated man who sat down one day with pen in his hand and some tough questions in his heart. As he wrote his questions to God, he realized that God was answering them... directly... through Walsch's pen. The result, far from the apocalyptic predictions or cultic eccentricities you might expect, turns out to be matter-fact, in-your-face wisdom on how to get by in life while remaining true to yourself and your spirituality.

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Conversations with God Book 1 began a series that has been changing millions of lives for more than ten years. Finally, the bestselling series is now a movie, starring Henry Czerny (The Pink Panther and Clear and Present Danger) and Ingrid Boulting (The Last Tycoon). Produced and directed by Stephen Simon (producer of Somewhere in Time and What Dreams May Come) and distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Fox Home Entertainment, the theatrical release is set for October 27, 2006. The movie is the true account of Walsch (played by Cierny), who went from an unemployed homeless man to an "accidental spiritual messenger" and author of the bestselling book

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Below normal comprehension.......2007-10-10

This book is utter dribble. Some passages remind me of text written by hippies high on drugs. When one starts having conversations with themselves that's usually not a good thing. I don't need Mr. Walsch to answer my questions, if I have questions to ask of God, I'll go the original source -- my bible. I have more confidence in the consistency and accuracy of the bible's answers than I do of a man responding to voices in his head.

And why do people assume God does not love unconditionally. Wasn't that the whole purpose of Jesus' sacrafice. Plus He shows his love the way any parent would. Didn't all of our parents punish us if we did something wrong like lie. They disliked that we lied and punished us for it, but that didn't stop them from loving us or continuing to provide for us.

What's wrong with Texas?.......2007-10-08

For the record, I have read the entire series and found all to resonate with my soul and make total sense out of the universe--something I cannot say for many other "spiritual books", including the Bible. If you want to look at an interesting phenomena, check out how many negative reviews are coming out of Texas, home of our current president and death penalty capital of the western world. What would Jesus do with a mentally handicapped person who has had a tough time in life and committed some horrible crime?? Why execute him, of course---nevermind the fact that this breaks one of the very commandments these bible thumpers hold so dear.
Here's the bottom line. If you think the Bible is the end-all and be-all of spiritual thinking you will absolutely HATE these books. You will find them too threatening to the tenuous narrow minded thread that holds your little world together. If however, you would consider the idea that the bible is an unfolding history in the evolution of human thinking about God, and that perhaps IT TOO was written by human hands with good intentions but may contain some fallacies based on ancient primordial fears, then by all means, expand your mind, satisfy your soul and free yourself to be the person you meant yourself to be before you came here.

Contradictions are good.......2007-09-27

The book is an excellent source of information that contradicts everything you have learned about God and about your spiritual reality. It gives you a completely different point of view, which quit possibly, could be as true as anything else you believe in now. I can't say I agree with everything I read but I do believe that a great deal of it did click with my way of seeing our connection with this physical world and the spiritual aspect.

David

Can you think of a Better way to live?.......2007-09-26

The answer is no. Even if you don't buy into all that the book offers, you have to simply ask yourself the question of, is there a better way to live? Than without fear? I personally can't, and this book has been a revelation to me. The journey is not just reading, but living.

Great book I would recommend it to any and all who have any interest!

Divinely Beautiful.......2007-09-22

I love this book, it infuses peace.

I have the audio version which I listen to over and over because it's inspiring. Just when you start getting bogged down by something, Conversations with God offers so many tips on how to jump over any hurdle--and have fun doing it!

The Complete Conversations with God (Boxed Set)

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Conversations With God, Books 1,2 3

The Complete Conversations with God (Boxed Set)
Neale Donald Walsch
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ASIN: 0399153292

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For the first time, Books 1, 2, and 3 in the multi-million copy bestselling Conversations with God trilogy are brought together in one special gift edition.

To mark the tenth anniversary of the publication of Conversations with God, Book 1, all three of the most essential books in Neale Donald Walsch's seminal trilogy are brought together in one beautiful volume just in time for the gift-giving season.

Conversations with God, Book 1 was the start of Neale Donald Walsch's ongoing dialogue with God. The trilogy contains the most essential truths and lessons for spiritual seekers, and these books are the bestselling of all the author's works. Featuring a new foreword by the author, printed throughout in two colors, and inserted in a fully enclosed full-color box, this remarkable book will be a Christmas gift to treasure.

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Classic new age spirituality, loaded with insight.......2007-09-23

Just like Illusions, Seth Speaks, the teachings of Abraham (via Esther Hicks) and of course The Secret, Neale Donald Walsch's Conversations With God books offer up plenty of the New Age thinking about how we literally create our own reality through how we think, how our patterns of operating out of fear and not love are both personally and globally damaging, etc.

This book is a little different in that Walsch actually refers to God (big 'G') as the source of the information he relays to us. Like other books in this genre, if you get hung up on whether NDW actually DID have a conversation with God or if he made it up and these are his opinions, you're missing the point. There are many, many insights in here that just about anyone can benefits from. Read it and enjoy it for what you can benefit from and how it can change you for the better (similar to reading philosophy or poetry for example). The only thing slightly off-base was calling this a 'boxed set' when in reality, it's all in one book.

In any event, plenty of value in this collection; anyone thinking about their place in the universe and wanting to improve the quality of their lives will get something out it.

I just have one question, if these really are the words of God, did the editors at Putnam have to correct God's English? Wouldn't you feel a bit weird: "Oh, no, no, no ... You cant say that." or "This sentence is too long...You're falling in love with Your Own words."

life changing.......2007-09-19

I have read this book and I was completely touched by it. Donald Walsh is an incredible author, asks the perfect questions and has very clear and clever style. This book has changed my life altogether. Even if you're a skeptic this deserve your attention as it will make you think hard about the way you've been taking life.

I will re-read this book over and have made every conscious effort to live my life by its words. In his conversations Donald exposes us to the other side of traditional beliefs, challenges our ideals and mores and pushes us to look at the bigger picture. Oh boy! how big that picture is...

This is an incredibly enlightening book that will alter any person's small way of thinking. If you understand it and enjoy it, then this book was meant to fall in your hands.

Blessed are the ones that are lead to this series of books. This is a trilogy; all 3 books must be read and preferably bought as a set or as one large condensed book like the one described above.

AMAZING.......2007-09-14

This is such a wonderful book that anyone may read and feel that it is talking to them specificly. It allows you to have a different view on so many subjects. We are trained to think only certain ways. That we ourselves don't relize we have a mind of our own to really explore as to why things are. I enjoy this book so much. It's Amazing to me. This information needs to reach the people. To give them something more then what we have.

A pleasant read.......2007-09-10

A very nice read. I found the writing very well done. Some beautifully simplistic thoughts on life. Of course I don't think anyone really believes this man is talking to God though. God help you if you do, but as a work of fiction this series does really well. Would have been good for the author to preface the books by stating that they are indeed fictional, but maybe it is simply supposed to be obvious from the content. JK Rowlings doesn't need to state that Harry Potter is fiction for example. I recommend this book to believers and pre-believers alike.

Conversations With God, Books 1,2 3.......2007-09-01

This book has earned a permanent place on my book shelf. (I keep giving away copies and buying more - but one will always be in my possession!) It's one of the best kept secrets. Why haven't I heard about this book before?! It is revolutionary, deep, and can change your life. A must read!

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Incredible Detailed book
Baffled
23 minutes in Hell
Scared Straight, Are You?

23 Minutes in Hell
Bill Wiese
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What is hell like, and how does one avoid an eternity of torment? Bill Wiese shares his unforgettable experience during which God allowed him to see and feel the agony people endure in hell.

Wiese's visit to the devil's lair lasted just twenty-three minutes, but he returned from this with vivid details etched in his memory. He records an accurate account of his experience in this book, presenting more than three hundred scriptures that verify the horrors he endured and observed.

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A must read !.......2007-10-10

This book is indeed fascinating ! It gives one a taste of what hell is like and therefore it should prayerfully lead one to dedicate their life to Christ so that they have the assurance of Heaven.

Incredible Detailed book.......2007-10-10

So often a book on someone's experience of this sort is very vague. Bill is so incredibly detailed that you actually feel like you have no further questions about what Hell is like. His descriptions are so breath taking that I highly recommend not reading this before you go to bed. Be prepared to get your socks scarred off you. I couldn't sleep for weeks after reading this book. I now purchase a number of them to hand out during Halloween. If someone wants to get scared enough to realize that God is real, the bible is accurate, and life is not to be wasted away, this is the book to read. It is life changing.

Baffled.......2007-10-06

Honestly everyone this is a must read. I can't not explain how much it touches a person, or atleast makes them think about what if? I am currently in Iraq right now for the 3rd time, and I got some down time and I read this book. Two hours and 136 pages later I was laying there baffled that I just read the whole book and enjoyed every minute of it. Not a dull moment in it at all. It makes you just want to fall down on your knee's and praise god, and tell him you love him over and over and over again. Such a good book! God Bless you all.

23 minutes in Hell.......2007-10-06

For those that might say "there is no heaven and hell" this is a good book to get for them to read...easy read and frightening..if it were me, I would pair it with "90 minutes in Heaven" by Don Piper..the two hand in hand would sum it all up. Know which destination I would choose!

Scared Straight, Are You?.......2007-10-06

I'm not going to question the motives of the author, but I will say that I've heard stuff like this called "spiritual pornography." It is titillating, and more likely than not it will generate emotions primarily geared at the gratification of self: in this case, the desire to avoid suffering. On that account, I would not automatically assume that this vision is of divine origin. If the book does not make you desire to take sufferings and sacrifices upon yourself in order to save others from such a fate, I would be doubly suspect.

The testimony in this book reminded me of the Jehovah's Witnesses who have come to my door and ask me what I thought my eternity would be like.

This is my question, fellow Christians: If you knew for a fact that you could live your life any way you liked without repercussion--that is, that you were guaranteed by God that you would have the opportunity to repent at the last minute and still obtain eternal bliss in Heaven--would you still choose to serve God as fervently as you do because you believe you might be damned if you don't?

If not, in what sense is that the love of God to which we are called? Have you not just chosen to be the resentful brother who stays home, rather than the prodigal who squanders the family fortune? While it is surely better to start serving God before your motives are the best, in the open-hearted hope that as your service of God goes on, your motives will likewise become more real, it is wrong to content yourself with a service of God that purely seeks to avoid your own suffering. It must be fairly obvious to anyone who stops to think about it that this is only a different way to serve yourself. If you are not willing to put up with vitriolic hatred, abuse, stench, heat, ugliness, pain, and even emotional desolation in order to serve God, ask yourself what kind of devotion it is that you are offering. It is not the same sort of devotion that Our Lord offered on the Cross.

Jesus didn't say, "Repent, the end is near." He said, "Repent, the Kingdom of God is at hand." Please recognize that those are two very different things. The first is death; the second, life. When Jesus was asked, "Are there many who will be saved?" He didn't answer with a numerical estimate. He said, "Seek to enter through the narrow door." Think about that.

Conversations With God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 2)

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Coversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 2)

Conversations With God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 2)
Neale Donald Walsch
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In Conversations with God: Book II, Neale Walsch and God resume their discussion and move on to larger topics than the personal issues addressed in their previous dialogue in Volume 1. For an "unedited transcript" of a conversation, Book II is remarkably well organized and articulate, as if Walsch anticipatd our "but what about" questions before we asked them. The peculiar pair discuss time, space, politics, and even kinky sex, but Conversations with God: Book II isn't here for just shock value. It is an honest look at some of the broad issues important to all of us on the planet, and a suggestion of how things might go if we are all willing to open our minds and have our own conversations with divinity. --Brian Patterson

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The Best Books I've Ever Read.......2007-10-04

I have read all 3 of the Conversations With God Trilogy and they have changed my life forever. I was raised as a southern Baptist Christian and was always scared of the whole God thing. After reading these books I know that God is a LOVING God and he does not judge and punish people. Written in plain easy to understand english these are a must for anyone on a spiritual journey.

S. Harrison

Amazed .......2007-09-02

I am amazed at the effeciency and customer service on all the products I have ordered. I wish more companies would follow your lead. Thank you and keep up the great work.

Not as good as book 1, but still has some good questions........2007-06-25

I loved book one and went and bought book 2. The beginning was interesting, but I found myself skipping pages around the end. This book talks alot about politics which I found to be pretty boring. It is still and interesting book because of the questions it asks. I read reviews of people saying that these books are satanic. These books are not satanic. These books were not written for a religion, but for an open mind. I believe that satan is not peace, he is not about bringing the world closer to God, and satan is not about finding yourself. Its makes me sick how many Christians focus on Satan and give him so much credit. This is a good book that will allow you to think. And think for yourself.

Disappointing.......2007-06-09

The author seems to have run out of ideas for the second book rather hoping the success of book one would sell this one. I found him struggling in this one and only just managed to finish it.

Coversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 2).......2007-03-15

I loved this book as much as the others in the collection. It challenges everything you believe about God and religion. It opens a whole new door to spirituality and hopefully will help you to close the door on some of the things that you have been taught about a vengeful God.

The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth

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wonderous new insights!
A must read for all catholics and those seeking truth
Great introduction to the Mass and Revelation
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An Oasis of Truth

The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth
Scott Hahn
Manufacturer: Doubleday
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Release Date: 1999-11-09

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The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth reawakens a surprising ancient view of the Eucharist, as the harbinger of the supernatural drama described by the New Testament book of Revelation. Catholic theologian Scott Hahn thinks that many worshippers receive the sacrament of communion without ever considering its links to the end of the world, the Apocalypse, and the Second Coming. Hahn wants to change our minds; he wants us to know that "The Mass--and I mean every single Mass--is heaven on earth." Literally. So, Hahn declares, "Now heaven has been unveiled for us with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ ... Jesus Christ Himself says to you: 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with Me' (Rv. 3:20)." Hahn's enthusiasm, as evident even from these short quotes, is considerable--and infectious. Furthermore, he delivers his arguments with great levity (demonstrated in chapter titles such as "Oath Meal"), which makes The Lamb's Supper quite a tasty read. --Michael Joseph Gross

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wonderous new insights!.......2007-10-11

I am a cradle Catholic who has just finished 7 years of Bible study. This brought me many new insights of the Mass I have attended faithfully for my entire life. I only wish I had been taught these things years ago. It is a small book, but a treasure trove of beautiful realities of the Mass. I think it is a must for every Catholic!

A must read for all catholics and those seeking truth.......2007-09-15

This is the most influential book I have ever read in my life, period. It will completely change the way you approach Mass and your day to day life.

Great introduction to the Mass and Revelation.......2007-08-23

We've tought a few classes using this as a textbook and it's great. We've even had non-Catholics appreciate the connections made in this book.

Amazing.......2007-07-09

Until I read this book as a Protestant exploring the Catholic faith, I had no idea what all is happening in the Mass. This book opened a whole new world to me.

An Oasis of Truth.......2007-06-27

This book by Scott Hahn reveals the hidden mysteries of the Mass. It has greatly helped me find refreshment in this topsy-turvy world. A virtual oasis in the midst of the modern desert. Now I appreciate the Mass, finding deeper meaning in the actions, symbols, garments and liturgy that one encounters in the Mass. It is so biblical and truly reveals God's love for mankind. A great treasure to own. Truly, heaven has come to earth.

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Charles C. Mann
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ASIN: 1400032059
Release Date: 2006-10-10

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1491 is not so much the story of a year, as of what that year stands for: the long-debated (and often-dismissed) question of what human civilization in the Americas was like before the Europeans crashed the party. The history books most Americans were (and still are) raised on describe the continents before Columbus as a vast, underused territory, sparsely populated by primitives whose cultures would inevitably bow before the advanced technologies of the Europeans. For decades, though, among the archaeologists, anthropologists, paleolinguists, and others whose discoveries Charles C. Mann brings together in 1491, different stories have been emerging. Among the revelations: the first Americans may not have come over the Bering land bridge around 12,000 B.C. but by boat along the Pacific coast 10 or even 20 thousand years earlier; the Americas were a far more urban, more populated, and more technologically advanced region than generally assumed; and the Indians, rather than living in static harmony with nature, radically engineered the landscape across the continents, to the point that even "timeless" natural features like the Amazon rainforest can be seen as products of human intervention.

Mann is well aware that much of the history he relates is necessarily speculative, the product of pot-shard interpretation and precise scientific measurements that often end up being radically revised in later decades. But the most compelling of his eye-opening revisionist stories are among the best-founded: the stories of early American-European contact. To many of those who were there, the earliest encounters felt more like a meeting of equals than one of natural domination. And those who came later and found an emptied landscape that seemed ripe for the taking, Mann argues convincingly, encountered not the natural and unchanging state of the native American, but the evidence of a sudden calamity: the ravages of what was likely the greatest epidemic in human history, the smallpox and other diseases introduced inadvertently by Europeans to a population without immunity, which swept through the Americas faster than the explorers who brought it, and left behind for their discovery a land that held only a shadow of the thriving cultures that it had sustained for centuries before. --Tom Nissley

A 1491 Timeline

Europe and Asia

Dates

The Americas

25000-35000 B.C.

Time of paleo-Indian migration to Americas from Siberia, according to genetic evidence. Groups likely traveled across the Pacific in boats.

Wheat and barley grown from wild ancestors in Sumer.

6000

5000

In what many scientists regard as humankind's first and greatest feat of genetic engineering, Indians in southern Mexico systematically breed maize (corn) from dissimilar ancestor species.

First cities established in Sumer.

4000

3000

The Americas' first urban complex, in coastal Peru, of at least 30 closely packed cities, each centered around large pyramid-like structures

Great Pyramid at Giza

2650

First clear evidence of Olmec use of zero--an invention, widely described as the most important mathematical discovery ever made, which did not occur in Eurasia until about 600 A.D., in India (zero was not introduced to Europe until the 1200s and not widely used until the 1700s)

800-840 A.D.

Sudden collapse of most central Maya cities in the face of severe drought and lengthy war

Vikings briefly establish first European settlements in North America.

1000

Reconstruction of Cahokia, c. 1250 A.D.*

Abrupt rise of Cahokia, near modern St. Louis, the largest city north of the Rio Grande. Population estimates vary from at least 15,000 to 100,000.

Black Death devastates Europe.

1347-1351

1398

Birth of Tlacaélel, the brilliant Mexican strategist behind the Triple Alliance (also known as the Aztec empire), which within decades controls central Mexico, then the most densely settled place on Earth.

The Encounter: Columbus sails from Europe to the Caribbean.

1492

The Encounter: Columbus sails from Europe to the Caribbean.

Syphilis apparently brought to Europe by Columbus's returning crew.

1493

Ferdinand Magellan departs from Spain on around-the-world voyage.

1519

Sixteenth-century Mexica drawing of the effects of smallpox**

Cortes driven from Tenochtitlán, capital of the Triple Alliance, and then gains victory as smallpox, a European disease never before seen in the Americas, kills at least one of three in the empire.

1525-1533

The smallpox epidemic sweeps into Peru, killing as much as half the population of the Inka empire and opening the door to conquest by Spanish forces led by Pizarro.

1617

Huge areas of New England nearly depopulated by epidemic brought by shipwrecked French sailors.

English Pilgrims arrive at Patuxet, an Indian village emptied by disease, and survive on stored Indian food, renaming the village Plymouth.

1620

*Courtesy Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Collinsville, Ill., painting by Michael Hampshire. **Courtesy Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, N.M. (Bernardino de Sahagún, Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España, 1547-77).

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In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.

Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. From the astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, which had running water, immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city, to the Mexican corn that was so carefully created in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s first feat of genetic engineering, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew.

The Covenant/The Betrayal/The Sacrifice/The Prodigal/The Revelation (Abram's Daughters 1-5)

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The Covenant/The Betrayal/The Sacrifice/The Prodigal/The Revelation (Abram's Daughters 1-5)
Beverly Lewis
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Release Date: 2005-07-01

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ABRAM's DAUGHTERS introduces readers to an Old Order family, a close-knit community and a devout people whose way of life and faith in God is as timeless as their signature horse and buggy. Set against the backdrop of post-World War II, this compelling saga spans three generations of a Lancaster County Amish family. Abram Ebersol and his devoted wife are raising four courting-age daughters on a firm foundation of Plain tradition, and they expect their girls to carry on that heritage by joining the church and making a covenant with God. But the ''running-around'' years known as rumschpringe are often a time of sowing wild oats. Each of Abram's daughters, choosing her own path, must come to terms with the Old Ways of thinking and living. And sometimes that path has detours and forks in the road with unknown destinations...

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couldn't get enough of these characters.......2007-09-04

I hate fiction but picked this book (the covenant) up because I am interested in the Amish and enjoy visiting Lancaster, PA which is only 1 hour away from where I live. Well, I was totally hooked...bought all 5 in the series...passed them on to all my family and friends that like to read...each and everyone of us LOVED these books and are finding it hard to find anything that compares in holding our interest as much.
Do yourself a favor and buy all 5!! Beware: you will stay up late reading these!!

The Covenant/The Betrayal/The Sacrifice/The Prodigal/The Revelation (Abram's Daughters 1-5).......2007-08-26

I really enjoyed these books. I bought them during my school vacation. I read one a day until I was finished. I really hated to finish reading these books. They were so good I hated to see them end.

Abram's Daughter.......2007-08-25

I got so drawn into these characters and couldn't put down these books because I needed to find out if Leah would get her happy ending and live happily ever after. This is a very well written series that you need to finish once you start it. I breezed through these 5 books in 2 weeks. A friend started reading book 1 when I was into book 3 and feels the same way and lucky me! I get to relive the series each day when she comes into work and tells me what she read the previous evening.
If you read only one of Ms. Lewis' series, this is the series to pick. It's some story full of scandal, heartbreak and lots of love. Excellent!

Amish Ways.......2007-08-19

I tried to read a few of these books, but being from a family of formerly Amish folks, it just doesn't quite ring true. It's obvious to me at least, that Beverly does not have first hand experience in capturing the Amish ways.

Abram's Daughters.......2007-07-31

I have not been able to stop reading from book to book anxious to find out what happens in the next step of Leah's life.

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What Effect on your soul?
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Simple, honest, and boldly truthful
Think carefully as you read, think more carefully about eternity
This book is a must read

A Divine Revelation of Hell
Mary K. Baxter
Manufacturer: Whitaker House
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ASIN: 0883682796

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Over a period of forty days, God gave Mary K. Baxter visions of hell and commissioned her to tell all to choose life. Here is an account of the place and beings of hell contrasted with the glories of heaven. It is a reminder of the need each of us has for the miracle of salvation.

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What Effect on your soul?.......2007-10-08

Before you read this book, consider what effect it might have on you to do it. This was written to grab your imagination, and it will. It is intended to fill you with fear. I do not have to tell you this, if you've read the other reviews: it is going to either scare you or disgust you, one or the other.

Will a book like this tempt you to judge which other people you know are going to Hell? Very bad. Will it tempt you to judge yourself worthy of Heaven by virtue your own good works? Also bad. Will it tempt you to dwell on graphic imaginations of Hell, rather than on the gracious goodness of God and the virtues you ought to be pursuing? Also not good. Will it tempt you to fear that God is not really all-merciful, that you cannot trust God to save you but must in some way earn your way to salvation? Very bad. Will it make your preaching of the Gospel, in word and action, more reliant on fear than on the love of God? Not good.

Will it remind you that Hell is real? This is good, for Hell is real...although the extent to which it matches the many private revelations out there is up for debate. Will it make you consider seriously that the afterlife is a physical reality of tremendous consequence? That's a good thing. Will it make you more serious about the effect your life is having on the eternal salvation of not just yourself, but of others? That is a good thing. Could you not arrive at these without hazarding the possible pitfalls of the book? If you suffer the pitfalls, will you be able to put those aside? This is something to consider!

"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things." Phil. 4:8

If you already know the direction you need to go in order to serve God, if you already love God and thirst for souls to come into His Life and Love purely for the sake of ending the suffering that sin brings into the world right now, if you already love and trust Jesus and His will to save you and bring you to eternal life, if you know God's life to be real and all else to be nothing but pain and falsehood, then leave this book alone. It will not profit you, and it may harm you, and not just you, but those you witness to and serve. It could harm your relationship with God. That is, after all, the bottom line. If you're going to fear, then remember what it is that is worth fearing.

If you are determined to read this book, or if you have read it, plan on some de-briefing. These are not images that one should dwell on.

The devil loves fear, but hates to be mocked. As for me, I would recommend that a person read worthwhile fiction such as "The Screwtape Letters", by CS Lewis. While it is fiction, it describes the wiles of the devil very skillfully and in very practical terms. That it uses humor to give you a greater appreciation of the many windows you give Old Scratch does not make it less effective. Even a non-believer will find it a revealing look into the human soul, and I think will profit from having read it.

If you spend your time considering how the devil is taking advantage of you today, and take prudent steps against these, you will not have to spend time worrying about how the devil will have at you in eternity.

As for those who think a loving God could not allow a Hell, consider that love also consists in respecting the choices of the beloved. God cannot make life apart from Him other than what it is. God will not force us to live in the real world where love makes its just demands if we are intent on living in a false, empty world with our wholly inadequate selves as the center. I think it entirely possible that those who cannot let go of their own way of doing things may choose the torture of Hell over the torture of what it takes to let go of their worship of self. If you've persisted in self-defeating choices in your life, or have a loved one who has, you know what I mean. Many may reject the graphic images in this book as gratuitously violent, even as sadistic. I think that is probably right. Remember, though, that very strong metaphor is sometimes needed to represent how bad something unimaginably bad really is, when you are talking to someone with no parallel experience. Poetry is full of metaphors that are both factually incorrect and yet absolutely necessary to convey the truth. Again, you know what I mean. It is silly to reject a good metaphor based on incompatiblity with normal physical experience.

I think that the one who desires to serve God, the one who is determined to hold back nothing that love demands, the one that desires that all know God: that one needs to fear anything whatsoever. That one should just leave this book alone, and all like it.

Please read.......2007-09-27

You will never regret you read this book. You'll only regret you didnt read it earlier. Read it for your own sake and the sake of your loved ones and friends. Hell is real, and the devil Satan is doing all he can to blind all of us because he wants to take as many people with him when it is his turn to be thrown into the lake of fire forever.

It is not God's wish to see anyone go to hell. But God, the creator and finisher of life, will give every living soul an opportunity through His Son Jesus to to escape the consequence of disbelief and disobedience(towards God.)

Choose life! Choose Jesus! And reap all the blessings, love and security God will bestow on you. For He loves you!

But if you don't choose God, you will like so many others, reap the consequences of death in hell. And these consequences, once reaped can never, ever, be erased! Once you are bound in hell, your chances have ended.

Choose life in Jesus, now, before it is too late! Cry out to Jesus to come into your heart, and to be your saviour. He will wash all your sins away, no matter what you have done in life. Let Him (Jesus) heal you, let Him deliver you, and let Him protect you. The only catch is the word "let." God is a gentleman, and He will not force Himself on you. You have to let him in. But its easy, just call out to God through Jesus's name.

I let Him in, and i have absolutely NO REGRETS.

Simple, honest, and boldly truthful.......2007-09-13

I adore all of Mary Baxter's books. All of them are so deeply saturated with raw honesty and truth that her words seep into every crevice of the heart. I believe with my entire essence that Jesus Christ came to her; nobody could make this stuff up. After reading each one of her books, I am left pondering how very different her outlook must be toward this world and the next, in comparison to everyday people like you and I. After all, She has seen for a fact the reality of Hell; not only has she seen it, but she actually experienced it's horrors from the perspective of a lost soul. On the flip side, she has not only seen Heaven, but also experienced it's marvelous and indescribable attributes from the perspective of an actual citizen! These books will forcefully open your spiritual eyes, and demand that your mind look past the physical realm, and focus on that which we cannot see. The trickle effect will be that of spiritual sobriety and an ever growing relationship with our Savior, Jesus Christ. For He knew He had to let her experience the harsh boldness of all her visions, in order that she and all her readers would have a unstoppable, and unquenchable urge to spread His Holy Word.

Thank You Mary Baxter, for heeding the call of our Lord and presenting us with the raw truth this world so desperately craves.

Carrie Lynn Jones
Author of It All Began... When Jesus Gave Me Sneakers

Think carefully as you read, think more carefully about eternity.......2007-09-07

Mary Baxter's book about hell is both fascinating and horrifying to read. She claims that for forty nights, Jesus appeared to her and took her to different parts of hell and the different levels of torture in each place. She is introduced to many tortured souls in cells and pits who beg for mercy but Jesus sadly tells them it is too late. He explains to her why they are there and how He tried to rescue them but they wouldn't let Him. At two different times, Baxter claims, she is even abandoned by Jesus and experiences ghastly torture herself for a time. The message of the book is clear: repent now while there is time and be saved from these horrors to everlasting life.

As I read this book I tried hard to compare things with what the Bible said about hell and think if the author was making this up or not. Many of the things she says match up with scripture, and I do think there are different levels of torture since Jesus talked about some people being punished worse than others on judgement day. But there are a few things that sound a little weird to me, such as the part about the end of the world where the beast has a mind eraser. (On the other hand, the entire book of Revelation is quite weird too) And what some of the prisoners say sounds very close to what Lazarus said in the Bible, although it's possible that many could say the same things.

In conclusion, I'm not quite sure if this revelation is really divine or just imagined. But I will give this book 5 stars for being well-written and a desperate plea to tell people about the savior. As you read this and other books, remember to ask the Holy Spirit to help you know what is true and what isn't. One day, all of us will see who was right, but the most important thing is to search for the most important truths and not worry about all of the exact details. Everyone in the world should seriously consider that both heaven and hell could be real, and that there may be only one way to reach the pearly gates.

This book is a must read.......2007-08-15

I don't read books much because it takes a lot to get me hooked in. I could not put this book down. I read the whole thing in 4 hours and it was so worth it. I tell everyone about this book. Some will believe this woman and some won't, but everything she says is backed up in the Bible. I for one believe her and this book is the best written book I have ever read!

Conversations With God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book #3)

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Conversations With God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book #3)
Neale Donald Walsch
Manufacturer: Hampton Roads Publishing Company
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In keeping with the first two books in this trilogy, Conversations With God, Book 3 continues to clarify the muddy waters of our spiritual existence, but moves from individual and global issues to "universal truths," which apply to all levels of existence from the microscopic to the macrocosmic. It is difficult to criticize God, but if he is as pleasant as he presents himself in Walsch's books, then he won't mind the paltry mention of a structural problem. A hefty portion of Conversations With God, Book 3 backtracks to topics that were well covered in Book 1, and while a certain amount of recap is good to build on, Walsch's repeated return to these earlier conversations gets a bit frustrating for the reader who is familiar with the earlier books. Minor blemishes aside, Conversations With God, Book 3 explores some of the most fantastic subjects that people are prone to ponder under starry evening skies: What happens when we die? What is time? Are we alone in the universe? Walsch's dialogue with the creator puts these and other imponderables into comprehendible terms. If these revelations are true, and it is ultimately up to us to know them as truths or not, then the universe is a very intriguing place, and we haven't come close to realizing our potential in understanding it. However, the great thing Conversations With God, Book 3 makes clear is that we can understand the universe if we so choose. --Brian Patterson

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Inspirational music to remind us again of beauty and wonder, and to return us once more to our feelings.

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Are You Listening?.......2007-05-18

This book series is a must read for all seekers of truth. But if you are not open minded, if you are not teachable then do not bother. You must admit to yourself that you may not actually know the truth in these matters. If you can do that then the seeds of truth may sprout and grow. If you dismiss this opportunity then you may very well miss your calling in this life. Time is short for those who wish to rise for the coming changes on Earth. Listen if you have ears!

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Beautifully Inspirational Truths.......2007-04-08

Best book of the trilogy. I noticed that about 90% of the negative reviews are from Christians who tout the Bible as their source to discredit the inspirational truths in this book. The problem with trying to convince them that this book rings true on many points is like trying to teach a kindergartener calculus: They just won't get it until they are ready. Their egos seem to be so rigid at this point in their growth cycle they just can't let go. Eventually they will learn. So I have given up on trying to convince them that their path is not the only one. Someday, like I did, when they are ready they will learn.

Fundies Christians are the Anti Christ (if there was one) .......2007-03-23

I do not believe in the Anti Christ, but it is self-evident that evil is the stupidity and darkness on earth best represented in the western world by the fundie Bible thumping simpletons who think they actually have a mission by spreading their bigoted and narrow minded message to the more intelligent populous. If this sounds harsh it is because I cannot stand that self-righteous, ignorant bunch.
While CwG is not perfect nor it is complete I love the message (actually the truth) and despise the ignorant morons who say it is not right because it "contradicts the bible".
If you take the Bible word by word then what say you to the following passages?
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"Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." (Psalms 137:9, KJV)

"How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock." (Psalms 137:9, New American Bible)

"Happy the man who shall seize and smash your little ones against the rock!" (Psalms 137:9, New American Bible)

"a blessing on anyone who seizes your babies and shatters them against a rock!" (Psalms 137:9, Jerusalem Bible)

CWG #3.......2007-02-14

The best of the CWG books and the one most given away to others. It answers the question of is there other life out there and what is it like. Even if this was totally science fiction it would be worth the read. And I believe there is much to think on here based on my life's research as a scientist.You can't have to much information so this must be read if you seriously call yourself a seeker or quester.

WAKEUP.......2007-01-03

There is a prophet on the earth today as there has been in other dispensations and Walsch hasn't taken the time to meet him. The scriptures have all the information we need and if anyone put in as much effort as they do into reading this unenlightened book into reading the truth, they would be much happier then this book could get you.

Introducing the Reformed Faith: Bibilical Revelation, Christian Tradition, Contemporary Significance

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Introducing the Reformed Faith: Bibilical Revelation, Christian Tradition, Contemporary Significance
Donald K. McKim
Manufacturer: Westminster John Knox Press
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