Mark Christensen
Publisher
Find Art Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Bondo loses his father in his attempt to cross the Mexican border to send money home. As Bondo sets out on his own, he encounters an array of people holding him back, including the Chief of the Tijuana Policia that killed his father and now wants Bondo dead too. After a deadly attempt at crossing the border himself, he resourcefully constructs a flying machine out of a wheel barrow and navigates himself to the Santa Monica pier where he will complete...
2) The holy war
Author
Publisher
Whitaker House
Pub. Date
[2001], ©1985
Language
English
Description
John Bunyan was a man who felt, above all else, the need to preach the word of God. However during 17th century England it was illegal to preach outside the auspices of the Church of England. His failure to obey this law would land him in the Bedfordshire county jail twice, first for a period of twelve years, and then later for a period of six months. Bunyan could have avoided this harsh sentence if he had simply promised not to continue his preaching,...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c1948
Language
English
Description
John Bunyan, born in England in 1628, was a well-known Puritan preacher and author. He is most famous for his allegorical work "The Pilgrim's Progress", a story of the Christian pilgrimage toward salvation and widely considered one of the most important works of religious English literature. "The Pilgrim's Progress" was published in 1678, but was written several years earlier during Bunyan's time in prison from 1660 to 1672, when he was sentenced...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
During a train trip from Chicago to Texas in the late 1940s, A.W. Tozer began to write "The Pursuit of God." He wrote all night, and when the train arrived at his destination, the rough draft was done. The depth of this book has made it an enduring favorite. Readers cannot help but hear the voice of God calling them to a deeper relationship with Him while reading this amazing classic. From beginning to end, each page in "The Pursuit of God" is an...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While John Bunyan was in prison for preaching without a license, he came up with one of the most inspired plots ever to grace English literature. Bunyan turned the Christian life, with all its struggles and its victories, into a romantic quest through a strange land. A man called Christian flees the City of Destruction and journeys to the Celestial City. Along the way he meets such memorable obstacles and characters as the Slough of Despond, Mr....