So what’s the big deal? Compendium is the first reasonably comprehensive, topically organized doctrinal exposition the Church ever produced. It took 74 key gospel topics and provided a succinct statement regarding each, along with key scriptural and other references establishing the stated doctrine. Talmage, listing it among the capstone’s contents, can refer to it as just Compendium. It’s also one of only seven works from the 19th century that makes the Encyclopedia of Mormonism’s list of doctrinally significant books. It was sufficiently authoritative that James E. Little, published in 1882 and now available free on Project Gutenberg, is one such book. A Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel by apostle Franklin D. You know the granite sphere that the Salt Lake Temple Moroni stands on? It’s hollow, and inside there’s something of a time capsule that includes a handful of key Church books.
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He studied under Sonia Sanchez, who many consider to be the poet laureate of the Black Arts Movement.īlack, who lives in Atlanta, is a professor of African-American studies and English at his alma mater Clark Atlanta University and at Morehouse College, where he has mentored burgeoning writers and scholars since 1993. Black also earned the prestigious Oxford Modern British Studies fellowship, leading him to study at Oxford University in 1987. Upon graduation from Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1988, he was awarded a full fellowship to Temple University, where he earned a master’s in 1990 and a doctorate in 1992, both in African-American studies. He graduated from Morrilton High School in Morrilton (Conway County). His great-grandmother, Stella Swinton, was his childhood caregiver. His works are inspired by African-American life, history, and heritage in the South-encompassing themes of race, religion, and sexuality.ĭaniel Black was born on November 28, 1965, in Kansas City, Kansas, but grew up in Arkansas in Blackwell (Conway County). Daniel Black is a nationally renowned, award-winning novelist. Trump’s surprise win in 2016 offered a dramatic validation, and in 2020 dozens of prophets declared that he would win election again. In 2015, spurred by the lengthy prophecy of a 27-year-old wunderkind named Jeremiah Johnson, many Pentecostals and charismatics embraced the idea that God had chosen Trump to restore America’s Christian moorings. There are no official requirements for prophet status, though followers generally expect prophets to get at least a few prophecies right.īut, lately, that standard has come under duress-particularly when it comes to Donald Trump. Some prophets are church leaders, while others operate independently. Enlow, Locke and Kerr are among dozens of Christian prophets in America-religious leaders with followings among Pentecostal and charismatic Christians who claim the ability to predict the future based on dreams, visions and other supernatural phenomena. We ask all users help us create a welcoming environment by reporting posts/comments that do not follow the subreddit rules. Do not engage in hate speech, harassment, arguing in bad faith, sealioning, or general pot stirring. Rules Be KindĮvery interaction on the subreddit must be kind, respectful, and welcoming. This also applies to you posting on behalf of your friend/family member/neighbor. Personal benefit includes, but is not limited to: financial gain from sales or referral links, traffic to your own website/blog/channel, karma farming, critiques or feedback of your work from the community, etc. Interactions should not primarily be for personal benefit. Interact with the community in good faith. 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The head is a haunted image, resembling “a lump of carelessly slapped-together yellow and grey clay, with a few scattered clumps of wet hair. The head explains how it came to be from the woman’s discarded waste. In “The Head,” the first story of the collection, a woman is haunted by a floating head who lives in her toilet. There are other critiques, too, of misogyny, capitalism, and even modernity through these often shocking and unexpected narratives featuring assorted monsters, both literal and metaphorical. The stories follow a pattern: a series of horrors befalls the protagonists, often disasters of their own making. The underlying message serves as a warning. The collection moralizes greed and other carnal sins. They range from horror to fantasy to slightly supernatural, with the individual stories varying in how they integrate a mix of those elements into modern fables and parables. The stories defy conventional categorization. The monsters in Bora Chung’s story collection, Cursed Bunny, translated by Anton Hur, are sometimes less obvious, but not less terrifying. Grotesque monsters often serve as villains in children’s fairy tales. In his day planner names and numbers appear, giving him a time limit to collect their soul vessels. Naturally, such a responsibility doesn’t come without consequence. More precisely, he is a “death merchant”, whose task is to shepherd the souls of people bound to objects (soul vessels) towards new owners, sorely lacking a soul themselves. However, something even more disturbing happened to him while he was witnessing his wife’s passing: he saw a seven-foot tall black man in a lime-green suit standing over her, a man nobody else could see.Īfter strange occurrences besiege Charlie at an increasingly alarming rate, he finally makes a discovery which might just breathe some new life into him: he is sort of a Grim Reaper. More importantly, Charlie’s beloved wife Rachel has just recently passed away while giving birth to their daughter Sophie, leaving him all alone in a life he has absolutely no idea how to live. Many are those who have imagined themselves or others in such a role, and in A Dirty Job, the first novel in the Grim Reaper Series, Christopher Moore puts his own spin on the subject, introducing us to Charlie Asher, the unfortunate owner of a second-hand clothing store. In one way or another, every culture has tried to define and deal with the concept of death in its own way, and a common way of perceiving it is to attribute the act to a single entity responsible for it all. Christopher Moore Raises an Unwitting Reaper This is a story about Kar, a small planet showing as less than a dot in the waste and incalculable universe. For that road, covered by orcs and other monsters, is the road of his own redemption, even if it comes at the cost of his own life. In the end it matters little who she is as long as she helps him on his road to prevent the apocalypse of happening. The gift takes a shape of a mysterious woman, but as he gets to know her, he cannot decide for sure if she truly is an instrument of gods, an angel, or a demon, or something much, much worse. Les, an assassin, captured and tortured, thinks he received the gift of life from gods, a second chance. But kings are getting old, and plans are already being made how the transition of power is to take place. The peace that five wise kings had ironed decades ago seems as strong as ever, ready to last for ages still to come. For him, she is more than he had prayed for. She is divine, a goddess who can save lives at a whim, a devil who kills equally fast with no regret. When an assassin is captured and tortured, he receives the lifesaving help he could had only prayed for. There is just one small problem: farmers don't gain experience from killing monsters. Now stuck on a new earth, in a new universe, with no way home, Arnold must use his gaming skills to figure out how to level his farmer class to 100 and gain a second class which doesn't make him want to beat his head against the wall. That standard procedure doesn't apply to Arnold. It could be a bad joke, but apparently, it happens so often that they have a standard procedure for returning you. He’s certainly not the chosen one who is there to save the world. Accidentally murdered by a cleric in another universe during a botched resurrection, Arnold, a semi-pro gamer, wakes upon an altar to find himself incarnated into the overweight body of a farmer who could have been his fatter twin. What do you have when you blend a pinch of litrpg, a touch of farming simulator, a sprinkle of epic fantasy, a whole cup of Isekai, and a dash of Home Alone? You have Arnold’s life. Some people might find those parts difficult to read, but he really gives you a sense of what it feels like to live with OCD.īecause this is a John Green novel, romance must factor into the equation. John’s writing feels almost claustrophobic when describing Aza’s mental swirl. Her struggles are a huge part of the book, as her compulsions constantly get in the way of her social life. When a local billionaire goes missing and a $100,000 reward is offered for information about his disappearance, she and her best friend decide to track him down.Īza’s quest is complicated by the fact that she has obsessive compulsive disorder and severe anxiety. Turtles All the Way Down tells the story of Aza Holmes, a high school student from Indianapolis. I’ve read a couple of John’s books and enjoyed each one, and his latest is no exception. Phoebe doesn’t have to keep the secret any longer, because that book- Turtles All the Way Down-was released late last year. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.Chosen as as one of the top young adult books of the quarter century by the American Library Association.Gladstone learn a lot about the rules of the road…and the rules of life. And that begins a cross-country adventure from Chicago to Dallas, where she and Mrs. So when Madeline Gladstone, the elderly president of Gladstone Shoe Stores, hires Jenna as her driver for the summer, Jenna leaps at the change - right into the driver’s seat. But her family problems are harder to handle, and there are times when Jenna wishes she could just get out of town and take a break. Jenna Boller is the best employee at her branch of Gladstone’s Shoes - she can sell anybody anything. Intrepid teenage shoe salesperson, Jenna Boller, needs to get out of town for the summer because of her alcoholic dad, and gets more than she imagined when she’s hired to drive her elderly boss down to Texas for a corporate showdown. |