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The Primary Mission of the Church

The Primary Mission of the Church

Bryan D. Estelle

Mentor
2022
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This book argues for the separation of the church and the state. Additionally, Estelle claims that the historically reformed position is that Christ is ruler of all; however, he manifests his rule in different ways. These basic categories, i.e., that God rules the church as a redeemer (a spiritual kingdom) and rules the state and all other social institutions (the civil kingdom) as creator and sustainer, has been widely held by Reformed thinkers for centuries until the modern period. Estelle claims that without this bedrock truth, any attempt to describe the primary mission of the church will collapse. This book has four parts. Part one gives the biblical basis for the primary mission of the Church. Part two of this book explores what the primary mission of the church is not. Part three of this book pivots toward a positive definition of what the primary mission of the Church is. Part four is more practical. In the final three chapters (part four) of the book, the discussion turns to several areas where the Scripture’s teaching about ecclesiology, specifically on the primary mission of the Church. The book now assumes a practical import for her practice: the nature and limitations of Church power, the mission of the Church and politics and education. Finally, the book concludes with the famous biblical passage in which Paul addresses Athenian citizens on the Aeropagus. This sublime sermon exemplifies Paul’s exquisite evangelism and ably pictures and embodies the positive principles in this book on the primary mission of the Church. Throughout Estelle argues that the mission of the corporate church is spiritual, which means that he describes those things that are properly of and properly belonging to the church.
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A Look Down the Slippery Slope: Domestic Operations, Outsourcing, and the Erosion of Military Culture

A Look Down the Slippery Slope: Domestic Operations, Outsourcing, and the Erosion of Military Culture

Bryan D. Watson; Air Command and Staff College

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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This paper discusses two simultaneous trends inside America's military culture - its increasing domestic role and its growing reliance upon defense contractors. First, the appropriate role of a standing military in a democratic society is an issue that has been the focus of significant debate ever since the founding of our republic. The issue becomes even more complex when the military's mission takes on a domestic tone; in other words, domestic military operations can quickly result in diminished public support. Second, recent conflicts have shown a dramatic increase in the extent to which American armed forces rely upon commercial enterprises in order to achieve military objectives. Despite that fact, there exist certainfundamental differences between uniformed military personnel and their commercially-orientedcontractor counterparts; these differences are profound and involve basic issues that go to the heart of military service and the nature of the modern profession of arms. This is true despite the fact that a great many individual contractor employees are extremely patriotic, and have a deep appreciation for men and women in uniform. Together, these two independent trend lines may point to a troubling future that includes a dramatic erosion of our military culture. If that is true, America's long-term ability to project combat power may ultimately falter as well.
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Cultures of Darkness

Cultures of Darkness

Bryan D. Palmer

Monthly Review Press,U.S.
2000
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Peasants, religious heretics, witches, pirates, runaway slaves, prostitutes and pornographers, frequenters of taverns and fraternal society lodge rooms, revolutionaries, blues and jazz musicians, beats, and contemporary youth gangs--those who defied authority, choosing to live outside the defining cultural dominions of early insurgent and, later, dominant capitalism are what Bryan D. Palmer calls people of the night. These lives of opposition, or otherness, were seen by the powerful as deviant, rejecting authority, and consequently threatening to the established order. Constructing a rich historical tapestry of example and experience spanning eight centuries, Palmer details lives of exclusion and challenge, as the "night travels" of the transgressors clash repeatedly with the powerful conventions of their times. Nights of liberation and exhilarating desire--sexual and social--are at the heart of this study. But so too are the dangers of darkness, as marginality is coerced into corners of pressured confinement, or the night is used as a cover for brutalizing terror, as was the case in Nazi Germany or the lynching of African Americans. Making extensive use of the interdisciplinary literature of marginality found in scholarly work in history, sociology, cultural studies, literature, anthropology, and politics, Palmer takes an unflinching look at the rise and transformation of capitalism as it was lived by the dispossessed and those stamped with the mark of otherness.
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Comic Book Collections for Libraries

Comic Book Collections for Libraries

Bryan D. Fagan; Stan Sakai; Jody Condit Fagan

Libraries Unlimited Inc
2011
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This book will help librarians extend literary graphic novel collections to attract a large, untapped group of comic book readers with a sure-to-be-popular comic book collection.Do comic books belong in libraries? Absolutely—as Comic Book Collections for Libraries makes very clear. This illustrated guide defines the role of comic books in the modern library, provides a thorough grounding in the subject for beginners, and suggests new ideas for those already familiar with these perennial reader favorites. The book begins by introducing the structure of the comic book, industry players, and genres. The bulk of the guide, however, is comprised of actionable advice on such things as creating and maintaining the collection, cataloging for effective access, and promoting the collection, including how to feature comics with other library materials, such as movies and games. Drawing on the authors' experience, the volume answers numerous other questions as well. How can you tell which titles are age-appropriate for your library? Which titles are popular? How do you include characters that will appeal to diverse reader groups? Complete with checklists and a rich array of examples, this easy-to-use work can make every librarian a superhero.
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James P. Cannon and the Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States, 1928-38

James P. Cannon and the Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States, 1928-38

Bryan D. Palmer

Haymarket Books
2023
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Bryan D. Palmer reinterprets the history of labour and the left in the United States during the 1930s through a discussion of the emergence of Trotskyism in the most advanced capitalist country in the world. Focussing on James P. Cannon, the founder of American Trotskyism, Palmer builds on his previously published and award-winning book, James P. Cannon and the Origins of the American Revolutionary Left, 1890-1928, with a deeply-researched and elegantly-written study of Cannon and the Trotskyist movement in the United States from 1928-38. Situating this dissident communist movement within the history of class struggle, both national and international, Palmer examines how Cannon and others fought to revive a combative trade unionism, thwart fascism and the drift to war, refuse Stalinism's many degenerations, and build a new Party and a new International—both of which would be dedicated to reviving and realizing the possibilities of revolutionary socialism. The result is a peerless study that provides a definitive account of the largest and most influential Trotskyist movement in the world in the 1930s, an effort whose results recasts established understandings of the more extensively-studied experience of United States working-class militancy and the place of the Comintern-affiliated Communist Party within it.
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12 1/2 Wall Street

12 1/2 Wall Street

Bryan D. Jackson

Independently Published
2019
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Sempronious is 12 but not quite 12 1/2. He lives in Asheville, NC, where he becomes obsessed with an address: 12 1/2 Wall Street. He is a flirt, takes in a bit too much sugar, and speaks his mind. Sempronious' nickname is "Sly." Sly enjoys being sly, and is curious about his world, especially 12 1/2 Wall St. Soon, his curiosity gets the better of him regarding two things: the mysterious address and a giant iron at the corner of Wall St. Sly makes an appointment with the mayor in order to learn more about 12 1/2 Wall St. and the iron. Soon thereafter, Sly finds himself on Asheville's Urban Trail, a "museum without walls," with the girl of his dreams. He meets an assortment of characters who want him to fulfill his destiny, which is to write a book about his experience. Through it all, Sly learns more about life than he was expecting.
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Long Range Sportfishing - WHEN THE COWS CAME HOME: April-2012 Historical Journey to Clarion Island "COW" Country

Long Range Sportfishing - WHEN THE COWS CAME HOME: April-2012 Historical Journey to Clarion Island "COW" Country

Bryan D. Sherman

Independently Published
2019
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WHEN THE COWS CAME HOME-In April 2012 a group of Long Rangers boarded San Diego based Royal Star in quest of giant Yellowfin Tuna. Their destination, the Revillagigedo Islands, is an archipelago Garden of Eden to the tunas and many more of Mother Nature's prized game-fish. This group of fishermen and the Royal Star's crew had arguably the finest trip to these islands in San Diego offshore fishing history This short story recalls the author's first-person account of the epic journey, one in which THIRTY-NINE (39) Yellowfin they hooked and landed were TWO HUNDRED (200) pounds or better. There were near limits per angler that likely will never be reproduced. There was a release cutoff weight for tuna of two hundred pounds for nearly three full days. This true story will inspire those fishermen who dream of fishing/fighting/getting in the ring with true warriors. The Revilla's, especially Clarion, hosts BIG DREAMS - it made royal stars out of the ship, crew, fishermen, and fish.In his second book, the author brings a sense of excitement into his passion to fish and to communicate. His background as a fisherman began as a child and continues through today with a yearning to enjoy the magnificent sport that fishing provides. The ultimate prize in his endeavors is the dinners they provide to many and himself. A regular offshore fisherman of one to seven days, this was the author's first trip to GIANT Yellowfin Tuna Country. As the rookie among the fishermen aboard he was treated and blessed to be fishing with some of the elite of the elite Long Rangers. In the words of the Royal Star captain, the author was blessed to be "fishing with fishermen, among fishermen"...
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Life and the Love of Life: The Book of Asatru

Life and the Love of Life: The Book of Asatru

Bryan D. Wilton

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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"One of the signs of a great society is the diligence with which it passes culture from one generation to the next. This culture is the embodiment of everything the people of that society hold dear. When one generation no longer esteems its own heritage and fails to pass the torch to its children, it is saying in essence that the very foundational principles and experiences that make the society what it is are no longer valid. What is required when this happens and the society has lost its way is for leaders to arise who have not forgotten the discarded legacy and who love it with all their hearts."- Winston ChurchillWhat happens to these great societies and the faiths which supported them when the catastrophes of cosmic, earthly and man-made disasters kill so many people that we cannot carry those stories forward. Lif and Lifthrasir are not people of our age who happened to hide in a tree. They are our ancestors, sequestered away, prepared to impart the knowledge of the Runes and how to live life according to them in a new world. This book outlines what challenges that information has had to overcome to be present in this day and age. This information is here now for you to make the most use of. Using the Hynluljoth, the Reginsmol, Fafnismol and many others I have pointed out how we might prepare ourselves not only for daily life as Asatruars but also our children for whatever the future might hold for them.
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Between Magic and Dreams

Between Magic and Dreams

Bryan D. Covington; Hector Sevilla Lujan

Bryan Demond Covington
2019
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Kwen Phifer planned to spend the last few weeks of college chumming it up with the career counselor and winding down once finals were over but, unfortunately for him, those plans fail to come to fruition. He's been approached by someone that explains how he had been chosen to halt an oncoming cataclysm. He lacks skill, experience, and grit. He has to acquire these, in short order, to rise to the challenge and complete his task: To face an unknown foe that seeks to bring about the rebirth of forgotten time.
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Between Magic and Dreams

Between Magic and Dreams

Bryan D Covington

Pompous Moon LLC
2022
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Between Magic and Dreams - Reclamation is a tale that follows a college student, Kwen Phifer, who has accepted the role of hero and now struggles through the growing pains that come with the title. Our reality has been thrown into magical chaos and though he had taken the steps to return things to normal, a new day dawns bearing threats to undermine his efforts. Still reeling from the events of the previous day, he pulls himself together and prepares for the challenge ahead. The New Light is on the move again, and EVERYTHING is at stake.
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The Visionary Brand

The Visionary Brand

Bryan D Smeltzer

LiquidMind Press
2022
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What makes a Brand Truly Visionary?Product?Innovation?Culture?Marketing?What success formula has built iconic brands such as Apple, Nike, adidas and allowed them to sustain their brand Vision?
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