TOM DOYLE

Not Even ISIS Can Scare Them OffFollowers of Christ need to relearn what it means to stand courageously for their faith rather than merely survive in a climate of fear. Instead of motivating believers to action, today’s headlines appear to be paralyzing them. Standing in the Fire demonstrates the church triumphant through the lives of people who stood strong and didn’t run away in the face of overwhelming danger. These Middle Eastern heroes of faith fear God more than terrorist groups like ISIS. Supported by Tom Doyle’s commentary on events, the stories included show how these Christians are not living as victims, but victors in Christ.

Vad skulle du göra om Jesus visade sig för dig i en dröm? Eller om han kom till dig i en syn och bad dig följa honom? Och tänk om dessa syner fortsatte i över trettio dagar? Skulle du tro? Skulle du börja följa Jesus och överlåta ditt liv till honom? Om du var muslim? Tom Doyle har tillbringat femton år som missionär med att sprida budskapet om Jesus Kristus i Mellanöstern och Centralasien. Under dessa år har han mött ett förbluffande antal muslimer som introducerats till Jesus genom syner och drömmar så starka att de slutligen lämnade den religion de följt hela sina liv och omfamnade Kristus som frälsare. Trots att de lever i en kultur där det kan leda till avrättning att konvertera till kristendomen har dessa tidigare muslimer funnit hopp, frid och inspiration i att känna Kristus. Deras berättelser kommer att förundra och beröra dig. Jesus sträcker sig ut mot muslimvärlden och de gensvarar. Visste du förresten att Iran har världens snabbast växande församling? Syner och drömmar är en häpnadsväckande samling berättelser direkt från muslimvärlden. Doyle inte bara återberättar dessa historier, han svarar också på frågorna: Varför använder Gud syner och drömmar för att nå in i muslimvärlden? Kan man lita till drömmarna? Vad blir resultatet av dessa syner och drömmar? Följ med på en resa till hjärtat av Mellanöstern och möt nya troende som verkligen har berörts av Jesus på ett mirakulöst sätt, genom drömmar på natten. ”Dessa berättelser har värmt mitt hjärta, fått min tro att växa, vidgat mina perspektiv och de har fört mig ner på knä i bön för att de goda nyheterna om Guds kärlek skall nå in i människors hjärtan överallt.” – ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ, Författare till The Magnificent Obsession och Expecting to See Jesus

Skulle du hålla fast vid din tro och bekänna Jesus om du riskerade att bli torterad och halshuggen? Om din familj skulle förföljas, plågas, dödas? Så är det för många i Mellanöstern just nu. Och i Afrika. Tusentals kristna i Syrien, Iran, Irak, Gaza, Saudiarabien, Somalia, Egypten och andra länder skulle säga att deras tro ”prövades” om de ”bara” torterades och slapp att dö som martyrer. Det är inte lätt för oss i Sverige och Europa att föreställa sig ett sådant liv. I den här boken tar oss Tom Doyle med till nattliga gudstjänster och tortyrkammare – till flyktingläger som kontrolleras av terrorister – till familjer som slaktas av sina egna släktingar. Det är sanna berättelser. Det är personliga berättelser. Det är berättelser i nutid. Det du läser om här har precis hänt. Några av bokens huvudpersoner har dödats. Andra räknar med att bli dödade. När som helst. Men deras budskap till oss är fullt av hopp! De tvivlar inte och de tvekar inte. För dem finns bara en väg. Jesus. De – IS-offren, Mellanösterns förföljda kristna – uppmuntrar oss! De ber för oss! Men sam­tidigt behöver de vår bön.

Poe's Red Death returns, more powerful than ever. Can anyone stop him before he summons an apocalyptic nightmare even worse than himself?In The Left-Hand Way, the second book of Tom Doyle's contemporary fantasy series, the American craftsmen are scattered like bait overseas. What starts as an ordinary liaison mission to London for Major Michael Endicott becomes a desperate chase across Europe, where Endicott is both hunted and hunter. Reluctantly joining him is his minder from MI13, Commander Grace Marlow, one of Her Majesty's most lethal magician soldiers, whose family has centuries of justified hostility to the Endicotts.Meanwhile, in Istanbul and Tokyo, Endicott's comrades, Scherie Rezvani and Dale Morton, are caught in their own battles for survival against hired assassins and a ghost-powered doomsday machine. And in Kiev, Roderick Morton, the spider at the center of a global web, plots their destruction and his ultimate apotheosis. After centuries of imprisonment, nothing less than godlike power will satisfy Roderick, whatever the dreadful cost.The American Craft Trilogy#1 American Craftsmen#2 The Left-Hand Way#3 War and Craft

Poe's Red Death returns, more powerful than ever. Can anyone stop him before he summons an apocalyptic nightmare even worse than himself?In "The Left-Hand Way, "the second book of Tom Doyle's contemporary fantasy series, the American craftsmen are scattered like bait overseas. What starts as an ordinary liaison mission to London for Major Michael Endicott becomes a desperate chase across Europe, where Endicott is both hunted and hunter. Reluctantly joining him is his minder from MI13, Commander Grace Marlow, one of Her Majesty's most lethal magician soldiers, whose family has centuries of justified hostility to the Endicotts.Meanwhile, in Istanbul and Tokyo, Endicott's comrades, Scherie Rezvani and Dale Morton, are caught in their own battles for survival against hired assassins and a ghost-powered doomsday machine. And in Kiev, Roderick Morton, the spider at the center of a global web, plots their destruction and his ultimate apotheosis. After centuries of imprisonment, nothing less than godlike power will satisfy Roderick, whatever the dreadful cost.

Ville du holdt på din kristne tro selv når den satte livet ditt i fare? Ville du stått fast hvis familien din var truet? «Livsfarlig tro» er en henvendelse fra tidligere muslimer i land som Syria, Iran, Egypt og Libanon. De vil dele sine historier med deg som ennå kan bekjenne troen fritt. Fortellingene slår pusten ut av enhver som leser, og budskapet ryster, beriker og fornyer. Tom Doyle tar deg med under jorden - til hemmelige møtesteder, torturkamre, dystre fengselsceller og til henrettelser. Det er dette utallige kristne med muslimsk bakgrunn er kalt til. De overlevende lengter etter å dele hva Kristus har lært dem. Smerten og lidelsen er tung å bevitne, men rikdommen prøvelsene har gitt - en rikdom de deler raust av i denne boken - er noe alle kristne strekker seg mot.

Could you retain your faith even if it meant losing your life? Your family’s lives?To many Christians in the Middle East today, a “momentary, light affliction” means enduring only torture instead of martyrdom. The depth of oppression Jesus followers suffer is unimaginable to most Western Christians. Yet, it is an everyday reality for those who choose faith over survival in Syria, Iran, Egypt, Lebanon, and other countries hostile to the Gospel of Christ. In Killing Christians, Tom Doyle takes readers to the secret meetings, the torture rooms, the grim prisons, and even the executions that are the “calling” of countless Muslims-turned-Christians.Each survivor longs to share with brothers and sisters “on the outside” what Christ has taught them. Killing Christians is their message to readers who still enjoy freedom to practice their faith. None would wish their pain and suffering on those who do not have to brave such misery, but the richness gained through their remarkable trials are delivered—often in their own words—through this book. The stories are breathtaking, the lessons soul-stirring and renewing. Killing Christians presents the dead serious work of expanding and maintaining the Faith.“When you’re looking for real-life accounts of 21st Century believers whose lives are literally at stake for their beliefs, it demands the credibility of a man who has the smell of the front lines of the battlefield on his clothes because he was there yesterday and will be back there tomorrow. I’m proud to say my friend Tom Doyle is that man.”—Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist & Biographer

Hva ville du ha gjort hvis Jesus viste seg for deg i en drøm? Hva hvis Jesus kom til deg i et syn og ba deg om å følge ham, og disse synene kom tilbake i en hel måned - hva hadde du gjort da? Ville du da ha satset på Jesus? Stadig flere muslimer opplever nettopp dette. De forteller om sterke opplevelser som førte til at de tok imot Jesus som sin frelser. Dette til tross for at de lever i en islamsk kultur der det å omvende seg til kristendommen kan bety døden. Boken er en enestående samling av personlige beretninger fra den muslimske verden. Historiene vil forbløffe deg.

What would you do if Jesus appeared to you in a dream and told you to follow Him? What if these visions continued for over thirty days? And what if you were Muslim?Pastor Tom Doyle has spent eleven years as a full-time missionary in the Middle East and Central Asia, spreading the word of Jesus Christ. Throughout his journey he has encountered a staggering number of Muslims who were first introduced to Jesus through a vision or dream so powerful that they eventually turned from their lifelong religion of Islam and embraced Christ as their Savior.Despite living in a culture where converting to Christianity can result in execution, these former Muslims have found hope, peace, and inspiration that comes from knowing Christ. Their stories will amaze you. Jesus is reaching out to Muslims and they are responding—and Iran has the fastest growing Christian church in the world.Dreams and Visions is a remarkable collection of stories directly from the world of Islam, discussing the questions:Why would God use dreams to reach the Muslim world?Can dreams and visions be trusted?What happens after these dreams or visions occur?Travel to the heart of the Middle East to meet new believers who have truly been touched by Jesus in the most miraculous way: through dreams.

On Wednesday, 2 August 1922, Free State troops landed at Fenit pier in the first of a series of seaborne landings on the Cork and Kerry coast. This was a risky and ambitious strategy for the Free State government, whose aim was to surprise the staunchly anti-Treaty republicans in Kerry. By attacking them from an unexpected direction the government hoped to shorten the war, however, over the months of August and September, the republicans mounted a series of counterattacks against the Free State army. When Free State troops were all but surrounded in their barracks, the innovative invasion from the sea by Free State forces under Emmet Dalton caught the Republican forces almost completely by surprise. In this book Tom Doyle looks at the various successes and failures of both sides in Kerry during the Summer campaign of 1922 and how the superior forces of the Free State army and the lack of support from the people for the republicans allowed the Free State to build up a strong presence in a crucial part of the republicans' heartland.

Kerry was the scene of some of the bloodiest and most protracted fighting during the civil war. When Free State troops landed dramatically by sea, taking the anti-treaty forces by surprise, the initial fighting was intense. Soon resistance by large groups became rare and the sides settled into a prolonged period of guerrilla conflict.The Civil War in Kerry builds an insightful picture of the conflict and its principle participants. Looking at both sides and their motivations, their challenges and also their similarities, it draws a complete picture of the county during this troubled period.By following events to the general election in 1923 when a degree of normality returned, it also shines a light on how the non-combatants of Kerry judged the conflict and how the war shaped the future of politics in the county for decades to come.