Author: Luther Butler
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462833691
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
DEATH RODE A WHITE HORSE starts with the Creation story only Lucifer is a playboy who does back flips off the high dive. Creator is a little forgetful and leaves scalpels in some of his creations. Some of his creations have to be destroyed before their waste pollutes the earth, but when he creates Adam, his creation is perfect until Eve and Lucifer screw the whole thing up. Adam and Eve are driven out of the Garden of Eden before they give birth to Cain and Able. By the way, when Cain is born, Creator has to rest up by going fishing. As you can see, the characters in this novel are humorous, pathetic, and sometimes downright human like you and me. While Adam and Eve and their son, Cain, tends the farm, Able takes his animals to warmer climes in the winter and cooler places in the summer. While in the Kargos Mountains, Able rescues a princess and marries her. Fixed up with a nice wife, his life is idyllic until his mother-in-law sticks her nose into the story. In a short time Cain gets the hots for the queen and all hell breaks loose! You must read the book to find out why jealousy drives Cain to kill his brother, Able. By the way, the ending should run chills up your spine. To add to the excitement Creator and Gabriel fly through the air in a chariot throwing lightning bolts at poor old Lucifer. If you read this, the Bible should never be a dull book again.
White Horse Red Blood
Author: J. Mendez Napier
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735049632
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Neural-Prosthetics are the future of crossing lines. A future that now rests in the brain of Bryant Paul. A frustrated and distracted man, Bryant's three-year inability to speak has driven him to experimental surgery to restore vocalization. Today, he will wake up to an instrument connecting as promised - and so much more. He's received hope. Fueled by this hope and his selfish behavior - Bryant will capitalize on his new advantage and set out as a fugitive to reunite with his wife and daughter. Not even the threat of death or his collusion with a government disruptor/terrorist will stop him. Only two men stand to derail him now - a government agent tasked to hunt down enemies of the state, and the destructive, control-obsessed Bryant himself.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735049632
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Neural-Prosthetics are the future of crossing lines. A future that now rests in the brain of Bryant Paul. A frustrated and distracted man, Bryant's three-year inability to speak has driven him to experimental surgery to restore vocalization. Today, he will wake up to an instrument connecting as promised - and so much more. He's received hope. Fueled by this hope and his selfish behavior - Bryant will capitalize on his new advantage and set out as a fugitive to reunite with his wife and daughter. Not even the threat of death or his collusion with a government disruptor/terrorist will stop him. Only two men stand to derail him now - a government agent tasked to hunt down enemies of the state, and the destructive, control-obsessed Bryant himself.
White Horse
Author: Alex Adams
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451643012
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
The world has ended, but her journey has just begun. Thirty-year-old Zoe leads an ordinary life until the end of the world arrives. She is cleaning cages and floors at Pope Pharmaceuticals when the president of the United States announces that human beings are no longer a viable species. When Zoe realizes that everyone she loves is disappearing, she starts running. Scared and alone in a shockingly changed world, she embarks on a remarkable journey of survival and redemption. Along the way, Zoe comes to see that humans are defined not by their genetic code, but rather by their actions and choices. White Horse offers hope for a broken world, where love can lead to the most unexpected places.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451643012
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
The world has ended, but her journey has just begun. Thirty-year-old Zoe leads an ordinary life until the end of the world arrives. She is cleaning cages and floors at Pope Pharmaceuticals when the president of the United States announces that human beings are no longer a viable species. When Zoe realizes that everyone she loves is disappearing, she starts running. Scared and alone in a shockingly changed world, she embarks on a remarkable journey of survival and redemption. Along the way, Zoe comes to see that humans are defined not by their genetic code, but rather by their actions and choices. White Horse offers hope for a broken world, where love can lead to the most unexpected places.
Blood Red Horse
Author: K. M. Grant
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802734510
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
You need three things to become a brave and noble knight: A warhorse. A fair maiden. A just cause. Will has a horse-a small chestnut stallion with a white blaze in his brow. Ellie is a fair maiden, but she's supposed to marry Will's older brother, Gavin. And as for the cause, King Richard is calling for a Crusade. The Knights of England must go to the Holy Land to fight. Will and Gavin will go. Blood will be shed. Lives will be taken. But through it all, two things will be constant-Ellie, and a blood-red horse called Hosanna. . . .
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802734510
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
You need three things to become a brave and noble knight: A warhorse. A fair maiden. A just cause. Will has a horse-a small chestnut stallion with a white blaze in his brow. Ellie is a fair maiden, but she's supposed to marry Will's older brother, Gavin. And as for the cause, King Richard is calling for a Crusade. The Knights of England must go to the Holy Land to fight. Will and Gavin will go. Blood will be shed. Lives will be taken. But through it all, two things will be constant-Ellie, and a blood-red horse called Hosanna. . . .
The Little White Horse
Author: Elizabeth Goudge
Publisher: Lion Fiction
ISBN: 1782643109
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
'The Little White Horse was my favourite childhood book. I absolutely adored it. It had a cracking plot. It was scary and romantic in parts and had a feisty heroine.' - JK Rowling - The Bookseller In 1842, thirteen-year-old orphan Maria Merryweather travels to her family's ancestral home, Moonacre Manor, to live with her uncle Sir Benjamin. She immediately feels right at home with her kind and funny uncle and meets a wonderful set of new friends â but she quickly learns that beneath all this beauty and comfort, a past feud haunts Moonacre Manor and itâs her destiny to right the wrongs of her ancestors and restore the peace to Moonacre Valley. A beautifully written fantasy story filled with magic, a Moon Princess, and a mysterious white horse. Little White Horse and the delightful heroine, Maria Merryweather, are sure to be loved by all children.
Publisher: Lion Fiction
ISBN: 1782643109
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
'The Little White Horse was my favourite childhood book. I absolutely adored it. It had a cracking plot. It was scary and romantic in parts and had a feisty heroine.' - JK Rowling - The Bookseller In 1842, thirteen-year-old orphan Maria Merryweather travels to her family's ancestral home, Moonacre Manor, to live with her uncle Sir Benjamin. She immediately feels right at home with her kind and funny uncle and meets a wonderful set of new friends â but she quickly learns that beneath all this beauty and comfort, a past feud haunts Moonacre Manor and itâs her destiny to right the wrongs of her ancestors and restore the peace to Moonacre Valley. A beautifully written fantasy story filled with magic, a Moon Princess, and a mysterious white horse. Little White Horse and the delightful heroine, Maria Merryweather, are sure to be loved by all children.
Behold a White Horse
Author: Cisco Wheeler
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1607913550
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
"My people are destroyed for lack of Knowledge" (Hosea 4:6). This book is not meant for those who refuse to step out of their box, but instead cling onto their blinders, believing that the world is exactly as they have always been taught it is. Rather, it is specially written for those who discern that things are not exactly as they seem, and are dedicated to the pursuit of truth and knowledge. "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places"(Ephesians 6:12). "Behold a White Horse" is a roller coaster ride engaged in a myriad of related topics. The reader will be taken all the way back to ancient Babylon - the foundation of all secret societies, and continue on through Egypt and Rome. Other topics covered are ceremonial magick, kundalini power and evil spirits, the Talmud, Kabbalah, the apostasy of the Christian church today, alchemy, Papal Rome and the Catholic church, false prophets of the world, televangelists - wolves in sheep's clothing, & pagans in the pulpit." " Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen" (Romans 1:25) "This work is spiritually based, using many scriptures. It is the prayer of the author that through careful reading of these pages, the reader can connect the dots into a whole new level of discernment to help guard against demon traps and the many devices of Satan. Knowledge is power and the truth really does set you free."
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1607913550
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
"My people are destroyed for lack of Knowledge" (Hosea 4:6). This book is not meant for those who refuse to step out of their box, but instead cling onto their blinders, believing that the world is exactly as they have always been taught it is. Rather, it is specially written for those who discern that things are not exactly as they seem, and are dedicated to the pursuit of truth and knowledge. "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places"(Ephesians 6:12). "Behold a White Horse" is a roller coaster ride engaged in a myriad of related topics. The reader will be taken all the way back to ancient Babylon - the foundation of all secret societies, and continue on through Egypt and Rome. Other topics covered are ceremonial magick, kundalini power and evil spirits, the Talmud, Kabbalah, the apostasy of the Christian church today, alchemy, Papal Rome and the Catholic church, false prophets of the world, televangelists - wolves in sheep's clothing, & pagans in the pulpit." " Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen" (Romans 1:25) "This work is spiritually based, using many scriptures. It is the prayer of the author that through careful reading of these pages, the reader can connect the dots into a whole new level of discernment to help guard against demon traps and the many devices of Satan. Knowledge is power and the truth really does set you free."
Snow White, Blood Red
Author: Ellen Datlow
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504055764
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Fairy tales retold—with a twist—from “some of our best storytellers” including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and others (The Washington Post). In this “no holds barred . . . nightmarish . . . provocative” collection, bestselling and award-winning fantasy masters put a dark, disturbing, and erotic spin on your favorite bedtime stories—and give you something entirely new to trouble your dreams (The New York Times Book Review). A boy is haunted through adulthood by a soul-eating creature that lies forever in wait under Neil Gaiman’s “Troll Bridge”; a melancholy amphibian shares his most private fantasies with a therapist in Gahan Wilson’s “The Frog Prince”; in Tanith Lee’s “Snow-Drop,” a lonely artist invites seven circus performers into her home to satisfy an obsession; in Steve Rasnic Tem’s “Little Poucet,” a band of lost brothers find refuge and terror with a hungry family in the woods; and Wendy Wheeler delves into the deviant psyche of the predatory male in “Little Red.” Also featuring Nancy Kress, Charles de Lint, Melanie Tem, Patricia A. McKillip, Jack Dann, and others, all paying a revisit to our favorite fairy tales in ways you’ve never dared to imagine.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504055764
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Fairy tales retold—with a twist—from “some of our best storytellers” including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and others (The Washington Post). In this “no holds barred . . . nightmarish . . . provocative” collection, bestselling and award-winning fantasy masters put a dark, disturbing, and erotic spin on your favorite bedtime stories—and give you something entirely new to trouble your dreams (The New York Times Book Review). A boy is haunted through adulthood by a soul-eating creature that lies forever in wait under Neil Gaiman’s “Troll Bridge”; a melancholy amphibian shares his most private fantasies with a therapist in Gahan Wilson’s “The Frog Prince”; in Tanith Lee’s “Snow-Drop,” a lonely artist invites seven circus performers into her home to satisfy an obsession; in Steve Rasnic Tem’s “Little Poucet,” a band of lost brothers find refuge and terror with a hungry family in the woods; and Wendy Wheeler delves into the deviant psyche of the predatory male in “Little Red.” Also featuring Nancy Kress, Charles de Lint, Melanie Tem, Patricia A. McKillip, Jack Dann, and others, all paying a revisit to our favorite fairy tales in ways you’ve never dared to imagine.
Death Rode a White Horse
Author: Luther Butler
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462833691
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
DEATH RODE A WHITE HORSE starts with the Creation story only Lucifer is a playboy who does back flips off the high dive. Creator is a little forgetful and leaves scalpels in some of his creations. Some of his creations have to be destroyed before their waste pollutes the earth, but when he creates Adam, his creation is perfect until Eve and Lucifer screw the whole thing up. Adam and Eve are driven out of the Garden of Eden before they give birth to Cain and Able. By the way, when Cain is born, Creator has to rest up by going fishing. As you can see, the characters in this novel are humorous, pathetic, and sometimes downright human like you and me. While Adam and Eve and their son, Cain, tends the farm, Able takes his animals to warmer climes in the winter and cooler places in the summer. While in the Kargos Mountains, Able rescues a princess and marries her. Fixed up with a nice wife, his life is idyllic until his mother-in-law sticks her nose into the story. In a short time Cain gets the hots for the queen and all hell breaks loose! You must read the book to find out why jealousy drives Cain to kill his brother, Able. By the way, the ending should run chills up your spine. To add to the excitement Creator and Gabriel fly through the air in a chariot throwing lightning bolts at poor old Lucifer. If you read this, the Bible should never be a dull book again.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462833691
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
DEATH RODE A WHITE HORSE starts with the Creation story only Lucifer is a playboy who does back flips off the high dive. Creator is a little forgetful and leaves scalpels in some of his creations. Some of his creations have to be destroyed before their waste pollutes the earth, but when he creates Adam, his creation is perfect until Eve and Lucifer screw the whole thing up. Adam and Eve are driven out of the Garden of Eden before they give birth to Cain and Able. By the way, when Cain is born, Creator has to rest up by going fishing. As you can see, the characters in this novel are humorous, pathetic, and sometimes downright human like you and me. While Adam and Eve and their son, Cain, tends the farm, Able takes his animals to warmer climes in the winter and cooler places in the summer. While in the Kargos Mountains, Able rescues a princess and marries her. Fixed up with a nice wife, his life is idyllic until his mother-in-law sticks her nose into the story. In a short time Cain gets the hots for the queen and all hell breaks loose! You must read the book to find out why jealousy drives Cain to kill his brother, Able. By the way, the ending should run chills up your spine. To add to the excitement Creator and Gabriel fly through the air in a chariot throwing lightning bolts at poor old Lucifer. If you read this, the Bible should never be a dull book again.
The Shocking Truths About Heaven, Hell and Your Birthright Blessing
Author: Franklin T. Gibbs
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467025240
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
This book reveals what you always wanted to know about the issues of life, death and the afterlife. Supported by Scriptures, it reveals shocking truths about heaven, hell and your birthright blessing. There're four components to Gods birthright (covenant) blessing which are His (1) word blessing, (2) peace blessing, (3) wealth blessing, and (4) eternal life blessing. God set this inheritance aside for you before you were born. There's enough abundance in your birthright blessing to fulfill every need you have. It entitles you to dwell in a land of utopia whereby your peace, health, friendships, quality of life, holiness and well being are absolutely perfect. Speaking of the good life, it doesn't get any better than this. This book shows that (1) you have a personal calling on your life (youre created for a purpose), and (2) your racial group has a calling to fulfill. You need to know your personal and racial callings, for they are eternal. Before you can appreciate what God has in store for you, you need to know who you are (the real you that God created you to be). This book reveals the real you. This book also confirms the reality and location of heaven and the materials saints new bodies will be made of. It shows what saints do in Paradise now and forevermore. You'll be delighted and pleasantly surprised to know your heavenly activities. This book reveals (1) where Hades is located (the temporary abode of sinners called the region of disembodied spirits), (2) where the permanent place of torment is located called the eternal lake of fire, and (3) the cursed materials sinners bodies will consist of. In hell, sinners' bodies will burn to ashes and be recycled to burn all over again. God's Scriptures confirm these truths.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467025240
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
This book reveals what you always wanted to know about the issues of life, death and the afterlife. Supported by Scriptures, it reveals shocking truths about heaven, hell and your birthright blessing. There're four components to Gods birthright (covenant) blessing which are His (1) word blessing, (2) peace blessing, (3) wealth blessing, and (4) eternal life blessing. God set this inheritance aside for you before you were born. There's enough abundance in your birthright blessing to fulfill every need you have. It entitles you to dwell in a land of utopia whereby your peace, health, friendships, quality of life, holiness and well being are absolutely perfect. Speaking of the good life, it doesn't get any better than this. This book shows that (1) you have a personal calling on your life (youre created for a purpose), and (2) your racial group has a calling to fulfill. You need to know your personal and racial callings, for they are eternal. Before you can appreciate what God has in store for you, you need to know who you are (the real you that God created you to be). This book reveals the real you. This book also confirms the reality and location of heaven and the materials saints new bodies will be made of. It shows what saints do in Paradise now and forevermore. You'll be delighted and pleasantly surprised to know your heavenly activities. This book reveals (1) where Hades is located (the temporary abode of sinners called the region of disembodied spirits), (2) where the permanent place of torment is located called the eternal lake of fire, and (3) the cursed materials sinners bodies will consist of. In hell, sinners' bodies will burn to ashes and be recycled to burn all over again. God's Scriptures confirm these truths.
Apocalypse and the Writings on Revelation
Author: D. H. Lawrence
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521007061
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Edition of D. H. Lawrence's last book, Apocalypse, along with other writings on the Revolution.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521007061
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Edition of D. H. Lawrence's last book, Apocalypse, along with other writings on the Revolution.
The Revelation
Author: Oliver B. Greene
Publisher: Ravenio Books
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
The principle upon which this verse-by-verse study of Revelation proceeds, is that the contents of the book are, in the main, yet future and that the fulfillment of the greater part of Revelation cannot take place as long as the Church remains here on earth. When the Lord JESUS comes in the Rapture, and the Church is caught up to meet Him in the air, then the events in Revelation from chapter four through chapter twenty-two will occur. The New Testament Church—CHRIST’s body and His bride—is now in the process of being called out and will be completed when the Rapture occurs. This is known as the Church Age—or the Dispensation of Grace. During this dispensation, both Jews and Gentiles are being saved and they all become members of the same body (I Corinthians 12:12-13). The New Testament Church is not a subject of prophecy, but is a New Testament revelation (Matthew 16:16-17, Ephesians 3). Before our very eyes in this day, political and religious events are taking place which point to the end of this age of grace. But after the Rapture the seventieth week of Daniel’s prophecy (Daniel 9:27) will bring about startling changes here on this earth. The entire political system will be rearranged under Satan’s prime minister—the Beast of Revelation. A gigantic confederation of ten powers will rule. The old Roman Empire in all of its power and glory will appear under new conditions. It will be guided and controlled by the “Little Horn” of Daniel 7, known in the New Testament as the Beast. His partner in murder and crime is the Antichrist, who will be the religious dictator and the head of the world church which is now in the making. What the Beast does politically, the Antichrist will do religiously. The two will control all political and religious activity here on earth. Bear in mind that this takes place after the Rapture of the church (Revelation 3:10; I Thessalonians 5:9). Just before the King of Kings overthrows the Beast and the Man of Sin, everything that is vile religiously will head up under the leadership of the whore (the mystical Babylon). Mystical Babylon will be overthrown by the ten kings (Revelation 17:16) who at first were with her and upheld her in all of her vileness, but who later turn to destroy her. The ruin of “the great whore” is lamented by the kings, the merchants, and the people outside the Roman Empire (Revelation 18:9-18). The final destruction and annihilation of the great whore will be by Almighty God Himself (Revelation 18:2, 21-24). This will take place shortly before the destruction of the Beast. The Beast will be destroyed by the Lord in person when He comes in mighty power (read Revelation 19). The destruction of mystical Babylon and the destruction of the Beast are separate events. The destruction of mystical Babylon precedes the destruction of the Beast. The events recorded in Revelation chapters four and following cannot take place as long as the Church is here on earth. Evil at the present is actively at work, and the mystery of iniquity is already working. But the mystery of iniquity is restrained, kept in check, by the Holy Spirit (II Thessalonians 2:6, 7). The presence of the New Testament Church and the presence of the HOLY GHOST restrain the development of the “mystery of iniquity!” The church of the Antichrist cannot be revealed and “the faith” cannot be totally annihilated from the visible Church until the church at Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7) is raptured to meet the Lord in the air, and until the Laodiceans are spued out and remain here on the earth. However, the principles are at work which are surely and rapidly undermining the moral foundations of the professing church and of society in general. The stage is set and the higher critics are doing all in their power to undermine the faith.
Publisher: Ravenio Books
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
The principle upon which this verse-by-verse study of Revelation proceeds, is that the contents of the book are, in the main, yet future and that the fulfillment of the greater part of Revelation cannot take place as long as the Church remains here on earth. When the Lord JESUS comes in the Rapture, and the Church is caught up to meet Him in the air, then the events in Revelation from chapter four through chapter twenty-two will occur. The New Testament Church—CHRIST’s body and His bride—is now in the process of being called out and will be completed when the Rapture occurs. This is known as the Church Age—or the Dispensation of Grace. During this dispensation, both Jews and Gentiles are being saved and they all become members of the same body (I Corinthians 12:12-13). The New Testament Church is not a subject of prophecy, but is a New Testament revelation (Matthew 16:16-17, Ephesians 3). Before our very eyes in this day, political and religious events are taking place which point to the end of this age of grace. But after the Rapture the seventieth week of Daniel’s prophecy (Daniel 9:27) will bring about startling changes here on this earth. The entire political system will be rearranged under Satan’s prime minister—the Beast of Revelation. A gigantic confederation of ten powers will rule. The old Roman Empire in all of its power and glory will appear under new conditions. It will be guided and controlled by the “Little Horn” of Daniel 7, known in the New Testament as the Beast. His partner in murder and crime is the Antichrist, who will be the religious dictator and the head of the world church which is now in the making. What the Beast does politically, the Antichrist will do religiously. The two will control all political and religious activity here on earth. Bear in mind that this takes place after the Rapture of the church (Revelation 3:10; I Thessalonians 5:9). Just before the King of Kings overthrows the Beast and the Man of Sin, everything that is vile religiously will head up under the leadership of the whore (the mystical Babylon). Mystical Babylon will be overthrown by the ten kings (Revelation 17:16) who at first were with her and upheld her in all of her vileness, but who later turn to destroy her. The ruin of “the great whore” is lamented by the kings, the merchants, and the people outside the Roman Empire (Revelation 18:9-18). The final destruction and annihilation of the great whore will be by Almighty God Himself (Revelation 18:2, 21-24). This will take place shortly before the destruction of the Beast. The Beast will be destroyed by the Lord in person when He comes in mighty power (read Revelation 19). The destruction of mystical Babylon and the destruction of the Beast are separate events. The destruction of mystical Babylon precedes the destruction of the Beast. The events recorded in Revelation chapters four and following cannot take place as long as the Church is here on earth. Evil at the present is actively at work, and the mystery of iniquity is already working. But the mystery of iniquity is restrained, kept in check, by the Holy Spirit (II Thessalonians 2:6, 7). The presence of the New Testament Church and the presence of the HOLY GHOST restrain the development of the “mystery of iniquity!” The church of the Antichrist cannot be revealed and “the faith” cannot be totally annihilated from the visible Church until the church at Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7) is raptured to meet the Lord in the air, and until the Laodiceans are spued out and remain here on the earth. However, the principles are at work which are surely and rapidly undermining the moral foundations of the professing church and of society in general. The stage is set and the higher critics are doing all in their power to undermine the faith.