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What happens when authorities you venerate condone something you know is wrong? What does this mean about what you’ve been venerating? No issue brings this question into starker contrast than slavery. Every major religion and philosophy condoned or approved of it, but in modern times there is nothing seen as more evil. Americans confront this crisis of authority when they erect statues of Founding Fathers who slept with their slaves. And Muslims faced it when ISIS revived sex slavery, justifying it with verses from the Quran and the practice of Muhammad.

Sometimes rumor, sometimes based on fact and often misunderstood, the tenets of Islamic law and dogma were not set in the religion's founding moments. They were developed, like in other world religions, over centuries by the clerical class of Muslim scholars. Misquoting Muhammad takes listeners back in time through Islamic civilization and traces how and why such controversies developed, offering an inside view into how key and controversial aspects of Islam took shape.

Feeling your best is about far more than deciding what colour to paint your accent wall or how to apply nightly moisturiser. It's also about creating a life that's well-rounded and filled with humour and understanding and, most importantly, that suits you. At a cultural moment when we are all craving people to admire, Queer Eye offers hope and acceptance. After you get to know the Fab Five, together they will guide you through five practical chapters that go beyond their designated areas of expertise.

Bestselling scholar Jonathan A. C. Brown examines Islamic scripture, law, Sufism, and history to comprehensively interrogate this claim and determine how and why it emerged. Locating its origins in conservative politics, modern Afrocentrism, and the old trope of Barbary enslavement, he explains how antiblackness arose in the Islamic world and became entangled with normative tradition.

Jonathan Little's Excelling at Tough No-Limit Hold’em Games is a must-have if you have ambitions to move up the stakes. Renowned poker player and leading coach Jonathan Little brings together 10 No-Limit experts to provide cutting-edge information for the keen student. All the authors are established coaches for pocarr.com, the prominent backing company that features an immense private training site for backees.

From the very beginning, the Lord's Supper has stood at the heart of Christian worship. If Jesus lives in us, and the Holy Spirit is poured out on us, why do we need to eat bread and drink grape juice or wine? Does it really matter? It does matter—and it's life-changing, says leading Pentecostal theologian Jonathan Black. With warmth and depth, he explores not only how the table is still a powerful place of transformation and encounter with Jesus, but also how we can experience Christ's promise of presence, glory, healing, forgiveness, victory, and intimacy.

After thwarting a suicide, two strangers forge a friendship which will lead to an unimaginable series of adventures. Welcome to the Two Things Can Be True saga! Experience the forming of a bond as unique as it is invincible. Soar with Maggie, Jux Arc, and Saul toward adventures ranging from idyllic to nightmarish.

Jonathan Brown & Matthew Mickens sit down weekly to discuss everything under the son between a man and his father.

Carry-Out Conversations is now Observed Chaos.

It’s always been hard to deliver great performance without compromising your health or relationships. The pandemic has added to this challenge leaving many with increased stress and anxiety and left us all with profound leadership challenges. Each Tuesday for the next 12 weeks top leadership coach and business advisor, Jonathan Brown, interviews a world class researcher or practitioner to offer research based ideas and tools to help you survive and thrive through whatever happens in the next few months or even years. The series combines interviews with both researchers and practitioners to ...

Take a look inside B & M Builders, a family-owned and operated construction, engineering and mechanical company that has been in business since 2005.

This podcast was created to help youth ministry leaders become better disciple-makers in the 21st century by educating them on the first-century context, culture and way of life of Jesus and the Jewish people. You'll hear great conversations from scholars in first-century judaism as well as seasoned youth ministry giants to help you bridge the gap between the world of the first century and your world in youth ministry today. Hosted by Heather Quiroz, author and founder of First-Century Youth Ministry and Jonathan Brown, Messianic writer and teacher with Kehillat Yeshua Ministries, and Torah ...

Doug "Moose" McCrae is a 35-year-old, black ex-football player turned bouncer. Woken at 4 am by a woman's blood curdling scream Moose leaps into action. The action chills him out. A young, fit Latina woman is being attacked by four massive pit bull terriers. Moose jumps into the fight without hesitation and vows that if they survive he's going to hunt down whoever sic'd the dogs on the innocent woman because he knows the attack can't be random - he can feel it.

A conversational dialogue among friends and guest about today's social issue. It's like listening to family and friends at the dinner table, or over coffee, or hanging out just talking. We address issues like abortion, same-sex viability, feminism, voting, sexuality, religion and spirituality, and more. It's fun. It's lighthearted. It's provocative. it's for edutainment only. And We Just Talking because We'on know for real!

In the quest for financial freedom and enduring prosperity, discipline emerges as the cornerstone that separates aspirations from achievements. "Disciplinary Wealth" unveils a transformative blueprint designed for individuals committed to cultivating wealth through steadfast discipline, strategic planning, and unwavering focus.

Jonathan Brown and a range of guests talk about all things history, especially those bits of the past which are obscure and generally unknown.