Bøger af Greg Johnson

Continuing the story from Beyond the Red Mountains, Luther has ensconced Elizabeth in his fortress to teach her the ways of the Enlightened, but she wonders if he has trapped her there. As she discovers his secrets and the dark corners of his world, she becomes increasingly aware of her power, and vows to escape. Meanwhile, Kelvin refuses to believe that Elizabeth is lost to him forever. When he learns where she is - Across the Golden Desert - he is compelled to find her and defeat Luther. Kelvin sets out on a journey that pits him against adversaries otherworldly and human. His determination and love for Elizabeth bring Kelvin to the brink of survival just as she is realizing her destiny. Events collide in ways that neither of them imagined as they are guided by forces not of their choosing.

Jonah trapped in the dark, slimy, acidic, putrid insides of the dag gadol - the great fish - where he spiritually wrestled with God; Abraham, dazed and confused, angry and shocked at God's command to sacrifice his only son; Joseph, beaten, abandoned by his family, and essentially discarded as trash only to become the second most powerful man in the most powerful nation on Earth. What do these Biblical accounts, and many others, possibly have to do with the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus? This Messianic novel tells the story of two weary, heartbroken, and bewildered students of The Lord as they traveled from Jerusalem on their way towards Emmaus nearly two thousand years ago, following the unimaginable and horrific execution of their Lord and Master, the One Whom they thought to be the Messiah - the Savior of the world - a stranger appeared to them and began to explain to them how everything in the Scriptures, "Beginning from Moses and all the prophets" pointed to the Messiah, and to the events that they had witnessed during the past few days of their lives. However what this stranger actually said to them was not recorded in the Scriptures, but has remained a mystery through the ages, open to much speculation and interpretation. In this book, the reader is transported back in time to walk along the road with the stranger and the two students of the Messiah, and eavesdrop on what that conversation may have been. As the stranger peels back the years and retells familiar Biblical accounts, yet bringing them to life in new and fascinating ways, the two students are amazed and slowly begin to grasp the significance of everything that had been right in front of them all the time. By the time their conversation is over, their hearts, minds, and eyes are opened to the whole truth, and they see not only the depth and beauty of God's plan, but there, right in front of them, their Risen Lord and Savior, Who had changed their lives forever. Told in a Messianic Jewish style, this story attempts to be true to the historical and cultural "feel" of that day so many years ago in the hopes of presenting the reader with a new and fresh perspective that will enable them to also rediscover for the first time what has been right in front of their eyes all these years. It is the author's sincere hope and prayer that not only will the reader be entertained through these pages, but much more importantly, see the Scriptures, and subsequently our Lord, in a new light, and like those first two travelers, have their lives and faith walk changed in new and unimaginable ways. To all who are eager to take that walk, come along and listen.

Understanding Contemporary American Literature was planned as a series of guides or companions for students as well as good nonacademic readers. The word understanding in the series titles was deliberately chosen. Many willing readers lack an adequate understanding of how contemporary literature works: that is, what the author is attempting to express and the means by which it is conveyed. These volumes provide instruction in how to read certain contemporary writers--identifying and explicating their material, themes, use of language, point of view, structures, symbolism, and responses to experience.

Jimmy, a middle-aged Messianic Jewish man from 2017 awakes one morning to inexplicably find himself in 1973 inhabiting the body of his younger 13 year old self! Confused, frightened and scared, he struggles to deal with the questions of if, how, or why he has somehow traveled through time back to his own past. With no one else to turn to, Jimmy confides in his religious school's counselor, George Edwards, and tries to convince him of the truth of his claims-that he has traveled through time, and that the "strange" ideas he has about the Bible and church history are actually quite sound. While George desperately wants to help Jimmy, he struggles to believe his wild stories. He enlists the help of his beloved friend and colleague, Deanna, and together they endeavor to uncover the truth about Jimmy. Join George and Deanna as they race to avert a deadly catastrophe and solve the mystery of Jimmy's incredible and unbelievable claims. Will they be able to protect Jimmy from his dangerous mother? Will they be able to prevent him from being expelled from school? Will they discover the truth behind Jimmy's apparent biblical expertise? And will a mysterious document prove the truth of Jimmy's accounts? Only time will tell!

In this sequel to Remember Tomorrow-A Time Travel Mystery, a dazed, disoriented, bewildered and baffled George Edwards slowly realizes that he has somehow traveled through time. No longer in 2017, he now finds himself back in 1973 Colorado Springs, inhabiting his much younger body, yet retaining all of the memories of his future past! With the shocked realization that everything he had grown accustomed to, and everyone he had known for the past forty plus years has suddenly all disappeared, George begins the process of trying to put the pieces of his life back together again. Struggling to come to terms with his newfound circumstances and the questions they pose, he suddenly finds himself, along with his old flame Deanna Jones, unwittingly thrust into the midst of a strange odyssey. Together they team up to battle the forces of hatred, anti-Jewish violence, anti-Semitism, and the centuries-old false teaching of replacement theology. Will George and Deanna be able to discover the truth behind the recent spate of violence against the Colorado Springs Jewish community? Will they be able to help bring about peace and healing to this traumatized group? Will they be able to convince the leadership of Shepherd of Hope to change how they teach the history of the Church to their students? Will Jimmy Smithfield once again play a role in solving these new puzzles? And will George and Deanna finally get their happily ever after? Join the odyssey and discover for yourself the answers that only time will tell!

We live in exciting yet scary times. Surely we are nearing the "end of days" and the long awaited return of our Messiah! While every generation since His first coming has had those who say "the end is near," never before in history could a person take the text from the prophets, and hold them up to the daily news and say "Wow!" The most prophesied event in the Bible is the restoration of Israel and the return of the Jewish people to the land. Messiah Yeshua foretold that when Jerusalem was no longer trampled underfoot by foreigners, that the fig tree (Israel) would once again leaf out and this would be the sign that His return was imminent. This is happening - NOW! These facts of the modern world - the existence of Israel, the survival of the Jewish people, the growth of Messianic Judaism, and the return of the Good News to the very soil from which it sprang ("My Word shall not return void"), are unprecedented in all of world history! These are truly amazing times, times of prophetic fulfillment, which can only mean one thing: the clock is ticking, and the time of Yeshua's return is approaching rapidly. But we must "Never Forget" that it has been a "Long Road Home!" For the better part of the last 2000 years Israel lie in desolation and ruins; the Jewish people have been scattered around the globe, facing untold suffering and horrors as they were expelled from one country after another, endured endless persecutions, and seemingly stood on the verge of destruction and extinction. Yet, miraculously, Am Yisrael Chai - The People of Israel Live, and Jewish Yeshua followers are at numbers never seen in all of history! Set against the backdrop of the 1967 six-day war, which culminated in the reunification of Jerusalem under Jewish control for the first time in over 1800 years, this poignant story traces the account of one Jewish Yeshua believing family across the centuries as they struggle to maintain their identity as both Jews and believers in the Risen Messiah Yeshua and to fulfill the prophecies of returning to the land. Come along as the characters share their stories of faith, adversity, and ultimately rejoicing, with you. May your faith in the Lord be increased and strengthened as well!

"Night Journey is a harrowing story of one family's spiral toward self-destruction. ..." Ron Rash, author of SerenaIn Greg Johnson's searing new novel, Travis McCune succumbs to alcoholic depression and commits suicide. Left to put their lives back together in their small Southern town are his lonely and vulnerable young widow, Nina, and their son, Jared, a precocious and sensitive teenager whose experience of tragedy coincides with his coming of age. Told in alternating sections by Jared, Nina, and Travis's brother Clyde, the novel dramatizes one family's terror-filled crisis even as it explores the boundaries of familial and erotic love. The dynamics of power, gender, and fraught sexuality govern this riveting novel, as does the theme of deception in all its guises. Night Journey is the finest and most powerful book yet by award-winning author Greg Johnson.

An authoritative, continually updated bestseller for over sixty years, PERRINE'S LITERATURE: STRUCTURE, SOUND, AND SENSE, 13e provides the most effective introduction to literature for a new generation of learners. Written for students beginning a serious study of literature, the text introduces the fundamental elements of fiction, poetry, and drama in a concise and engaging way, addressing vital questions that other texts ignore, such as "Is some literature better?" and "How can it be evaluated?" A rich and diverse selection of classic, modern, and contemporary readings brings the elements of literature to life and is updated with new stories, poems, and plays by some of the finest authors of any era. In addition, the thirteenth edition reflects the most recently published MLA guide (8th edition, 2016).

In 2020, America was hit by three waves of catastrophe: the Covid-19 pandemic, widespread racial violence, and a stolen presidential election, leading to economic devastation, explosions of black crime and white flight in diverse cities, and a government crippled by deep polarization and the stench of illegitimacy. In The Year America Died, Greg Johnson comments on these crises and explains how they can be used to promote white identity politics.The crises of 2020 are opportunities for white identitarians, but in many ways, the movement is unable to capitalize on them due to bad ideas, bad organization, and bad actors. Thus the book ends on a self-critical note, with essays on the pathologies of the White Nationalist movement, including terrorism, accelerationism, paranoia, misogyny, injustice, embitterment, putting personalities above principles, and other follies.

"It could be said that Jesus came to put things together again. Dr. Johnson walks in the footsteps of the Carpenter as he shares with care, sensitivity, wisdom, and creativity the story and practice of merging two congregations to form one church. Read and discover how, with grace and love, the two can become one."-  John W. Kinney, PhD, Dean and Professor of Thelogy, Samuel Dwett Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University Rev. Dr. Greg Johnson is an American Baptist pastor. Greg is the senior pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Endicott, NY. He served as the pastor of Beautiful Plain Baptist Church prior to merging Beautiful Plain and Lincoln Avenue. He earned his doctorate from Northeastern Seminary, Rochester New York. His dissertation was entitled: Systems Approach as a Strategy to Nurturing Health in a Merged Congregation. Dr. Johnson is a graduate of the Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology Virginia Union, Richmond, Virginia with a Masters of Divinity. He also serves as a Chaplain for Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Binghamton, NY. In addition, he is the current President on the New York State American Baptist Board of Missions.