Bøger af Jerry Smith

Here are Jerry Smith's hilarious life stories from his boyhood days growing up in the Ozark Mountains during the 1950's and 60's. Characters and situations come to life from the perspective of a young boy caught in the struggle to deal with fear and self-identity. These are not just outrageously funny stories but they drive toward serious answers to important life issues.

The Disciple's Hands is a practical and simple guide for helping any believer reproduce disciples of Jesus. The Author, Dr. Jerry Smith, has spent over thirty years as a pastor, teacher, missionary, and disciple maker. Much of the content of the book was used to help make disciples, many of whom are still reproducing in like kind. The author believes that the command of Jesus in The Great Commission is still viable today. But many have misinterpreted it, misapplied it, or simply ignored it. He confesses that The Disciple's Hands book is not exhaustive, but rather an important starting place for those concerned about making disciples.

You can run from your past but you can't hide from it. That's especially true for Dennis, a small-time campus radical in his youth who's now the manager of a chain of body shops in Northern California. For Dennis a good day is minding the stores, carrying out the orders of the chain's mysterious owner, and keeping a very low profile. A good night is when the explosion dream doesn't wake him up sweating. His comfortable life is shattered when Wendy, an old acquaintance from his college days, shows up with a badly damaged car and the key to blowing his cover. Despite his initial fears, and to the surprise of both, their renewed friendship develops warily into something deeper. Then a ghost from their past arrives to haunt them, an ex-con carrying more unwelcome baggage than just his still-smoldering flame for his former girlfriend, who's now taken up residence with Dennis. Complicating matters is a toupee-wearing TV pitchman with a weakness for cocaine and vulnerable women, a female FBI agent with a thing for older men with toupees, and a motley collection of bikers, thugs, and oddballs, all of whom threaten to tear Dennis and Wendy apart and blow up their lives like the bomb that separated them years ago.

Broke'n'English began life as a journal I kept of my visits to Sri Lanka between 1998, when I came for the first time, to 2008, when our house 'Jungle Tide' was completed. When we opened Jungle Tide as a guest house early in 2010 a copy of the journals was left in a ring binder for guests to read if they were interested. It stirred up a fair bit of interest and I lost count of the e-mails asking "When is the book coming out?" so eventually succumbed to demand and decided to try to turn the journals into a book. By this time (2016) I was living in Sri Lanka. Bringing the material up to date - an awful lot happened between 2008 and 2016 - was the easy part. Much harder was getting away from the journal style into a memoir which had some kind of a narrative flow. Perhaps harder still was wielding the knife and excising great chunks which were of great interest to me but unlikely to be of much interest to general readers. Self-indulgent jokes and stretches of political and social commentary which didn't really fit were the main offenders. Fortunately I'm married to the world's greatest critical friend. This is my first book. I'm not yet sure whether it will be my last. We'll see.

Logo Dynamics - The Universal Key That Makes All Things Possible is a concise and practical manual for achieving success and maximizing the human potential. The author takes that which is sometimes highly academic and technical and makes it simple and understandable for anyone on life's journey. The concept of Logo Dynamics helps anyone overcome problems and achieve dreams, goals, and success.

Tapestry: A Medieval Tale of Curses, Crowns, and Courage introduces a wonderful world of dragons, knights, and powerful wizards. As imagined by author Jerry Smith, this world comes alive through a poetic narrative that follows the story of a gentle princess and her reluctant hero. They wind their way through a maze of lies, jealousy, and madness in search of truth, justice, and honor. Fortified with courage and stealth, they find the strength and perseverance to overcome the death, darkness, and destruction unleashed upon their land by an evil, power-hungry mage, and a scheming sorceress. Written in the style of the great Greek and Roman poets, Tapestry presents rich imagery and eloquent rhyming couplets portraying the adversity encountered by its characters. It follows them as they struggle - evil against good, death against life, and destruction against rebirth. Feudal lords, evil enemies, and noble knights emerge and entwine into colorful strands, creating this carefully woven tale as a vibrant tapestry filled with hope and promise for an age consumed by darkness and despair. Tapestry: A Medieval Tale of Curses, Crowns, and Courage brings the poetic narrative to a story of good versus evil in a world brimming with justice, honor, mystery, and magic.

River of Courage, is set in the beautiful river bottom community of Boswell along the White River in the Ozark Mountains of North Arkansas; the author's boyhood home. Here, author Jerry Smith documents the struggle of three generations of common people who showed uncommon courage in a time of crisis. Couched in the prophecy of an old Cherokee visionary, courage is revealed and forged through the lives of various people along the "Big White." The great, and sometimes terrifying, adventures these common people experience in the hills they call home, will prepare them to face greater fears and crises to come even half way around the world and in the deepest recesses of their hearts.

Author Jerry Smith lays out a unique presentation for understanding God's plan of the ages; a "birds eye view," as he calls it. With his outline from Genesis to Revelation the reader can visualize the unfolding drama of the Apocalypse and the triumphant return of Jesus Christ. Author Jerry Smith began to discover early in his thirty plus year tenure as a pastor that most people are confused instead of comforted by end-time and apocalyptic teachings. He has outlined for every layman and Bible student a simple "skeleton" and framework for understanding God's plan of the ages so that we don't have to be confused. Going from the original creation to the new creation he displays the different ages and dispensations and shows how they form a pattern to help us understand the greatest revelation of all - the return of Jesus Christ. Included are original charts drawn by the author and a concise commentary on the book of Revelation. Whether you hold to a certain millennial or rapture view or not, this material is designed to give you a framework to build your own viewpoint. It is recommended reading for every true believer in Jesus.

One man's spiritual journey through life, Fingerprints of Time follows the narrator through his many loves and losses telling a story of love, pain, and triumph. As intimate, as it thoughtful, Fingerprints of Time digs deep into ones heart, and lingers there, until the last page.

Pope Nicolas V issued a Papal Bull in 1452 mandating the enslavement of Black Africans in the name of Christianity. On August 23, 1619, twenty Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia. It is noteworthy that these twenty Africans were neither Christians, nor were they slaves prior to boarding that slave ship. There is no evidence of how many Africans actually boarded that ship with them and didn't survive the trip. The facts are clear however, upon arrival in Jamestown, Virginia these twenty Africans were forced to become Christians and they were enslaved. Today, 401 years later, their descendants are still Christians and still enslaved. -The Author For years I have heard us (Afrikans/Blacks to include myself) ask "What's wrong with Black People". Ask no more for the answer has been revealed in Baba Jerry Smith's book "Christianity: The Real Deal! Read it and free your mind, soul, and spirit. -Afia Nlongo Brother Jerry Smith has done a masterful job presenting the real deal of christianity. After reading this enlightening and entertaining account of the truth discovered when one looks at christianity without the shackled blindness of an enslaved mind; the following words of the honorable Afrikan Ancestor, educator, historian and author Nana John Henrik Clarke could easily be applied to the powerfully valid words and concepts of this book. "Nearly all religion was brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors and used as the framework to control their minds." "I think the world would be better off if it had been given common sense instead of religion" -Kwaku Ndombe Nlongo Moderator of the "John Henrik Clarke Historical Society" (Afrikan history and culture study group) "The 'real deal' about Christianity is that it has been one of the main tools of oppression, especially for the Black people. In order for us to move forward, it is important to have a better understanding of the history, as well as the psychological effect on our communities in the present, and how our futures can be impacted. If you are looking for a critical analysis of this institution as well as looking to confirm any doubts about the Christian faith, then Jerry Smith's book is a good place to start." -Mandisa L. ThomasFounder/President of Black Nonbelievers, Inc. www.blacknonbelievers.orgThis book gives a different perspective of Christianity, while providing the readers with several cites to justify the writer's premise. Also, allowing the readers to come to their own conclusion on what they believe to be the "Real Deal"!-Felton Hodges