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John Cowart's history tells of a church's rise from the mire of apostasy, pornography, controversy, and loss to become a beacon drawing people to Christ, the light of the world.

Ramon kills the man who murdered his fiancée and flees to the New World disguised as a Franciscan Friar. In Mexico, he lives a life of debauchery, but when his girlfriend attempts suicide, and he repents and vows to take his religion seriously and become a holy monk. His superiors send him to New Mexico to carry Catholicism to the Indians. Once there, he discovers that the Spanish soldiers are abusing the Indians and the pastor at the Pecos Pu...

Jerry Michaels and his navy buddies fight the Communists on the Mekong River in Vietnam. When he tries to remove a Viet Cong flag that flies defiantly on a buoy in the middle of the river, he sets off a booby-trap that blows his boat apart and kills his friends. Having survived the hell of Vietnam, he struggles with post-traumatic stress syndrome and his guilt and slides into a deeper personal hell until he finds himself back in Vietnam with a...

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Marvin the mouse becomes lost in a snowstorm and seeks shelter in a school where he has many adventures with his encounters with the teacher and the children. Johnny catches Marvin and brings him home in time for the Christmas holidays. Johnny writes a note to Santa asking him to look at his pet mouse. Santa recognizes Marvin and takes him home.

Zipporah, the wife of the lawgiver Moses and daughter of Jethro, the Priest of Midian, tells her father's story. From humble origins, Jethro becomes an apprentice to Ahaz, a priest of Baal and member of the diplomatic council of Jericho, a small kingdom pressed by the Midianites on the east and the Philistines on the west. As a priest, Jethro rises to great prominence: a military leader, emissary between the people and the gods, and counsel to...

On a hot day in July, 1923, armed men lie in ambush as a 1923 Dodge rumbles along the streets of Parral, Chihuahua. Gun fire fills the air, riddling the car. The passengers lie bleeding on the street and Pancho Villa, hero of the Mexican Revolution, is dead. President Plutarco Calles rewards those who have removed his most vocal critic with positions of power, but peace eludes him. The Zapatistas continue to fight. Midst the violence, Captain ...

Flames consumed the thatched roof above his head and burning ash rained over the skins that covered him. He looked for her, but she was gone. "Jason!" Her voice a shriek that pierced the roar of the flames. Armed men dragged her into the night. "Lavinia." Jason jumped from the bed to rush at the intruders. Polished bronze flashed in the firelight and sharp pain pierced Jason's chest. He staggered and stared at the wound in his chest. Heart pou...

Ten, " called Edward's second. Allan stepped and turned. The waves washed over them and the audience gave its applause. "They are applauding you, my love, " she had said. Allan looked up at the painted sky and smiled. A sharp pain stabbed him, and he heard the shot go off. He looked down at his side and watched the blood flow down his sleeve. He staggered and looked at Edward. Smoke still wisped from his pistol. Once again, all was still. "Fir...

Ralph Martin had such high ideals when he left his comfortable life as an assistant pastor in a well-to-do parish to work as a missionary to the poor in the war-torn Central American country of El Salvador. Caught up in the conflicting ideologies of the

In this story, John Cowart explores the complex social, political and religious forces that dominated Medieval Spain during the Reconquista. Jews were caught in the middle of this titanic struggle between Christian and Muslim. The Moors drive Hernan from his castle, and he flees to Leon. There, he meets Rachel, the daughter of Abraham Ben Kohen, the king's chancellor. Their love grows in spite of their religious differences. She is a Jew, and ...