James Banks

"When your mind's collapsing and you're running out of resources, the whole world collapses. You think your salvation comes from another person, so you seek that person as best as you can, whether you realize that person means salvation to you or not. You try to communicate all of yourself to that person, and you await a response. This is the situation of the narrator. He talks of "Someone", sees the whole future of his life with or without her, as he processes all of his thoughts about everything, and tries to assert and express what he believes to be true. "Somehow deep and strange loneliness -- and of course I am confessing to this as I write -- is the most shameful, most disconnecting thing of all. I don't know how many budding friendships I have destroyed by saying what was universally true." A strange book from a past version of myself"--Amazon

a book for strangers

Sometime in the 21st century

Barry Silver's life is hissing down the hole in God's hourglass. He's broke, balding, overweight and living a life that he didn't plan...in Stroud. His wife hates him, his kids have turned into jabbering, texting, strangers and at forty-five, he's probably never going to be the pop-star he knows he was born to be. It's time to turn things around. With his best friend Terry, Barry embarks on a desperate journey to get noticed. With the help of an old Jamaican Reggae star, some Rohipnol and some pretty forceful persuasion tactics, Barry tries in earnest to break into the big-time. From Debut author James Banks comes a hilarious and touching tale of middle age and second chances.

A Laugh-out-loud Comedy

Breaking Barry

Geoffrey Banks

James Banks shares his perspective as a dad watching his child self-destruct through substance abuse, and Geoff Banks writes as the prodigal who found his way home.

Encouragement for Parents of Prodigals from a Family That's Been There

Hope Lies Ahead

His world was ending and there was no more time for him. But he found someone, a stranger, whose very being spoke to him. He wanted to tell her who he was, so he wrote about himself in a book in the only way he could, by saying whatever it was that came to his brain. Then he hoped she would read the book, and from that, know how to respond. This is that book. Wild, intense, powerful -- and underwhelming, boring, confusing. Subtle and understated. Surprising. See what kind of person you are by how you react to this book. Recommended for fans of Oscar Wilde's De Profundis. Maybe you will read it twice.

Sometime in the 21st Century

Literally transl. into Engl. prose. With metrical versions by J. M. Chapman [d. i.] Matthew James Chapman

The idylls of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus, and the war-songs of Tyrtaeus

Offering the first empirically driven assessment of the development, marketisation, regulation and use of online gambling organisations and their products, this book explores the relationship between online gambling and crime. It draws upon quantitative and qualitative data, including textual and visual analyses of e-gambling advertising and the records of player-protection and standards organisations, together with a virtual ethnography of online gambling subcultures, to examine the ways in which gambling and crime have been approached in practice by gamers, regulatory agencies and online gambling organisations. Building upon contemporary criminological theory, it develops an understanding of online gambling as an arena in which risks and rewards are carefully constructed and through which players navigate, employing their own agency to engage with the very real possibility of victimisation. With attention to the manner in which online gambling can be a source of criminal activity, not only on the part of players, but also criminal entrepreneurs and legitimate gambling businesses, Online Gambling and Crime discusses developments in criminal law and regulatory frameworks, evaluating past and present policy on online gambling. A rich examination of the prevalence, incidence and experience of a range of criminal activities linked to gambling on the Internet, this book will appeal to scholars and policy makers in the fields of sociology and criminology, law, the study of culture and subculture, risk, health studies and social policy.

Causes, Controls and Controversies

Online Gambling and Crime

Over 150,000 books in print. Spending time in prayer is necessary to develop and maintain a personal relationship with God. In Praying the Prayers of the Bible, author James Banks provides a collection of prayers to help readers engage in intimate conversations with God. Readers can find prayers of praise and thanksgiving, prayers for wisdom and direction, prayers for blessing, and much more. This powerful book of prayers encourages readers not only to strengthen their relationship with God, but also to apply His Word to their daily life. Readers can discover how to respond to God’s invitation to draw nearer to Him as they pray the prayers of the Bible.

Praying the Prayers of the Bible

Joseph M. Stowell

Jeff Olson

Lawrence Darmani

Dave Branon

Elisa Morgan

Linda Washington

Amy Boucher Pye

Xochitl Dixon

Patricia Raybon

Mart DeHaan

Adam Holz

Alyson Kieda

Amy L. Peterson

Anne M. Cetas

Arthur L. Jackson

Cindy Hess Kasper

David C. McCasland

David H. Roper

H. Dennis Fisher

Jennifer Benson Schuldt

Julie Arkerman Link

Julie Schwab

Karen Wolfe

Keila Ochoa

Kirsten H. Holmberg

Leslie Koh

Lisa Samra

Marvin L. Williams

Monica Brands

Philip D. Yancey

Poh Fang Chia

Randy K. Kilgore

Timothy L. Gustafson

William E. Crowder

Faça cada dia valer a pena! Cada novo dia é um presente de Deus. Por que não começar investindo diariamente alguns momentos em Sua presença? A vida cotidiana traz muitas decisões difíceis e circunstâncias desafiadoras. E por essa razão, esta Edição Anua; do devocional Pão Diário oferece sabedoria e encorajamento alicerçados na Palavra de Deus. Estas 366 meditações, acompanhadas de passagens bíblicas e pensamentos edificantes, conduzirão o seu coração e mente a Deus e ao Seu amor. Deus pode não mudar suas circunstâncias difíceis, no entanto, pode transformá-lo na pessoa que Ele deseja que você seja. O devocional Pão Diário é distribuído ao redor do mundo e traduzido em mais de 50 idiomas. Diariamente, milhões de leitores se voltam para as suas páginas em busca de inspiração, conforto, paz e esperança.

Capa paisagem

Pão Diário volume 23

This unique book inspires parents to maintain a sustained, daily prayer effort for their prodigal children, especially when they feel tired and discouraged.

90 Days of Prayer for Your Child

Prayers for Prodigals

When you’re the parent of a prodigal, you know you can never pray enough. But how do you persevere when you’re tired and discouraged? Prayers for Prodigals offers encouragement for parents to “come boldly before the throne of grace” and intercede daily for their children through a series of inspirational prayers. The book also includes fourteen brief meditations, which are drawn from Scripture and the writer’s and others’ personal experiences with prodigal children, such as Ruth and Billy Graham and Monica, the mother of Augustine. This unique book inspires parents in a sustained, daily prayer effort for their prodigal children.

Many parents have witnessed the power of faithful prayer over their child’s life, praying for health and healing from heartbreaks and for spiritual awakening and future direction. Inside Prayers for Your Children, pastor and author James Banks offers ninety accessible, Scripture-packed prayers you can pray for your kids during every season of their lives. Filled with heartfelt wisdom and truth, these ready-to-use prayers cover specific needs, including knowing Christ as Savior, loving the Lord and others, experiencing God’s protection, and walking in purity. Witness the power of prayer as you glean through the pages of this book and talk with God on behalf of your child.

90 Days of Heartfelt Prayers for Children of Any Age

Prayers for Your Children

James Banks

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