Most Popular Books by Joshua Charles

Issues like abortion, homosexuality, and old-young earth debate often drive wedges both between the church and the world. Another polarizing issue is the Arab-Israeli conflict. Evangelical support for Israel among the younger generation is dropping at an alarming rate. Why is there such division between the church and the world and even among believers themselves about this issue? God, Israel, and You attempts to bridge the gap by providing a courageous and honest look at Jesus, His involvement in the world, and how it relates to the issues of today. It makes the case for Israel by being pro-God and explaining His redemptive purposes for the Arabs to a new generation through scripture, history, and morality. Believers are called to be ready with an answer for the faith that is within us. God, Israel, and You is about answers; it''s about the knowledge of God, finding hope in this chaotic world, and recognizing the story where we find a faithful God who is intimately involved with the affairs of mankind. Rather than coming at the issues with an us-versus-them mentality, God, Israel, and You reveals a God who is involved, who gets His hands dirty, and embraces the paradoxes of the Bible: it is both straightforward and mysterious, accessible and infinite, supernatural and practical. When we can accept the supernatural, we can recognize that God is using both Jews and Arabs, and the next generation in a way that reflects the character of Jesus, and we can better understand God, Israel, and ourselves.

This unique and extraordinarily rich collection of writings offers a thematic approach to understanding the various theories of art that illumined the direction of nineteenth-century artists as diverse as Tommaso Minardi and Georges Seurat. It is significant that during the nineteenth century most artists felt compelled to found their artistic practice on a consciously established premise.

Sometimes seeing is more difficult for the student of art than believing. Taylor, in a book that has sold more than 300,000 copies since its original publication in 1957, has helped two generations of art students "learn to look." This handy guide to the visual arts is designed to provide a comprehensive view of art, moving from the analytic study of specific works to a consideration of broad principles and technical matters. Forty-four carefully selected illustrations afford an excellent sampling of the wide range of experience awaiting the explorer. The second edition of Learning to Look includes a new chapter on twentieth-century art. Taylor''s thoughtful discussion of pure forms and our responses to them gives the reader a few useful starting points for looking at art that does not reproduce nature and for understanding the distance between contemporary figurative art and reality.

Catalog for touring exhibition. Held in New York, May 31-Sept. 5, 1961, Detroit , Oct. 18-Dec. 19, 1961, and Los Angeles, Jan. 14-Feb 19, 1962.

Many Catholics have either left the Church or been scandalized by the errors and immorality that are rampant among her clergy. Moreover, we''ve watched aghast as faithful Catholics are punished without just cause, sometimes even for doing good. In this gripping book, the authors posit that the situation has become so absurd that the only people ever punished by the Church anymore are those least deserving. The combination of these two excesses has shaken the faith of millions. These fascinating pages aren''t another diatribe, however. You will be heartened amid current scandals and see how they are hardly unprecedented or unpredicted. Rather, they are a recurring feature of life in the Church throughout history and are even part of the divine plan. Most significantly, you will be able to clearly make sense out of and discover solutions to our present plight. You will learn about: The one place that the worst persecutions come from (Get ready!) Two false options in responding to the crisis of persecution in the Church Three fundamental features we learn from our Lord in persecution (Can you guess?) Practical ways that you can respond with in sharing the truth Two things that the saints compel us to do when experiencing persecution Achievable means to embolden your faith and remain obedient while correcting error You will see how ten of the greatest Catholics in history--the saints--suffered from undeserved persecution by the hierarchy and betrayal by clergy, and how this suffering was part of their sanctification and can serve as a heroic example to us today. You will be enthralled by the valor of priests from the earliest days of the Church to lay people from Saints Joan of Arc to Thomas More, and religious such as Saints Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, and Alphonsus Liguori, to modern day examples like St. Padre Pio and Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. As you travel with them across twenty centuries and four continents, your devotion will increase, you will see the wisdom of the divine plan, and be encouraged to defend the Church through this present hour of darkness. Additionally, you will find a thorough and orthodox explanation of doctrine on Church authority, fraternal correction, and the virtue of obedience, as well as a practical plan to redeem this shameful chapter in Church history. This book stands as a valuable and lasting resource for pastors, catechists, and those who seek to "counsel the doubtful" and "comfort the afflicted."

The labor market inequalities within America are a community multi-faceted policy problem that unconsciously results in increasing the recidivism rate for previously incarcerated individuals. The status of being unemployed after being released from incarceration can either inspire a person to pursue a career or contribute to a person becoming economically unstable and at high risk of experiencing homelessness. Previously incarcerated individuals are subjected to recidivism within five years of being released, the individuals without financial assistance or available employment are likely within one month from being released to experience homelessness, and an increased potential of being arrested again. For an individual to be resentenced back to incarceration, it does not matriculate to cost-effective outcomes for their communities, families, or singular wellbeing. Some people deserve a second chance, sometimes even a 3rd, 4th, and 5th chance to turn their life around. Yet, majority of traditional punishment involves being convicted of a crime and sentenced, should individuals existing with mental conditions or neuropsychological disorders be given additional opportunities? Some will believe the 21st century society''s policy is against individuals redeveloping themselves in addition to having a criminal background post-incarceration. To resolve the type of changes required to suppress the recidivism rate, offer all individuals a chance to be integrated into their community, and resume an ordinary life Public Administrators need to address labor market policies, align rehabilitation programs to direct crimes, and provide educational resources for individuals recently released from incarceration. This graduate project will inform the reader how recidivism can continue to be decrease with new alternative programs; amendment legislations and policies regarding criminal history; identify how rehabilitation programs have a significant position on the ground level; the employment opportunities to implement; inform administrators about the work and education disparities for previous incarcerated individuals; the education effectiveness on inmates; and provide my findings of the literature study. The full study has been completed by reviewing databased literature including scholarly books, journal articles, dissertations, and government statistics all pertaining to the title. I will also define terms where needed and analyze the data to express research gaps discovered. I hope that the research would allow Public Administrators a view of how criminal history effects an individual livelihood, the benefits of decreasing jails/prisons population, and how to continuously decrease the recidivism rate.

Consumer acceptance of buying goods and services online via the Internet is growing, although e-ecommerce has been mostly a mirror of traditional methods of pricing transactions -- fixed price or auctions. The proliferation of personal mobile devices with pervasive Internet access and localization capability means a richer set of pricing parameters can be used. Allowing buyers and sellers to more explicitly price requests and filter offers, including information about time and place, allows for better transaction results for both parties. This paper examines the impacts of including the time and place of performance of a service as part of the price. A system for implementation is proposed, a simulation of the system is evaluated, and the results presented.

This is the beginning of a novel about a mixed-use development that is placed at the center of a city. The book follows the security updates that are put in place after a houseless man lives in one of the apartments for ten weeks before being caught. The book, when polished, will demonstrate the ways in which the built environment interacts with personal experience, highlight how we constantly trade privacy for protection in the digital age, and show that architecture leads (not follows).

(Cont.) These principles are then examined through a design test that shows their applicability in making humanizing adaptations of space and ultimately creating more human cities.