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It Takes Death to Reach a Star
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Through the Fury to the Dawn
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Into the Dark of the Day
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Against the Fading of the Light (Action of Purpose #3).
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In The Shadow Of A Valiant Moon (It Takes Death To Reach A Star, #2)
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S.H.R.E.D: Gorgon Rising
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A thought-provoking, action-packed thriller of the highest order. With Children of the Fifth Sun: Rubicon, Gareth Worthington has managed to do something very few authors do well in any regard - He has capped his trilogy with a final book that manage ...more | |
“I think it's important for each of us to examine the reasons why we have survived our individual challenges, obstacles, and trials. It's not always easy to come to terms with the fact that God always has a greater purpose for us than we can have for ourselves.”
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“It's very difficult to strike that balance - and I'm not convinced that many Christian filmmakers, writers, ect, are willing to take the risks necessary to even try. It's much safer and more profitable to tell a wholesome, feel good story (not that there's anything wrong with wholesome stories). But doing the opposite could mean offending potentially large swaths of your target audience by forcing them to confront the ugly truth that's present in each of our lives. I hate to say it, but a good number of Christians would rather feel safe, and good about themselves, than truly examine humanity's desperation and our need for the cross.”
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“I think it's important for each of us to examine the reasons why we have survived our individual challenges, obstacles, and trials. It's not always easy to come to terms with the fact that God always has a greater purpose for us than we can have for ourselves.”
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“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world, I mean everybody — no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside. Inside them they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds... Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands, maybe.”
― A Game of You
― A Game of You
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
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“It's very difficult to strike that balance - and I'm not convinced that many Christian filmmakers, writers, ect, are willing to take the risks necessary to even try. It's much safer and more profitable to tell a wholesome, feel good story (not that there's anything wrong with wholesome stories). But doing the opposite could mean offending potentially large swaths of your target audience by forcing them to confront the ugly truth that's present in each of our lives. I hate to say it, but a good number of Christians would rather feel safe, and good about themselves, than truly examine humanity's desperation and our need for the cross.”
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I hope all's well you and yours.:)
Thank you for accepting my friendship, I really appreciate it."
Hi Dustin! Thank you for your interest in my hard work...."
You are most welcome.:) I am really looking forward to reading your work, man!

I hope all's well you and yours.:)
Thank you for accepting my friendship, I really appreciate it."
Hi Dustin! Thank you for your interest in my hard work. Cheers!

I hope all's well you and yours.:)
Thank you for accepting my friendship, I really appreciate it.

Hi Melanie! Thanks for the good words. God bless you too!