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* Excerpts from To Bigotry No Sanction George Washington and Religious Liberty - Paul F. Boller, Jr - This congratulatory address, written by Moses Seixas (1744-1809) was presented by the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, on behalf of "the children of the stock of Abraham" to President George Washington on August 17, 1790, on the occasion of his visit to the city. In his address, Seixas referred to past persecutions of the Jews and then lauded the new nation's commitment to religious liberty: Booklet is in good condition showing minor surface wear on covers pages appear clean and unmarked. stapled binding is tight. The Trinity Forum convenes leading thinkers and thinking leaders to consider and discuss life's great questions in the context of faith. with the timeless ideas and writings that provide context and insight to current events Published quarterly, Trinity Forum Readings are small booklets of between 30 and 50 pages featuring short biographies, essays, and classic stories. An… Read More

* The Oracle of the Dog-- Trinity forum, 2008. reprint by Trinity forum with new introduction. Paperback. Near Fine. The oracle of the dog : a short detective story from the incredulity of Father Brown - clean cover interiors unmarked still hardly been read, binding stapled small booklet type Father Brown mysteries. In this case, by helping an eyewitness see his own evidence in a different light, the priest-detective solves the murder of Colonel Druce without leaving his desk. Common sense, Chesterton shows us, is not so common as we wish, and the story prompts us to take a fresh look at the assumptions that can cloud our vision. The Reading features a Foreword by Senior Fellow Doug Wilson, whose career has focused on developing senior executive talent. Doug looks at lessons we can draw from the story, and particularly Father Brown's method of questioning, for developing our own character, and fostering character in others, by learning truly to hear what others have to say. author Chesterton, G. K. --… Read More

* Pericles Funeral Oration - Thucydides - Pericles' Funeral Oration is a famous speech from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. Thespeech was delivered by Pericles, an eminent Athenian politician, at the end of the first year of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) as a part of the annual public funeral for the war dead... About the publisher & Readings The Trinity Forum convenes leading thinkers and thinking leaders to consider and discuss life's great questions in the context of faith. with the timeless ideas and writings that provide context and insight to current events Published quarterly, Trinity Forum Readings are small booklets of between 30 and 50 pages featuring short biographies, essays, and classic stories. An original foreword provides background and context for the Reading, and relates the timeless issues raised in the text to contemporary challenges. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg ... ..Grading books can also be quite subjective-dependent on age....- **LAX Vespa,Los Angeles… Read More

* Poor Man's Earl - John Pollock - The Trinity Forum convenes leading thinkers and thinking leaders to consider and discuss life's great questions in the context of faith. with the timeless ideas and writings that provide context and insight to current events Published quarterly, Trinity Forum Readings are small booklets of between 30 and 50 pages featuring short biographies, essays, and classic stories. An original foreword provides background and context for the Reading, and relates the timeless issues raised in the text to contemporary challenges.... Grading books can also be quite subjective-dependent on age....- **LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed- in foam core- to protect it in transit - sent media mail - 7 days usually coast to coast, less if closer..... Trinity forum bx

* The Sunflower- Simon Wiesenthal - A Jewish concentration camp inmate is pulled from work detail at a makeshift hospital to listen to a dying Nazi soldier's confession. The soldier asks him for forgiveness that he might die in peace. In the Jew's place, what would you have done? In this Reading with a Foreword by Os Guinness, Simon Wiesenthal gives his account of this incident that happened in Poland during World War II, challenging readers with the moral question of forgiveness. If a murderer is truly repentant, should he be forgiven? Are some actions too horrible to forgive? Can you forgive someone for something done to someone else? Or can you forgive, as a member of a larger community? **LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed- in foam core- to protect it in transit - sent media mail - 7 days usually coast to coast, less if closer..... Trinity forum bx

* To Bigotry No Sanction - Excerpts from George Washington and Religion - This congratulatory address, written by Moses Seixas (1744-1809) was presented by the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, on behalf of "the children of the stock of Abraham" to President George Washington on August 17, 1790, on the occasion of his visit to the city. In his address, Seixas referred to past persecutions of the Jews and then lauded the new nation's commitment to religious liberty: Booklet is in very good condition showing minor surface wear on covers pages appear clean and unmarked. stapled binding is tight.... The Trinity Forum convenes leading thinkers and thinking leaders to consider and discuss life's great questions in the context of faith. with the timeless ideas and writings that provide context and insight to current events Published quarterly, Trinity Forum Readings are small booklets of between 30 and 50 pages featuring short biographies, essays, and classic stories. An original foreword… Read More