“Sometimes we are called upon to make great sacrifices. Sometimes those sacrifices hurt us. Cut us deep. Sometimes. Sometimes those sacrifices are worth it.” Those words were the last that Ava remembers passing through her mother's lips the last time she saw her, when she was just 5 years old. She had made a promise to her mother that day. Now, 11 years later and in a completely different country, living with abusive adoptive parents and ridiculed at school as a freak – Ava finds it more and more difficult to keep that promise. The voices she has heard in her head all her life are getting louder and harder to ignore. How long can she keep living like this? Then he moves to town. Gavin O'Connor and his family are Curators – guardians of the human race. They've been given the ability to sense the supernatural – or, the Wicked, as they call them. All things supernatural are wicked and to be hunted down and killed – that is what Gavin has been taught since he was in diapers. But, what happens when he finds himself doubting that very thing when he meets Ava?

Bound Hearts - Wicked Intent By Lora Leigh Control has meant everything to Tally Raines. Control of the office she ran as Jesse Wyman's secretary, and now control of Lucian Conover's office as well. But Lucian isn't content to be controlled by his fiery secretary. As a matter of fact, Lucian thinks she needs to loosen up and let the sexy, sensual woman hiding beneath her cool exterior free. And he will dare her to do just that...With a little help. Bound Hearts - Sacrifice By Lora Leigh Book five of the Bound Hearts series. Kimberly has run from Jared for a year now, sensing the weakness he could be to her future. But she never expected the sacrifice he would make for her. One that will rock her soul, and destroy the very foundations of all her beliefs. Her sexuality, her heart, and all she's fought for in the last six years will be tested when an assignment takes her to Jared's farm, and into his bed. There she will learn the true meaning of hunger, of love¿as well as the deception and the lies that have governed her life for so long. Anything worth having is worth sacrificing for. Kimberly is about to find out if she can pay the price, and risk not only the inheritance that should be hers, but also her heart to the one man who can still the fires that rage in her soul.

God loves the world and everyone in it. 1 John 4:16; 3:1. He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9. And this is the Plan now for us to followthe Plan to see the action of Godthe secret longings for this planet in rebellionthe Plan held in reserve through ages and through generations, until the technology of man could cooperate with the purposes of deity to bring not only the sacrifice, but to bring the solution, to bring everlasting joy upon everyones head with the remodeling of the forces of the universe in this locality. Praise be to God! This is His Plan, and it is a Plan that involves every single being in the history of the Universe. You see, it is not just the righteous that are part of this plan. The plan involves the increase of knowledge and the increase of technology and scientific ability (Daniel 12:4); and many atheistic scientists and rebels have participated in the increase of knowledge. They have gone to sleep in death, but science was built on their work. Not just the scientists and not just the mathematicians, but the house-scrubbers and the lawn-mowers, the cow-milkers, and everyone has had a part in the great human race, taking care of vital jobs that are necessary for the increase of knowledge by the race. Every single person in the history of the world has had a part to play, and every single person will reap in the victory when this is all done. We are now approaching the final hours of sin and decay and death on this planet. It is finished! The theory is in hand! The technology is available! Now it depends mostly upon the cooperation of willing people to sign petitions to get this work done by the government, so that it can be done and done quickly, without any further delay. Except for texts on the kingdom, revival and reformation, fulfilled prophecies and signs, this concludes the God our Sacrifice treatise.

Do you know the destiny for your life? Have you always wondered what life is all about and what part you play in it? Do you want to know more about the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? The Human Sacrifice will open your eyes to the reality of what life is really about. Whether you are a non-believer, a new believer, or one who is established in the Word of God, The Human Sacrifice will scintillate your taste for living a satisfying life. As you understand the absolute principles of God's Word of Integrity, Life in the Blood, the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit and other truths it will cause you to be confident in whom you are. As you are established in the foundational attributes of Anointing, Holiness, Dominion, Loyalty, Justice, Hope, Prayfulness, and other basic character traits, you will meet your destiny in life!

Answers she must find . . . A truth that he can’t escape . . . And ghosts up to no good . . . Being a demi-god has its privileges. For young nymph Starling Jackson, it means the gift of seduction and, more than that, near immortality. Yet when her life is filled with spirits, forever may not be all it’s cracked up to be. With the help of her bodyguard, Jasper Gray, and secret books left to her by her late mother’s friend, she may have found the answer to all of her problems. But first, they must find a way to locate the books in their enemy’s hotbed, all while staying safe and, most importantly, without falling in love. In the battles between the head and the heart and enemies and friends, Starling and Jasper will need to face tough battles, and even tougher consequences. Do they have the strength together and apart to withstand Savannah’s underground spirit world? Sensuality Level: Sensual

Sacrifice dominated the religious landscape of the ancient Mediterranean world for millennia, but its role and meaning changed dramatically in the fourth and fifth centuries with the rise of Christianity. Daniel Ullucci offers a new explanation of this remarkable transformation, in the process demonstrating the complexity of the concept of sacrifice in Roman, Greek, and Jewish religion. The Christian Rejection of Animal Sacrifice challenges the predominant scholarly model, which posits a connection between so-called critiques of sacrifice in non-Christian Greek, Latin, and Hebrew texts and the Christian rejection of animal sacrifice. According to this model, pre-Christian authors attacked the propriety of animal sacrifice as a religious practice, and Christians responded by replacing animal sacrifice with a pure, ''spiritual'' 'worship. This historical construction influences prevailing views of animal sacrifice even today, casting it as barbaric, backward, and primitive despite the fact that it is still practiced in such contemporary religions as Islam and Santeria. Rather than interpret the entire history of animal sacrifice through the lens of the Christian master narrative, Ullucci shows that the ancient texts must be seen not simply as critiques but as part of an ongoing competition between elite cultural producers to define the meaning and purpose of sacrifice. He reveals that Christian authors were not merely purveyors of pure spiritual religion, but a cultural elite vying for legitimacy and influence in societies that long predated them. The Christian Rejection of Animal Sacrifice is a crucial reinterpretation of the history of one of humanity's oldest and most fascinating rituals.