With the air quality being what it had been lately I knew I was lucky to be out here in this breathable pocket. I shook my head, knowing I shouldn’t complain, and headed back down the hill. Almost.Īre you sure? I said, questioning both his math skills and my ability to keep my lungs from exploding. Finding a quiet side of Pilot Butte during the middle of summer was almost as hard as the running. Jesse was providing moral support while I ran my four-hundred-meter hill repeats on the quiet side of Pilot Butte. CHAPTER 1Īll right, Craigers, just three more to go. He was beyond words, the blood from his chest now ebbing, having already spread and pooled on the floor underneath him, his eyes frozen in shock and staring out into nothingness.įear and betrayal forever etched on his dead face. I wiped the tears from my eyes and took his limp hand.īut my words didn’t matter. Tears sizzled down my hot face like bacon grease on fire and I dropped to my knees, the sounds of shouting in the distance. She ran out into the hall before I could say anything. The woman’s eyes found the body and the knife, still in my hand. Suddenly a door opened, harsh light flooding the room. I sucked in air, forcing it into my lungs, and I stumbled back, the soles of my shoes wet with something thick and dark. But when I opened them again, I was still in the dark room and he was still dead at my feet. I closed my eyes, desperately trying to wake out of the nightmare.
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The selection of twelve representative figures from the period of early Christianity is prudent and presented in an artful and practical manner. I am delighted to recommend this introductory work. Litfin's work makes an important and continuing contribution to those seeking access to the writers and writings of that period. "For an evangelical world awakening to the importance of the early fathers of the church, this second edition of Dr. Patrick of Ireland Epilogue Index Endorsements The book requires no previous knowledge of the patristic period and includes original, easy-to-read translations that give a brief taste of each writer's thought. This updated and revised edition adds chapters on Ephrem of Syria and Patrick of Ireland. The first edition has been well received and widely used. Bryan Litfin engages readers with actual people, not just abstract doctrines or impersonal events, to help them understand the fathers as spiritual ancestors in the faith. 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