A Biblical Perspective on Adultery

In his book, No Innocent Affair, Edward Mrkvicka takes on the difficult subject of adultery without wavering from the Bible as his foundation. Based on his 50 years of experience counseling with couples to save their marriage, He gives answers that work.

Dr. Edward F. Mrkvicka, Jr. D.D. (honoris causa) is a lay minister and counselor, and life-long Bible student. His religious writings have been awarded Best Christian Book of the Year, Best Christian Study of the Year, named a National Best Book Awards finalist, and a winner in the Christian Choice Book Awards. He has also been awarded the prestigious Faith Writers Seal of Approval.

His efforts on behalf of families, understanding adultery, and the devastating effect of divorce on children have earned him a United States Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition “in recognition of outstanding and invaluable service to the community.”

According to Dr. Mrkvicka, adultery is not worth the cost; not only to the adulterer, but to all those in his/her life (especially innocent children), so it’s best to avoid the temptation. But, if the line has been crossed, there is only one way back, and that is to get right with God. Only then can we rejoin our earthly family and His heavenly family.

Finally, an honest discussion about what adultery really is, and what it represents to all it touches. Most of all, No Innocent Affair gives answers where it might appear there are none.

No Innocent Affair is an in-depth, easy to read discussion of the matter of adultery and the seriousness of its consequences. More important, it explains how we can get right with God once we have made the mistake of giving in to its temptations. It purposely contains none of the author’s opinions, but instead is based entirely on a biblical perspective. No Innocent Affair is written out of love for both the adulterer and the victims of his/her adultery.

Dr. Mrkvicka has succeed where secular counselors fail. He believes a sinner must get right with God first, before he/she can get right with their aggrieved family.  The Bible says an adulterer destroys his own soul – No Innocent Affair is premised on Luke 15:7, which says “I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.”

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Interviews:

http://blogcritics.org/books/article/interview-with-edward-mrkvicka-jr-author

http://my-livinghope.blogspot.com/2012/04/interview-with-author-edward-f-mrkvicka.html
http://www.examiner.com/article/no-innocent-affair-edward-mrkvicka-be-passionately-devoted

Vitriolic Behavior in the Current Political Climate

Former United States Secret Service Agent Donald W. Tucker uses his life experiences to create compelling works of fiction.  Tucker’s books illustrate the principles of fairness and accountability while addressing corruption in politics and law enforcement. Tucker challenges his readers to ask themselves: Can 1984 and Big Brother be on the horizon?

His latest novel, The Complex, is an impossible-to-put-down story that closely mirrors the hostility, hatred, and vitriolic behavior in the current political climate. The spellbinding plot takes readers on a journey of murder, cover-ups, and political backstabbing.

Special Agent Wesley Charles, a man who is dedicated to protecting his country, even if it means risking his life, Wendy Wiesman, a DEA agent who has amply proven that she can keep up in a man’s world, Louis Boron, a loyal and dedicated Secret Service Agent, and Seattle police officer James Allen find themselves at a three-month seminar in Dallas for the Federal Law Enforcement Supplement Office.  The boring seminar quickly becomes exciting when they uncover a menacing conspiracy that threatens the nation.  

Tucker’s life experiences lend realism and insight to his writing, having put his life on the line for his country in a remarkable career in law enforcement that he documented in his autobiography.  He began his career with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in Chicago, Illinois, after which he went on to work for the United States Secret Service.  He garnered tremendous recognition for his dedication to his country and was promoted to the position of Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the D.C. Headquarters, Counterfeit Division, followed by Special Agent in Charge of the Arizona Office of the Secret Service, the United States Marshal for the State of Arizona, and, eventually, Chief of Federal Court Security for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

For more information on Donald W. Tucker, please visit www.dontuckerbooks.com

A Wonder and Appreciation of Creation

Peter Knoester has provided readers with a thought-provoking and reflective work in Religious Thoughts, Stories, and Poetry.  He uses a variety of media to address the great questions of humanity, including the issue of creation.

In a time when creationists and evolutionists are still hotly divided, deriding each other as either ignorant or faithless, Knoester offers a refreshing approach on the issue, instilling a wonder and appreciation of the world and creation in readers.  He illuminates how “the very stones in our driveway or on a gravel road” are not human creations but are “from the beginning of time, whether they were in a molten state or as atomic particles or even gaseous form.”  Although humans may have chosen to alter their forms or their uses, “they were there at the ‘beginning’ in one form or another.”  He helps us to understand that “nothing can be added or taken away from anything that was created by the Almighty.”

He explains that time is the only genuine creation of humans; “I believe time to be a human invention, because basically time does not exist.  Although we take the “rotation of the Planets around the sun and the set times of the moon and the deterioration of our body cells, which causes us to age” as proof that time exists, time is still a conceptual notion used by humans.

While others debate creation in a debasing manner towards the parties that oppose their beliefs, with both the religious and the scientific engaging in nasty rhetoric toward each other, Knoester’s approach is quite refreshing.  His unique outlook that humans are able to create concepts, while God is the only one capable of creating matter, offers a unique perspective that honors and appreciates the infinity and beauty of God’s creation.

Find out more at www.peterknoester.com

The Bible on Public Speaking

Many otherwise capable, confident, and knowledgeable people balk when it comes to public speaking.  In fact, a poll a few years ago found that Americans are more afraid of public speaking than they are of dying.  Kelly Libatique, author of A Toast to the Holy Ghost?  A Dispassionate Look at Alcohol and the Bible, transfers his expertise in public speaking to readers in his book Divine Knowledge Transfer:  Applying Biblical Principles to Communicating, Public Speaking, Educating, and Overall Living.

In his career in the high-tech and telecom industries, Kelly Libatique has been a speaker, marketer, trainer, and representative for some of the biggest players in the corporate world, including: Sony Electronics, Cisco Systems, and Verizon Wireless, as well as appearing in acting and voiceover roles for radio and television.  Reflecting on this, he says “Communicating and Knowledge Transfer is ‘what I do’ and what I have been doing for many years.”

Libatique’s book is the first of its kind, combining Biblical concepts with modern day communicating and public speaking.  His advice is easy-to-understand, easy-to-implement, approachable, and straightforward.  Divine Knowledge Transfer is filled with validating stories and a wealth of advice the Bible offers on how to relate and communicate with others and how to prepare for difficult circumstances and people.

He offers readers such words to live by as:

• Fear of public speaking is normal and will never completely go away. Instead of fighting, you can learn to utilize it.
• Preparation is key in controlling fearing the unexpected and that dread of feeling vulnerable and out of control.
• Your appearance says volumes about you and causes audiences to make judgments about you in just seconds.
• Distractions are inevitable. Don’t try to avoid them, instead be prepared for what can and will happen. As well, distractions can actually be used to make you look more professional.
• Your public speaking needs to be about the audience—their needs and desires—not yours.

Libatique offers readers the empowering message that anyone can become better at communicating to audiences by learning basic techniques, avoiding simple mistakes that make experts look like amateurs, and cultivating the simple techniques that make amateurs look like old pros.  Readers from all walks of life, whether they are preachers, teachers, or public speakers will benefit from Libatique’s words and become better at what they do by being able to communicate effectively and get a message across.

For more information on Kelly Libatique:

visit his website at www.Libatique.com

read his book review blog at http://kellylibatique.blogspot.com/

or his eZine articles at http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Kelly_Libatique

follow him on Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/KellyLibatique

connect with him on Google Plus at https://plus.google.com/113360906335723163792/posts

view his book trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MCAc627iU0

Addressing Important Topics Through Fiction

Las Vegas-based author, Gerald J. Kubicki, has been winning over readers with his Dubious Mystery Series, featuring Colton Banyon, an average guy who finds himself at the center of extraordinary situations, along with his spirited girlfriend, Loni, and a unique cast of characters.  In his most recent installment, A Dubious Terrain, the fourth novel in the series, Kubicki addresses race relations, illegal immigration, the absolute power of Homeland Security, and municipal corruption, in his page-turning plot.

A white-supremacist organization, the Effort, has been infiltrating American society for decades. Originally sent by its Nazi German superiors to study at Harvard University in the thirties, its members have developed contacts with America’s wealthiest and most influential people.  The Effort’s scheme is effective, garnering members in key positions at every level of industry, the media, entertainment, and the super government agency of Homeland Security.  Now they have hatched a plot to take over the American presidency.

The insidious plot that Banyon uncovers involves illegal immigrants, politicians, Homeland Security, drug dealers, and even the mayor of Las Vegas.  Banyon and company must stop the plot before it’s too late.

A Dubious Terrain is more than just your average mystery adventure. There is the timely treatment of current important topics through fiction, continuing in Kubicki’s tradition of spearheading our nation’s social issues, intermixed with humor and heart-racing adventure.  Kubicki considers himself “an average guy who can write,” starting his career as an author after a long career as an executive, which took him around the world, with experiences that lend themselves well to his settings, themes, and way of looking at the world.

Readers will undoubtedly be left anxious for the next installment in the series, A Dubious Plan, which is slated for release in July, 2012.

For more information on Gerald J. Kubicki, please visit www.geraldjkubickibooks.com