Justice Revealed

2016-08-22 Religion

Author : Jim McNeff
Release : 2016-08-22
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 702/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Justice Revealed written by Jim McNeff. This book was released on 2016-08-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever tried to make sense of the world and the things that happen to you? Try being a cop Things they see on a daily basis can be frustrating, discouraging, scary, and sometimes downright horrifying. Yet, in the midst of seeing humanity at its worst, they are privileged to see light and love demonstrated in ways that give them hope. How does a God of ultimate justice put up with so much injustice in the world? How can we as His children find His peace, joy, perspective, truth, and justice amidst a broken humanity? These questions and more are answered. Justice Revealed offers you forty-four short devotional thoughts that uniquely weave insights from the frontlines of police service and the criminal justice system with the Bible and the timeless truths of God's Word. Readers will travel from the squad room to the local church while covering relevant issues like teen pregnancy, cultural snares, and practical elements of faith. Our lives are filled with events that bring a smile and laughter, yet occasionally tears and sorrow as well. The personal studies hit each component with genuine revelations. Through authenticity and a touch of humor, author Jim McNeff shares insights into life, living, and the certainty of God's Word in ways that perhaps you've never considered. Jesus frequently taught in parables to demonstrate truth. McNeff has learned from the Master and uses vignettes, allegories, and a variety of illustrations from his career as a police commander to drive home godly principles. They are powerful, practical, and appeal to people in all walks of life. These insights will inspire you to live higher and with more confidence and conviction that it is God who is at work in you both to will and to do His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13)

My Beloved World

2013-01-15 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Sonia Sotomayor
Release : 2013-01-15
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 164/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book My Beloved World written by Sonia Sotomayor. This book was released on 2013-01-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “searching and emotionally intimate memoir” (The New York Times) told with a candor never before undertaken by a sitting Justice. This “powerful defense of empathy” (The Washington Post) is destined to become a classic of self-invention and self-discovery. The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. In this story of human triumph that “hums with hope and exhilaration” (NPR), she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself. Here is the story of a precarious childhood, with an alcoholic father (who would die when she was nine) and a devoted but overburdened mother, and of the refuge a little girl took from the turmoil at home with her passionately spirited paternal grandmother. But it was when she was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes that the precocious Sonia recognized she must ultimately depend on herself. She would learn to give herself the insulin shots she needed to survive and soon imagined a path to a different life. With only television characters for her professional role models, and little understanding of what was involved, she determined to become a lawyer, a dream that would sustain her on an unlikely course, from valedictorian of her high school class to the highest honors at Princeton, Yale Law School, the New York County District Attorney’s office, private practice, and appointment to the Federal District Court before the age of forty. Along the way we see how she was shaped by her invaluable mentors, a failed marriage, and the modern version of extended family she has created from cherished friends and their children. Through her still-astonished eyes, America’s infinite possibilities are envisioned anew in this warm and honest book.

Justice Rising

2021-06-08 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Patricia Sullivan
Release : 2021-06-08
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book Justice Rising written by Patricia Sullivan. This book was released on 2021-06-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading civil rights historian places Robert Kennedy for the first time at the center of the movement for racial justice of the 1960sÑand shows how many of todayÕs issues can be traced back to that pivotal time. History, race, and politics converged in the 1960s in ways that indelibly changed America. In Justice Rising, a landmark reconsideration of Robert KennedyÕs life and legacy, Patricia Sullivan draws on government files, personal papers, and oral interviews to reveal how he grasped the moment to emerge as a transformational leader. When protests broke out across the South, the young attorney general confronted escalating demands for racial justice. What began as a political problem soon became a moral one. In the face of vehement pushback from Southern Democrats bent on massive resistance, he put the weight of the federal government behind school desegregation and voter registration. Bobby KennedyÕs youthful energy, moral vision, and capacity to lead created a momentum for change. He helped shape the 1964 Civil Rights Act but knew no law would end racism. When the Watts uprising brought calls for more aggressive policing, he pushed back, pointing to the root causes of urban unrest: entrenched poverty, substandard schools, and few job opportunities. RFK strongly opposed the military buildup in Vietnam, but nothing was more important to him than Òthe revolution within our gates, the struggle of the American Negro for full equality and full freedom.Ó On the night of Martin Luther KingÕs assassination, KennedyÕs anguished appeal captured the hopes of a turbulent decade: ÒIn this difficult time for the United States it is perhaps well to ask what kind of nation we are and what direction we want to move in.Ó It is a question that remains urgent and unanswered.

The Great Chief Justice

1996 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Charles F. Hobson
Release : 1996
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book The Great Chief Justice written by Charles F. Hobson. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Marshall remains one of the towering figures in the landscape of American law. From the Revolution to the age of Jackson, he played a critical role in defining the "province of the judiciary" and the constitutional limits of legislative action. In this masterly study, Charles Hobson clarifies the coherence and thrust of Marshall's jurisprudence while keeping in sight the man as well as the jurist." "Hobson argues that contrary to his critics, Marshall was no ideologue intent upon appropriating the lawmaking powers of Congress. Rather, he was deeply committed to a principled jurisprudence that was based on a steadfast devotion to a "science of law" richly steeped in the common law tradition. As Hobson shows, such jurisprudence governed every aspect of Marshall's legal philosophy and court opinions, including his understanding of judicial review." "The chief justice, Hobson contends, did not invent judicial review (as many have claimed) but consolidated its practice by adapting common law methods to the needs of a new nation. In practice, his use of judicial review was restrained, employed almost exclusively against acts of the state legislatures. Ultimately, he wielded judicial review to prevent the states from undermining the power of a national government still struggling to establish sovereignty at home and respect abroad."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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