Other Books and products from Findley Family Video Publications
Antidisestablishmentarianism by Michael and Mary Findley
(Also available in an illustrated version, with over 200 full-page illustrations throughout the book, and in four separate sections, both illustrated and unillustrated versions.)
The Bible is a Book of Science
Secular Humanism is a Religion of Mythology
Secularism in America has occurred in defiance of the founding writings, which spelled out the dangers of Government-Church union. But Christianity wasn't a contradiction of the so-called "separation principle".
All the history of the world echoes the message that man cloaks secularism, the worship of himself, in religion. He demands unlimited power for his religion, Secular Humanism.
Secularists have hijacked words like belief, faith, and trust,. Secularists demand that Science depend on presupposition, assumptions, and "deep time. " The Scriptures themselves prove their scientific nature and worth.
from Chapter 14 What Does the Scientific Evidence Prove?
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Samuel Johnson
Christians, unfortunately, believe that science is an enemy. There is good reason, since most who use the word "science" have completely abandoned Johnson's demand that integrity go hand in hand with knowledge, replacing truth with selective evidence which supports preconceived conclusions. Christians should not develop either an antagonism toward true science or ignore the very real contributions of true science. Neither should true scientists ignore the very real foundation of science in Christianity. Dennis Prager, anthropologist and historian, laments the unthinking reliance on pseudo-science in today's society.
"In much of the West, the well-educated have been taught to believe they can know nothing and they can draw no independent conclusions about truth, unless they cite a study and 'experts' have affirmed it. 'Studies show' is to the modern secular college graduate what 'Scripture says' is to the religious fundamentalist."
Empire Saga by Michael J. Findley (Also available as five separates short stories and novellas, including the Space Empire Trilogy)
Persecution of believers in Christ like that in “City On a Hill” is already happening. One day soon the only refuge for the faithful may be space. Follow the once-godly Space Empire through its degeneration in "Sojourner," where a desperate couple fight loneliness and equipment malfunction to pioneer piloting a gas-collecting balloon ship to the outer planets. In "Humiliation," the king of the Space Empire takes his son’s toy away.
Forbidden romance leads to tragedy, political turmoil, and a meeting with representatives of Earth's mysterious Fourth Empire. Michael reconciles with his father but must find a way to save the Palace, Randolph, and the earth woman Aidan from the attacks of the Church and Earth's hopelessly corrupt system. Michael’s shattering decisions may save or destroy the Space Empire's last hope for the future.
from "City on A Hill"
More than a dozen men worked on the 50,000-kilo shuttle in the lower shuttle bay. The main bay was almost undamaged, but the batteries had been stripped or jumped, causing extensive electrical damage. All of the smaller shuttles were operational, but the largest shuttle, since it had the most powerful electrical system, had been cannibalized the most.
"If we can get this shuttle up and running," said Jon Newton, "we'll be ready to start shipping when the last of the products are packaged. You sure your ladies' aid society can get those vegetables packaged in time?"
"I have complete faith in them," said John Winthrop. "They'll be ready when we are. Just one more -- "
Winthrop collapsed, scattering tools. Several men ran over to him.
"Get the doctor!" shouted Mike, the first man to reach him.
Nehemiah, LLC (This book takes place between Sojourner and Empire One: Humiliation in the Space Empire Universe.)
Why doesn't Tony know what a paper cup is? What is it about a "Glop Drop" that kids can't resist? How can Joan keep the goats where they belong? And, most important of all, can Tony and Joan make the launch window to see the Sojourner on its way to the outer planets?
No light sabres. No warp drive. It's more like the real thing -- an Apollo mission plus floating farms plus Martian underground parks. "It won't fail because of me" takes on a whole new meaning.
from Chapter Nine: The Task
"So we can move people in three or four days?" asked Anthony.
"Well, after we finish sandblasting..." said Joan.
"So this is sandblasting?" asked Anthony.
"Well, he can say something besides 'How long will this take?'" said Joan. "After the sandblasting is finished, however long that takes, then the room is sprayed with foam insulation. The foam stabilizes the temperature and seals the room from air leaks. It also protects the room from minor vibration. At that point the people who build the room come in with plumbing, electrical, temperature control, walls, air quality and pressure. The next day after they are finished the furniture moves in, and then the people. So, it's a minimum of a week. It's more if you leave because there is no one else to operate your sandblaster. Then we train them how to build more rooms and we go on to something else."
"Like what?" asked Anthony.
"You spend your entire life dreaming up ways to give other people work," said Joan. "Stick around and do some of the work yourself. Let me give you a list. We could do more sandblasting. There are at least a hundred projects that need enlargement. If that's not to your taste, we could fill with foam insulation, finish rooms, weld, install furniture, work on making the roof of the production area open to the surface, enlarge the life support systems to cover the new area, synthesize more air and water, transport materials ... "
"I really like one thing you said," interrupted Anthony. "That's the 'we could' part."
The Baron's Ring by Mary C. Findley
Prince Tristan tumbles a hundred miles downriver and a world away from his kingdom. How does cloak bartering get him a place in impoverished Larcondale? Why does his best student suddenly disappear from the tiny school?
Disaster might blot out his last hope for love and a future. Will he survive his confrontation with a Witch Queen in the King’s Hole?
Psalm 33:16
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
"Do not continue to oppose me, prince," Shneea warned. "This man you have loved since childhood will die here, and he will only be the first."
"I have no choice but to oppose you," Tristan said. "You feed off innocent men's flesh."
"You will submit," Shneea said. "You and I shall wed, or I will destroy you without touching your body. Prince Tristan will cease to exist."
"How can you do such a thing?" Tristan was baffled.
"Do not tempt me to show you," Shneea said. "Marry me, handsome prince."
"It's impossible," Tristan gritted. "You have a husband, and I have a wife."
"My husband will be dead almost any moment," Shneea laughed. "But you have got yourself a wife, have you? The marriage will be annulled."
"I have no desire to be rid of my wife, nor to wed you."
Benny and the Bank Robber by Mary C. Findley
Benny Richardson and his widowed mother have to move to his uncle’s Missouri farm. John Clancy saves them from a sinking barge and when his mother is injured agrees to get Benny to Missouri. But a bag of disguises, a long, sharp knife, and too many secrets to make him anything but a safe traveling companion.
A fleeing bank robber, a savage black stallion, and a "cougar evangelist" all play a part in Benny's journey to accept of God's will when it isn't at all humanly sensible or safe. Benny faces an implacable bully and finds a long-lost treasure from his dead father.
from Chapter Three – "He'll Go Far!"
"How come you stopped the barge if you already had a good horse? And why were you hid
ing that black bag under your saddle?" Benny kept talking, so fast that Mr. Clancy couldn't have answered his questions if he had wanted to. And he certainly didn't seem to want to.
"It looked just like the bag Mr. Carlisle put on the train -- and the one that man in the black suit was carrying. What was in all those bags? Or -- was that you pretending to be somebody else again? Were you the one that killed that man at the bank and stole the money?"
Mr. Clancy had been staring at him all this time without moving. Suddenly he jumped forward and grabbed Benny. He covered Benny's mouth with one hand and with the other pulled out a big, long knife. Holding Benny so tight it hurt, he laid the knife up against his throat and whispered in his ear.
"I guess you do get to go along with me, after all, Benny my boy," he hissed. "But somehow I don't think we'll make it to Uncle Tom's. The chickens'll be so disappointed."
Benny and the Bank Robber 2: Doctor Dad
A new marriage for Benny’s mother should be a time of rejoicing. But why is Uncle Tom so angry? While substitute teaching for his mother Benny meets twin girls who turn his world upside down. A terrifying mystery at a private boys' school in Detroit includes gambling, extortion and attempted murder. Benny makes the mistake of trying to impress members of a secret society, discovers he may have a double, and hopes to survive a meeting with someone who may already have murdered to enforce his will.
from Chapter Fifteen -- "An Ultimatum"
That night Benny took one more look through his footlocker. Suddenly he noticed a slip of paper tucked into his winter boots. He pulled it out and opened it.
"The box is the key. Use it to unlock the door to the cat." At the end was a symbol Benny recognized as the Greek letter Omega. Jason and Joseph were both in the room when Benny found the note. Joseph watched every move Benny made when he found the note, though he tried clumsily not to show it. Jason read the note over Benny's shoulder. Like lightning, Jason leaped across the room and slammed Joseph down on the floor. He grabbed his throat and Joseph squawked. He was a much bigger boy than Jason, but he was not at all strong and could not get the furious boy off of him.
"You're the one who stole it!" Jason snarled. "I knew it all the time. We want it back right now!"
"Make him get off of me, or you'll be sorry!" Joseph squealed to Benny.
"Let him up, Jason," Benny ordered. "Joseph, I guess you don't want to be expelled, do you? I just want my cougar skin back. I don't want any trouble."
"You can't prove I had anything to do with that note or your -- cougar skin," Joseph said with an oath. "You can tell me now what's in the box. Then they'll let you know what they want next."
Hope and the Knight of the Black Lion by Mary C. Findley
(Also available in the "Illuminated Version," echoing the style of a medieval manuscript. "Home to My Father: A Knight's Tale," is a stand-alone excerpt from this novel.)
Seventeen-year-old-Hope rebels against arranged marriage in medieval England. The earl’s handsome son Robert tempts her to defiance. A mysterious knight appears to help Hope find her missing family. Does Hugo Brun de March truly travel on a Holy Quest?
What is the a strange diary the Arab Sadaquah gives Hope? When her protector is captured she discovers a plot to subvert English law and justice.
from Chapter Eleven
"Sir Knight. I hear that thou wilt not say thy name nor thy true business to anyone. "
"It is a vow I have made, that Baron Cloyes must be the first in England to know of these things. "
"Man, thy story might turn my heart completely to thy cause," Lord Godwin said.
"It matters little now, my lord. " Sir Chris coughed several times. "The earl has said I am to be made to confess to the burning of the manor house. To that I cannot confess, and so ... Lady Hope?"
"Yes, Sir Chris?"
"I am sorry I could not help you," he said in a voice I could scarcely hear. "I am sorry, too, that you were not persuaded to know Christ."
Chasing the Texas Wind by Mary C. Findley
Hamilton Jessup agrees a sham marriage with socialite singer Maeve Collinswood. This beautiful spinster needs a handsome wounded war hero husband to show off at Texas fundraisers. Ham has no choice, but they both have secrets to keep from each other.
Ham was supposed to ignore her frequent disappearances. Falling in love with her changed all that. His discovery that their secrets are connected plunges both of them into a race to outwit whoever is supplying arms to Mexico as the countdown ticks away toward the Battle of Monterrey.
from Part One, between June, 1844 and March, 1845
"I wanted to lay your concerns to rest, Ma'am," Ham drawled. "It was kind of you to call Doctor Evans, and I apologize for being generally impossible to live with. "
Maeve looked at him in astonishment. "Doctor Evans said you were feverish, and you seemed to be in pain. Hamilton, what happened last night?"
"Last night, Ma'am?" Ham seemed to be thinking hard. "Would you believe me if I told you Nat Grover drugged our punch and hired someone to try to kill us?"
"What?" Maeve stood up. "How can you stand there and speak such a lot of nonsense? Why do you hate Mr. Grover so much? What has he done to you?"
Ham took a deep breath. "Well then," he said in a low voice, "Since that's how you respond, you got a bit faint and I got a bit thirsty and I sent you home and went out and wet my whistle. "
Maeve appeared to be studying him. "You were drunk, and suffered from a hangover," Maeve summarized finally.
"In essence, that is what must have occurred," Ham replied. "Since Mr. Grover is sacrosanct from my unprovable accusations."
"Hamilton?" Maeve said suddenly.
"Yes, Ma'am?" Ham asked.
"The story you told about Goliad," Maeve said, looking pained, "Was it some sort of alcoholic raving or did you tell a true tale?"
Ham looked away. "A true tale, Ma'am," he said. "I could never be intoxicated enough to show so much disrespect to the memory of that event as to fabricate a tale about it."
"Thank you," Maeve said.
Send a White Rose by Mary C. Findley
Leah Masters came to the New Mexico Territory hoping to make a “mail order match” with handsome Judge Bartholomew Durant. She fainted at his feet and when she woke up discovered she had stepped into an assassination plot with her hot-tempered brother as the prime suspect.
Who does Bart Durant trust when facing revolution theology and a still-unknown assassin? How can he ignore the sudden realization that his heart might already belong to someone else besides the woman he still thinks is a stuck-up weakling?
from Chapter Two
Bartholomew struggled to move, but his limbs did not seem to belong to him. The sun climbed higher. His injuries throbbed with dull insistence.
"Help!" he groaned. It was faint, barely recognizable as a word.
"What? Another dead man?" The words were Spanish; the voice that of a small child, curious and unafraid.
"Por favor, niño, ayúdame," he said thickly. "Go to the city and bring help. "
"Oh, no, I cannot bring anybody here. They will find the things I took and papa will beat me again. "
"I promise no one will harm you if you bring help. Please, I may die if you don't. "
"You talk an awful lot for a gringo muerto. I have things to do. "
Bartholomew caught sight of a half-wild rose climber in the chapel garden. White roses.
"You -- you know la Señorita Alethia at the Orphanage? I am sure ... she would give you a sweet … if you ... pick the prettiest white rose on that bush over there and take it to her."
"It is a good thing I have my burro, or I would not go. It is a long way. I will be back later, but I will not have any more time to waste on you, dead man. I hope you will be quiet, like the other one is. "
Bartholomew did not answer, and the footsteps shuffled away.
Carrie's Hired Hand by Mary C. Findley (Novella)
Carrie Wilkes is the Northern widow of a S
outhern soldier in the middle of the Civil War. Robert Salinger may be handsome but his promise to take care of Ben's family rings hollow as she struggles alone with the farm work. She is grateful to give a deaf and dumb stranger work for food and a place to stay. Southern soldiers come with accusations of spying. Robbie's "secret code" might spell terror for Carrie and her children.
"God bless you … for all you've done, Rob," Ben whispered, half-opening his eyes and gripping Robert's shoulder. The handsome young man continued his work, but he stared at Ben with the same look of intensity he had given Carrie. "You're …that friend that … sticketh closer than a brother … the Scriptures …talk about."
"Not now, Ben," murmured Robert, turning his eyes away. "Talk to your wife. She's very frightened."
"Carrie Sue, I love you," Ben said, reaching out a hand and stroking Carrie's hair.
"I love you too, Ben." Carrie said. "We'll get you home and everything will be fine."
"Carrie, Rob got you here … because I ain't comin' home," Ben gasped. He patted Robert weakly on the arm, and the young man looked up at his face again. "Rob, I gotta wet my whistle."
Robert produced a canteen and Carrie gave Ben a drink. He choked and groaned. "Carrie, I don't … want to leave you … alone like this," Ben said when he could speak again. "All alone."
"I'll look after them, Ben," Robert said suddenly, gripping the dying man's shoulder. "As God is my witness. This was my doing, and I will take care of your family."
"The work's got to get done … " Ben said faintly.
"It will," Robert promised. Carrie couldn't help wondering how this slight young man, dapper in spite of the filth around them, was going to help get the farm work done.
"You give me the Lord, Rob," Ben said. "Try to give Him to my Carrie, an' my babies too."
Carrie strained to hear. What Ben had just said didn't make any sense. Robert nodded.
"I will try," he said softly.
Biblical Studies Curriculum by Michael J. and Mary C. Findley
(Student and Teacher Editions) Bible Study aids for children, homeschoolers, and adults. Commentary, Review Questions, Free Videos on YouTube. Bible Doctrines, children's whole book studies of Jonah and Ruth with 3D puppet commentary, Proverbs, Adult studies in the New Testament and Major Prophets background, featuring more than 30 videos in the Revelation study alone, Old Testament and New Testament Manuscript History
The Conflict of the Ages Part One: The Scientific History of Origins by Michael J. and Mary C. Findley (Student and Teacher Editions)
Based on biblical, scientific, and ancient manuscript evidence, this book begins a series studying history, science and literature to correct misconceptions and outright lies about creation, chronology, and geological and cosmological truth.
The Conflict of the Ages Part Two: The origin of Evil in the World that Was by Michael J. and Mary C. Findley (Student and Teacher Editions)
Based on biblical, scientific, and ancient manuscript evidence, this book covers the period from the Fall of Man to the Worldwide Flood.
A Dodge, a Twist, and a Tobacconist, The Alexander Legacy Book One: by Sophronia Belle Lyon
The Alexander Legacy Company is on the track of a ruthless enslaver of souls. Prowl the foggy London streets. Encounter a nightmare from the Indian jungles.
Travel the Thames in Sluefoot Sue's Giant Catfish. Soar on a stealth glider with a Bohemian prince. When Oliver Twist unwraps the Algerian mummy at Charley Bates' funeral, will he discover his real enemy? Or is it all just another "dodge"?
"He's going to ram Twist's ship," Kera breathed. "They'll both crash into the house and Mrs. Rose just might have her bomb going off."
I ran along the edge of the roof as if I were looking for a shot. But I already knew my pistol was empty, useless, and the guard was trying to get around another gable to get a clear shot while staying behind cover. I had come to a conclusion a moment earlier that I dared not say out loud lest I be grabbed and thrown down on the roof by both women, but I knew what I had to do.
Just as the spy craft hove around the corner of the house, only a few feet away from the airship, I launched myself off the roof. The smaller ship disappeared and my heart leaped in panic at the thought of being sliced into quarters by the tail rotor. But my fingertips caught hold of a solid object. I found the fuselage of the spy ship and wrapped my legs around it. The thing slewed and spun and began to fall tail-first toward the green lawn.
The Alexander Legacy Book Two: The 'Pprentices, the Puppets, and the Pirates, by Sophronia Belle Lyon
Can Oliver Twist trust Spring-heeled Jack when he offers to “bodyguard the little’un”? Do costume balls conceal more than the faces of the wealthy and powerful? Trevor Newsome disappears just days before the election but the Legacy Company can't search for him from the London Lockup. When the trip to Switzerland finally becomes a reality, it's for a funeral, not for a wedding.
Quests for immortality meld with the worship of powerful men, with terrifying and tragic consequences. When Long John Silver arrives, Oliver has to think fast to protect more than just his own life from the pirate who says he only cares about rescuing his daughter.
"Twist! Look out!" I spun and swung wildly as the crack of a Colt revolver split the air. Sluefoot Sue had both her firearms out and was shooting at something below me. To my astonishment tentacles rose out of the Thames and wrapped themselves around the Catfish. Each time one of Sue's bullets struck them they disappeared under the water again, but when she paused to reload they re-emerged and began to reach for me, climbing the Catfish sub. I hastily winched myself over toward the dock but a tentacle grabbed hold of my leg just as I started to set myself down. It flung me down on the dock and started dragging me to the edge.
"Hey, boss lady!" Dobbs, Sue's assistant, hollered out from inside the workshop. I was just able to see a pump-action shotgun cartwheel through the air and land in Sue's gloved hands. Just before it began to blast me deaf, I realized that it was in fact no ordinary shotgun, rather had some sort of gattling action, and a bit more. I hoped I would get a better look at it rather than end up 20,000 leagues under in some sea monster's maw.
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