Bøker utgitt av Robert F. Simms

Smith v. Jones is a compilation of two dozen stories of everyday people who go to court over civil disputes. Some of the most interesting drama in any town or county are never in the newspaper and never known to most people except those involved. But they are stories that are often riveting, and either evoking pathos or just entertaining. You can't make this stuff up, but it's going on right under your nose.

A verse-by-verse commentary on the Old Testament prophecy of Hosea, designed with both the minister and non-minister in mind. Discover the startlingly relevant message of this prophet of more than 2,700 years ago, as he preached both a stern word of warning and a strong word of entreaty to the northern kingdom of Israel, about to be overrun by the Assyrian empire.

A comprehensive study of Bible passages relating to judges and the concept of justice, with personal illustrations from the judicial career of the author.

A young professional returns to his college campus and sees an old girlfriend. A businessman meets a stranger who makes him an offer he can't refuse. A couch potato discovers a one-of-a-kind electronic gadget that could change his life. A disillusioned husband searches for a way out of his dead-end life. A lawyer makes an appeal for a second chance at love. These and others share a special connection in this book: they experience an unexpected twist in life events that surprises them -- sometimes dramatically. In Seven Short Twists, Robert Simms tells the tales of seven men caught up in the passions of their lives. For some of them, their pasts catch up with them. For others, their regrets haunt them. For most of them, lost loves linger in their dreams. Unexpected encounters lead to unanticipated endings. Robert Simms draws on his imagination, classic themes, and some of his own haunting memories to tell seven tales that will touch some chord in every reader's heart.

Ponder, Pray, Practice is a book of 366 daily devotional thoughts designed for the Christian who wants something to chew on spiritually each day. Each little spiritual meal focuses on a challenging Bible verse, what it means and how it may be applied in a Christian's life. The short prayer suggestions included with each devotional thought are intended to act as starters for the Christian's daily conversation with God. Designed for the Christian who likes thinking, these devotionals are not theological discussions, but they do grapple with substantive Christian doctrines.

"The Evangelist" is a story of John Mark as it might have happened.What we "know" about John Mark, the author of the Bible's Gospel of Mark, is divided into two sources: canonical (in the Bible) and non-canonical. We can be certain of only the Bible's facts. Some of the other sources for his life are doubtful; some conflict with each other; some are likely true. Author Robert Simms sees in facts, tradition, and conjecture the story of a young man like many others of his time, drawn to the powerful figure of Jesus of Nazareth. Converted at Pentecost, this Mark goes on to be a leader of churches, a missionary, and the author of what was probably the first life story of Jesus: the Gospel According to Mark.Follow this imagining of Mark built around the structure of facts history gives us. Learn how Mark interacted with Paul and Peter and Barnabas. Discover the discipleship of a real, historical person, not a gilded, stylized painting, in this possible story of a boy who grew up in the days of Jesus Christ, became his follower, lived for him faithfully, and died doing his will.

The New Testament says the Apostle Paul wrote a letter to the Church at Laodicea. Apart from some fakes produced later in history, we have no idea what happened to to this letter. What if it simply never got to the church, because somebody didn't want it to be read? From a messenger leaving Rome, to a devious church leader, to musty libraries in cities from Asia to Europe, to the hands of frightened churchmen in England and the States, follow the passage of the letter from obscurity to publication 2,000 years later. Is it the real deal?

Modern English language has been shaped by English Bibles more than most people realize. Many people not reared in a religious setting are not aware of how many of the expressions they probably use regularly came from the first English Bibles, notably the King James Version, which continues to influence the language powerfully, through both the concepts of Judaism and Christianity and the phrases the English translators of the ancient texts used to render the Hebrew and Greek. "It Comes from the Bible" lists many of these expressions and shows how modern English speakers, whether they know it or not, are repeating the words of the inspired authors of the Bible.