NEW eBook: Jesus Calls Us To A Life Of Good Works [Stephen Abbott's blog]

Here's the release for a new book I authored. Check it out!!

Abbott ePublishing is proud to announce the first-time publication of Jesus Calls Us To A Life Of Good Works, by Stephen Abbott, written for The Jesus Followers.

Joining our growing line-up of original religion-related eBook publications, this sure-to-be influential eBook goes back to the source of the Christian Faith, Jesus, and seeks to explore what he actually said about Good Works - as opposed to what men since then have preached and taught about it.

"Jesus Calls Us To A Life Of Good Works" dares to focus on Jesus' own revolutionary and challenging words, which actually call us to a rich, joyful life of Good Works, which serve others, show God's love to the world, and are the basis for God's judgment of us in relation to our eternal lives.

This eBook will challenge the traditional understanding of how "Good Works" is taught from the world's Christian pulpits, urging us to take Jesus' words as seriously as he calls us to take them: as words that will not pass away.

Excerpts from the book:

"These teachings of his must never be diminished, belittled, or explained away, because they hold the power of our salvation from sin within them. But Jesus didn't just teach, or give commands, but he gave us an example that he said we could follow. Jesus lived, taught and died as a pure moral example, that we should follow him."

"Jesus challenges us to be better than we are, not remain exactly as we were before we met him. The act of following Jesus is meant to transform us into human beings who more closely resemble this God-chosen pattern for our lives. We are to be BORN AGAIN in service and obedience to God, with the example of God's chosen exemplar always before our eyes. (John 3:3)"

Offered exclusively and for the first time from Abbott ePublishing, you can explore this deep, spiritually satisfying eBook (.PDF format, immediate download upon payment) for the introductory price of just US$1.99.

For more information, and to purchase, visit Abbott ePublishing online!

Since 2009, Abbott ePublishing has been offering the world a growing stable of affordable, original electronic books, most under $2! Visit today!

The Jesus Followers plan to launch a revolutionary Church dedicated to the revolutionary, relevant, timeless teachings of Jesus. Learn more at thejesusfollowers.org.

Picture this: 1984

Picture this: It was #1984, and #Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” was blaring from the speakers at the local record store. (A record store is a place that sold records, which contained music and were like large vinyl CDs.

CDs, or "compact discs" were smaller plastic discs that played music on a special "CD player" at home, in your car or they could be carried, like a Sony Walkman.

A Sony #Walkman was a small device you could carry around and wear around your neck with a strap and headphones, like an #iPod.

An iPod was a device that played MP3s, like you’d find on the Apple iTunes and download to your #iPhone or other smartphone.

"Downloading" is the thing people used to do to capture music and play it later, before streaming services like Pandora, iHeartRadio​ and Spotify​.)

Anyway….  I lost my train of thought so just enjoy the music.

The remarkable story of Dr. Alexis Carrel

Dr. Alexis Carrel had everything going for him. He had a great job in Chicago in which his scientific genius was put to work with the likes of Charles Lindbergh, with whom he created the first heart profusion pump (artificial heart) in the early days of the 20th Century. He worked on amazing projects, like keeping a chicken alive for decades by replacing and rejuvenating its cellular structure, thus showing that cells, in a sense, need never die.

Using a small needle and very fine silk thread, he had developed the first successful technique for suturing blood vessels together, for which (along with his groundbreaking work on organ and blood transplantation) he won the 1912 Nobel prize in medicine.

But when World War II broke out, he, being a patriotic Frenchman, returned to France, where he had grown up and where, during World War I, had gone straight to the front lines, where he put his genius to work with Henry Dakin to create the Carrel-Dakin Method, an antiseptic treatment of wounds consisting of regular intermittent irrigation through surgically placed rubber tubes to avoid infection in contaminated wounds and to hasten healing.

He returned again to France just before the German invasion and occupation of his homeland, and remained in the unoccupied southern part of France, where the government there was allowed to continue under the watchful eyes of the Germans, who occupied the north and west of the country.

Carrel created a foundation there that would study human problems and seek solutions to them so society could advance and individuals could lead healthier, more productive (and happy) lives. After the war, he was, briefly, accused of collaborating with the Nazis (as was half of France) but was acquitted of all charges just before his death, brought on by stress, in 1944.

He was a man of great contradictions - a man of science who believed in the miracle cures of Lourdes, and a deeply devoted Catholic with morally conservative views who was devoted equally, perhaps, to science and dramatic change, if necessary, to advance society and preserve the human race. He had just finished a work encompassing all of these contradictions when he died.

In the early 1950s, his wife Anne had his unedited and unfinished work published as "Reflections on Life." The 2011 Abbott ePublishing edition, titled "A Scientist Reflects on Life and Society," is that work, and it is perhaps one of the most beautifully written testimonies to the determination of the human race to survive and thrive ever written.

Out of print for decades, this newly-edited work will surely have an impact in today's conflicted and troubled world.

You can read more and buy this wonderful book for only $2.99 at http://www.abbottepub.com/carrel.html

40 ways to make it big with a MicroBusiness

This remarkably timely eBook, "Forty Ways to Make a FORTUNE with MicroBusinesses" outlines 40 of the easiest businesses you can start for just a little cash.

In this tough economy, these are the businesses that stand the test of time and may very well get you through some tough economic patches. Start them as part-time business and develop an empire!

YOU CAN START YOUR OWN SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS FOR UNDER $500! THIS BOOK SHOWS YOU HOW.

This STRAIGHTFORWARD, ALL ORIGINAL, easy-to-read eBook evaluates 40 carefully selected MicroBusinesses that are in demand RIGHT NOW and are easy to start - on a shoestring budget, too.

Far more than just a "list of job ideas," this eBook offers amazingly useful details for each business concept, and estimates how much each will likely cost to start up (which isn't much - most are far lower than $500 to get off the ground!)

Many business-related eBooks are being HYPED online to be sold for between $50 and $200. That's really
OUTRAGEOUS!

This Abbott ePublishing eBook is on sale for just$1.99!!! 

(Click HERE to purchase NOW!)

ACT NOW - and start making money!

Abbott ePublishing Announces Publication of "A Flash of Worlds - Sci-Fi Flash Fiction by Stephen Abbott"

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Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013

CONTACT: Stephen Abbott, publisher(@)abbottepublishing.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“A Flash of Worlds - Sci-Fi Flash Fiction” by Stephen Abbott

NEW ENGLAND – Abbott ePublishing has published, “A Flash of Worlds - Sci-Fi Flash Fiction,” a new collection of Science Fiction writing by author Stephen Abbott.

The fifteen short-short “Flash Fiction” stories vary in length from 500 to 1,400 words, and feature time travel, alternate history, the paranormal, and the scientifically unexplained.

Abbott says his fiction writing is inspired by new scientific research into alternate realities and multiple universe theory, as well as his love of classic science fiction.

“There are places here you won't recognize, and mind-bending twists in SpaceTime that will make you wonder what's happening,” says Abbott. “The entire field of astrophysics and new theories of time and space have opened the fiction genre to new possibilities. The fact that many of these stories may actually have a basis in science FACT make the fiction even more incredible.”

This unique collection of Flash Fiction is offered at the low, introductory price of $1.99 at the Abbott ePublishing  website, abbottepub.com/flashofworlds.html. Payment is via PayPal.

Abbott ePublishing was launched in 2009 as a New England-based publisher of original, affordable electronic books. They can be found online at www.abbottepub.com.

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Caseworker Exposes Flaws in Welfare System

NEW HAMPSHIRE - Author Deb Shorter of New Hampshire worked in Human Services for a decade. This experience as a case worker provided her with valuable, first-hand insights into how the American Welfare System works - and how it doesn't.

Her first book, "Giving Away Your Tax Dollars - An Eye Into Welfare," delves into the twisted, turbulent and troubled world of the Welfare System, exposing who gets help, and who doesn't, and the reasons why. In the interview room of a caseworker, she hears client’s troubles and works her way through the government policies that determine if aid will be distributed.

"Readers will run the gamut of emotions as they read this book," she says. "They'll laugh, they'll cry, and they'll get angry. Then, they'll want to fix the system."

This entertaining and informative book offers ways to do just that, spelling out Ten Easy Solutions to America's budget problems within Human Services, especially Social Security.

Born in Amesbury, Massachusetts in 1961, Deb moved frequently as a young girl, first to Newton New Hampshire, and when her parents separated, to Haverhill, MA. She likes to say, "I worked my way up the state and back into New Hampshire, and kept heading further north!" She now lives in New Hampshire's beautiful North Country with her husband Ron. She writes in lovely a cabin in the woods called "The Pen Den." She is a grandmother of seven children, six boys and one girl.

She loves to hear from her readers, and enjoys their reactions to her work.

"They are my enthusiasm," she says. "It's weird how so many people love the emotional roller coaster I send them on - and that is EXACTLY what I wanted!"

An Eye Into Welfare: Giving Away Your Tax Dollars is available in an affordable print edition from Amazon Createspace for $12.99 at https://www.createspace.com/4067938 and as a Kindle eBook for $2.99 at http://amzn.com/B00AQ3KRRM. For more information, visit www.debshorter.com.

Former Caseworker Rips the Mask Off Welfare Fraud in “An Eye into Welfare: Giving Away Your Tax Dollars”

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Deb Shorter, deb@debshorter.com; 603-523-9549; www.debshorter.com

Former Caseworker Rips the Mask Off Welfare Fraud, Calls for Reforms in “An Eye into Welfare: Giving Away Your Tax Dollars”

Author Deb Shorter is proud to announce the publication of her first book, "An Eye Into Welfare - Giving Away Your Tax Dollars,” exposing the games, tricks and fraud used by many seeking welfare, and answers why some who truly deserve it are denied.

Shorter, who worked as a case worker for ten years, brings her many valuable, first-hand insights to the topic of welfare, which she considers in urgent need of reform.

In “An Eye Into Welfare,” Shorter delves into the twisted, turbulent and troubled world of the Welfare System, exposing who gets help, and who doesn't, and the reasons why.

In the interview room of a caseworker, she hears client’s troubles and works her way through the government policies that determine if aid will be distributed.

“Readers will run the gamut of emotions as they read this book,” she says. “They’ll laugh, they’ll cry, and they'll get angry. Then, they’ll want to fix the system.”

This entertaining and informative book offers ways to do just that, and spells out Ten Easy Solutions to America's budget problems within Human Services, especially Social Security.

Born in Amesbury, Massachusetts in 1961, Shorter now lives in New Hampshire's beautiful North Country with her husband, Ron and two Red Bone Coonhounds. She writes in lovely a cabin in the woods called "The Pen Den." She is a grandmother of seven.

Shorter loves to hear from her readers, and enjoys their reactions to her work.

“They are my enthusiasm,” she says. “It’s weird how so many people love the emotional roller coaster I send them on - and that is EXACTLY what I wanted!”

An Eye Into Welfare: Giving Away Your Tax Dollars is available in an affordable print edition from Amazon Createspace for $12.99 at https://www.createspace.com/4067938

and as a Kindle eBook for $2.99 at http://amzn.com/B00AQ3KRRM. For more information, visit www.debshorter.com.

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We all need a kick in the BUTT occasionally. This is one way...

New eBook: 
"The Buck-Fifty Kick in the BUTT, 
50 Life Lessons We Forgot Along the Way" 

Often, life can seem like it’s kicking you in the butt all the time. Whether it’s financial trouble, dissatisfaction at work, or a struggle with personal demons, it’s easy to throw up our hands and say “Why Me?”

It’s easy, but it’s wrong.

This eBook contains simple life lessons that, when applied to our lives, make things run smoother, and enable us to withstand life’s “kicks.”

And ironically, kicking OURSELVES in the butt can often be the first step towards getting the world’s problems off our backs.

This eBook is for those who are in search of “common” knowledge that can often bring uncommon success. This book has  knowledge that has been learned through many centuries, and is often forgotten. It applies this knowledge to today’s modern life.

Once you possess it, you will have a set of principles and guideposts that few other people have ever learned.

Get this eBook for yourself.

Get this eBook for your kids.

Get it NOW - and start getting things RIGHT again!  

READ WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: 

"This little eBook will give you an edge and allow you to survive and thrive in this insane world. Highly recommended." - Mark P.

"Wow, what a kick in the **s! I needed to hear this!" - Tim G.

"This eBook packs a whallop! Life lessons in a bite-sized package!" - Billy M.

"This is common sense for an uncommon, crazy age." - John F.

This AMAZING eBook is offered EXCLUSIVELY by Abbott ePublishing for just $1.50!

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Abbott ePublishing Bestsellers (1st & 2nd Quarters, 2012)

Abbott ePublishing Bestsellers For the First Half of 2012:
1. Forty Ways to Make a Fortune with MicroBusinesses - Retaining it's position on the top of the Abbott ePub Top Ten List is this amazing eBook detailing 40 of the HOTTEST small businesses one can start on your kitchen table and make a fortune doing it! 

2. Unsent Memos: Short Letters to Myself - The word is really getting out about this awesomely beautiful collection of 50 thought-provoking, life-changing "memos" that will have you reassessing your life and thinking about your next chapter.

3. The AeP Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels - The Gospels never sounded so good! This tribute to a pioneer of Bible translation, William Tyndale, is a fresh take on Tyndale's 1526 translation of the four Gospels breathes new life into the Word of God. 

4. Secret Religions & Obscure Faiths - Remaining high on the list again this quarter was this incredible look behind the scenes of religions that most people have no idea exist - and most of them want it to stay that way! But this eBook blows their cover, and you'll learn about these secretive groups and how they worship the divine.

5. 2012: A New Calendar for a New Age - The world may not end in December, 2012, but even if it doesn't, the attention being paid to the calendar we use (and the one the Mayans allegedly used) makes us wonder why we still use an antiquated, poorly designed timekeeping mechanism like the Gregorian Calendar. This eBook starts a conversation about "what's next" when it comes to calendars.

6. Prophesies of Madame Mary Ordana for the 2010s  - Is this woman predicting the future, as it happens? Prophesies published by Abbott ePublishing in January, 2010 are seemingly coming true, right before our eyes! Wars, revolutions and insane weather patterns - all predicted in beautifully rendered


7. A Scientist Reflects on Life and Society by Dr. Alexis Carrel - Dr. Carrel's "A Scientist Reflects on Life and Society" is a stern wake-up call for civilization to embrace "Rules of Life" that will help humanity continue on as a civilization into the future. This eBook is a fresh splash of cold water to the face of society. It needs it!

8. Sherlock Holmes in a Flash - These 13 clever, insightful and at times mind-blowing stories and ruminations were written in the style of the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by a team of international authors. It remains an Abbott ePublishing favorite.


9. The Book of Jeraneck - A book of scripture, a revolutionary history of early, Ancient Britain and an eBook that tells an amazing adventure story. However you slice it, the Book of Jeraneck demands attention and is getting it!


10. The Buck-Fifty KICK IN THE BUTT! - Do you need a wake-up call? This eBook is for you! If offers fifty sobering life-lessons that maybe need a bit of a resurgence in today's materialistic, self-centered and often unfriendly society. This book will help you re-center your life onto what's important and re-direct it towards something positive.

Review: 40 Ways to Make a FORTUNE with MicroBusinesses

A remarkably timely book, "Forty Ways to Make a FORTUNE with MicroBusinesses" outlines 40 of the easiest businesses you can start for just a little cash.

In this tough economy, these are the businesses that stand the test of time and may very well get you through some tough economic patches. Start them as part-time busineses and develop an empire!

YOU CAN START YOUR OWN SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS FOR UNDER $500! THIS BOOK SHOWS YOU HOW.

This STRAIGHTFORWARD, ALL ORIGINAL, easy-to-read eBook evaluates 40 MicroBusinesses that are in demand and are easy to start - on a shoestring budget, too.

Many business-related eBooks are being HYPED online to be sold for between $50 and $200. I think that's 
OUTRAGEOUS!

This Abbott ePublishing eBook is on sale for just$1.99!!! 

(Click HERE to purchase NOW!)

ACT NOW - and start making money!

EXCITING eBook: A New Calendar for The World

A New Calendar for The World
NEW from Abbott ePublishing 

Now, exclusively from Abbott ePublishing, comes a book offering creative new changes that would revolutionize the calendar.

You'll read about the hysteria in 2012 about the "end" of the Maya Long Count Calendar inspired a new look at our Western calendar, which, after nearly 500 years, is outdated, confusing and seemingly out-of-sync with how we live today.


This eBook will inspire you with the tenacity and genius of would-be calendar reformers and their often brilliant ideas.

You'll read why past calendar reforms have failed, including those of the French and Soviets, and will learn how the history of calendar reform has been fraught with frustration as well as inspiration.

You'll read about new calendar concepts, including:

• The 13-Moon Calendar: Inspired by the Maya
• The Symmetry454 Calendar: Beautiful Symmetry
• The 13-month "Sol" Calendar: Updating an Old Idea
• The New Earth Calendar: A Worthy Hybrid
• The 30x11 Calendar: A Gentle Update of our Calendar

PLUS, you'll explore MANY incredibly creative, experimental "out-of-the-box"calendar reform proposals like the Metric Calendar, the Pentacontad Calendar practiced by the ancient Mesopotamians in the 3rd Millennium BCE, the 17-Month "Tree" Calendar, and the Fortnight Calendar.

These ALONE will inspire hours of creative discussion!

This EXTRAORDINARY eBook is offered in Adobe PDF and Mobipocket formats (both of which are usable in many, many eReaders and handhelds) for the low price of

$1.99! (For a very limited time - Don't Wait!)

CLICK HERE to buy NOW!