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Problem Solving with Code: C# Programming through the Eyes of Faith
John D. Delano
Are you ready to take your first steps into the world of programming while learning how to solve problems effectively? Problem Solving with Code provides a clear, structured, and approachable guide to learning the C# programming language—while encouraging you to develop your problem-solving skills through a biblical lens.
In this book, you’ll follow the journey of Alex Garcia, a passionate student who is eager to build his own game world. Through his experiences, you’ll learn the core principles of programming and how to use C# to solve problems in real-world scenarios. With each chapter, you'll explore important concepts like variables, object-orientation, decision structures, and loops, gaining the skills needed to tackle increasingly complex challenges.
What sets Problem Solving with Code apart is its integration of biblical principles. As Christian programmers, we are called to reflect God’s character in everything we do—including problem-solving. This book helps you approach programming through the lens of stewardship, integrity, and purposeful decision-making, while also teaching you technical skills. By the end of this journey, you’ll understand how to write clean, efficient code that solves problems in a way that honors God.
What you’ll learn:- The fundamental steps of problem-solving, applied both to programming and to real-life challenges.
- Key C# concepts, including variables, decision-making, and methods, explained in an easy-to-understand way.
- How to design structured, efficient solutions using pseudo-code before diving into real code.
- How to write simple C# programs to solve problems, and how to test, refine, and optimize your code.
- How biblical principles of stewardship, wisdom, and creativity can shape your approach to programming.
Features:
- Practical exercises and coding challenges at the end of each chapter to help you solidify your understanding.
- Real-world programming scenarios that walk you through the problem-solving process from start to finish.
- A unique, faith-based perspective that ties programming concepts to biblical truths.
Whether you're a beginner learning programming for the first time or someone looking to integrate your faith into your technical skills, Problem Solving with Code will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to succeed. Embark on this journey with Alex, and discover how you can use programming to solve problems, honor God, and reflect His creativity in your work.
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No Free Lunch: Economics for a Fallen World (Third Edition, Revised)
Jeffrey E. Haymond
This open access introductory economics text is available for anyone interested in free market economics from an explicitly Christian worldview. This book is intended to be an engaging read, while not sacrificing technical accuracy or submission to biblical authority. Each chapter contains an introductory scriptural commentary and clearly defined objectives, as well as a “great economist” section at the end and concluding chapter questions. This text supports free market institutions because only free markets provide the outlet for the creativity of man made in God’s image while likewise providing the institutional constraints that minimize the harm that fallen man can do to others. We strongly encourage you to think about this concept as you go through this text.
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Values-Driven People: A Christian Approach to Management
Sharon Johnson
A biblically-based approach to management. Dr. Johnson challenges readers to evaluate their own workplace-related decisions and behavior in light of biblical principles.
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Blockchain Life: Making Sense of the Metaverse, NFTs, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Web3
Kary Oberbrunner
The World Is About to Change.
Will You Be Ready or Get Left Behind?
The biggest revolution in history is unfolding right before our eyes. The new internet is upon us, blending two worlds—digital and physical. Today’s dreams are tomorrow’s reality. Science fiction is now science fact—made possible through blockchain technology.
Welcome to Web3, where everything changes. Global changes like economies, currencies, governments, and education. And personal changes like identity, sex, communication, and health.
This book is a simple map to help you navigate the noise and discern between hype and hope. With unbiased expertise, the authors unpack the pros and cons of the metaverse, NFTs, virtual reality, augmented reality, cryptocurrencies, and much more.
Discover how to:
- Save time by identifying practical use cases for cutting-edge technology.
- Create unending wealth by turning your ideas into protected digital assets.
- Stay relevant by developing a customized metaverse strategy.
- Decide what technology to accept or reject by integrating your values.
Learn the facts. Leverage the knowledge.
Create your bigger and better future, starting today.
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Called: Becoming Who You were Born to Be
Kary Oberbrunner
The Gospel isn’t just accepting Jesus into your heart; it’s also following Him with your life. Sadly, many people have adopted a concept of discipleship that asks little of them. Jesus calls us to live lives larger than ourselves. This revolutionary book reveals the depth of your calling and provides practical steps how to truly become who you were born to be.
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Day Job to Dream Job: The Proven Plan to Break Free, Start Living, and Turn Your Passion into a Full-Time Gig (Igniting Souls Trilogy)
Kary Oberbrunner
Go as you please, earn as you wish, and live as you like. Start doing your dream job today! Are you squandering your talents in a job you don’t love? Do you feel trapped and dissatisfied, afraid to risk your financial security to pursue your dream? If so you’re not alone. Eighty-six percent of people feel unfulfilled in their current place of employment.
The truth is, you don’t need to serve a life sentence in “day job jail. ”You don’t need an MBA, a wealthy investor, or a lucky break to have the job you’ve always wanted. With the right amount of knowledge, encouragement, and guts, anyone can make the leap. In this updated and expanded edition, author Kary Oberbrunner shares a proven plan for going pro. If you’re new to Day Job to Dream Job, get ready to discover how to:
• Overcome self-limiting beliefs that sabotage success.
• Build a dream team of experts committed to your cause.
• Carve out a niche and get noticed in a noisy world.
• Achieve personal clarity, competence, and confidence.
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Show Up Filled Up: How to Get What You Want Out of People and Life
Kary Oberbrunner
“You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.”
Zig Ziglar said it. People love it. But until now, no one knew the eight steps required to actually do it.
What if you knew the hidden reason why people think what they think and do what they do? For those with noble motives, this secret can be leveraged to create wisdom and wealth, benefiting humanity for generations to come.
But, when used by people with selfish motives, this secret can be leveraged to manipulate others with the purpose of securing money, sex, and power. For reasons of potential abuses, some dismiss the secret altogether, claiming it’s simply too dangerous.
Just like the gift of fire, with this secret, we can light the world or burn down a forest. Therefore, it’s in everyone’s best interest to use it intelligently and for creating good. That outcome is completely up to you.
In Show Up Filled Up, Kary Oberbrunner shares his secret to success, a proven process that helped him partner with Hollywood celebrities from Shawshank Redemption, share the stage with Olympic and NCAA champions, turn a young adult novel into a seven-figure empire, collaborate with global leaders in multiple industries, and help solve some of the world’s biggest humanitarian challenges.
Discover how to:
- Generate—what many call—“luck” and “good fortune” on a daily basis.
- Establish instant credibility and influence with anyone, anywhere.
- Get everything you want out of people and life without even asking.
Learn the secret, then leverage it to create the life of your dreams.
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The Deeper Path: A Simple Method for Finding Clarity, Mastering Life, and Doing Your Purpose Every Day (Igniting Souls Trilogy Book 2)
Kary Oberbrunner
Don’t live another day without knowing your purpose.
The majority of people invest more time designing a two-week vacation than designing their lives. But without a map, we coast through life feeling lost and directionless. We're already dead—we just haven't made it official. We may be tempted to downplay this trend, but there is a hefty cost.
According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, "The most damaging thing in the life of a child is the unlived life of the parent."It doesn’t have to be like this. The people who have found their way are the ones who have found their why. Unfortunately, the world isn't going to hand you your purpose on a silver platter. It's your responsibility to become what L.P. Jacks called “a master in the art of living.
”In this updated and expanded edition, author Kary Oberbrunner shares a simple method for finding clarity, mastering life, and doing your purpose every day. If you’re new to The Deeper Path, get ready to discover how to
• Say yes to the people and events that matter most and no to those that don’t.
• Take control of your calendar and experience margin once again.
• Create a life worth living defined by purpose and passion.
Your clarity awaits inside. If you want to go higher, you must first go deeper! -
The E-Mind: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Gain an Exponential Advantage
Kary Oberbrunner
“Sorry, you’re on your own.”
Six days before my first international cycling trip, my five friends informed me they were all canceling. I now had a choice. Would I drop too or fly to the heart of the Tour de France and bike some of the hardest mountains in the world all by myself?
After a few hours of soul-searching and encouragement from my wife, I decided to go anyway—without a plan, a friend, or even a place to stay. I had no idea the adventures that awaited, only that I had to tap into The E-Mind™ and think like an entrepreneur in order to survive. The same Ten Traits that helped me thrive as an entrepreneur became the secret weapon to help me summit over a dozen mountain tops.
In today’s marketplace, everyone is an entrepreneur.
Unfortunately, most people don’t know how to think like one.Some believe entrepreneurs make up 4% of the population. They think this minority is brave and bold—focused on start-ups, investors, and risk. This may be the classic definition, but the truth is every single person is a brand and runs a company of one. It’s your responsibility to create value, and if you fail to deliver, chances are you’ll find yourself without a job.
Some reject identifying as an entrepreneur, claiming employee status instead. But even if you work for an employer, you choose to align yourself with that sub-brand. Do something out of alignment, and you’ll quickly find out you’re no longer a brand match.
Time to accept the facts. On some level, you’re an entrepreneur. And everyone in every industry would do better by thinking like one. In The E-Mind™, you’ll learn how to:
- Exchange fear and anxiety for peace and confidence by changing the rules of the game
- Tap into the Ten Traits that help entrepreneurs create more success in work and life
- Experience freedom—to go as you please, finances—to earn as you like, and fulfillment—to live as you like
Stop leaving things to chance and circumstance. Take back control of your future. Think like an entrepreneur and gain an exponential advantage starting today! -
The Fine Line: Re-envisioning the Gap between Christ and Culture
Kary Oberbrunner
What Does It Mean to Be in the World but Not of It? The Answer May Surprise You. Christ-followers are supposed to be the most liberated people ever to walk the face of the earth---with a message powerful enough to cause the dead to rise and the blind to see. We're supposed to have God living inside of us. We're supposed to know how to be in the world but not of it. Does that describe your life? Author Kary Oberbrunner suspects the answer is no, but not because you aren't passionate about Christ. Rather, it's because the church has been ripped apart and reassembled into two main camps that, at best, casually tolerate each other. The first camp separates itself from people, society, and culture for the main purpose of remaining unstained by the world. While the second camp conforms itself to the ideals, philosophies, and goals of the world in an attempt to be all things to all people. So what's the alternative? A growing number of people believe in a different way and a different world. They are transformists. And they have the power to change the world. Care to join them?
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Unhackable: The Elixir for Creating Flawless Ideas, Leveraging Superhuman Focus, and Achieving Optimal Human Performance
Kary Oberbrunner
Human knowledge once doubled every thousand years.
Today, it's every twelve hours. No wonder we can't keep up!
Welcome to the Attention Economy-where you are the product. In this digital landscape, they keep score with eyeballs and eardrums. Your attention-even for a few seconds-translates into cold, hard cash they're willing to manipulate and even hack you for.
The truth is, you're getting hacked every day, and you don't even realize it. A hack is when someone or something gains unauthorized access to a computer or a system. Want to know something scary? People can be hacked. It happens millions of times a day. Your focus is the prize-and they'll hack you to get it.
Does this sound familiar? You cleared your schedule, woke up early, and informed your family and friends you're unreachable. An entire day dedicated to finally working on your dream.
Buzz. Ring. Beep. Five minutes in, another disruption. Notifications flash across your screen. Focus. Where were you? Your phone vibrates. Now you crave a distraction and the dopamine fix. Scroll. Scroll. Who are you kidding? Productivity plummets. Morale declines. Your dream gets sidelined and sabotaged-yet again. Unless you're Unhackable.
Better than money, power, or connections-Unhackable is the new secret weapon of super achievers-the ones who live their dreams.
Kary Oberbrunner made it his mission to discover if humans could become Unhackable. After a six-year exploration of neurobiology, art, science, technology, education, athletics, the military, and business, he emerged with an answer-the unmistakable elixir behind all idea achievement and productivity.
This book reveals that answer in 30 daily missions. Discover how to
- create a life you love defined by freedom, finances, and fulfillment
- tap into your hidden ability for superhuman focus to get more done in far less time
- organize your life around "flow"-where you feel your best and perform your best
- wake up every day thrilled to live your dream
Ditch the hype. Tap into hope. Science fiction has blurred into science fact. Time to become Unhackable.
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Your Book is Not a Business Card: How to Turn your Book into 18 Streams of Income
Kary Oberbrunner
What if you turned your book into 18 streams of income?
Most authors have been taught that a book is just a business card. Sadly, this is why most authors stay poor. Notice the difference:
Business Cards Cost Money Books Create Value
Business Cards Are an Expense Books Are an Asset
Business Cards Get Thrown Away Books Last Forever
Business Cards Decrease Space in Your Pocket Books Increase Influence, Impact, and Income
Business Cards Change Landfills Books Change Lives
How you view your book and position it in the marketplace shapes your results and your riches-or lack thereof.
For eight years, Kary Oberbrunner struggled to earn profit as an author. (Let's just say he kept his day job.) Finally in 2012, he discovered the model that enabled him to go pro as a writer.
In Your Book Is NOT a Business Card, Kary reveals his proven process for helping authors create a suite of products-18 streams of income in all-to service their readers' needs while growing their profits. To date, more than 250,000 authors from all over the world have found success using this powerful model. His clients have effectively implemented it across multiple continents, languages, and genres-even with fiction and children's books!
Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author, Kary Oberbrunner will teach you how to make the most of your book:
- Leverage the exact income streams that fit your dreams and goals.
- Create a clear buyer's journey that delivers real, life-changing results.
- Invite your readers to go deeper without sounding spammy or salesy.
- Build an engaged community thrilled to purchase your next book-based product and service.
Create your 6- or 7-figure book-based business, starting today!
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Your Secret Name: Discovering Who God Created You to Be (Igniting Souls Trilogy Book 1)
Kary Oberbrunner
You don’t get what you want—you get who you are. And who you are is determined by how you think. Most of us say we want better health, finances, and relationships. Yet, beneath the surface, we don’t think we deserve it. Projecting confidence on the outside, we feel like imposters on the inside. The truth is, we’ll never outperform our self-image.
Author Kary Oberbrunner knows this firsthand. In this updated and expanded edition of Your Secret Name, he shares the same steps that helped him overcome a paralyzing speech disorder and an addiction to self-injury. For nearly a decade, people have benefitted from this invigorating message—finding freedom from their shame, self-limiting beliefs, and masks that kept them stuck and small.
If you’re new to Your Secret Name, prepare for an uncommon quest that begins with an ancient story of envy and concludes with a fresh vision of yourself. You’ll discover how to
• Reinterpret your past so you can stop hiding behind performance and pain.
• Reconnect with your Creator, core, and community so you can live bigger and bolder without fear and self-judgment.
• Reimagine a new future so you can experience life without limits, borders, or boundaries.
It’s time to stop pretending, shed the labels, and discover your true identity today! -
You Are an IP Company: The 12-Step Plan to Increase Your Intellectual Property Influence, Impact, and Income
Kary Oberbrunner and Katherine Rubino
Taylor Swift isn’t a singer, songwriter, or entertainer. She’s an IP Company—filing over 300 trademarks (and counting), including The Tortured Poets Department, Swiftites, Tayplay, and even her cat’s names—Meredith and Olivia Swift. Taylor Swift doesn’t protect her IP because she’s a big star. She’s a big star because she protects her IP.
Play-Doh also takes its IP seriously, protecting the scent of its modeling compound with the proprietary description, “Sweet, slightly musky, vanilla fragrance, with slight overtones of cherry, combined with the smell of a salted, wheat-based dough." Even The Coca-Cola Company knows its value is found in its trade secret, not the carbonated beverage it bottles.
You’re not that different. But sadly, most entrepreneurs don’t think they have any intellectual property. Truth is, they just don’t know how to find it. The few who do, don't know how to protect it. Over 90% of your company’s value is linked to your IP. Unless you value your IP, your clients, competitors, and collaborators won’t truly value you.
Kary Oberbrunner, entrepreneur and inventor of Instant IP™, and Katherine Rubino, a Partner at Caldwell, the fastest-growing IP law firm in America for more than four years in a row, team up to offer a proven guide for identifying your ideas and protecting them the fastest, easiest, and most effective way possible.
Get ready to discover:- Why you should not promote your IP until you first protect your IP
- Which IP protection strategy makes sense for your unique circumstances
- How Disney, LEGO®, CrossFit, Dr Pepper, Magnolia, and Apple experienced exponential growth by leveraging their IP
- The 12-step plan to increase your intellectual property influence and impact
- Forty-seven practical ways of monetizing your IP so you realize true income
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Poetry is the Portal
Kary Oberbrunner, Mark Thomas, and Shelly Thomas
Poetry served as my secret confidant.
In early innocent days, I assembled words like LEGO® blocks when my heart felt more than I could speak. On a rare occasion, I presented my poem to a crush, a grade-school girl unsure how to respond.
I felt the risk and sometimes the sting. So I returned to my mask, realizing most people weren’t ready for honesty.
But in the quiet shadows, I didn’t need to lie. Poetry became my portal.
POETRY. Art to admire? Or gibberish to ignore?
Poll social media and you’ll soon locate lovers and haters.
For writers, poetry is both the safest medium and the scariest, all wrapped into one. We hide our hearts in plain sight. At the same time we bear our naked souls to the most casual passerby.
For readers, poetry is both the most polarizing and unifying medium. In one line, we rally around the messenger sent from the stars. In another, we take up weapons for the semi-charged words they dared to craft.
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Making the Big Red Machine: Bob Howsam and the Cincinnati Reds of the 1970s
Daryl R. Smith
With a line-up that included future Hall of Famers Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez and Pete Rose, Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" powered its way in the 1970s to six division titles, four pennants, and two World Series. Three other times in that decade they finished second in their division to the eventual pennant winner. While much has been written about the players and manager Sparky Anderson, no book until now has given adequate attention to the man behind the Machine, general manager Bob Howsam. From his hire in 1967 through the end of his first stint with the Reds in 1978, Howsam brought about a remarkable change in fortune for the Reds, who had claimed only one pennant in the 26 years before his arrival. This detailed history of baseball's last dynasty shows not only how the team performed but why, delving into the off-field strategy and moves behind the Reds' success.
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Business Ethics: A Christian Method for Making Moral Decisions
John Tarwater
Regardless of one’s function in the marketplace (consumer, producer, CEO, etc.), one is confronted by an ever-expanding world of moral questions. How does one make moral decisions in this changing environment? In his Business Ethics: A Christian Method for Making Moral Decisions, John Tarwater provides the reader with the fundamental tools necessary for making business decisions that honor God. In contrast to secular texts in business ethics that focus on changing ideas of corporate citizenship or stakeholder relationships, Tarwater emphasizes Scripture’s fixed understanding of one’s conduct, one’s heart, and one’s purpose when making moral decisions. In addition to exploring the interconnectedness of these three historic elements of morality, Tarwater links them to contemporary issues in the business world. By focusing on the method for making moral decisions and not just the consequences resulting from them, Tarwater illustrates how Scriptural principles assist readers with perennial concerns that undergird ethical dilemmas in every era.
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Marriage as Covenant: Considering God's Design at Creation and the Contemporary Moral Consequences
John Tarwater
Marriage as Covenant examines the nature and meaning of marriage as an order of creation. The book questions whether or not there is evidence in Genesis for believing God made marriage to be a covenant relationship; and if so, how does it affect the way one understands moral boundaries surrounding marriage? The book also questions what did God expect of Adam with respect to Eve, and what did he expect of Eve in relation to Adam?
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The Story of the Pentateuch: An Introduction to the Old Testament
John Tarwater
The vast amounts of information—people, places, legal codes—in the Old Testament often overwhelm new students of the Bible causing many to cease reading it regularly and to surrender understanding fully its message. In The Story of the Pentateuch, Tarwater not only explains in detail the diverse parts of the Pentateuch, but more importantly how these components work in concert to communicate a unified story. Through the pages of The Story of the Pentateuch, therefore, the student of the Bible learns to read and to recognize the main story and distinguish it from the supporting narratives and legal codes.
In addition to laying a foundation for reading and understanding the Pentateuch, Tarwater explains how properly understanding these initial books of the Bible provides the requisite background for comprehending the rest of the Old and New Testament, as well as for recognizing the character of God. Rather than a survey to Old Testament methodologies and archaeological discoveries, The Story of the Pentateuch represents a fresh introduction to the Old Testament.
