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The Dawn of Christianity: People and Gods in a Time of Magic and Miracles
Robert C Knapp · Harvard University Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Ordinary people of antiquity interacted with the supernatural through a mosaic of beliefs and rituals. Exploring everyday life from 200 BCE to the end of the first century CE, Robert Knapp shows that Jews and polytheists lived with the gods in very similar ways. Traditional interactions... |
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Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely
Lysa TerKeurst · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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The enemy wants us to feel rejected . . . left out, lonely, and less than.In Uninvited, Lysa shares her own deeply personal experiences of rejection--from the perceived judgment of the perfectly toned woman one elliptical over to the incredibly painful childhood abandonment by her father.... |
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WHISPERS OF GLORY : a story of choosing hope and finding home
KATIE DAVIS MAJORS · Multnomah
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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How do you hold on to hope when you don't get the ending you asked for?When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people... |
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In Good Faith: Secular Parenting in a Religious World
Maria Polonchek · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 206
Format: Hardcover
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Part memoir, part cultural exploration, this book covers the author's journey as she grows up in an evangelical Christian home, leaves religion behind as a young adult, and goes on to raise children in a family outside of religious belief. Maria Polonchek weaves a personal story with... |
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Life's Too Short to Pretend You're Not Religious
David Dark · IVP Books
Pages: 199
Format: Print book
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For many of us, the word "religious" immediately evokes thoughts of brainwashing, violence and eye-rubbingly tiresome conversations. Why not be done with it? David Dark argues that it's not that simple. The ease with which we put the label on others without applying it to ourselves... |
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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
KATE BOWLER · Random House
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of living without certainty. Thirty-five-year-old Kate Bowler was a professor at the school of divinity at Duke, and had finally had a baby with her childhood sweetheart after years of trying,... |
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Prayers for Victory in Spiritual Warfare
Tony Evans · Harvest House Publishers,
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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Spiritual victory is a privilege to be enjoyed by every Christian. Why then do you seem to encounter so many obstacles in your daily life?One answer may be that you have not yet learned how to stand strong in the victory that is already yours in Christ. The enemy of your soul has gained... |
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Lies We Believe About God
Wm Paul Young · Atria Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the twenty million plus copy bestselling novel The Shack and the New York Times bestsellers Cross Roads and Eve comes a compelling, conversational exploration of the wrong-headed ideas we sometimes have and share about God.Wm. Paul Young has been called a heretic for the ways... |
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Watch Your Mouth: Understanding the Power of the Tongue
Tony Evans · Harvest House Publishers
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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"Does it really matter what I say?" Your greatest weapon - for good or evil - is in your mouth. From bestselling author Dr. Tony Evans comes a compelling resource to help you learn to tame your tongue. With life-changing insights shared through engaging lessons and anecdotes,... |
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The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
DAN JONES · Viking
Pages: 428
Format: Hardcover
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A narrative history of the Knights Templar draws on extensive original sources to separate fact from myth, exploring their actual work and influence, the reasons they fell out of favor, and whether or not they were guilty of heresy. |
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Crossing the Waters: Following Jesus through the Storms, the Fish, the Doubt, and the Seas
Leslie Leyland Fields · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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The gospels are dramatic, wild, and wet -- set in a rich maritime culture on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Jesus' first disciples were ragtag fishermen, and Jesus' messages and miracles teem with water, fish, fishermen, net-breaking catches, sea crossings, boat-sinking storms,... |
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Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
Eric Metaxas · Viking
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation On All Hallow's Eve in 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther posted a document... |
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The Light Within Me: An Inspirational Memoir
Ainsley Earhardt · Harper
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestseller!The celebrated Fox News star and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a powerful, uplifting look at her life and her spiritual journey, reflecting on her family, her faith, and her successful career.In her bestselling children's book Take Heart, My Child,... |
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