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In Good Faith: Secular Parenting in a Religious World

Maria Polonchek · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 206
Format: Hardcover

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

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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Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely

Lysa TerKeurst · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

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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Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks

Diana Butler Bass · HarperOne
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The author of the multiple award-winning Grounded and leading trend spotter in contemporary Christianity explores why gratitude is missing as a modern spiritual practice, offers practical suggestions for reclaiming it, and illuminates how the shared practice of gratitude can lead to greater...
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Watch Your Mouth: Understanding the Power of the Tongue

Tony Evans · Harvest House Publishers
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

"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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Nothing to Fear: Principles and Prayers to Help You Thrive in a Threatening World

Barry C Black · Tyndale Momentum
Pages: 245
Format: Print book

"I'm really concerned about the state of the world. It feels like things are falling apart.""I'm worried about my family's future.""How can I stand firm in my faith in today's culture?"Our times are turbulent ones, and questions and worries...
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This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever

Rory Feek · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The story she said he was born to write. Her story. His story. The love story of Joey and Rory. By inviting so many into the final months of Joey's life as she battled cancer, Joey and Rory Feek captured hearts around the world with how they handled the diagnosis; the inspiring, simple...
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Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet

Lyndal Roper · Random House
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover

This definitive biography reveals the complicated inner life of the founding father of the Protestant Reformation, whose intellectual assault on Catholicism ushered in a century of upheaval that transformed Christianity and changed the course of world history. On October 31, 1517, so the story...
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Protestants: The Faith That Made the Modern World

ALEC RYRIE · VIKING
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

Protestant Christianity began with one stubborn monk in 1517. Now it covers the globe and includes almost a billion people. On the 500th anniversary of Luther's theses, a global history of the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world Five hundred years ago an obscure monk challenged...
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Taking My Life Back: My Story of Faith, Determination, and Surviving the Boston Marathon Bombing

Rebekah Gregory · Revell
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

On April 15, 2013, Rebekah Gregory and her five-year-old son waited at the finish line of the Boston Marathon to support a friend who was running. When the blasts of terrorists' homemade bombs packed with nails and screws went off three feet away, Rebekah's legs took the brunt of the blast,...
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The Light Within Me: An Inspirational Memoir

Ainsley Earhardt · Harper
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

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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Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America

Jack Barsky · Tyndale Momentum
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

One decision can end everything . . . or lead to unlikely redemption.Millions watched the CBS 60 Minutes special on Jack Barsky in 2015. Now, in this fascinating memoir, the Soviet KGB agent tells his story of gut-wrenching choices, appalling betrayals, his turbulent inner world, and the secret...
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Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering

Makoto Fujimura · InterVarsity Press
Pages: 263
Format: Print book

Shusaku Endo's novel Silence, first published in 1966, endures as one of the greatest works of twentieth-century Japanese literature. Its narrative of the persecution of Christians in seventeenth-century Japan raises uncomfortable questions about God and the ambiguity of faith in the midst...
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Lies We Believe About God

Wm Paul Young · Atria Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

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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Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

David Green · Zondervan
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

David Green believes that generosity and building a legacy based on giving can lead to getting back what you really want: a family that stays together, prays together, and shares life joyfully. Green tells the story of caring for the small things and starting Hobby Lobby in their garage....
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