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Half Truths: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves and Other Things the Bible Doesn't Say

Adam Hamilton · Abingdon Press
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

They are simple phrases. They sound Christian - like something you might find in the Bible. We've all heard these words. Maybe we've said them. They capture some element of truth, yet they miss the point in important ways. Join Adam Hamilton in this 5-week Bible study to search...
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Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small

Mark Batterson · Multnomah
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Run TO the Roar! When the image of a man-eating beast travels through the optic nerve and into the visual cortex, the brain sends the body a simple but urgent message: run away! That's what normal people do, but not lion chasers. Rather than seeing a five hundred pound problem, they...
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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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Worry-Free Living: Trading Anxiety for Peace

Joyce Meyer · Faith Words
Pages: 138
Format: Print book

In this compact adaptation of "Be Anxious for Nothing, " #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Joyce Meyer shows readers how to rid themselves of worry and fear by drawing on the peace of God. Difficult times are part of living in this world. However, God has provided...
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Awaken: 90 Days with the God who Speaks

PRISCILLA SHIRER · B&H Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The choice of a devotional book is more personal than most. This kind of reading is not merely for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment. No, with this kind of resource you're expecting and praying for something more. You want to hear from God, receive His direction, and be refreshed...
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Unseen: The Gift of Being Hidden in a World That Loves to Be Noticed

SARA HAGERTY · Zondervan
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Every heart longs to be seen and understood. Yet most of our lives is unwitnessed. We spend our days working, driving, parenting. We sometimes spend whole seasons feeling unnoticed and unappreciated. So how do we find contentment when we feel so hidden? In Unseen, Sara Hagerty suggests...
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Holy Rover: Journeys in Search of Mystery, Miracles, and God

Lori Erickson · Fortress Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Whether describing mystical visions or the rhythms of everyday life, Erickson turns the spiritual journey into a series of exciting transformations." Publishers Weekly (starred review) From her childhood on an Iowa farm, Lori Erickson grew up to travel the world as a writer...
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Mini Felt Christmas: 30 decorations to sew for the festive season

Sachiyo Ishii · Search Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Making your own decorations in the run-up to Christmas is a pastime that people of all ages and abilities can enjoy. In this delightful book, well-known crafter Sachiyo Ishii shows the reader how to make fabulously cute and easy-to-make felt decorations to adorn your home during the festive...
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Ruined

Ruth Everhart · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 310
Format: Print book

"It happened on a Sunday night, even though I'd been a good girl and gone to church that morning."One brisk November evening during her senior year at a small Midwestern Christian college, two armed intruders broke into the house Ruth Everhart shared with her roommates, held all five...
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The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims

Mustafa Akyol · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

When Reza Aslan's bestseller Zealot came out in 2013, there was criticism that he hadn't addressed his Muslim faith while writing the origin story of Christianity. In fact, Ross Douthat of The New York Times wrote that "if Aslan had actually written in defense of the Islamic...
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Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove · IVP Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

★ PW Starred Review: "a must-read for Christians interested in how race-infused politics and religion undermine the American democratic dream.""I am a man torn in two. And the gospel I inherited is divided." Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove grew up in the Bible Belt in the American...
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Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby

Candida R. Moss · Princeton University Press
Pages: 223
Format: Hardcover

How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a "Bible nation"Like many evangelical Christians, the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded on a "biblical worldview as a Christian nation."...
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Creed: What Christians Believe and Why

Adam Hamilton · Abingdon
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

We're all searching. Sometimes the search is easy: simply type a question and the answer pops up. But sometimes our questions are complicated, and the answers are difficult to see and harder to articulate. How do we discover and examine the truths that give meaning and purpose to life?...
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Unashamed: Drop the Baggage, Pick up Your Freedom, Fulfill Your Destiny

Christine Caine · Zondervan
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Shame can take on many forms. It hides in the shadows of the most successful, confident and high-achieving woman who struggles with balancing her work and children, as well as in the heart of the broken, abused and downtrodden woman who has been told that she will never amount to anything....
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Live the Let-Go Life: Breaking Free from Stress, Worry, and Anxiety

Joseph Prince · FaithWords
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Letting your problems go into the hands of the One who created the universe is the most powerful thing you can do to live carefree and joyful. You are acknowledging that you cannot--but He can--and you are stepping aside so that His supply can flow into every area of your life. God wants...
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