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Genesis: History, Fiction, or Neither?: Three Views on the Bible's Earliest Chapters

Charles Halton · Zondervan
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

There is little doubt that in recent years the nature of the Genesis narrative has sparked much debate among Christians. This Counterpoints volume introduces three predominant interpretive genres and their implications for biblical understanding. Each contributor identifies their position...
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The Financially Confident Woman: What You Need to Know to Take Charge of Your Money

Mary Hunt · Revell; Reprint edition

Personal finance expert offers nine practical habits that help women be just as smart and capable with money as they are in other areas of their lives.
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Move On: When Mercy Meets Your Mess

Vicki Courtney · Thomas Nelson; Stg edition

You can say good-bye to the person youve been pretending to be!Life is often messy. God makes provision to help us move beyond our messes.Oftentimes our first instincts are to hide, deny, ignore, or run. InnbspMove Onnbspbest-selling author Vicki Courtney helps readers come clean with their...
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Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex, and Intimacy

Ayesha Mattu · Beacon Press
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback

From the editors of the groundbreaking anthology Love, InshAllah comes a provocative new exploration of the most intimate parts of Muslim men's lives. Muslim men are stereotyped as either oversexed Casanovas willing to die for seventy-two virgins in heaven or controlling, big-bearded...
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Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery.: Six Holy Objects That Tell the Remarkable Story of the Gospels

David Gibson , · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The man who changed the course of history left no earthly trace of his existence . . . Who was Jesus of Nazareth and what do the relics left behind tell us about this fascinating figure? A burial box that has Jesus's name on it? A papyrus "gospel" referring to his wife? A piece...
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The Big Question: Why We Can't Stop Talking About Science, Faith and God

Alister McGrath · St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Pages: 264
Format: Print book

Richard Dawkins's groundbreaking book The God Delusion created an explosion of interest in the relation of science and faith. This often troubled relationship between science and religion was seemingly damaged by the rise of the New Atheism, which insisted that science had essentially disproved...
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Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence

Karen Armstrong · Knopf; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

From the renowned and best-selling author of A History of God, a sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence. For the first time, religious self-identification is on the decline in American. Some analysts have cited as cause a post-9/11perception: that faith in general...
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The Lost Way: How Two Forgotten Gospels Are Rewriting the Story of Christian Origins

Stephen J. Patterson · HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

In this rigorously researched and thoughtful study, a leading Jesus Seminar scholar reveals the dramatic story behind the modern discovery of the earliest gospels, accounts that do not portray Jesus exclusively as a martyr but recover a lost ancient Christian tradition centered on Jesus...
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Your Guide to the Jewish Holidays: From Shofar to Seder

Matt Axelrod · Jason Aronson
Pages: 203
Format: Print book

Recent years have seen an increased interest in Jewish life, its culture, and its celebrations. There are many new students of Judaism, often potential converts or members of interfaith families who are seeking to learn more about the religion and its rituals. Unfortunately, many of the existing...
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You Can Begin Again: No Matter What, It's Never Too Late

Joyce Meyer · FaithWords
Pages: 195
Format: Hardcover

It's never too late for a new beginning. Look closely and you'll see that theme all through the Bible. Page after page, God delights in turning tragic endings into new beginnings. A childless woman conceives in her old age; a fearful, self-conscious shepherd becomes a leader of millions;...
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