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C. S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity": A Biography

George M Marsden · Princeton University Press
Pages: 280
Format: Print book

Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent and winsome defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story of the extraordinary life and afterlife of this influential and much-beloved book.George...
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The Most Excellent Way to Lead: Discover the Heart of Great Leadership

Perry Noble · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Speakers often use the words vision, boldness, and influence to describe the characteristics of effective leaders. Perry Noble, in The Most Excellent Way to Lead, makes the case that the heart of great leadership lies elsewhere. Perry, despite "winning" the label "least likely...
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The Gospel of Happiness: Rediscover Your Faith Through Spiritual Practice and Positive Psychology

Christopher Kaczor · Image
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

What is true happiness? How can you experience it? And can you live it wholeheartedly in your day-to-day life? Every thoughtful person asks such questions. Thoughtful Christians ask a few more questions such as, Can Christian practices enhance happiness? If so, how? And does Christianity...
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The Valiant Woman: The Virgin Mary in Nineteenth-Century American Culture

Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez · University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Nineteenth-century America was rife with Protestant-fueled anti-Catholicism. Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez reveals how Protestants nevertheless became surprisingly and deeply fascinated with the Virgin Mary, even as her role as a devotional figure who united Catholics grew. Documenting the vivid...
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Hospice: The Last Responder

Ellen J Windham · West Bow Press
Pages: 190
Format: Print book

It is my hope and prayer this book will teach, encourage, and empower you and your loved one. It is a journey that requires the knowledge in this book to understand what hospice services are available to help care for you as well as your loved one. It is a journey that will be one free...
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All But Normal: Life on Victory Road

Shawn Thornton · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Growing up, Shawn Thornton's life was anything but normal -- but then, so was his mother.After waking from a coma following a car crash, Beverly Thornton's once sweet and gentle disposition had been replaced by violent mood swings, profanity-laced tirades, and uncontrollable fits...
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This Is Awkward: How Life's Uncomfortable Moments Open the Door to Intimacy and Connection

Sammy Rhodes · Thomas Nelson, 2016.
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Don't waste your awkwardness. One of the saddest realities of life is that the things we need to talk about the most, we tend to talk about the least - from bouts with depression to sexual struggles to parent-wounds that never seem to heal. Raise these issues out loud, and wait for the awkward...
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The Ultimate Catholic Quiz: 100 Questions Most Catholics Can't Answer

Karl Keating · Ignatius Press
Pages: 210
Format: Print book

This book offers a fun and challenging way to see how well you know Catholic teachings, practices, and history. Karl Keating, best-selling author and founder of Catholic Answers, presents a multiple-choice quiz with 100 questions about a wide variety of subjects connected with Catholicism.Each...
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The Justice Calling: Where Passion Meets Perseverance

Bethany H Hoang · Brazos Press
Pages: 210
Format: Print book

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, justice movements have been growing to abolish labor slavery, end sex trafficking, and protect the world's poorest and most vulnerable from the violence that engulfs their lives. Christians in increasing numbers are joining and leading these justice...
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The Latter Days: A Memoir

Judith Freeman · Pantheon
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

An arresting, lyrical memoir about the path the author took - sometimes unwittingly - out of her Mormon upbringing and through a thicket of profound difficulties to become a writer.At twenty-two, Judith Freeman was working in the Mormon church-owned department store in the Utah town where...
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