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A Sense of Wonder: The World's Best Writers on the Sacred, the Profane, and the Ordinary

Brian Doyle · Orbis Books
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

An anthology of 36 astonishing personal stories and essays from some of America's best writers that first appeared in Portland Magazine, "the best university magazine in America" (Newsweek) .
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Talk Yourself Happy: Transform Your Heart by Speaking God's Promises

Kristi Watts · Nelson Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Former cohost of The 700 Club Kristi Watts reveals the pitfalls that keep Christians from true joy and demonstrates the transformational power of speaking the words and promises of God.

How does a person bounce back after being beaten down personally, professionally, and emotionally?...

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Searching for Jesus: New Discoveries in the Quest for Jesus of Nazareth---and How They Confirm the Gospel Accounts

Robert J Hutchinson · Nelson Books
Pages: 350
Format: Print book

Searching for Jesus: In this exhaustively researched new life of Jesus, award-winning writer Robert J. Hutchinson argues that Jesus was not an "apocalyptic prophet" who thought the world was about to end. Jesus was not a "zealot" revolutionary who wanted to kill the Romans....
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Meister Eckhart: Philosopher of Christianity

Kurt Flasch · Yale University Press
Pages: 321
Format: Print book

Renowned philosopher Kurt Flasch offers a full-scale reappraisal of the life and legacy of Meister Eckhart, the medieval German theologian, philosopher, and alleged mystic who was active during the Avignon Papacy of the fourteenth century and posthumously condemned as a heretic by Pope...
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The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus's Crucifixion

N T Wright · HarperOne
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

The renowned scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author widely considered to be the heir to C. S. Lewis contemplates the central event at the heart of the Christian faith - Jesus' crucifixion - arguing that the Protestant Reformation did not go far enough in transforming our understanding...
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Way of Love: Recovering the Heart of Christianity

Norman Wirzba · HarperOne, 2016.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

The pioneering scholar and author of Food and Faith and Living the Sabbath asserts that Christianity has slid off its rightful foundation, arguing that the faith only makes sense and can only be expressed in a healthy way if it seen as based on love, with a mission of training others...

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Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy: A Journey into a New Christianity Through the Doorway of Matthew's Gospel

John Shelby Spong · HarperOne, 2016.
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

In this profound work, bestselling author and the former Episcopal Bishop of Newark John Shelby Spong offers a radical new way to look at the gospels today. Pulling back the layers of misunderstanding created over the centuries by Gentile ignorance of things Jewish, he reveals how a literal...
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The I Factor: How Building a Great Relationship with Yourself Is the Key to a Happy, Successful Life

Van Moody · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

The key to the life you want is inside you. One question lies behind every struggle we face: How do I deal with myself? Behind all our stumbles, behind each of our missteps, behind every one of our failings lies an inability to handle what Van Moody calls the "I-Factor." More...
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The Beauty of Holy Choices

Sarah J. Breese McCoy · WestBow Press
Pages: 116
Format: Print book

The Beauty of Holy Choices examines people from the Bible who pleased God by making a hard choice in a difficult circumstance. The twelve chapters are stand-alone stories, woven together by their emphasis on holiness and arranged in the order in which they appear in Scripture. Chapters...
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The Thrill of the Chaste

Dawn Eden · Ave Maria Press; Catholic Edition edition
Format: Print book

Dawn Eden, internationally known speaker and author, presents a completely revised Catholic edition of her bestselling work, The Thrill of the Chaste. In this version, Eden shares her story of conversion to Catholicism and invites readers into a Catholic understanding of chastity and its spiritual...
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The Chamberlain Key: Unlocking the Biblical Code That Proves the Existence of God

Timothy P Smith · WaterBrook
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Imagine you are a young, ambitious, successful appraiser of artifacts and antiquities - your services in demand by many of the most powerful individuals and branches of government in Washington, D. C. Your future could not seem brighter - except for a troubling dream...with the same...

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Being Disciples: Essentials of the Christian Life

Rowan Williams · Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Pages: 92
Format: Print book

Basic instruction in Christian discipleship from one of the world's greatest living theologians "Discipleship," says Rowan Williams in this companion to his best-selling Being Christian, "is a state of being. Discipleship is about how we live; not just the decisions...
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Befriend: Create Belonging in an Age of Judgment, Isolation, and Fear

Scott Sauls · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Is real friendship too risky?We live in a world where real friendship is hard to find. Suspicious of others and insecure about ourselves, we retreat into the safety of our small, self-made worlds. Now more than ever, it's easy to avoid people with whom we disagree or whose life experiences...
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Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior

Bart D Ehrman · HarperOne
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus, one of the most renowned and controversial Bible scholars in the world today examines oral tradition and its role in shaping the stories about Jesus we encounter in the New Testament - and ultimately in our understanding of Christianity.

Throughout...

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Youth Ministry in the 21st Century: Five Views

Chap Clark · Baker Academic
Pages: 193
Format: Print book

There are many philosophies and strategies that drive today's youth ministry. To most people, they are variations on a single goal: to make faithful disciples of young people. However, digging deeper into various programs, books, and concepts reveals substantive differences among approaches.Bestselling...
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