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The Last Supper: The Plight of Christians in Arab Lands

Klaus Wivel
Format: Print book

"More than any other recent book, this work sets out with absolute clarity and sometimes uncomfortable honesty the intolerable reality of life for Christians in the Middle East today ... a deeply intelligent picture of the situation, without cheap polemic or axe-grinding,
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More than Happy: The Wisdom of Amish Parenting

Serena B. Miller · Howard Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Bringing Up Bebe and Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, an in-depth look at the practices and principles of Amish parents and how they raise children who are self-sufficient, hard-working, and remarkably happy.The more time Serena Miller spent in Holmes County, Ohio, doing...
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Be the Message: Taking Your Faith Beyond Words to a Life of Action

Kerry Shook , · WaterBrook Press
Format: Hardcover

Maybe you’re troubled by the disconnect between the words you speak and the life you live. Maybe you’d like to see your faith become more active and life-changing in the world around you. Pastor Kerry and Chris Shook felt that way. Even though their calling involved preaching...
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What Happens When We Die?: A Groundbreaking Study into the Nature of Life and Death

Sam Parnia M.D. · Hay House; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover

Dr. Sam Parnia faces death every day. Through his work as a critical-care doctor in a hospital emergency room, he became very interested in some of his patients’ accounts of the experiences that they had while clinically dead. He started to collect these stories and read all the latest...
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Caliphate: The History of an Idea

Hugh Kennedy · Basic Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

In Caliphate, Islamic historian Hugh Kennedy dissects the idea of the caliphate and its history, and explores how it became used and abused today. Contrary to popular belief, there is no one enduring definition of a caliph; rather, the idea of the caliph has been the subject of constant...
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He Walks Among Us: Encounters with Christ in a Broken World

Richard Stearns · Thomas Nelson
Format: Book

God sees the poor as blessed. Rich and Reneé Stearns show us why. We often separate ourselves from people who are different from us, sometimes even intentionally. This book is a great reminder of all the things we share in common—hopes, dreams, heartaches—and most...
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Teachable Moments: Using Everyday Encounters with Media and Culture to Instill Conscience, Character, and Faith

Marybeth Hicks · Howard Books
Format: Book

Nationally syndicated columnist and media advisor on all things parenting, Marybeth Hicks outlines the overarching issues and objectives in using daily encounters with the culture to impart the values and virtues of Christianity. Through entertaining and instructive questions and answers,...
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Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism

Brook Ziporyn · Indiana University Press
Pages: 317
Format: Print book

Tiantai Buddhism emerged from an idiosyncratic and innovative interpretation of the Lotus Sutra to become one of the most complete, systematic, and influential schools of philosophical thought developed in East Asia. Brook A. Ziporyn puts Tiantai into dialogue with modern philosophical...
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