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Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World

MAX LUCADO · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Anxiety is at an all time high, but there's a prescription for dealing with it. Max Lucado invites readers into a study of Philippians 4:6-7 where the Apostle Paul admonishes the followers of Christ, "Do not be anxious about anything . . ." Philippians 4:6 encourages the believer...
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Healing Spiritual Wounds: Reconnecting with a Loving God After Experiencing a Hurtful Church

Carol Howard Merritt · HarperOne
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

An effective plan to help those suffering from wounds inflicted by the church find spiritual healing and a renewed sense of faith.Raised as a conservative Christian, minister and author Carol Howard Merritt discovered that the traditional institutions she grew up in inflicted great pain...
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Courageous Faith: My Story From a Life of Obedience

Charles F Stanley · Howard Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

As trusted pastor Dr. Charles Stanley comes to the later years of his life, he is ready to share his personal story - on a more intimate level than ever before. As he walks us through his ups and downs, he shares how the biblical principles he's taught all his life affected the way he's...
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Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life

CALEB WILDE · HarperOne
Pages: 193
Format: Hardcover

The blogger behind Confessions of a Funeral Director - what Time magazine called a "must read" - reflects on mortality and the powerful lessons death holds for every one of us in this compassionate and thoughtful spiritual memoir that combines the humor and insight of Smoke Gets...
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Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet

Lyndal Roper · Random House
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover

This definitive biography reveals the complicated inner life of the founding father of the Protestant Reformation, whose intellectual assault on Catholicism ushered in a century of upheaval that transformed Christianity and changed the course of world history. On October 31, 1517, so the story...
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Living a Life You Love: Embracing the Adventure of Being Led by the Holy Spirit

Joyce Meyer · FaithWords
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

You may say that you love your family, your spouse, your church, or the Lord. You may also express love for more temporal things like a good cup of coffee, your home, or a nice dinner at your favorite restaurant. But it is rarer to truly say "I love my life!" It's common to be more...
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Preparing for Easter: Fifty Devotional Readings from C. S. Lewis

C S Lewis · Harper One
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Together in one special volume, selections from the best of beloved bestselling author C. S. Lewis's classic works for readers contemplating the "grand miracle" of Jesus's resurrection.Preparing for Easter is a concise, handy companion for the faithful of all Christian...
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Present over perfect : leaving behind frantic for a simpler, more soulful way of life

Shauna Niequist · Zondervan
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

LIVE A LIFE OF MEANING AND CONNECTIONInstead of pushing for perfectionA few years ago, I found myself exhausted and isolated, my soul and body sick. I was tired of being tired, burned out on busy. And, it seemed almost everyone I talked with was in the same boat: longing for connection,...
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Breaking Cover: My Secret Life in the CIA and What It Taught Me about What's Worth Fighting For

Michele Rigby Assad · Tyndale Momentum
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The CIA is looking for walking contradictions. Recruiters seek people who can keep a secret, yet pull classified information out of others; who love their country, but are willing to leave it behind to head into dangerous places; who live double lives, but can be trusted with some of the nation's...
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Love Lives Here: Finding What You Need in a World Telling You What You Want

Maria Goff · B&H Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

This is a book about discovering what we really need.
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Mystery of the Magi: The Quest to Identify the Three Wise Men

Dwight Longenecker · Regnery History
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The Magi of nativity scenes are romanticized as well-dressed wisemen bringing gifts to Jesus. Traditional Christians tell of a miraculous star that guided exotic kings from Persia, India and Africa. Academics dismiss both accounts as no more than a pious legend.Who is right?In The Mystery...
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Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable

Sarah Jakes Roberts · Nelson Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Popular speaker and author Sarah Jakes Roberts shows women they are not disqualified by their pain and failures and offers encouragement and strength to believe God's best is still possible. Everyone has experiences in their lives that stop them in their tracks and become burdens they...
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The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors

DAN JONES · Viking
Pages: 428
Format: Hardcover

A narrative history of the Knights Templar draws on extensive original sources to separate fact from myth, exploring their actual work and influence, the reasons they fell out of favor, and whether or not they were guilty of heresy.
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The Lucky Few: Finding God's Best in the Most Unlikely Places

Heather Avis · Zondervan
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

These are the faces that call me "mom," the three children who made me a mother. When I started my journey into parenthood I never thought it would look like this. I never planned on having three adopted children, and I certainly never imagined that two of them would...
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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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