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Encountering Truth: Meeting God in the Everyday

Pope Francis , · Image
Format: Hardcover

Experience the morning homilies of Pope Francis and witness  how he continues to change the life of the Catholic Church. Shortly after seven in the morning, Pope Francis gives a brief homily in the little Vatican chapel of Saint Martha, in front of an audience that is always different...
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Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions

Phil Zuckerman · Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

David Brooks, The New York TimesAs secularism becomes more prominent and self-confident, its spokesmen have more insistently argued that secularism should not be seen as an absence — as a lack of faith — but rather as a positive moral creed. Phil Zuckerman, a Pitzer College sociologist,...
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World Religions DeMYSTiFieD

Ebrahim Moosa · McGraw-Hill Education
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Navigate the world's belief systems with this faith-filled resource! Want to learn more about Judaism? Confused about Confucianism? This book is the answer to your prayers! World Religions DeMYSTiFieD is filled with the knowledge you need to ace a religion exam or satisfy your own curiosity....
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Crash the Chatterbox: Hearing God's Voice Above All Others

Steven Furtick · Multnomah Books, 2014.
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Crashing the chatterbox = Overpowering lies of insecurity, fear, condemnation, and discouragement with the promises of God. "I used to think that someone who struggled with the kinds of weaknesses I deal with daily was useless to God. I felt so often like I was drowning in internal...
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Wearing God: Clothing, Laughter, Fire, and Other Overlooked Ways of Meeting God

Lauren F. Winner · Harper One
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Lauren F. Winner - a leading writer at the crossroads of culture and spirituality and author of Still and Girl Meets God - joins the ranks of luminaries such as Anne Lamott and Barbara Brown Taylor with this exploration of little known - and, so, little used - biblical metaphors for God,...
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The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism

Robert E Buswell · Princeton University Press
Pages: 1265
Format: Print book

With more than 5,000 entries totaling over a million words, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in English. It is also the first to cover terms from all of the canonical Buddhist languages and traditions: Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese,...
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A.D. The Bible Continues: The Revolution That Changed the World

David Jeremiah · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 217
Format: Print book

When Pontius Pilate ordered the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, he thought he was putting an end to the Jewish uprising that had been threatening the authority of the Roman Empire. What Pilate didn't realize, however, was that real revolution was just getting started.Based on the epic...
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October 31, 1517: Martin Luther and the Day that Changed the World

Martin E Marty · Paraclete Press
Pages: 114
Format: Print book

Released in time for the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther's 95 Theses, and the Protestant Reformation. "This is an invitation to a party, one which commemorates events that began five hundred years ago in Europe and have consequences throughout the world today. My title suggests...
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Divine Applause: Secrets and Rewards of Walking with an Invisible God

Jeff Anderson · Multnomah Books

How will God make himself known to you?How do we have a relationship with a God we can’t see? There must be more to the Christian life than silence, and more to God than a vacant stare.   Divine Applause weaves together biblical insights and personal stories that illustrate...
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