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Missions Unmasked: What I Never Knew About Missionary Life

Adam Mosley · What I Never Knew Publishing
Pages: 202
Format: Print book

Our missionary myths are false. Tales of breathtaking adventures, harrowing expeditions, and close encounters of the bug kind - these are the stories we expect to hear from missionaries. Like a Hollywood blockbuster, we want action, tension, and a happily-ever-after ending, complete with...
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According to Your Mercy: Praying with the Psalms from Ash Wednesday to Easter

Martin Shannon · Paraclete Press
Pages: 157
Format: Paperback

Many have called the psalms a 'school of prayer' and indeed St. Augustine in his Confessions wrote that the psalms could be a stepping stone to deeper conversation with God. These ancient words from Scripture mirror our own thoughts and emotions - celebration and praise, suffering...
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Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet

Lyndal Roper · Random House
Pages: 592
Format: Print book

From a star historian, this definitive biography reveals the inner life of Martin Luther, the founding leader of the Reformation, whose Ninety-five Theses began the greatest upheaval and transformation of Christianity in history.
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The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential

N. T. Wright · HarperOne
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

Widely regarded as the modern C. S. Lewis, N. T. Wright, one of the world's most trusted and popular Bible scholars and the bestselling author of Simply Christian and Surprised by Hope, presents a manifesto urging Christians to live and pray the Bible's Psalms in The Case for the Psalms.Wright...
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The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife

Ptolemy Tompkins · Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

The author of the 1 New York Times bestseller Proof of Heaven teams up with the sages of times past, modern scientists, and with ordinary people who have had profound spiritual experiences to show the reality of heaven and our true identities as spiritual beings. The Map of Heaven takes...
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Why Your Weirdness Is Wonderful: Embrace Your Quirks and Live Your Strengths

Laurie Wallin · Abingdon Press
Format: Paperback

It’s in our weirdness that God’s perfection exists. What if who you are right now is exactly who God meant for you to be? What if the weirdest, most annoying things about you exist on purpose—for a purpose—to bring life, joy, strength, and healing to this world?...
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Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships

Jana Duggar · Howard Books; First Ed 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Its All About Relationships! In this delightful and very personal book, the four oldest Duggar girls share their hearts and their core beliefs, explaining that its all about relationships! Relationship with self The girls share their own personal journeys to self-acceptance and navigating...
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Losing Susan: Brain Disease, the Priest's Wife, and the God Who Gives and Takes Away

Victor Lee Austin · Brazos Press
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

The Story of Brain Disease and the Priest's WifeThis is the story of Susan--a wife, mother, Christian believer, lover of children, writer of stories, and woman of extraordinary intellect. Susan was diagnosed with a brain tumor in her late thirties. Although it was successfully treated,...
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Our Great Big American God: A Short History of Our Ever-Growing Deity

Matthew Paul Turner · Jericho Books
Format: Hardcover

Americans love God. We stamp God on our money, our bumper stickers, and our bodies. With a church on nearly every street, it's hard to deny our country's deep connection with the divine. Yet culture critic Matthew Paul Turner says that God didn't just change America-America...
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Silent Compassion: Finding God in Contemplation

Richard Rohr O.F.M. · Franciscan Media; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Richard Rohr was selected as one of a small group of “world renowned experts on contemplative practice and compassion” to speak at the “Sacred Silence: Pathway to Compassion” event in Louisville, Ky., in mid-May 2013, that featured His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Franciscan...
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Holy Spokes: The Search for Urban Spirituality on Two Wheels

Laura Everett · Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Invites readers to embrace the spiritual and communal benefits of cycling in the city After Laura Everett's car died on the highway one rainy night, she started riding her bicycle to work - and began an unlikely conversion to full-time bicycle commuter. In Holy Spokes Everett tells how she became...
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The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery

Ian Morgan Cron · InterVarsity Press
Pages: 220
Format: Print book

Ignorance is bliss -- except in self-awareness. What you don't know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships -- and even keep you in the shallows with God. Do you want help figuring out who you are and why you're stuck in the same ruts? The Enneagram is an ancient personality...
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Doing Good Is Simple: Making a Difference Right Where You Are

Chris Marlow · Zondervan
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

What if you could become a powerful force for good in the world without moving overseas, burdening your overwhelmed family, or giving up the comforts of modern life? Chris Marlow, founder of the global advocacy organization Help One Now, once felt paralyzed in the face of global problems....
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