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Holy Rover: Journeys in Search of Mystery, Miracles, and God

Lori Erickson · Fortress Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Whether describing mystical visions or the rhythms of everyday life, Erickson turns the spiritual journey into a series of exciting transformations." Publishers Weekly (starred review) From her childhood on an Iowa farm, Lori Erickson grew up to travel the world as a writer...
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Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century

Dale B Martin · Yale University Press
Pages: 394
Format: Hardcover

A leading biblical scholar's landmark work challenges the historical realism that has dominated the discipline for more than two centuries How can a modern person, informed by science and history, continue to recite the traditional creeds and confessions of the Christian church? What...
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Think Better, Live Better: A Victorious Life Begins in Your Mind

Joel Osteen · FaithWords
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author Joel Osteen shares how reprogramming your thoughts to remove negativity will lead to a more blessed, fulfilled life.
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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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Confessions

Augustine, Saint Bishop of Hippo · Modern Library
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

One of the great works of Western literature, from perhaps the most important thinker of Christian antiquity, in a revolutionary new translation by one of today's leading classicists Sarah Ruden's fresh, dynamic translation of Confessions brings us closer to Augustine's intent...
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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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A Faithful Farewell: Living Your Last Chapter with Love

Marilyn Chandler McEntyre · Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Format: Print book

When the time comes for us to die, how do we say good-bye to our friends, our families, and the lives we have lived? How do we remain faithful -- to God, to ourselves, and to loved ones -- as we face our final journey?As Marilyn Chandler McEntyre acknowledges, these questions are especially...
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The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist

Marcus Rediker · Beacon Press
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover

The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of lifeThe Fearless Benjamin Lay chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular and astonishing man - a Quaker dwarf who became one of the first ever...
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Make a List: How a Simple Practice Can Change Our Lives and Open Our Hearts

Marilyn Chandler McEntyre · Eerdmans
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

What if writing a list could literally change your life?From the ancient book of Numbers to the latest clickbait listicle, list-writing has been a routine feature of human experience. Shopping lists. To-do lists. Guest lists. Bucket lists. Lists are everywhere you look.But what if our lists...
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With All Due Respect: 40 Days to a More Fulfilling Relationship with Your Teens and Tweens

Nina Roesner · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

With All Due Respect is a handbook for parents navigating the difficulties of the tween and teen years. Roesner and Hitchcock help parents identify what successful relationships look like and give easy-to-follow lessons in enforcing rules, communicating lovingly, resetting relationships,...
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Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World

Eric Metaxas · Viking
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation On All Hallow's Eve in 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther posted a document...
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How to Live: What the Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning, and Community

Judith Valente · Hampton Roads Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

The Rule of St. Benedict arose from an era when a great civilization was threatened by violence, economic forces that favored the wealthy, political leaders that lacked the trust of the public, and rampant xenophobia. Similar to the anxieties and frustrations of the 6th century, we are living...
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Saint Katharine: The Life of Katharine Drexel

Cordelia Frances Biddle · Westholme Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

"Powerful and profoundly moving, Saint Katharine is a book of rich and lively scholarship and of deeply felt devotion. You will not be able to put it down." - Donald Spoto, author of Reluctant Saint: The Life of Francis of Assisi When Katharine Drexel was born in 1858, her grandfather,...
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God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican

Gerald Posner · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A deeply reported, New York Times bestselling exposé of the money and the clerics-turned-financiers at the heart of the Vatican - the world's biggest, most powerful religious institution - from an acclaimed journalist with "exhaustive research techniques" (The New York Times)...
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The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Religion's Role in the FDR Presidency

Christine Wicker · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover

In The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, religion journalist and author Christine Wicker establishes that faith was at the heart of everything Roosevelt wanted for the American people. This powerful book is the first in-depth look at how one of America's richest, most patrician...
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