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Sweet Freedom: A Devotional

Sarah Palin · Regnery Faith
Format: Hardcover

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the word gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." - John 14:27 In Sweet Freedom, Sarah Palin invites you to draw strength and inspiration from 260 meditations based on guiding Biblical...
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Higher Is Waiting

Tyler Perry · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

An intimate book of inspiration by the one and only Tyler Perry - actor, producer, director, philanthropist, and the creator of Madea Higher Is Waiting is a spiritual guidebook, a collection of teachings culled from the experiences of a lifetime, meant to inspire readers to climb higher...
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Happiness in This Life: A Passionate Meditation on Earthly Existence

POPE FRANCIS · Random House
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A collection of homilies, speeches, and "messages of the day" that brings together Pope Francis's wisdom on finding happiness in the here and now For Pope Francis, appreciating our everyday lives is a spiritual undertaking. Joy is a divine attribute, and creating joy around...
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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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Where's Dad? I Thought We Were Supposed to Talk!: A Common-Sense Approach to Winning Life's Battles and Restoring Our Culture.

Pat Combs · Westbow Press
Pages: 221
Format: Hardcover

In this fast-moving modern world, an overwhelming number of fathers are missing from their families. Many of those who remain either do not understand their responsibilities or they simply ignore them. This is no small matter. Sons and daughters rely on dads to be the character-builders...
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What Are We Doing Here?: Essays

Marilynne Robinson · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

New essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes, by the Pulitzer Prize winnerMarilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National...
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Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace

Patricia Raybon · Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

"Mom, I have something I need to tell you..."They didn't talk. Not for ten years. Not about faith anyway. Instead, a mother and daughter tiptoed with pain around the deepest gulf in their lives - the daughter's choice to leave the church, convert to Islam and become...
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FATAL DISCORD : erasmus, luther, and the rupture of europe

MICHAEL MASSING · Harper
Pages: 960

A deeply textured dual biography and fascinating intellectual history that examines two of the greatest minds of European history--Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther--whose heated rivalry gave rise to two enduring, fundamental, and often colliding traditions of philosophical and religious...
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Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World

SCOTT HARRISON · Currency
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all, from the founder and CEO of the nonprofit charity: water. At 28 years old, Scott Harrison had it all. A top nightclub promoter in New York City, his life was an endless cycle of drugs,...
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The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World

BART EHRMAN · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The "marvelous" (Reza Aslan, bestselling author of Zealot) , New York Times bestselling story of how Christianity became the dominant religion in the West.How did a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire became...
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Be the Gift: Let Your Broken Be Turned into Abundance

Ann Voskamp · Zondervan
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Be the Gift, by New York Times-bestselling author Ann Voskamp, will challenge and encourage you to listen to God and look for opportunities to be His gift to others.The idea that even in the depths of our own brokenness God can use each of us to be a gift to someone else is powerful - that...
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The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis

Garry Wills · Viking
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling historian takes on a pressing question in modern religion - will Pope Francis embrace change?Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas, offers a challenge to his church. Can he bring about significant change? Should he? Garry...
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Convicted: A Crooked Cop, an Innocent Man, and an Unlikely Journey of Forgiveness and Friendship

JAMEEL ZOOKIE MCGEE · WaterBrook
Pages: 213
Format: Hardcover

Jameel McGee: "For the next three years not a day went by that I didn't think about my son who I had never seen and the cop who had kept me from him. And for most of those three years I promised myself that if I ever saw this cop again, I was going to kill him. I intended to keep that...
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Learning to Walk in the Dark

Barbara Brown Taylor · HarperOne; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Offers advice for finding spirituality in times of darkness, questioning the traditional association of darkness with evil and danger, and suggesting that being in the dark may lead to greater spiritual growth.
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Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet: Tasting the Goodness of God in All Things

Sara Hagerty · Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

In the age of fingertip access to answers and a limitless supply of ambitions, where do we find the God who was birthed in dirt and straw? Sara Hagerty found him when life stopped working for her. She found him when she was a young adult mired in spiritual busyness and when she was a new bride...
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