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The Final Race: The Incredible World War II Story of the Olympian Who Inspired Chariots of Fire

Eric Eichinger · Tyndale Momentum
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

On July 19, 1924, Eric Liddell was on top of the world.He was the most famous Briton at the time, having just won the gold in the Olympic 400-meter race. The story of that race -- and the one he didn't run -- was told in the popular movie classic Chariots of Fire.But what most of us don't...
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Change and Conflict in Your Congregation

Rev. Anita L. Bradshaw PhD · SkyLight Paths; 1 edition
Format: Print book

With a positive theology of change, we can live as Christians known not for disagreements or self-interest, but for our love through difficulty."When congregations can move forward from conflict, weather change well and allow ourselves to move beyond old and outdated stories, then...
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Dancing Through Life: Steps of Courage and Conviction

Candace Cameron Bure · B&H Publishing Group
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Candace Cameron Bure has grown up before our eyes and we've watched as she's balanced life in Hollywood with her faith for many years. But that all reached new heights when she was given the opportunity to join the cast of Dancing With the Stars. Being on the show was one of her dreams...
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Me, Myself, and Lies: What to Say When You Talk to Yourself

Jennifer Rothschild · Harvest House Publishers
Pages: 211
Format: Paperback

What Should You Say When You Talk to Yourself? Have you ever noticed the things you say to yourself - and believe? I could never do that. They don't like me. I am such an idiot! You wouldn't talk that way to anyone else, yet phrases like these constantly flow through your mind,...
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Seven Women: And the Secret of Their Greatness

Eric Metaxas · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

In this highly anticipated follow-up to the enormously successful Seven Men, New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas gives us seven captivating portraits of some of history's greatest women, each of whom changed the course of history by following God's call upon their lives...
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A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 484
Format: Print book

From the author of A Midwife's Tale, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize for History, and The Age of Homespun--a revelatory, nuanced, and deeply intimate look at the world of early Mormon women whose seemingly ordinary lives belied an astonishingly revolutionary spirit,...
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12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

Tony Reinke · Crossway
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Do You Control Your Phone - Or Does Your Phone Control You? Within a few years of its unveiling, the smartphone had become part of us, fully integrated into the daily patterns of our lives. Never offline, always within reach, we now wield in our hands a magic wand of technological power...
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The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal

Hubert Wolf · Alfred A Knopf
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

A true, never-before-told story - discovered in a secret Vatican archive - of sex, poison, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth-century convent.In 1858, a German princess, recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant...
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The Promise of Francis: The Man, the Pope, and the Challenge of Change

David Willey · Gallery Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

With more than four decades of firsthand experience reporting from Vatican City, David Willey explores the religious and personal background of Pope Francis and his ability to fulfill the promises of reform made during the first two years of his papacy.Sex crimes and cover-ups, financial...
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God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs

TIMOTHY KELLER · Viking
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller comes a beautifully packaged, yearlong daily devotional based on the Book of Proverbs Proverbs is God's book of wisdom, teaching us the essence and goal of a Christian life. In this 365-day devotional, Timothy Keller offers...
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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

KATE BOWLER · Random House
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of living without certainty. Thirty-five-year-old Kate Bowler was a professor at the school of divinity at Duke, and had finally had a baby with her childhood sweetheart after years of trying,...
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C. S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity": A Biography

George M Marsden · Princeton University Press
Pages: 280
Format: Print book

Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent and winsome defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story of the extraordinary life and afterlife of this influential and much-beloved book.George...
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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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A Letter to My Anxious Christian Friends

David P Gushee · Westminster John Knox Press
Pages: 130
Format: Paperback

The last few years have seen dizzying social change in the United States. Many of these changes - such as the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage - seem to challenge or overturn long-standing Christian teachings, while disputes over issues such as immigration, racism, and the abuse...
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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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