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Un-qualified : how god closes the gap between your weakness and your dreams

Steven Furtick · Multnomah Books
Pages: 212
Format: Print book

Who You Think You Are is Not as Important as Who God Says You Are Many of us wrestle with the gap between our weaknesses and our dreams, between who we are and who God says we are meant to be. We feel unqualified to do God's work or to live out the calling we imagine. But God has a way of using...
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Converts to Judaism: Stories from Biblical Times to Today

Lawrence J Epstein · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 202
Format: Print book

From the biblical story of Ruth to the star conversion of Elizabeth Taylor, Converts to Judaism tells the stories of people who have converted to Judaism throughout history. The book introduces readers to origins of Judaism and shares the first conversion stories of the people who helped...
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You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter

Dr. Joe Dispenza · Hay House, Inc.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

"Throughout history up until present, many cultures have traditionally experienced the effects of verifiable healings, along with hexes, curses, witchcraft, voodoo, and other mysterious phenomena. These effects-many of which were elicited by unscientific means-were brought about by the beliefs...
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Agents of the Apocalypse: A Riveting Look at the Key Players of the End Times

David Jeremiah · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Who Will Usher in Earth's Final Days?Are we living in the end times? Is it possible that the players depicted in the book of Revelation could be out in force today? And if they are, would you know how to recognize them?In Agents of the Apocalypse, noted prophecy expert Dr. David Jeremiah...
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Atlas of Cursed Places: A Travel Guide to Dangerous and Frightful Destinations

Olivier Le Carrer · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 142
Format: Print book

Oliver Le Carrer brings us a fascinating history and armchair journey to the world's most dangerous and frightful places, complete with vintage maps and period illustrations in a handsome volume.
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Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis

Tim Townsend · HarperCollins
Pages: 388
Format: Hardcover

Mission at Nuremberg is Tim Townsend's gripping story of the American Army chaplain sent to save the souls of the Nazis incarcerated at Nuremberg, a compelling and thought-provoking tale that raises questions of faith, guilt, morality, vengeance, forgiveness, salvation, and the essence...
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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Pema ChoÌ?droÌ?n · Shambhala
Pages: 154
Format: Print book

Pema Chodron's perennially best-selling classic on overcoming life's difficulties cuts to the heart of spirituality and personal growth--now in a newly designed 20th-anniversary edition with a new afterword by Pema--makes for a perfect gift and addition to one's spiritual library....
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The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom That Tolkien Got, and the West Forgot

Jay Richards · Ignatius Press
Format: Hardcover

Anyone who has read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings can gather that their author hated tyranny, but few know that the novelist who once described himself as a hobbit “in all but size” was—even by hobbit standards—a zealous proponent of economic freedom and small...
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Paul Behaving Badly: Was the Apostle a Racist, Chauvinist Jerk?

E Randolph Richards · InterVarsity Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

The apostle Paul was kind of a jerk. He was arrogant and stubborn. He called his opponents derogatory, racist names. He legitimized slavery and silenced women. He was a moralistic, homophobic killjoy who imposed his narrow religious views on others. Or was he? Randolph Richards and Brandon...
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Witches of America

Alex Mar · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

"Witches are gathering."When most people hear the word "witches," they think of horror films and Halloween, but to the nearly one million Americans who practice Paganism today, witchcraft is a nature-worshipping, polytheistic, and very real religion. So Alex Mar discovers...
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American Covenant: A History of Civil Religion from the Puritans to the Present

Philip Gorski · Princeton University Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Was the United States founded as a Christian nation or a secular democracy? Neither, argues Philip Gorski in American Covenant. What the founders actually envisioned was a prophetic republic that would weave together the ethical vision of the Hebrew prophets and the Western political heritage...
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Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation

Robert Roth · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A simple, practical, and straightforward guide to meditation from Bob Roth, a world authority on Transcendental Meditation who has spent forty-five years helping people access their innate creativity and power with TM, having personally taught students ranging from Fortune 100 CEOs to Oprah...
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Devotion and Defiance: My Journey in Love, Faith and Politics

Humaira Awais Shahid with Kelly Horan · W.W. Norton
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring personal story by the most prominent Muslim woman activist and legislator for women's rights in Pakistan.In the fall of 2001, a newlywed English professor took on a job editing the "women's section" of one of Pakistan's leading Urdu newspapers. She soon...
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The Dictionary of Dreams: 15,000 Meanings Interpreted

Gustavus Hindman Miller · Wellfleet Press
Pages: 544
Format: Flexibound

Dreams can be fun and adventurous, but also frightening and distorted, and still again, they can be an endless combination of both. From spitting teeth out (a sign of aging) , to creepy, crawly spiders (a sign that one feels like an outsider) , dreams can mean much more to us once we learn...
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