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Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity

Gregory Coles · IVP Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

In an age where neither society nor the church knows what to do with gay Christians, Greg Coles tells his own story. Let's make a deal, you and me. Let's make promises to each other. I promise to tell you my story. The whole story. I'll tell you about a boy in love with Jesus who, at the fateful...
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Tough As They Come

Travis Mills · Convergent Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Thousands have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five have survived quadruple amputee injuries. This is one soldier's story. Thousands of soldiers die year to defend their country. United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was sure that he would become another statistic...
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The Christ-Centered Home: Inviting Jesus In

Emily Freeman · Ensign Peak
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

We often think of Jesus' ministry as teaching to the multitudes, feeding the 5,000, teaching in the temples and synagogues, teaching on the mountainside or the seashore. But many of His most personal teachings were done within the walls of a family's home. His followers invited...
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Among the Ruins: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Catholic Church

Paul L Williams · Prometheus Books
Pages: 315
Format: Hardcover

This critical review of the Roman Catholic Church since the pivotal changes initiated in the 1960s by Vatican II paints a disturbing picture of decline and corruption. Dr. Paul L. Williams, a self-professed Tridentine or traditionalist Catholic, traces the various factors that have caused...
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This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever

Rory Feek · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The story she said he was born to write. Her story. His story. The love story of Joey and Rory. By inviting so many into the final months of Joey's life as she battled cancer, Joey and Rory Feek captured hearts around the world with how they handled the diagnosis; the inspiring, simple...
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The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears

Mark Batterson · Zondervan
Pages: 235
Format: Print book

According to Pastor Mark Batterson in this expanded edition of The Circle Maker, "Drawing prayer circles around our dreams isn't just a mechanism whereby we accomplish great things for God. It's a mechanism whereby God accomplishes great things in us." Do you ever sense...
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And It Was Beautiful: Celebrating Life in the Midst of the Long Good-Bye

Kara Tippetts · David C. Cook
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

"I was here. I saw beauty. I embraced it." - Kara Tippetts How do you live out extravagant love in the everyday moments? How do you celebrate grace when your life turns out differently than the one you dreamed? Kara Tippetts discovered how to find joy in the small moments of life....
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For the Glory: Eric Liddell's Journey from Olympic Champion to Modern Martyr

Duncan Hamilton · Penguin Press
Pages: 388
Format: Print book

The untold and inspiring story of Eric Liddell, hero of Chariots of Fire, from his Olympic medal to his missionary work in China to his last, brave years in a Japanese work camp during WWIIMany people will remember Eric Liddell as the Olympic gold medalist from the Academy Award winning...
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The Parables of Jesus

James Montgomery Boice · Moody Publishers
Pages: 261
Format: Paperback

"Some sections of the Bible give us grand theology. Some move us to grateful responses to God. But the parables break through mere words and make us ask whether there has indeed been any real difference in our lives."In this beloved classic, James Boice takes us systematically...
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Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown

Eric Blehm · WaterBrook Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Fearless takes you deep into SEAL Team SIX, straight to the heart of one of its most legendary operators. When Navy SEAL Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn't know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan - but he was ready: In a letter to his children,...
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I Am Number 8: Overlooked and Undervalued, but Not Forgotten by God

John W Gray · Faith Words
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

If God can take David--the invisible eighth son of a forgotten family--and turn him into a king, just imagine what magnificent plans He has for redeeming your life. David was born a number 8--a hidden gem, often overlooked and undervalued by everyone except for God. For David, being a number...
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Ruined

Ruth Everhart · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

""It happened on a Sunday night, even though I'd been a good girl and gone to church that morning. ""One brisk November evening during her senior year at a small Midwestern Christian college, two armed intruders broke into the house Ruth Everhart shared with her roommates,...
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Objects of Devotion: Religion in Early America

Peter Manseau · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Objects of Devotion: Religion in Early America tells the story of religion in the United States through the material culture of diverse spiritual pursuits in the nation's colonial period and the early republic. The beautiful, full-color companion volume to a Smithsonian National...
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Migrants and Citizens: Justice and Responsibility in the Ethics of Immigration

Tisha M Rajendra · Eerdmans
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

What responsibilities do citizens have to migrants and potential migrants? What responsibilities do migrants themselves have? What is the basis of those responsibilities? In this book Tisha Rajendra reframes the confused and often heated debate surrounding immigration and develops a Christian...
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Remembering the Body

Alan Michael Berecka · Mongrel Empire Press
Pages: 94
Format: Paperback

Alan Berecka's Remembering the Body is one of the few poetry books I couldn't put down. These poems are high-energy, driving narratives that range from hilarious vignettes to poignant episodes of loss and injustice-and now and then one of these small, complete stories manages to be both....
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