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Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity

JAMES MARTIN · HarperOne
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage turns his attention to the relationship between LGBT Catholics and the Church in this loving, inclusive, and revolutionary book.On the day after the Orlando nightclub shooting, James...
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Talk Yourself Happy: Transform Your Heart by Speaking God's Promises

Kristi Watts · Nelson Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Former cohost of The 700 Club Kristi Watts reveals the pitfalls that keep Christians from true joy and demonstrates the transformational power of speaking the words and promises of God. How does a person bounce back after being beaten down personally, professionally, and emotionally? What...
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A Family Shaped by Grace: How to Get Along with the People Who Matter Most

Gary Morland · Revell
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

"Gary Morland is a gifted communicator who has learned many lessons the hard way. He grew up in a dysfunctional family and went down that road himself, bottoming out as a confused alcoholic with a wife, two daughters, and no idea how to change. God transformed Gary's life through...
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The Burning Time: Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant Martyrs of London

Virginia Rounding · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Smithfield, settled on the fringes of Roman London, was once a place of revelry. Jesters and crowds flocked for the medieval St Bartholomew's Day celebrations, tournaments were plentiful and it became the location of London's most famous meat market. Yet in Tudor England, Smithfield...
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All Things New: Heaven, Earth, and the Restoration of Everything You Love

John Eldredge · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge offers readers a breathtaking look into God's promise for a new heaven and a new earth. This revolutionary book about our future is based on the simple idea that, according to the Bible, heaven is not our eternal home--the New Earth is. As Jesus...
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Almost There: Searching for Home in a Life on the Move

Bekah DiFelice · NavPress
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Recipient of Publisher's Weekly Starred Review!On the move . . . again? Wondering when you will "arrive"?Sometimes God leads people out of familiar territory so he can tell them who they are. That moment you depart, you experience reinvention, renewal, and freedom. You get a redo...
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Sharing God's Big Love with Little Lives: A Can-Do Guide for Parents and Caregivers

Jean Thomason · Worthy Publishing
Pages: 172
Format: Paperback

In this eagerly anticipated guide for parents, grandparents, and caregivers of little ones, Jean Thomason, known as the lively Miss PattyCake character, shares her insights gleaned from more than twenty years in children's ministry. Sharing God's Big Love with Little Lives will...
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This Is Our Time: Everyday Myths in Light of the Gospel

TREVIN WAX · B&H Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Uncertain. Confused. Overwhelmed.Many Christians feel bombarded by the messages they hear and the trends they see in our rapidly changing world.How can we resist being conformed to the pattern of this world? What will faithfulness to Christ look like in these tumultuous times? How can we be true...
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A Brief History of Sunday: From the New Testament to the New Creation

JUSTO L GONZLEZ · W B EERDMANS PUB CO
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Authoritative yet accessible historical overview of Christian Sunday worship In this book noted Christian historian Justo González tells the story of how and why Christians have worshiped on Sunday from the earliest days of the church to the present. After discussing the views and practices...
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The Gospel according to Star Wars, Second Edition: Faith, Hope, and the Force

John C McDowell · Westminster John Knox Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

In a new and updated version of this best-selling book, John McDowell explores the many spiritual themes that weave throughout the Star Wars films. From the Force to the dark side, the issues discussed in the films have a moral and spiritual complexity that, if paid attention to, can help...
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The Last Arrow: Save Nothing for the Next Life

Erwin Raphael McManus · WaterBrook
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
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The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America

Frances FitzGerald · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 752
Format: Print book

This groundbreaking book from Pulitzer Prize­-winning historian Frances FitzGerald is the first to tell the powerful, dramatic story of the Evangelical movement in America - from the Puritan era to the 2016 presidential election.The evangelical movement began in the revivals of the eighteenth...
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Every Job a Parable: What Walmart Greeters, Nurses, and Astronauts Tell Us about God

JOHN VAN SLOTEN · NavPress
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

A Walmart greeter, a nurse, and an astronaut walk into a church. . . .They each bring with them their own exhaustions and exasperations, their own uncertainty about whether and how their work matters to God. Good news: All work matters to God, because all work reflects some aspect of the character...
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Shalom Sistas: Living Wholeheartedly in a Brokenhearted World

Osheta Moore · Herald Press
Format: Paperback

SH ·l m' / sis ta: A woman who loves people, follows the Prince of Peace, and never gives up her sass. Shalom, the Hebrew word often translated as "peace," was a far cry from blogger and podcaster Osheta Moore's crazy life. Like a lot of women, she loved God's dream...
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Whisper: How to Hear the Voice of God

Mark Batterson · Multnomah
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The best-selling author of Circle Maker, which helped over 2 million people learn to talk to God, now helps readers learn how to listen to God.The voice that spoke the cosmos into existence is the same voice that parted the Red sea, and made the sun stand still in the midday sky. One day,...
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