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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
KATE BOWLER · Random House Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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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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Giant Slayers: Ground Rules for Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles
Leif Hetland · Destiny Image Pages: 208 Format: Paperback
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The World is Full of GiantsThe world is full of giants...Some come knocking on our doors, threatening to tear our lives apart. Others are far away, guarding treasure and glory, waiting to see who will challenge them.Maybe debt is your giant - a pile of second and third notices that you don't... |
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Trade Your Cares for Calm
M LUCADO · Thomas Nelson Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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Be Free from the Worries That Weigh You Down.If you're trembling on a tightrope of fear and worry, get ready for the best trade ever: your cares for God's calm.What if faith, not fear, could be your default reaction to circumstances? Imagine being able to walk away from worry, conquer... |
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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
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"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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Being a Christian: How Jesus Redeems All of Life
JASON ALLEN · B&H Books Pages: 160 Format: Hardcover
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What does it mean to be a Christian? The gospel of Jesus Christ is the best news in history, but we often live as though it has minimal impact on our lives. Being a Christian isn't just about Sunday mornings, small groups, and studying the Bible. The good news is that Jesus redeems... |
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The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
Frances FitzGerald · Simon & Schuster Pages: 752 Format: Hardcover
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"A page turner ... We have long needed a fair-minded overview of this vitally important religious sensibility, and FitzGerald has now provided it." - The New York Times Book Review "Massively learned and electrifying ... magisterial." - The Christian Science Monitor... |
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PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Evangelical Empire
John H Wigger · Oxford University Press Pages: 424 Format: Hardcover
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In 1974 Jim and Tammy Bakker launched their television show, the PTL Club, from a former furniture store in Charlotte, N.C. with half a dozen friends. By 1987 they stood at the center of a ministry empire that included their own satellite network, a 2300-acre theme park visited by six million... |
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Comfort Detox: Finding Freedom From Habits That Bind You
Erin M Straza · InterVarsity Press Pages: 208 Format: Print book
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"For too long I have lived life on comfort mode, making choices for life engagement based on safety, ease, and convenience. It has left me very little wiggle room, just a small parcel of real estate upon which to live, move, and have my being. It's not quite the abundant life Jesus... |
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Worship
Max Lucado · Thomas Nelson Pages: 112 Format: Print book
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Who and why we worship is imperative to the Christian faith, integral to a life of joy, and woven throughout Max Lucado's books. Now Max's most encouraging words on worship are collected into one volume and enhanced with beautiful, full-color photography. An everyday reminder... |
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Happiness in This Life: A Passionate Meditation on Earthly Existence
POPE FRANCIS · Random House Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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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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The Rise and Fall of the Christian Myth: Restoring Our Democratic Ideals
Burton L. Mack · Yale University Press Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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This book is the culmination of a lifelong scholarly inquiry into Christian history, religion as a social institution, and the role of myth in the history of religions. Mack shows that religions are essentially mythological and that Christianity in particular has been an ever-changing mythological... |
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