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More Than Enchanting: Breaking Through Barriers to Influence Your World

JO SAXTON · IVP Books
Pages: 206
Format: Paperback

Embrace your influence. Women have always wielded enormous influence, whether in our homes, jobs, communities, or churches. But as we lean into those God-given opportunities, we often experience substantial barriers, whether from other people and systems around us or from our own insecurities...
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With the Smell of the Sheep: The Pope Speaks to Priests, Bishops, and Other Shepherds

POPE FRANCIS · ORBIS
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Foreword by Bishop Robert Barron"Pope Francis presents us with a beautiful and inspiring vision of the priesthood. Always, the Pope speaks and writes as a man who loves being a priest and as a priest who lives to bring people to the encounter with the mercy of God." --Archbishop...
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Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers

Daniel L Dreisbach · Oxford University Press
Pages: 331
Format: Print book

No book was more accessible or familiar to the American founders than the Bible, and no book was more frequently alluded to or quoted from in the political discourse of the age. How and for what purposes did the founding generation use the Bible? How did the Bible influence their political...
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Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

C S Lewis · HarperOne
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

A repackaged edition of the revered author's spiritual memoir, in which he recounts the story of his divine journey and eventual conversion to Christianity.C. S. Lewis - the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity,...
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Charged with Grandeur: Sermons and Practices for Delighting in God's Creation

Christopher W Keating · CSS Publishing Company
Pages: 66
Format: Paperback

"THE WORLD is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed." -- "God's Grandeur" by Gerard Manley Hopkins Charged With Grandeur: Sermons and Practices for Delighting in God's...
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Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World

MAX LUCADO · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Anxiety is at an all time high, but there's a prescription for dealing with it. Max Lucado invites readers into a study of Philippians 4:6-7 where the Apostle Paul admonishes the followers of Christ, "Do not be anxious about anything . . ." Philippians 4:6 encourages the believer...
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The Deacon's Ministry of the Word

Jay Cormier · Liturgical Press
Pages: 114
Format: Paperback

The Deacon's Ministry of the Word will offer both scriptural and theological resources, as well as strategies and approaches, for effectively communicating the word of God. The book will focus primarily on the homily - but the ideas and skills can be readily applied by deacons in any presentation...
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Why the Reformation Still Matters

Michael Reeves · Crossway
Pages: 223
Format: Print book

Does the Reformation still matter? In 1517, a German monk nailed a poster to the door of a church, disputing key doctrines taught by the Roman Catholic Church in that day. This moment set in motion a movement that changed the entire trajectory of church history. But do the Reformers still...
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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

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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Hildegard of Bingen: Essential Writings and Chants of a Christian Mystic-Annotated & Explained

Turner Publishing Company · Turner Publishing Company
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Experience "the fiery life of Divine Wisdom" through the rich and varied writings of one of the most accomplished women in Christian history.Hildegard of Bingen -- visionary, abbess, composer, dramatist, poet and healer -- was the brilliant and passionate precursor of many of the great...
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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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The Coming Apostasy: Exposing the Sabotage of Christianity from Within

Mark Hitchcock · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Are we on the verge of a great apostasy in the church?"For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. They will reject...
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101 Things You Should Do Before Your Kids Leave Home

David Bordon · FaithWords
Pages: 213
Format: Print book

Ever wished you could keep your kids away from the TV for an hour, let alone a full day? For anyone looking to make fun, lifelong memories with their family comes 101 THINGS YOU SHOULD DO BEFORE YOUR KIDS LEAVE HOME. Seasoned parents know that the days are long, but the time is short. It can be tough...
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Really bad girls of the bible : more lessons from less-than-perfect women

Liz Curtis Higgs · Waterbrook Pr
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Discover the Truth About God s Sovereignty from the Bible s "Really" Bad Girls. Eight of the Bible s most notorious females strut across the pages of "Really Bad Girls of the Bible "with troubles that still hit home in the twenty-first century. The Medium of En Dor crossed...
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No Greater Love

Teresa Mother · New World Library
Pages: 215
Format: Print book

One of the world's most recognized and loved spiritual leaders, Mother Teresa has inspired millions with her extraordinary example of compassionate and selfless work for the poor, the ill, and the outcast.Considered by many to be a saint, she was a steadfast voice of love and faith,...
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