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Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby

Candida R. Moss · Princeton University Press
Pages: 223
Format: Hardcover

How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a "Bible nation"Like many evangelical Christians, the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded on a "biblical worldview as a Christian nation."...
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Aging Starts in Your Mind: You're Only As Old As You Feel

Notker Wolf · Paraclete Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Notker Wolf takes a lighthearted, refreshing approach to life that any reader will find delightful! Each of his anecdotes and stories has a nugget of wisdom that will resonate especially with anyone who has struggled against the outward signs of aging. As Wolf says, the soul doesn't...
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Redeeming How We Talk: Discover How Communication Fuels Our Growth, Shapes Our Relationships, and Changes Our Lives

A J Swoboda · Moody Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Discover why words matter in a noisy world. Technology has made it easier than ever before to share just about everything: pictures, ideas, even the ups and downs of your morning errand run. Yet all our talking doesn't seem to be connecting us the way it promised to. That's because...
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The Bottom of the Pool: Thinking Beyond Your Boundaries to Achieve Extraordinary Results

Andy Andrews · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

This is how it's done. This is why it's done this way. This is the result you can expect if you do it.These three pieces of information inform a conclusion about every part of each of our lives. Yet it is these three pieces of information that most often set an insidious trap - a trap...
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Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century

Dale B Martin · Yale University Press
Pages: 394
Format: Hardcover

A leading biblical scholar's landmark work challenges the historical realism that has dominated the discipline for more than two centuries How can a modern person, informed by science and history, continue to recite the traditional creeds and confessions of the Christian church? What...
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Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks

Diana Butler Bass · HarperOne
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The author of the multiple award-winning Grounded and leading trend spotter in contemporary Christianity explores why gratitude is missing as a modern spiritual practice, offers practical suggestions for reclaiming it, and illuminates how the shared practice of gratitude can lead to greater...
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Courage, Dear Heart: Letters to a Weary World

REBECCA K REYNOLDS · NavPress
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

"The world is broken. I am broken. And my need is dire."This stark revelation is the path to divine surrender. Our courage has a chance to flourish when we reach a point where we have no control and nothing to lose.In a series of letters, Rebecca Reynolds uses imagery to breathe...
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A Prophet with Honor: The Billy Graham Story

William C Martin · Zondervan
Pages: 832
Format: Hardcover

A Prophet with Honor celebrates one of the 20th century's great luminaries. This engaging and comprehensive book will give both religious and secular readers a better understanding of the most successful evangelist in modern history, and the movement he led for over fifty years.This...
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Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything

Anne Bogel · Baker Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

If the viral Buzzfeed-style personality quizzes are any indication, we are collectively obsessed with the idea of defining and knowing ourselves and our unique place in the world. But what we're finding is this: knowing which Harry Potter character you are is easy, but actually knowing...
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Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ

Fleming Rutledge · Eerdmans
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

"Advent," says Fleming Rutledge, "is definitely not for sissies." As the midnight of the Christian year, Advent is rife with dark, gritty realities. In this book Rutledge spotlights the rich significance of the Advent season not just as transitional but as vibrant and profound...
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The Alphabet of Grief: Words to Help in Times of Sorrow

Andrea Raynor · WaterBrook
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

"I chose each word in this book based on the countless hours I have spent with grieving people. Not only have they have shared with me the pain of loss but they have taught me about the daunting and sometimes mysterious journey of living." - Andrea Raynor, The Alphabet of GriefChaplain...
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20 Ways to Make Every Day Better Study Guide: Simple, Practical Changes with Real Results

Joyce Meyer · FaithWords
Pages: 111
Format: Paperback

Joyce Meyer's practical study guide companion to 20 Ways To Make Every Day Better helps readers put her powerful lessons into action.
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Visions of Mary: Art, Devotion, and Beauty at Chartres Cathedral

Jill Kimberly Hartwell Geoffrion · Paraclete Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Through image and word, author and photographer Jill Geoffrion unfolds the the story of Mary at Chartres on the pages of this book. Geoffrion offers a unique visual and meditative journey through Chartres Cathedral in this newest addition to the Mount Tabor Books series. Showing and explaining...
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Unforced Rhythms: Why Daily Devotions Aren't for All of Us

Gwen Jackson · Wesleyan Publishing House
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Well-intended points of discipleship have created a spiritual angst in many believers' lives. The tone of this spiritual upbringing has created an undercurrent of perfectionism that leads to despair, as well as a faulty mind-set that focuses on "pleasing" God. Unforced Rhythms...
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Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World

Eric Metaxas · Viking
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation On All Hallow's Eve in 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther posted a document...
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