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Awaken: 90 Days with the God who Speaks

PRISCILLA SHIRER · B&H Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The choice of a devotional book is more personal than most. This kind of reading is not merely for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment. No, with this kind of resource you're expecting and praying for something more. You want to hear from God, receive His direction, and be refreshed...
 
 
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

Mark Vroegop · Crossway
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Where do you turn when the dark clouds of pain, suffering, and loss roll into your life? In a broken world, difficult trials can lead quickly to discouragement and despair -- even for Christians. But the Bible sets forth an oft-neglected practice for dealing with such trials: lament. To lament...
 
 
My Time with God: Renewed in His Presence Daily

Joyce Meyer · FaithWords
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Over the course of three years, Joyce Meyer recorded in her journal the personal devotions and inspirations that guided her busy life. Those writings comprise MY TIME WITH GOD, the 365-day devotional that shares powerful insight into Joyce's spiritual reflections and journey.
Each daily...
 
 
Christians in the Age of Outrage: How to Bring Our Best When the World Is at Its Worst

Ed Stetzer · Tyndale Momentum
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Are you tired of reading another news story about Christians supposedly acting at their worst?
Today there are too many examples of those claiming to follow Christ being caustic, divisive, and irrational, contributing to dismissals of the Christian faith as hypocritical, self-interested,...
 
 
The Gift of Heaven

Charles Stanley · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Trustworthy answers to your questions about heaven. The Gift of Heaven, Dr. Stanley's first book on heaven, offers biblically based teaching and insights for anyone who has questions about God and what happens after we die. God has traced the outlines of a lovely blueprint of heaven...
 
 
Set in Stone: America's Embrace of the Ten Commandments

Jenna Weissman Joselit · Oxford University Press
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover

When Cecil B. DeMille's epic, The Ten Commandments, came out in 1956, lines of people crowded into theaters across America to admire the movie's spectacular special effects. Thanks to DeMille, the commandments now had fans as well as adherents. But the country's fascination...
 
 
Free of Me: Why Life Is Better When It's Not about You

Sharon Hodde Miller · Baker Books
Pages: 202
Format: Paperback

We live in a culture that's all about self, becoming the best "me" I can be instead of becoming like Jesus. This me-centered message affects every area of our lives--our friendships, our marriages, even our faith--and it breaks each one in different ways. The self-focused...
 
 
Praying the Rosary with St. John Paul II

Crowe, Gretchen R. · OUR SUNDAY VISITOR

During his papacy, Pope John Paul II ardently encouraged the faithful to return to the rosary, knowing that through Mary and the Rosary we come to know the person of Jesus Christ. In this book you will find the spiritual fruit that accompanies each mystery, a short reflection on how St. John...
 
 
Identity Matters: Discovering Who You Are in Christ

Terry Wardle · Leafwood Publishers
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Experience the unshakeable certainty of your inheritance in Christ and the wonder of being a child of God. Our understanding of our identity matters. It is the foundation of well-being, self-esteem, and self worth, which directly influences our quest for purpose and significance in life....
 
 
Confessions

Augustine, Saint Bishop of Hippo · Modern Library
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

One of the great works of Western literature, from perhaps the most important thinker of Christian antiquity, in a revolutionary new translation by one of today's leading classicists Sarah Ruden's fresh, dynamic translation of Confessions brings us closer to Augustine's intent...
 
 
Óscar Romero's Theological Vision: Liberation and the Transfiguration of the Poor

Edgardo Colón-Emeric · University of Notre Dame Press
Pages: 418
Format: Hardcover

On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated as he celebrated mass in El Salvador. As the Catholic Church prepares to declare Romero a saint, Colón-Emeric explores the life and thought of Romero and his theological vision, which finds its focus in the mystery of the transfiguration....
 
 
A Rabbi and a Preacher Go to a Pride Parade: and Other Musings, Sermons, and Such

Bert Montgomery · Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Incorporated
Pages: 124
Format: Paperback

Here, finally assembled together in one collection, are Bert Montgomery's LGBTQ-related musings, columns, and sermons. Bert uses humor, stories, and the Holy Scriptures to challenge the heresy of homophobia within the church and to call for full inclusion and affirmation - in both church...
 
 
Talking with God: What to Say When You Don't Know How to Pray

Adam Weber · WaterBrook
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Life is crazy. Prayer is simple. Prayer seems like it should be so simple. Yet when it comes to actually praying, it often feels awkward and complicated. I mean, what should you actually pray about? What do you say? Is there anything you should or shouldn't say? Do you have to speak...
 
 
Being Aware of Being Aware

Rupert Spira · Sahaja
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Everybody is aware, all seven billion of us. We are aware of thoughts, feelings, sensations, and perceptions. All people share the experience of being aware, but relatively few people are aware that they are aware. Most people's lives consist of a flow of thoughts, images, ideas, feelings,...
 
 
Finding God in My Loneliness

Lydia Brownback · Crossway
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

From Instagram to Facebook, our culture is obsessed with getting and staying "connected. " But the truth is, many people are lonelier today than ever before. In a noncommittal society that promises fulfillment and freedom but usually leaves us feeling isolated, many women are asking,...