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At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors

Russell Jeung · Zondervan
Pages: 222
Format: Print book

The American church is a church in exile. Whereas American evangelicals were once comfortable in their privilege and power, the church s role and influence in the public square, especially among the Millennials, is waning rapidly. Evangelicalism s steep decline in influence and adherents...
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When God Isn't There: Why God Is Farther than You Think but Closer than You Dare Imagine

David Bowden · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Why does God feel so far away? Why is my worship so empty? Has God left me? David Bowden knows these questions firsthand, having wrestled for years with God's apparent absence and studying what the Bible says about it. In this new book, Bowden tackles the subject head-on, finding the key to understanding...
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Falling Free: Rescued from the Life I Always Wanted

Shannan Martin · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

"Shannan's story feels at once familiar and spectacular, ordinary and exceptional. You will discover that at the same time her words make you squirm, you will wish you lived next door to her. You will want her wisdom and you will want her pickles." - Jen Hatmaker (from the foreword)...
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Think and Eat Yourself Smart: A Neuroscientific Approach to a Sharper Mind and Healthier Life

Dr. Caroline Leaf · Baker Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Science is beginning to understand that our thinking has a deep and complicated relationship with our eating. Our thoughts before, during, and after eating profoundly impact our food choices, our digestive health, our brain health, and more. Yet most of us give very little thought to our food...
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Jesus' Terrible Financial Advice: Flipping the Tables on Peace, Prosperity, and the Pursuit of Happiness

John Thornton · Moody Publishers
Pages: 174
Format: Paperback

"Jesus' advice ruined what I planned to write." It was the recipe for a great book. John and his wife - both financial experts - had cut their income by 80% to pursue more meaningful lives. Within six years they had two kids, were debt-free, went on several vacations, and doubled...
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All the Pretty Things: The Story of a Southern Girl Who Went through Fire to Find Her Way Home

Edie Wadsworth · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 305
Format: Print book

"I don't know how old I was the night the trailer burned down, or if the rumor was true that Daddy was the one who set it on fire." For a long time, Edie thought she had escaped. It started in an Appalachian trailer park, where a young girl dreamed of becoming a doctor. But every...
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Your Next 24 Hours: One Day of Kindness Can Change Everything

Hal Donaldson · Baker Books
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

If asked, who among us wouldn't say we were kind people? But kindness is often manifested in feelings of pity or sympathy--especially when others are watching--rather than in deeds. And when it comes down to it, what good does mere feeling do for the world?Your Next 24 Hours is about...
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Overcoming Toxic Parenting: How to Be a Good Parent When Yours Wasn't

Rick Johnson · Flemming H Revell
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Advice for Parents on How to Break the Cycle of Neglect, Abuse, or Absentee ParentingParenting is hard enough when you had good role models in your own parents. But what if your parents were absent, neglectful, or abusive? Are you doomed to repeat their mistakes with your own children?...
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Becoming a Woman Who Knows God by Name: Protected, Encouraged, and Strengthened by His Promises

Jan Harrison · Harvest House Publishers
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

"Those who know your name trust in you." Psalm 9:10My Creator. My Provider. My Healer. My Peace. These names of God give you important insight into His steadfast character. Seek the Lord on a deeper level by getting to know Him as He reveals Himself in the Bible...Elohim - Creator...
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Doing Good Is Simple: Making a Difference Right Where You Are

Chris Marlow · Zondervan
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

What if you could become a powerful force for good in the world without moving overseas, burdening your overwhelmed family, or giving up the comforts of modern life? Chris Marlow, founder of the global advocacy organization Help One Now, once felt paralyzed in the face of global problems....
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A Woman Overwhelmed: Finding God in the Messes of Life

HAYLEY DIMARCO · Abingdon Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

"A Woman Overwhelmed" is a phrase with which many women can relate. But what would happen if we could see the insanity in our pace and embrace our overwhelming God? There is a reason they say that a woman's work is never done - because it isn't! As women, we often are overwhelmed...
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The Hollywood Commandments: A Spiritual Guide to Secular Success

DeVon Franklin · HarperOne
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Secular and spiritual success are not opposites. To have one, you need the other.You can be wildly successful without losing your faith. In fact, your secular success will strengthen your faith if you allow it. Too often we believe that success in secular environments contradicts the core...
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The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America

Frances FitzGerald · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 752
Format: Hardcover

"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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SMART Love: How Improving Your Emotional Intelligence Will Transform Your Marriage

David A Stoop · Revell
Pages: 202
Format: Paperback

The principles of emotional intelligence have long been applied to the business world with remarkable results. But what would happen if they were applied to that most important of relationships--marriage?SMART Love is a system for understanding emotions--both your own and your spouse's--managing...
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More Than Just Making It: Hope for the Heart of the Financially Frustrated

ERIN ODOM · Zondervan
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

When you're trapped in a cycle of financial frustration, and you feel like you've tried everything only to end up with more month than money yet again, More Than Just Making It is your promise and pathway to thriving again.Take it from someone who's been there. Erin Odom grew...
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