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In Good Faith: Secular Parenting in a Religious World

Maria Polonchek - Vibrance Press
Format: Audiobook

Part memoir, part cultural exploration, this book covers the authors journey as she grows up in an evangelical Christian home, leaves religion behind as a young adult, and goes on to raise children in a family outside of religious belief. Maria Polonchek weaves a personal story with up-to-date...
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Successful Leaders of the Bible

Katara Washington Patton - Faith Words
Format: Print book

The third book in a new series bringing the experiences of favorite biblical figures to the challenges of contemporary life. If you could drop biblical men and women into our world today, what kind of lessons might they teach you? In SUCCESSFUL LEADERS OF THE BIBLE, the Bible's most...
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Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church

Katelyn Beaty - Brazos Press
Format: Hardcover

Publishers Weekly starred reviewMany Christian leaders use their fame and influence to great effect. Whether that popularity resides at the local church level or represents national or international influence, many leaders have effectively said to their followers, "Follow me as I follow...
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Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World

SCOTT HARRISON - Currency
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all, from the founder and CEO of the nonprofit charity: water. At 28 years old, Scott Harrison had it all. A top nightclub promoter in New York City, his life was an endless cycle of drugs,...
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The Joy of Job: An Investigators Perspective on the Most Righteous Man on Earth

Maribeth Vander Weele - Sagerity Press LLC
Format: Hardcover

Gold Medal Winner of the 2019 Illumination Book AwardsThe Old Testament story of Job has confounded followers of God throughout the ages.Perplexingly, God enters into a pact with the devil to test Jobs loyalty, resulting in cataclysmic losses for this righteous man of antiquity. Job clings...
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Devout: A Memoir of Doubt

Anna Gazmarian - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

"This moving memoir is always attuned to the possibilities of community and spiritual sustenance, even as it refuses to efface the struggles at its core - believing that this struggle, too, can be a thing of beauty." - Leslie Jamison, author of The Recovering. In this revelatory...
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Raising Up Dreamers: Find and Grow Your Child's God-Given Talents

Shelia Erwin
Format: Paperback

How do you raise Christian kids who have dreams that seem beyond their reach?Parenting is an important task, but the pressure doesn't need to be on us. As parents, we simply need to follow the leading of the Lord with the understanding that our children's natural abilities are actually...
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Christianity in the Twentieth Century: A World History

Brian Stanley - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

A history of unparalleled scope that charts the global transformation of Christianity during an age of profound political and cultural changeChristianity in the Twentieth Century charts the transformation of one of the world's great religions during an age marked by world wars, genocide,...
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Sacred Time: Embracing an Intentional Way of Life

Christine Valters Paintner - Sorin Books
Format: Paperback

We live in a world where there never seems to be enough time for all we want and need to do. In Sacred Time: Embracing an Intentional Way of Life, Christine Valters Paintner guides us as we move beyond our own lives and embrace a world that urges us toward rest, reflection, and growth.In...
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In the Footsteps of Jesus, 2nd Edition: A Chronicle of His Life and the Origins of Christianity

JEAN-PIERRE ISBOUTS - National Geographic
Format: Paperback

In this revised and updated biography of Jesus of Nazareth, best-selling author Jean-Pierre Isbouts examines the man behind the legend by marrying biblical accounts with archaeological and historical documentation in a compelling and comprehensive reference.A pivotal era of history comes...
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