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The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors

DAN JONES - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"Dan Jones is an entertainer, but also a bona fide historian. Seldom does one find serious scholarship so easy to read." - The Times, Book of the YearA New York Times bestseller, this major new history of the knights Templar is "a fresh, muscular and compelling...
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Faith, Farming, and Family: Cultivating Hope and Harvesting Joy Wherever You Are

Caitlin Henderson - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

When Caitlin, a small-town girl, fell in love with a farm boy named Jake Henderson, she had little idea what farm life - or marriage and motherhood - would bring. But raising a family on a farm is teaching her more about God's goodness and grace than she could have imagined.When Caitlin,...
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Taking My Life Back: My Story of Faith, Determination, and Surviving the Boston Marathon Bombing

Rebekah Gregory - Revell
Format: Print book

On April 15, 2013, Rebekah Gregory and her five-year-old son waited at the finish line of the Boston Marathon to support a friend who was running. When the blasts of terrorists' homemade bombs packed with nails and screws went off three feet away, Rebekah's legs took the brunt of the blast,...
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Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America

Jennifer Harvey - Abingdon Press
Format: Paperback

Living in a racially unjust and deeply segregated nation creates unique conundrums for white children that begin early in life and impact development in powerful ways. Raising White Kids offers age-appropriate insights for teaching children how to address racism when they encounter it and tackles...
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Lies We Believe About God

Wm Paul Young - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the twenty million plus copy bestselling novel The Shack and the New York Times bestsellers Cross Roads and Eve comes a compelling, conversational exploration of the wrong-headed ideas we sometimes have and share about God.Wm. Paul Young has been...
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The Dawn of Christianity: People and Gods in a Time of Magic and Miracles

Robert C Knapp - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover

Ordinary people of antiquity interacted with the supernatural through a mosaic of beliefs and rituals. Exploring everyday life from 200 BCE to the end of the first century CE, Robert Knapp shows that Jews and polytheists lived with the gods in very similar ways. Traditional interactions...
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Life's Too Short to Pretend You're Not Religious

David Dark - IVP Books
Format: Print book

For many of us, the word "religious" immediately evokes thoughts of brainwashing, violence and eye-rubbingly tiresome conversations. Why not be done with it? David Dark argues that it's not that simple. The ease with which we put the label on others without applying it to ourselves...
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Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World

Eric Metaxas - Viking
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...
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I don't want Christmas to end

Zach Williams - Essential Records
Format: Music

Zach Williams brings his soulful southern style to familiar Christmas songs on his new release. Recorded at legendary FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Zach digs deep into his musical roots to bring fresh interpretations of timeless Christmas classics.
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Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future

Pope Francis
Format: Hardcover

In the COVID crisis, the beloved shepherd of over one billion Catholics saw the cruelty and inequity of our society exposed more vividly than ever before. He also saw, in the resilience, generosity, and creativity of so many people, the means to rescue our society, our economy, and our planet....
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