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America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
Jim Wallis - Brazos Press, 2016.
Format: Print book
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America's problem with race has deep roots, with the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation's original sin."It's time we right this unacceptable wrong," says bestselling author and leading... |
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Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America
Joseph Kim - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Format: Print book
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A searing story of starvation and survival in North Korea, followed by a dramatic escape, rescue by activists and Christian missionaries, and success in the United States thanks to newfound faith and courage Inside the hidden and mysterious world of North Korea, Joseph Kim lived a young... |
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Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely
Lysa TerKeurst - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback
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The enemy wants us to feel rejected . . . left out, lonely, and less than.In Uninvited, Lysa shares her own deeply personal experiences of rejection--from the perceived judgment of the perfectly toned woman one elliptical over to the incredibly painful childhood abandonment by her father.... |
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Life Is _____.: God's Illogical Love Will Change Your Existence
Judah Smith - Thomas Nelson Publishing
Format: Print book
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Life is ____. How would you finish that sentence Judah Smith believes Jesus shows us how to live life to the fullest. In this follow-up to his New York Times and USA Today bestseller Jesus Is ____, Judah completes the new sentence again and again, revealing how Life is to be loved... |
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Giving It All Awayand Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously
David Green - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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David Green believes that generosity and building a legacy based on giving can lead to getting back what you really want: a family that stays together, prays together, and shares life joyfully. Green tells the story of caring for the small things and starting Hobby Lobby in their garage.... |
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God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
Gerald Posner - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply reported, New York Times bestselling expos of the money and the clerics-turned-financiers at the heart of the Vatican - the world's biggest, most powerful religious institution - from an acclaimed journalist with "exhaustive research techniques" (The New York Times)... |
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Losing Susan: Brain Disease, the Priest's Wife, and the God Who Gives and Takes Away
Victor Lee Austin - Brazos Press
Format: Print book
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The Story of Brain Disease and the Priest's WifeThis is the story of Susan--a wife, mother, Christian believer, lover of children, writer of stories, and woman of extraordinary intellect. Susan was diagnosed with a brain tumor in her late thirties. Although it was successfully treated,... |
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Chasing Heaven: What Dying Taught Me About Living
Crystal McVea - Howard
Format: Print book
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From the author of the New York Times bestseller, Waking Up in Heaven, comes an extraordinary story about Crystal McVea's personal transformation after visiting heaven and how readers can experience heaven themselves - and live a more meaningful life.On December 10, 2009, Crystal McVea... |
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The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
David I. Kertzer - Random House; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XI's secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. This groundbreaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives, including reports... |
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Get Your Hopes Up!: Expect Something Good to Happen to You Every Day
Joyce Meyer - Faith Words
Format: Large Print Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer teaches readers how to transform their lives by tapping into the power of hope. One of the most powerful forces in the universe is hope--the happy and confident anticipation that something good is going to happen. Regardless of where... |
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Un-qualified : how god closes the gap between your weakness and your dreams
Steven Furtick - Multnomah Books
Format: Print book
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Who You Think You Are is Not as Important as Who God Says You Are Many of us wrestle with the gap between our weaknesses and our dreams, between who we are and who God says we are meant to be. We feel unqualified to do God's work or to live out the calling we imagine. But God has a way of using... |
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The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
Robert Sarah - Ignatius Press
Format: Paperback
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In a time when technology penetrates our lives in so many ways and materialism exerts such a powerful influence over us, Cardinal Robert Sarah presents a bold book about the strength of silence. The modern world generates so much noise, he says, that seeking moments of silence has become... |
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Way of Love: Recovering the Heart of Christianity
Norman Wirzba - HarperOne, 2016.
Format: Print book
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The pioneering scholar and author of Food and Faith and Living the Sabbath asserts that Christianity has slid off its rightful foundation, arguing that the faith only makes sense and can only be expressed in a healthy way if it seen as based on love, with a mission of training others in the way of love.It's... |
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The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis
Garry Wills - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling historian takes on a pressing question in modern religion - will Pope Francis embrace change?Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas, offers a challenge to his church. Can he bring about significant change? Should he? Garry... |
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How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
Bart D. Ehrman - HarperOne; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesuss divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early church.The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed... |
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Is This the End?: Signs of God's Providence in a Disturbing New World
David Jeremiah - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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The world seems more fractured each day. People are asking, "Is this the End?" Never have the headlines been this jarring, the cultural changes this rapid, or the moral decay this pronounced. What on earth is happening? After each new occurrence, the most oft-heard questions are,... |
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Bella's Gift: How One Little Girl Transformed Our Family and Inspired a Nation
Rick Santorum - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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Rick and Karen Santorum's inspiring story of life with Bella, their special-needs youngest child Four days after Rick and Karen Santorum welcomed their eighth baby into the world they were given the devastating news that their little girl, Bella, was going to die. The full story of life... |
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The Zimzum of Love: A New Way of Understanding Marriage
Rob Bell - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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As he revolutionized traditional teaching on hell in the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Love Wins, Rob Bell now transforms how we understand and practice marriage in The Zimzum of Love, co-written with his wife, Kristen.Despite the divorce statistics, people are still committing to each... |
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How to Read the Bible
Harvey Cox - HarperOne
Format: Print book
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Renowned religion expert and Harvard Divinity School professor Harvey Cox deepens our experience of the Bible, revealing the three primary ways we read it, why each is important, and how we can integrate these approaches for a richer understanding and appreciation of key texts throughout... |
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The Mediterranean Love Plan: 7 Secrets to Life-Long Passion in Marriage
Stephen Arterburn - Zondervan
Format: Print book
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The Mediterranean Love Plan unveils the "7 Secrets of Passion" from some of the most romantic countries in the world: Italy, France, Spain, Greece and Israel. Most couples marry in a flurry of passion, but soon find themselves wondering "How do we keep love interesting,... |
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Days of Awe and Wonder: How to Be a Christian in the Twenty-first Century
Marcus J Borg - Harper One
Format: Print book
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Showcasing some of his most enduring and insightful writings, including many previously unpublished works, a concise and illuminating introduction to Marcus J. Borg, the late spokesman for progressive Christianity and one of the most revered and influential theologians of our time.In his acclaimed... |
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Seize the Day: Living on Purpose and Making Every Day Count
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer shares a purposeful approach to everyday living, helping readers claim the good things God has in store for them each day. Today is no ordinary day. You may perform simple routines, feel uninspired, or lack the excitement of hope.... |
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Ruined
Ruth Everhart - Tyndale House Publishers
Format: Print book
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""It happened on a Sunday night, even though I'd been a good girl and gone to church that morning. ""One brisk November evening during her senior year at a small Midwestern Christian college, two armed intruders broke into the house Ruth Everhart shared with her roommates,... |
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The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal
Hubert Wolf - Alfred A Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A true, never-before-told story - discovered in a secret Vatican archive - of sex, poison, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth-century convent.In 1858, a German princess, recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant... |
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The Power of I Am: Two Words That Will Change Your Life Today
Joel Osteen - Faith Words
Format: Print book
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#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Joel Osteen shares the secret that Oprah said "changed her life": Transform your destiny by changing what you say about yourself. I AM. What follows these two words will determine the course of your life. When you speak about yourself,... |
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Apostle: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve
Tom Bissell - Pantheon Books, 2016.
Format: Print book
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A profound and moving journey into the heart of Christianity that explores the mysterious and often paradoxical lives and legacies of the Twelve Apostles - a book both for those of the faith and for others who seek to understand Christianity from the outside in. Peter, Matthew, Thomas,... |
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The Promise of Francis: The Man, the Pope, and the Challenge of Change
David Willey - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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With more than four decades of firsthand experience reporting from Vatican City, David Willey explores the religious and personal background of Pope Francis and his ability to fulfill the promises of reform made during the first two years of his papacy.Sex crimes and cover-ups, financial... |
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Married And Still Loving It: The Joys and Challenges of the Second Half
Gary D Chapman - Moody Publishers
Format: Print book
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Long marriages are a gift ... but they aren't always easyYou know yourselves better. You've learned to cherish the small things. You're past keeping up with the Joneses.And yet, anxieties over grown children, worries about money and health, and feelings of disappointment can challenge... |
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Think Better, Live Better: A Victorious Life Begins in Your Mind
Joel Osteen - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling author Joel Osteen shares how reprogramming your thoughts to remove negativity will lead to a more blessed, fulfilled life. Your mind has incredible power over your success or failure. THINK BETTER, LIVE BETTER offers a simple yet life-changing strategy for erasing the thoughts... |
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The 30-Day Faith Detox: Renew Your Mind, Cleanse Your Body, Heal Your Spirit
Laura Harris Smith - Chosen Books
Format: Paperback
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A Reset Button for Your Body, Mind, and SpiritIn our fallen world, invisible toxins like doubt, disappointment, and discouragement can contaminate even the strongest of faiths, leaving behind symptoms that affect our entire being--body, mind, and spirit.Using a one-month detox structure,... |
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The True Jesus: Uncovering the Divinity of Christ in the Gospels
David Limbaugh - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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David Limbaugh, the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus on Trial and The Emmaus Code, now approaches the question of Jesus Christ's divinity--In what sense was Jesus God? How do we know?--with the same precise, methodical form of enquiry he has employed in his career... |
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The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success
Andy Andrews - Thomas Nelson; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Much like the best-selling books by Og Mandino, this unique narrative is a blend of entertaining fiction, allegory, and inspiration. Storyteller Andy Andrews gives a front-row seat for one man's journey of a lifetime. David Ponder has lost his job and the will to live. When he is supernaturally... |
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Change of Heart: Justice, Mercy, and Making Peace with My Sister's Killer
Jeanne Bishop - Westminster John Knox Press
Format: Hardcover
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This powerful, true story of faith and forgiveness shows that all of us are capable of experiencing the healing and renewal that comes with truly forgiving another. Change of Heart follows the transformative journey undertaken by Jeanne Bishop after the murders of her sister and brother-in-law,... |
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The Way of Gratitude: Readings for a Joyful Life
Michael Leach - Orbis
Format: Paperback
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A hundred famous writers share their experiences, essays, fiction, poems, meditations, and inspired ideas on the joy of being thankful. These honest and heartfelt writings will add gladness to your days. Contributors include Wendell Berry, David Brooks, Joan Chittister, James Martin, Thich... |
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Finding God in the Waves: How I Lost My Faith and Found It Again Through Science
Mike McHargue - Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the host of the popular podcasts, The Liturgists Podcast and Ask Science Mike, a story of having faith, losing it, and finding it again through science - revealing how the latest in neuroscience, physics, and biology help us understand God, faith, and ourselves. What do you do when... |
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Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change Your Life
Eric Metaxas - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring and eye-opening exploration of the phenomenon of miracles from the New York Times #1 bestselling author of Bonhoeffer. What are miracles, and why do so many people believe in them? What do they tell us about ourselves? And what do we do with experiences that we cannot explain?... |
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The Friends of Jesus
Karen Kingsbury - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover
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America's favorite inspirational novelist and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a richly told tale about six of Jesus' closest friends and companions, bringing biblical truths to life in this captivating continuation of her Life-Changing Bible Study series.In our everyday... |
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Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People
Nadia Bolz-Weber - Convergent Books
Format: Print book
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New York Times Bestseller | One of NPR's Best Books of 2015What if that person you've been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace todayAnd what if that's the pointIn Accidental Saints, New York Times best-selling author Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising... |
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Worry-Free Living: Trading Anxiety for Peace
Joyce Meyer - Faith Words
Format: Print book
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In this compact adaptation of "Be Anxious for Nothing, " #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Joyce Meyer shows readers how to rid themselves of worry and fear by drawing on the peace of God. Difficult times are part of living in this world. However, God has provided... |
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The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
Jeff Goins - Thomas Nelson
Format: Print book
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Jeff Goins, a brilliant new voice counting Seth Godin and Jon Acuff among his fans, explains how to abandon the status quo and live a life that matters with true passion and purpose. The path to your life's work is difficult and risky, even scary, which is why few finish the journey.... |
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The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
Frances FitzGerald - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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"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... |
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I'm Happy for You
Kay Wills Wyma - WaterBrook Press
Format: Print book
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Is comparison living hijacking your life Do you find yourself measuring your value against your friend's house, body, marriage, resume, paycheck, organic garden, or Pinterest-worthy holiday dcor, and coming up lacking Do your college roommate's Instagram snapshots bear little resemblance... |
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The More of Less
Joshua Becker
Format: electronic resource
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Don’t Settle for More Most of us know we own too much stuff. We feel the weight and burden of our clutter, and we tire of cleaning and managing and organizing. While excess consumption leads to bigger houses, faster cars, fancier technology, and cluttered homes, it never... |
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Wearing God: Clothing, Laughter, Fire, and Other Overlooked Ways of Meeting God
Lauren F. Winner - HarperOne
Format: Print book
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Lauren F. Winnera leading writer at the crossroads of culture and spirituality and author of Still and Girl Meets Godjoins the ranks of luminaries such as Anne Lamott and Barbara Brown Taylor with this exploration of little knownand, so, little usedbiblical metaphors for God, metaphors... |
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Break Out!: 5 Keys to Go Beyond Your Barriers and Live an Extraordinary Life
Joel Osteen - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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We were not created to just get by with average, unrewarding or unfulfilling lives. God created us to leave our marks on our generations. Every person has seeds of greatness planted within by the Creator. When life weighs upon us, pushing us down, limiting our thinking, labeling us in negative... |
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How to Read the Bible
Harvey Cox - HarperOne
Format: Print book
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Renowned religion expert and Harvard Divinity School professor Harvey Cox deepens our experience of the Bible, revealing the three primary ways we read it, why each is important, and how we can integrate these approaches for a richer understanding and appreciation of key texts throughout... |
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Jesus Always: Embracing Joy in His Presence
Sarah Young - Thomas Nelson
Format: Print book
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Sarah Young's first 365-day devotional since Jesus Calling. With scripture and new personal reflections, the #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Young, brings Jesus' message of joy - for today and every day. Experience true joy - now and always. Life today is full of difficulties... |
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Enjoy Your Journey: Find the Treasure Hidden in Every Day
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestselling authorJoyce Meyer offers a powerful, concise abridgment ofEnjoying Where You Are on the Way to Where You Are Going.. Are you enjoying every day of your life? Or do you tell yourself and others that you will find happiness once you have achieved a specific goal... |
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The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus's Crucifixion
N T Wright - HarperOne
Format: Print book
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The renowned scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author widely considered to be the heir to C. S. Lewis contemplates the central event at the heart of the Christian faith - Jesus' crucifixion - arguing that the Protestant Reformation did not go far enough in transforming our understanding... |
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The Amish: A Concise Introduction
Steven M Nolt - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Print book
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There seems to be no end to our fascination with the Amish, a religious minority that has both placed itself outside the mainstream of American culture and flourished within it. Yet most people know very little about the nuanced relationship the Amish have with society or their own communities.... |
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Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis
Mark Shriver - Random House
Format: Print book
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A down-to-earth and deeply intimate portrait of Pope Francis and his faith, based on interviews with the men and women who knew him simply as Jorge Mario Bergoglio Early on the evening of March 13, 2013, the newly elected Pope Francis stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica... |
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Life's Too Short to Pretend You're Not Religious
David Dark - IVP Books
Format: Print book
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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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God Is Always Hiring: 50 Lessons for Finding Fulfilling Work
Regina Brett - Grand Central Publishing, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Beloved columnist and bestselling author Regina Brett offers her special brand of uplifting, yet practical advice to help readers find fulfillment in their work . . . and to deal with unexpected challenges. |
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Making Sense of God: Finding God in the Modern World
Timothy Keller - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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We live in an age of skepticism. Our society places such faith in empirical reason, historical progress, and heartfelt emotion that its easy to wonder: Why should anyone believe in Christianity? What role can faith and religion play in our modern lives?. In this thoughtful and inspiring... |
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Power Words: What You Say Can Change Your Life
Joyce Meyer - Faith Words
Format: Print book
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Joyce Meyer, # 1 New York Times bestselling author, helps readers tap into the life-changing power of positive words and prayer to overcome everyday problems in POWER WORDS. Developing the habit of speaking God's Word will unlock the power of transformation in readers' lives. In this... |
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When Your Life Is on Fire: What Would You Save?
Erik Kolbell - Westminster John Knox Press
Format: Paperback
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"In When Your Life Is On Fire Erik Kolbell listens, provokes, and most of all, shares with us the enduring lessons and insights of life and faith as realized by a diverse population of thoughtful people. It's a town hall of the soul." -- Tom BrokawIf your life was on fire, what... |
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Francis, Pope of Good Promise
Jimmy Burns - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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From the moment Pope Francis stepped on to the balcony of St Peter's, people around the globe sensed that not only the Catholic Church, but the world at large, could be entering a new spiritual, political and social age. The pomp and circumstance that had characterised the Vatican for as long... |
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Chasing Heaven: What Dying Taught Me About Living
Crystal McVea - Howard Books
Format: Paperback
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From the author of the New York Times bestseller, Waking Up in Heaven, comes an extraordinary story about Crystal McVeas personal transformation after visiting heaven and how readers can experience heaven themselves - and live a more meaningful life.. On December 10, 2009, Crystal McVea... |
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