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Frederick Douglass: America's Prophet
D H Dilbeck - The University of North Carolina Press
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From his enslavement to freedom, Frederick Douglass was one of America's most extraordinary champions of liberty and equality. Throughout his long life, Douglass was also a man of profound religious conviction. In this concise and original biography, D. H. Dilbeck offers a provocative interpretation... |
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Call It Grace: Finding Meaning in a Fractured World
Serene Jones - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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"Theology is a place and a story. Theology is the place and story you think of when you ask yourself about the meaning of your life, of the world, and the possibility of God."So begins Serene Jones's epic work of raw truth, fierce love, and spiritual teaching as muscular as the fractured... |
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The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
SARAH MACKENZIE - Zondervan
Format: Paperback
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Connecting deeply with our kids can be difficult in our busy, technology-driven lives. Reading aloud offers us a chance to be fully present with our children. It also increases our kids' academic success, inspires compassion, and fortifies them with the inner strength they need to face... |
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Chasing Grace: What the Quarter Mile Has Taught Me about God and Life
SANYA RICHARDS-ROSS - ZONDERVAN
Format: Hardcover
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"For as long as I can remember, life has been measured in seconds. The fewer, the better." Most people equate success with having more, but Sanya's quest was always for less. She starting running track as a little girl in Jamaica and began competing when she was only seven. At 31 she's... |
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Unashamed: Drop the Baggage, Pick up Your Freedom, Fulfill Your Destiny
Christine Caine - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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Shame can take on many forms. It hides in the shadows of the most successful, confident and high-achieving woman who struggles with balancing her work and children, as well as in the heart of the broken, abused and downtrodden woman who has been told that she will never amount to anything.... |
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The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture
Haley Stewart - Ave Maria Press
Format: Paperback
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Do you ever feel caught in an endless cycle of working harder and longer to get more while enjoying life less? The Stewart family did - and they decided to make a radical change. Popular Catholic blogger and podcaster Haley Stewart explains how a year-long internship on a sustainable farm... |
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Angels: Who They Are, What They Do, and Why It Matters
Jack Graham - Bethany House
Format: Print book
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Leading Baptist Pastor Teaches the Truth about AngelsMyths about angels are everywhere. Do we become angels when we die? Are angels always hovering nearby, on guard to protect us from danger? Can we talk to them? Many of our ideas about angels come from the media, which is more interested... |
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Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community
Brett McCracken - Crossway
Format: Paperback
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The "seeker-sensitive" movement has had its moment in evangelicalism - attracting people by being cool, comfortable, and convenient. But what if the church truly thrives only when it embraces the more difficult aspects of Christianity? Uncomfortable makes a compelling case that... |
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Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers
Daniel L Dreisbach - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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No book was more accessible or familiar to the American founders than the Bible, and no book was more frequently alluded to or quoted from in the political discourse of the age. How and for what purposes did the founding generation use the Bible? How did the Bible influence their political... |
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The DIY Style Finder: Discover Your Unique Style and Decorate It Yourself
KariAnne Wood - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Let Your Style Shine KariAnne Wood could tell you a lot about decorating. After all, she's an expert. But this book isn't about her. It's about you. It's about the colors, textures, and patterns that make your heart sing. It's about the creative ideas you can't wait to try in your... |
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Making Children Mind without Losing Yours
KEVIN LEMAN - Revell
Format: Paperback
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We've seen the enemy, and they're small . . . and unionized.If anyone understands why children behave the way they do, it's internationally known psychologist and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Kevin Leman. Using the 7 principles of reality discipline, this father of five... |
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Collateral Damage: Guiding and Protecting Your Child Through the Minefield of Divorce
Dr. John Chirban - Thomas Nelson
Format: Print book
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Based on research from more than 10,000 surveys from children and parents of divorce, Collateral Damage presents parents with an overview of the impact that divorce has on their children and offers ways to better serve their needs at this critical time. Approximately fifty percent of marriages... |
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Chasing Dreams
Deborah Raney - Kregel Publications
Format: Paperback
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Joanna Chandler always dreamed of becoming an attorney. But when she left law school to help care for her dying mother, stepping away from her single-minded pursuit gave her space to reconsider. The only question is, if not law, what should she do with her life?To keep her mind off an uncertain... |
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Boundaries Workbook: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
Henry Cloud - Zondervan
Format: Paperback
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The New York Times bestselling book Boundaries has helped millions understand that being a loving Christian does not mean never saying no. This newly updated and expanded companion workbook provides practical exercises for setting boundaries in marriage, parenting, business, and friendships... |
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Happiness in This Life: A Passionate Meditation on Earthly Existence
POPE FRANCIS - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A collection of homilies, speeches, and "messages of the day" that brings together Pope Francis's wisdom on finding happiness in the here and now For Pope Francis, appreciating our everyday lives is a spiritual undertaking. Joy is a divine attribute, and creating joy around... |
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Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet
Lyndal Roper - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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This definitive biography reveals the complicated inner life of the founding father of the Protestant Reformation, whose intellectual assault on Catholicism ushered in a century of upheaval that transformed Christianity and changed the course of world history. On October 31, 1517, so the story... |
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Talking God: Philosophers on Belief
Gary Gutting - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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Through interviews with twelve distinguished philosophers -- including atheists, agnostics, and believers -- Talking God works toward a philosophical understanding and evaluation of religion. Along the way, Gary Gutting and his interviewees challenge many common assumptions about religious... |
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The Modern Enneagram: Discover Who You Are and Who You Can Be
Kacie Berghoef - Althea Press
Format: Paperback
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"The Modern Enneagram provides a concise, clear, and accurate introduction to the Enneagram. A wide range of knowledge and personal examples and illustrations make learning the Enneagram an easy and enjoyable process." -- Russ Hudson, co-author of The Wisdom of the EnneagramFaced... |
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The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
Rod Dreher - Penguin Publishing Group
Format: Print book
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In a radical new vision for the future of Christianity, NYT bestselling author and conservative columnist Rod Dreher calls on American Christians to prepare for the coming Dark Age by embracing an ancient Christian way of life. The light of the Christian faith is flickering out all over... |
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Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father
THOMAS S KIDD - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A major new biography, illuminating the great mystery of Benjamin Franklin's faith Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage... |
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We Too: How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis
Mary E. DeMuth - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Paperback
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"Timely and necessary...This book is not only a warning. It is an opportunity. An opportunity to live out the gospel we so passionately proclaim. And it starts with listening." - J.D. Greear, President of the Southern Baptist Convention Time's Up: Addressing the Unspoken Crisis... |
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Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family
Jennifer Lin - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Hardcover
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Within the next decade, China could be home to more Christians than any country in the world. Through the 150-year saga of a single family, this book vividly dramatizes the remarkable religious evolution of the world's most populous nation. Shanghai Faithful is both a touching family... |
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Sister Saints: Mormon Women since the End of Polygamy
Colleen McDannell - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The specter of polygamy haunts Mormonism. More than a century after the practice was banned, it casts a long shadow that obscures peoples perceptions of the lives of todays Latter-day Saint women. Many still see them as second-class citizens, oppressed by the church and their husbands,... |
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Point of View: A Fresh Look at Work, Faith, and Freedom
Elisabeth Hasselbeck - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover
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Recognized from her roles on Survivor, The View, and FOX & Friends, celebrity Elisabeth Hasselbeck presents a deeply intimate journey of faith, told through the important moments in her life."Point of view," by definition, is a particular attitude or way of considering... |
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The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism
Jemar Tisby - Zondervan
Format: Paperback
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An acclaimed, timely narrative of how people of faith have historically--up to the present day--worked against racial justice. And a call for urgent action by all Christians today in response. The Color of Compromise is both enlightening and compelling, telling a history we either ignore... |
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Unified: How Our Unlikely Friendship Gives Us Hope for a Divided Country
Tim Scott - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Hardcover
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In a divided country desperate for unity, two sons of South Carolina show how different races, life experiences, and pathways can lead to a deep friendship -- even in a state that was rocked to its core by the 2015 Charleston church shooting.Tim Scott, an African-American US senator, and Trey... |
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In Good Faith: Secular Parenting in a Religious World
Maria Polonchek - Vibrance Press
Format: Audiobook
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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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On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
James K. A. Smith - Brazos Press
Format: Hardcover
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Publishers Weekly starred review. One of the Top 100 Books and One of the 5 Best Books in Religion for 2019, Publishers Weekly. Christianity Today 2020 Book Award Winner (Spiritual Formation) . Outreach 2020 Resource of the Year (Spiritual Growth) . Foreword INDIES 2019 Honorable Mention... |
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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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Protestants: The Faith That Made the Modern World
ALEC RYRIE - VIKING
Format: Print book
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Protestant Christianity began with one stubborn monk in 1517. Now it covers the globe and includes almost a billion people. On the 500th anniversary of Luther's theses, a global history of the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world Five hundred years ago an obscure monk challenged... |
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Chosen By God: God Has Chosen You for a Divine Assignment Will You Dare To Fulfill It
Rick Renner - Harrison House Publishers
Format: Paperback
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You Can Fulfill the Plan of God for Your Life God has an amazing plan for your life! Do you know God's awesome plan that He has designed especially for you? Has God ever spoken to your heart about the assignment He has called you to fulfill? If not, are you ready to discover it? Are you ready... |
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When Your Kid Is Hurting: Helping Your Child through the Tough Days
Kevin Leman - Revell
Format: Hardcover
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Children today live in an unpredictable, disruptive, and often violent world. Many of them live in two different homes with different sets of expectations. They face bullying at school and online. They hear news of school shootings, and racially or religiously motivated violence. They may have... |
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Dangerous Territory: My Misguided Quest to Save the World
Amy Peterson - Discovery House
Format: Print book
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Amy Peterson grew up in church, where she loved the adventurous stories of missionaries in foreign countries who won people to the Lord. After college, she was ready to "do big things for God" on the mission field herself. Dangerous Territory is a captivating memoir that tells... |
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Ready or Not: Leaning into Life in Our Twenties
Drew Moser - NavPress
Format: Paperback
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Discerning a calling is a messy undertaking. You are already involved in many good things now, even as you are being called to many good things in your future. The good life -- good work, good relationships, good citizenship, good faith -- is to be enjoyed now and pursued on every horizon.... |
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Book Girl: A Journey through the Treasures and Transforming Power of a Reading Life
Sarah Clarkson - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Paperback
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When you hear a riveting story, does it thrill your heart and stir your soul? Do you hunger for truth and goodness? Do you secretly relate to Belle's delight in the library in Beauty and the Beast?If so, you may be on your way to being a book girl.Books were always Sarah Clarkson's... |
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Strong and Kind: Raising Kids of Character
KORIE ROBERTSON - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback
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It's never been more important to teach your children well. What America needs today are parents w ho don't just s ay they value these virtues but who live them and passionately and boldly teach them to their children. It's up to me and you and every parent in America to make... |
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Meant for Heaven: A Little Girl's Journey to Paradise
BRYAN YOUNG - Cedar Fort, Inc.
Format: Paperback
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When three-year-old Holland began complaining of headaches, it was only the beginning of a journey that would ultimately reach beyond the grave. Told by Holland's father, Bryan, this is not the story of a family losing a daughter; it is a story of eternal life and all that lies beyond.... |
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Passionate for Justice: Ida B. Wells As Prophet for Our Time
Catherine Meeks - Church Pub Inc
Format: Paperback
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"In Passionate for Justice, we find a compass that points us to the future, where we can each give voice and action to justice, equity, and life-giving community. Ida Wells would have had it no other way." --From the foreword by Stacey Abrams, 2018 Democratic Nominee for Governor... |
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If Jesus Is Lord
Ronald J. Sider - Baker Academic
Format: Paperback
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What does Jesus have to say about violence, just war, and killing? Does Jesus ever want his disciples to kill in order to resist evil and promote peace and justice?This book by noted theologian and bestselling author Ronald J. Sider provides a career capstone statement on biblical peacemaking.... |
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Forged through Fire: A Reconstructive Surgeons Story of Survival, Faith, and Healing
Mark D. MD McDonough - Revell
Format: Paperback
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When Mark McDonough was a teen, a catastrophic fire claimed the lives of his mother and younger brother. It also left Mark with burns on over 65 percent of his body. During a long and painful recovery, his faltering faith in God was strengthened by a remarkable near-death experience. Inspired... |
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This Is the Day: Reclaim Your Dream. Ignite Your Passion. Live Your Purpose.
TIM TEBOW - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times best-selling sports star and media icon motivates readers to stop postponing dreams and start making them happen now because--this is the day.Beyond Tim Tebow's exploits as a Heisman-winning football player, he is widely known and respected for his exemplary... |
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Put the Disciple into Discipline: Parenting with Love and Limits
Erin MacPherson - FaithWords
Format: Paperback
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PUT THE DISCIPLE INTO DISCIPLINE gives parents the tools they need to truly disciple their kids through their most trying discipline situations.What do you say when your kid has really messed up?How do you respond when your three-year-old is throwing pennies at other carts as you walk through... |
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Bringing Up Boys
James C. Dobson - Tyndale Momentum; Reissue edition
Format: Print book
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Sensible advice and caring encouragement on raising boys from the nation’s most trusted parenting authority, Dr. James Dobson.With so much confusion about the role of men in our society, it’s no wonder so many parents and teachers are asking questions about how to bring up boys.... |
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Absolute Power: How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World
Paul Collins - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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The sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authorityIn 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. With cardinals... |
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Glory Days: Trusting the God Who Fights for You
Max Lucado - Thomas Nelson
Format: Print book
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Keep walking. This may be the day your Jericho walls come down. We all face them. Strongholds with a strong hold on our lives. Roadblocks to our joy. Obstacles in our marriages. Fortresses of fear blocking us from peace. How can we bring down these walls that keep us from the future God promises?... |
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My Utmost: A Devotional Memoir
Macy Halford - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A beautifully written and heartfelt memoir by a young woman from Dallas, Texas, exploring the Evangelical Christianity of her childhood and its meaning to her in the present through the classic daily devotional My Utmost for His Highest.Raised in an Evangelical household by her beloved... |
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Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age
Alan Noble - IVP Books
Format: Paperback
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We live in a distracted, secular age. These two trends define life in Western society today. We are increasingly addicted to habits -- and devices -- that distract and "buffer" us from substantive reflection and deep engagement with the world. And we live in what Canadian philosopher... |
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God Made Me Unique: Helping Children See Value in Every Person
Joni and Friends - New Growth Press
Format: Hardcover
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God Made Me Uniquehelps Christian parents and caregivers teach children that God creates every person in the image of God and each individual has tremendous value, regardless of his or her appearance or abilities. The story is set in a classroom where a new student is introduced who has a disability... |
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
AUSTIN CHANNING BROWN - Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover
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From a powerful new voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female in middle-class white America. Austin Channing Brown's first encounter with a racialized America came at age 7, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future... |
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Through My Father's Eyes
Franklin Graham - Harpercollins Christian Pub
Format: Hardcover
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Many have written about Billy Graham, the evangelist. This is the first book about Billy Graham, the father, written from the perspective of a son who knew him best. As a beloved evangelist and a respected man of God, Billy Graham's stated purpose in life never wavered: to help people... |
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Christmas: A Biography
JUDITH FLANDERS - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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A critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author explores the Christmas holiday, from the original festival through present day traditions.Christmas has always been a magical time. Or has it? Thirty years after the first recorded Christmas, the Pope was already warning that... |
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Costly Grace: An Evangelical Minister's Rediscovery of Faith, Hope, and Love
ROBERT SCHENCK - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A leading American evangelical minister - whom public figures long turned to for guidance in faith and politics - recounts his three conversions, from childhood Jewish roots to Christianity, from a pure faith to a highly politicized one, and from the religious right to the simplicity of Jesus'... |
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Afterlife: A History of Life after Death
Philip C Almond - Cornell University Press
Format: Print book
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The end of life has never meant the extinction of hope. People have always yearned for, and often been terrified by, continuance beyond the horizon of mortality. Over many centuries various imaginative and sometimes macabre ideas have been devised to explain what happens to human beings... |
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The Second Happy: Seven Practices to Make Your Marriage Better Than Your Honeymoon
Kevin and Marcia Myers - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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What is the secret to a healthy, happy, fulfilling marriage?Nearly every marriage starts out happy, and if we're honest, nearly every marriage at some point becomes unhappy. Is there a solution? Can an unhappy marriage really get back to being happy? Can it be truly and authentically... |
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Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness: A Biblical Tale Retold
Stephen Mitchell - St. Martin's Essentials
Format: Hardcover
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"A unique and special kind of masterpiece." -- John BanvilleStephen Mitchell's gift is to breathe new life into ancient classics. In Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness, he offers us his riveting novelistic version of the Biblical tale in which Jacob's favorite son is sold... |
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Five Proofs of the Existence of God
Edward Feser - Ignatius Press
Format: Paperback
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This book provides a detailed, updated exposition and defense of five of the historically most important (but in recent years largely neglected) philosophical proofs of God's existence: the Aristotelian, the Neo-Platonic, the Augustinian, the Thomistic, and the Rationalist.It also... |
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Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks
Diana Butler Bass - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the multiple award-winning Grounded and leading trend spotter in contemporary Christianity explores why gratitude is missing as a modern spiritual practice, offers practical suggestions for reclaiming it, and illuminates how the shared practice of gratitude can lead to greater... |
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Blessed in the Darkness: How All Things Are Working for Your Good
Joel Osteen - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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The same God who leads us to green pastures guides us through the valleys. #1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen shares how God uses the darkness in life for good.All of us will go through dark times that we don't understand: a difficulty with a friend, an unfair situation at work,... |
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A History of the Bible: The Story of the World's Most Influential Book
John Barton
Format: Hardcover
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A literary history of our most influential book of all time, by an Oxford scholar and Anglican priestIn our culture, the Bible is monolithic: It is a collection of books that has been unchanged and unchallenged since the earliest days of the Christian church. The idea of the Bible as "Holy... |
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The Franciscan Saints
Robert Ellsberg - Franciscan Media
Format: Paperback
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Reading Robert Ellsberg's profiles of holy men and women is like throwing open a window in a stuffy old church and taking in great gulps of fresh air. Henri Nouwen has described his writing as "evocative without being pious." He broadens the traditional vision of sanctity... |
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The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
Katherine Stewart - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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For readers of Democracy in Chains and Dark Money, a revelatory investigation of the Religious Right's rise to political power.For too long the Religious Right has masqueraded as a social movement preoccupied with a number of cultural issues, such as abortion and same-sex marriage.... |
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Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church
Megan Phelps-Roper - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The activist and TED speaker Megan Phelps-Roper reveals her life growing up in the most hated family in AmericaAt the age of five, Megan Phelps-Roper began protesting homosexuality and other alleged vices alongside fellow members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Founded... |
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Welcoming and Affirming: A Guide to Supporting and Working with LGBTQ Christian Youth
Leigh Finke (Editor) - Broadleaf Books
Format: Paperback
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How should I respond when a teen comes out? Do I have to tell their parents? What does it mean to be transgender? And how do I talk to a trans youth? These are the kinds of tough questions facing Christian communities everywhere. It's not enough for faith leaders to improvise their... |
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Church of the Small Things: The Million Little Pieces That Make Up a Life
Melanie Shankle - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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Is my ordinary, everyday life actually significant? Is it okay to be fulfilled by the simple acts of raising kids, working in an office, and cooking chicken for dinner?It's been said, "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath... |
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The Murderous History of Bible Translations: Power, Conflict, and the Quest for Meaning
Harry Freedman - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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In 1535, William Tyndale, the first man to produce an English version of the Bible in print, was captured and imprisoned in Belgium. A year later he was strangled and then burned at the stake. His co-translator was also burned. In that same year the translator of the first Dutch Bible was arrested... |
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20 Ways to Make Every Day Better: Simple, Practical Changes with Real Results
Joyce Meyer - Faithwords
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer shares powerful, practical ways to experience a new level of joy and excitement about life every day. The traffic is backed up, the kids are screaming, and the car is making a funny noise again. Any one of these challenges can test our temperament... |
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Who Will Be a Witness: Igniting Activism for Gods Justice, Love, and Deliverance
Drew G. I. Hart - Herald Pr
Format: Paperback
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Who Will Be a Witness offers a vision for communities of faith to organize for deliverance and justice in their neighborhoods, states, and nation as an essential part of living out the call of Jesus.Author Drew G. I. Hart provides incisive insights into Scripture and history, along with... |
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A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society
NOT AVAILABLE. - St. Martin's Essentials
Format: Hardcover
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Pope Francis met with French reporter and sociologist Dominique Wolton for an unprecedented series of twelve fascinating and timely conversations -- open dialogues revolving around the political, cultural, and religious issues dominating communication and conflict around the world -- now published... |
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Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity
Gregory Coles - IVP Books
Format: Paperback
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In an age where neither society nor the church knows what to do with gay Christians, Greg Coles tells his own story. Let's make a deal, you and me. Let's make promises to each other. I promise to tell you my story. The whole story. I'll tell you about a boy in love with Jesus who, at the fateful... |
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The Ultimate Guide for the Avid Indoorsman: Life Is Better in Here
John Driver - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Welcome to the Great Indoors Are your couch, TV, and smartphone among your most prized possessions? Are you looking for proven methods to avoid imminent Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster attacks? How sick and tired are you of hearing your friends and family say, "Let's go out"?... |
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Who Lynched Willie Earle?: Preaching to Confront Racism
William H. Willimon - Abingdon Press
Format: Paperback
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Pastors and leaders long to speak an effective biblical word into the contemporary social crisis of racial violence and black pain. They need a no-nonsense strategy rooted in actual ecclesial life, illuminated in this fine book by a trustworthy guide, Will Willimon, who uses the true story... |
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Sky Full of Stars: Learning to Surrender to God's Perfect Plans
Meg Apperson - Salem Books
Format: Hardcover
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Meg Apperson grew up having a relationship with Jesus, and she always trusted God. But it wasn't until her daughter Avery - a miracle in so many ways - was born with a litany of life-threatening birth defects that she began to fully understand what it means to trust Jesus with everything.... |
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Life Everlasting: Catholic Devotions and Mysteries for the Everyday Seeker
Gary Jansen - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback
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The time-honored practices in this inspiring book will guide you in unlocking the power of Catholic devotions - prayers, meditations, and even very simple, small actions you can take right now that will bring you closer to God and also offer reassurance that we are never, ever alone. The mystical... |
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The Power of I Am Study Guide: 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 presents a program for transforming your self-image and changing your life. Based on Joel Osteen's book, THE POWER OF I AM, this study guide presents intriguing questions, challenging activities, and encouraging insights that will inspire... |
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A Different Beautiful: Discovering and Celebrating Beauty in Places You Never Expected
Courtney Westlake - Shiloh Run Press
Format: Hardcover
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When Courtney Westlakes family was given the shocking news that their daughter, Brenna, was born in 2011 with a severe, life-threatening skin disorder, they began to discover a new and different beautiful in their lives-one that values extraordinary differences and appreciates the wonderful... |
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The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biography
Carlos Eire - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The life and many afterlives of one of the most enduring mystical testaments ever writtenThe Life of Saint Teresa of Avila is among the most remarkable accounts ever written of the human encounter with the divine. The Life is not really an autobiography at all, but rather a confession written... |
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The Forgotten Creed: Christianity's Original Struggle against Bigotry, Slavery, and Sexism
Stephen J. Patterson - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Long before the followers of Jesus declared him to be the Son of God, Jesus taught his followers that they too were the children of God. This ancient creed, now all but forgotten, is recorded still within the folds of a letter of Paul the Apostle. Paul did not create this creed, nor did he fully... |
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Jesus: The God Who Knows Your Name
Max Lucado - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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In this seminal work, beloved pastor and bestselling author Max Lucado explores the life and character of Jesus, now with never-before-read content. The God of the universe knows your name. He has walked your streets. Jesus. Perhaps you've heard about him, studied him, or prayed to him.... |
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The Mountains Are Calling: Making the Climb for a Clearer View of God and Ourselves
Jarrett Stephens - Multnomah
Format: Paperback
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The teaching pastor of one of America's largest megachurches gives a call to action: Study the mountains mentioned in Scripture. Learn what God reveals there about himself, and you. Then take those truths back to the people.An overview of the mountaintop experiences mentioned in Scripture... |
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Why Do they Hate Us?: Making Peace with the Muslim World
Steve Slocum - Top Reads Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback
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"Effectively countering pernicious, misinformed narratives, this is an essential contribution to interfaith studies." - Publishers Weekly "Well-researched, cogently argued ... avoids clichs and deeply examines the complex relationship between Islam and the West."... |
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Dream with Me: Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win
John Perkins - Baker Books
Format: Print book
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According to recent surveys and studies, race relations in the United States are the worst they've been since the 1990s, and many would argue that life for most minorities has not significantly improved since the civil rights era of the 1960s. For so many, the dream of true equality... |
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It's Okay Not to Be Okay: Moving Forward One Day at a Time
Sheila Walsh - Baker Books
Format: Hardcover
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We've all experienced that moment where we wish we could start all over again. Failed marriages, lost friends, addictions, lost jobs. This is not the life we imagined. Yesterday can sometimes leave us stuck, sad, shamed, scared, and searching. Sheila Walsh encourages readers to face the pain... |
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God Is Young: A Conversation with Thomas Leoncini
POPE FRANCIS - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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Pope Francis examines the role of millennials in the future of the Catholic Church in this urgent call to believers of all generations to work together to build a better world.Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has reinvigorated the Catholic Church and become one of the most popular... |
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Unafraid: Be you. Be authentic. Find the grit and grace to shine.
CAREY SCOTT - Shiloh Run Press
Format: Paperback
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As women, we struggle to feel like we're good enough because we are bombarded daily with messages that whisper, "Who you are is not okay." We live in a world that tells us we have to look a certain way, live a certain lifestyle, have husbands who fit a certain mold, and have... |
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Okayest Mom: When God's Plan of Adoption Doubled My Family
Natalie Gwyn - FaithWords
Format: Paperback
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NATALIE GWYN uses humor to brilliantly capture how God led and helped this mother of two to adopt four children from Ethiopia and successfully bond her blended family.A happy, working wife, already birth mother of two healthy young children -- a boy and a girl -- doubled the size of her family... |
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The Words between Us
Erin Bartels - Revell
Format: Paperback
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Robin Windsor has spent most of her life under an assumed name, running from her family's ignominious past. She thought she'd finally found sanctuary in her rather unremarkable used bookstore just up the street from the marina in River City, Michigan. But the store is struggling and the past... |
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All My Friends Have Issues: Building Remarkable Relationships with Imperfect People
Amanda Anderson - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback
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Bible teacher and popular speaker Amanda Anderson shows women how to form the safe, sane friendships that enable them to become the person God intends them to be.Amanda Anderson spent many exhausting years trying to find and become the perfect friend until she a made an illuminating discovery:... |
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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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Beautiful Light: Religious Meaning in Film
Roy M Anker - Eerdmans
Format: Paperback
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"Religious" films don't tend to get much respect in Hollywood, but that doesn't mean that religion doesn't regularly find its way into the movies. In Beautiful Light Roy Anker seeks out the often-unnoticed connections between film and religion and shows how even movies... |
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