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Crazy Faith: It's Only Crazy Until It Happens

Michael Todd - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

Noah looked crazy when he started building the ark . . . until it started raining. It was crazy for Moses to lead a nation of people into the desert away from Egypt . . . until the Red Sea parted. It was crazy to believe that a fourteen-year-old virgin would give birth to the Son of God . . . until...
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The Spirit of Holiness: Reflections on Biblical Spirituality

Terry Delaney - Lexham Press
Format: Paperback

What does it mean to be "spiritual"? What priorities and practices inspire one to live the Christian life well? While there are a multitude of answers to these questions, very rarely are they both clear and profound. As a result, Christians can be left feeling lost and confused.In...
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Asking Better Questions of the Bible: A Guide for the Wounded, Wary, and Longing for More

Marty Solomon - NavPress
Format: Paperback

Too often when we come to the Bible, we settle for easy answers. We move quickly toward the allure of resolution. But when we ask the questions the Bible is asking, we will do these things instead:understand the Eastern perspective of words, numbers, and core principles like eternal life,...
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You Can Talk to God Like That: The Surprising Power of Lament to Save Your Faith

Abby Norman - Broadleaf Books
Format: Paperback

Praise is the only path to God--at least this is what many of us have been taught. But the notion that we have to be positive all the time, putting on a happy face through anger, frustration, and pain, hinders our ability not only to heal ourselves and society, but to have an authentic...
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Beginner's Guide to New Testament Studies

Nijay K. Gupta - Baker Academic
Format: Hardcover

"This accessible and balanced introduction to key questions in New Testament studies fairly presents the spectrum of viewpoints on debated topics"--
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Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence

Joel Osteen
Format: Hardcover

. It's easy to go through life holding on to things that are weighing you down. Guilt. Resentment. Doubt. Worry. The problem is when you allow these things in, they're taking up space for the good things that should be there. Imagine your life is like a container. You were created...
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The Marriage You've Always Wanted

Gary Chapman - Moody Publishers
Format: Paperback

Respected marriage counselor Gary Chapman looks at the key issues that will help you build the marriage you've always wanted, answering such real-life questions as . . .Why won't they change?Why do we always fight about tasks and responsibilities?Why should we have to work at sex?In...
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Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy

Luke Bretherton - Eerdmans
Format: Hardcover

In Christ and the Common Life Luke Bretherton provides an introduction to historical and contemporary theological reflection on politics and opens up a compelling vision for a Christian commitment to democracy.In dialogue with Scripture and various traditions, Bretherton examines the dynamic...
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The Souls of Womenfolk: The Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South

Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh - The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Paperback

Beginning on the shores of West Africa in the sixteenth century and ending in the U.S. Lower South on the eve of the Civil War, Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh traces a bold history of the interior lives of bondwomen as they carved out an existence for themselves and their families amid the horrors...
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Beyond the Golden Door: Seeing the American Dream through an Immigrant's Eyes

Ali Master - Morgan James Publishing
Format: Library Binding

It's easy to talk about freedom. But unless someone has lived in a world that suffocates freedom, it's difficult to appreciate the liberty found in America. Beyond the Golden Door is the engaging true story of Ali Master, a Pakistani Muslim who immigrates to the United States to attend...
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