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Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus's Greatest Miracle

James Martin - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

"James Martin - arguably our greatest writer priest - has penned a genius meditation on the Raising of Lazarus. It's a travel story and a spiritual manual to renewing one's faith. I read it in one sitting and came away with a renewed hope that grace alone can call me out of whatever...
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Speaking of Faith

Krista Tippett - Viking Adult; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover

As the baby boomers headed off from their elementary schools to religious- instruction classes, magazine covers asked: "Is God Dead?" Yet today, most people describe themselves as religious, and many focus deeply on a wide array of spiritual practices and traditions. The debates...
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Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father

THOMAS S KIDD - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

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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I Dare You: Embrace Life with Passion

Joyce Meyer - FaithWords; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover

Joyce Meyer explains that a life without purpose is a life not worth living. We all need a reason to get up everyday. We all need to reach for something beyond ourselves. Over the centuries, millions of people have asked, "What am I here for? What is my purpose?" We are born;...
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The Vow: The True Events that Inspired the Movie

Kim Carpenter - B&H Books; Mti edition
Format: Paperback

Life as Kim and Krickitt Carpenter knew it was shattered beyond recognition on November 24, 1993. Two months after their marriage, a devastating car wreck left Krickitt with a massive head injury and in a coma for weeks.When she finally awoke, she had no idea who Kim was. With no recollection...
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Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living

Charles J. Chaput
Format: Hardcover

In Things Worth Dying For, Chaput delves richly into our yearning for God, love, honor, beauty, truth, and immortality. He reflects on our modern appetite for consumption and individualism and offers a penetrating analysis of how we got here, and how we can look to our roots and our faith...
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Read This or Die!: Persuading Yourself to a Better Life

Ray Edwards - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Diagnosed with a terminal illness, a leading marketing consultant discovers that what he has learned about persuading others might help him save his own life.Ray Edwards was one of the top marketers and copywriters in the business with A-list clients like Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, and Michael...
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The New Covenant: Commonly Called the New Testament

Willis Barnstone - Riverhead Hardcover
Format: Hardcover

From an award-winning poet and scholar of Greek and Biblical Studies: the New Testament's four gospels and Revelation, newly translated from the Greek and informed by Semitic sources."Willis Barnstone has a problem: he's too good. Everything he writes, from his invaluable The Other...
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Tried by Fire: The Story of Christianity's First Thousand Years

William J Bennett - Thomas Nelson
Format: Print book

Full of larger-than-life characters, stunning acts of bravery, and heart-rending sacrifice, Tried by Fire narrates the rise and expansion of Christianity from an obscure regional sect to the established faith of the world's greatest empire with influence extending from India to Ireland,...
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When You Don't Know What to Pray: 100 Essential Prayers for Enduring Life's Storms

Charles F. Stanley - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

Powerfully honest prayers for every challenge in your life. We know God is there for us. He calls to us and encourages us to entrust our troubles and questions to His care. But so many of us struggle with translating our pain, desires, and hopes into words. In this book of powerful prayers,...
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