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Chasing the Bright Side: Embrace Optimism, Activate Your Purpose, and Write Your Own Story

Jess Ekstrom - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

One flicker of hope. That's all it takes to catapult yourself into the life you've always imagined.Success is not born out of skill, school, where we're from, who we know, or what we scored on the SAT. None of us were born ready. None of us started life knowing how to fly a plane or launch...
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Doing Good Is Simple: Making a Difference Right Where You Are

Chris Marlow - Zondervan
Format: Print book

What if you could become a powerful force for good in the world without moving overseas, burdening your overwhelmed family, or giving up the comforts of modern life? Chris Marlow, founder of the global advocacy organization Help One Now, once felt paralyzed in the face of global problems....
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Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands

Dan Jones - Viking
Format: Hardcover

A major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Templars.For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side,...
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This Precarious Moment: Six Urgent Steps that Will Save You, Your Family, and Our Country

James L. Garlow - Salem Books
Format: Hardcover

America is at a crisis point. We have a limited amount of time to get it right. The nation must get "back on track" or be forever derailed. That is not melodrama. That is fact. Only Biblical truth can save our country. Some don't seem to care that it is saved. But many of us do care....
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Hatch, Match, and Dispatch: The Life and Times of The Almost Reverend William Billow

William Billow - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover

Being a priest is likened to being a shepherd. People do, from time to time, need a poke here or a prod there. But mostly, they need to know someone is watching out for them. Rev. William Billow has been that gentle guiding hand for multiple communities across the nation, but he is best...
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The Great Spiritual Migration: How the World's Largest Religion Is Seeking a Better Way to Be Christian

Brian Mclaren - Convergent
Format: Print book

The Christian story, from Genesis until now, is fundamentally about people on the move - outgrowing old, broken religious systems and embracing new, more redemptive ways of life. It's time to move again. Brian McLaren, a leading voice in contemporary religion, argues that...
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Confessions: A New Translation

AUGUSTINE. - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

This long-awaited translation of Confessions, which Stephen Greenblatt describes as central to the legacy of Adam and Eve, enlivens the beguiling world of late antiquity. No modern, well-versed literature lover can call her education complete without having read Augustine's Confessions....
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Noel Street

Richard Paul Evans - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

In this new offering from "the king of Christmas fiction" (The New York Times) , #1 bestselling author Richard Paul Evans shares a story of heart, loyalty, and hope as he explores the deeper meaning of the holiday season and asks what it truly means to love and forgive....
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Walking with Henry: Big Lessons from a Little Donkey on Faith, Friendship, and Finding Your Path

Rachel Anne Ridge - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Paperback

"Readers will be clamoring for more." Publishers Weekly on FlashJust when you think it's the end of your story . . . grace shows up.Sometimes it arrives as a moment of joy in the middle of despair. Sometimes you find it next to a trusted friend along an old, well-trodden path....
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20 Ways to Make Every Day Better: Simple, Practical Changes with Real Results

Joyce Meyer - Faithwords
Format: Hardcover

#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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The Turquoise Table: Finding Community and Connection in Your Own Front Yard

KRISTIN SCHELL - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

A simple way to connect your neighborhood, your community and build friendships. Are you consumed with a busy life but unsure how to slow down? Do you desire connection within your community and think, "Absolutely, but I don't have time for that" or "I can't create that"?...
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Protestants: The Faith That Made the Modern World

ALEC RYRIE - VIKING
Format: Print book

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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Christmas in the Movies: 30 Classics to Celebrate the Season (Turner Classic Movies)

Jeremy Arnold - Running Press Adult
Format: Hardcover

Turner Classic Movies presents a bucket list of the best and most beloved holiday films of all time, complete with spirited commentary, behind-the-scenes stories, and photos spanning eight decades of Christmastime favorites.Nothing brings the spirit of the season into our hearts quite like...
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7 Myths about Singleness

Sam Allberry - Crossway
Format: Paperback

While singleness is often widely misunderstood by many in the church today and often viewed in negative terms, the Bible speaks about it very differently. This book sets forth a positive vision of singleness by responding to 7 common misconceptions, such as the notion that singleness is too hard,...
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Resurrecting Easter: How the West Lost and the East Kept the Original Easter Vision

John Crossan - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

In this four-color illustrated journey that is part travelogue and part theological investigation, bestselling author and acclaimed Bible scholar John Dominic Crossan and his wife Sarah painstakingly travel throughout the ancient Eastern church, documenting through text and image a completely...
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Prayers, Declarations, and Strategies for Shifting Atmospheres: 90 Days to Victorious Spiritual Warfare

DAWNA DESILVA - Destiny Image
Format: Hardcover

Every day, whether we realize it or not, we enter a spiritual battlefield. There are forces around us that need to be discerned and transformed. These forces create atmospheres. Too many people either tolerate these negative atmospheres or run away from them in fear. As a child of God,...
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Happiness in This Life: A Passionate Meditation on Earthly Existence

POPE FRANCIS - Random House
Format: Hardcover

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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Way Back

Phil Cooke - Worthy Books
Format: Paperback

"This book is both timely and needed. Provocative, yes, because the message is essential at this decisive hinge moment in time." -- Philip Yancey, Author, Vanishing Grace. "The Way Back is the way forward." -- Erwin Raphael McManus, Founder of Mosaic, and Author, The Last...
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Be the Hands and Feet: Living Out Gods Love for All His Children

Nick Vujicic - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

Nothing in life is as exciting and satisfying as introducing Jesus to people who have never met him. New York Times bestselling author and world-renowned motivational speaker Nick Vujicic is known worldwide as the man without arms and legs who personifies a "can do" spirit....
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A Pair of Miralces: A Story of Autism, Faith, and Determined Parenting

KARLA AKINS - Kregel Publications
Format: Paperback

"A parent's gripping journey of awareness, acceptance, and appreciation of her two boys dealing with significant challenges brought on by autism."--Stephen Mark Shore, EdDWhen Karla Akins hoped that her autistic sons could learn to read and function independently, doctors warned...
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Better Together: Discover the Power of Community

Rusty George - Bethany House Publishers
Format: Paperback

Community Is the Surprising Solution to Your Self-Help NeedsExercise. Eat right. Share your faith. Produce fruit for God. Oh, and try to relax. Ever feel like trying to succeed is all about you? Or that trying to "die to yourself" only makes you more self-focused? The Bible certainly...
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The Burning Time: Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant Martyrs of London

Virginia Rounding - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Smithfield, settled on the fringes of Roman London, was once a place of revelry. Jesters and crowds flocked for the medieval St Bartholomew's Day celebrations, tournaments were plentiful and it became the location of London's most famous meat market. Yet in Tudor England, Smithfield...
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Fish Sandwiches: The Delight of Receiving God's Promises

Troy Schmidt - NavPress
Format: Paperback

We all have this in common: We get hungry. Inevitably, we eventually notice something we lack, and we wonder how we're going to get our needs met. And then sometimes we notice that someone else has already taken care of our needs. And then sometimes we notice that the One who is taking...
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Start with Your People: The Daily Decision that Changes Everything

Brian Dixon - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

If you're ready to get unstuck, love your work, and make the dream happen, entrepreneur and business coach Brian Dixon has a message for you: Start with Your People. After one too many burned bridges and failed projects, Brian Dixon set out to discover the secret to work you love and a life...
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Through My Father's Eyes

Franklin Graham - Thomas Nelson Inc
Format: Hardcover

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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How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answersand Why That's Great News

Peter Enns - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Controversial evangelical Bible scholar, popular blogger and podcast host of The Bible for Normal People, and author of The Bible Tells Me So and The Sin of Certainty explains that the Bible is not an instruction manual or rule book but a powerful learning tool that nurtures our spiritual...
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Enter Wild: Exchange a Mild and Mundane Faith for Life with an Uncontainable God

Carlos Whittaker - WaterBrook
Format: Paperback

"Step into a life gripped by a God who calls you into more - more faith, more freedom, and more victory." - Levi Lusko, pastor and bestselling authorYou are meant to receive the abundance God promises here and now. You are not meant to wait until heaven to experience His best....
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Can't Make This Stuff Up!: Finding the Upside to Life's Downs

SUSANNAH B LEWIS - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback

In her highly-anticipated nonfiction debut, humorist and popular blogger Susannah B. Lewis (Whoa! Susannah) uses dry wit and an eye for the absurd to find laughter in even the most challenging circumstances.Susannah B. Lewis is the girl next door who chases her dreams by helping others...
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Chasing the Bright Side: Embrace Optimism, Activate Your Purpose, and Write Your Own Story

Jess Ekstrom - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

One flicker of hope. That's all it takes to catapult yourself into the life you've always imagined.Success is not born out of skill, school, where we're from, who we know, or what we scored on the SAT. None of us were born ready. None of us started life knowing how to fly a plane or launch...
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The Glovemaker: A Novel

Ann Weisgarber - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover

A Publishers Weekly starred review In the inhospitable lands of the Utah Territory, during the winter of 1888, thirty-seven-year-old Deborah Tyler waits for her husband, Samuel, to return home from his travels as a wheelwright. It is now the depths of winter, Samuel is weeks overdue,...
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Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet

Lyndal Roper - Random House
Format: Hardcover

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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Surprised by Hope

N T Wright - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback

Award-winning author and premier theologian N. T. Wright tackles the biblical question of what happens after we die and shows how most Christians get it wrong--a difference that makes all the difference to the lives we live here on Earth. Following his resonant exploration of a life of faith...
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The Murderous History of Bible Translations: Power, Conflict, and the Quest for Meaning

Harry Freedman - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book

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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The Third Option: Hope for a Racially Divided Nation

Miles McPherson - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover

Miles McPherson, founder of The Rock Church in San Diego, speaks out about the pervasive racial divisions in today's culture and argues that we must learn to see people not by the color of their skin, but as God sees them - humans created in the image of God.Miles McPherson has had enough...
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Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints

Mary Lea Carroll - Prospect Park Books
Format: Hardcover

Traveling with -- and learning from -- the women saintsWhile visiting Siena, Italy, Mary Lea Carroll grew fascinated with the remarkable story of St. Catherine of Siena and made a resolution: Whenever she was lucky enough to travel, if a shrine dedicated to a female saint was nearby, she'd...
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Strangers in a Strange Land: Living the Catholic Faith in a Post-Christian World

Charles J Chaput - Henry Holt
Format: Print book

A vivid critique of American life today and a guide to how Christians -- and particularly Catholics--can live their faith vigorously, and even with hope, in a post-Christian public square. From Charles J. Chaput, author of Living the Catholic Faith and Render unto Caesar comes Strangers...
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Stranger No More: A Muslim Refugee's Story of Harrowing Escape, Miraculous Rescue, and the Quiet Call of Jesus

Annahita Parsan - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

There will be pain ahead, and trouble and problems that I won't be able to fix on my own.But in them all, I know God will be there, calling me to look to him. Inviting me to take the next step toward his open arms.And I will say yes.And yes.And yes. Annahita Parsan was born into a Muslim...
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I Am Number 8: Overlooked and Undervalued, but Not Forgotten by God

John W Gray - Faith Words
Format: Hardcover

If God can take David--the invisible eighth son of a forgotten family--and turn him into a king, just imagine what magnificent plans He has for redeeming your life. David was born a number 8--a hidden gem, often overlooked and undervalued by everyone except for God. For David, being a number...
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My Badass Book of Saints: Courageous Women Who Showed Me How to Live

Maria Morera Johnson - Ave Maria Press, 2015.
Format: Print book

In this edgy, honest, and often audacious book of Catholic spirituality, blogger and popular podcaster Maria Morera Johnson explores the qualities of twenty-four holy women who lived lives of virtue in unexpected and often difficult circumstances.In My Badass Book of Saints, Johnson shares...
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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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A World Ablaze: The Rise of Martin Luther and the Birth of the Reformation

Craig Harline - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

October 2017 marks five hundred years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg and launched the Protestant Reformation. At least, that's what the legend says. But with a figure like Martin Luther, who looms so large in the historical imagination, it's...
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Hallelujah, Anyhow!: A Memoir

Barbara Harris - Church Publishing
Format: Paperback

- Inspiration from a respected ground-breaker - A role model tells her story--and that of the nation and the church Hallelujah, Anyhow! is the long-awaited memoir of the Rt. Rev. Barbara Harris, the first woman bishop in the Anglican Communion. Edited by Kelly Brown Douglas, Dean of the Episcopal...
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A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith

Timothy Egan - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"What a wondrous work! This beautifully written and totally clear-eyed account of his pilgrimage will have you wondering whether we should all embark on such a journey, either of the body, the soul or, as in Egan's case, both." --Cokie Roberts"If this book doesn't quite settle...
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Objects of Devotion: Religion in Early America

Peter Manseau - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover

Objects of Devotion: Religion in Early America tells the story of religion in the United States through the material culture of diverse spiritual pursuits in the nation's colonial period and the early republic. The beautiful, full-color companion volume to a Smithsonian National...
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Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships

Karen R. Keen - Eerdmans
Format: Paperback

WHEN IT COMES TO SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS, this book by Karen Keen contains the most thoughtful, balanced, biblically grounded discussion you're likely to encounter anywhere. With pastoral sensitivity and respect for biblical authority, Keen breaks through current stalemates in the debate...
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Love Like You've Never Been Hurt: Hope, Healing and the Power of an Open Heart

Jentezen Franklin - Chosen Books
Format: Hardcover

The human heart was created with a great capacity to love. But along with that comes a great capacity to feel pain. There is no denying that those who love us, who are closest to us, can wound us the most profoundly. That kind of pain can be difficult, if not impossible, to overcome. And it can feel...
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Confessions of a Secular Jesus Follower: Finding Answers in Jesus for Those Who Don't Believe

Tom Krattenmaker - Convergent
Format: Print book

An award-winning USA Today columnist makes the case for how a Jesus freed from religion and politics meets the need for meaning and purpose in secular America. Tom Krattenmaker is part of a growing conversation centered at Yale University that acknowledges - and seeks to address...
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Staying Stylish: Cultivating a Confident Look, Style, and Attitude

Candace Cameron Bure - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

Candace Cameron Bure, best known as D.J. Tanner from Full House and Fuller House and a New York Times bestselling author, whose faith and wit have delighted audiences for decades, lets you in on her best-kept secrets for Staying Stylish. This gorgeous manual for beauty, style, health, and spiritual...
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Dangerous Mystic: Meister Eckhart's Path to the God Within

Joel F. Harrington - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

Life and times of the 14th century German spiritual leader Meister Eckhart, whose theory of a personal path to the divine inspired thinkers from Jean Paul Sartre to Thomas Merton, and most recently, Eckhart TolleMeister Eckhart was a medieval Christian mystic whose wisdom powerfully appeals...
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13 Days in Ferguson

RON JOHNSON - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Hardcover

On August 14, 2014, five days after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown ignited race riots throughout the city of Ferguson, Missouri, the nation found an unlikely hero in Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol. Charged with the Herculean task of restoring peace between a hostile...
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Nothing to Fear: Principles and Prayers to Help You Thrive in a Threatening World

Barry C Black - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Print book

"I'm really concerned about the state of the world. It feels like things are falling apart.""I'm worried about my family's future.""How can I stand firm in my faith in today's culture?"Our times are turbulent ones, and questions and worries...
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Born for This: My Story in Music

BeBe Winans - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover

BeBe Winans, six-time Grammy Award-winning singer and member of Gospel music's royal family, shares the candid and close-up journey of pursuing his dreams while holding on to his faith. Benjamin "BeBe" Winans always knew he was born to be a Gospel singer. Growing up watching his four...
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Discipling in a Multicultural World

Ajith Fernando - Crossway
Format: Paperback

We live in a world where more and more people are coming to Christ from various cultural backgrounds -- and this calls for fresh thinking about the challenges and methods of discipling. This book will equip Christians to effectively apply biblical principles of discipleship in a world where...
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The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims

Mustafa Akyol - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book

When Reza Aslan's bestseller Zealot came out in 2013, there was criticism that he hadn't addressed his Muslim faith while writing the origin story of Christianity. In fact, Ross Douthat of The New York Times wrote that "if Aslan had actually written in defense of the Islamic...
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And Still She Laughs: Defiant Joy in the Depths of Suffering

Kate Merrick - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback

Kate Merrick examines the Bible's gritty stories of resilient women as well as her own experience losing a child - a journey followed by more than a million on prayfordaisy.com - to reveal the reality of surprising joy and deep hope even in the midst of heartache. Is it possible live fully...
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Tightropes and Teeter-Totters: Finding Balance in the Ups and Downs of Life

Lisa Pennington - David C Cook
Format: Print book

Lisa Pennington knows how to get up after losing her balance, even with a full house, a not-so-full bank account, and never enough energy. In her latest book, she offers readers: Strategies for finding balance in marriage, motherhood, and bad moodsPlayful yet biblically based tips for turning...
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Irresistible Faith: Becoming the Kind of Christian the World Can't Resist

Scott Sauls - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback

What if Christians became the best advertisement for Jesus?Jesus said his followers would be a light to the world and a city on a hill--a warmly inviting, neighbor-loving, grace- and truth-filled destination for all. He envisioned his followers as life-giving neighbors, bosses, employees,...
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Holy Rover: Journeys in Search of Mystery, Miracles, and God

Lori Erickson - Fortress Press
Format: Hardcover

"Whether describing mystical visions or the rhythms of everyday life, Erickson turns the spiritual journey into a series of exciting transformations." Publishers Weekly (starred review) From her childhood on an Iowa farm, Lori Erickson grew up to travel the world as a writer...
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Blessed in the Darkness: How All Things Are Working for Your Good

Joel Osteen - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover

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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The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World

Catherine Nixey - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A bold new history of the rise of Christianity, showing how its radical followers ravaged vast swathes of classical culture, plunging the world into an era of dogma and intellectual darkness In Harran, the locals refused to convert. They were dismembered, their limbs hung along the town's...
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Defiant Joy: Taking Hold of Hope, Beauty, and Life in a Hurting World

Stasi Eldredge - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback

Bestselling author Stasi Eldredge shows readers how to choose a joy that stands against the tides of life's real and often overwhelming pain. We are called to live. And, miraculously, to live with joy. We all spend a lot of energy reaching for happiness, but we are never quite able...
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There Is More: When the World Says You Can't, God Says You Can

Brian Houston - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

Founder and Global Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church and author of LIVE LOVE LEAD shows how, with God's power, you can believe and achieve a life that exceeds every earthly expectation. When you surrender control and follow God's guidance, you become empowered and equipped to do the impossible,...
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A Simplified Life: Tactical Tools for Intentional Living

Emily Ley - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Clear the Clutter Once and for AllDo you long to simplify the demands on your time, energy, and resources? Have complicated responsibilities, overwhelming to-do lists, and endless clutter left you feeling overwhelmed? Busy wife, mom, entrepreneur, and bestselling author Emily Ley knows...
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Finding Jesus in Israel: Through the Holy Land on the Road Less Traveled

Buck Storm - Worthy Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Part travel journal but mostly spiritual guide, Finding Jesus in Israel takes an unvarnished look at the Holy Land with an off-the-bus peek into the people and places that make Israel such an amazing destination. We are shaped and transformed by the oceans we sail, the deserts, mountains,...
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Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon

Greg Laurie - Salem Books
Format: Hardcover

Join Greg Laurie, pastor and bestselling author of Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon, as he takes you on a personal journey into the life and legend of Johnny Cash. At the peak of his career, Cash had done it all - living the ultimate rags-to-riches story of growing...
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Loveable: Embracing What Is Truest About You, So You Can Truly Embrace Your Life

Kelly Flanagan - Zondervan
Format: Paperback

"Loveable is a handbook for how to be human." -Katherine Willis Pershey, author of Very Married: Field Notes on Love and Fidelity In Loveable, Dr. Kelly Flanagan writes, "We rarely remember the precious months or years when we experienced our worthiness...
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The Eastern Orthodox Church: A New History

John Anthony McGuckin - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

An insider's account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, from its beginning in the era of Jesus and the Apostles to the modern age In this short, accessible account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, John McGuckin begins by tackling the question "What is the Church?" His answer is a clear,...
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The Last Arrow: Save Nothing for the Next Life

Erwin Raphael McManus - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

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The Vatican Cookbook: Presented by the Pontifical Swiss Guard

David Geisser - Sophia Inst Pr
Format: Print book

From the Pope's table to yours . . . Pontifical Swiss Guard presents ... a book like no other. From the elite protectors of the Popes and Defenders of the Faith for more than 500 years, a unique collection of exceptional recipes from simple to sublime, everyday staples to holiday...
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The DIY Style Finder: Discover Your Unique Style and Decorate It Yourself

KariAnne Wood - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Hardcover

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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Christianity in the Twentieth Century: A World History

Brian Stanley - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

A history of unparalleled scope that charts the global transformation of Christianity during an age of profound political and cultural changeChristianity in the Twentieth Century charts the transformation of one of the world's great religions during an age marked by world wars, genocide,...
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God and Donald Trump

STEPHEN E STRANG - Frontline
Format: Hardcover

With pundits asking, "How did he win?" this book explores whether there was a supernatural element involved. Christian leaders prophesied before the election that God had raised up Donald Trump to lead the nation through a time of crisis. But could this billionaire reality-TV...
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Eternal Chalice: The Enduring Legend of the Holy Grail

Juliette Wood - I B Tauris
Format: Print book

The sacred allure of the Holy Grail has fascinated writers and ensnared knights for over a thousand years. From Malory to Monty Python, the eternal chalice -- said to be the very cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper -- has the richest associations of any icon in British myth....
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Invited: The Power of Hospitality in an Age of Loneliness

Leslie Verner - Herald Press
Format: Paperback

Just come on over.Many people today feel lonely, isolated, and disconnected from God and others. We crave authentic community, but we have no idea where to start. Wed be glad to cultivate friendships; but honestly, whos got the time? In Invited, writer Leslie Verner says real hospitality...
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Win from Within: Finding Yourself by Facing Yourself

John Gray - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover

Mega-Pastor and media personality John Gray uses powerful Biblical principles to help you become your best self -- the person God created you to be. In WIN FROM WITHIN, John Gray helps readers identify how best to handle the most difficult, challenging and yet necessary battle that we all face-our...
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American Demagogue: The Great Awakening and the Rise and Fall of Populism

J. D Dickey - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestselling historian examines how demagoguery and the populism it inspires - for good and ill - is embedded in the very soul of our nation.. In November 1739, the American colonies felt an earthquake. It arrived not in the form of a natural disaster, but with a twenty-five-year-old...
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The Blessing: Giving the Gift of Unconditional Love and Acceptance

John Trent
Format: Audiobook


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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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Didn't See It Coming: Overcoming the Seven Greatest Challenges That No One Expects and Everyone Experiences

Carey Nieuwhof - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

An influential pastor, podcaster, and thought leader believes it's not only possible to predict life's hardest moments, but also to alter outcomes, overcome challenges, and defeat your fiercest adversaries.Founding Pastor of one of North America's most influential churches, Carey Nieuwhof...
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FATAL DISCORD : erasmus, luther, and the rupture of europe

MICHAEL MASSING - Harper

A deeply textured dual biography and fascinating intellectual history that examines two of the greatest minds of European history--Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther--whose heated rivalry gave rise to two enduring, fundamental, and often colliding traditions of philosophical and religious...
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Different: The Story of an Outside-the-Box Kid and the Mom Who Loved Him

Sally Clarkson - Tyndale House Publishers
Format: Print book

Nathan was different and Sally knew it.From his early childhood, Nathan was bursting with creativity and uncontainable energy, struggling not only with learning issues but also with anxiety and OCD. He saw the world through his own unique lens -- one that often caused him to be labeled...
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Master the Catholic High School Entrance Exams 2020

Peterson's
Format: Paperback


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Unlearning God: How Unbelieving Helped Me Believe

Phillip Gulley - Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover

America's favorite Quaker storyteller explores the terrain of faith and doubt as shaped by family, church, and young love, finding his way to a less convenient but fully formed adult spirituality.Most of us grow up taking in whole belief systems with our mother's milk, only to discover...
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An Unfinished Council: Vatican II, Pope Francis, and the Renewal of Catholicism

Richard R Gaillardetz - Liturgical Press
Format: Print book

The Second Vatican Council has become an indispensable reference point for understanding Roman Catholicism today. Yet in spite of its impact, Vatican II was in many ways an unfinished council. The council bishops were able to establish key pillars in the construction of a new vision for the church...
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Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit: Growing in Christlikeness

Christopher J H Wright - InterVarsity Press
Format: Print book

How should Christians live? On the one hand, some very legalistic Christians stress the importance of keeping all the rules -- that you must do this and never do that if you want to prove you are really a Christian. On the other hand, there are those who reject the whole idea of rules...
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Boss Up!: This Ain't Your Mama's Business Book

Lindsay Teague Moreno - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Stay-at-home mom turned multimillion-dollar-producing business owner Lindsay Teague Moreno doesn't just have a passion for entrepreneurship. She has a deep passion for helping women of all walks of life gain the confidence and skills to tap into their ambition and achieve success in their...
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Journey to 50: How to Live with Gratitude, Grace and the Effects of Gravity

Laurie Russell - Elevate Faith
Format: Print book

In a culture enamored with youth and beauty, the 50th birthday is often seen as a death sentence ... in more ways than one. It's easy to see why ... What used to be perky is now otherwise. What's trending now trumps wisdom. A once-healthy body now declares mutiny on any healthy...
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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

KATE BOWLER - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of living without certainty. Thirty-five-year-old Kate Bowler was a professor at the school of divinity at Duke, and had finally had a baby with her childhood sweetheart after years of trying,...
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Only Love Today: Reminders to Breathe More, Stress Less, and Choose Love

Rachel Macy Stafford - Zondervan
Format: Print book

Only Love Today is the inspirational read from best-selling author of Hands Free Mama, Rachel Macy Stafford. Millions of Stafford's fans from her blog and her books find hope, challenge, and inspiration through her poetic and powerful short pieces on her blog. Only Love Today brings these...
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Blood Letters: The Untold Story of Lin Zhao, a Martyr in Mao's China

Lian Xi - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

The staggering story of the most important Chinese political dissident of the Mao era, a devout Christian who was imprisoned, tortured, and executed by the regimeBlood Letters tells the astonishing tale of Lin Zhao, a poet and journalist arrested by the authorities in 1960 and executed...
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Created for Connection: The "Hold Me Tight" Guide for Christian Couples

Sue Johnson - Little Brown and Company
Format: Print book

"Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."--1 John 4:8Are you looking to enrich a healthy relationship, revitalize a tired one, or rescue one gone awry? Do you yearn to grow closer to God, and to further incorporate Him and His teachings into your marriage?...
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When Kids Ask Hard Questions: Faith-Filled Responses for Tough Topics

Bromleigh McCleneghan - Chalice Press
Format: Paperback

The world is a confusing and painful place for children (and adults) . How do you respond faithfully to your kids big questions? Learn to craft faithful conversations and be better prepared to talk about the tough stuff with your kids. More than 30 essays from a diverse group of young...
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The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's

Colleen Carroll Campbell - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning author, former presidential speechwriter, and mother of four weaves stories of her own struggles against comparison and impossible expectations with those of seven ex-perfectionist saints (and one heretic) who show us how to pursue a new kind of perfection: freedom...
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What I Am Living for: Lessons from the Life and Writings of Thomas Merton

Jon M. Sweeney - Ave Maria Press
Format: Paperback

"If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for."Thomas Merton Some of today's most popular...
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Absolute Power: How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World

Paul Collins - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

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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Cherish Study Guide: The One Word That Changes Everything for Your Marriage

Gary Thomas - Zondervan
Format: Paperback

Millions of couples getting married have pledged to "love and to cherish, until death do us part." Most of us understand and get the love part... but what does it mean to cherish our spouse? Why do we say it once at the wedding and then rarely even mention it again? In this six-session...
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30 Days to Understanding the Bible, 30th Anniversary: Unlock the Scriptures in 15 minutes a day

Max Anders - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback

If you've ever confused the ark of the covenant with the ark of Noah, or Jericho with Jeroboam, Max Anders' classic book, 30 Days to Understanding the Bible, is for you. In just fifteen minutes a day, you'll learn the Bible's key people, events, and doctrines to get more...
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Can't Nothing Bring Me Down: Chasing Myself in the Race against Time

Ida Keeling - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

Can't Nothing Bring Me Down is the memoir of 101-year-old, world-record-holding runner Ida Keeling. Miss Ida, as she's known throughout her Bronx community, isn't your typical runner. Her fierce independence helped her through the Depression and the Civil Rights movement. But her greatest...
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Miracle in Shreveport: A Memoir of Baseball, Fatherhood, and the Stadium that Launched a Dream

David Benham - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Twin brothers David and Jason Benham grew up with big dreams of baseball and an even bigger trust in God. Though they attended a small high school with no baseball field, turned down a professional offer so they could attend college together, and faced more than one missed pitch and injuries,...
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Higher Is Waiting

Tyler Perry - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

An intimate book of inspiration by the one and only Tyler Perry - actor, producer, director, philanthropist, and the creator of Madea Higher Is Waiting is a spiritual guidebook, a collection of teachings culled from the experiences of a lifetime, meant to inspire readers to climb...
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Broken Way A Daring Path into the Abundant Life.

Voskamp Ann. - Zondervan
Format: Print book

New York Times best-selling author Ann Voskamp sits at the edge of her life and all of her own unspoken brokenness and asks: What if you really want to live abundantly before it's too late? What do you do if you really want to know abundant wholeness? This is the one begging question that's...
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Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be

Rachel Hollis - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDo you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don't have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that's a lie.As the founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis developed...
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