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A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey
Brian D. McLaren - Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A Leadership Network PublicationA New Kind of Christian's conversation between a pastor and his daughter's high school science teacher reveals that wisdom for life's most pressing spiritual questions can come from the most unlikely sources. This stirring fable captures a new spirit... |
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A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit
Mike Huckabee - Sentinel
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestseller by the former governor and presidential candidate-an instant classic, reissued for 2010. . Christmas has become synonymous with shopping, overindulging, and stress. But according to Mike Huckabee, that was never Gods intention. Going back to the Nativity, Christmas... |
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A Lifetime of Wisdom: Embracing the Way God Heals You
Joni Eareckson Tada - Zondervan; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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It’s not what I lost. It’s what I’ve found. I was only seventeen, just a girl, when God asked me for everything I had … my health, my hopes, my independence, my dreams, my freedom, and my mobility. He took it all. I was so angry with Him that I tried to push... |
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Four Blood Moons: Something Is About to Change
John Hagee - Worthy Publishing; 1St Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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"...There will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars...Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near." Luke 21:25a, 28 It is rare that Scripture, science, and history align with each other, yet the last... |
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The Promise of Francis: The Man, the Pope, and the Challenge of Change
David Willey - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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With more than four decades of firsthand experience reporting from Vatican City, David Willey explores the religious and personal background of Pope Francis and his ability to fulfill the promises of reform made during the first two years of his papacy.Sex crimes and cover-ups, financial... |
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Making Good Habits, Breaking Bad Habits: 14 New Behaviors That Will Energize Your Life
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Nearly everything we do in life is the result of our habits. The good ones bring peace, joy and power into our lives, and the bad ones steal our peace and joy and prevent our success. In this book, Joyce Meyer explains how to develop good habits--the things you really want to do--and break... |
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A New Season: A Robertson Family Love Story of Brokenness and Redemption
Lisa Robertson - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover
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Alan and Lisa Robertson, members of Americas favorite back woods family and the Duck Commander Clan, take on the topic of relationships as they share the secrets that saved their marriage. Infidelity, deceit, distrust, and shame. Unfortunately, these are recurring themes in many of todays... |
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Making Good Habits, Breaking Bad Habits: 14 New Behaviors That Will Energize Your Life
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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Nearly everything we do in life is the result of our habits The good ones bring peace joy and power into our lives and the bad ones steal our peace and joy and prevent our success In this book Joyce Meyer explains how to develop good habits--the things you really want to do--and break the bad ones... |
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The Book of Man: Readings on the Path to Manhood
William J. Bennett - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MANRaising up men has never been easy but today is seems particularly tough nbspThe young and old need heroes to embody the eternal qualities of manhood honor duty valor and integrity nbspIn The Book of Man William J Bennett points the way offering a positive encouraging... |
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Never Say Diet: Make Five Decisions and Break the Fat Habit for Good
Chantel Hobbs - WaterBrook Press
Format: Hardcover
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Chantel Hobbs lost two hundred pounds without the help of surgery, pills, point systems, or a trendy diet. And just as important, she kept the weight off. Her dramatic turnaround began with five decisions–personal, no-excuses commitments that kept her from losing sight of her goals.... |
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Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope
Eleanor Herman - Harper Perennial
Format: Print book
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Born without a dowry, nearly forced into a convent, and later married off to a man she didn't love, Olimpia Maidalchini vowed never to be poor, powerless, or beholden to any man again. Instead, using her wits, Olimpia became the unofficial ruler of the most powerful institution in the world:... |
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The One-Life Solution: The Boundaries Way to Integrating Work and Life
Henry Cloud - Collins
Format: Print book
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Dr. Henry Cloud, author of the bestselling Boundaries series, is a clinical psychologist known for his remarkable ability to clarify life's most complex dilemmas. Now, in The One-Life Solution, he turns his attention to what for many Americans is one of the most difficult problems... |
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Angels in the Fire: The Dramatic True Story of an Impossible Rescue
Dann Stadler - Bethany House Publishers
Format: Paperback
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An Amazing True Story of Angelic Intervention in a Desperate SituationThe Stadlers' harrowing journey began with a midnight crash caused by a drunk driver. The odds they would both survive the crash were minimal--a testimony to the miracles that began that night and continued through... |
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My Struggle with Faith
Joseph F Girzone - Doubleday Religion
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the bestselling Joshua series and other popular inspirational books chronicles his own spiritual journey and describes with stunning honesty the difficult decisions he made along the way.Joseph Girzone has attracted a tremendous following with his series of novels that imagine... |
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Stars at Night: When Darkness Unfolds as Light
Paula D'Arcy - Franciscan Media
Format: Hardcover
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"An apprenticeship with the night is an inheritance I would wish for everyone." Paula D'Arcy was only 27 when a drunk driver killed her husband and young daughter. But in the midst of her crushing despair, and to her complete amazement, she discovered a presence within her that... |
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Forgiving My Daughter's Killer: A True Story of Loss, Faith, and Unexpected Grace
Kate Grosmaire - Nelson Books
Format: Print book
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Forgiveness is possible even in impossible circumstances. On March 28, 2010, Kate and Andy Grosmaire received two pieces of news that would change their lives forever. The first was their worst nightmare: "Ann has been shot." And the second was the dumbfounding addendum: "Conor... |
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Anxious for Nothing
Max Lucado
Format: electronic resource
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Does the uncertainty and chaos of life keep you up at night? Is anxiety your constant companion? We've all been there, but we don't have to let those racing thoughts control us. It's time to let God help you win the war on worry and start living a life full of calm.Anxious for Nothing,... |
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Hope Unseen: The Story of the U.S. Army's First Blind Active-Duty Officer
Doug Crandall - Howard Books; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Blindness became Captain Scotty Smiley’s journey of supreme testing. As he lay helpless in the hospital, he resented the theft of his dreams—becoming a CEO, a Delta Force operator, or a four-star general. With his wife Tiffany’s love and the support of his family and friends,... |
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Letters from My Father's Murderer: A Journey of Forgiveness
Laurie Coombs - Kregel Publications
Format: Print book
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An extraordinary true story of grace, mercy, and the redemptive power of God When her father was murdered, Laurie Coombs and her family sought justice -- and found it. Yet, despite the swift punishment of the killer, Laurie found herself increasingly full of pain, bitterness, and anger... |
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The Unbreakable Child
Kim Michele Richardson - Kunati Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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Grim yet ultimately inspiring, this harrowing biography catalogues years of institutional abuse that took place in the Saint ThomasSaint Vincent Orphan Asylum, a Catholic orphanage in Anchorage, Kentucky. After many years of neglect by their drug-addicted mother, Kim and her three older... |
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Why I Left the Amish: A Memoir
Saloma Miller Furlong - Michigan State University Press
Format: Paperback
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There are two ways to leave the Amish — one is through life and the other through death. When Saloma Miller Furlong’s father dies during her first semester at Smith College, she returns to the Amish community she had left twenty four years earlier to attend his funeral. Her journey... |
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Why the Catholic Church Must Change: A Necessary Conversation
Margaret Nutting Ralph - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Print book
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Why do a third of the people raised Catholic in the United States no longer worship as Catholics? Why has the Catholic Church lost a credible teaching voice for many young people? Does the fault lie entirely with those individuals and with the secular culture? In Why the Catholic Church... |
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Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven
T.D. Jakes - Atria Books; 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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The star of BETs Mind, Body & Soul, and featured guest speaker on Oprah's Lifeclass, Potters House pastor T.D. Jakes offers readers Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven, the New York Times bestselling book inspired by the Lord's Prayer which explores forgiveness as a life... |
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Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christians
David Limbaugh - Regnery Publishing; First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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A wake up call to lovers of liberty everywhere and a call to action to conservatives and Christians to defend the religious freedom envisioned and practiced by the founders. |
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The Power of Right Believing: 7 Keys to Freedom from Fear,
Joseph Prince - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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What you believe is powerful. If you can change what you believe, you can change your life! Many today are struggling to control their behaviors and actions because they don't have control over their emotions and feelings. They don't have control over their emotions and feelings... |
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Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
Richard Lyman Bushman - Knopf; First Edition. states edition
Format: Deckle Edge]
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Joseph Smith, America’s preeminent visionary and prophet, rose from a modest background to found the largest indigenous Christian church in American history. Without the benefit of wealth, education, or social position, he published the 584-page Book of Mormon when he was twenty-three;... |
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Angels of a Lower Flight: One Woman's Mission to Save a Country . . . One Child at a Time
Susan Scott Krabacher - Touchstone; 1st Touchstone Hardcover Ed edition
Format: Hardcover
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""In this world, you were loved.""The inspiring story of how one woman's message of hope and opportunity will change the lives of an entire generation. Three schools, two orphanages, a hospital, and an abandoned-infant home -- constructed in the poorest country in the western... |
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America's Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation
Grant Wacker - Belknap Press
Format: Hardcover
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During a career spanning sixty years, the Reverend Billy Grahams resonant voice and chiseled profile entered the living rooms of millions of Americans with a message that called for personal transformation through Gods grace. How did a lanky farm kid from North Carolina become an evangelist... |
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Touched by a Vampire: Discovering the Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga
Beth Felker Jones - Multnomah Books
Format: Paperback
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EXAMINING TWILIGHT THROUGH A BIBLICAL LENSPeople around the world are asking the same question, enraptured with Edward and Bella’s forbidden romance in the Twilight Saga, a four-book serial phenomenon written by Stephenie Meyer. The bestsellers tell the story of a regular girl’s... |
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Max On Life: Answers and Insights to Your Most Important Questions
Max Lucado - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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We have questions. Child-like inquiries. And deep, heavy ones.In more than twenty-five years of writing and ministry, Max Lucado has received thousands of such questions. They come in letters, e-mails, even on Dunkin Donuts napkins. In Max on Life he offers thoughtful answers to more than... |
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7 Tipping Points That Saved the World
Chris Stewart - Shadow Mountain; Later Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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How unusual is it, really, in the history of all known human experience, to enjoy the blessings of living free? The answer may surprise you. In The Miracle of Freedom, Chris and Ted Stewart make a strong case that fewer than 5 percent of all people who have ever lived on the earth have... |
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Holy Fools: Following Jesus with Reckless Abandon
Mathew Woodley - SaltRiver
Format: Hardcover
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If your spiritual life has become bland, safe, and completely flat, it may be time to look to some unlikely mentors: a band of “holy fools” who are unabashedly ragged, adventurous, and sold out for Christ. Pastor Mathew Woodley offers a fresh view of “holy folly,”... |
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Getting to Heaven: Departing Instructions for Your Life Now
Don Piper - Berkley Hardcover; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Watch a video From the author of the multimillion-selling bestselling Minutes in Heaven spiritual instructions for living and preparing for eternal life Since publishing his inspirational bestseller in Don Piper has traveled the world spreading his message of faithmdashcertain faithmdashin... |
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Pope Francis and the New Vatican
Dave Yoder - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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National Geographic goes behind-the-scenes of the new papacy with unprecedented, exclusive access to Pope Francis. Embedded with the Pope inside the Vatican for 6 months, award-winning photographer David Yoder captures intimate moments in never-before-seen photographs presented here for the first... |
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Jimmy Stewart: A Biography
Marc Eliot - Harmony; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Jimmy Stewart’s all-American good looks, boyish charm, and deceptively easygoing style of acting made him one of Hollywood’s greatest and most enduring stars. Despite the indelible image he projected of innocence and quiet self-assurance, Stewart’s life was more complex... |
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Jon Krakauer
Format: Print book
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Jon Krakauers literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, he shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders. At the core of his book is an appalling... |
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The Good, the Bad, and the Grace of God: What Honesty and Pain Taught Us About Faith, Family, and Forgiveness
Susy Flory - Thomas Nelson Publishing; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A Moving Story of Redemption and Second Chances. Jep Robertson, the youngest son of Duck Commander Phil Robertson, and his wife, Jessica, open up about their personal trials, their early years together, and the challenges that might have destroyed them both had the grace of God not intervened.... |
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The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a Healthier Life
Rick Warren - Thomas Nelson Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Revolutionize Your Health ... Once and for All During an afternoon of baptizing over 800 people, Pastor Rick Warren realized it was time for change. He told his congregation he needed to lose weight and asked if anyone wanted to join him. He thought maybe 200 people would sign up, instead... |
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Help Me I'm Married
Joyce Meyer - Harrison House Inc
Format: Hardcover
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With God, It's Never Too Late to Improve Your Marriage Dear Reader, Many people enter into a marriage because they're expecting the other person to do something for them, to give them something, to "Make me happy." But we need to look at marriage from the standpoint of giving,... |
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Constantine the Great: The Man and His Times
Michael Grant - Charles Scribner's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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The author of Founders of the Western World assesses the achievements of the man who founded Constantinople and converted the Roman Empire to Christianity. |
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The World Encyclopedia of Christmas
Gerry Bowler - McClelland & Stewart; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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At last, a truly comprehensive look at Christmas and all of its customs with its long history around the world. The World Encyclopedia of Christmas contains articles on the history of Christmas baking, drinking, and merrymaking, and Christmas dramas, music, literature, art, and films. It includes... |
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The Christmas Spirit: Memories of Family, Friends, and Faith
Joel Osteen - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover
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For many, the Christmas season can be filled with distractions and anxiety rather than the joy and peace it is supposed to bring. In The Christmas Spirit, his first holiday book, Joel Osteen offers uplifting and inspiring stories of family and friends celebrating Christmas traditions that... |
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American Heroes: In the Fight Against Radical Islam
Chuck Holton - B&H Books
Format: Hardcover
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What is a Hero New York Times best-selling author Oliver North says Real heroes are selfless Those who serve America in harms way in the war against radical Islam have that quality in abundance And so do their families and loved ones at home Yet they rarely get the attention or coverage... |
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Last Testament: In His Own Words
Pope Benedict XVI - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Audiobook
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Bloomsbury presents Last Testament by Pope Benedict XVI with Peter Seewald, read by Roger May and Gordon Griffin.Since resigning from the papacy in 2013, the first pope in more than 700 years to do so, Pope Benedict has lived quietly in a convent in the Vatican gardens in Rome. He has devoted... |
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Soul Tattoo: A Life and Spirit Bearing the Marks of God
Samuel Kee - David C. Cook
Format: Book
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You may not have a single tattoo on your body—or you may have run out of space for new ones. Either way, God offers something far more permanent than ink on skin. In Isaiah 43, God declares eternal promises of His love ... four tattoos for your soul: You Are Mine I Will Be With... |
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Killing Jesus
Stephen Mansfield - Worthy Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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TORTURE -- INFANTICIDE -- BRUTALITY -- MURDER The World Would Never Be the Same "The execution of Jesus was a crime born of the streets, the barracks, the enclaves of the privileged, and the smoke-filled back rooms of religious and political power brokers. Its meaning lives in these... |
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Dickens' Christmas: A Victorian Celebration
Simon Callow - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Print book
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To Victorian England, Dickens was Christmas. His hugely successful book A Christmas Carol was published in 1843, when he was already the most famous novelist in England. Throughout the 1850s and 1860s Dickens wrote several other Christmas books, sketches, and short stories, and the holiday... |
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The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
BART EHRMAN - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The "marvelous" (Reza Aslan, bestselling author of Zealot) , New York Times bestselling story of how Christianity became the dominant religion in the West.How did a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire... |
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Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer
Max Lucado - Thomas Nelson Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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We all pray . . . some. We pray to stay sober, centered, or solvent. When the lump is deemed malignant. When the money runs out before the month does. When the marriage is falling apart. We pray. But wouldnt we like to pray more? Better? Stronger? With more fire, faith, and fervency? Yet we have... |
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Angels Are for Real: Inspiring, True Stories and Biblical Answers
Judith MacNutt - Chosen
Format: Paperback
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Leading Expert Demystifies Angels and How They Interact with PeopleAngels have a vital role in the Kingdom of God--and in the lives of believers. Yet many Christians treat the existence of angels lightly or fail to consider them at all. In Angels Are Real Judith MacNutt pulls back the curtain... |
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The God of Yes: How Faith Makes All Things New
Jud Wilhite - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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The Christian life is often defined as "no." What starts with a desire to reject descructive things morphs into a "no" to people, enjoyment, laughter, pleasure, success, and ultimately life itself. Before we know it, weve reduced the Christian faith to a huge rejection... |
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The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope
Austen Ivereigh - Henry Holt and Co.; 1st edition
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A biography of Pope Francis that describes how this revolutionary thinker will use the power of his position to challenge and redirect one of the world's most formidable religionsAn expansive and deeply contextual work, at its heart The Great Reformer is about the intersection of faith... |
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Love Without Limits: A Remarkable Story of True Love Conquering All
Nick Vujicic - Waterbrook Press
Format: Book
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It Doesn't Take a Perfect Person to Find a Perfect Love Even though he was born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic created a "ridiculously good life." But after dating disappointments and a failed relationship, he reached his mid-twenties worried that he would never find a woman... |
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The Christmas Box Miracle : My Spiritual Journey of Destiny, Healing and Hope
Richard Paul Evans - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Print book
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In 1994, Richard Paul Evans, then an unknown writer, self-published a short book entitled The Christmas Box. That book went on to become an international bestseller, selling more than seven million copies and touching the lives of many more people along the way. The Christmas Box Miracle... |
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Unfinished: Believing Is Only the Beginning
Richard Stearns - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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"Unfinished might just challenge everything you thought you understood about your Christian faith...If every Christian read this book and took it seriously, the world would never be the same again."—Bill Hybels, senior pastor Willow Creek Community Church"Just when... |
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Glimpsing Heaven: The Stories and Science of Life After Death
Judy Bachrach - National Geographic
Format: Paperback
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If you caught a glimpse of heaven, would you choose to come back to life? Investigative journalist Judy Bachrach has collected accounts of those who died and then returned to life with lucid, vivid memories of what occurred while they were dead, and the conclusions are astonishing. Clinical... |
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Hometown Tales
Phil Gulley - Multnomah Books
Format: Hardcover
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A day in your hometown-it takes you back to a simpler time, when life was uncomplicated and everyone knew what was right. Now readers who cherished the timeless values Philip Gulley evoked in his bestselling Front Porch Tales can go back home again. Hometown Tales takes them there with... |
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Opening the Gates of Heaven: Walk in the Favor of Answered Prayer and Blessing
Perry Stone - Charisma House
Format: Paperback
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Walking in and under the favor of God Do your prayers, praise, and worship sometimes feel like a routine? Weeks or months may pass with no demonstration of any financial, spiritual, or personal breakthrough. In Opening the Gates of Heaven, Perry Stone shows you how to release... |
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Self Talk, Soul Talk: What to Say When You Talk to Yourself
Jennifer Rothschild - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Popular Women of Faith speaker and author of Lessons I Learned in the Dark, Jennifer Rothschild, has a message for every woman: Words are powerful. Especially the words women speak to themselves. All too often what they say to themselves when they lie in bed at night or look in the mirror... |
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The Love Dare, LeatherTouch: Now with Free Online Marriage Evaluation
Stephen Kendrick - B&H Books
Format: Paperback
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Unconditional love is eagerly promised at weddings, but rarely practiced in real life. As a result, romantic hopes are often replaced with disappointment in the home. But it doesnt have to stay that way.The Love Dare, the New York Times No. 1 best seller that has sold five million copies... |
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The Popes: Every Question Answered
Rupert Matthews - Thunder Bay Press
Format: Hardcover
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The papacy is a unique religious office. Lasting two millennia, it is one of the oldest and most enduring institutions in the world. The line of authority linking Pope Francis to the ministry of Jesus Christ has been unbroken over the centuries. In this book readers find facts and details... |
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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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Heaven Is Here: An Incredible Story of Hope, Triumph, and Everyday Joy
Stephanie Nielson - Voice/Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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Go on an unforgettable journey, with a woman who has unimaginable strength. Stephanie Nielson began sharing her life in 2005 on nieniedialogues.com, drawing readers in with her warmth and candor. She quickly attracted a loyal following that was captivated by the upbeat mother happily raising... |
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The Power of the Prophetic Blessing
John Hagee - Worthy Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Book
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DISCOVER THE POWER TO SCULPT YOUR FUTURE,YOUR CAREER, YOUR LIFE AND YOUR FAMILY'S LIFE! How would your life change if you knew that every blessing recorded in Scripture--the power to receive spiritual and material prosperity, to gain health and peace of mind--is available... |
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Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope
Mary Beth Chapman - Revell; Reprinted editon edition
Format: Hardcover
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I've told my kids for years that God doesn't make mistakes," writes Mary Beth Chapman, wife of Grammy award winning recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman. "Would I believe it now, when my whole world as I knew it came to an end?"Covering her courtship and marriage... |
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Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day
Joel Osteen - Free Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Incorporating biblical lessons with personal stories the bestselling author of Your Best Life Now offers seven action steps to help readers discover the better things they have been born for--their individual purpose and destiny |
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More than Happy: The Wisdom of Amish Parenting
Serena B. Miller - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Bringing Up Bebe and Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, an in-depth look at the practices and principles of Amish parents and how they raise children who are self-sufficient, hard-working, and remarkably happy.The more time Serena Miller spent in Holmes County, Ohio, doing... |
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8 Steps to Create the Life You Want: The Anatomy of a Successful Life
Creflo A. Dollar - FaithWords; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Don't wait until tomorrow for the life you want today. Dr. Creflo A. Dollar illuminates eight steps to the magnificent life you crave! Confidence, peace, and abundant life--we all long for these things. In this life-changing book, author and renowned pastor Dr. Creflo A. Dollar challenges... |
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Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough
Kay Warren - Revell
Format: Hardcover
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Ever wonder why some people seem to experience joy in their daily lives--even in the tough times--and others can't seem to find it no matter how hard they search? Is a joy-filled life really possible?The answer is yes! And it's possible for every woman, no matter what her circumstances... |
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Get Your Hopes Up!: Expect Something Good to Happen to You Every Day
Joyce Meyer - Faith Words
Format: Large Print Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer teaches readers how to transform their lives by tapping into the power of hope. One of the most powerful forces in the universe is hope--the happy and confident anticipation that something good is going to happen. Regardless of where... |
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Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious
Chris Stedman - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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The story of a former Evangelical Christian turned openly gay atheist who now works to bridge the divide between atheists and the religiousThe stunning popularity of the “New Atheist” movement—whose most famous spokesmen include Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late... |
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Christian. Muslim. Friend: Twelve Paths to Real Relationship
David Shenk - Herald Press
Format: Print book
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Can Christians and Muslims be friends? Real friends? Even in a post-September 11 era of alienation and religious violence, David Shenk says yes. In Christian. Muslim. Friend., Shenk lays out twelve ways that Christians can form authentic relationships with Muslims, characterized by respect,... |
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Victim of Grace: When God's Goodness Prevails
Robin Jones Gunn - Zondervan
Format: Print book
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Robin Jones Gunn reveals poignant truths from her life as well as from the lives of women in the Bible as she flips the notion that we are at the mercy of circumstances. She asks, what if God has dreams for you? What if he is accomplishing those dreams in the midst of shattered hopes? When... |
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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 Big Heart Open to God: A Conversation with Pope Francis
Pope Francis - HarperOne
Format: Book
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The world was shocked when Jesuit magazines across the globe simultaneously released an exclusive interview with Pope Francis, just six months into his historic papacy. Within minutes of its release, the interview dominated the worldwide media. In a wide-ranging conversation, Pope Francis... |
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The Vow: The True Events that Inspired the Movie
Kim Carpenter - B&H Books; Mti edition
Format: Paperback
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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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The Light Within Me: An Inspirational Memoir
Ainsley Earhardt - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestseller!The celebrated Fox News star and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a powerful, uplifting look at her life and her spiritual journey, reflecting on her family, her faith, and her successful career.In her bestselling children's book Take Heart, My Child,... |
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Be Anxious for Nothing: The Art of Casting Your Cares and Resting in God
Joyce Meyer - Warner Books
Format: Print book
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Outstanding Bible teacher and author Joyce Meyer gives practical and powerful answers as she shares her past defeats with worry, frustration, and stress. Readers will discover the victorious principles that helped her to overcome these obstacles and revolutionize her life and ministry. |
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Looking for God: An Unexpected Journey through Tattoos, Tofu, and Pronouns
Nancy Ortberg - Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.; First edition
Format: Hardcover
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God is in the details, but sometimes we just overlook him. Nancy Ortberg encourages readers to see God in this very personal, very engaging series of essays that will bring God into focus and allow you to grow deeper in your relationship with him than you had ever imagined. |
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Is This The One?: Insightful Dates for Finding the Love of Your Life
Steve Arterburn - Zondervan
Format: Paperback
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In Is This the One?, Steve Arterburn---an award-winning author and the founder and chairman of New Life Ministries, the largest faith-based broadcast counseling and treatment ministry---has created a 'how to' plan for happier, stronger marriages. He contends that living in a 'no... |
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I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas
Lewis Black - Riverhead Hardcover; First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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From Lewis Black, the uproarious and perpetually apoplectic New York Times-bestselling author and Daily Show regular, comes a ferociously funny book about his least favorite holiday, Christmas. Christmas is supposed to be a time of peace on earth and goodwill toward all. But not for Lewis... |
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The Chocolate Diaries: Secrets for a Sweeter Journey on the Rocky Road of Life
Karen Linamen - WaterBrook Press
Format: Print book
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Ready to Make Some Sweet Changes?Karen Linamen dishes up a satisfying blend of moxie and mocha, sharing stories from dozens of women who reveal savvy strategies for embracing a sweeter life—even while traveling rocky roads. If you’re hungry for more joy, reasons to laugh again,... |
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Glory Days: Living Your Promised Land Life Now
Max Lucado - HarperCollins Christian Publishing
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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Breaking the Da Vinci Code: Answers to the Questions Everyone's Asking
Darrell L. Bock Ph.D. - Thomas Nelson; Book Club Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Many who have read the New York Times bestseller The Da Vinci Code have questions that arise from seven codes-expressed or implied-in Dan Brown's book. In Breaking the Da Vinci Code: Answers to the Questions Everyone's Asking, Darrell Bock, Ph.D., responds to the novelist's... |
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American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation
Jon Meacham - Random House Large Print
Format: Hardcover
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In American Gospel (literally meaning the "good news about America") , New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham sets the record straight on the history of religion in American public life. As Meacham shows, faith --meaning a belief in a higher power, and the sense that we are God's... |
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What Do We Tell the Children?: Talking to Kids About Death and Dying
Joseph M. Primo - Abingdon Press
Format: Paperback
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One out of seven children will lose a parent before they are 20. The statistics are sobering, but they also call for preparedness. However, professionals of all types are often at a loss when dealing with a grieving child. Talking to adults about death and grief is difficult; it's all the more... |
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Holy Holidays!: The Catholic Origins of Celebration
Greg Tobin - Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Format: Paperback
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How did Sunday become the "Sabbath Day?" Why did St. Valentine become the patron saint of lovebirds? Most people happily participate in Mardi Gras, Halloween, St. Patrick's Day and Valentine's Day with very little knowledge of the origins and meanings of those days. Here,... |
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I Dare You: Embrace Life with Passion
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover
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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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There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem
Wayne W Dyer - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM ACCLAIMED AUTHOR WAYNE DYERIn this inspiring book, bestselling author Wayne Dyer draws from various spiritual traditions to help us unplug from the material world and awaken to the divine with.With his trademark wit, wisdom, and humor, bestselling author Wayne Dyer... |
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Three Free Sins: God's Not Mad at You
Steve Brown - Howard Books; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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This book is about the misguided obsession with the management of sin that cripples too many Christians. It’s about the view that religion is all about sin…about how to hide side sin or how to stop sinning all together.In the Introduction, the author toys good-naturedly with... |
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Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Dont Control You
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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The average person has 70,000 thoughts every day, and many of those thoughts trigger a corresponding emotion. No wonder so many of us often feel like were controlled by our emotions. Our lives would be much improved if we controlled them.. In LIVING BEYOND YOUR FEELINGS, Joyce Meyer examines... |
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Every Other Monday: Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith, and Friendship
John Kasich - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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Where do you go when the water rises? For more than twenty years, John Kasich has sought the answer to this question and many of life’s most fundamental challenges in an unlikely place: his twice-a-month lunches with an irreverent, thoughtful, and spirited circle of guys who are members... |
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The Invitation (The Mustard Seed Series #1)
Nancy Moser - Multnomah Books
Format: Paperback
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Julia, Walter, Kathy, and Natalie: four ordinary people with little in common. Until each of them receives a small, white invitation from an anonymous sender. It reads: "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed...Nothing will be impossible for you. Please come to Haven, Nebraska."... |
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The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
Joseph Smith Jr. - Harmony
Format: Hardcover
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For the twelve million members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worldwide (six million in the United States) , The Book of Mormon is literally the word of God, a companion volume to the Bible that contains the everlasting gospel. With the faith now of one of the fastest-growing... |
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Bringing Elizabeth Home: A Journey of Faith and Hope
Ed Smart - Doubleday
Format: Print book
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At 3:58 in the morning of June 5, 2002, Ed and Lois Smart awoke to the sound of their nine-year-old daughter Mary Katherine's frightened voice. "She's gone. Elizabeth is gone." At first they thought she was having a bad dream about her older sister, but Mary Katherine's... |
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C. S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity": A Biography
George M Marsden - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book
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Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent and winsome defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story of the extraordinary life and afterlife of this influential and much-beloved book.George... |
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The Spirit of the Quakers
Geoffrey Durham - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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Who are the Quakers, what do they believe, and what do they practice? The Religious Society of Friends—also known as Quakers-—believes that everyone can have a direct experience of God. Quakers express this in a unique form of worship that inspires them to work for change in themselves... |
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The Question That Never Goes Away: Why?
Philip Yancey - Zondervan
Format: Print book
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Finding Meaning in the Midst of Suffering In his classic book Where Is God When It Hurts, Philip Yancey gave us permission to doubt, reasons not to abandon faith, and practical ways to reach out to hurting people. And now, thirty years after writing his first book, Yancey revisits our cry of “Why,... |
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The Big Book of Women Saints
Sarah Gallick - HarperOne
Format: Paperback
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Most books about the saints are thin on women, especially contemporary women. Even Butlers LIVES OF THE SAINTS, the bible of this category, lists far more men than women. No book about the saints could ignore such beloved early martyrs as Agnes of Rome and Lucy of Syracuse but this new book... |
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And Then There Were Nuns: Adventures in a Cloistered Life
Jane Christmas - Greystone Books
Format: Print book
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With humor and opinions aplenty a woman embarks on an unconventional quest to see if she is meant to be a nunJust as Jane Christmas decides to enter a convent in mid-life to find out whether she is nun material her long-term partner Colin suddenly springs a marriage proposal on her Determined... |
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Eat the Cookie...Buy the Shoes: Giving Yourself Permission to Lighten Up
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Engrained in our culture is the belief that unbending discipline is the only sure way to success. You must go to the gym five times a week, never order the dessert, and don't even think about buying that dress you keep staring at in the store window. Breaking from such a regimented... |
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Red Suit Diaries, The: A Real-Life Santa on Hopes, Dreams, and Childlike Faith
Ed Butchart - Revell
Format: Hardcover
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Tom Brokaw said it best about the author: This Santa "can only be described as the real thing." With warmth, humor, and wonder, Ed Butchart shares his stories as a professional Santa Claus in The Red Suit Diaries. Deftly combining his Santa persona with his passion for God, Butchart... |
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The Brainy Bunch: The Harding Family's Method to College Ready by Age Twelve
Kip Harding - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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If the Harding family can do it, your family can too! Having six out of ten kids go to college is no small feat on its own, but having six kids in college by the age of twelve - that's nothing short of incredible. Meet Kip and Mona Lisa Harding, high school sweethearts whose simple... |
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Being Santa Claus: What I Learned about the True Meaning of Christmas
Sal Lizard - Gotham
Format: Hardcover
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A veteran Santa reveals heartwarming true stories and lessons from his twenty-year career spreading Christmas magic.With the holiday shopping season beginning earlier each year, more than ever. Americans are struggling to remember the true meaning of Christmas. And who better to deliver... |
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The Amish Cook's Anniversary Book: 20 Years of Food, Family, and Faith
Lovina Eicher - Andrews McMeel Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Print book
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From the authors of the highly praised The Amish Cook at Home and The Amish Cook’s Baking Book comes a rare journey through twenty years in the life of an Old Order Amish family, full of memories, history, traditions, and some of the Amish Cook’s most... |
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Mama Made the Difference
T. D. Jakes - Putnam Adult; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of He-Motions comes a positive and inspirational book of lessons learned from his mother. In the bestselling The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord, Bishop T. D. Jakes examined a womans most important relationships in life with God, with her man, and with herself.... |
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Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
Anne Lamott - Riverhead Hardcover; First Edition ~1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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With the trademark wisdom, humor, and honesty that made Anne Lamotts book on faith, Traveling Mercies, a runaway bestseller, Plan B Further Thoughts on Faith is a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in increasingly fraught times.The world is a more dangerous place than it was when... |
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Miracles: A Journalist Looks at Modern Day Experiences of God's Power
Tim Stafford - Bethany House Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Award-Winning Journalist Takes a Close Lookat Modern-Day MiraclesMiracles give us hope. But while readers are fascinated by stories of miracles, they aren't always sure which ones to believe. Stafford takes a careful look at miraculous events in our modern world--some hard to accept... |
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Halfway to Each Other: How a Year in Italy Brought Our Family Home
Susan Pohlman - GuidepostsBooks
Format: Hardcover
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The true story of a California couple on the brink of separation who unexpectedly find love again on the Italian Riviera. Tired, empty, and disillusioned with married life, Susan Pohlman was ready to call it quits. As soon as she and her husband, Tim, wrap up a business trip in Italy,... |
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Holly Blues
Susan Wittig Albert - Berkley Prime Crime
Format: Print book
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"In a class with...sleuths V.I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum," China Bayles deals with a most unwelcome guest... China Bayles is fit to spit when her husband's troubled ex-wife, Sally, shows up at her herb shop, claiming to be broke with nowhere else to turn. China isn't sure... |
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The Zimzum of Love: A New Way of Understanding Marriage
Rob Bell - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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As he revolutionized traditional teaching on hell in the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Love Wins, Rob Bell now transforms how we understand and practice marriage in The Zimzum of Love, co-written with his wife, Kristen.Despite the divorce statistics, people are still committing to each... |
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In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart: Hope for the Hurting
Ruth Graham - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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WHEN LIFE'S ROSY DREAMS DISSOLVE INTO DIFFICULT REALITIES THAT BREAK OUR HEARTS, GOD SHOWS THAT HE SPECIALIZES IN RESTORATION. 'If in these pages you see your own life's experience mirrored in our daughter's, may you, too, find a personal relationship with the same heavenly... |
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You'll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times
Max Lucado - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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You’ll get through this.It won’t be painless.It won’t be quick.But God will use this mess for good.Don’t be foolish or naïve.But don’t despair either.With God’s help, you’ll get through this.You fear you won't make it through. We all do. We fear... |
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God's Story, Your Story: When His Becomes Yours
Max Lucado - Zondervan; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Carpools and car crashes, job switches and joint custody, moves and motionlessness. Is there a cohesive storyline to the chaos, confusion, and clutter of your daily life? According to well-loved author Max Lucado, the answer is a resounding yes! So what is the text of your life? With his unequaled... |
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St. Augustine of Hippo: The City of God
St. Augustine of Hippo - Veritatis Splendor Publications
Format: Hardcover
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In The City of God (begun in 413, but Books 20-22 were written in 426) Augustine answers the pagans, who attributed the fall of Rome (410) to the abolition of pagan worship. Considering this problem of Divine Providence with regard to the Roman Empire, he widens the horizon still more... |
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