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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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Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World

Larry W Hurtado - Baylor University Press
Format: Print book

"Silly," "stupid," "irrational," "simple." "Wicked," "hateful," "obstinate," "anti-social." "Extravagant," "perverse." The Roman world rendered harsh judgments upon early Christianity -- including...
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Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life

Jen Hatmaker - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Life is messy for each of us. But Jen Hatmaker reminds us that its okay to admit that were all in the same boat. Join New York Times bestselling author and honorary big sister Jen as she shares hilarious tales, shameless honesty, and unconditional hope for the woman whos forgotten her moxie.We...
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This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever

Rory Feek - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

The story she said he was born to write. Her story. His story. The love story of Joey and Rory. By inviting so many into the final months of Joey's life as she battled cancer, Joey and Rory Feek captured hearts around the world with how they handled the diagnosis; the inspiring, simple...
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Redemption At Hacksaw Ridge: The Gripping True Story That Inspired The Movie

Booton Herndon - Remnant Publications
Format: Hardcover

"When we go into combat, Doss, youre not comin back alive. Im gonna shoot you myself!" The men of the 77th Infantry Division couldnt fathom why Private Desmond T. Doss would venture into the horrors of World War II without a single weapon to defend himself. "Youre nothing...
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Zip It: The Keep It Shut 40-Day Challenge

Karen Ehman - Zondervan
Format: Print book

Zip It empowers readers to put into action the advice and commands of Scripture concerning the tongue. The New York Times bestselling book Keep It Shut covered many topics, including anger, truth-telling, people-pleasing, our digital tongues online, and gossip. Because there are more than...
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America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America

Jim Wallis - Brazos Press, 2016.
Format: Print book

America's problem with race has deep roots, with the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation's original sin."It's time we right this unacceptable wrong," says bestselling author and leading...
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The Power of I Am: Two Words That Will Change Your Life Today

Joel Osteen - Faithwords
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen helps readers transform their self-image by saying two simple words--I AM. Can two words give you the power to change your life? Yes, they can! In his new book, Joel Osteen shares a profound principle based on one simple truth: Whatever follows...
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Book Girl: A Journey through the Treasures and Transforming Power of a Reading Life

Sarah Clarkson - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Paperback

When you hear a riveting story, does it thrill your heart and stir your soul? Do you hunger for truth and goodness? Do you secretly relate to Belle's delight in the library in Beauty and the Beast?If so, you may be on your way to being a book girl.Books were always Sarah Clarkson's...
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The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

Gary D Chapman - Northfield Publishing
Format: Paperback

- Over 11 million copies sold- #1 New York Times Bestseller for 8 years running- Now celebrating its 25th anniversary Simple ideas, lasting loveFalling in love is easy. Staying in love - that's the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands,...
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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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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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Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World

SCOTT HARRISON - Currency
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all, from the founder and CEO of the nonprofit charity: water. At 28 years old, Scott Harrison had it all. A top nightclub promoter in New York City, his life was an endless cycle of drugs,...
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How to Be a Perfect Christian: Your Comprehensive Guide to Flawless Spiritual Living

Babylon Bee, LLC. - Multnomah
Format: Hardcover

With a biting, satirical style reminiscent of The Onion, How to Be a Perfect Christian takes a humorous look at the quirks of cultural Christianity while subtly challenging the reader to search for more than a cultural faith.Written in the trademark style of The Babylon...
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This is My Wish for You - Mini

Charles Livingston Snell - Blue Lantern Books
Format: Book

This is a book created to be given. At its center is a poem by Charles Snell which was written for, and published in, 1914 as a small gift book. In it the giver, in a series of concrete images, extends the recipient many good wishes. This Is My Wish for You is in the tradition of ancient...
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Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything

Anne Bogel - Baker Books
Format: Paperback

If the viral Buzzfeed-style personality quizzes are any indication, we are collectively obsessed with the idea of defining and knowing ourselves and our unique place in the world. But what we're finding is this: knowing which Harry Potter character you are is easy, but actually knowing...
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God Is for Real: And He Longs to Answer Your Most Difficult Questions

Todd Burpo - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover

GOD IS FOR REAL addresses the questions: What is God like? Why are things the way they are in spite of who God is? If Todd's first book, Heaven Is for Real, was about the then and there of heaven, GOD IS FOR REAL is about the here and now on earth: Why are there are so many hypocritical...
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The Polygamist's Daughter: A Memoir

Anna LeBaron - Tyndale House Publishers
Format: Print book

"My father had more than fifty children."So begins the haunting memoir of Anna LeBaron, daughter of the notorious polygamist and murderer Ervil LeBaron. With her father wanted by the FBI for killing anyone who tried to leave his cult -- a radical branch of Mormonism -- Anna and her siblings...
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Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World

Eric Metaxas - Viking
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation On All Hallow's Eve in 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther posted...
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Boundaries with Kids

Henry Cloud - Zondervan
Format: Print book

Since the 1992 release of their Gold Medallion Award-winning book, Boundaries, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend have heard these three questions rephrased thousands of times. As parents begin to realize the tremendous impact poor boundaries have had on their own lives, their concern naturally...
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Think Better, Live Better: A Victorious Life Begins in Your Mind

Joel Osteen - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author Joel Osteen shares how reprogramming your thoughts to remove negativity will lead to a more blessed, fulfilled life. Your mind has incredible power over your success or failure. THINK BETTER, LIVE BETTER offers a simple yet life-changing strategy for erasing the thoughts...
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WHISPERS OF GLORY : a story of choosing hope and finding home

KATIE DAVIS MAJORS - Multnomah
Format: Hardcover

How do you hold on to hope when you don't get the ending you asked for?When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people...
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Living Well, Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life

Ruth Soukup - Thomas Nelson Publishing
Format: Book

In Search of the Good LifeHave you ever that your life--and budget--is spiraling out of control? Do you sometimes wish you could pull yourself together but wonder exactly how to manage all the scattered pieces of a chaotic life? Is it possible to find balance???In a word, yes.??Ruth Soukup...
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Breaking Cover: My Secret Life in the CIA and What It Taught Me about What's Worth Fighting For

Michele Rigby Assad - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Hardcover

The CIA is looking for walking contradictions. Recruiters seek people who can keep a secret, yet pull classified information out of others; who love their country, but are willing to leave it behind to head into dangerous places; who live double lives, but can be trusted with some of the nation's...
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This Year It Will Be Different

Maeve Binchy - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Circle of Friends and The Glass Lake comes This Year It Will Be Different, a stunning new work that brings us the magic and spirit of Christmas in fifteen stories filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit, charm, and sheer storytelling genius....
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Our Father: Reflections on the Lord's Prayer

POPE FRANCIS - Image
Format: Hardcover

National Bestseller! Pope Francis provides new insights into the most popular prayer in Christianity, offering readers a guide to living a life of meaning, purpose and strength.This new work by Pope Francis illuminates the most important prayer in all of Christianity, verse by verse, in conversation...
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The Myth of Equality: Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege

KEN WYTSMA - INTERVARSITY Press
Format: Print book

Is privilege real or imagined? It's clear that issues of race and equality have come to the forefront in our nation's consciousness. Every week yet another incident involving racial tension splashes across headlines and dominates our news feeds. But it's not easy to unpack the origins...
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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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Enjoy Your Journey: Find the Treasure Hidden in Every Day

Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling authorJoyce Meyer offers a powerful, concise abridgment ofEnjoying Where You Are on the Way to Where You Are Going.. Are you enjoying every day of your life? Or do you tell yourself and others that you will find happiness once you have achieved a specific goal...
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The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America

Frances FitzGerald - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

"A page turner ... We have long needed a fair-minded overview of this vitally important religious sensibility, and FitzGerald has now provided it." - The New York Times Book Review "Massively learned and electrifying ... magisterial." - The Christian Science...
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Have a New Teenager by Friday: From Mouthy and Moody to Respectful and Responsible in 5 Days

Dr. Kevin Leman - Revell
Format: Hardcover

Parents may survive the terrible twos and the first years of school all right, but the teenage years bring entirely new and alien creatures. So, parents have a choice either send that teenager to boarding school and visit him when he reaches normalcy again in about ten years or choose to experience...
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Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks

Diana Butler Bass - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

The author of the multiple award-winning Grounded and leading trend spotter in contemporary Christianity explores why gratitude is missing as a modern spiritual practice, offers practical suggestions for reclaiming it, and illuminates how the shared practice of gratitude can lead to greater...
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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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Listen, Love, Repeat: Other-Centered Living in a Self-Centered World

Karen Ehman - Zondervan
Format: Print book

Our culture is obsessed with self. In our schedules, our relationships, and especially online. (Can you say "selfie'?) But in the midst of this near-narcissism, people are less content than in decades past. Why? Because we have forgotten the joy that comes from putting others...
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October 31, 1517: Martin Luther and the Day that Changed the World

Martin E Marty - Paraclete Press
Format: Print book

Released in time for the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther's 95 Theses, and the Protestant Reformation. "This is an invitation to a party, one which commemorates events that began five hundred years ago in Europe and have consequences throughout the world today. My title suggests...
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Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

Pope Benedict XVI - Image
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller! The momentous third and final volume in the Pope’s international bestselling Jesus of Nazareth series, detailing how the stories of Jesus’ infancy and childhood are as relevant today as they were two thousand years ago. In 2007, Joseph Ratzinger...
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Seven-Mile Miracle: Journey into the Presence of God Through the Last Words of Jesus

Steven Furtick - Multnomah
Format: Print book

His Final Words Are Your New Beginning It's Good Friday. The Son of God is giving up his life. What does he want to say to us in His final hours? What does He tell the people standing at the foot of the cross, to pass down to the ages? He speaks only seven short statements. Words of forgiveness,...
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Its Not About Me: Rescue From the Life We Thought Would Make Us Happy

Max Lucado - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

There really is more to this life than youve been told.Weve been demanding our way since day one ..."I want a spouse that makes me happy and coworkers that always ask my opinion.""I want weather that suits me and traffic that helps me and government that serves me."Self-promotion....
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Laugh It Up!: Embrace Freedom and Experience Defiant Joy

Candace Payne - Zondervan
Format: Paperback

The world knows Candace Payne as "Chewbacca Mom," the wife and mother of two from Dallas who captured the hearts of nearly 200 million people around the world with nothing but a toy Chewbacca mask, a smart phone, and infectious laughter.Candace's viral moment of simple joy became...
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A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King - Harper
Format: Paperback

"We've got some difficult days ahead," civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., told a crowd gathered at Memphis's Clayborn Temple on April 3, 1968. "But it really doesn't matter to me now because I've been to the mountaintop. . . . And I've seen...
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The Christmas Spirit: Memories of Family, Friends, and Faith

Joel Osteen - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover

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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Mere Christianity

C. S. Lewis - Harper San Francisco; Revised & Enlarged edition
Format: Paperback

In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explores the common ground upon which all of those of Christian faith stand together. Bringing together Lewis' legendary broadcast talks during World War Two from his three previous books The Case...
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Voice of a Prophet: Who Speaks for God?

A. W. Tozer - Regal
Format: Book

During his ministry, which included extended pastorates in Chicago and Toronto, Dr. Tozer was often referred to as a prophet. That doesn’t mean he predicted future events, but rather spoke God’s truth to believers and the culture, even if it meant disrupting the status quo....
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Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God

Timothy Keller - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author and renowned pastor explores the power of prayer. Christians are taught in their churches and schools that prayer is the most powerful way to experience God. But few receive instruction or guidance in how to make prayer genuinely meaningful. In Prayer,...
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I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

ANNE BOGEL - Baker Books
Format: Hardcover

For so many people, reading isn't just a hobby or a way to pass the time--it's a lifestyle. Our books shape us, define us, enchant us, and even sometimes infuriate us. Our books are a part of who we are as people, and we can't imagine life without them.I'd Rather Be Reading...
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Hands Free Mama: A Guide to Putting Down the Phone, Burning the To-Do List, and Letting Go of Perfection to Grasp What Really Matters!

Rachel Macy Stafford - Zondervan
Format: Paperback

"Rachel Macy Stafford's post "The Day I Stopped Saying Hurry Up" was a true phenomenon on The Huffington Post, igniting countless conversations online and off about freeing ourselves from the vicious cycle of keeping up with our overstuffed agendas. Hands Free Mama has the power...
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Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

Fr. Gregory Boyle - Free Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Father Gregory Boyle’s sparkling parables about kinship and the sacredness of life are drawn from twenty years working with gangs in LA.How do you fight despair and learn to meet the world with a loving heart? How do you overcome shame? Stay faithful in spite of failure? No matter...
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Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free

Linda Kay Klein - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover

From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangelical Christianity's purity culture has had on a generation of young women - in a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir.In the 1990s, a "purity industry"...
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The Godwink Effect: 7 Secrets to God's Signs, Wonders, and Answered Prayers

SQuire Rushnell - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover

From the authors of the popular and bestselling Godwink series comes a new and inspiring collection of true stories about people whose lives were changed by specific and extraordinary answers to their prayers.Prayer is a universal concept that anyone can do. It simply involves conversation...
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Christopher Moore - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback

The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years -- except Biff, the Messiah's best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story...
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The True Jesus: Uncovering the Divinity of Christ in the Gospels

David Limbaugh - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover

David Limbaugh, the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus on Trial and The Emmaus Code, now approaches the question of Jesus Christ's divinity--In what sense was Jesus God? How do we know?--with the same precise, methodical form of enquiry he has employed in his career...
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Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis

Mark Shriver - Random House
Format: Print book

A down-to-earth and deeply intimate portrait of Pope Francis and his faith, based on interviews with the men and women who knew him simply as Jorge Mario Bergoglio Early on the evening of March 13, 2013, the newly elected Pope Francis stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica...
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The Imitation of Christ

Thomas, à Kempis - Penguin Classics
Format: Paperback

One of the best-loved books of Christianity after the Bible, now in a new translation A passionate celebration of God and his love, mercy, and holiness, The Imitation of Christ has inspired conversion and stimulated religious devotion for more than five hundred years. With great personal...
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The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

Rod Dreher - Penguin Publishing Group
Format: Print book

In a radical new vision for the future of Christianity, NYT bestselling author and conservative columnist Rod Dreher calls on American Christians to prepare for the coming Dark Age by embracing an ancient Christian way of life. The light of the Christian faith is flickering out all over...
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Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope

Mary Beth Chapman - Revell; Reprinted editon edition
Format: Hardcover

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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Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People

Nadia Bolz-Weber - Convergent Books
Format: Print book

New York Times Bestseller | One of NPR's Best Books of 2015What if that person you've been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace todayAnd what if that's the pointIn Accidental Saints, New York Times best-selling author Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising...
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Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

Anne Lamott - Riverhead; First edition
Format: Hardcover

The sharp, funny, and heartfelt follow-up to her bestselling Plan B, Anne Lamott's newest collection is a personal exploration of the faith and grace all around us. In Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, Lamott examines the ways we're caught in life's most daunting predicaments:...
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Let God Fight Your Battles: Being Peaceful in the Storm

Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover

La vida le presenta varias batallas, desde las preocupaciones por la salud, los retos financieros o los asuntos familiares. Los tiempos difciles usualmente son llamados las tormentas de la vida, y sobrellevarlos a solas puede ser muy duro, o hasta puede parecer imposible. Anmese! Dios...
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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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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Jon Krakauer
Format: Print book

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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Living a Life You Love: Embracing the Adventure of Being Led by the Holy Spirit

Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover

You may say that you love your family, your spouse, your church, or the Lord. You may also express love for more temporal things like a good cup of coffee, your home, or a nice dinner at your favorite restaurant. But it is rarer to truly say "I love my life!" It's common to be more...
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The Light Within Me: An Inspirational Memoir

Ainsley Earhardt - Harper
Format: Hardcover

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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A Prairie Girl's Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder

STEPHEN HINES - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

The beloved author of the Little House books was not only one of America's great pioneer storytellers but a woman of vibrant faith.A Prairie Girl's Faith provides the first extended, in depth discussion of the Christian faith of one of America's most beloved pioneer women--Laura...
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Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America

Jack Barsky - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Print book

One decision can end everything . . . or lead to unlikely redemption.Millions watched the CBS 60 Minutes special on Jack Barsky in 2015. Now, in this fascinating memoir, the Soviet KGB agent tells his story of gut-wrenching choices, appalling betrayals, his turbulent inner world,...
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Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms

Tim Tebow - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

Who are you when life is steady? Who are you when storms come? Most of us have been on the receiving end of rejection, a broken dream, or heartbreak. And while this is not an easy space to go through, when we are grounded in the truth, we can endure the tough times. In this powerful book,...
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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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Power Thoughts: 12 Strategies to Win the Battle of the Mind

Joyce Meyer - FaithWords; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Joyce Meyer has a knack for coining phrases-her fans call them "Joyceisms"-and one of her best loved is "Where the mind goes, the man follows." This was the basis for Battlefield of the Mind, and in her latest book, Meyer provides "power thoughts," bringing...
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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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Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

RACHEL HELD EVANS - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback

If the Bible isn't a science book, instruction manual, or position paper, then what is it? New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans invites readers on a journey of rediscovery as she explores the magic of the Bible, engaging the old, familiar stories in new ways that honor the past...
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This Is the Day: Reclaim Your Dream. Ignite Your Passion. Live Your Purpose.

TIM TEBOW - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times best-selling sports star and media icon motivates readers to stop postponing dreams and start making them happen now because--this is the day.Beyond Tim Tebow's exploits as a Heisman-winning football player, he is widely known and respected for his exemplary...
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The Wellness Revelation: Lose What Weighs You Down So You Can Love God, Yourself, and Others

Alisa Keeton - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Paperback

What would it take for you to make a change?Weight loss can sometimes be a very self-focused endeavor. Maybe you have struggled with your weight your entire life, riding a constant roller coaster of numbers that go up and down. Or maybe you are finding yourself more stressed out by the world...
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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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Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff

Myquillyn Smith - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

More Style, Less StuffCozy Minimalism isn't about going without or achieving a particular new, modern style. Nope. It's simply a mindset that helps you get whatever style YOU LOVE with the fewest possible items.You want a warm, cozy, inviting home, without using more resources, money, and stuff...
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Ave Maria: The Mystery of a Most Beloved Prayer

Pope Francis - Image
Format: Hardcover

This important new work by Pope Francis provides an enlightening new vision of the importance of women in the Church and the world, seen through the lens of Mary, the mother of Jesus."At the beginning of the re-creation of the world, there is a dialogue between God and a single woman,"...
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Unstuffed: Decluttering Your Home, Mind and Soul

Ruth Soukup - Zondervan
Format: Print book

STUFF. It's everywhere. Lurking in corners and closets, spilling onto counters and coffee tables, creating havoc everywhere we look. And it's not just the physical clutter that weighs us down. Oh no, it is the stress of overbooked schedule, and the weight of a life that sometimes feels...
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Amish Society

John A Hostetler - The Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover

Highly acclaimed in previous editions, this classic work by John Hostetler has been expanded and updated to reflect current research on Amish history and culture as well as the new concerns of Amish communities throughout North America.
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God, Faith, and Freedom

Michael Savage - Center Street
Format: Hardcover

For decades, Michael Savage has been preaching his political faith of borders, language and culture to millions on his nationally-syndicated radio show, The Savage Nation. Now, Savage gives his audience a look into his religious faith and his ideas about the Judeo-Christian foundation of the American...
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Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama

Kenneth L Woodward - Convergent Books
Format: Print book

"In this thoughtful book, Ken Woodward offers us a memorable portrait of the past seven decades of American life and culture. From Reinhold Niebuhr to Billy Graham, from Abraham Heschel to the Dali Lama, from George W. Bush to Hillary Clinton, Woodward captures the personalities and charts...
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Unified: How Our Unlikely Friendship Gives Us Hope for a Divided Country

Tim Scott - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Hardcover

In a divided country desperate for unity, two sons of South Carolina show how different races, life experiences, and pathways can lead to a deep friendship -- even in a state that was rocked to its core by the 2015 Charleston church shooting.Tim Scott, an African-American US senator, and Trey...
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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 Problem of Pain

C. S. Lewis - HarperOne
Format: Paperback

In The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis, one of the most renowned Christian authors and thinkers, examines a universally applicable question within the human condition: “If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?” With his signature wealth of compassion...
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What Are We Doing Here?: Essays

Marilynne Robinson - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

New essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes, by the Pulitzer Prize winnerMarilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National...
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Divine Alignment

SQuire Rushnell - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover

Its happened to you. You received a phone call out of the blue or you bumped into someone who led you to a new job, a new relationship, or opportunity that totally changed your life. You probably even said, Wow, what a coincidence I met so and so. But did you ever stop to ask what caused...
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PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Evangelical Empire

John H Wigger - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

In 1974 Jim and Tammy Bakker launched their television show, the PTL Club, from a former furniture store in Charlotte, N.C. with half a dozen friends. By 1987 they stood at the center of a ministry empire that included their own satellite network, a 2300-acre theme park visited by six million...
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A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century

PAUL KENGOR - Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Format: Hardcover

A Singular Bond That Changed HistoryEven as historians credit Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II with hastening the end of the Cold War, they have failed to recognize the depth or significance of the bond that developed between the two leaders.Acclaimed scholar and bestselling author Paul...
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Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved By Beauty: An Intimate Portrait of My Grandmother

Kate Hennessy - Scribner Book Company
Format: Print book

The life and work of Dorothy Day - the iconic, celebrated, and controversial Catholic whom Pope Francis called a "great American" - told with illuminating detail by her granddaughter.Dorothy Day (1897-1980) was a prominent Catholic, writer, social activist, and co-founder of a movement...
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Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews, A History

James Carroll - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Paperback

"A rare book that combines searing passion with a subject that has affected all of our lives." - Chicago Tribune Novelist, cultural critic, and former priest James Carroll marries history with memoir as he maps the two-thousand-year course of the Church's battle against...
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Costly Grace: An Evangelical Minister's Rediscovery of Faith, Hope, and Love

ROBERT SCHENCK - Harper
Format: Hardcover

A leading American evangelical minister - whom public figures long turned to for guidance in faith and politics - recounts his three conversions, from childhood Jewish roots to Christianity, from a pure faith to a highly politicized one, and from the religious right to the simplicity of Jesus'...
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Chasing Slow

Erin Loechner - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

Chasing Slow models HGTV star Erin Loechners journey to help you break out of the faster-better-stronger trap and make small changes to refresh your perspective, renew your priorities, and shift your focus to what matters most. Youre here, but you want to be there. So you spend your life...
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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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Hope and Other Superpowers: A Life-Affirming, Love-Defending, Butt-Kicking, World-Saving Manifesto

John Pavlovitz - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Overwhelmed by the news cycle and the state of affairs in our world Pastor, blogger, and powerful voice in the Resistance, John Pavlovitz has the answer: this rousing and inspirational guide, drawing from lessons of our favorite superheroes, for how we can band together, live more heroically...
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The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society

Henri J M Nouwen - Doubleday c1972
Format: Paperback

The Wounded Healer is a hope-filled and profoundly simple book that speaks directly to those men and women who want to be of service in their church or community, but have found the traditional ways often threatening and ineffective. In this book, Henri Nouwen combines creative case studies...
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The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

Henri J M Nouwen - Image
Format: Paperback

A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on a long spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal and resonant meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chosen to dwell.In seizing the inspiration...
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The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World

BART EHRMAN - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

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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7 Lessons from Heaven: How Dying Taught Me to Live a Joy-Filled Life

MARY C M D NEAL - Convergent Books
Format: Paperback

In this inspired follow-up to her million-selling To Heaven and Back, Dr. Mary Neal shares untold stories about her encounters with Jesus and powerful insights about how the reality of heaven can make each day magnificent. Dr. Mary Neal's unforgettable account of a 1999 kayaking...
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Blessed Life: My Surprising Journey of Joy, Tears, and Tales from Harlem to Hollywood

KIM FIELDS - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover

From "Facts of Life" to "Living Single" to "Dancing with the Stars" to wife and mom, here's the BLESSED LIFE of Kim Fields, veteran actress, TV personality, and star. Kim Fields has lived most of her life with people thinking they know her, which is understandable....
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Destiny: Step into Your Purpose

T. D. Jakes - Faithwords
Format: Print book

Remember feeling a pull, sensing a divine guide that was leading you to the right place or person? DESTINY, that inner compass, directs you to fulfillment of your highest purpose. When you reflect on your life, you may be amazed that your greatest moments resulted from circumstances that...
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Nothing to Prove: Why We Can Stop Trying So Hard

Jennie Allen - Waterbrook Press
Format: Print book

No More Pretending. No More Performing. No More Fighting to Prove Yourself. Are you tired, inside and out? Are you trying your best to measure up - yet you still feel as if you're losing ground and missing out on the best parts of life? You are not alone. Jennie Allen understands...
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Madison Park: A Place of Hope

Eric L. Motley - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to Madison Park, a small community in Alabama founded by freed slaves in 1880. And meet Eric Motley, a native son who came of age in this remarkable place where constant lessons in self-determination, hope, and unceasing belief in the American dream taught him everything he needed...
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Parenting With Love And Logic

Foster Cline - NavPress Publishing; Rev Upd edition
Format: Book

This parenting book shows you how to raise self-confident, motivated children who are ready for the real world. Learn how to parent effectively while teaching your children responsibility and growing their character.Establish healthy control through easy-to-implement steps without anger,...
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