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Simple Organizing: 50 Ways to Clear the Clutter
Melissa Michaels - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Bring Order and Purpose to Every Room in Your Home Getting organized can feel like an impossible task. But it doesn't have to be complicated. The things you actually use need a designated home. The rest of the stuff is clutter and needs to be removed. Once you've determined which... |
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Divine Direction: 7 Decisions That Will Change Your Life
Craig Groeschel - Zondervan
Format: Paperback
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Master the decisions that will make your life everything God wants it to be. Every day we make choices. And those choices accumulate and eventually become our life story. What would your life look like if you became an expert at making those choices?In this inspiring guidebook, New York... |
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Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely
Lysa TerKeurst - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback
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The enemy wants us to feel rejected . . . left out, lonely, and less than.In Uninvited, Lysa shares her own deeply personal experiences of rejection--from the perceived judgment of the perfectly toned woman one elliptical over to the incredibly painful childhood abandonment by her father.... |
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Ephesians: Biblical Commentary
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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Learn the importance of living in Christ and putting your relationship with Him first with this commentary on Ephesians from internationally renowned Bible teacher Joyce Meyer.Paul's letter to the Ephesians is a well-loved book of the Bible that teaches some of the most important lessons... |
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A Prairie Girl's Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder
STEPHEN HINES - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover
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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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I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
ANNE BOGEL - Baker Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Among the Ruins: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Catholic Church
Paul L Williams - Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover
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This critical review of the Roman Catholic Church since the pivotal changes initiated in the 1960s by Vatican II paints a disturbing picture of decline and corruption. Dr. Paul L. Williams, a self-professed Tridentine or traditionalist Catholic, traces the various factors that have caused... |
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Angels: Who They Are, What They Do, and Why It Matters
Jack Graham - Bethany House
Format: Print book
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Leading Baptist Pastor Teaches the Truth about AngelsMyths about angels are everywhere. Do we become angels when we die? Are angels always hovering nearby, on guard to protect us from danger? Can we talk to them? Many of our ideas about angels come from the media, which is more interested... |
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Creed: What Christians Believe and Why
Adam Hamilton - Abingdon
Format: Print book
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We're all searching. Sometimes the search is easy: simply type a question and the answer pops up. But sometimes our questions are complicated, and the answers are difficult to see and harder to articulate. How do we discover and examine the truths that give meaning and purpose to life?... |
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As My Parents Age: Reflections on Life, Love, and Change
Cynthia Ruchti - Worthy Inspired
Format: Hardcover
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Insights and encouragement for readers who are struggling with the changes in their relationships with aging parents. For most of us it is not the ifs but the whens: when I notice the first signs; when we mourn the role reversal; when my children need me too; or when I don't know how to pray.... |
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A Mile Wide: Trading a Shallow Religion for a Deeper Faith
Brandon Hatmaker - Thomas Nelson
Format: Print book
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As a host and guest judge for HGTV and DIY Network (My Big Family Renovation, Brother v.s. Brother, Tiny House Arrest) , Brandon Hatmaker understands what it takes to rehab a home. But after twenty-plus years of working with the local church (and as husband to bestselling author Jen Hatmaker)... |
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Worry-Free Living: Trading Anxiety for Peace
Joyce Meyer - Faith Words
Format: Print book
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In this compact adaptation of "Be Anxious for Nothing, " #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Joyce Meyer shows readers how to rid themselves of worry and fear by drawing on the peace of God. Difficult times are part of living in this world. However, God has provided... |
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Chasing Grace: What the Quarter Mile Has Taught Me about God and Life
SANYA RICHARDS-ROSS - ZONDERVAN
Format: Hardcover
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"For as long as I can remember, life has been measured in seconds. The fewer, the better." Most people equate success with having more, but Sanya's quest was always for less. She starting running track as a little girl in Jamaica and began competing when she was only seven. At 31 she's... |
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The Polygamist's Daughter: A Memoir
Anna LeBaron - Tyndale House Publishers
Format: Print book
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"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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Sceptical Christianity: Exploring Credible Belief
Robert Reiss - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Paperback
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How can Christianity remain a credible religion in our current era of scepticism? Reviving the debates begun by John Robinson and the demythologisation movement over half a century ago, Sceptical Christianity considers the main reasons behind people's religious scepticism and posits... |
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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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NIV Dictionary of the Bible
J D DOUGLAS - Zondervan
Format: Paperback
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Who were the Pharisees? What did Samson and John the Baptist have in common? Does an altar really have "horns"? Turn to the NIV Dictionary of the Bible and find out. It has the answers to these and hundreds of other questions you're likely to wonder about as you read the Bible.Condensed... |
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Apocrypha of The Early Church
G Paul Robinson - Tate Pub & Enterprises Ll
Format: Print book
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Apocrypha of The Early Church is the author's third published work. It focuses on a number of apocryphal manuscripts which were written within the first century of so after Christ's birth and resurrection but not included in the Holy Bible. These all-important manuscripts to the early... |
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Healing the Soul of a Woman: How to Overcome Your Emotional Wounds
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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Internationally renowned Bible teacher Joyce Meyer draws on her own history of abuse to show women how Christ's redeeming love heals emotional wounds and brings joy to life.Can a woman who has been deeply hurt by life's circumstances be healed, heart and soul? If she has been wounded by a man she loved... |
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Swipe Right: The Life-and-Death Power of Sex and Romance
Levi Lusko - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback
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God wants you to have amazing sex There is nothing more powerful on earth than the forces of love, sex, and romance. In fact, relationships are a matter of life-and-death importance. So how you can train today for the relationship you want tomorrow? In Swipe Right, Levi Lusko shares... |
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The Godwink Effect: 7 Secrets to God's Signs, Wonders, and Answered Prayers
SQuire Rushnell - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Way of Life: Experiencing the Culture of Heaven on Earth
BILL JOHNSON - Destiny Image
Format: Hardcover
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Can the Supernatural Become Natural? Bill Johnson, respected pastor, bestselling author and senior leader of Bethel Church, lives in a culture of the miraculous. In his groundbreaking new book, The Way of Life, he shares not as a theological spectator, but as an active participant in a historic... |
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Think Better, Live Better: A Victorious Life Begins in Your Mind
Joel Osteen - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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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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FATAL DISCORD : erasmus, luther, and the rupture of europe
MICHAEL MASSING - Harper
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A deeply textured dual biography and fascinating intellectual history that examines two of the greatest minds of European history--Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther--whose heated rivalry gave rise to two enduring, fundamental, and often colliding traditions of philosophical and religious... |
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Living a Life You Love: Embracing the Adventure of Being Led by the Holy Spirit
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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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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Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
Eric Metaxas - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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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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Us Against the World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, and Family
THOMAS NELSON. - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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David and Tamela Mann have been married for 30 years, but the singers, actors, and entrepreneurs are just as, if not more than, happily in love as they were in the early days of their relationship. In their new book, the couple will relate the story of their first encounters as teenagers,... |
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1-2-3 Parenting with Heart: Three-Step Discipline for a Calm and Godly Household
Thomas Phelan - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback
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Based on the bestselling parenting book, 1-2-3 Magic, and adapted for a Christian lifestyleIn 1-2-3 Parenting with Heart, Dr. Thomas W. Phelan and pastor Chris Webb teach Christian parents to take charge while refraining from yelling, leading to better behaved children, happier parents,... |
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
AUSTIN CHANNING BROWN - Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover
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From a powerful new voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female in middle-class white America. Austin Channing Brown's first encounter with a racialized America came at age 7, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future... |
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A Life Beyond Amazing: 9 Decisions That Will Transform Your Life Today
D JEREMIAH - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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There is a way to experience a better life. Are you ready to become the person God has called you to be? In A Life Beyond Amazing, bestselling author Dr. David Jeremiah uncovers God's strategy for change and challenges you to make nine important decisions that will transform your heart,... |
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Believe Bigger: Discover the Path to Your Life Purpose
Marshawn Evans Daniels - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover
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Reinvention strategist Marshawn Evans Daniels delivers a practical and inspirational guide for women ready to reclaim their lives and discover a higher purpose after experiencing regret and disappointment - demonstrating that through disruption, life can become sweeter than ever imagined.Marshawn... |
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Absolute Power: How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World
Paul Collins - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right
Lisa Sharon Harper - WaterBrook
Format: Print book
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God once declared everything in the world "very good." Can you imagine it? A Vision of Hope for a Broken World Shalom is what God declared. Shalom is what the Kingdom of God looks like. Shalom is when all people have enough. It's when families are healed. It's when... |
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The Burning Time: Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant Martyrs of London
Virginia Rounding - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Smithfield, settled on the fringes of Roman London, was once a place of revelry. Jesters and crowds flocked for the medieval St Bartholomew's Day celebrations, tournaments were plentiful and it became the location of London's most famous meat market. Yet in Tudor England, Smithfield... |
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The Case for Miracles: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Supernatural
Lee Strobel - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Lee Strobel trains his investigative sights on the hot-button issue of whether it's credible to believe God intervenes supernaturally in people's lives today.This provocative book starts with an unlikely interview in which America's foremost... |
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Laugh It Up!: Embrace Freedom and Experience Defiant Joy
Candace Payne - Zondervan
Format: Paperback
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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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God's Outrageous Claims: Thirteen Discoveries That Can Transform Your Life
Lee Strobel - Zondervan
Format: Print book
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God's astounding claims about himself and his work on our behalf are embedded throughout the pages of Scripture. He sees potential in us that we don't see in our wildest dreams. He sees qualities that we don't think we can ever achieve. He has faith in us that we lack in ourselves.... |
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Madison Park: A Place of Hope
Eric L. Motley - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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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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Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
Jennifer Harvey - Abingdon Press
Format: Hardcover
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Raising White Kids is a book for families, churches, educators and communities who want to equip their children to be active and able participants in a society that is becoming one of the most racially diverse in the world while remaining full of racial tensions. For white people who are committed... |
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Saving My Assassin
Virginia Prodan - Tyndale House Publishers
Format: Print book
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Strong women who stand up for justice in the face of deadly opposition have been featured recently in the international media--from the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner boldly standing up for the educational rights of Pakistani girls, to an Iranian professor whose secret book club defied... |
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Faithful: Christmas Through the Eyes of Joseph
Adam Hamilton - Abingdon Press
Format: Hardcover
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From his beginnings as a humble carpenter to his all-important role as the earthly father of Jesus Christ, Joseph's place in the nativity story is sometimes overlooked but contains valuable lessons for all of us. Join Adam Hamilton as he examines Christmas through the eyes of Joseph.... |
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Life Lessons: 125 Prayers and Meditations
Julia Cameron - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover
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This book of prayers and affirmations by bestselling author of The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron, is full of inspiration and encouragement. Beautifully packaged, these pocket prayers are perfect for carrying around or sharing as a gift.All too often we yearn for a more spiritual... |
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Frederick Douglass: America's Prophet
D H Dilbeck - The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Hardcover
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From his enslavement to freedom, Frederick Douglass was one of America's most extraordinary champions of liberty and equality. Throughout his long life, Douglass was also a man of profound religious conviction. In this concise and original biography, D. H. Dilbeck offers a provocative interpretation... |
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God Hates: Westboro Baptist Church, American Nationalism, and the Religious Right
Rebecca Barrett-Fox - University Press of Kansas
Format: Print book
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The congregants thanked God that they weren't like all those hopeless people outside the church, bound for hell. So the Westboro Baptist Church's Sunday service began, and Rebecca Barrett-Fox, a curious observer, wondered why anyone would seek spiritual sustenance through other... |
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Life Everlasting: Catholic Devotions and Mysteries for the Everyday Seeker
Gary Jansen - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback
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The time-honored practices in this inspiring book will guide you in unlocking the power of Catholic devotions - prayers, meditations, and even very simple, small actions you can take right now that will bring you closer to God and also offer reassurance that we are never, ever alone. The mystical... |
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In God's Hands: The Spiritual Diaries of Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul Ii - Harper One
Format: Print book
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Available for the first time in English, the private reflections of the modern pope recently elevated to sainthood - deeply personal writings that reveal a spiritual leader who agonized over his service to God, continually questioning whether he was doing enough.As the head of the Roman... |
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365 Words of Inspiration from Pope Francis
Francis Pope - White Star Publishers
Format: Print book
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"Having faith doesn't mean never going through tough times, but having the strength to face them, knowing we are not alone." - Pope Francis When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio ascended to the papacy in 2013, he electrified the entire world and infused new energy into the Catholic... |
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To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age
ROBERT FATHER BARRON - Image
Format: Hardcover
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The highly anticipated follow-up to Bishop Robert Barron's hugely successful Catholicism: A Journey to the FaithAs secularism gains influence, and increasing numbers see religion as dull and backward, Robert Barron wants to illuminate how beautiful, intelligent, and relevant the Catholic... |
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Be the Gift: Let Your Broken Be Turned into Abundance
Ann Voskamp - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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Be the Gift, by New York Times-bestselling author Ann Voskamp, will challenge and encourage you to listen to God and look for opportunities to be His gift to others.The idea that even in the depths of our own brokenness God can use each of us to be a gift to someone else is powerful - that... |
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The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus: The Mathematics of Christmas
Thomas Oleron Evans - The Overlook Press
Format: Hardcover
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The perfect stocking stuffer for mathophiles -- math has never been merrier. How do you apply game theory to select who should be on your Christmas shopping list What equations should you use to decorate the Christmas tree Will calculations show Santa is getting steadily thinner -- shimmying... |
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The Hollywood Commandments: A Spiritual Guide to Secular Success
DeVon Franklin - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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DeVon Franklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Wait and prominent Hollywood producer, reveals that secular and spiritual success are not opposites. To have one, you need the other.Are you tired of living a life paralyzed by fear? Are you anxious to break free of the "beware... |
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Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby
Candida R. Moss - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a "Bible nation"Like many evangelical Christians, the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded on a "biblical worldview as a Christian nation."... |
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Confessions
Augustine, Saint Bishop of Hippo - Modern Library
Format: Hardcover
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One of the great works of Western literature, from perhaps the most important thinker of Christian antiquity, in a revolutionary new translation by one of today's leading classicists Sarah Ruden's fresh, dynamic translation of Confessions brings us closer to Augustine's intent... |
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Dangerous Mystic: Meister Eckhart's Path to the God Within
Joel F. Harrington - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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Life and times of the 14th century German spiritual leader Meister Eckhart, whose theory of a personal path to the divine inspired thinkers from Jean Paul Sartre to Thomas Merton, and most recently, Eckhart TolleMeister Eckhart was a medieval Christian mystic whose wisdom powerfully appeals... |
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Christmas: A Biography
JUDITH FLANDERS - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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A critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author explores the Christmas holiday, from the original festival through present day traditions.Christmas has always been a magical time. Or has it? Thirty years after the first recorded Christmas, the Pope was already warning that... |
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In Search of Soul: Hip-Hop, Literature, and Religion
Alejandro Nava - University of California Press
Format: Hardcover
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In Search of Soul explores the meaning of "soul" in sacred and profane incarnations, from its biblical origins to its central place in the rich traditions of black and Latin history. Surveying the work of writers, artists, poets, musicians, philosophers and theologians, Alejandro... |
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On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR - Brazos Press
Format: Hardcover
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Reading great literature well has the power to cultivate virtue. Great literature increases knowledge of and desire for the good life by showing readers what virtue looks like and where vice leads. It is not just what one reads but how one reads that cultivates virtue. Reading... |
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What Are We Doing Here?: Essays
Marilynne Robinson - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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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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Make Room for What You Love: Your Essential Guide to Organizing and Simplifying
Melissa Michaels - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Your home is where life happens. Melissa Michaels, New York Times bestselling author of Love the Home You Have and the best-selling book and blog The Inspired Room, knows how it feels to become overwhelmed by stuff. In spite of the messes and clutter that accumulates... |
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Praying the Promises: Anchor Your Life to Unshakable Hope
MAX LUCADO - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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Find security and hope in a broken world through the unshakable promises of God. Join bestselling author and beloved pastor Max Lucado as he leads you through 30 life-changing promises from God in Praying the Promises. You'll experience a more intimate and effective prayer life and a deeper... |
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The Murderous History of Bible Translations: Power, Conflict, and the Quest for Meaning
Harry Freedman - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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In 1535, William Tyndale, the first man to produce an English version of the Bible in print, was captured and imprisoned in Belgium. A year later he was strangled and then burned at the stake. His co-translator was also burned. In that same year the translator of the first Dutch Bible was arrested... |
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The Other Catholics: Remaking America's Largest Religion
Julie Byrne - Columbia University Press
Format: Print book
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Independent Catholics are not formally connected to the pope in Rome. They practice apostolic succession, seven sacraments, and devotion to the saints. But without a pope, they can change quickly and experiment freely. Some affirm communion for the divorced, women's ordination, clerical... |
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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
KATE BOWLER - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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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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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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The Bride
Ted Kluck - Multnomah Books
Format: Print book
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Sometimes, Church Hurts The Church, the Bride of Christ. That description conjures up images of radiant white bride, eyes sparkling with peace and harmony, right? Maybe that's why it's such a gut-punch when that Bride behaves more like a grade school bully or a hot tempered drill... |
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Follow the Cloud: Hearing God's Voice One Next Step at a Time
John Stickl - Multnomah
Format: Paperback
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There is a big difference between being set free and living free. How do I know what to do with my life? How do I hear God's voice? Maybe the answer is easier than we think. When God led the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land, He gave them a cloud to follow. He led them in an intimately... |
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Can't Make This Stuff Up!: Finding the Upside to Life's Downs
SUSANNAH B LEWIS - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback
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In her highly-anticipated nonfiction debut, humorist and popular blogger Susannah B. Lewis (Whoa! Susannah) uses dry wit and an eye for the absurd to find laughter in even the most challenging circumstances.Susannah B. Lewis is the girl next door who chases her dreams by helping others... |
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To Change The Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism
Ross Douthat - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times columnist and one of America's leading conservative thinkers considers Pope Francis's efforts to change the church he governs.Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936, today Pope Francis is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis's stewardship of the Church,... |
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God is Good: Hes Better Than You Think
Bill Johnson - Destiny Image
Format: Hardcover
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God is better than we think ... so its time to change the way we think about Him."God is Good." More than a positive thought, theological concept, or Biblical statement -- what you do with these three words defines your reality and determines your destiny. In a world of fear,... |
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Being Aware of Being Aware
Rupert Spira - Sahaja
Format: Paperback
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Everybody is aware, all seven billion of us. We are aware of thoughts, feelings, sensations, and perceptions. All people share the experience of being aware, but relatively few people are aware that they are aware. Most people's lives consist of a flow of thoughts, images, ideas, feelings,... |
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20 Ways to Make Every Day Better: Simple, Practical Changes with Real Results
Joyce Meyer - Faithwords
Format: Hardcover
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#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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A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society
NOT AVAILABLE. - St. Martin's Essentials
Format: Hardcover
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Pope Francis met with French reporter and sociologist Dominique Wolton for an unprecedented series of twelve fascinating and timely conversations -- open dialogues revolving around the political, cultural, and religious issues dominating communication and conflict around the world -- now published... |
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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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WHISPERS OF GLORY : a story of choosing hope and finding home
KATIE DAVIS MAJORS - Multnomah
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place
Andy Crouch - Baker Books
Format: Hardcover
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Making conscientious choices about technology in our families is more than just using internet filters and determining screen time limits for our children. It's about developing wisdom, character, and courage in the way we use digital media rather than accepting technology's promises... |
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The New Dad's Playbook: Gearing Up for the Biggest Game of Your Life
Benjamin Watson - Baker Books
Format: Paperback
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When it comes to the unknown territory of having a baby, moms-to-be have nearly unending resources to plan and execute a healthy pregnancy and navigate those first months and years as a parent with confidence. New dads? Not so much. They want to get in the game too, but, says Super Bowl... |
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Eastern Orthodox Christianity: The Essential Texts
Bryn Geffert - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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Two leading academic scholars offer the first comprehensive source reader on the Eastern Orthodox church for the English-speaking world. Designed specifically for students and accessible to readers with little or no previous knowledge of theology or religious history, this essential, one-of-a-kind... |
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The Invisible Bestseller: Searching for the Bible in America
Kenneth A Briggs - Eerdmans Publishing Company
Format: Print book
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A personal and journalistic inquiry into the Bible's disappearance from American life In The Invisible Bestseller veteran religion writer Kenneth Briggs asks how the Bible remains the best-selling book of all time, while fewer Americans than ever can correctly articulate what it says,... |
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The Build: Designing My Life of Choppers, Family, and Faith
Paul Teutul, Jr. - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover
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The Build reveals the "behind the scenes" story of the popular TV reality series American Chopper for the show's millions of fans. Author Paul Teutul, Jr., is arguably the most creative builder of custom "chopper" motorcycles in the world. His talents were revealed... |
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Objects of Devotion: Religion in Early America
Peter Manseau - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Staying Stylish: Cultivating a Confident Look, Style, and Attitude
Candace Cameron Bure - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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Candace Cameron Bure, best known as D.J. Tanner from Full House and Fuller House and a New York Times bestselling author, whose faith and wit have delighted audiences for decades, lets you in on her best-kept secrets for Staying Stylish. This gorgeous manual for beauty, style, health, and spiritual... |
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The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
Robert Sarah - Ignatius Press
Format: Paperback
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In a time when technology penetrates our lives in so many ways and materialism exerts such a powerful influence over us, Cardinal Robert Sarah presents a bold book about the strength of silence. The modern world generates so much noise, he says, that seeking moments of silence has become... |
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A World Ablaze: The Rise of Martin Luther and the Birth of the Reformation
Craig Harline - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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October 2017 marks five hundred years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg and launched the Protestant Reformation. At least, that's what the legend says. But with a figure like Martin Luther, who looms so large in the historical imagination, it's... |
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The Power of a Praying Wife
Stormie Omartian - Harvest House Pub
Format: Print book
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God Can Work Powerfully Through a Praying Wife Today's challenges can make a fulfilling marriage seem like an impossible dream. Yet God delights in doing the impossible if only we would ask! Stormie Omartian shares how God can strengthen your marriage as you pray for your husband concerning... |
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Dealing with Demons: An Introductory Guide to Exorcism and Discerning Evil Spirits
Bob Larson - Destiny Image Publishers
Format: Print book
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How Do You Know When You're Dealing with Demons?Though many of life's problems have natural causes, in the back of our minds there is one question that must be considered: Is it the devil?How do you know if your problem is the result of life choices or a demonic influence?With a ministry... |
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Is This the End?: Signs of God's Providence in a Disturbing New World
David Jeremiah - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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The world seems more fractured each day. People are asking, "Is this the End?" Never have the headlines been this jarring, the cultural changes this rapid, or the moral decay this pronounced. What on earth is happening? After each new occurrence, the most oft-heard questions are,... |
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Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life
Jen Hatmaker - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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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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Strangers in a Strange Land: Living the Catholic Faith in a Post-Christian World
Charles J Chaput - Henry Holt
Format: Print book
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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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I'll Push You: A Journey of 500 Miles, Two Best Friends, and One Wheelchair
PATRICK GRAY - Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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Two best friends, 500 miles, one wheelchair, and the challenge of a lifetime.Friendship takes on new meaning in this true story of Justin and Patrick, born less than two days apart in the same hospital. Best friends their whole lives, they grew up together, went to school together, and were... |
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Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World
MAX LUCADO - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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Anxiety is at an all time high, but there's a prescription for dealing with it. Max Lucado invites readers into a study of Philippians 4:6-7 where the Apostle Paul admonishes the followers of Christ, "Do not be anxious about anything . . ." Philippians 4:6 encourages the believer... |
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The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims
Mustafa Akyol - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book
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When Reza Aslan's bestseller Zealot came out in 2013, there was criticism that he hadn't addressed his Muslim faith while writing the origin story of Christianity. In fact, Ross Douthat of The New York Times wrote that "if Aslan had actually written in defense of the Islamic... |
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Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis
Mark Shriver - Random House
Format: Print book
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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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Apocalyptic Literature in the New Testament
Greg Carey - Abingdon Press
Format: Print book
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Every significant layer of the New Testament features the distinctive concerns of apocalyptic literature, including the expectation of a messiah, hope for a resurrection, expectation of a final judgment, and a spiritual world that includes angels and demons. Yet many contemporary readers... |
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Overwhelmed: How to Quiet the Chaos and Restore Your Sanity
Kathi Lipp - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Paperback
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"I Don't Even Know Where to Start!" Feeling overwhelmed? Wondering if it's possible to move from "out of my mind" to "in control" when you've got too many projects on your plate and too much mess in your relationships? Kathi and Cheri want to show... |
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