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Convicted: A Crooked Cop, an Innocent Man, and an Unlikely Journey of Forgiveness and Friendship

JAMEEL ZOOKIE MCGEE - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

Jameel McGee: "For the next three years not a day went by that I didn't think about my son who I had never seen and the cop who had kept me from him. And for most of those three years I promised myself that if I ever saw this cop again, I was going to kill him. I intended to keep...
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They Say We Are Infidels: On the Run from ISIS with Persecuted Christians in the Middle East

Mindy Belz - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Print book

"Everywhere militants were blowing up Christians, their churches, their shops. They threatened them with kidnapping. They promised to take their children. The message to these 'infidels': You have no place in Iraq. Pay a penalty to stay, leave, or be killed."Sweeping from Syria...
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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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Homespun: Amish and Mennonite Women in Their Own Words

Lorilee Craker - Herald Press
Format: Paperback

"A revealing and wide ranging resource. . . . This eclectic book will interest any reader who s curious about the plain lifestyle." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Straight from the pens of Amish and Mennonite women . . . Ever wish you could visit with a group of Amish or Mennonite women over...
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Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Now

Brenda Salter McNeil - Brazos Press
Format: Hardcover

"[A] powerful work. . . . Provides a road map for any Christian seeking greater racial justice."--Reconciliation is not true reconciliation without justice! Brenda Salter McNeil has come to this conviction as she has led the church in pursuing reconciliation efforts over the past...
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Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again

Lysa TerKeurst - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

You deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have done to you.Have you ever felt stuck in a cycle of unresolved pain, playing offenses over and over in your mind? You know you can't go on like this, but you don't know what to do next. Lysa TerKeurst has wrestled through...
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Stilte: The Dutch Art of Quietude

Mirjam van der Vegt - Worthy Books
Format: Hardcover

Life can get hectic, as we continuously hop from one thing to another. Days are often filled with too much noise, anxiety, and confusion. What do you do when the life you created isn't what you expected it to be? What can you do to slow it all down? Author Mirjam van der Vegt encourages...
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The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus's Crucifixion

N T Wright - HarperOne
Format: Print book

The renowned scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author widely considered to be the heir to C. S. Lewis contemplates the central event at the heart of the Christian faith - Jesus' crucifixion - arguing that the Protestant Reformation did not go far enough in transforming our understanding...
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The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biography

Carlos Eire - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

The life and many afterlives of one of the most enduring mystical testaments ever writtenThe Life of Saint Teresa of Avila is among the most remarkable accounts ever written of the human encounter with the divine. The Life is not really an autobiography at all, but rather a confession written...
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Trust Women: A Progressive Christian Argument for Reproductive Justice

Rebecca Todd Peters - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

As womens reproductive rights are increasingly under attack, a minister and ethicist weighs in on the abortion debate - offering a stirring argument that "the best arbiter of a womans reproductive destiny is herself" (Cecile Richards, former President of the Planned Parenthood...
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