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Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality. While noting that the changing face of the world has necessarily changed the importance of religion at both the societal and the individual level, she makes a powerful, convincing argument for drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously...
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Thomas Nelson
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English
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We've never been more educated and entertained. We have technological tools our parents could only dream of, and we are saturated with information, amusement, and recreation. Yet more than ever, we are starving for hope. School shootings are all too familiar. Depression is on the rise. And more people than ever are orchestrating their own deaths. In America alone, the suicide rate has increased 24 percent in fewer than twenty years. If a disease saw...
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"Based on her bestselling book 'Made to Crave,' but now distilled down for busy readers, Lysa TerKeurst offers a new perspective to all those stuck in the cycle of losing weight but then gaining it back, equipping readers with the deeper spiritual and emotional motivation they need to make lasting changes"--
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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This book is a compelling argument for Christianity that equips believers like never before. The goal of God's Not Dead: Evidence for God in an Age of Uncertainty is straightforward: to help readers develop "a faith that is real and credible -- and strong enough to help others find faith in God." To that end, Rice Broocks outlines a roadmap that guides seekers to acknowledge the most basic truths of Christianity: There is overwhelming and exciting...
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Elizabeth George's Loving God with All Your Mind (more than 200,000 copies sold) has been revised and expanded. Elizabeth lets women know that loving the Lord involves action! Focusing on six main scripture passages, she helps readers understand what it means to truly-
• let your mind think on what is true about God and about life
• grasp and move toward God's purpose for life
• trust the Lord in all things
Drawing on biblical wisdom as well...
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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"Using personal anecdotes and Biblical teachings, a pastor writes about his work in Las Vegas, maintaining that God's love extends to all people, including those who think of themselves as sinners or unlovable and describing how such love can be transformative." --
10) God's not dead 2
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"A Christian teacher is forced before a judge for honestly answering a question about Jesus in the classroom. With the principal and superintendent joining forces with a zealous civil liberties group, Grace faces an epic court case that could cost her the career she loves and expel God from the classroom." --
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[2016]
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English
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"Seldom occupying more than a couple of pages, Williams' stories are headed by a number, one to 99, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist has a one-of-a-kind gift for capturing both the absurdity and the darkness of everyday life. In Ninety-Nine Stories of God, she takes on one of mankind's most confounding preoccupations: the Supreme Being. This series of short, fictional vignettes explores our day-to-day interactions with an ever-elusive...
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Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Everybody wants to be loved. We all need affirmation, acceptance, and approval. Let's face it: It feels good to be appreciated and admired. But when we depend on the approval of others to feel good about ourselves, it's impossible to have emotional stability or a healthy self-image. And when our value is based on how people see us rather than God's unconditional love for us, our desire for approval can become an addiction.
In THE APPROVAL FIX, #1...
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"The headlines are clear: religion is on the decline in America as many people leave behind traditional religious practices. Diana Butler Bass, leading commentator on religion, politics, and culture, follows up her acclaimed book Christianity After Religion by arguing that what appears to be a decline actually signals a major transformation in how people understand and experience God. The distant God of conventional religion has given way to a more...
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Sterling Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"Does God exist? Using an intellectually rigorous, scientific approach, Marshall Brain (the founder of HowStuffWorks.com and author of the How Stuff Works series) sets out to resolve the eternal debate once and for all. With a compelling sense of curiosity, he breaks down mankind's search for a higher power, tackling such quandaries as: Who is God? What are his attributes? What is God doing and why? How does God interact with humanity? And ultimately,...
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Crossway
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Sometimes we ask What is God's will for my life? when we should really be asking Who should I be? The Bible has an answer: be like the very image of God. By exploring ten characteristics of who God is -holy, loving, just, good, merciful, gracious, faithful, patient, truthful, and wise- this book helps us understand who God intends for us to be. Through Christ, the perfect reflection of the image of God, we will discover how God's own attributes impact...
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Thomas Nelson
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2013.
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English
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A simple surgery went horribly wrong. Steve Sjogren died on the operating table, encountered a heavenly world where he felt infinite peace-- and then had to come back. Back to a physical reality filled with pain and disability and an endless line of tests. Sjogren shares his experiences and the life-changing ways they have affected his perspective on success, suffering, and the mysteries of God.
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Wm. Paul Young has been called a heretic for the ways he vividly portrays God's love through his novels. Here he shares twenty-eight commonly uttered and sometimes seemingly innocuous things we say about God. Paul exposes these as lies that keep us from having a full, loving relationship with our Creator. With personal anecdotes and sharing the compassion readers felt from the "Papa" portrayed in The Shack, Paul encourages readers to think anew about...
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HarperOne
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland draws on her journey to dismantle the cultural 'whitemalegod' and discover the Sacred Black Feminine, weaving together personal story and research to introduce a Black Female God who imbues us with hope, trust, and presence." --
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