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Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did.
John Mark Comer
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover the path that leads to a deeper life with God. "One of the most important books I have read in a decade . . . If we would all follow in this way,...
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Reading Genesis
Marilynne Robinson
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of our greatest novelists and thinkers presents a radiant, thrilling interpretation of the book of Genesis. For generations, the book of Genesis has been treated by scholars as a collection of documents by various...
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A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
Tia Levings
Paper Book
The instant New York Times bestseller: "Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn't a savior coming. Maybe it was up to me to save me." Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia...
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Jesus for Everyone: Not Just Christians
Amy-Jill Levine
Paper Book
Why Jesus's historic and cultural influence makes him fascinating, provocative, and relevant for everyone, not only Christians. Two thousand years after his birth and death, Jesus of Nazareth continues to be of vital interest. Yet much of the scholarship around Jesus focuses...
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The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
Sarah McCammon
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER "An intimate window into the world of American evangelicalism. Fellow exvangelicals will find McCammon's story both startlingly familiar and immensely clarifying, while those looking in from the outside can find no...
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Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere
Savannah Guthrie
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller Guthrie persuasively renders the evolution of a hard-won religious belief that makes room for imperfection and "does not require us to ignore... the sorrows we experience or the unjustness we see but to believe past it." This openhearted offering...
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Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
Shai Held
Paper Book
A profound, startling new understanding of Jewish life, illuminating the forgotten heart of Jewish theology and practice: love. A dramatic misinterpretation of the Jewish tradition has shaped the history of the West: Christianity is the religion of love, and Judaism the...
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To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People
Noah Feldman
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller A leading public intellectual's timely reckoning with how Jews can and should make sense of their tradition and each other. What does it mean to be a Jew? At a time of worldwide crisis, venerable answers to this question...
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Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It
Jennie Allen
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . Theauthor of Get Out of Your Head provides a revolutionary path to embracing a healthy relationship with your emotions, one that leads to life-giving connection with God and others as well as to a richer understanding of yourself. ...
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The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy
Jim Wallis
Paper Book
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES AND A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Everyone who claims to be 'Christian' or else claims to be upset by 'Christianity' needs to read this book, especially politicians using people's supposed faith for their own ends." --Margaret E. Atwood <...
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American Zion: A New History of Mormonism
Benjamin E. Park
Paper Book
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 in the so-called "burned-over district" of upstate New York, which was producing seers and prophets daily. Most of the new creeds flamed out; Smith's would endure, becoming the most significant homegrown religion in...
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It Is Finished: A 40-Day Pilgrimage Back to the Cross
Charles Martin
Paper Book
A Publishers Weekly and ECPA Bestseller Across forty days of vivid storytelling, It Is Finished offers you a unique and vital roadmap to trace the power and necessity of the cross throughout the Bible, from the book of Genesis all the way to your present-day reality. ...
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God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible
Candida Moss
Paper Book
From an award-winning biblical scholar, the "monumental and eye-opening" story of how enslaved people created, gave meaning to, and spread the message of the New Testament, shaping the very foundations of Christianity in ways both subtle and profound (Reza Aslan). For the...
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The Devil's Best Trick
Randall Sullivan
Ebook
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Finding God's Will for Your Life: Discovering the Plans God Has for You
Joyce Meyer
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author and renowned Bible teacher Joyce Meyer instructs readers on an integral part of the Christian faith--knowing God's will and acting on it--in this practical and encouraging book. Did you ever dream...
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Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
Cole Arthur Riley
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A collection of prayer, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior world, from the author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies "A true spiritual balm for our troubled times."--Michael Eric Dyson,...
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Life: My Story Through History: Pope Francis’s Inspiring Biography Through History
Papa Francesco
Paper Book
For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events that have changed history--from his earliest years during the outbreak of World War II in 1939 to the turmoil of today. An extraordinary personal and historical...
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Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens
Kate Bowler
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Witty, honest, and wise spiritual reflections that invite readers to embrace the bad, not just the good--from the four-time New York Times bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) Kate...
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What Happens Next: A Traveler’s Guide Through the End of This Age
Max Lucado
Paper Book
Be Prepared, Not Scared Are we living in the end times If so, what does that mean for you In contrast to the confusion and anxiety that often comes with this topic, Max Lucado believes God wants us to be prepared, not scared; informed, not intimidated. He writes: "The...
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Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
Sarah Bessey
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A nurturing and hopeful collection of practices to help an emerging generation of Christians reconnect to their faith, find inner healing, and build spiritual community--from Glennon Doyle's "favorite faith writer" and the author of Jesus Feminist and editor of A...
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How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away
Emily P. Freeman
Paper Book
If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when a room we're in is no longer a room where we belong What do you do when you start to feel a shift and must decide if it's time to make a change When it comes to navigating big decisions about when to stay...
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Cloistered: My Years As A Nun
Catherine Coldstream
Paper Book
AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "A profoundly moving memoir which gripped me . . . It's about spirituality and asceticism and silence and sisterhood, but also about how flawed human beings can abuse power and how hermetically sealed communities, which should care for and...
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Christmaker: A Life of John the Baptist
James F. McGrath
Paper Book
Meet the real John the Baptist. For many, John the Baptist is a footnote in the gospels--Jesus's unkempt forerunner. But if we look closer, John emerges as a fascinating and influential religious leader in his own right. ...
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Now and Not Yet: Pressing in When You’re Waiting, Wanting, and Restless for More
Ruth Chou Simons
Paper Book
Your right now matters. Discover how to press in and not check out. Do you ever feel like your present moment is so far from where you really long to be? Do you ever struggle with embracing your right now because you are so focused on the future? Too often, we feel disappointed with...
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The Life of the Qur'an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy
Mohamad Jebara
Paper Book
"Appropriately epic and consistently erudite, yet accessible for lay readers." --Kirkus (Starred review) Based on extensive scholarship, an innovative biography of the central text of Islam Over a billion copies of the Qur`an exist - yet it remains...
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The Bible: A Global History
Bruce Gordon
Paper Book
"A marvelous work of scholarship and storytelling" (Wall Street Journal), offering a global history of the world's best-known and most influential book For Christians, the Bible is a book inspired by God. Its eternal words are transmitted across the...
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Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America
Helen Tworkov
Paper Book
From one of the central figures in Buddhism's introduction to the West and the founder of Tricycle magazine comes a brilliant memoir of forging one's own path that Pico Iyer calls "unflinching" and "indispensable." The daughter of an artist, Helen Tworkov grew up in the...
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Think Ahead: 7 Decisions You Can Make Today for the God-Honoring Life You Want Tomorrow
Craig Groeschel
Paper Book
Experience the joy, freedom, and fulfillment God wants for you by learning the key to making God-glorifying choices: the power of pre-decision. What if we actually have the ability to break free from the pitfalls of impulsive decisions and develop positive, godly habits What...
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Do the New You: 6 Mindsets to Become Who You Were Created to Be
Steven Furtick
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller! New York Times bestselling author and pastor Steven Furtick shows readers how to find their God-given identity and to grow into the person God designed them to be all along. Do you ever get a...
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Speak the Blessing: Send Your Words in the Direction You Want Your Life to Go
Joel Osteen
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author and pastor of Lakewood Church Joel Osteen shares how the power of our words can help create a better reality. Your words are like seeds. Every time you say them, they're taking root and growing. Are you planting good seeds? Are you seeing the...
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I Could Be Wrong, But I Doubt It: Why Jesus Is Your Greatest Hope on Earth and in Eternity
Phil Robertson
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The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
Sharon Brous
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In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society? Sharon Brous - a leading American rabbi - makes the case that the spiritual work of our time, as instinctual as it is counter-cultural, is to find our way to one...
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