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Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality And Spirituality

Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality And Spirituality

by Rob Bell

God and sex go together. You can’t separate the two, says Rob Bell, because this physical world is intimately linked to deeper spiritual realities. And so, in order to make sense of sexuality, at some point you have to talk about God. With beauty and unusual insight, Sex God explores this connection.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

by Douglas Adams

Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription, the mysterious disappearance of Earth's dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of The Hitchhiker's... (more)

THE SECRET OF FATHER BROWN: The Mirror of the Magistrate; The Man with Two Beards; The Song of the Flying Fish; The Actor and the Alibi; The Vanishing of Vaudrey; The Worst Crime in the World; The Red Moon of Meru; The Chief Mourner of MarneG. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

THE SECRET OF FATHER BROWN: The Mirror of the Magistrate; The Man with Two Beards; The Song of the Flying Fish; The Actor and the Alibi; The Vanishing of Vaudrey; The Worst Crime in the World; The Red Moon of Meru; The Chief Mourner of Marne

by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Ministry of Intercessory Prayer

by Andrew Murray

Throughout his ministry, Andrew Murray passionately prayed and taught people about prayer. In this volume he combines his devotional writing with his only study guide on prayer: "Pray Without Ceasing." His simple but profound goal is teaching Christians how to change the world through the powerful ministry of intercession.

Abide in Christ: Thoughts on the blessed life of fellowship with the Son of GodAndrew Murray

Abide in Christ: Thoughts on the blessed life of fellowship with the Son of God

by Andrew Murray

Andrew Murray draws insights from the Bible to show that abiding in Christ is the true meaning of being a branch of the vine. He notes that it is only for the present day and in the present moment that we can abide in Christ, and he observes that to abide in Christ is to abide in God's love. ABIDE IN CHRIST is packed with practical instructions and Scriptural directives that lead to the fully authentic and fully... (more)

$The Power of a Praying\c2\ae Wife$

The Power of a Praying\c2\ae Wife

by Stormie Omartian

Stormie Omartian’s mega bestselling The Power of a Praying® series (more than 8.2 million copies sold) is re–released with fresh new covers to reach a still–growing market of readers eager to discover the power of prayer for their lives. Bestselling author Stormie Omartian inspires women to develop a deeper relationship with their husbands by praying for them. This encouraging resource is packed with... (more)

Humility: True Greatness

by C. J. Mahaney

Be Transformed by Christ’s Example “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” —1 Peter 5:5 A battle rages within every one of us every day. It’s the clash between our sense of stubborn self-sufficiency and God’s call to recognize that we’re really nothing without Him. It’s pride versus humility. And it’s a fight we can’t win without looking repeatedly to Christ and the cross. C. J. Mahaney... (more)

The Mortal Instruments: Book 1

City of Bones

by Cassandra Clare

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to... (more)

You Are Not What You Weigh: Escaping the Lie and Living the Truth (Inner Beauty Series)

You Are Not What You Weigh: Escaping the Lie and Living the Truth (Inner Beauty Series)

by Lisa Bevere

It is time for women to stop measuring themselves by the numbers on the scale! How many women out there are tired of the tyranny of dieting? Millions! With candor and a gentle spirit, Lisa Bevere shares powerful insights and liberating principles she discovered through her own personal struggles with weight. This life-changing book will empower women to: • Learn how to identify and maintain an ideal... (more)

The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories

by Oscar Wilde

Four of the famed English writer's finest works, among them "The Sphinx Without a Secret," "The Model Millionaire," "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime," and the title story, a delightfully comical tale of a 300-year-old ghost who fails to intimidate the newest occupants of his manor house. Also includes the author's six "Poems in Prose."

The Scandal of Father Brown

by G. K. Chesterton

Another collection of G.K. Chesterton's ingenious, thoughtful, and lyrically written mystery stories featuring the unassuming little priest who solves crimes by imagining himself inside the mind and soul of criminals, thus understanding their motives. The stories are full of paradox, spiritual insight, and "Chestertonian fantasy," or seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. In the title story, a beautiful (and... (more)

The Incredulity of Father Brown

by G. K. Chesterton

In "The Incredulity of Father Brown," G.K. Chesterton treats us to another set of bizarre crimes that only his "stumpy" Roman Catholic prelate has the wisdom and mindset to solve. As usual, Chesterton loves playing with early twentieth-century class distinctions, "common-sense" assumptions, and the often anti-Catholic biases of his characters. He loves showing, through his characters, how those who hold themselves... (more)

The Innocence of Father Brown, Large-Print Edition

The Innocence of Father Brown, Large-Print Edition

by G. K. Chesterton

The Innocence of Father Brown is the first book of G.K. Chesterton's ingenious, thoughtful, and lyrically written mystery stories featuring the unassuming little priest who solves crimes by imagining himself inside the mind and soul of criminals, thus understanding their motives. The stories are full of paradox, spiritual insight, and "Chestertonian fantasy," or seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. In this... (more)

The Prayer Life

by Andrew Murray

A truly classic work on prayer from one of the most beloved of all devotional writers. Andrew Murray believed that the greatest roadblock to continued spiritual growth in the life of a Christian is prayerlessness. Clearly outlining the way to overcome this sin of omission, he then gives inspiring and practical guidelines for continuing victory. Examples from such Apostles of prayer as Paul, George Müller and... (more)

The Wisdom of Father Brown, Large-Print Edition

The Wisdom of Father Brown, Large-Print Edition

by G. K. Chesterton

From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest runs down bandits, traitors, and killers. Why is he so successful?After many years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it.The stories included are "The Paradise of Thieves," "The Duel of Dr. Hirsch," "The Man in the Passage,"... (more)

With Christ in the School of Prayer (Christian Classics)

With Christ in the School of Prayer (Christian Classics)

by Andrew Murray

With Christ in the School of Prayer: It is under a deep impression that the place and power of prayer in the Christian life is too little understood that this book has been written. I feel sure that as long as we look on prayer chiefly as the means of maintaining our own Christian life, we shall not know fully what it is meant to be. But when we learn to regard it as the highest part of the work entrusted to us,... (more)

Miss Rumphius

by Barbara Cooney

Seeking adventure in faraway places, Miss Rumphius fulfills her dream and then sets out to make the world more beautiful.Once, long ago, Miss Rumphius was a little girl named Alice who lived in a city by the sea. When she grew up, she wanted to travel and see faraway places and then come home to live beside the sea, just as her grandfather had. But there was one thing more she had to do."What is... (more)

There Are No Shortcuts

by Rafe Esquith

Year after year, Rafe Esquith’s fifth-grade students excel. They read passionately, far above their grade level; tackle algebra; and stage Shakespeare so professionally that they often wow the great Shakespearen actor himself, Sir Ian McKellen. Yet Esquith teaches at an L.A. innercity school known as the Jungle, where few of his students speak English at home, and many are from poor or troubled families. What’s... (more)

The Complete Father Brown Stories

by G. K. Chesterton

Father Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton's kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths. This complete collection contains all the favourite Father Brown stories, showing a quiet wit and compassion that has... (more)

A Christmas Carol

Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

by Charles Dickens

This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader’s notes to help the reader fully appreciate the beauty and humor of Dickens’s work. In his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world’s most adapted and imitated stories. We know Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future,... (more)

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by Rob Bell

by Douglas Adams

by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

by Andrew Murray

by Andrew Murray

by Stormie Omartian

by C. J. Mahaney

by Cassandra Clare

by Lisa Bevere

by Oscar Wilde

by G. K. Chesterton

by G. K. Chesterton

by G. K. Chesterton

by Andrew Murray

by G. K. Chesterton

by Andrew Murray

by Barbara Cooney

by Rafe Esquith

by G. K. Chesterton

Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

by Charles Dickens