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The Year of Living Biblically
One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
by A. J. Jacobs
From the bestselling author of The Know-It-All comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible. Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive in headfirst and attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be fruitful and multiply. To love his... (more)
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The Case for Christmas
A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger
by Lee Strobel
By focusing on the "hows" and whys" of Christmas, this warm yet journalistic book will help believers reaffirm their faith while guiding seekers as they pursue solid answers about this miraculous occurrence. With material from The Case for Christ as well as new ideas from author Lee Strobel, this book is designed to be an tool to give away to family, friends, neighbors, and others who want to understand what... (more)
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You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think: 101 Answers to Questions from Angry Atheists
by Ray Comfort
In this entertaining and enlightening new book, Pastor Ray Comfort, author of the million-selling The Atheist Test , talks to the atheists and reveals not just the weakness of their arguments but the solid foundation upon which the Christian stands. Few books take the time to address the atheist's conscience. This book not only gives empirical evidence for the existence of God, it shows atheists that they... (more)
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La mano de Fátima
by Ildefonso Falcones
La apasionante historia de un joven atrapado entre dos religiones y dos amores, en busca de su libertad y la de su pueblo España, segunda mitad del siglo XVI: hace más de medio siglo que ha desaparecido el último reino musulmán de la península, el de Granada. Los musulmanes, cuya presencia tenía ochocientos años de antigüedad, se ven convertidos en una minoría oprimida económicamente y humillada en sus... (more)
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A Leader Becomes a Leader
Inspirational Stories of Leadership for a New Generation
by J. Kevin Sheehan
A Leader Becomes a Leader opens with a window on history: Henry David Thoreau riding a borrowed horse and wagon into the woods around Concord, Massachusetts to Walden Pond in 1845. There, he writes a classic work that has a powerful effect on the lives and philosophies of seminal leaders in the next century as diverse as Mohandas Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela. Thoreau believed that a... (more)
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Selected to Live
by Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner
The dramatic story of a Jewish childhood ravaged by the Nazis. A young girl is the shocked witness to the destruction of her family and makes a thrilling and miraculous escape from the same fate. By the time she was barely a teenager, Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner was already an adept fugitive, one step ahead of her Nazi pursuers as she went underground, moving from one sympathetic Dutch family to another until the end... (more)
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The Abstinence Teacher
by Tom Perrotta
“Some people enjoy it.” That was all Ruth had said. Even now, when she’d had months to come to terms with the fallout from this remark, she still marveled at the power of those four words, which she’d uttered without premeditation and without any sense of treading on forbidden ground. (p. 11) Thanks to an off-hand remark made during a class discussion of oral sex, sex-ed teacher Ruth Ramsey finds herself a target... (more)
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Letter from a Christian Citizen - A Response to "Letter to a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris
by Douglas Wilson
Last year, Sam Harris made headlines and topped bestseller lists with his "angry and honest" Letter to a Christian Nation. At its heart, this little book was an atheist complaint against Christians: Harris pointed an accusing finger at the church, telling Christians that they weren't as nice as they thought they were and warning fellow agnostics that the Christians were out to get them. Prominent intellectuals and... (more)
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Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
by Jud Newborn, Annette Dumbach
In the spring and summer of 1943, five young German students and one professor at the University of Munich crossed the threshold of toleration to enter the realms of resistance, danger and death. Protesting in the name of principles Hitler thought he had killed forever, Sophie Scholl and other members of the White Rose realized that the ‘Germanization’ Hitler sought to enforce was cruel and inhuman, and that... (more)
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Flames of Rome, The
by Paul L. Maier
The splendor and pagan excesses of Roman society are confronted by the life-changing faith of Christianity in this historically accurate work of fiction.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Book 2
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was an easy book to read and it was a very creative story. This story is for more of a younger age group and is basically a fairy tale filled with many creatures, friends to help the main characters, and a happy ending.
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Joined in discipleship : the shaping of contemporary Disciples identity
by Mark G. Toulouse
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Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America
by Brigitte Gabriel
"Her writing is eloquent and her passion tremendous." -- Publishers Weekly “Brigitte Gabriel's words should be read, and studied carefully, by all the law enforcement and government officials of the West -- as well as by everyone who values freedom.” -- Robert Spencer, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) Brigitte Gabriel lost her childhood to militant Islam, when militant... (more)
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Why Christians Should Not Tithe: A History of Tithing and a Biblical Paradigm for Christian Giving
by James D. Quiggle
The premise of Why Christians Should Not Tithe is simple: God, having freed his people from the Law through faith in Jesus Christ, does not place on them a burden from the Law. The thesis is equally as simple: Christian giving is not a tithe. Christ challenges the believer to give himself and his possessions to the gospel cause, but the tithe fixes a limit and implies nothing more is needed. Why Christians Should... (more)
SETTING DISCIPLES FREE Liberation from a Denominational Disaster; (Disciples of Christ, Christian Church)Doug Harvey
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SETTING DISCIPLES FREE Liberation from a Denominational Disaster; (Disciples of Christ, Christian Church)
by Doug Harvey
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Did the first Christians worship Jesus? : the New Testament evidence
by James D. G. Dunn
To answer the title question effectively requires more than the citing of a few texts; we must first acknowledge that the way to the answer is more difficult than it first appears, bravely facing the possibility that the answer may be less straightforward than many would like. The author raises some fascinating yet vexing questions: What is worship? Is the fact that worship is offered to God (or a god) what... (more)
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No Greater Love
by Dara Viane
No Greater Love is a "Readers Favorite 2010" Award Winner in Historical Romance! In the time of Jesus, at the zenith of Ancient Rome s power, Tiberius Marcius, a decorated centurion, stands between two powerful men Drusus, Caesar s lecherous son, and Sejanus, prefect of the Praetorian Guard waging a personal war against each other. Both are determined to possess a beautiful, Hebrew slave named Tamar. Tiberius... (more)
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Place Called Armageddon
by C C Humphreys
To the Greeks who love it, it is Constantinople. To the Turks who covet it, the Red Apple. Safe behind its magnificent walls, the city was once the heart of the vast Byzantine empire. 1453. The empire has shrunk to what lies within those now-crumbling walls. A relic. Yet for one man, Constantinople is the stepping stone to destiny. Mehmet II is twenty when he is annointed Sultan. Now, seeking Allah's will and... (more)
The Color of the HeartBetty Brooks
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The Color of the Heart
by Betty Brooks
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Declaration and Address & Last Will and Testament
by Thomas Campbell, Barton W. Stone
It is generally agreed that the restoration movement led by Alexander Campbell began with the presentation of the Declaration and Address to the members of the Christian Association of Washington, Pennsylvania, in September, 1809, by its author, Thomas Campbell. A few years prior, Barton W. Stone and a group of Presbyterian ministers, filled with fervor resulting from the Cane Ridge Revival (Kentucky, 1801)... (more)