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What's So Amazing About Grace?

by Philip Yancey

On the heels of Philip Yancey's bestselling The Jesus I Never Knew comes his equally insightful exploration of grace, the most powerful force in the universe and our only hope for love and forgiveness. Now available in softcover. Winner of the Gold Medallion Book Award, the Christian Book of the Year Award, and the Retailers Choice Award.

Redeeming Love

by Francine Rivers

Best-selling author Francine Rivers skillfully retells the biblical love story of Gomer and Hosea as a tale set against the romantic historical background of the California Gold Rush. The main character, Angel, is a young woman who was sold into prostitution as a child. Michael Hosea, the hero, is a godly man who is sent into Angel's life to bring her God's love and truth, and to draw her into the Savior's... (more)

The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out

The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out

by Brennan Manning

Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. We beat ourselves up over our failures and, in the process, pull away from God because we subconsciously believe He tallies our defects and hangs His head in disappointment. In this repackaged edition-now with full appendix, study questions, and the author's own epilogue on "Ragamuffin Ten Years Later"- Brennan Manning reminds us that nothing could be further... (more)

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

by Donald Miller

I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. . . . I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened. In Donald Miller's early years, he was vaguely familiar with a distant God. But when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the Christian life with great zeal. Within a few years he had a successful ministry that ultimately left him feeling empty, burned... (more)

Dark Hunter: Book 1

Fantasy Lover

by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Dear Reader, Being trapped in a bedroom with a woman is a grand thing. Being trapped in hundreds of bedrooms over two thousand years isn't. And being cursed into a book as a love-slave for eternity can ruin even a Spartan warrior's day. As a love-slave, I knew everything about women. How to touch them, how to savor them, and most of all how to pleasure them. But when I was summoned to fulfill Grace Alexander's... (more)

The Prodigal God: Christianity Redefined Through the Parable of the Prodigal Sons

The Prodigal God: Christianity Redefined Through the Parable of the Prodigal Sons

by Timothy J. Keller

Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller “a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century” in a feature on his first book, The Reason for God . In that book, he offered a rational explanation of why we should believe in God. Now, in The Prodigal God , he uses one of the best-known Christian parables to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation. Taking his trademark intellectual approach to... (more)

The Discipline of Grace: God's Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness/Study Guide

The Discipline of Grace: God's Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness/Study Guide

by Jerry Bridges

The Discipline of Grace offers a clear and and thorough explanation of the gospel and what it means to be a believer. Explore how the same grace that brings us to faith in Christ also disciplines us in Christ.

In the Grip of Grace: Your Father Always Caught You. He Still Does. (Lucado, Max)

In the Grip of Grace: Your Father Always Caught You. He Still Does. (Lucado, Max)

by Max Lucado

Can anything separate us from God’s love? Does He really love us, no matter what? How does He feel about me when I snap at anything that moves? When I’ve failed as a parent? When my thoughts are gutter-level? When my tongue is sharp? Have I drifted too far? Waited too long? Slipped too much? The answer is found in one of life’s sweetest words—grace. It is God who lovingly holds us in the eternal grip of His... (more)

The Grace Awakening: Believing in Grace is One Thing. Living it is Another.

The Grace Awakening: Believing in Grace is One Thing. Living it is Another.

by Charles R. Swindoll

In this best-selling classic, Charles Swindoll awakens readers to the life-impacting realities of God's grace, the freedom and joy it brings, the fear it cures, the strength it lends to relationships and the ever-increasing desire to know God. A modern day classic from Charles Swindoll.

Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts

by Jerry Bridges

WHY IS IT EASIER TO OBEY GOD THAN TO TRUST HIM? Because obeying God makes sense to us. In most cases, His laws appear reasonable and wise, and even when we don't want to obey them, we usually concede that they are good for us. But the circumstances we find ourselves in often defy explanation. When unexpected situations arise that appear unjust, irrational, or even dreadful, we feel confused and frustrated.... (more)

Ragamuffin Gospel [RAGAMUFFIN GOSPEL]

by Brennan(Author) Manning

The Wolves of Mercy Falls: Book 1

Shiver

by Maggie Stiefvater

For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf--her wolf--is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: - In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. - In summer, a few precious months of being human . . . until the cold makes him shift back again. ... (more)

Bo's Café: A Novel

by John Lynch, Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol

High-powered executive Steven Kerner is living the dream in southern California. But when his bottled pain ignites in anger one night, his wife kicks him out. Then an eccentric mystery man named Andy Monroe befriends Steven and begins unravelling his tightly wound world. Andy leads Steven through a series of frustrating and revealing encounters to repair his life through genuine friendship and the grace and love... (more)

Transforming Grace: Living Confidently in God's Unfailing Love

Transforming Grace: Living Confidently in God's Unfailing Love

by Jerry Bridges

GRACE. IT'S NOT JUST FOR BEGINNERS. Funny how the exceeding riches of God's grace seem to run out the moment we're saved. From then on, we tend to base our relationship with Him on our performance rather than on His grace. Of course, God continues to deal with us on the basis of His grace, whether or not we understand it. It's just that when we don't, we forgo the abundant freedoms that come from not... (more)

David: 90 Days With a Heart Like His (90)

David: 90 Days With a Heart Like His (90)

by Beth Moore

Best-selling author Beth Moore has an undeniable gift for insightful Bible character studies. Millions have been drawn to her inspired lessons, and the media has called her "America’s Bible teacher." The PERSONAL REFLECTIONS series reintroduces Beth’s most-loved books, expanding them into 90-day experiences that include most of the text from her original work, thoughtful questions, journal space, and an audio... (more)

Believing Christ: The Parable of the Bicycle and Other Good News

Believing Christ: The Parable of the Bicycle and Other Good News

by Stephen E. Robinson

Author Stephen Robinson illustrates the power of the Savior as he uses analogies and parables, such as his own bicycle story, and scriptures and personal experiences in this moving, best-selling book. -Mortals have finite liabilities,- he explains, -and Jesus has unlimited assets.- By merging the two, exaltation can come. As long as we progress in some degree, the Lord will be pleased and will bless us. We must... (more)

Jordan's Crossing

by Randall Arthur

When pastor Jordan Rau accepted a position with a European missions agency, his decision was based on money, not on an opportunity to serve God. However, shortly after his family's arrival in Germany, Jordan's priorities dramatically change - his young son, Chase, has been murdered. Abandoning his faith in God, Jordan becomes obsessed with finding Chase's killers and delivering justice. He sets out on a course of... (more)

Wisdom Hunter

by Randall Arthur

This rerelease of Randall Arthur's bestselling novel presents the hypocrisy of Christian legalism and a man's search for the only surviving member of his family. The story's hero, Pastor Jason Faircloth, embarks on a journey that lasts eighteen years and takes him through four countries in a quest to find the granddaughter who is being hidden from him. In a process that mirrors our own spiritual journey, he... (more)

Holiness by Grace: Delighting in the Joy That Is Our Strength

Holiness by Grace: Delighting in the Joy That Is Our Strength

by Bryan Chapell

"Be Holy, because I am holy." --1 Peter 1:16 How can God expect us to be as holy as he is? Isn't it unrealistic, given that he is infinitely pure and we are clearly imperfect? Such a standard seems either to ignore our frailty or to impose certain failure--until we understand how God views us. Then we are reminded that, thanks to what Christ accomplished on our behalf, our perfection is not the requirement... (more)

The Bible

English Standard Version (ESV)

by C. John Collins, John Schwandt

The ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way. Combining the best and most recent evangelical Christian scholarship with the highly regarded ESV text, it is the most comprehensive study Bible ever published. The ESV Study Bible features more than 2,750 pages of extensive, accessible Bible resources, including completely new notes, full-color maps, illustrations,... (more)

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by Philip Yancey

by Francine Rivers

by Brennan Manning

by Donald Miller

by Sherrilyn Kenyon

by Timothy J. Keller

by Jerry Bridges

by Max Lucado

by Charles R. Swindoll

by Jerry Bridges

by Brennan(Author) Manning

by Maggie Stiefvater

by John Lynch, Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol

by Jerry Bridges

by Beth Moore

by Stephen E. Robinson

by Randall Arthur

by Randall Arthur

by Bryan Chapell

English Standard Version (ESV)

by C. John Collins, John Schwandt