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1) How (not) to save the world: the truth about revealing God's love to the people right next to you
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Mobilizing a generation for the gospel, Hosanna Wong offers a myth-busting approach to explain how God uses our unique abilities, positions, and relationships to help us become all that we were made for.
As Christians, we've been given a purpose and a mission: to love God, love others, and tell the world about Jesus. But, how do we live it out? With honesty and humor, spoken word poet and preacher Hosanna Wong opens our eyes to see how we've been...
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New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge provides a practical, deceptively simple blueprint for utterly retaking control of your life.
We live in soul-scorching times. The 24-7 onslaught of contemporary life--with its never-ending feed of global tragedies and shrieking demands for our attention, to say nothing of the ordinary pressures of work, family, friends, and community--has left us ragged, wrung-out, and emptied. But if we already have...
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"Join bestselling author Beth Moore in her life-changing quest of vine-chasing-and learn how everything changes when you discover the true meaning of a fruitful, God-pleasing, meaning-filled life. Most of us have times when, if we are honest, we'd admit to feeling like our lives are embarrassingly small and insignificant. Times when it seems like we're going through a whole lot of pain and striving without much to show for it. Like our daily pursuits...
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New York Times bestselling author and master of nonfiction spy thrillers Larry Loftis writes the first major biography of Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during WWII-at the cost of losing her family and being sent to a concentration camp, only to survive, forgive her captors, and live the rest of her life as a Christian missionary.
The Watchmaker's Daughter is one of the greatest stories of World War...
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"It's unnerving, isn't it? When our faith feels ungrounded, untethered . . . unreal. When our certainty is adrift, as though an undercurrent has pulled us away from shore into the deep, into the darkness. This is disillusionment. This is spiritual pain. And if this is you, please know that you are not alone. (And you are not as far away from safety as you may feel or fear.) Though faith shines best in full sun, it grows depth in the dark. The night...
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God loves to give people fresh starts. He wants to give you a new vision for your life and your relationship with Him.
In this one-of-a-kind guide, Joel Osteen provides practical insight and encouragement to help you stay connected to God so you can receive His strength and be empowered to accomplish all that He has for you. Here are eight keys to living your life in the fullness of God's blessings and favor, help in not allowing your past to be a...
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Herald Press
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[2022]
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"Step into a journey toward liberation, belonging, and a faith that fits your skin. We need belonging to survive and thrive. For Christians in marginalized communities who know the pain, isolation, and loss of identity that come with the ongoing struggle to be seen in churches and institutions full of barriers to belonging, it can feel easier to walk away from faith completely. But there is another way. When it feels as though there's no place left...
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Editorial Desafio
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[2019]
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This Adaption of the bestselling book The Way of the Master has?been written for today`s youth-is timeless biblical truth presented?in a fresh way. In this book you won't find a boring lecture; you'll?be inspired, equipped, and challenged, what you read will make you?want to cry, shout and win the lost.
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This brief introduction spells out the major beliefs of the United Methodist Church in a clear, nontechnical style. William Willimon, the beloved United Methodist author, preacher, teacher, and bishop, discusses the great theological themes that United Methodists share in common with all Christians as well as the particular accents and emphases that characterize United Methodist understandings of Christian doctrines. In his engaging style, Willimon...
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Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
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[2021]
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"Bestselling author, entrepreneur, and speaker Ruth Chou Simons calls women to discover how God's profound gift of grace and favor invites them to rest from chasing approval and earning love, and instead discover the freedom of true belonging and worth that doesn't depend on them"--
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I Dared to Call Him Father is the fascinating true story of Bilquis Sheikh, a prominent Muslim woman. Her unusual journey to a personal relationship with God turned her world upside down-and put her life in danger. Originally published in 1978, the book has sold 300,000 copies and is a classic in Muslim evangelism. The 25th anniversary edition includes an afterword by a missionary friend of Bilquis who plays a prominent role in the story and an appendix...
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Why does our past pain continue to affect our present?
Though many of us can point to patterns of brokenness in our lives, we don't know why they're there. No matter how hard we work, we can't seem to outrun the very things that break our hearts. That's because our everyday setbacks are rooted in our unaddressed wounds.
In Why Am I Like This? seminary-trained, licensed trauma therapist Kobe Campbell helps us understand why it's so hard to break these...
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New York Times best-selling author of Wild at Heart John Eldredge offers readers a step-by-step guide to effective Christian prayer.
How would it feel to enter into prayer with confidence and assurance-certain that God heard you and that your prayers would make a difference?
It would likely feel amazing and unfamiliar. That's because often our prayers seem to be met with silence or don't appear to change anything. Either response can lead to disappointment...
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First published in 1894 in Germany after being banned in Leo Tolstoy's native Russia, "The Kingdom of God is Within You" is, in the words of the introduction, "one of the most remarkable studies of the social and psychological condition of the modern world". Thirty years in the making, Tolstoy expounds upon his earlier work "What I Believe" and argues that nonviolence is the very foundation of Christianity. Tolstoy believed that the teaching of Christ...
20) Creación
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B&H Publishing Group
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[2023]
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Español
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Children often wonder how things are made and why, and that includes the world itself. In the illustrated board book Creation, they'll learn how God designed the earth and His people with a special purpose. Kids will also hear about God's promise of a new creation and His plan to redeem believers from their sin. With colorful, modern illustrations and words that are simple for little ones to understand, Creation helps parents teach kids important...
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