- The HarperCollins Concise Guide to World Religions: The A-To-Z Encyclopedia of All the Major Religious Traditions by Mircea Eliade, ISBN 0060621516 - The definitive dictionary of the world's religions, compiled by two of the 20th century's most distinguished religion scholars. This highly accessible resource distils Mircea Eliade's lifework of detailing and comparing humanity's entire religious heritage, providing fascinatin...
- Religions of America: Ferment and Faith in an Age of Crisis: A New Guide and Almanac by Leo Calvin Rosten, ISBN 0671219715 - This fascinating new book reflects the results of the turmoil and change in the religions of America since Leo Rosten first wrote about them. The first section consists of nineteen articles by distinguished men, each one a recognized authority on the creed for which he speaks, ...
- The Illustrated World's Religions: A Guide for Our Wisdom Traditions by Huston Smith, ISBN 0060674407 - Retaining all the beloved qualities of Huston Smith's classic "The Religions of Man" and the current fully revised and updated "The World's Religions," this stunning pictorial presentation refines the text to its wonderful essentials. In detailed, absorbing,...
- Christianity, Cults & Religions - Full-color book includes chapters on Christianity, Cults & Religions; Christianity, Cults & the Occult; Christianity & Eastern Religions; Islam & Christianity; 10 Q&A on Jehovah's Witnesses; 10 Q&A on Mormonism; and 10 Keys to Witnessing to Cults. A good...
- More Jesus, Less Religion: Enjoy the Freedom of Authentic Faith by Stephen Arterburn, ISBN 1578562503 - One decade ago, best-selling authors Stephen Arterburn and Jack Felton exposed the dangers of what they called "toxic faith," helping countless believers to understand and overcome their religious misconceptions. Now, drawing upon an additional ten years of observat...
- When Religion Is an Addiction - Eye-opening and hard-hitting, Dr. Minor puts the political activities of the right-wing in a new perspective and explains how liberal responses can enable religious addiction. He applies contemporary understandings of addiction to the extreme Christian right-wing in the U.S., c...
- What Americans Really Believe: New Findings from the Baylor Surveys of Religion - "What Americans Really Believe" gives a detailed, comprehensive often surprising snapshot of the most current impulses in American religion . . . confirm[ing] that about 95 percent of the American population is interested in religion and spirituality. --George H. Gall...
- Eternal Life: A New Vision: Beyond Religion, Beyond Theism, Beyond Heaven and Hell - A leading Christian liberal and pioneer for human rights challenges traditional theology and takes readers on a journey beyond religion to give his answer to the question of life beyond death.
- Religion Choice Book Bundle: Choose 3 Books for $15 - Find faith and discover new spiritual ideas with this bundle of inspirational books. Wander world religions to understand rituals, sermons, and more. Choose three books from a wide selection and enjoy a great value.
- Catolicismo Para Dummies - Provides readers with a foundation of the religion by giving concise information on traditions, dogma, beliefs, and history of the Catholic Church. It's a practical, easy-to-understand, hands-on resource that will help readers new to the Catholic faith, returning to church afte...
- Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life by Stephen Jay Gould, ISBN 034545040X - Writing with bracing intelligence and clarity, internationally renowned evolutionist and bestselling author Stephen Jay Gould sheds new light on a dilemma that has plagued thinking people since the Renaissance: the rift between science and religion. Instead of choosing them, Go...
- Beyond Tolerance: Searching for Interfaith Understanding in America - In this insightful, deeply felt examination of the nature of community and religion, former "New York Times" religion reporter Niebuhr traces the roots of religious freedom in America and the setbacks and triumphs it has encountered along the way.
- The Case for God - Focusing especially on Christianity but including other religions, Armstrong examines the diminished impulse toward religion during a time when a significant number of people either want nothing to do with God or question the efficacy of faith.
- Visions of God: Four Medieval Mystics and Their Writings - The mystics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were, writes Karen Armstrong, like "the astronauts of our own day. They broke into a new religion, blazed a new trail to God and to the depths of the self, a trail far from the beaten pilgrimage paths of Chaucer and Langl...
- Oneness by Jeffrey Moses, ISBN 0449907600 - "An impressive array of selections. They show common ethics that transcend the narrow confines of sectarianism." ATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTION Beneath the seeming differences of all the world's great religions, lies a pool of universal truth. ONENESS collects t...
- Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon - Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
- The Religious Case Against Belief - In distinguishing religions from belief systems, Carse works to reveal how belief--with its restriction on thought and encouragement of hostility--has corrupted religion and spawned violence the world over.
- The Hindu Way of Awakening: Its Revelation, Its Symbol, an Essential View of Religion by J. Donald Walters, ISBN 1565897455 - This book is delightful reading for anyone interested in spirituality and the deeper meanings ofreligion. A master of word imagery, Swami Kriyananda brings order to the seeming chaos ofsymbols and deities in Hinduism. This book reveals the underlying teachings from which thesym...
- The Perfect Stranger Gift Set: Dinner with a Perfect Stranger/A Day with a Perfect Stranger - The Perfect Stranger Gift Set What if a stranger knew you better than you know yourself? In these novellas, experience first-person accounts of two young skeptics who encounter Jesus, and his answers to their most challenging and most personal life questions. "Dinner wi...
- Handbook of World Religions - "The Handbook of World Religions" describes 50 alternate viewpoints, fairly and non-judgmentally contrasting them with the one true Christian faith. Fully illustrated, this resource is a fascinating and useful tool to help Christians understand others' beliefs.
- Islam: A Concise Introduction by Huston Smith, ISBN 0060095571 - Originally titled "The Religions of Man, " this completely revised and updated edition of Smith's masterpiece, now with an engaging new foreword, explores the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confuciani...
- Beyond God: Evolution and the Future of Religion - In this unique analysis of religion, a zoologist examines the biological reasons why religion originally evolved and argues that religion was an evolutionary necessity for the development of the human species.
- The Gospel According to the Simpsons, Bigger and Possibly Even Better! Edition - In this entertaining and enlightening book, religion reporter Pinsky shows how "The Simpsons" engages issues of religion and morality in a thoughtful, provocative, and genuinely respectful way.
- The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion by Ken Wilber, ISBN 0767903439 - There is arguably no more critical and pressing topic than the relationship between science and religion in the modern world. Science has given us the methods for discovering truth, while religion is the force that generates meaning. In The Marriage of Sense and Soul, Ken Wilbe...
- Religion Value Book Bundle: Choose 3 Books for $12 - Find faith and discover new spiritual ideas with this bundle of inspirational books. Wander world religions to understand rituals, sermons, and more. Choose three books from a wide selection and enjoy a great value.
- Rediscovering the Kingdom: Ancient Hope for Our 21st Century World - From the very beginning God's plan for His creation was centered on our being in relationship with Him. It was never God's plan to establish a religion. This is "the book" for "the hour" in which we live and will take us back to the beginning of all things w...
- The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ - For the six million Mormons in the United States, "The Book of Mormon" is literally the Word of God, a companion volume to the Bible that contains the "everlasting gospel." With the Mormon faith now the fastest-growing religion in the country, the publicatio...
- Empires: Great Religions (Full Frame, Widescreen) - "Empires: Great Religions" contains "Islam: Empire Of Faith," "Martin Luther," "Peter And Paul And The Christian Revolution" and "Kingdom Of David: The Saga Of The Israelites." "Islam: Empire Of Faith" - Between the fa...
- Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning by James W. Fowler, ISBN 0060628669 - Now in paperback--the classic most cited in the field of psychology of religion that explores the developmental stages of faith and the reasons we find life worth living.
- Why Do Catholics Do That?: A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Church by Kevin Orlin Johnson, ISBN 0345397266 - "Johnson offers lucid explanations of a dizzying array of customs and beliefs." --Publishers Weekly In Expressions of the Catholic Faith, renowned scholar and religion columnist Kevin Orlin Johnson answers the most frequently asked questions on Catholic faith, worsh...
- Wide Open Spaces: Beyond Paint-By-Number Christianity - In this follow-up to his critically acclaimed "Divine Nobodies," Palmer takes the reader along into the wide open spaces of exploring and experiencing God beyond religion.
- There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind - In one of the biggest religion news stories of the new millennium, Professor Antony Flew, the worlds leading atheist, announced he now believes in God. In this book, a brilliant mind and reasoned thinker reveals where his lifelong intellectual pursuit eventually led him: belief...
- Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong, ISBN 0679640401 - No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular Western imagination as an extreme faith that promotes authoritarian government, female oppression, civil war, and terrorism. Karen Armstrong's short history offers a vital corrective ...
- Sister Wendy on Prayer - Sister Wendy Beckett, adored and renowned art historian, has spent years in silence and contemplation in her calling as a nun. In this thoughtful examination of the nature of prayer, she reveals her deeply held beliefs about her religion and her intimate understanding of God.
- Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief - A noted social historian answers the central historical question--did God create man, or did man create God? Stark argues that God was here all along, and that humankind discovered, rather than invented, God as man evolved intellectually and spiritually.
- Never Alone: A Personal Way to God by Joseph F. Girzone, ISBN 0385476833 - The #1 "Publishers Weekly religious best-seller now becomes a best-selling paperback! Joseph Girzone, author of "Joshua, takes us on a personal spiritual quest in his first book of nonfiction. Joseph Girzone is that singular publishing phenomenon, an author who answer...
- Islam Revealed: A Christian Arab's View of Islam by Anis Shorrosh, ISBN 0785264647 - Compares the teachings of the Bible and the Koran, looks at the life of Mohammad, and argues that the Muslim religion promotes violence.
- Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge - One of the nations leading reporters on religion delivers the true story of a January 2005 murder/suicide that sheds new light on the Children of God/Family International, one of the most controversial religious movements to emerge from the spiritual turmoil of the 1960s and 19...
- Following Prince Caspian: Further Encounters with the Lion of Narnia - Williams invites the reader to follow Prince Caspian, Lewis's child heroes, and their small band of believers as they find valiant faith, brotherhood, and pure joy in the living religion of their ancestors.
- When Jesus Became God: The Controversy That Split Christianity During the Last Days of Rome by Richard E. Rubenstein, ISBN 0156013150 - The story of Jesus is well known, as is the story of Christian persecutions during the Roman Empire. The history of fervent debate, civil strife, and bloody riots within the Christian community as it was coming into being, however, is a side of ancient history rarely described....
- Jesus Brand Spirituality: He Wants His Religion Back - Combining candor, curiosity and rare insight, the author explores four dimensions of the spirituality Jesus left in his wake--active, contemplative, biblical, and communal. Practical, engaging and compelling, this fresh illumination of an ancient path is both moving and thought...
- Jesus for the Non-Religious - The controversial bishop and moral activist attempts to wrestle Jesus from the restrictive and dogmatic binds of religion so he can become the hero the world needs.
- The God Delusion - Discovery" magazine has recently called Richard Dawkins "Darwins Rottweiler" for his fierce and effective defense of evolution. In his "New York Times" bestseller, Dawkins turns his considerable intellect on religion, denouncing its faulty logic and the...
- The God Delusion - Discovery" magazine has recently called Richard Dawkins "Darwins Rottweiler" for his fierce and effective defense of evolution. In his "New York Times" bestseller, Dawkins turns his considerable intellect on religion, denouncing its faulty logic and the...
- Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vol. by John Calvin, ISBN 0664220282 - This is the new and definitive English-language edition of one of the monumental works of the Christian church.
- Everyman's Talmud: The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages by Abraham Cohen, ISBN 0805210326 - Summarizes the teachings found in the Talmud on ethics, religion, law, and folklore
- Faith to Faith: A Conversation about Christianity and World Religions - Author, pastor, and counselor Scott reveals the attraction of other religious traditions and provides effective tools Christians can use to reflect the glory of God to those who seek Him.
- Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't - From the author of "American Jesus" comes an essential religious primer and an argument for why religion must become the Rfourth RS of American education.
- The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History - This riveting account unearths the astounding discovery and investigation of the family tomb of Jesus and what the evidence means for the world and religion today. 16-page color photo insert.
- Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity - Does God belong in the public arena, or is religion solely a private matter? Pearcey makes a passionate case that Christianity is not just religious truth, but truth about all reality.
- Like Catching Water in a Net: Human Attempts to Describe the Divine - Val Webb attempts to set out intuitions or intimations of the Divine nature and attributes from the stories and poems of the world's religions.
- Inside Islam - It is the second largest of the world's great religions, and the fastest growing. It's name comes from the word for peace, yet to many Westerners it is synonymous with terror. "Inside Islam" lifts the veil of mystery surrounding a misunderstood faith. Trace its roots ...
- God and the New Atheism: A Critical Response to Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens - A world expert on science and theology gives clear, concise, and compelling answers to the charges against religion laid out in recent bestselling books by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens.
- The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion by Peter L. Berger, ISBN 0385073054 - This important contribution to the sociology of religion provides an analysis that clarifies the often ironic interaction between religion and society. Berger is noted for his concise and lucid style.
- Exploring the Religions of Our World - Online Resources Include: - Activity Sheets - PowerPoint Presentations - Links of Interest - Maps - Interactive Crossword Puzzles - Short Lesson Plans - Sample Chapters - Access to Teacher-Only Test Files & More! - Sign up for the Religious Education Newsletter by...
- How Jesus Became Christian - Sure to be controversial, this is an exciting, well-written popular religious history that cuts to the heart of the differences between Christianity and Judaism, to the origins of one of the world's great religions and, ultimately, to the question of who Jesus Christ really was...
- Rhapsody in Red - When Wiccan Mara Thorn, the university's instructor of comparative religion, seeks history professor Preston Barclay's help with a difficult situation, they end up discovering a colleague's body and being suspected of murder.
- Bless This Food: Ancient & Contemporary Graces from Around the World - Connecting cultures to each other, nature, and the infinite, breaking bread together is the most universal cultural experience. Commonly regarded as the first act of worship, saying grace acknowledges the bounty as a gift from the divine. Blending scholarly insight with the poe...
- When Children Ask about God: A Guide for Parent's Who Don't Always Have All the Answers by Harold S. Kushner, ISBN 0805210334 - Who made God? Can God hear my prayers? Why does God let people die? The author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People helps parents understand their children's fears and fantasies, and offers advice on answering their questions about religion, the Bible, illness, and bereavem...
- What Do Jews Believe?: The Spiritual Foundations of Judaism by David S. Ariel, ISBN 0805210598 - Once understood as an inherited tradition, religion is increasingly viewed today as a matter of personal choice, an experience to be examined and explored. Yet while many American Jews feel an emotional attachment to Judaism, they cannot always articulate the beliefs that defin...
- Mother God - Sylvia Browne, in her own indomitable style, again defies convention in this uniquely informative compilation of diligently researched facts and personal accounts about the premise of a female divinity--namely, the Mother God (also known as the feminine principle). Spanning tim...
- Sermons by Pickup - Twelve sermons by Harry Pickup, Sr. on various topics. All Christians will benefit from reading these lessons. Sermon Topics: (1) The Battle-Grounds of Those Who Build; (2) The Spirit of Christ; (3) What the Church Needs; (4) Seeing the Difference; (5) Heaven and Who Will Go Th...
- Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas - When her young son was diagnosed with fatal pulmonary hypertension, religion professor Pagels' spiritual and intellectual endeavors took on a new urgency, leading her to investigate what Jesus and his teachings meant to his followers before the invention of doctrine.
- The Gospel of Inclusion: Reaching Beyond Religious Fundamentalism to the True Love of God and Self - In this work that weaves theology, biblical scholarship, and cultural history, controversial preacher Pearson asserts that the dogma of Hell is nothing more than a device to control the faithful, that authoritarian religion is at the heart of the world's troubles, and that God ...
- Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity by Bruce Bawer, ISBN 0609802224 - From the author of the widely acclaimed A Place at the Table, this is a major work, passionately outspoken and cogently reasoned, that exposes the great danger posed to Christianity today by fundamentalism. The time is past, says Bruce Bawer, when denominational names and oth...
- A Search for What Makes Sense - Is there a God? How can I know? How can I know God? The search for faith can begin in many ways, but at its bottom dwells a hope or an openness to connect with something--with someone--bigger than us. But is that possible--and if so, how? Perhaps you're searching for a fa...
- Buddhism: A Concise Introduction - A concise and up-to-date guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Buddhism by two luminaries in the field of world religions.
- To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility - One of the most respected religious thinkers of our time makes an impassioned plea for the return of religion to its true purpose--as a partnership with God in the work of ethical and moral living.
- I Don't Believe in Atheists - The bestselling author of "The New Fascists" speaks out against religious and secular fundamentalism as he explores the New Atheists: those who attack religion to advance their causes.
- The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West - The quest to bring political life under Gods authority has been revived, confounding expectations of a secular future. In this major book, Mark Lilla reveals the sources of this age-old quest--and its surprising role in shaping Western thought.
- God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything - Hitchens takes on his biggest subject yet--the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. With insight and wit, he describes the ways in which religion is man-made, immoral, and repressive and argues for a new enlightenment through science and reason.
- Mormonism for Dummies - Get the facts on temples, tithing, missions, and caffeine Mormon doctrines, rituals, and history, demystified at last! Mormonism, or the LDS Church, is one of the world's fastest growing religions. But unless you were raised a Mormon, you probably don't have a clear pictu...
- How Is Christianity Different from Other Religions? - The Contenders study series of books combine Bible study with spiritual conversations that will lead readers to conclude that the Christian faith can stand up to any challenge.
- New Birth or Rebirth?: Jesus Talks with Krishna - Written by a Hindu who converted to Christianity, this fourth book in the Great Conversations series invites readers into a balanced and insightful dialogue between Jesus and a deity of the third largest religion in the world.
- Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White: Thoughts on Religion, Morality, and Politics - a dynamic, nationall-known pastor and bestselling author calls for a richer deeper, and more balanced conversation on the issues that divide our country and our churches.
- The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness - In 1962, at age seventeen, Karen Armstrong entered a convent, eager to meet God. After seven brutally unhappy years as a nun, she left her order to pursue English literature at Oxford. But convent life had profoundly altered her, and coping with the outside world and her expiri...
- Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate - Terry Eagleton's witty and polemical "Reason, Faith, and Revolution "is bound to cause a stir among scientists, theologians, people of faith and people of no faith, as well as general readers eager to understand the God Debate. On the one hand, Eagleton demolishes wha...
- Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church Is Transforming the Faith - Named one of "Publishers Weeklys" Best Religion Books of 2006, this firsthand account explores the grassroots phenomenon of church life today, showing how neighborhood churches are not only surviving but thriving.
- Speaking of Faith: Why Religion Matters--And How to Talk about It - From the creator and host of public radios "Speaking of Faith," this book offers the story of the conversational journey of discourse among theologians, scientists, ethicists, and seekers who explore such complex subjects as justice, evil, and love--all within the con...
- The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis, ISBN 0060652942 - "The Abolition of Man" remains one of Lewis's most prophetic works as social relativism has been uncritically adopted by modern thought--in religion, education, and government--opening the door to the post-modern claim that people are free to create their own reality ...
- The Gods Aren't Angry--Rob Bell - Weaving together anthropology, history, and theology, Bell explores the evolution of religion, shedding fresh light on Jesus' death and what it means in the postmodern era.
- The Koran - An immensely important work for Muslims and anyone interested in studying world religions, "The Koran," the holy scripture of Islam, is the record of Muhammad's teaching. This accessible translation and convenient size is perfect for prayer or study. Original.
- Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church by Philip Yancey, ISBN 1578568188 - Philip Yancey, one of America's leading Christian thinkers and author of more than a dozen books with sales of more than five million copies, returns for his most profound and soul-searching books yet. "Soul Survivor is the story of his own struggle to reclaim his belief, ...
- Jewish Wisdom: Ethical, Spiritual, and Historical Lessons from the Great Works and Thinkers by Joseph Telushkin, ISBN 0688129587 - This companion volume to Jewish Literacy (the bestselling Jewish book of 1993) explains the essential Jewish teachings and how they have shaped the Jewish religion, its people, culture and history. Organized by subject, the book illuminates every aspect of human life with passa...
- The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions: The Essential Guide to Their History, Their Doctrine, and Our Response by Ron Rhodes, ISBN 0310232171 - This book takes a practical approach to studying the cults, focusing attention on 12 of the primary representative cults or categories of cults.
- Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu, ISBN 0679724346 - Available for the first time in a handy, easy-to-use size, here is the most accessible and authoritative modern English translation of the ancient Chinese classic. This new Vintage edition includes an introduction and notes by the well-known writer and scholar of philosophy and...
- The Supernatural Ways of Royalty: Discovering Your Rights and Privileges of Being a Son or Daughter of God - Pauperhood is relegated to the children of a lesser god. It is the condition of slaves who have yet to discover their freedom on the other side of the river of baptism and find themselves still captured by the dark prince of torture and torment. He is the one who assigns them t...
- Why So Many Gods? by Tim Baker, ISBN 0785247637 - Written in a teen-magazine style, this educational resource helps teens understand over 100 world religions, worldviews, cults, and occult practices from a Christian viewpoint.
- Jesus for the Non-Religious: Recovering the Divine at the Heart of the Human - The controversial bishop and moral activist attempts to wrestle Jesus from the restrictive and dogmatic binds of religion so he can become the hero the world needs.
- Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Reader from the Biblical Archaeology Review by Hershel Shanks, ISBN 0679744452 - A groundbreaking anthology that demolishes the myths -- and reveals the true significance -- of the greatest archaeological discovery of our time. Ever since their initial discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused excitement, jealousy, and not a little dread among ...
- Shadowed: The Final Judgment - Religion has been banned. In the face of persecution the underground church continues to grow. No longer able to hide that he is a believer, Agent Paul Stepola becomes an international fugitive from the National Peace Organization.
- Secular Sabotage: How Liberals Are Destroying Religion and Culture in America - In feisty prose Donohue exposes the groups behind the all-out attack on Christian traditions. Among these are the radical atheists, the proponents of multiculturalism, the sexual libertines, the Hollywood elite with their not-so-hidden agenda, and lawyers who collaborate for pr...
- The Bible Answer Book for Students - Teens question everything . . . they need good answers. Hank Hanegraaff, the Bible Answer Man, brings his straightforward style to address crucial questions for students ranging from middle school through college undergraduates. Chapters include answers about Real Life (money, ...
- You Don't Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism - Grounded in biblical and Judaic scholarship, interwoven with personal stories, this work provides a pragmatic path to peace, understanding, and hope that appeals to the common wisdom of all religions.
- The Principal Upanishads: The Essential Philosophical Foundation of Hinduism - "The Upanishads, " the sacred writings of Hinduism, predate recorded history. Since they were revealed to the Rishis of the Vedic civilization some 5,000 to 10,000 years ago, many have come to regard them as perhaps the greatest of all the books in the history of worl...
- Leadership for Women in the Church by Susan Hunt, ISBN 0310540216 - This book is written to help Christian women identify and focus their leadership capabilities on tasks that need to be undertaken in the church. It is also written to help Christian men recognize and facilitate the use of leadership abilities of women in the church.
- A Treasury of Miracles for Women by Karen Kingsbury, ISBN 0446529605 - A remarkable collection of amazing and touching stories that celebrate women and show that miracles are still possible.
- Becoming a Woman God Can Use: A Study on Esther by Judith Couchman, ISBN 0310247829 - This is one volume in a series of Bible studies on women of the Bible from Women of Faith. 6 SESSIONS.
- True Story: A Christianity Worth Believing in - In this engaging narrative, James Choung weaves a tale of a search for a Christianity worth believing in. Disillusioned believer Caleb and hostile skeptic Anna wrestle with the plausibility of the Christian story in a world of pain and suffering. Along the way, they have some s...
- Because God Is Real: Sixteen Questions, One Answer - The popular Kreeft, prolific author and university professor of Philosophy, presents 16 questions or key issues/topics on the meaning & purpose of life, along with his always thoughtful, insightful answers.
- All Through the Night - Wayne, who has a background in special-ops he's trying to forget, gets his arm twisted into helping a quirky group of seniors who've been scammed out of their retirement. Recovering the stolen money turns out to be just the beginning of the case.
- The Gospel According to Starbucks: Living with a Grande Passion - Sweet guides readers from the coffee shop right to the heart of God in this handbook that reveals unexpected spiritual lessons discovered at the local Starbucks.
- Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections by Madeleine L'Engle, ISBN 0060652810 - Providing inspiration and guidance for each day of the year, this collection of 365 writings--"chosen superbly from L'Engle's rich repository of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry" ("Publishers Weekly")--is filled with spiritual insight and personal observation...
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- My Heart's Cry - A gifted Bible teacher and acclaimed revival speaker shows how saturating one's life with Jesus is the key to restoring love to one's marriage, finding the antidote to fear, discovering hope in the midst of grief, and more.
- My Grandchild, There's No One Like You - Conveying love, acceptance, and a sense of individuality to grandchildren, this charming story by the bestselling father-and-son team offers grandparents an ideal way to tell their grandchild just how wonderful he or she is. Full color.
- Success One Day at a Time by John C. Maxwell, ISBN 0849955114 - "Success One Day At A Time" is the kind of book you will want to carry in your car or place at the side of your bed. Each page contains a snapshot of the daily road of an overcomer. It is the perfect gift for the new graduate as well as anyone else who wants to become...
- The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel, ISBN 0310220157 - This eagerly anticipated sequel to Lee Strobel's best-selling The Case for Christ finds the author investigating the nettlesome issues and doubts of the heart that threaten faith. Eight major topics are addressed including doubt, the problem of pain, and the existence of evil.
- Angels in the ER: Inspiring True Stories from an Emergency Room Doctor - An emergency room doctor illuminates messages of hope while sharing captivating stories that demonstrate how hope turns emergencies into opportunities and each trial is a demonstration of God's grace.
- Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential - In this powerful book filled with easy-to-grasp truths readers can put to work right away are principles of success that can really help one succeed.
- Dictionary Classical Mythology by John Zimmerman, ISBN 0553257765 - "A knowledge of classical mythology is indispensable in understanding and appreciating much of the great literature, sculpture, and painting of both the ancients and the moderns. Unless we know the marvelous stories of the deities and heroes of the ancients, their great li...
- Fossil Hunter - When paleontologist Dr. Katie James leads an expedition to search for an ancient whale fossil, she has no idea her archrival, Nick Murad, will be searching for the same fossil. Nick and Katie's initial results fly in the face of current scientific theory, and it seems the whole...
- Escape to Morning - Homeland Security Agent Will Masterson crosses paths with Search and Rescue worker Dannette Lundeen when their missions intersect. Once they find they are drawn to one another, only as they trust God and each other can they find a way to escape to morning.
- Rescued by the Cross by Ken Freeman, ISBN 1582293031 - In this compelling book, one of America's most popular, influential, and compelling youth evangelists reveals his own incredible story of rescue. This book, Ken Freeman's first release, offers hope, encouragement, and insight to young Christians about how to step out of the pas...
- The Joy of Fearing God - What Kind of Relationship Can You Have with Someone You Fear? For most of us, fear is something we try to avoid. And fearing God hardly sounds like an occasion for joy. But Jerry Bridges shows how the fear of the Lord is actually the key that opens the door to a life of true ...
- Soul Talk: The Language God Longs for Us to Speak - Crabb shows how God calls readers into deeper relationships through "supernatural conversations.
- Shakti Mantras: Tapping Into the Great Feminine Energy Within by Thomas Ashley-Farrand, ISBN 0345443047 - SHAKTI MANTRAS Tapping into the Great Goddess Energy Within - Enhance your spiritual gifts - Lighten your karmic burden - Improve your health and increase prosperity - Live in harmony with the universe Now, with "Shakti Mantras, we can all benefit from this ancient...
- The Big Picture by Ben Carson, ISBN 031023834X - In "The Big Picture", Carson shares the spiritual and philosophical foundations that shaped his life, causing him to rise from defeat to far-reaching influence. This book is not about how to succeed, it's about why to succeed. It's about broadening one's perspectives,...
- Mentoring 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know - In a concise, straightforward voice, Maxwell focuses on essential and time-tested qualities necessary for developing mentoring relationships that make a difference in the lives of colleagues and the life of a business.
- Basic Christianity by John R. W. Stott, ISBN 0802811892 - World-renowned scholar and preacher John R.W. Stott embarks on a compelling course of study that first defends the fundamental claims of Christianity and then defines the proper overworkings of these basic beliefs in the daily lives of believers. Here is a sound, sensible guide...
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- When God's People Pray: Six Sessions on the Transforming Power of Prayer - When God's People Pray: Six Sessions on the Transforming Power of Prayer
- How to Win Over Depression, Revised Edition by Tim LaHaye, ISBN 0310203260 - This classic best-seller, which describes the causes of and cure for depression, has been completely revised and updated to reflect the changes in the understanding and treatment of depression in the last two decades.
- Telling Yourself the Truth by William Backus, ISBN 0764223259 - Telling Yourself the Truth
- The Principles and Power of Vision: Keys to Achieving Personal and Corporate Destiny - The Principles and Power of Vision: Keys to Achieving Personal and Corporate Destiny
- Deliver Us from Evil with Book by Ravi Zacharias, ISBN 084993950X - With clarity and insight, noted Christian thinker Ravi Zacharias, shows how many of today's most popular ideas are vandalizing our culture, and why Christians must acknowledge the threat and take measures to combat these evil belief systems.
- Whose Bible Is It?: A Short History of the Scriptures - Whose Bible Is It?: A Short History of the Scriptures
- Walk with Me Today, Lord: Inspiring Devotions for Women - Bestselling author Barnes shares a new collection of devotions to encourage women in their faith. Brief devotions, wisdom from the Bible, and inspiring quotes lead women to be creative in how they praise God each day.
- Next Generation Leader: Five Essentials for Those Who Will Shape the Future - Next Generation Leader: Five Essentials for Those Who Will Shape the Future
- The Blessings of Christmas - The Blessings of Christmas
- Daughter of Silk - Daughter of Silk
- Front Porch Tales by Philip Gulley, ISBN 0060006277 - Discover the honesty, humor, depth, and wisdom of the front porch in this inspirational masterpiece of soulful small-town stories, which has garnered widespread acclaim for Quaker writer Philip Gulley. Reminiscent of the stories of Jan Karon and Garrison Keillor, this collectio...
- God Will Make a Way: What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do - God Will Make a Way: What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do
- Planting Missional Churches - Planting Missional Churches
- The Truth about Love - The Truth about Love
- The God Empowered Wife: How Strong Women Can Help Their Husbands Become Godly Leaders - Through the practical, modern application of biblical principles described in this text, women will learn to use their courage and intelligence to work with God, and watch indifferent marriages come to loving and joyful life.
- Letter and Spirit: From Written Text to Living Word in the Liturgy - Hahn extends the message of "The Lamb's Supper," offering far-reaching and profound insights into what the Bible teaches about living the spiritual life. Focusing on the Catholic Mass, he describes how God's Word is meant to focus on the life-giving power of the sacra...
- A Year with John Paul II: Daily Meditations from His Writings and Prayers - The words of Pope John Paul II are collected in this elegant book of 365 wise and inspiring daily meditations taken from his writings. Includes an introduction from Cardinal William W. Baum, head of the Holy See's Major Penitentiary and former archbishop of Washington.
- The Restorer's Journey - From the innovative Sword of Lyric series comes an all-new fantasy adventure. Susan Mitchell and her teenage son Jake find themselves drawn through a portal to the world of the People of the Verses. As Susan struggles to love her captors, Jake suffers a tragic betrayal and disc...
- Made for Each Other - Raising a teenager keeps widowed Aimee Blake too busy for a relationship--until she meets handsome counselor Jacob Mallory. But Jacob's painful past makes him reluctant to commit to anything beyond work, unless Aimee can convince him to give love a second chance. Original.
- Every Woman's Marriage: Igniting the Joy and Passion You Both Desire - Every Woman's Marriage: Igniting the Joy and Passion You Both Desire
- Worship by the Book by D. A. Carson, ISBN 0310216257 - After exploring the biblical theology of worship, "Worship by the Book" explains how corporate worship may be worked out in three contemporary churches that are filled with life and growth: one in the "free church" tradition, one Anglican, and one Presbyterian.
- Christ-Centered Therapy: The Practical Integration of Theology and Psychology by Neil Anderson, ISBN 0310231132 - In order to put Christ back into counseling and therapy, the authors have bridged the gap between theology and psychology by integrating the new disciplines, their methodologies and their values clarifications. "Christ-Centered Therapy" guides Christian counselors in ...
- Led to Believe by Billy Graham: Inspiring Words from Billy Graham and Others on Living by Faith - This book brings together the life and words of the preacher with the lives of those he touched, in chapters that present their voices side by side. As Billy Graham tells in his own words about his personal faith journey, his "faith in action" call to others comes ali...
- Content to Be Good, Called to Be Godly: What to Do When Your Life Is Full, But Your Soul Is Empty - Denison challenges committed Christians whose faith has stagnated to rediscover the joy of dependence on the Lord. She encourages and guides Christians to grow beyond well-intentioned but self-motivated lives and begin investing their time in the Kingdom call of God.
- You Are Captivating: Celebrating a Mother's Heart - Eldredge celebrates the glorious design and beauty of a mother released to be all she was meant to be. Perfect for gift-giving, this compact booklet will encourage and inspire every mother with the knowledge that she is truly captivating.
- Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life - Advance praise for Happiness Is an Inside Job "This book will convince you that your own happiness really is much more available to you than you may have thought. Sylvia skillfully shares her inner life and her outer life and lovingly trains your mind and heart in the re...
- Songs in the Key of Solomon: In the Word and in the Mood - Each offering in this devotional is designed to spark connections around issues that matter so readers will be able to deepen their emotional, spiritual, and physical unity and ignite new levels of intimacy in their marriage.
- The Celtic Way of Prayer: The Recovery of the Religious Imagination by Esther de Waal, ISBN 0385493746 - Esther de Waal, one of Celtic Christianity's preeminent scholars, shows how this tradition of worship draws on both the pre-Christian past and on the fullness of the Gospel. It is also an enlightening glimpse at the history, folklore, and liturgy of the Celtic people. Esther ...
- Right from Wrong by Josh McDowell, ISBN 0849936047 - In an age of moral and ethical relativism, where truth is a matter of taste and morality of individual preference, this book points the way to the ancient and eternal verities and provide young people with a biblical standard for making moral and ethical decisions.
- Life is Tremendous by Charles Jones, ISBN 0842321845 - Believing that enthusiasm makes the difference, Charlie shows how anyone can be happy, involved, relevant, and secure in the midst of a high-pressure, commercialized, automated society.
- Chocolate for a Woman's Soul: 77 Stories to Feed Your Spirit and Warm Your Heart by Kay Allenbaugh, ISBN 0684832178 - The perfect dessert for the millions of fans of "Chicken Soup for the Soul", this collection of true stories by women and for women features works by Joan Borysenko and Kathlyn Hendricks, as well as motivational speakers, psychotherapists, business women, and others.
- The Ezekiel Option - The Ezekiel Option
- Complete Marriage and Family Home Reference Guide by James C. Dobson, ISBN 0842352678 - Several concerns confront today's families. Some issues are relatively simple, while others are painfully complex. Dobson provides help through the Bible, well-proven "wisdom of the ages" and many year's experience as a psychologist and counselor. In this book, he res...
- The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text: Interpreting and Preaching Biblical Literature by Sidney Greidanus, ISBN 0802803601 - The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text provides a holistic approach to the interpretation and preaching of biblical texts.
- Guys: 10 Fearless, Faith-Focused Sessions on Issues That Matter to Guys by Dan Jessup, ISBN 0310241383 - Targeted for high school freshmen and sophomores, Guys presents 10 lessons dealing with what it means to be a young man in Christ. In a non-prescriptive way, this curriculum will give guys a chance to explore the concept of a being a godly man in the midst of an image-driven so...
- When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box - A new house. According to Ortberg, the rewards of winning at lifes game can be thrilling, but eventually everything goes back into the box, and what ultimately matters is whether one has played according to Gods rules.
- An Unexpected Love - Sophie falls head over heels for a wealthy widower who promises her the world, but leaves her in a very compromising situation. Paul, the young minister who works with her father, shows up during her worst moment. Paul is full of promises, too, and it's clear that he has feelin...
- The First Years of Forever by Ed Wheat, ISBN 031042531X - Written as a marriage handbook to be read and then referred to again and again, The First Years of Forever focuses on the first years of marriage, providing much needed counseling.