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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the experience of Baptist minister Don Piper, who was pronounced dead at the scene of a car accident and experienced the glories of heaven for ninety minutes, but who miraculously came back to life, where he endured a long and painful recovery.
Author
Publisher
IVP Academic
Pub. Date
c2016
Physical Desc
222 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Physicist Peter Bussey introduces readers to the mysteries of modern physics and astronomy, including the laws of nature, quantum physics, fine-tuning and current cosmological models. Modern physics and astronomy present us with compelling signposts to God.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
c2018
Physical Desc
xx, 221 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Climate Church, Climate World argues that climate change is the greatest moral challenge humanity has ever faced. Hunger, refugees, poverty, inequality, deadly viruses, war -- climate change multiplies all forms of global social injustice. Environmental leader Reverend Jim Antal presents a compelling case that it's time for the church to meet this moral challenge, just as the church addressed previous moral challenges.
Author
Publisher
W Publishing Group
Pub. Date
c2015
Physical Desc
xii, 285 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author helps the reader understand we aren't the only ones whose lives have taken unexpected turns. She examines the brokenness of some of the heroes of our faith, and shows how despite their flaws and flawed stories, God was able to use them in extraordinary ways.
Author
Publisher
Weiser Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xviii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Language
English
Description
The energy center known in Sanskrit as "muladhara" is called the "root chakra." It is located in a layer of our subtle body called "pranamaya kosha" at the base of our spine in the tailbone area. The root chakra is our connection to the earth and to humanity at large. When this chakra is closed, muddied, and unhealthy, we experience many negative emotions, and we manifest unhealthy habits, addictions, and behaviors. This book provides an answer to...
Author
Language
English
Description
"'I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen,' Anne Lamott admits at the beginning of Almost Everything. Despair and uncertainty surround us: in the news, in our families, and in ourselves. But even when life is at its bleakest--when we are, as she puts it, 'doomed, stunned, exhausted, and over-caffeinated'--the seeds of rejuvenation are at hand. 'All truth is paradox,'...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In his Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln said both North and South "read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other." Lincoln quoted several biblical texts in this address - which, according to Frederick Douglass, "sounded more like a sermon than a state paper." The Bible, as Lincoln's famous speech illustrated, saturated the Civil War. In this book, James Byrd offers the most thorough analysis yet...
Author
Publisher
Westminster John Knox Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When his eight-year-old son died suddenly from a fast-moving blood infection, Brady heard the typical platitudes about accepting God's will and knew that quiet acceptance was not the only godly way to grieve. With deep faith, knowledge of Scripture, and the wisdom that comes only from experience, Brady guides readers grieving losses and setbacks of all kinds in voicing their lament to God, reflecting on the nature of human existence, and persevering...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Live Fearless, bestselling author and star of Dancing with the Stars Sadie Robertson shares her story of overcoming anxiety and fear. Sadie battled insecurity, comparison, and isolation -- just like so many of us do. She purposely went on a journey of transformation that has left her living a fearless life. Join Sadie on the road toward power, passion, and purpose as you live at the center of who God created you to be!
Author
Publisher
W Publishing Group
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
viii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cracking the communication code between husband and wife involves understanding one thing: that unconditional respect is as powerful for him as unconditional love is for her. It's the secret to marriage that every couple seeks, and yet few couples ever find.
Author
Publisher
Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
Disappointments are an inevitable part of life. Yet, despite the way they sometimes throw our worlds completely off-kilter, they don't have to signify the end. In fact, they are often what must be for something new to begin. In It's Not Supposed to Be This Way, Lysa TerKeurst offers a safe guide, fresh biblical insight, and reorienting persepctives for this life between Eden and eternity. With refreshing honest and deep encouragement, Lysa helps us:...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
First Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 198 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author covers everything from the realization that one's illness is incurable to the memorial service and presents positive suggestions for disclosing the imminent death to loved ones and how to prepare spiritually for the end.
Author
Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
c2016
Physical Desc
x, 354 pages : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu traveled to the Dalai Lama's home in India to celebrate His Holiness's eightieth birthday and to create what they hoped would be a gift for others. They looked back on their long lives to answer a single burning question: How do we find joy in the face of life's inevitable suffering?
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
Speaker and Bible teacher Jennie Allen hears all the time from women who feel stuck in patterns of frustration and defeat. In her search for a solution, she's learned that the greatest spiritual battle of our generation is taking place between our ears. How we think shapes how we live. So it's crucial that we learn how to stop our spinning thoughts and refuse to be victims of toxic thinking patterns like victimhood, anxiety, and distraction. In this...
Author
Publisher
Faith Words
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
231 p.
Language
English
Description
"Can a woman who has been deeply hurt by life's circumstances be healed, heart and soul? If she has been wounded by a man she loved and trusted, can she love and trust again? As a woman who endured years of abuse, abandonment, and betrayal by those closest to her, Joyce Meyer can answer with a resounding 'yes!' Meyer's positivity comes from living her own journey, and from seeing so many women who don't believe they can fully overcome their pain--or...