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Million Miles In A Thousand Years
$21.99Add to cartFull of beautiful, heart-wrenching, and hilarious stories, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years details one man’s opportunity to edit his life as if he were a character in a movie. Years after writing a best-selling memoir, Donald Miller went into a funk and spent months sleeping in and avoiding his publisher. One story had ended, and Don was unsure how to start another. But he gets rescued by two movie producers who want to make a movie based on his memoir. When they start fictionalizing Don’s life for film–changing a meandering memoir into a structured narrative–the real-life Don starts a journey to edit his actual life into a better story. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years details that journey and challenges readers to reconsider what they strive for in life. It shows how to get a second chance at life the first time around.
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Love At Second Sight
$19.95Add to cartAn inspirational true story about one woman’s journey through the peaks and valleys of her life and the relationships she encountered through marriage, divorce, remarriage, and cancer. Her second husband’s miraculous battle with colon cancer proves prayer and faith can be used by God to change situations and bring not only healing but blessings of amazing proportions. Robert Renk survived an eleven-month prognosis of 4th stage colon cancer and lived 13 years. It includes a detailed summary of a malpractice lawsuit that had far reaching influence. Roberta shares intimate details about her life with both her husband’s and the key she believes she’s found to living a joyful life. In spite of the death of both her husbands this is a story of hope.
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Mute But Now I Speak
$12.49Add to cartBarbara Jean Wilson was born and raised in Flushing, New York and remains a die-hard New York sport fan. In addition to writing her first book, Barbara also loves to cook and entertain family and friends at the home she was blessed to receive from God and relaxing on Sunday afternoon reading the newspaper and books by various authors. Barbara loves to travel and had an opportunity to fulfill one of her biggest dreams. Her daughter Tawanna’s surprise gift to Barbara upon receiving her BBA was a Mediterranean Cruise to Spain, France, and Italy in November 2008. Barbara is always praising and giving thanks to God from where He has brought her and keeping His hands of protections over her life and her daughter’s life. Whenever Barbara thinks she can’t do something or fear creeps in, she is reminded to look back over her life and see where God has brought her from and what He has brought her through. At that point, her faith just takes over and her spirit is renewed.
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Jake And The Rev
$14.99Add to cartYou will laugh as you read the experiences shared by Rev. Gorman and her young assistant Rev. Jake. Keep a box of tissues ready though, as you may also find yourself moved to tears by Jake’s honest accounts. Jake and The Rev will cause you to pause and think about the people and situations in your lives in which you encounter God.
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Widows Club
$27.99Add to cartEcclesiates 3:4 A time to weep and a time to laugh. A time to mourn and a time to dance. Widow’s Club reveals some of the transition of being married to widowhood experienced by Carol. Grieving and dealing with death is is difficult. One must remember: You are a survivor. You are never alone on your path of life. Jesus is always available to help you through this period of your life. Invite Him to lead your journey.
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Faith Of Ronald Reagan
$19.99Add to cartExplore the life and personality of President Ronald Reagan through the lens of his deep-felt Christian beliefs.
With warmth and insight, Mary Beth Brown delves into the spiritual journey of America’s 40th president and offers profound stories of God’s providence in Ronald Reagan’s life-from first making it as an actor to winning the presidency, from surviving an assassination attempt to eventually changing the face of world politics. With the support of Reagan’s own words and writings and firsthand interviews with his family, friends, and co-workers, Brown weaves a magnificent story of Reagan’s quiet, strong devotion to God, sure to both inform and inspire.
Timed for the Reagan centenary in 2011 and released in a season of intense political unrest, The Faith of Ronald Reagan is strikingly relevant for today’s reader.
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Free Byrd : The Power Of A Liberated Life
$15.99Add to cartCleveland Indians pitcher paul Byrd gives an honest account of how he has kept his faith in God despite all the trials and temptations associated with the Major league Baseball lifestyle.
Paul Byrd has experienced many struggles, victories, and life lessons both on the diamond and off. Throughout his life, the one thing that has kept him focused on walking clean is the glimpses he has received of God’s goodness. He addresses the issues he has faced — such as the temptation to cheat while pitching, the unhealthy desire to cheer against fellow teammates so he could benefit from their failure, and his personal battle with pornography.
Byrd gives readers Major League insight into the lifestyle of top-tier baseball players while showing how, even through a struggle, he was able to pick himself up and continue to believe and trust in a God who deeply loves us all. Paul’s focus remains on the people we relate to every day and the significant conversations and interactions we can have with those we love, learning to build them up rather than tear them down.In “Free Byrd,” readers see how Paul’s life was changed through the lessons he was taught, and how he discovered a freedom he never imagined through a dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ. And, most importantly, he invites everyone to experience the same transformation.
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Unbroken : A Memoir
$17.99Add to cartOne thing, a cupboard, was the only thing in Tracy Elliott’s life that didn’t get shattered. As a stripper, Elliot lived hard and suffered the consequences. In Unbroken, she tells the deeply impacting story of how her life was put back together by the power and redemption of God.
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Billy : The Untold Story Of A Young Billy Graham And The Test Of Faith That
$14.99Add to cartThe remarkable true story of a young Billy Graham and his best friend who walked away from the faith.
We all know how the story ends but how did it begin? Before he became a household name, and America’s Pastor, he was simply known as Billy. When he wasn’t playing baseball, he was discovering his love for Christian ministry. His best friend, Charles Templeton, was already on track to be a highly successful evangelist and the two young men began strategizing on how to win the world for Christ. That plan takes a drastic turn, however, when Templeton deserts the faith and becomes an atheist. The impact of this decision on a young Billy Graham is immeasurable and agonizing. Charles would later become the great intellectual architect for agnosticism and atheism. Billy would become the single greatest messenger for the Christian Gospel. It is one of the great untold dramas between friends – Atheism vs Christianity, betrayal and hope.
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Tuesdays Grace : A Modern Day Miracle
$16.49Add to cartJosh and Sara were stunned when their plans for adoption suddenly turned into possible plans for a funeral. When the baby girl they were going to adopt was diagnosed with a life-threatening birth defect, the adoption process changed from hope to despair. In Tuesday’s Grace: A Modern Day Miracle, readers will walk along with Josh and Sara as they journey through infertility, adoption, hospitalization, trials, blessings, and hope. This true story captures life’s roller coaster of emotions-from sadness and fear to peace and triumph. It’s a story of friends, family, faith, and prayer that will give readers hope and encouragement, and the assurance that God is still performing miracles today. Sara M. Howard treasures the role of being a wife and a mother of a son and a daughter. She and her family make their home in the Midwest. She is also a registered nurse with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She works in dialysis and is a patient educator for those with chronic kidney disease and end stage renal disease. She enjoys writing and sharing her amazing story with others.
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Translating Christ : The Memoirs Of Herman Peter Aschmann Wycliff Bible Tra
$17.99Add to cartTold through private conversations and personal correspondence between Herman Aschmann and the author, with additional insight from Aschmann’s family and friends, Translating Christ pieces together the life of Herman Aschmann, Wycliffe Bible translator, and his wife as they lived and worked among the Totonac people of Mexico. Aschmann’s abundance of physical and intellectual energy, linked with a passionate curiosity and empathetic concern for the language and culture of the Totonac people, enabled him to translate three distinct Totonac New Testaments. his became the foundation for the remarkable growth of the Totonac church in Mexico.
Hugh Steven is a historical biographer, author, and photographer with Wycliffe Bible Translators. He has published over thirty books and hundreds of articles on the work and ministry of Wycliffe, many of which have given readers dramatic insights into the high adventure and transforming power of the translated scriptures. Now retired, Hugh and his wife Norma reside in Santa Ana, California. They have four married children, eleven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
There is a tendency to accept academic training as a criterion of expertness in translating, since people think of translators as language professionals and professionalism is usually judged in terms of years of study. On the other hand, one of the most creative translators I have ever known was Herman Aschmann, a person of limited academic training, but one who became entranced by the cultural content and literary potential of Totonac, an Indian language of Mexico. Instead of submitting one possible rendering of a biblical expression, he usually had a half dozen different ways of representing the meaning of the Greek text. Not only did he produce three exceptional New Testaments in Totonac, but he inspired local people to imitate his skill in discovering more and more meaningful ways of communicating a message into an entirely different language-culture.
-Dr. Eugene Nida, premier linguist, Bible Translation theoretician, and Herman’s former linguistics teacherHerman Aschmann was a kindly man without pretense. His work was always more of the heart than of the head. He was plainspoken, a bit nervous, tolerant of others and always the best kind of company.
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Donald McGavran : His Early Life And Ministry
$26.99Add to cartThis biography is more than one man’s interpretation of another person’s life-it has numerous traits of an autobiography. Donald McGavran, His Early Life and Ministry: An Apostolic Vision for Reaching the Nations includes insights gleaned from archives, as well as hours of discussion with both Donald and Mary McGavran about the interpretation applied to particular events.
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Chosen Bullet : A Broken Mans Triumph Through Faith And Sports
$12.99Add to cartA Chosen Bullet is the story of what Bill’s passion as a Chicago sports fan has taught him in life and the struggles this passion helped him to overcome from the day a 9mm bullet ripped through his neck from five feet away. Bill’s life has been contrasted by deep darkness and then glorious light, characterized by overcoming through perseverance, stained by first underachieving and then finally experiencing success that few will ever know. A bottomed-out permanently paralyzed teenager becomes a two-time Paralympic gold medalist, a very happily married man, a blessed father of three children, and a successful businessman. With the support of family and eventually a deep-abiding Christian faith providing his foundation, these values and lessons intertwining with Bill’s thirty-three year journey as a Chicago fan take him from tragedy to triumph.
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Stages Of Me
$13.95Add to cartThe Stages Of ME with faith, hope and understanding anything is possible. In The Stages Of ME you will experience a journey. Through each stage you will see the Director and how He intercedes to produce His scene. He is ever present hoping to form a personal relationship with anyone willing to open his or her heart to Him. The stages of ME are the stages of WE! ? WE – are all a collection of the words and actions that breach our path. Each interlude is a continuation. – WE – continue through the ME’s of the future. – WE – have tasks to perform with Direction. – WE – must be careful in the touches of others as gentle as possible and when we are not, stop, rewind and redo our scenes. The stages of ME has included my personal experiences with a debilitating muscle disease, near death occurrences, heart disease in the man I love and the loss of loved ones. My stages are personal as are yours. By sharing my journey I hope it sparks a desire for you to reflect on your stages. The irony of life has brought me full circle. My Director, places a touch, and a whisper of my future as He casts the people in my life. He is always guiding if I am open to Him. This is a journey I did not plan to take. I hope you enjoy the show with me. I hope and wish for you to find your STAGES OF ME!
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Joyful In Hope
$24.99Add to cartEight different women of all ages, Eight familiar stories united by a common thread; how to find God in the most testing of circumstances. Meet, for example, Louise who whilst surfing one weekend was caught in a rip current and carried out to sea…Or Rosie, who was told that her two-year-old son had autism. Or Karen who, along with her younger sister, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Or Liz who experienced years of unsuccessful IVF treatment before deciding to adopt a boy from overseas. These are stories of women of all ages, facing challenges that many of us encounter in some form or other.
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Rivers Of Darkness Visions Of Light
$17.95Add to cartRivers of Darkness, Visions of Light: From Extortion to Salvation is the true story of an extortion attempt and of the life that both precedes and follows the decision to commit the crime. The story involves a maze of psychological and spiritual twists to maintain an element of growing suspense throughout.
This true account is told with an unusual transparency, revealing normally hidden personal thoughts, vulnerabilities, and motivations. The first chapter opens with a glimpse into the tormented mind of a young child separated from life and love, and the second chapter has the reader swimming along with the author in the Mississippi River for five miles in a daring nighttime operation to pick up a packaged bundle of cash along a New Orleans riverbank. Action follows with the site being under continual and hidden surveillance by a seven-man team headed by the FBI.
The story then reverts to the events that helped shape the life that brought about this crime, and a chronology unfolds throughout the next fourteen chapters that affords a view of human nature that is painfully honest, at times disturbing, and eventually uplifting as reconciliation with God and man is achieved.
This is a story of one man reaching out to God, his finding only walls and silence, and his acting out of an absolute sense of futility and frustration. Then, when least expected as that life finally seemed to come together with a notable measure of success as a commercial deep sea diver in the Gulf of Mexico, the real story of life begins. The reader gets a front row seat with an unobstructed view to see how a life plays out when a person first rejects and then ultimately receives spiritual light.
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Knockout Entrepreneur
$16.99Add to cartBoxing great and business success George Foreman shares his knockout business secrets for entrepreneurs.
Readers remember George Foreman as the former Heavyweight Boxing Champion and the spokesman for the popular George Foreman Grill. What they may not know is that he is also a successful entrepreneur whose portfolio today boasts the George Foreman Grill, George Foreman’s Knockout Cleaner, a line of clothing with Casual Male, fitness videos, Elgin watches, and much more. In Knockout Entrepreneur, Foreman shares his success secrets with aspiring and current entrepreneurs.
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Warrior Before His Throne
$14.99Add to cartA teen age girl from a third world country arises above the challenges of being the daughter of a Hindu “holy man”, faces persecution and even death from her father because of her faith in Jesus Christ.
She has countless experiences with demonic forces of darkness, but amidst all adversities, she is determined to follow Jesus.
At the age of sixteen, she fell in love with a Christian young man from an Islamic background and that made matters worst with her father and other family members. -
Open The Sky
$26.99Add to cartOn September 1, 1991, bush pilot Dwayne King spearheaded one of the first missionary flights into the crumbling Soviet empire. The historic mission climaxed the transformation of a wild child from upstate New York into a selfless servant. The saga continues at Kingdom Air Corps, where he’s training the next generation of young missionaries to fly the Word beyond where the road ends and wilderness begins.
Award-winning journalist Mark Winheld, Dwayne’s friend and fellow traveler, spotlights the turning point. When Dwayne, a teenage hot-rodder, read Jungle Pilot-the story of missionary Nate Saint, martyred in Ecuador in 1956-his heart turned from drag-racing for fun to flying for God. From that moment on he followed a higher calling, armed only with faith, humor and chutzpah-and the reflexes that had kept him from wrecking cars on the hilly roads of home.
In “Open the Sky,” you’ll see, through Dwayne’s eyes, the ravages of loneliness and alcohol in the Alaskan bush. You’ll feel the courage of Russian believers surviving in the ruins of a destroyed civilization, given new hope by recent aviation freedoms. You’ll sense the forces that hammered a thrill-seeking adolescent into a mature servant who lives out the words he says and believes: “There’s only three things that are eternal. Only three. God, God’s Word, and people.”
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Words From The Heart
$10.99Add to cartA little about myself, I’m 54 years old. At an early age, I had my first child, a girl I named Tamika. Three years later, my second daughter, Rochelle and then five years later, I had my son I named Khalif. It was not an easy life, always looking for love and trying to find myself. My children have always been my life and now that they are older, I had to found what to do in life.
Well, I have the best thing in my life now. He is always there for me. He loves me even when I make mistakes. Every day, I try to empty myself to fill myself with His word. I no longer look for love in the world or try to find myself in it.
I love family outings, Christian plays and I love singing. Life is so much simpler now that I’m not running around trying to figure out what I should be doing. I’m listening to God. I am human and sometimes I make mistakes and He forgives me. The best time in my life was when I found my Savior.
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Open The Sky
$17.49Add to cartOn September 1, 1991, bush pilot Dwayne King spearheaded one of the first missionary flights into the crumbling Soviet empire. The historic mission climaxed the transformation of a wild child from upstate New York into a selfless servant. The saga continues at Kingdom Air Corps, where he’s training the next generation of young missionaries to fly the Word beyond where the road ends and wilderness begins.
Award-winning journalist Mark Winheld, Dwayne’s friend and fellow traveler, spotlights the turning point. When Dwayne, a teenage hot-rodder, read Jungle Pilot-the story of missionary Nate Saint, martyred in Ecuador in 1956-his heart turned from drag-racing for fun to flying for God. From that moment on he followed a higher calling, armed only with faith, humor and chutzpah-and the reflexes that had kept him from wrecking cars on the hilly roads of home.
In “Open the Sky,” you’ll see, through Dwayne’s eyes, the ravages of loneliness and alcohol in the Alaskan bush. You’ll feel the courage of Russian believers surviving in the ruins of a destroyed civilization, given new hope by recent aviation freedoms. You’ll sense the forces that hammered a thrill-seeking adolescent into a mature servant who lives out the words he says and believes: “There’s only three things that are eternal. Only three. God, God’s Word, and people.”
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Raising Charlie : A Self Help Book For Single Mothers
$13.95Add to cartRaising Charlie is the story of a single career mom trying to do her best job at home caring for her two little sons while keeping her career afloat on the job. Like every mother who is left with awesome job of “going it alone”, she is tired most of the time, scared all of the time, and overwhelmed by each and every day’s surprises. This is also the story of two little boys whose progress encouraged their mom to live beyond her known potential to “get the job done”. Their energies were shared in an interesting way. The journey was difficult, necessary and fun beyond words.
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Little Arms Big Heart
$13.95Add to cart“Little Arms, Big Heart” presents the amazing life story of Nan Weaver who overcame a disability from birth and lived life to its fullest. The book is packed with inspiring stories from her life, her husband’s life, and the lives of her children and grandchildren. As a strong believer she offers words of encouragement and hope to those who face difficulties throughout their lives. She writes with emotion and passion to motivate others to reach beyond their limitations and be an overcomer.
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Affirmation Of Faith
$19.99Add to cartAn Affirmation of Faith is the story of a black minister, a trailblazer and spiritual giant. He writes candidly about his journey from humble beginnings through times of struggle, challange, and failure to overcoming adversity. His love of life and appreciation of its possiblilties as well as his pragmatic approach, sometimes headstrong but always based on his religious convictions, to whatever was before him is evident in each and station of his life.
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As The Ice Thaws
$13.49Add to cartMany people, unless they have experienced mental illness in their family or own home, do not have an idea about how someone with such an illness behaves or if there is any hope for recovery. The media is left to educate through television or movies, and the usual depiction of someone with such an illness is someone who is psychotic and violent. Brenda McAninch in her book, As the Ice Thaws, presents hope for those with bipolar illness and for those who live with them.
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Calling In The Remnant
$17.49Add to cartDo you bounce from church to church wondering why the churches today do not resemble the early church in the Bible? Are you told you are too sensitive or worse yet, in rebellion, when you refuse to sit quietly by, when people are lied to and manipulated into submitting themselves to a corrupt system? Are you told you will never find a perfect church since they are all made up of imperfect people, like you?
I don’t buy it? John the Baptist called for the church to repent to prepare the way for the birth of our Lord. Today I am calling for the church to repent, the whole Christian church, in preparation for Our Lord’s Second Coming! I am “Calling In The Remnant” to be unified not in possessions, or property, but in unity of purpose, looking to survive what is to come as the true body of Christ, not enabling dysfunction but encouraging ALL of the saints to “keep the faith and finish the race.”
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Rockefeller Fraud : A True Story Of Identity Theft
$26.99Add to cartWho could ever imagine the “chance of a lifetime” turning into a nightmare and personal hell? It happened to Chris Thomas. He lost everything he had ever hoped for, including himself. It was supposed to be a positive career move. Thomas had every reason to believe his journey would be rewarding, and he embarked on it with great anticipation. But it was a scam, creatively orchestrated and meticulously detailed. This was an entire life-fleecing. Chris Thomas dreamed of becoming a vocalist. As a child, he sang for the sheer joy of expression. As a teenager, he sang to cover up his loneliness. Finally, as an adult, he became a skilful musician, with the confidence, vision, and purpose required of an accomplished performer. Nothing could get in his way. The need to express his love for music became his ultimate focus. But under the guidance of a trusted financial advisor, employer, mentor, and friend, Chris Thomas was gradually ushered into a world no one could have imagined. Chris Thomas writes of the devastation identity theft can bring. He provides excruciating details of how he was taken to the pinnacle of his dreams and thrown over. He was almost destroyed. All that was left was a thread of hope. It became his lifeline and his new beginning. CHRIS THOMAS was given an opportunity for advancement that required him to relocate to New York City. With direction and assistance from a substantial employer, he moved to the Big Apple and became a victim of a national scam ring known as the Little Rockefellers. He was victimized by identity theft and fraud and a host of related crimes. After years of legal battles he relocated to Plano, Texas to begin a new life. He lives there now.
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Affirmation Of Faith
$29.99Add to cartAn Affirmation of Faith is the story of a black minister, a trailblazer and spiritual giant. He writes candidly about his journey from humble beginnings through times of struggle, challange, and failure to overcoming adversity. His love of life and appreciation of its possiblilties as well as his pragmatic approach, sometimes headstrong but always based on his religious convictions, to whatever was before him is evident in each and station of his life.
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Not By Chance
$13.95Add to cartNot By Chance is the inspiring story of God’s coincidental guidance of one woman’s life journey during which a series of remarkably improbable events signal the paths she should follow as she confronts myriad challenges: polio, devastating accidents, major depression, divorce, unemployment and multiple sclerosis. Discover how, during this arduous journey, God faithfully provides for Lynn’s employment, education and sense of purpose. Rejoice when God also blesses her with improved health and leads her on a path of service to others who also confront physical, emotional and spiritual challenges.
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Afghan Hearts And Minds
$16.49Add to cartThis is the harrowing journey of one man forced to risk death for the country he loves; about imprisonment and torture; about liberty, family, and love. An American citizen today, Shafie takes us through his personal tale entering adulthood alongside the first members of the Taliban, Communist revolutionaries, Afghan Jihadists, and future terrorists. A story that is more important than ever, as his long lost world collides with his new home here at the dawn of the 21st Century.
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Grambo : The True Adventures Of An American Grandmother In Baghdad And Beyo
$19.95Add to cart“Grambo: The True Adventures of an American Grandmother in Baghdad…and Beyond” is the inspiring, faith-filled memoir chronicling the life of Evelyn Chriswell, a Pentecostal Christian who went to work as a civilian contractor in Iraq during some of the war’s most turbulent early days. It is a gripping and insightful story which documents her life growing up in Louisiana, her early marriage to a fiery faith healer and their work as missionaries, and continues her journey of love and loss across the globe. Chriswell’s life has been a tapestry of triumph and tragedy, but through it all, her faith sustains her. First and foremost, the author is a devout Christian whose perseverance and humor shines through every page. Though the backdrop is the Iraq war, the book at its essence is a touching love story between a man and a woman, and a woman and her Lord.
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David And The Old Man
$13.95Add to cartDavid and the Old Man is a true life story about a father and his oldest son. The father a rugged, independent, stubborn and selfserving man who grew up on a farm where growing food became the only way to survive. He carries this farm mentality into his own family situation and has an enormous garden which primarily provides for his wife and four children. He grows and stores enough food for his family, all the neighbors and friends. Beyond his own belief, the Old Man’s first son is not the rugged individualist he pictured his first son to be. David, as a youth, appears to have all the normal tendecies of any other kid, but does not fully develop physically and has a dislike of certain foods. The psychological battle between father and son is further nututred by the Old Man’s dislike for David’s passive and unfatherlike personality. David develops anorexia nervosa patterns in the earl 1960’s and becomes a full blown anorexic case by his late teens. What is unusual about this– David is a male ,completely rare for this disease and exceptionally rare for tha time period in which it occrred. The family battles the Old Man’s will and lives with a son or brother who displays no regard for himself or those close to him.
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Soldier For God
$13.95Add to cartTo let the reader know that what ever may happen in their life, Pray and have Faith in Jesus Christ, He has the healing touch that can transform your body, mind and Spirit.
Jesus Christ can and will take you to places, and show you things you never saw or heard of when you open your mind to Him. With Faith anything is possible,when you read this book you will find it was with Faith that made it possible for me.
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Majestie : The King Behind The King James Bible
$14.99Add to cartWritten with a touch of the irreverent, Majestie is a shared biography: that of the first Stuart King of England (James I) and the Bible that goes by his name. It is part tabloid, part history lesson, part speculation; but it’s all James. A biography of James Stuart is a study in paradox, one that entertains as much as it informs. James I waddles through history, sidewise and crablike. Intellectually astute, he can dazzle and charm with the polish of his rhetoric one minute, and speak with the vulgarity of a tavern bawd the next. James is an amusing mix of bombast and majesty, of sparkle and grime, of smut and brilliance, of visionary headship and foolishness. And only he, this all-too-human king, our flawed James, could have given us the great book he did. Early in his reign, James fashioned himself as the “new Solomon,” the pacifist prince entering the “the land of promise,” that is, the England inherited from his cousin Elizabeth. But the milk and honey he expected was a mirage. Still, in many respects he flirts with greatness. He is the first king of a united, or “Great Britain.” For all his foibles, all his bungling, James possesses an evolved sense of majesty, a type of faith in majesty itself, and wants nothing more than for his new Bible to reflect this majesty, to gild and elevate the reign, to be the great medicine that might heal the realm. Colorful, witty, imperfect, sensuous, bawdy, intelligent, England has had no king like him, nor any book like the one he bequeathed us, before or since.
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By His Stripes We Are Healed
$12.49Add to cartBy His Stripes We Are Healed
God loves us and He wants us healthy, not sick. He has given me a mandate to reach the world with the message that God is still healing, and delivering people today. God can turn your negative report around; He did it for me, by healing me twice from cancer, and He wants to do it for you. God has blessed me to tell my testimony and pray for many people that were deaf, lame, had M.S., cancer, growths, injuries, back problems and much more, that are now healed. To God be the Glory!
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Great Passion : An Introduction To Karl Barths Theology
$37.99Add to cartWidely regarded as the twentieth century’s greatest theologian, Karth Barth refocused the task of Christian theology and demonstrated its relevance to every domain of human life, from the spiritual to the social to the political. It is precisely the broad sweep of Barth’s theology that makes a book like The Great Passion of such great value – a succinct yet comprehensive introduction to Barth’s entire theological program. Of the many people who write on the life and thought of Karl Barth, Eberhard Busch is uniquely placed. A world-renowned expert on Barth’s theology, he also served as Barth’s personal assistant from 1965 to 1968. As Busch explains, one cannot fully understand Barth the theologian apart from understanding Barth the man. In this book he weaves doctrine and biography into a superb presentation of Barth’s complete work. Busch’s purpose in this introduction is to guide readers through the main themes of the multivolume Church Dogmatics against the horizon of our own times and problems. In ten sections Busch clearly explains Barth’s views on all of the major subject areas of systematic theology: the nature of revelation, Israel and Christology, the Trinity and the doctrine of predestination, the “problem” of religion, gospel and law, creation, salvation, the Holy Spirit, ecclesiology, and eschatology. A distinctive feature of the book is the way Busch lets Barth speak for himself, often through surprising quotations and paraphrases. Busch also shows how Barth’s writing should be read as a dialogue, constantly and consciously engaging other voices past and present, both inside and outside the church. Most important, The Great Passion demonstrates that Barth’s thought is still remarkably helpful today.
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Mile Marker 825
$16.99Add to cartOn January 15, 2002, the author’s car flipped five times, his wife died, and his skull cracked open. Join Mirikitani on his miraculous real-life journey that is both heart-wrenching and heartwarming as he relearns faith in a God that was present when He seemed most absent, and hope in a God when He seemed most unreliable.
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Sergeant York
$14.99Add to cartIt was a bitter-cold morning on October 8, 1918. Six hundred American soldiers were surrounded by the German army near the Argonne Forest in France. Corporal Alvin York’s unit was ordered out of the trenches and into battle against an enemy armed with machine guns. York was eventually pinned down among his dead and injured comrades. What happened next was a feat of bravery and military skill that would amaze his countrymen, change his life, and etch his place in the history books. Born in a two-room log cabin in the hills of northern Tennessee, York was a bona fide backwoodsman who had taken numerous prizes at turkey shoots back home. His marksmanship served him well that morning in WWI. By the time he reached the U.S. position, York and his few remaining companions were marshaling a parade of 132 enemy soldiers. His feat knocked the wind out of a planned German counterattack. Not bad for a former conscientious objector. In this Christian Encounters biography, learn more about York’s struggles with being a Christian and a soldier and how this simple man showed a nation the meaning of the word hero.
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Heaven Is For Real
$19.99Add to cartA young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven. Heaven is for Real is the true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn’t know what to believe but soon the evidence was clear.Colton said he met his miscarried sister, whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born, then shared impossible-to-know details about each. He describes the horse that only Jesus could ride, about how “reaaally big” God and his chair are, and how the Holy Spirit “shoots down power” from heaven to help us.Told by the father, but often in Colton’s own words, the disarmingly simple message is heaven is a real place, Jesus really loves children, and be ready, there is a coming last battle.
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Michigan Polar Bear Confronts The Bolshevik
$31.99Add to cartThis graphic first-person account of a little-remembered event in U.S. history tells the story of young soldier Godfrey Anderson’s experiences during the ill-fated 1918 military expedition against the Bolsheviks in the frozen reaches of northern Russia.
As a member of the American “Polar Bears” medical corps, Anderson describes traveling by ship and train, setting up field hospitals in the vast Siberian wilderness, enduring many hardships, rubbing shoulders with Russian villagers, barely escaping from the Bolsheviks in a harrowing nighttime retreat by sleigh, and much more. His transparent narrative, laced with ironic humor, has an irresistible, wide-eyed quality to it.
A substantial introduction by historian Gordon Olson sets the geopolitical stage for Anderson’s war memoir, which itself does not pass judgment on the American policy that sent him to Russia. All in all, for history and military buffs especially, this is a great story and a terrific read.
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Coming Present : Living With Multiple Personality Disorder Dissociative Ide
$22.99Add to cart“The most significant result of dissociation was the loss of time. The most significant feeling during sexual abuse was powerlessness. There seemed to be no use to fighting, it was useless. Powerlessness led to the loss of hope. The loss of hope led to depression. Depression often followed me since I was young. I easily got depressed, and I turned my anger in on myself. The fear, led to anger. Anger that led to self loathing, low self esteem, and self- scratching to alter my low mood. Yet, even as I was plagued by these things, I kept up a “normal” lifestyle. I don’t think most of my friends even had a clue I was a multiple. Sometimes strange, or forgetful, even a liar, but not multiple.”
Caroline was the victim of repeated childhood sexual abuse and suffered from Multiple Personality Disorder/Dissociative Identity Disorder from the age of three. She cultivated a life of secrecy to avoid explaining her loss of time, body memories, and post-traumatic stress symptoms, fearful that psychiatrists would lock her up and throw away the key. As an adult, Caroline finally found a Christian therapist and began her healing journey, applying an adapted Attachment-Repair technique, giving glory to God, and becoming integrated. Most of her story is recorded in her journals.
Caroline is a first time author, a California native, married with three children. She has a passion to help multiples to seek Christian counseling and become integrated. She hopes her book will be useful to abuse survivors, their families, professionals in the field of Psychology, students, and support people of those suffering with Multiple Personality/Dissociative Identity Disorder.
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Letters To Maddie
$10.99Add to cartBeing a Grandmother and Mother made Carole Baird think of what she would tell her grandchildren about their heritage. LETTERS TO MADDIE gives life to not only her childhood but to her daughter’s childhood too. Lest they be just stories, each letter to Maddie has a Postscript with a biblical moral and way to live the Christian life. Each letter comes to life with an exciting graphic for that story and becomes Carole’s legacy to another generation.
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I Look Back And Wonder How I Got Over
$13.49Add to cartPriscilla truly has a testimony. She has been through the fire and through the rain. She gives God all the praise and the glory for allowing her to still be living, in her right mind and able to tell her life story. After reading this book, you will know that there is a God, and He can do anything but fail. You will see that God is forgiving, loving, kind, and merciful and if we put our faith and trust in Him, there is nothing He won’t do for us.
Priscilla had two sons who passed away at the ages of four and seven years old, leading her to accept Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior on May 2, 1991, however, it’s the life she led before she gave her life to God that will keep you turning the pages. On June 19, 2009 she became a licensed Minister, ordained to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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No Fear
$23.99Add to cartWe’ve all been gripped with fear at some time in our lives. Whether it is fear of death, fear of failure, fear of loss, fear of illness, or any other fear, our apprehension is universal. Walk with Shea Mahoney as she faces her biggest fears. Laugh as she recalls childhood stories where fear did not abide. Rejoice with her as God carries her through each fear that she faces.
No Fear is her story, but it is also your story. It is a powerful reminder that you are not alone as you confront fear, that others struggle with fear, and that the perfect love of God truly does cast out all fear.
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Role Of A Lifetime
$19.99Add to cartWe live in a world that all too often operates under the overriding template of self-promotion, embracing a “hooray for me” attitude, and which measures success in increasingly small timeframes dotted with markers of temporal value.
Millions of viewers know James Brown as a sports commentator and former athlete. With ROLE OF A LIFETIME, James reveals a different side of his character. Part memoir and part self-help, this book draws on James’ lessons from his life experiences to guide readers to find fulfillment and significance. He offers values and encouragment to others of all generations, assisting them in their search for meaning in navigating a world that increasingly promotes transient values, if any at all. His message that shortcuts and gimmicks are counterproductive to a person’s success provides hope that there is a God who cares about them and their futures.
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No Fear
$15.49Add to cartWe’ve all been gripped with fear at some time in our lives. Whether it is fear of death, fear of failure, fear of loss, fear of illness, or any other fear, our apprehension is universal. Walk with Shea Mahoney as she faces her biggest fears. Laugh as she recalls childhood stories where fear did not abide. Rejoice with her as God carries her through each fear that she faces.
No Fear is her story, but it is also your story. It is a powerful reminder that you are not alone as you confront fear, that others struggle with fear, and that the perfect love of God truly does cast out all fear.
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Miracles In The Forgotten Land And Beyond
$16.99Add to cartMIRACLES IN THE FORGOTTEN LAND and BEYOND
Eighteen year-old Setan Lee was in shock as soldiers jumped out of huge trucks in Battambang Temple Square, shouting, “Enemies!” and pointing guns at them. This was the New Year celebration and they had no idea why these “black uniform soldiers” were ordering them out of the city at gunpoint to an unknown destination. Setan’s best friend asked one of the soldiers why they were calling them the enemy. He answered with gunshots that left Setan’s friend dead at his feet!
Thirteen-year-old Randa Yos was at home in Battambang with her family that fateful day when they heard shouting in the street, ordering people to come out of their homes into the streets. They had just learned that the black uniform soldiers had taken her father from his office at the University. They and thousands of others were forced at gunpoint to march to an unknown destination.
That day began four years of slavery and starvation in the killing fields for thousands of Cambodians. The horror of Setan and Randa’s lives during their imprisonment and how they finally escaped will hold you spellbound as you read their story.
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Dead And Moving
$15.99Add to cartIt is with immense gratitude for the prompting of the Holy Spirit, and for God’s gracious pursuit of sinners, that this memoir was written. I attempt to speak for all who live a hedonistic lifestyle (characterized in this account by drug and alcohol use, sexual indiscretion, health negligence and immoral conduct) and who survive outside of the will of God. For over ten years, it has been the burden of my heart to: reveal the potential anguish of bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses; persuade those who suffer similarly of the necessity for strict medical care and prescription drug adherence; convey to family and friends the need for personal involvement; share the joy and sufficiency of life in Christ, and compare it with the loneliness and void of mere material gain. Furthermore, I wish to stress that it is at any time in our lives – under any circumstances- that we can be spiritually victorious.
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Worth Every Tear
$22.99Add to cartMost parents have heard of the prodigal son, but few expect their precious child – the one who wraps himself around their hearts and them around his little finger – might one day make them doubt themselves at every turn.
This book is for any parent who has ever gazed into a child’s eyes and fallen in love . . . who has poured heart and soul into that child, that he might have the best in life. It is a book for parents who have stared into their own tortured eyes in the mirror and asked, “Why?”
“In a day when ‘expert’ advice about parenting abounds, Cheri Hardaway’s Worth Every Tear is a gem. It’s an honest story of Christian parents who try hard and feel failure. Yet God leads them back, so beautifully, to an understanding that He is as sovereign in the lives of their children as He is in their own. Worth Every Tear will bring tears to your own eyes, as it encourages parents who struggle with doubt and disappointment.”
-KAREN DEIKUN, fellow parent and contributing author to FaithWriters anthologies -
She Was Gods Masterpiece
$59.99Add to cartMore than a family history…
This was a life so filled with blessings, its story literally cried out to be revealed. Though it is a narrative of the life of this family, the real purpose was to relate to our progeny, of many generations to come, what made our life so remarkable. It focuses on Jeanne who provided the enormous, humble, patient and loving strength that guided our family.
She was able to:
Prove to us how full, happy and joyous life is when love (God) is your guide.
Fill us with faith by her example, not just words.
Show us how to live the final months of life to the fullest.
Teach us how to die with dignity, surrounded by loved ones, in full faith and hope. -
She Was Gods Masterpiece
$49.99Add to cartMore than a family history…
This was a life so filled with blessings, its story literally cried out to be revealed. Though it is a narrative of the life of this family, the real purpose was to relate to our progeny, of many generations to come, what made our life so remarkable. It focuses on Jeanne who provided the enormous, humble, patient and loving strength that guided our family.
She was able to:
Prove to us how full, happy and joyous life is when love (God) is your guide.
Fill us with faith by her example, not just words.
Show us how to live the final months of life to the fullest.
Teach us how to die with dignity, surrounded by loved ones, in full faith and hope. -
Broken Vessels : Gods Power Through Autism
$10.99Add to cartWhy is Autism on the rise? Why are more and more children suffering from this “incurable” disease? Why can’t anyone, including the medical community, pinpoint what is really going on? Having a son diagnosed with Autism, these are just a few of the questions I have asked, yet received no real answers. Until I asked God, the Supreme Authority. Do you know that God has something to say about Autism? Believe it or not, He has plenty to say. For the sake of our children, it’s time to listen.
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Bum Phillips : Coach Cowboy Christian
$18.99Add to cartREMEMBER: BUM IS A NICKNAME, NOT A DESCRIPTION.
Bum Phillips became head coach of the National Football Leagues Houston Oilers in 1975. He retired from the league 10 years later as one of its most colorful characters of all time. While fans of Luv Ya Blue remember Phillips for his cowboy hat and boots, for his down-home Texas yarns, most people dont know he survived deadly battles during World War II, stumbled almost accidentally into football and later gave his life, during a trip to prison, to Jesus Christ. The book chronicles his transformation from a beer-drinking cowboy, U.S. Marine and football coach to a devoted son of God.
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John Henry Newman
$15.99Add to cartJohn Henry Newman – a leading Anglican and founding figure of the Oxford Movement who converted to Rome – was beatified by the Pope in September 2010, becoming the first English saint since the 17th century. This portrait of a saint in the making is based on Newman’s great poem, The Dream of Gerontius. Through its seven movements, it traces Newman’s path through life – his lasting influence in the Church of England, his building of the church at Littlemore, his conversion, his vision and his founding of an English Oratory, the writing of the Dream, and the course of his beatification. Throughout, Newman’s own words and advice on sanctity will be featured offering a timeless guide to holy living today.
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Grace In The Shadow Of The Cross
$18.99Add to cartGrace in the Shadow of the Cross is a creative autobiography about how one little girl’s unspeakable abuse became one joyful woman’s testimony of healing. This true story is told in three voices: Ann’s first-hand experiences are described through the character of Grace (who begins with the name Prophet). Accompanying her voice are those of Father God and Deceiver. Father God speaks mainly through Scriptures but also through private prayer conversations actually experienced by Ann. Deceiver’s cruel voice will be all too familiar to abuse survivors.
This book is for those who have known abuse as well as those who love them. It is for the broken, the beaten, the humbled, and the humiliated. Ultimately, it’s a story of hope that will encourage you-no matter your past pain-that God loves you and desires to heal your heart.
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Saint Francis
$14.99Add to cartChristian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. But all, through their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires, uniquely illuminate our shared experience. He’s more than just a statue of the saint in the neighbor’s garden surrounded by adoring animals. As a wealthy young man, Franciswas a member of the “brat pack” of his day, wearing bright clothing, hanging out with rich friends, engaging in street brawls, and partying. After a dream in which God called him into service, Francis abandoned all his rights and possessions and began preaching simplicity and poverty, relying on God’s providence rather than worldly goods.In this Christian Encounters biography, read about this patron saint of animals who so delighted in God’s works that he once preached a sermon to a flock of birds.
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More Than A Hobby
$14.99Add to cartMore than a Hobby takes readers inside the mind of a low-key, likable Oklahoma entrepreneur who has created a unique shopping experience. How did his company go from a $600 loan to $1.3 billion in annual sales in just thirty-one years-especially when he wasn’t groomed for this work either by heritage or by education?
Green was willing to go against the tide, allowing faith to play a huge part in the business. More Than a Hobby describes how this wildly successful business was built not on business-school theory, but on the founder’s own experience as a grassroots store manager.
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And Then I Heard His Voice
$16.49Add to cartThis story is about my journey through a tormented life of demonic attacks, sexual and physical abuse, drug addiction, devil worship, homosexuality, and mental illness. My life was without hope and filled with darkness…until one day I heard His voice. And, like the time when I was a child and escaping danger through a storm drain, God enabled me to walk out of darkness and into the light.
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Miracles In The Jungle
$12.49Add to cartHas God called you to something that seems frightening or insurmountable? It is definitely the right choice to obey Him and then hang on for the ride! The ride for the Rogne family during their first term overseas included many miracles for which they give all praise to God.
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Diary Of A Kidnapped Columbian Governor
$17.95Add to cartThe dramatic rescue and release of Colombia hostage Ingrid Betancourt on July 2, 2008, riveted the world’s attention. Another kidnapping victim that year was the governor of Antioquia, Guillermo Gaviria Correa. Little known is his embrace of nonviolence as a political strategy that led to his capture by the FARC and his death during a failed rescue attempt May 5, 2003. The book is being published on the seventh anniversary of his death.
Is a non-killing society possible? Here is the story of how Governor Guillermo Gaviria of the state of Antioquia, in Colombia, paid with his life for taking this question seriously. Knowing that kidnapping and death were real possibilities, Gaviria, inspired by the nonviolent principles of Jesus, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, believed they could be applied in one of the most violent places on earth. Thus he organized a peaceful march in solidarity with coffee growers in Caicedo. The five-day march ended with his capture by the FARC.
Held for over a year in the jungles of the Colombian countryside, the governor kept a diary and wrote letters to his wife, family, and colleagues. This book is a compilation of his diary and letters, translated from the original Spanish into English. The editor had the privilege to meet the governor’s widow, Colombian Senator Yolanda Pinto de Gaviria in 2007. Her heartfelt desire was to bring her husband’s story to a broader English readership. A translation and editing team from Akron (Pa.) Mennonite Church accepted the challenge and partnered with the Center for Global Nonkilling to bring this amazing story to light.
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Shattered : Struck Down But Not Destroyed
$16.99Add to cartFocus On The Family Print On Demand Title
Frank Pastore was enjoying life as a major league pitcher—until a line drive shattered his elbow. While searching for answers, the friendship of Christian teammates started him down a path toward Jesus. Here in his candid, humorous way, Frank shares truths about life, baseball, and relating to a God who has his own plans.
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Dale Tales
$34.99Add to cartExperience the first-hand account of growing up in a poor family of 15 children in the rural Appalachians Mountains. Experience how God, love, and family allowed the Dale family to make it through all the good and bad times. This book is full of stories from all the children and some of the grandchildren of Woodrow and Tennessee Dale.
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Billy Graham : His Life And Influence
$14.99Add to cartIf there were such a job as the nation’s pastor, Billy Graham would be the prime candidate. Having known more American presidents, foreign leaders, and famous people than any other American living or dead, Billy Graham has been uniquely able to speak to the heart of the average person and bring peace and clarity to a nation in trying times. Graham’s ministry flourished during a challenging period in the American experience, when the nation was coming to terms with its unexpected new strength in the world and grappling with the most serious racial and social upheavals since the Civil War. Now acclaimed author and former Time magazine senior correspondent David Aikman sheds new and deserved light on that influence, probing critical episodes of Graham’s life that help explain his profound impact, both on the public life of America and other nations and the private lives of their cultural and political leaders.
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Cancer And Me
$13.49Add to cartYou simply say, “Oh, no, this can’t be cancer!” You talk to God like never before. And you realize it is time to get in touch with your inner self to learn who you really are. You ask questions like:
“How will I come out of this, mentally and spiritually?”
“Will I make it?”
“Will my family make it? Have I prepared them for such a bumpy road?”
Through it all, you learn to lean on God like never before, as well as on your praying friends. When treatment is over and good reports start coming in, you realize that you are a changed person. You have a new attitude about yourself; you realize you have a caring concern for others going through a similar trial.
My desire is to reach out to those hurting “others”, to give them hope and brighten their days. Perhaps, ultimately, even to encourage them in their personal relationship with God.
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Bye Bye Ta Ta
$15.49Add to cart“Cancer” sounds like death. What comes next? Will I lose my hair? Will it come back? Will I die? Will I see my grandchildren grow up? In a very personal and honest account, Willamina documented her journey through cancer. From the diagnosis, through surgery, chemotherapies, radiation, lymphodema, and complications, all of her fears and triumphs and discoveries are documented to show how her faith grew through a terrible ordeal. Rather than suffer in silence, she chose to tell the world how she survived. It is her hope that others will be comforted in their own trials.
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Summons To Become
$26.99Add to cartWhen we were children, Rachel and I traveled in dreams to worlds we’d seen only in words. We lived the passions of our printed heroes, especially those whose hearts were summoned and spent in Africa. With those true tales, God seeded a vision, planting us in vastly different fields where only He could be glorified for the harvest. This is His story and hers, told with the same compelling power that first stirred us. Honest about her humanity and earnest about the redeeming power of Jesus Christ, she compels you to see, hear, smell, taste, and feel what the summons of God means. Refreshing in her candor and humor, Rachel relates their family’s journey from the couch to the culture of Zambia. She will engage you in experiences from the very funny “Tea Party with Aliens” to the agonizing
funerals of pandemic death. Crack this book and it will draw you into the realities of another world and God’s ability to effect change at home and abroad. I know. I’ve already been reading the book of Rachel’s life for over fifty years, and I’m moved beyond words.
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This Child Will Be Great
$17.99Add to cartIn January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-Africa’s “Iron Lady”-was sworn in as president, an event that marked a tremendous turning point in the history of the West African nation.
In this stirring memoir, Sirleaf shares the story of her rise to power, including her early childhood; her experiences with abuse, imprisonment, and exile; and her fight for democracy and social justice. She reveals her determination to succeed in multiple worlds, from her studies in the United States to her work as an international bank executive, to campaigning in some of Liberia’s most desperate and war-torn villages and neighborhoods. It is the tale of an outspoken political and social reformer who fought the oppression of dictators and championed change. By telling her story, Sirleaf encourages women everywhere to pursue leadership roles at the highest levels of power, and gives us all hope that we can change the world.
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Daddys Little Princess
$16.49Add to cartIn this book I will share the painful journey that led me to meet my heavenly Father. Through this relationship, I was able to solve the mystery of my true identity. I discovered I am a child of God and royal heir to the throne of God, making me a princess. My prayer is that by my testimony you, too, will become Daddy’s Little Princess.
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Beyond Belief : Finding The Strength To Come Back
$21.99Add to cartJosh Hamilton was the first player chosen in the first round of the 1999 baseball draft. He was destined to be one of those rare “high-character ” superstars. But in 2001, working his way from the minors to the majors, all of the plans for Josh went off the rails in a moment of weakness. What followed was a 4-year nightmare of drugs and alcohol, estrangement from friends and family, and his eventual suspension from baseball.
BEYOND BELIEF details the events that led up to the derailment. Josh explains how a young man destined for fame and wealth could allow his life to be taken over by drugs and alcohol. But it is also the memoir of a spiritual journey that breaks through pain and heartbreak and leads to the spectacular rebirth of his major-league career.
Josh Hamilton makes no excuses and places no blame on anyone other than himself. He takes responsibility for his poor decisions and believes his story can help millions who battle the same demons. “I have been given a platform to tell my story” he says. “I pray every night I am a good messenger.”
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Wisdom Chaser : Finding My Father At 14000 Feet
$16.99Add to cartThrough a decade of challenging hikes up Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks, the Fourteeners, with his father, Richard J. Foster, Nathan Foster navigated his twenties – finishing college, choosing a career, a possible cross-country move, the early years of marriage and a major personal crisis. Along the way he would discover the wisdom – and love – his father could offer him. Here is their story together. Includes an afterword by Richard J. Foster, author of Celebration of Discipline and coauthor of Longing for God.
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10 Hours To Live
$16.99Add to cart“I give him ten hours to live.”
That’s what the doctor said after diagnosing twenty-two-year-old Brian Wills with one of the deadliest and fastest-growing cancers, known as Burkitt’s lymphoma. Incredibly, this rare tumor grew from the size of a golf ball to nine inches in diameter in only three days. Thus began Brian’s life-threatening battle-both physical and spiritual-to receive a full recovery by focusing on God’s powerful promises of healing. Through his incredible, true-life testimony of healing against all odds, find out how you can:
*Overcome the most hopeless of circumstances
*Learn how to apply God’s Word for healing
*Build your faith for the miraculous
*Discover joy in the midst of suffering
*Receive comfort in times of trial10 Hours to Live includes many other testimonies of people who have been supernaturally healed by the power of God.
God wants to heal you, too!
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Was It Irony Or Was It God
$15.99Add to cartI have always had great faith that God was working behind the scenes of my life. That fact never became more evident to me than on Friday, July 13, 2007 – the day of my motorcycle crash – the day my life changed forever. Without this crash creating the topic and opportunity, I would not have written this book.
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God Alone Is Enough
$18.99Add to cartNo one can teach a Christian to pray, like Teresa can. This lively little book introduces postmodern readers to one of Christianity’s most endearing prayer warriors, and guides them through her most radical teachings. Here, Teresa of Avila is not a lofty, inaccessible saint; she’s a companion, taking readers on a rollicking journey through their own interior castles. The secrets of Teresa’s intimate devotional life are revealed, and readers learn practical ways to abandon complicated contemplative prayer techniques, and simply “enjoy” God.
This journey through the life and writings of Teresa of Avila will engage Christians who would have never before considered encountering a post-Reformation Catholic nun. Mair Burney makes Teresa accessible-and essential-for understanding what it means to come to know God, and how it’s possible.
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Amish Grace : How Forgiveness Redeemed A Tragedy
$19.00Add to cartOn October 2, 2006, a gunman killed five Amish girls in a Pennsylvania hamlet. A stunned nation watched as the children were laid to rest—and as their grieving parents forgave the murderer. How could they pardon such a heinous act? The authors explore this question and reveal how God’s mercy can triumph in our vengeful world.
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Francis Schaeffer : A Mind And Heart For God
$15.99Add to cartThe Center for Faith and Culture on the campus of South Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2008 held the first-ever conference in honor of Dr. Francis Schaeffer. The conference was more than an historical inquiry into the life and ministry of Schaeffer; it was about how Schaeffer might inform Christians in the 21st century on reaching culture with biblical and philosophical integrity. Schaeffer’s view of people was that they belonged to humanity—broken humanity, yes—but nonetheless humanity made in the image of God. This was more than a point of doctrine for Schaeffer; it was the ground on which he treated each person with significance and respect. This book supports the belief that Francis Schaeffer’s word to the Christian community is as relevant today, and maybe more so, than in his own lifetime.
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Holding Fast : The Untold Story Of The Mount Hood Tragedy
$18.99Add to cartA journey of adventure, tragedy, love, and loss on the summit of Mt. Hood.In December 2006, millions of people across the world prayed and waited in anguish to learn the fate of 3 climbers trapped on Mt. Hood. The worst storm in the last decade was pounding the mountain with hurricane-force winds that would not permit the army of rescue workers to do their work. No one below could forget the last phone call Kelly James placed to his wife, telling her that he was trapped in a snow cave just below the summit. What happened next would change the lives of everyone involved and deeply touch millions of people who desperately hoped to see a Christmas miracle. For more than a week, the search dominated the news as family members huddled below, praying for the climbers’ safe return. But the story did not end when Kelly James’s body was airlifted off the mountain and the cameras stopped rolling. For Karen, the year after Kelly’s death was spent searching for answers to what really happened on the mountain. In this journey of adventure, tragedy, love and loss, she reveals never-released information about the fateful climb and behind-the-scenes details of how the family coped with the shocking news.
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Altar In The World
$16.99Add to cartIn her critically acclaimed Leaving Church (“a beautiful, absorbing memoir”-The Dallas Morning News), Barbara Brown Taylor wrote about her experience leaving full-time ministryto become a professor, a decision that stretched the boundaries of her faith. Now, in her stunning follow-up, An Altar in the World, she shares how she learned to encounter God far beyond the walls of the church.
Taylor reveals meaningful ways to discover the sacred in the small things we do and see, from simple practices such as walking, working, and prayer. Something as ordinary as hanging clothes on a clothesline becomes an act of meditation if we pay attention to what we’re doing and take time to notice the sights, smells, and sounds around us. Making eye contact with the cashier at the grocery store becomes a moment of true human connection. Allowing yourself to get lost leads to new discoveries. As we incorporate these practices into our daily lives, we begin to discover altars everywhere we go, in nearly everything we do. Through Taylor’s expert guidance and delicate, thought-provoking prose, we learn to live with purpose, pay attention, slow down, and revere the world we live in.
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Kierkegaard
$15.99Add to cartAbingdon Pillars of Theology is a series for the college and seminary classroom designed to help students grasp the basic and necessary facts, influence, and significance of major theologians. Written by noted scholars, these books will outline the context, methodology, organizing principles, primary contributions, and key writings of people who have shaped theology as we know it today.
Sren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) “foresaw, the power of mass culture to numb the human spirit has only waxed in strength and virulence. The prostitution of religion to legitimate self-aggrandizing ideologies has become a veritable global industry. The reduction of neighbor-love to the most minimal standards of decent behavior has devolved to the point where slightly altruistic celebrities are heralded as Christ-like saints. The deep yearnings of the human heart are being suffocated by trivial amusements, technological toys, and the manipulation of the psyche. Now, perhaps more than ever, Christianity needs an aggravating Socrates to disturb its complicity with a culture of individual self-gratification and corporate self-deification.” from the book
Lee C. Barrett, III is Mary B. and Hanry P. Stager Chair in Theology, Professor of Systematic Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Thin Places : A Memoir
$18.99Add to cartIn her moving spiritual memoir, Mary DeMuth reflects on the “thin places” of her life-places where she was acutely aware of God’s presence. Through her own story, DeMuth invites you to discover new ways to experience a God who is ready to break through any ordinary day or extraordinary pain and offer you a glimpse of eternity.
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Never Say Never
$15.99Add to cartHave you ever told God never to do something specific in your life? This book is an amazing story of how Jesus Christ worked through the life of a 60-year-old widow, leading her to live and work with the churches in Kenya that were planted on previous mission trips. It tells of the people and churches of Nandi Hills growing in number, strength, and unity in the Lord, and how God worked in marvelous ways. May your faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ grow as you read this inspiring story.
Never Say “Never” is a vivid picture of God at work in the life of one of His choice servants, Judy Rushing. As you read, you will follow along a path of faith where God has shown Himself strong in her life as she has trusted Him. Through challenges from major life decisions, to literal life and death situations, God told her just what she needed to know to follow His plan for her life. From these accounts, your faith will be strengthened and stretched.
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Farewell To Islam
$19.99Add to cart“FAITH, TRIALS AND VICTORIES”
A true story of a man and his rescue from Iran.It’s a story of an ordinary person who faced many challenges in life, yet only One, Jesus Christ, was in control all along. You will meet Him in a unique way and see how He influenced my life, and be inspired and encouraged that He can and will do the same for you.
Faith: Although I was born to have a “Father-child” relationship with the almighty God, the truth of that had not been revealed to me until God removed the veil and opened my eyes to this truth, and conversion took place in my heart.
Trials: Thirty years later, when visiting my homeland for the second time, I was faced with an unpleasant surprise when the government of Iran did not permit me to leave the country!
Victories: After two months of going between government offices and courtrooms, I realized that I might be there for a very long time! Then I chose a daring path and escaped from Iran with the aid of some men as my angels. These men, using horses, secretly brought me out of Iran in a dangerous adventure over the mountains into Turkey. God used these men to rescue me from the hands of my adversaries to safety.
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Tillich
$16.99Add to cartAbingdon Pillars of Theology is a series for the college and seminary classroom designed to help students grasp the basic and necessary facts, influence, and significance of major theologians. Written by major scholars, these books will outline the context, methodology, organizing principles, primary contributions, and major writings of people who have shaped theology as we know it today.
“Tillich served as a theological pioneer, exploring boundaries and traversing creatively between the territories of philosophy and theology, between the faith and culture, between Christianity and Buddhism, between the academy and the public. He was a thinker who theorized about everything and who attempted to show what matters and why.” from the book
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Hand And The Road
$50.00Add to cartThis is the first biography of John A. Mackay (1889-1983), an important Presbyterian leader, missionary, and professor who served as president of Princeton Theological Seminary from 1936 to 1959. As president, he rebuilt the seminary faculty after the split in 1927. His ecumenical vision opened Princeton to a wider ecumenical stance and, under his leadership, the seminary prospered as a leading Protestant theological institution. Mackay was a leading ecumenist for much of the twentieth century and helped establish the World Council of Churches. He also founded Theology Today and is recognized as a major figure in both the Presbyterian Church and in theological education. This biography is made all the more compelling by the fact that it was authored by Mackay’s grandson, John Metzger, son of the late Princeton Seminary professor, Dr. Bruce M. Metzger.
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Because They Hate
$18.99Add to cartBrigitte Gabriel lost her childhood to militant Islam. In 1975 she was ten years old and living in Southern Lebanon when militant Muslims from throughout the Middle East poured into her country and declared jihad against the Lebanese Christians. Lebanon was the only Christian influenced country in the Middle East, and the Lebanese Civil War was the first front in what has become the worldwide jihad of fundamentalist Islam against non-Muslim peoples. For seven years, Brigitte and her parents lived in an underground bomb shelter. They had no running water or electricity and very little food; at times they were reduced to boiling grass to survive.
Because They Hate is a political wake-up call told through a very personal memoir frame. Brigitte warns that the US is threatened by fundamentalist Islamic theology in the same way Lebanon was- radical Islam will stop at nothing short of domination of all non-Muslim countries. Gabriel saw this mission start in Lebanon, and she refuses to stand silently by while it happens here. Gabriel sees in the West a lack of understanding and a blatant ignorance of the ways and thinking of the Middle East. She also points out mistakes the West has made in consistently underestimating the single-mindedness with which fundamentalist Islam has pursued its goals over the past thirty years. Fiercely articulate and passionately committed, Gabriel tells her own story as well as outlines the history, social movements, and religious divisions that have led to this critical historical conflict.
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Widowed
$23.99Add to cartWidowed is the true story of how our family lost my wife and her father. It is a deep and personal look at living with illness, realizing you can be left alone and having to make sense of the death of a spouse. Widowed contains excerpts of some of the most personal conversations, prayers and feelings I took part in before and after my wife passed away. In reading it, I hope you come to realize that no matter what life throws at you, you will be ok and that God will see you through any ordeal. No matter what lies Satan whispers in your ear or how bad things may seem, always remember that God truly does care.
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Widowed
$15.49Add to cartWidowed is the true story of how our family lost my wife and her father. It is a deep and personal look at living with illness, realizing you can be left alone and having to make sense of the death of a spouse. Widowed contains excerpts of some of the most personal conversations, prayers and feelings I took part in before and after my wife passed away. In reading it, I hope you come to realize that no matter what life throws at you, you will be ok and that God will see you through any ordeal. No matter what lies Satan whispers in your ear or how bad things may seem, always remember that God truly does care.
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Finding Maria The Secret Mother
$16.49Add to cart“Nope, why should I ever want to go back to Ecuador, they gave me away, why would I want to go back,” was always Marisa’s reply to the question of her returning to her birth country. This was until 2003 when she was 28 years old, and started to say, “Mom, Dad, I want to see people who look like me,” followed with, “Dad, when are we going to Ecuador?” “Sweetie, if you want to go back to your place of birth, with the intent of finding your birth mother; I have a problem with that,” I would reply to her. But finally after several months of discussions between her, her adoptive mother and me; she finally was receptive to visiting her native Ecuador to just see where she came from. “Finding Maria, The Secret Mother,” is a 100% true story of Marisa and her adoptive father venturing to Ecuador to allow her to “See people who looked like her.” With Marisa’s adoptive mother being her greatest supporter for her return, Marisa and her Dad struck off on a God orchestrated adventure that as one lady said, “This adventure has God’s fingerprints all over it.” This wonderful story is filled with love, hope, forgiveness, and healing; with God at the podium orchestrating the adventure that will pull on your deepest heart strings. One seemingly amazing event would be called great; two, maybe a coincidence; three, semi miraculous; but 14 documented events just out of the blue; well, you be the judge. Your heart will pull you into Marisa’s search for her birth mother in a far away country. This story will warm your heart as well as change your life; just let it.
