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“Amazing Grace” is the surprising true story of John Newton, author of the song that has touched millions. A biography that reads like a novel, it reveals Newton's dramatic story of sin and salvation as a slave trader before his ultimate transformation to speaking out against the horror of slavery. His story speaks to the brokenness within us all and our need for God's amazing grace, and reveals the truth behind his song.
Amazing Grace is based...
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Let It Shine! probes the distinctive contribution of black Catholics to the life of the American church, and to the unfolding of lived Christianity in the United States. This important book explores the powerful spiritual renaissance that has marked African American life and self-understanding over the last several decades by examining one critical dimension: the forging of new expressions of Catholic worship rooted in the larger Catholic tradition,...
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In 1969, I was teaching at two seminaries in the Chicago area. One of my courses was on the parables by Jesus and the other was on the resurrection stories about Jesus. I had observed that the parabolic stories by Jesus seemed remarkably similar to the resurrection stories about Jesus. Were the latter intended as parables just as much as the former? Had we been reading parable, presuming history, and misunderstanding both?
-from The Power of Parable...
7964) The Missing Jesus
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When the town shows up at the local Church for the Christmas program baby Jesus is missing from the Nativity scene. Find out who took the baby Jesus and why.
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In Scripting Jesus, Michael White, famed scholar of early Christian history, reveals how the gospel stories of Jesus were never meant to be straightforward historical accounts, but rather were scripted and honed as performance pieces for four different audiences with four different theological agendas. As he did as a featured presenter in two award-winning PBS Frontline documentaries ("From Jesus to Christ" and "Apocalypse!"), White engagingly explains...
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What are people who have Asperger's Syndrome/Autism Spectrum Disorder experiencing?
Do you know what it's really like and how it feels to have Asperger's Syndrome? Have you been diagnosed with Asperger's and are struggling with social demands each day? Are you wondering how to help people with Asperger's/ASD lead normal, fulfilling lives?
This book has answers to these extremely important questions. You will learn about-
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All hail to the man who discovered America and placed it in the map. If it weren't for Christopher Columbus, America wouldn't be known throughout the world. Do you know how he made such astonishing discovery? This book tells his tale, in all facts and no fiction. Secure a copy today!
7969) Kingdom Of God
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"The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, 'though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.' " Jesus spoke often using parables and many of those parables he used to describe the Kingdom of God.
Learn what Christ tells about Kingdom of God. His message is familiar to us but at the same time it is new and it is important to listen and understand...
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The Berenstain Bears My Bedtime Book of Poems and Prayers is a padded board book collection of fifteen original poems and prayers written especially for young children. It brings the kind of warmth and love to story time that only the beloved Berenstain Bears can deliver.
Focusing on character traits and simple lessons and truths such as being a good friend, being thankful, being generous, honesty, and bravery, these prayers and poems will enrich...
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A collection of wisdom from one of the world's greatest spiritual leaders.
When Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the 266th pope, he took the name Francis in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi, a figure renowned for his humility, wisdom, and concern for the poor. Since then, Pope Francis has followed in his namesake's footsteps, rejecting worldly wealth and dedicating himself to helping the poor and disadvantaged. He has touched the world with his gentle...
7972) This Hebrew Lord
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From the bestselling author of Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: John Shelby Spong's original groundbreaking classic, now newly revised, reveals the Jesus "behind the language of myth, magic, and superstition."
"In this study I found a Lord, a center for my being. Behind the supernatural framework of the first century . . . I discovered a life I wanted to know; a life that possessed a power I wanted to possess; a freedom, a wholeness for which...
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This Year for Joy will inspire, instruct, challenge, amuse, but most of all, delight the reader. The daily readings are a pot pourri of myths, meditations, poems and the occasional anecdote blended with stories and legends of long forgotten saints - the fabulous and the fantastic! These old stories offer wonderful food for the soul for those of us who are happy to dispense with historical accuracy as the only monitor of truth. The soul is nurtured...
7974) Amish Houses & Barns
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A study of three Amish homesteads: one in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, one in Holmes County, Ohio, and one in LaGrange County, Indiana. Scott examines the history and cultural development of a typical Amish house and barn, one in each of the three largest Amish communities in North America. Home is the center of Amish life and most life events: birth, marriage, daily work and play, retirement, and even death happen there.
Stephen Scott explores...
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From a family that inspired Big Love's story of Bill Henrickson and his three wives, this first-ever memoir of a polygamous family captures the extraordinary workings of a unique family dynamic, and argues for the acceptance of plural marriage as an alternative lifestyle. Readers of Carolyn Jessop's Escape, Elissa Wall's Stolen Innocence, and James McGreevey's Confession, as well as fans of shows like Big Love and Sister Wives, will be enthralled...
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Get ready for another rollicking reading ride - when you can't tell if the tears you suddenly find on your cheeks are from laughing or from crying. Dorcas Smucker once again writes so vividly about life with her six kids that you'll be convinced you have a place at their table, your own seat in their van, a list of chores with your name at the top, and a small hankering for trouble - just like one of the family. She and her kids are innocently funny...
7977) A Book of Psalms
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This collection of poems engages in new and animating ways with one of the profoundest texts of our past, the Book of Psalms. These poems are Clarke's response to his experience of reading the Psalter through once every month according to Cranmer's divisions in the 1549 Book of Common Prayer.
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The book is a gathering together of all of Kenneth Steven's poems concerning the island of Iona through the years. These comprise poems that have been published in journals both at home and abroad, and broadcast on BBC Radio. A lengthy introduction tells the story of the forging of those first links with Iona, and those that have come through adult years. This is a book both for those who know and love the island, and for those who may yearn to visit...
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Accessible in style, Plain Buggies presents the most complete work on the transportation modes of the "plain people" published to date. Includes details on prices, styles, laws, stories. Why do 100,000 persons in North America refuse to drive cars for religious reasons? What are the main styles among the 90-some variations of their vehicles? What does a horse's face tell you about its personality? What about accidents, the law, and harassment? How...
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Renew your FAITH in Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and the Restoration-and better understand the TRUE HISTORY behind why so many are no suffering from a crisis of faith.
During the 20th century, an organized objective to rewrite Latter-day Saint history from within, unbeknownst to the general Church membership, went head to head behind the scenes with traditional leaders of the Church. Meet the main players of this conflict: Leonard Arrington-progressive...
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