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English
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"I never thought I would live to be this old." In this moving narrative, Billy Graham once again takes up the pen not only to share his personal experience of growing older but also teach us some important lessons on how to view our time here on Earth. He says that the Bible makes it clear that God has a specific reason for keeping us here. So what is His purpose for these years, and how can we align our lives with it? How can we not only learn to...
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Unlike most people, young Sara Hopkins is willing to take God at His word. So, when she hears a preacher say faith can move mountains, she starts praying. What begins with a mysteriously healed bird leads to people suddenly cured of their misery and misfortune all over town. But the overwhelming crush of notoriety and press attention soon takes its toll on Sara. Will her family be able to save their miracle girl before it's too late?
Author
Publisher
Sentinel
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Identity politics are beginning to encroach on every aspect of life. Civil liberties are increasingly seen as a threat to "safety". Progressives marginalize conservative, traditional Christians, and other dissenters. Technology and consumerism hastens the possibility of a corporate surveillance state. And the pandemic, having put millions out of work, leaves our country especially vulnerable to demagogic manipulation. Dreher draws on the wisdom of...
4) Left behind
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After the Rapture occurs, a pilot must struggle to keep control of a plane while his family on the ground tries to deal with the effects of millions of Christians disappearing.
5) Silence
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Two priests travel to Japan to find their missing mentor and spread Catholicism.
Author
Publisher
Gospel Light
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
While growing older certainly has its benefits, its downside poses big challenges. Physical decline; loss of spouses, relatives, and friends; memory lapses; feelings of inadequacy or uselessness - such things can give us those "senior moments" that sidetrack us with fear and worry. In this sequel to her bestselling book, Karen O'Connor brings even more encouragement to people in their golden years, prompting them to reflect, laugh, play, and take...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Growing up in a deeply evangelical family in the Midwest in the '80s and '90s, Sarah McCammon was strictly taught to fear God, obey him, and not question the faith. Persistently worried that her gay grandfather would go to hell unless she could reach him, or that her Muslim friend would need to be converted, and that she, too, would go to hell if she did not believe fervently enough, McCammon was a rule-follower and--most of the time--a true believer....
Author
Publisher
B&H Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Do you enter every holiday wanting it to be meaningful, only to find that it feels chaotic with no direction? We set New Year's goals we can't keep, struggle to love or be loved on Valentine's Day, and find it hard to celebrate the risen Jesus when we are searching for the perfect Easter dress. Our summer and back-to-school seasons are whirlwinds, even as adults; we aren't quite sure what to do with Halloween as Christians; and we feel less than...
Author
Publisher
Baker Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Tens of millions of Christians live in China today, many of them leading double lives or in hiding from a government that relentlessly persecutes them. Bob Fu, whom the Wall Street Journal called "The pastor of China's underground railroad," is fighting to protect his fellow believers from persecution, imprisonment, and even death. God's Double Agent is his fascinating and riveting story. Bob Fu is indeed God's double agent. By day Fu worked as a...
13) This is our time
Publisher
Pure Flix
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After their college graduation, five friends look forward to living their lives and spreading God's word, but when they face a devastating loss they struggle to keep their faith.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Yasmeen Khoury is unhappy that her family has moved from Detroit to San Antonio, Texas, leaving her friends and Arab Christian community behind; from the very first day at school Yasmeen feels completely isolated and out of place, but she slowly makes friends with a Mexican boy, Carlos, and her Jewish neighbor, Ayelet Cohen, although she feels like she has to hide these friendships, especially from her Palestinian father, a native...
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Rivka is a twelve-year-old Jewish girl whose life is forever changed when her father suddenly dies. She is forced to move in with her traditional Jewish relatives and to attend their synagogue. Along the way, Rivka learns life lessons that take her faith to new a new level.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"From an esteemed scholar of American religion and sexuality, a sweeping account of the century of religious conflict that produced our culture wars Gay marriage, transgender rights, birth control--sex is at the heart of many of the most divisive political issues of our age. The origins of these conflicts, historian R. Marie Griffith argues, lie in sharp disagreements that emerged among American Christians a century ago. From the 1920s onward, a once-solid...
Author
Publisher
Multnomah
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In this taut thriller that imagines a near-future America following the decline of the Religious Right, where the Christ-followers who have anticipated a rising intolerance for their beliefs for decades find out they're right after all"--
Publisher
Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A collection of 101 true personal stories in which the contributors recount miracles that have happened to them and attribute the miracles to God, Jesus, or other Christian entities to whom they prayed. Stories are about instances of miraculous healing, answered prayers, divine intervention, faith, and divine appointments.
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