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hardcoverShaking the System
What I Learned from the Great American Reform Movements
by Tim Stafford
Saving the environment. Helping the poor. Stopping abortion. Feeding the hungry. Increasing fair trade. Eliminating pornography. Ending racism. Thousands are active today seeking to make the world a better place. It is a great American tradition that goes back hundreds of years. Sometimes such reform movements were very effective and sometimes they weren't. What made the difference? How come some ...
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paperbackUnlost
Being Found by the One We Are Looking For
by Michael Hidalgo
- 2014 Readers' Choice Award Winner
Michael Hidalgo writes: "I grew up in a Christianized world. I always attended Christian schools, and after high school, I even went to a Bible school for a year before eventually going to a Christian college. All the while, I was never interested in what others thought I should do and not do. I never really saw myself as a bad ...
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paperbackC. Stacey Woods and the Evangelical Rediscovery of the University
by A. Donald MacLeod
- The Word Guild 2008 Canadian Christian Writing Awards winner
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paperbackThe Fabric of Faithfulness
Weaving Together Belief and Behavior
by Steven Garber
Voted one of Christianity Today's Books of the Year
All kinds of important choices are made during the college years. Young men and women explore what they really believe about the nature of the world and the purpose of life. They choose their work. They build friendships or even choose to marry. They develop goals and adopt habits that may very well last a lifetime.
Yet ...
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paperbackGrow Your Christian Life
by InterVarsity Staff
Let's face it. Being a Christian isn't easy. The world sure isn't out to help you. Sometimes neither are friends or family. Money, job, studies, bills, career, fun and the future all compete for your time and energy. If God is going to have a say in all this, you're going to need all the help you can get. That's where this book comes in. It provides you with a 30-minute daily workout with God. ...
Number of Studies: 84
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paperbackKnowing God's Will
Finding Guidance for Personal Decisions
by M. Blaine Smith
How can we discover God's will for the complicated decisions of time, money, relationships, education and career? How do we know which is best among a variety of "good" options? In this updated and substantially expanded edition, M. Blaine Smith shows how God unfolds his plan for our lives—through the Bible, prayer, reason, abilities, circumstances, desire and the counsel of others. He packs each ...
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paperbackDiscipleship of the Mind
by James W. Sire
Christians who are serious about their faith want to love God with all that they are -- heart and mind and strength. Books abound on the devotional life, on commitment, on evangelism and practical Christian living, but few take up what it means to love God with our minds. How do we learn to honor God in the ways we think? James Sire blazes a trail for Christians concerned about the discipleship ...
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paperbackModern Orthodox Thinkers
From the Philokalia to the Present
by Andrew Louth
Andrew Louth, one of the most respected authorities on Orthodoxy, introduces us to twenty key thinkers from the last two centuries. He begins with the Philokalia, the influential Orthodox collection published in 1782 which marked so many subsequent writers. The colorful characters, poets and thinkers who populate this book range from Romania, Serbia, Greece, England, France and also include ...
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paperbackReal Life
A Christianity Worth Living Out
by James Choung
What does it mean to follow Jesus? And how should we help others become more like him? Once upon a time, being a Christian seemed clear. Say these words, pray these prayers, do these things. But out in the real world, following Jesus feels more nebulous. What's the point? That's Stephen's struggle in these pages as he wonders if he has missed his calling. In this compelling narrative, James Choung ...
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paperbackJohn Calvin: A Pilgrim's Life
by Herman J. Selderhuis
There are many biographies of John Calvin, the theologian--some villifying him and others extolling his virtues--but few that reveal John Calvin, the man. Professor and renowned Reformation historian Herman Selderhuis has written this book to bring Calvin near to the reader, showing him as a man who had an impressive impact on the development of the Western world, but who was first of all a believer ...
