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The #MeToo movement is a global phenomenon.
Several Christian organizations have been engaging with issues of abuse against women in places like Africa and Asia. Much of this happens among internally displaced or external refugees.
I was reared in a New Delhi slum, and saw much of the horrors of human trafficking among the low caste and outcaste people among whom I lived.
These kinds of atrocities against girls and women--internally displaced...
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Get the Summary of Timothy Keller's Hope in Times of Fear in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: She turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. (John 20:14)
Hope in the Time of Fear is a book that unlocks the meaning of Jesus's resurrection for readers. Easter is considered the most solemn and important holiday for Christians. It is a time of spiritual...
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Get the Summary of Kaira Jewel Lingo's We Were Made for These Times in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
We all go through times, when it feels like the ground is being pulled out from under us. What we relied on as steady and solid may change or even appear to vanish. In this era of global disruption, threats to our individual, social, and planetary safety abound, and at times, life can feel overwhelming. Not...
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Get the Summary of Brant James Pitre's Introduction to the Spiritual Life in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
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The path of following Jesus is an ancient and storied spiritual tradition. Yet many believers are not familiar with the three major forms of prayer and the three stages of spiritual growth that exist to bring them closer to God.
In his most personal book yet, Dr. Brant Pitre...
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Get the Summary of Dane C. Ortlund's Gentle and Lowly in 20-minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Christians can easily feel that Jesus is perpetually disappointed and frustrated, maybe even close to giving up on them. They know what Christ has done for them, but who is he? How does he feel about his people amid all their sins and failures?
In Matthew 11, Jesus describes himself as "gentle and...
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Life hurts when it is experienced through the flames of tragedy, but there is hope. There are answers. There is a purpose for it all. Todd had the perfect life: a thriving ministry, a happy and healthy family, and a bright future. All of it was interrupted when his oldest daughter, Makenzie, was killed in a traffic accident. Needing to heal, Todd took a leave of absence from ministry and went to work for a friends company that refines gold and silver....
11) I Didn't Know
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In times of struggle or adversity we often find ourselves alone, at least that is how we feel. As we lean on God's understanding we come to the realization that He is always with us. He leads us and guides us. He offers us protection and wisdom. He always offers us a way to make the right choices, godly choices. The decisions we make today affect, not only our lives but the lives of our children, and our grandchildren. God is our comforter through...
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Get the Summary of Jason Wilson's Battle Cry in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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For decades Jason Wilson was losing the war within- the internal battle that many men wage daily, but were never taught how to win. As a result, he could not combat his toxic thoughts and emotions. Instead, he was conquered by them and communicated without composure- hurting those he loved and himself....
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Get the Summary of Philip Yancey's Where the Light Fell in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Raised by an impoverished widow who earned room and board as a Bible teacher in 1950s Atlanta, Philip Yancey and his brother, Marshall, found ways to venture out beyond the confines of their eight-foot-wide trailer. But when Yancey was in college, he uncovered a shocking secret about his father's...
14) Once Upon a Time
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I wrote a book about moments. I titled it Once Upon A Time mainly because in remembering the moments I was writing about, I was reimagining life as a dream. It is not about a made-up fantasy I wished to live, but about a very real one that I saw as a dream, as a "once upon a time," seeing its "happily ever after." It is not about heaven but about earth, about everything glorious and heavenly from this earth I live in. It is about sins and dirt. It...
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Get the Summary of Thich Nhat Hanh's “Peace Is Every Step” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. A ringing telephone can be...
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Get the Summary of Donald H. Calloway's Consecration to St. Joseph in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In the midst of crisis, confusion, and a world at war with the Church, it's time to come home again to our spiritual father, St. Joseph. In this richly researched and lovingly presented program of consecration to St. Joseph, Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, brings to life the wonders, the power,...
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Get the Summary of Eric Metaxas' Is Atheism Dead? in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
Original book introduction: Is Atheism Dead? is a highly entertaining, impressively wide-ranging, and decidedly provocative answer to that famous 1966 TIME cover that itself provocatively asked "Is God Dead?" In a voice that is by turns witty, muscular, and poetic, Metaxas echoes C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton in cheerfully and...
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Get the Summary of Malcolm X and Alex Haley's The Autobiography of Malcolm X in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies...
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El Papa Francisco, es símbolo de la pobreza, la humildad, la sencillez y la reconstrucción de la Iglesia Católica. Desde su nombramiento ha venido rompiendo esquemas del vaticano, manejándose con una austeridad absoluta, sorprendiendo al mundo entero con su doctrina incluyente hacia todas las religiones. En este libro encontrará una semblanza anecdótica del Papa que nos ayuda a comprender el porqué de su actuar y sus sentimientos. También...
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La Escritura dice: "De todo esto habló Jesús con la gente por parábolas... para que se cumpliera lo dicho por el profeta: Abriré mi boca y en parábolas hablaré de cosas escondidas desde la fundación del mundo". Las cosas naturales fueron el medio de transmisión para lo espiritual; las cosas de la naturaleza y la experiencia de vida de sus oyentes fueron conectadas con las verdades de la Palabra escrita. Por tanto, al guiar del reino natural...
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