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Finley Hart is sent to her grandparents' house for the summer, but her anxiety and overwhelmingly sad days continue until she escapes into her writings which soon turn mysteriously real and she realizes she must save this magical world in order to save herself.
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The Let My People Go handbook is a practical guide to equip churches to love their most vulnerable neighbors. The name, Let My People Go, recalls the words of Moses as he spoke to those who had enslaved his people. Moses called for holistic freedom, freedom from physical and spiritual bondage. It's the authors' prayer that this guide would help you and your church take up this mantle of liberty in your community.
Human trafficking is the exploitation...
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Laudate Deum: the Pope's cry for a response to the climate crisis. In continuity with his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si, the Pope Francis went further to clarify and bring to completion his previous text on integral ecology, while at the same time sounding an alarm that our power and the progress we are producing are turning against us, and calls for co-responsibility, in the face of the climate emergency.
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Which Gospel are you following?
In the United States, the Prosperity Gospel’s tenets, spread widely by many Protestant preachers, have crept into the Catholic Church. Where did the “Prosperity” Gospel come from? And how has it embedded itself so deeply in this country?
In this book, Thomas Storck demonstrates the deep roots that the unrestrained desire for gain has in this country. He argues that the exclusion of serious religious discourse...
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Many people today desire a simple life that is closely connected to land, whether it be gardening, farming, or ranching. There is a spiritual draw to a non-consumeristic lifestyle that places God, the family, and the home at the center of all activity. This "agrarian conversion" has led many families to seek out rural communities and leave behind the suburban life.
Over ten years ago two Catholic friends, Jason M. Craig and Thomas D Van Horn, experienced...
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Desire for beauty is at the heart of human existence. Some find this meaning out of their religious or spiritual perspective. Some find it at the edge of their traditions. And others find it outside any recognizable tradition. This book speaks especially to the second and third groups of people.
Desire releases us to explore difference, and to honor alternatives. Desire shapes our lives in unique ways. It centers our energies for personal and relational...
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Hard choices lie ahead, Christians. The bestselling team of James Robison and Jay Richards show what's at stake in our post-Christian society, how to prepare, and why we must never forget that the battle, above all, is spiritual.
Our rulers have kicked aside our Constitution and common sense. They have demonized our heroes. Now they're trying to erase the difference between male and female. All while running up unimaginable and catastrophic debt....
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In Free Inside and Out, Marilyn Meberg and Luci Swindoll remind you that God's grace is your source of freedom, and that you can claim that freedom right now, no matter what your circumstances.
Two very different women offer insights on what freedom really means and show you how to:
• find freedom by getting to know and like yourself
• escape from the prison of past pain, personal flaws, and old wounds
• understand the free gift of grace God...
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The world is full of good-hearted heathens, those who love people and those who want to do good in the world. They're not against Godâ€"they just have little use for church. Church is boring and hypocritical. Plus, who wants to sit through a sermon every week? But while organized religion doesn't appeal to them, these heathens long for a connection to something bigger than themselves: meaning, community, mission.
Pastor Jerry Herships leads...
11) Avoiding Harm
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Research scholars have lamented the fact that most of the extant studies on religious responses to the COVID-19 pandemic focus on a particular religious group, typically Christian. This book fills this lacuna by providing some useful insights into how one Muslim religious institution responded to the pandemic. It portrays the sermons, advice, and guidance provided to the Claremont Main Road Mosque (CMRM) congregation in Cape Town, South Africa, by...
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A year-long devotional that explores the Godly principles on which our country was founded.
Experience gratitude for country and love of God with this 365-day journey through America's historical events as Dr. Richard Lee introduces the people who established and shaped our nation, and teaches the Godly principles on which it was founded. Each devotional is followed by a Patriot Prayer and Promise. Scripture is taken from the New King James Version...
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There is a humanitarian disaster unfolding before our eyes, a global tragedy that affects men, women, and children. We are referring to the largest humanitarian crisis of our generation, which has shaped our world and produced over 100 million people forcibly displaced globally.
Amid such a challenging scenario, the global church is called to consider some unavoidable questions, such as: How can Christians respond to the current migration crisis?...
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This is a true story of a family living in the Ukraine during the political unrest of the 1930s. Come with me and imagine yourself walking in their shoes. Allow yourself to taste the insecurity, fear, and desperation engulfing a family struggling to survive in unspeakable conditions in the face of an evil regime. Then, experience the overwhelming peace that comes only from the presence of Jesus and His Angel Armies, the provision, deliverance, and...
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To show the world you're a good person, and also to avoid getting canceled and having your life ruined by a Twitter mob-you need to get WOKE. In The Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness, the writers of satirical sensation The Babylon Bee tell you how to choose your pronouns, blame everyone else for your problems, and show the world how virtuous you are with virtue-signaling profile pictures and stunning and brave hashtags. A tongue-in-cheek guide to the...
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Combining scripture, quotes, and brief but powerful meditations, readers will discover the greatest gift that Jesus Christ offers to us is found in eternal life, but there are so many more things He has done for us - and does for us - when we enter into relationship with Him-
Jesus gives us the gift of guidance
Jesus gives us the gift of healing
Jesus gives us the gift of comfort
Jesus gives us the gift of courage
Jesus gives us the gift of...
17) My pet human
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A cat that enjoys his carefree life gets some treats and backrubs from the humans who have just moved into his favorite abandoned house, then sets out to train them properly, all the while protesting to his friends that he has no interest in being tied down as a human pet.
18) The hike
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Three friends set out on a day hike to explore their local forest, intending to climb to the top of the hill, where they will plant a flag, read a poem, and release feathers into the wind.
"The Hike is a plucky and sweet adventure story about three intrepid young female explorers set out to conquer the outdoors in their local forest. Here is the best and worst of any hike: from picnics to puffing and panting, deer-sighting to detours. This spirited...
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What motivates people to work for justice? Recent studies have moved away from an emphasis on specific principles and toward an understanding of social and cultural forces. But what about times in history when distinct ideas were critical for positive change?
The pre-Civil War abolitionist movement represents one such time. During an era when race-based slavery was buttressed by the machinery of civil law, many people developed arguments for freedom...
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From the satirical minds behind the viral sensation “The Babylon Bee” comes the latest installment of its guide series. This looks at the two "original gangsta" genders-male and female-shows us the progressively insane slide into the multiplying number of genders that has lately been spiraling out of control.
“The Babylon Bee Guide” explores the whole colorful rainbow of genders. Men! Women! And millions more! Featuring gorgeous custom artwork,...
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