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Human beings were created to reflect the image of God—but only to a limited extent. Although we share important attributes with God (love, mercy, compassion, etc.), there are other qualities that only God possesses, such as unlimited power, knowledge, and authority. At the root of all sin is our rebellious desire to be like God in such ways—a desire that first manifested itself in the garden of Eden. In None Like Him, Jen Wilkin leads us on a...
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What does it feel like to be loved by a limitless God? God for the Rest of Us, will wake you up to the outrageous, extravagant, and sometimes even scandalous love of God for the rest of us, whether you think you are unfit or a misfit, an underdog or overlooked, the least or the lost, the left behind or the left out. Vince Antonucci, a pastor who reaches out to people on the Las Vegas Strip, has seen it all, and more important, he has seen God's love...
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"Children who are introduced to God, through attending church or having loved ones who speak often about God, often have a lot of questions, including this ever-popular one: What is God like? The late Rachel Held Evans loved the Bible and loved showing God's love through the words and pictures found in that ancient text. Through these pictures from the Bible, children see that God is like a shepherd, God is like a star, God is like a gardener, God...
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"Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller uncovers the moving, provocative, and urgent message within the book of Jonah and at the heart of the Christian faith. Most people, even those who are nonreligious, are familiar with the book of Jonah: a rebellious prophet defies God and is swallowed by a whale. Less familiar to most people is the second half of this Biblical story--what happens after Jonah is released from the belly of...
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"Theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland draws on her journey to dismantle the cultural "whitemalegod" and discover the Sacred Black Feminine, weaving together personal story and research to introduce a Black Female God who imbues us with hope, trust, and presence"--
10) The case for God
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Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality. While noting that the changing face of the world has necessarily changed the importance of religion at both the societal and the individual level, she makes a powerful, convincing argument for drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously...
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A young boy asks his grandma where God is in their city. She responds that where he sees such things as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control, God is there. As he goes about an ordinary day in the city, the boy sees God's Spirit at work all around him.
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When hope of a cure is unearthed after three hundred years, the weathered Captain Ford Taylor and young Corporal James Bell must journey through an American Inland long overtaken by the roaming corpses of the living dead. After secret betrayals are brought against them in an allied outpost, adventure whisks them off into the depths of the Inland wilds, there to meet new friends, encounter ruthless enemies, and discover the truth of the hidden world...
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""Perhaps God isn't giving me the plan because He wants me to be the plan." This was the aha moment Mike Donehey--lead singer and song writer for Tenth Avenue North--had after years of wrestling with his obsession to know god's specific plans for his life. he came to the realization that waiting for absolute certainty from God before making decisions may seem uber-spiritual, but it can lead to a life of intense stress, paralyzing fear, and crushing...
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Based on her bestselling book Made to Crave, but now distilled down for busy readers, Lysa TerKeurst offers a new perspective to all those stuck in the cycle of losing weight but then gaining it back, equipping readers with the deeper spiritual and emotional motivation they need to make lasting changes.
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"God still speaks. Do you know how to hear His voice? The voice that spoke the cosmos into existence is the same voice that parted the Red Sea and made the sun stand still in the midday sky. One day this voice will make all things new, but it's also speaking to you now! That voice is God's voice, and what we've learned from Scripture is that He often speaks in a whisper. Not to make it difficult to hear Him, but to draw us close. Many people have...
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"Philip Yancey has a gift for articulating the knotty issues of faith. In this 25th Anniversary Edition of Disappointment with Gid he poses three questions that Christians wonder about but seldom ask aloud: Is God unfair? Is he silent? Is he hidden?"--Provided by publisher.
17) Good Good Father
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"When his town is in trouble, a little bear named Tucker doubts why the King would have time for him and if he would really offer help. Just as Tucker is about to give up, the King runs to him offering love, acceptance, and help, assuring the reader that God truly is a Good Good Father and they are loved by Him"--
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For a lot of people, the biggest question about God is not, surprisingly enough, whether He exists. Instead, it is about whether God is truly good. Dinesh D'Souza, in his debates with leading atheists, quickly realized that many of those debates revolved around the question of evil in this world—how God could create a world that allowed such suffering and evil.
In What's So Great about God, Dinesh D'Souza takes these questions head-on:
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Millions of people around the world have reported a near-death experience. Do they prove the existence of a loving God? Never in history, until now, have we been able to hear from so many people around the world who have been brought back from clinical death. Modern medical resuscitation and digital communication have revealed a goldmine of intriguing near-death experiences (NDEs) that show us the character of God. John Burke has spent the last three...
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"Can we truly find peace and even blessing amid the chaos, the disappointments, and the other messes that life brings our way? Life is often messy. We hear people say, "My life is a mess," or "This situation is a mess." What they mean is that life has become difficult, painful or confusing. But God never promised us a trouble-free life. In fact, His Word tells us to expect the opposite. In John 16:33, Jesus says, "In this world you will have trouble....