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The New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your Head provides a revolutionary path to embracing a healthy relationship with your emotions, one that leads to life-giving connection with God and others as well as to a richer understanding of yourself.
How often have you heard, “Don’t let your emotions get the best of you”? But what if instead of ignoring our feelings, we noticed them, named them, and let God use them to draw us closer...
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What is gratitude? Where does it come from? Why do we need it? How does it change us?
In Gratitude , award-winning author Cornelius Plantinga explores these questions and more. Celebrating the role of gratitude in our lives, Plantinga makes the case that it is the very key to understanding our relationships with one another, the world around us, and God.
Going deeper than mindfulness and positive psychology, Plantinga explores gratitude in a theologically...
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"How Do Christian Parents Keep Up with Their Children's Screen Consumption? The expert media staff at Plugged In have compiled a must-read resource to help you understand the media your children consume. Years of researching and analyzing the latest media trends are compiled in Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family. Offering practical advice and strategies to help your children navigate the ever-changing landscape of pop culture, Becoming a Screen Savvy...
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In this highly useful book, Earl S. Johnson, Jr. explores the role of the deacon in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The author explains the freedom for churches to define the roles of deacons while also supplying many helpful suggestions. Johnson examines the ministry as it is described in sections of the Book of Order and analyzes how the word "deacon" is used in Scripture. In addition, Johnson provides historical information regarding the inclusion...
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This accessible resource on the Presbyterian ruling elder is especially designed for those considering becoming ruling elders and those who have been elected to this ordered ministry. It explains the meaning of the term "ruling elder� and the qualifications and duties of this ministry. The book goes on to explore the relationship of ruling elders to other elders, the role of the ruling elder on session and in the presbytery, and the relationships...
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Do you ever get a glimpse of yourself that is exactly who you want to be, but always seems just out of reach? The happier, kinder, less stressed, more courageous you? The ideal version of you isn't imaginary at all. It's actually the authentic you trying to break through. And it’s not a future version of yourself you have to chase. The true you may be new to you, but it’s not new to God. It's the you he knew all along.-Amazon.
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"For anyone who struggles with the limits of life--such as time, energy, money, and opportunities--Sara Hagerty eloquently explores The Gift of Limitations as she guides readers to embrace limits as a way to draw closer to God"--
Are you feeling stretched to your limits and wish those limits weren't there at all? Bestselling author Sara Hagerty " What if your greatest weaknesses--the areas of your life you resent the most, the places where you feel...
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"In a literary showdown with the Four Horsemen of the New Atheism--Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Sam Harris--Metaxas neatly skewers them with their own swords. Along the way he presents breathtaking evidence from the fields ofarchaeology, nanoscience, and quantum physics that overwhelmingly confirms the accounts of creation in the ancient Hebrew scriptures. He also spotlights the stories of some of the best scientists...
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"In hard seasons, it's easy to feel lonely, lost, unsure, stuck, and even flat-out unhappy. Is Everyone Happier Than Me? by Sarah Bragg provides practical and relatable answers to the questions you've likely been asking about your life, and poses a few more, to help you figure out what's standing in the way of your happiness, peace, and connection"--
The point where you feel like your life is unraveling can actually be a place of unimaginable growth--an...
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The genesis for this book/The Christian Faith began over 30 years ago when an extensive study and review of Christianity and it's core teachings began as a simple quest to know what it means to be a Christian, and what are the essential truths and doctrines of orthodox Christianity. This proved to be a tedious and lengthy journey that meant hundreds of hours researching and examining key words and scriptures in the Bible (both Catholic & Protestant)...
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The Bible contains many stories of what might be called 'bit players'; those who appear briefly, sometimes only for a few verses, and are not central to the narrative, but who still play a significant role. These old stories feature and were written by people with whom we share a common humanity and whose encounters with God have much to teach us. In their stories we see something of our own stories and, if we listen aright, we can hear the divine...
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El cristiano acude a la oración para transformar su corazón y hacerlo más parecido al de Jesús, tratando de amar como Él ama.
Pero ¿cómo es el Corazón de Jesús? Él mismo nos lo mostró en el Sermón de la Montaña, cuando explicó las Bienaventuranzas: son una descripción, una radiografía de su Corazón, y también una escuela para aprender a amar con un corazón nuevo.
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In this New York Times bestseller, David Limbaugh exposes the liberal hypocrisy of promoting political correctness while discriminating against Christianity. From the elimination of school prayer to the eradication of the story of Christianity from history textbooks, this persuasive book shows that our social engineers inculcate hostility toward this religion and its values in the name of "diversity," "tolerance," and "multiculturalism." Through court...
16) Reinventing Anglicanism: A Vision of Confidence, Community and Engagement in Anglican Christianity
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Anglicanism world-wide faces many problems in the post-Empire era. Churches that were originally founded as colonial and missionary outposts by Great Britain and the United States have now become autonomous Anglican provinces; and what used to be a predominantly white, Anglo-Saxon group of churches in the northern hemisphere has become a truly global community, most of whose members live in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific. Using the experience...
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In a world plagued by calamity and turmoil, it's hard to ignore the undeniable sense that something is profoundly wrong. Each passing day brings a new wave of chaos and upheaval, as political, social, economic, environmental, and health crises intertwine, creating an unspeakable and disturbing scene. Amidst this grim reality, a glimmer of hope emerges.
Chariot Wheels in Motion: The Three Angels' Messages unveils a story that not only acknowledges...
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The lessons in this book are those Schmidt did not and probably could not have learned in school. They aren't so much facts and concepts as states of mind and acts of will. Most of the lessons contained in the book came to the author through trial and error and reflecting on mistakes and misunderstandings. Some emerged out of a time and pain and disillusionment. It is when a relationship is strained, a project botched, or an idea scorned that creative...
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¿Cómo se ha caído en la cultura del abuso? ¿Cómo escapar de ella? El autor, que ha recibido encargos del Vaticano para prevenir sus efectos, señala el individualismo como síntoma más característico de una relación enferma.
Una relación equilibrada con los demás y con Dios honra la propia dignidad y el carácter sagrado de todo ser humano. Para alcanzar ese equilibrio es necesario avanzar en la propia madurez humana, afectiva y espiritual,...
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Una mujer de Samaria, entre Galilea y Judea, atraviesa una situación de dolor y discriminación social. Su pueblo es despreciado por los judíos, y ella es, además, despreciada entre los suyos. Su corazón está confuso. Pero un encuentro casual va a cambiarlo todo en un instante...
Muchos creyentes también están hoy confusos, con un Dios confeccionado a su medida, y buscan, insatisfechos, un camino que no dependa de opiniones y teorías: ese...
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