Elisabeth Elliot: Joyful Surrender (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)
By: Janet Benge
4.44
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Since she was young, Elisabeth Elliot had been intrigued by missionaries who gave up so much to tel…
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1. Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II
By: Darlene Deibler Rose
4.50
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
This is the true story of a young American missionary woman's courage and triumph of faith in the j… read more
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- biography
- history
- faith
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"What you don't know cannot be beaten out of you."-Darlene Deibler Rose, Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II
"As we stepped into the large mess hall, a band began to play "The Star Spangled Banner," and Old Glory was unfurled before us. I came undone. I couldn't help it; I began to sob. This was the first Am…"-Darlene Deibler Rose, Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II
2. Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot
By: Elisabeth Elliot
4.21
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." So wrote Jim Elliot a… read more
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"Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life."-Elisabeth Elliot, Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot
"A man's thoughts dye his soul, attributed to Marcus Aurelius"-Elisabeth Elliot, Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot
"Cold prayers, like cold suitors, are seldom effective in their aims."-Elisabeth Elliot, Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot
"His enthusiasm and willingness to use what he learned made him get ahead in Spanish."-Elisabeth Elliot, Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot
3. Discipline: The Glad Surrender
By: Elisabeth Elliot
4.41
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In our age of instant gratification and if-it-feels-good-do-it attitudes, self-discipline is hardly… read more
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"Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive."-Elisabeth Elliot, Discipline: The Glad Surrender
"God will never disappoint us. He loves us and has only one purpose for us : holiness, which in His kingdom equals joy."-Elisabeth Elliot, Discipline: The Glad Surrender
"A young woman asked the great preacher Charles Spurgeon if it was possible to reconcile God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility. “Young woman,"-Elisabeth Elliot, Discipline: The Glad Surrender
"God calls me. In a deeper sense than any other species of earthbound creature, I am called. And in a deeper sense I am free, for I can ignore the call."-Elisabeth Elliot, Discipline: The Glad Surrender
4. Stepping Heavenward
By: Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
4.25
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"Stepping Heavenward" is the fictional coming of age story of a young Christian girl named Katherin… read more
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"Wondrous as it is, how simple is this mystery! To love Christ and to know that I love Him--this is all!"-Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward
"Our course heavenward is like the plan of the zealous pilgrim of old, who for every three steps forward, took one backward."-Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward
"Go home and say to yourself, ‘I am a wayward, foolish child. But He loves me! I have disobeyed and grieved Him ten thousand times. But He loves me! I have lost faith in some of my dearest friends and…"-Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward
"...God notices the most trivial act, accepts the poorest, most threadbare little service, listens to the coldest, feeblest petition, and gathers up with parental fondness all our fragmentary desires …"-Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward
5. The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great
By: Benjamin R. Merkle
4.39
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The unlikely king who saved England. Down swept the Vikings from the frigid North. Across the En… read more
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- biography
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6. Samara's Peril (Ilyon Chronicles #3)
By: Jaye L. Knight
4.16
Format: 1342 pages,
When news arrives that Emperor Daican has been in contact with his chief war strategist, it signals… read more
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7. The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.51
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
‘What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart?’ This is one of the questions the Apostle… read more
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"...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less."-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
"In other words, we are only proud of being more successful, more intelligent or more good-looking than the next person, and we are in the presence of someone who is more successful, intelligent and g…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
"Up until the 20th century, traditional cultures (and this is still true of most cultures in the world) always believed that too high a view of yourself was the root cause of all the evil in the world…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
8. The King's Scrolls (Ilyon Chronicles, #2)
By: Jaye L. Knight
3.90
Format: 49 pages, Paperback
Following the harrowing events that brought them to Landale Forest, Jace and Kyrin have settled com… read more
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9. Men of Iron
By: Howard Pyle
4.00
Format: None pages,
In seeking to avenge his unjustly accused father, young Myles Falworth is knighted and wins the fri… read more
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10. On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)
By: Andrew Peterson
4.33
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and the… read more
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- childrens
"Even if hope is just a low ember at night, in the morning you can still start a fire."-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)
"Esben Igiby was seeping into Janner’s thoughts, and there was no way to seal the leak."-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)
"But other than the cruel fangs and the constant threat of death and torture, there wasn't much to fear in Skree."-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)
"There's just something about the way he sings. It makes me think of when it snows outside, and the fire is warm, and Podo is telling us a story while you're cooking, and there's no place I'd rather b…"-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)
11. Resistance (Ilyon Chronicles, #1)
By: Jaye L. Knight
3.72
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Don't you know? Animals like you have no soul." Could God ever love a half-blood all of society lo… read more
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- christian
12. The Warden and the Wolf King (The Wingfeather Saga #4)
By: None , Andrew Peterson
3.90
Format: 205 pages,
All winter long, people in the Green Hollows have prepared for a final battle with Gnag the Nameles… read more
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13. Tramp for the Lord
By: Corrie ten Boom
4.11
Format: 500 pages,
After her release from a concentration camp, Corrie ten Boom set out to become what she calls a "tr… read more
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14. Little Pilgrim's Progress: From John Bunyan's Classic
By: Helen L. Taylor
None
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Fifty-five years ago, Helen L. Taylor took John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and simplified the voca… read more
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15. The Pilgrim's Progress
By: John Bunyan
4.06
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most ent… read more
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"Follow your heart"-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
"Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none."-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
"They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?"-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
"Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion."-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
16. Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness
By: Andrew Murray
4.38
Format: 114 pages, Paperback
When Jesus "made himself nothing...taking the nature of a servant," He modeled for all believers tr… read more
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"Humiliation is the only ladder to honoring God's Kingdom."-Andrew Murray, Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness
"Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you."-Andrew Murray, Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness
"Humility is the displacement of self by the enthronement of God."-Andrew Murray, Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness
"Humility is simply the disposition which prepares the soul for living on trust."-Andrew Murray, Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness
17. For the Children's Sake
By: Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
4.44
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Every parent and teacher wants to give their children the best education possible. Everyone would l… read more
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"Pupils whose foundations have been deeply laid on books and things, using narration to lock their knowledge in place, and who learn not for marks and prizes but because learning is its own reward... …"-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake
"No parent/home/child/teacher/school has an all-round 100 percent wholeness. We all have limitations and problems. But I must never think it is all or nothing. Perhaps I'd like to live in the country,…"-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake
18. The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle, #1)
By: Hugh Lofting , Michael Hague
3.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
Doctor John Dolittle loves animals. He loves them so much that his home and office overflow with an… read more
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19. Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control
By: Elisabeth Elliot
4.20
Format: None pages,
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20. Farmer Boy (Little House, #3)
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams
5.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Growing up on his family's farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wishes for just one thing--his very own… read more
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21. Through Gates of Splendor
By: Elisabeth Elliot
3.37
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
In 1956, five young men, including Elliot's husband, Jim, traveled into the jungles of Ecuador to e… read more
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22. Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad: The Perspective Shift That Could Completely Change the Way You Mother
By: Abbie Halberstadt
4.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER Bestselling author Abbie Halberstadt helps women see how God can us… read more
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- christian
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23. Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms
By: Justin Whitmel Earley
4.61
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond t… read more
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24. Suffering is Never for Nothing
By: Elisabeth Elliot
4.68
Format: 108 pages, Hardcover
Hard times come for all in life, with no real explanation. When we walk through suffering, it has t… read more
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"Faith is not a feeling. Faith is willed obedience in action."-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
"The love of God is not a sentiment. It is a willed and inexorable love that will command nothing less than the very best for us. The love of God wills our joy. I think of the love of God as being syn…"-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
"It’s He who was the Word before the foundation of the world, suffering as a lamb slain. And He has a lot up His sleeve that you and I haven’t the slightest idea about now. He’s told us enough so that…"-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
"We are not adrift in chaos. To me that is the most fortifying, the most stabilizing, the most peace-giving thing that I know about anything in the universe. Every time that things have seemingly fall…"-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
25. The Four-Hour School Day: How You and Your Kids Can Thrive in the Homeschool Life
By: Durenda Wilson
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Giving your child a quality education experience for a life of happiness and purpose is possible--a… read more
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- religion
26. Being Elisabeth Elliot: The Authorized Biography: Elisabeth’s Later Years
By: Ellen Vaughn
4.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a remote Amazonian indigenous pe… read more
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27. Becoming Elisabeth Elliot
By: Ellen Vaughn
4.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a violent Amazonian tribe savage… read more
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28. You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal With It
By: Rachel Jankovic
4.50
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
If "Who am I?" is the question you're asking, Rachel Jankovic doesn't want you to "find yourself" o… read more
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"Obedience to God always, always, beautifies. It always adds dimension and fullness, which are the results of living how we were meant to live. Our greatest potential will be found in our greatest obe…"-Rachel Jankovic, You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal With It
29. Elisabeth Elliot: Joyful Surrender (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)
By: Janet Benge
4.44
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Since she was young, Elisabeth Elliot had been intrigued by missionaries who gave up so much to tel… read more
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- faith
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30. Heart of God: 31 Days to Discover God's Love for You
By: Elisabeth Elliot
4.42
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
DaySpring brings you a new, never-before-published 31 day, 2022 devotional from the late Elisabeth … read more
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