By: Jeffrey Bilbro
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
"Reading the morning newspaper is the realist's morning prayer."--G. W. F. Hegel Whenever we rea…
Want to Read $ 27.99"Instead of looking to the news to create better communities, we should be looking to strengthen communities so that they can create better news."-Jeffrey Bilbro, Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News
"Instead of looking to the news to create better communities, we should be looking to strengthen communities so that they can create better news."-Jeffrey Bilbro, Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News
"Don't get your news from the TV; its financial incentives are such that is almost impossible for a TV station to be anything but a frenetic peek-a-boo show."-Jeffrey Bilbro, Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News
"Don't get your news from the TV; its financial incentives are such that is almost impossible for a TV station to be anything but a frenetic peek-a-boo show."-Jeffrey Bilbro, Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News
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By: Wendell Berry
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry's seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman charac… read more
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"Time doesn't stop. Your life doesn't stop and wait until you get ready to start living it."-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
"And so I learned about grief, and about the absence and emptiness that for a long time make grief unforgettable."-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
"Living right on called for nothing out of the ordinary. We made no changes. We only accepted the changes as they came."-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
"Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me."-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
By: Ruth Reichl , Robert Farrar Capon , Deborah Madison
Format: None pages, Paperback
From a passionate and talented chef who also happens to be an Episcopalian priest comes this surpri… read more
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By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness … read more
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"God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated"-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"The Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren. Not in the former but in the latter is the lack."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
By: C.S. Lewis
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The classic Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis, the most important Christian writer of the 20th century,… read more
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"He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only."-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
"Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future."-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
"Have courage, dear heart, for there is nothing to be afraid of and never has been."-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
"Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses."-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
By: Andrew Peterson
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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"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)
By: Mark Dever
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
Before ascending to heaven, Jesus instructed his followers to "make disciples of all nations." But … read more
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By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None
Format: None pages, Paperback
A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more
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By: Charles Williams
Format: None pages, Paperback
Novelist, poet, critic, and dramatist Williams uses fiction to explore how people react when the su… read more
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By: C.S. Lewis
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more
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By: Karen Berman , Joe Knight , John Case
Format: None pages, None
Companies expect managers to use financial data to allocate resources and run their departments. Bu… read more
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"First, he evaluates a business on its long-term rather than its short-term prospects. Second, he always looks for businesses he understands. (This led him to avoid many Internet-related investments.)…"-Karen Berman, Financial Intelligence
By: Erik Larson
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Collin Hansen
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Timothy Keller takes readers behind the scenes to meet the people and understand the events that fo… read more
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By: Carl R. Trueman
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court … read more
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"[I]n the work of the New Left one finds philosophical justification for what are now intuitive commonplaces of our culture: to be free is to be sexually liberated; to be happy is to be affirmed in th…"-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
"The expressive individual is now the sexually expressive individual. And education and socialization are to be marked not by the cultivation of traditional sexual interdicts and taboos but rather by …"-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
By: Carl R. Trueman
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
From Philosophy to Technology, Tracing the Origin of Identity Politics How did the world arrive … read more
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By: Garrett M. Graff
Format: 16 pages, Audiobook
15 hours, 54 minutes Read by a 45-person cast, with Holter Graham and the author Over the pas… read more
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"We met when we were only 16, at a high school dance. When he died, we were 50. I remember how I didn't want that day to end, terrible as it was. I didn't want to go to sleep because as long as I was …"-Garrett M. Graff, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
By: Andrew Peterson
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
There’s a strong biblical connection between people and trees. They both come from dirt. They’re bo… read more
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By: Tim Alberta
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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By: Andrew Wilson
Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition
How 7 Transformational Events in 1776 Paved the Way for Today’s Post-Christian West With dizzyin… read more
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By: Beth Allison Barr
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, an… read more
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"Glorifying the past because we like the story better isn't history; it's propaganda."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"When we differentiate women because of their sex, we objectify them and deny them their humanity."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Like racism, patriarchy is a shapeshifter—conforming to each new era, looking as if it has always belonged."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Historically, one of the greatest problems for women is that we do not remember our past and we do not work together to change our future. We do not stand together. But what if we did?"-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
By: Samuel James
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
How the Habitat of Internet Technology Undermines Christian Wisdom With advancements in internet te… read more
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By: Christopher Watkin
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
*With a foreword from Tim Keller* A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a wa… read more
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By: Esau McCaulley
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black… read more
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"There is no Black faith that doesn't wrestle with the problem of evil. My reply to these questions is: We who have suffered must have some say in how that suffering is interpreted. We won the right, …"-Esau McCaulley, How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
By: Glen Scrivener
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Is Christianity history? Or is Christian history the deepest explanation of the modern world?Today … read more
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By: Anonymous
Format: 1072 pages, Kindle Edition
The HCSB was developed by 100 scholars and English stylists from 17 denominations, who prayerfully … read more
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By: Matt Smethurst
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
How Can Deacons Mobilize Service in the Church? Deacons are essential to a church’s health—yet conf… read more
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By: Steve Cuss
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
You Can Learn to Handle the Onslaught of Internal and External Pressures Does anxiety get in the wa… read more
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By: Kaitlyn Schiess
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn fro… read more
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"The Bible is not a free-floating book of ageless wisdom, an interesting historical document, or a weapon that can be put in the service of any political goal. The Bible is a gift from God to the chur…"-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
"What is government? What is the relationship between theology and politics? How should Christians think about their political participation? These questions typically get lost in our conversations. W…"-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
By: Michael Reeves
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
A Biblical Case for the Importance and Goodness of Being “Evangelical” The term evangelical is of… read more
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By: Michael Reeves
Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition
Charles Spurgeon, widely hailed as the “Prince of Preachers,” is well known for his powerful preach… read more
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By: Jeffrey Bilbro
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
"Reading the morning newspaper is the realist's morning prayer."--G. W. F. Hegel Whenever we rea… read more
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"Instead of looking to the news to create better communities, we should be looking to strengthen communities so that they can create better news."-Jeffrey Bilbro, Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News
"Don't get your news from the TV; its financial incentives are such that is almost impossible for a TV station to be anything but a frenetic peek-a-boo show."-Jeffrey Bilbro, Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News
"News-as-spectacle, whether a political scandal, a natural disaster, a terrorist attack, or almost any story is rendered by television, shapes those who consume it to be passive spectators"-Jeffrey Bilbro, Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News
"As consumers of news, we are in danger of developing a greater sense of camaraderie with those who laugh at Peter Segal's jokes or get their news from Anderson Cooper than with members of our church …"-Jeffrey Bilbro, Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News
By: Bonnie Kristian
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Christianity Today 2023 Award of Merit (Politics & Public Life) Logos 2022 Book of the Year Award (… read more
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"We've spent forty years dramatically increasing how much information the average person encounters daily, then we've made no effort to equip ourselves to handle that shift."-Bonnie Kristian, Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community
"Responsible and humane use of language in public is a skill that requires cultivation. It is not something we are born knowing, nor is it something we are all taught, though it is certainly something…"-Bonnie Kristian, Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community
"If we profess to follow Jesus, we cannot be content with our sin, nor can we withhold forgiveness and ceaselessly hurl shame. Our inclination must always be toward mercy. This isn't because Christian…"-Bonnie Kristian, Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community
"Conspiracism is always epistemic poison. this accusatory, credulous mindset, more than any individual theory, is what contributes to our epistemic crisis. it treats confirmation bias as confirmation,…"-Bonnie Kristian, Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community