The Other Six Days: Vocation, Work, and Ministry in Biblical Perspective
By: R. Paul Stevens
3.88
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Throughout history the church has been composed of two types of people—those who “do” ministry and …
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1. Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
By: Gary L. Thomas
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Happy is good. Holy is better. Your marriage is more than a sacred covenant with another person. I… read more
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"Any mature, spiritually sensitive view of marriage must be built on the foundation of mature love rather than romanticism. But this immediately casts us into a countercultural pursuit."-Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
"Heloise learned to love Abelard solely for who he was. That forbidden love brought her nothing but pain, but she would rather have shame and pain with Abelard than peace and happiness without him."-Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
"Contempt is born when we fixate on our spouse’s weaknesses. Every spouse has these sore points. If you want to find them, without a doubt you will. If you want to obsess about them, they’ll grow – bu…"-Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
"The mature response, however, is not to leave; it's to change -- ourselves. Whenever marital dissatisfaction rears its head in my marriage -- as it does in virtually every marriage -- I simply check …"-Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
2. Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured World
By: Serene Jones
4.18
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
This substantive collection of essays by Serene Jones explores recent works in the field of trauma … read more
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3. Invisible Man
By: Ralph Ellison
3.91
Format: 581 pages, Paperback
First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare… read more
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"When I discover who I am, I’ll be free."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"You're very insistent, but I'm very busy."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"I could hardly get to sleep for dreaming of revenge."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"They could laugh at him but they couldn't ignore him"-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
4. Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
By: Richard J. Foster
3.77
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
Richard J. Foster's Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growthis hailed by many as the… read more
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5. In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
By: Peter A. Levine , Gabor Maté
3.18
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
**Unraveling Trauma in the Body, Brain and Mind--a Revolution in Treatment** In this culmination of… read more
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6. God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life
By: Gene Edward Veith Jr.
4.33
Format: 25 pages, Paperback
When you understand it properly, the doctrine of vocation--"doing everything for God's glory"--is n… read more
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7. American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation
By: Jon Meacham
4.32
Format: 650 pages, Hardcover
The American Gospel-literally, the good news about America-is that religion shapes our public life … read more
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8. The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery
By: David G. Benner
3.89
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Recipient of the Award of Merit in the Personal Growth/Individual Category of The Word Guild 2005 C… read more
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9. The Healing Path: How the Hurts in Your Past Can Lead You to a More Abundant Life
By: Dan B. Allender
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Don't Waste Your Pain None of us escapes the heartache and disappointments of life. To live is to h… read more
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10. Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
By: Sue Johnson
4.50
Format: 158 pages, Hardcover
Heralded by the New York Timesand Timeas the couples therapy with the highest rate of success, Emot… read more
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11. Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
3.71
Format: 435 pages, Paperback
Initially written for a Jewish friend, Life of the Beloved has become Henri Nouwen's greatest legac… read more
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12. Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy
By: Francine Shapiro
4.09
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A totally accessible user's guide from the creator of a scientifically proven form of psychotherapy… read more
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13. The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.42
Format: 139 pages, Hardcover
Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a … read more
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"If we say, 'I believe in Jesus,' but it doesn't affect the way we live, the answer is not that now we need to add hard work to our faith so much as that we haven't truly understood or believed in Jes…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
"Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn't mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting th…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
"The targets of this story are not "wayward sinners" but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not so much with immoral outsiders as with moral insiders. H wants to …"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
"I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace? She replied something like this: "If I was saved by my good works -- then there would be a limit to what God could ask of me or put me throug…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
14. The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family
By: None
2.00
Format: 28 pages, Paperback
The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, … read more
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15. The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
4.00
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
The Wounded Healeris a hope-filled and simple book that speaks directly to those men and women who … read more
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16. The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization
By: Vishal Mangalwadi , None
4.34
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Understand where we came from. Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its rele… read more
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17. Murtagh (The Inheritance Cycle, #5)
By: Christopher Paolini
4.17
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World … read more
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18. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
By: Susan Cain
3.98
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bitte… read more
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"Everything that you love, you will eventually lose. But in the end, love will return in a different form."-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
"The place you suffer is the place you care. You hurt because you care. Therefore, the best response to pain is to dive deeper into your caring."-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
"The third answer is the most difficult one to grasp, but it's also the one that can save you. The love you lost, or the love you wished for and never had: That love exists eternally. It shifts its sh…"-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
19. How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now
By: James K.A. Smith
4.29
Format: 189 pages, Hardcover
Many Christians are disconnected from the past or imagine they are "above" history, immune to it, a… read more
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20. Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.60
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller outlines the reasons why forgiveness ha… read more
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21. Providence
By: John Piper
4.70
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
New from Bestselling Author John Piper From Genesis to Revelation, the providence of God directs th… read more
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22. The Second Mountain
By: David Brooks
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In The Second Mountain, David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning an… read more
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"If you can create a social movement that people want to join, they will bend their energies and ideas to you."-David Brooks, The Second Mountain
"People in the valley have been broken open. They have been reminded that they are not just the parts of themselves that they put on display."-David Brooks, The Second Mountain
"Thus, the most complete definition of a commitment is this: falling in love with something and then building a structure of behavior around it for those moments when love falters."-David Brooks, The Second Mountain
"The people who are made larger by suffering go on to stage two small rebellions. First, they rebel against their ego ideal. .. down in the valley, they lose interest in their ego ideal"-David Brooks, The Second Mountain
23. Wisdom of Your Body
By: Hillary L. McBride
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Many of us have a complicated relationship with our body.Maybe you've been made to feel ashamed of … read more
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"She cupped her hands around the remnant flame of spirit inside me, protecting the flickering light until it grew stronger, and then placed my own hands around the flame and made me the protector of t…"-Hillary L. McBride, Wisdom of Your Body
"Transcendence is beautiful, but I'm not convinced it's the full picture. One of my psychology professors used to remind us that if there are only two options and one of them is bad, then we aren't se…"-Hillary L. McBride, Wisdom of Your Body
24. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
By: Nijay K. Gupta
4.35
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more
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25. Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation
By: Janina Fisher
4.53
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors integrates a neurobiologically informed understan… read more
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26. The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World
By: Andy Crouch
4.06
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A deeply reflective primer on creating meaningful connections, rebuilding abundant communities, and… read more
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"In our deepest hearts we know that being charmed is unreal. All our lives, what we really have been looking for is blessing. We once lay on a mother’s breast, looking for a face. We were not looking …"-Andy Crouch, The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World
27. In Our Lives First: Meditations for Counselors
By: Diane Langberg
4.60
Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition
In Our Lives First: Meditations for Counselors is a collection of six week’s worth of readings abou… read more
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28. Attachment Theory in Practice: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Individuals, Couples, and Families
By: Susan M. Johnson
4.38
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on cutting-edge research on adult attachment--and providing an innovative roadmap for clini… read more
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29. Embodying Integration: A Fresh Look at Christianity in the Therapy Room (Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books)
By: Megan Anna Neff
4.32
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Discussing spirituality and religion in the therapy room is increasingly accepted, some even forget… read more
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30. How to Heal Our Racial Divide: What the Bible Says, and the First Christians Knew, about Racial Reconciliation
By: Derwin L. Gray
4.52
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Why must everything be so black and white? Like many of us, Derwin Gray is weary of the racial divi… read more
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31. The Other Six Days: Vocation, Work, and Ministry in Biblical Perspective
By: R. Paul Stevens
3.88
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Throughout history the church has been composed of two types of people—those who “do” ministry and … read more
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