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  Marriage Divorce and Remarriage...

  Jay E. Adams

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  If the church is going to use the Bible to decide whether divorce is legitimate in certain cases and whether divorced couples have the right to remarry with the approval and blessing of God’s people, then the Bible must be studied without prejudice toward a particular answer. The author examines the relevant passages in both the Old and New Testaments so that his readers can consider the many issues and interpretations that arise in trying to establish a consistently biblical position. As a result, readers can see more clearly and accept more firmly the truth of Scripture. The book succeeds at being exactly what the author wanted it to be: "a comprehensive, lucid, accurate study presented in a readable and practical style. . . ." It is a valuable resource for the pastor, counselor, church leader, and others who are struggling to understand and apply scriptural principles to the problems of divorce and remarriage.

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  Why Baby Boomers Turned from...

  Abby Day

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  Mocked, vilified, blamed, and significantly misunderstood—the "Baby Boomers" are members of the generation of post–WWII babies who came of age in the 1960s. Parents of the 1940s and 1950s raised their Boomer children to be respectable church-attendees, and yet in some ways demonstrated an ambivalence that permitted their children to spurn religion and eventually to raise their own children to be the least religious generation ever. The Baby Boomers studied here, living in the UK and Canada, were the last generation to have been routinely baptized and taken regularly to mainstream, Anglican churches. So, what went wrong—or, perhaps, right? This study, based on in-depth interviews, is the first to offer a sociological account of the sudden transition from religious parents to non-religious children and grandchildren, focusing exclusively on this generation of ex–Anglican Boomers. 
   
   
   
  The Boomers featured here make sense of their lives and the world they helped create. They discuss how they continue to disbelieve in God yet have an easy relationship with ghosts, and how they did not, as theologians often claim, fall into an immoral self-centered abyss. They also reveal here the values, practices, and beliefs they transmitted to the future generations, helping shape the nonreligious identities of Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z.

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  The Angels Among Us - How God’s...

  Dr. Marc Siegel

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  God’s messengers are walking among us. They are closer than you think. 
  As soon as Dr. Marc Siegel’s The Miracles Among Us became an instant #1 bestseller, people started coming to him with stories of divine intervention in their lives. He realized how many of these stories revolved around the sudden and providential appear­ance of just the right person or being at the right time. 
  In The Angels Among Us, Dr. Siegel shares riveting accounts of people who found themselves at a cross­roads, only to be redirected by a person—or an angelic presence—sent exactly when hope was fading. These narratives suggest that the coincidences we experience are often the hand of God working through others to pull us back from the edge. 
  There is no witness more convincing than a doc­tor who, having exhausted every clinical explanation, finds that the only remaining truth is the hand of the divine. From a lone physician fighting a deadly high-seas virus outbreak on a stranded cruise ship to a missionary surgeon performing life-saving miracles in a bare-bones Kenyan clinic to two broken men discovering a “kinship of suffering” that would birth Alcoholics Anonymous—these extraordinary true stories reveal how God’s grace works through ordi­nary human hands. 
  The Angels Among Us is a testament to the belief that, whether through a stranger’s kindness or an inex­plicable phenomenon, the Lord provides the path we need to find our way home to Him.

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  Make Time for Joy -...

  Linda Evans Shepherd

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  Does your prayer time consist of an ever-lengthening list of requests for yourself and other people? Perhaps you spend a lot of time praying for the health of family or church members, guidance for a child or grandchild, or that God would intervene in global crises. But did you know that you can pray about more than just the things in life that seem to be going wrong? In fact, you can pray that God will transform your anxious and tired heart into a joyful one! 
   
  It's time to set aside the trials of life for a while and make joy a priority. Not sure how? Let this collection of Scripture-powered prayers from beloved author Linda Evans Shepherd be your guide. Packed with prayers of gratitude, praise, and hope, this inspiring collection will change your perspective, your life, and your heart as you press into pure, God-given joy. 
   
  The perfect gift for yourself or someone else, Make Time for Joy will help you transform sadness into gladness as you rest on the love, joy, and provision that comes from God.

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  The Dhammapada Vol 3 - The Way...

  Osho

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  The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Gautama the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. This is volume three of a 12-volume series of Osho Talks, where Osho brings Buddha's Dhammapada into the 21st century, opening them for a new understanding for contemporary mankind.
  In alternating chapters, Osho comments on specific sutras of Buddha and responds to questions from his audience, deepening the understanding of these timeless works. "My talking on Buddha is not just a commentary: It is creating a bridge. Buddha is one of the most important masters who has ever existed on the Earth - incomparable, unique."
  The setting of these talks is an open-air auditorium at the Osho International Meditation Resort in Pune, India. Osho and his audience sit surrounded by trees, and the elements of nature - the chirping of birds, wind, and the cracking bamboos as well as the distant sound of the local Pune-Mumbai morning train - are all parts of these recordings and give them a truly existential flavor.
  Osho employs his penetrating insight and wonderful humor to remove the dust of many misunderstandings gathered on Buddha's teachings and again emphasizes meditation over dogma, meditation being Buddha's greatest contribution to the development of human consciousness.
  "Buddha transformed the word meditation. Meditation had always been something of the mind, and Buddha brought a new quality, so totally new, diametrically opposite to the old meaning: He said meditation means a state of no mind. It is not concentration; it is not contemplation. It is not thinking; it is not thinking about God. It is not even prayer, because thinking is of the head, intellectual; prayer is emotional. That is another side of the head, not very far away from it - a different language used by another part of the head."
  Osho Talks are "meditating talks", allowing the listener an experience of meditation. "These words of Buddha come from eternal silence. They can reach you only if you receive them in silence."
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  - Knowledge Is Not Knowledge
  - A Watcher on the Hills
  - Be a Buddha!
  - I Am a Drunkard
  - Freedom Contains All
  - Existence Is Perfection
  - Living with Self-Remembrance
  - Initiated into Life
  - The Man Who Has Conquered Himself
  - The Pure Sky of Consciousness
  © & ℗ 1979 OSHO International Foundation

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  You Can Change (Second Edition)...

  Tim Chester

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  Finding Victory over Sin and Struggle Through Joy in Christ
  It's about heart change, not just behavior change. Tim Chester uses this belief to help everyday Christians connect the truth about God to their Monday-morning struggles. Written for both new believers struggling with sin and mature Christians who have plateaued in their faith, this practical, workbook-style guide helps readers find victory over sin in their lives.
  With the conviction that sanctification is God's work and the journey to holiness is joyful, Chester leads readers through a "change project," beginning with the selection of one area in their lives they want to modify. Each chapter features a guiding question to help readers as they deal with a specific sin or struggle, truths from God's word, and a reflection guide to support readers through their change project. 
  
  -  Explores Sanctification: Focuses on heart transformation over behavior modification 
  -  Reflective: Offers thought-provoking questions, further Scripture readings, writing prompts, and application steps
  -  Practical: This workbook-style format helps readers take practical steps toward real change
  - Ideal for New Christians and Believers Seeking Deeper Growth

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