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  The Gift of Forgiveness -...

  Norma Jean Lutz

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  There’s an ornery, unkempt boy in Lucy Brenker’s school who picks on her quiet cousin, Ben. Raggity, as he is called, is a trouble-maker who causes distress for both Lucy and Ben. However, he is not Lucy’s biggest problem.In her hometown of Cincinnati, a serious drought had affected her father’s steamboat building business, as well as all businesses in the area. If that weren’t bad enough, the lack of river traffic means her recently-ordered piano will not be arriving anytime soon. (A piano had been the desire of her heart for many months.)It’s a time when neighbor reaches out to neighbor, even when that “neighbor” happens to be a newly-arrived, mysterious, glamorous young lady. A lady with whom Lucy has been forbidden to associate.How was Lucy to know that both Raggity and Sadie Rose would teach important life lessons not only to her and Ben, but to her entire family, and her community?

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  Inquisition The: A Captivating...

  Captivating History

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  The paranoia and recriminations that have been unleashed by religious inquisitions are quite extraordinary.  
  This audiobook explores the Inquisition in depth, leaving no stone unturned to find the root of what drove these religious persecutions.  
  Most people know about the Spanish Inquisition, but there were other inquisitions, such as those carried out by the Romans and the Portuguese. What was it that motivated these diehard religious zealots to squash all contrary views from their midst?  
  It is rather easy to paint one side as the “good guys” and the other as the “bad guys.” But unless we are a bunch of kids playing cops and robbers, this is an overly simplistic, narrow-minded, and lazy interpretation of what is a very complex history. In this audiobook, we explore all the dark nooks and crannies of what sparked massive inquiries into the faith of others and rampant persecution of religious beliefs. 
  In this captivating audiobook, you will discover the following:The root causes of the Inquisition;The real motivations behind the persecution;The harsh torture methods used to extract confessions;The estimated toll the Inquisition took on people’s lives;How the Inquisition ended;Its impact and legacy;And much more! 
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  Someone to Believe In -...

  Courtney Reissig

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  Where do you go when all that once stabilized your spiritual life suddenly shifts underneath you? When your faith is shaken and your leaders fail you? When you're languishing in ministry burnout? When you're grieving a friend who walked away from God? When the doubts, disappointments, and sufferings of this broken world tempt you to walk away from him too?Author and Bible teacher Courtney Reissig has wrestled with these questions. And when painful circumstances pulled down the trappings of easy Christianity and pushed her back against the wall of her faith, she had to decide. Will I walk away, or will I stay? And if I stay and wade through the rubble, what is left there to believe in?It is here in the hardest point of her story—in the season where trust was eroded and spiritual stability seemed elusive—where God met her. By opening her eyes to crucial and comforting moments in the Gospel of John, God made it clear: even in the most unstable and changing of times, there is One who stays the same. His name is Jesus Christ, and he's someone to believe in. If you feel disoriented, doubting, grieving, exhausted, or shaken in your faith, open these pages, and encounter the steadying power of the unchangeable Christ. 

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  American Idolatry - How...

  Andrew L. Whitehead

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  Power. Fear. Violence. These three idols of Christian nationalism are corrupting American Christianity. 
   
  Andrew Whitehead is a leading scholar on Christian nationalism in America and speaks widely on its effects within Christian communities. In this book, he shares his journey and reveals how Christian nationalism threatens the spiritual lives of American Christians and the church. 
   
  Now available in paperback, American Idolatry explores 
   
  · the harm we cause our neighbors when we embrace the idols of power, fear, and violence; 
  · two key examples--racism and xenophobia--that demonstrate how these idols violate core Christian beliefs; 
  · the work we can do to disentangle Christianity from Christian nationalism; and 
  · Christian practices and postures that confront Christian nationalism and offer a faithful path forward. 
   
  "Heartfelt, incisive, and worthy of thoughtful consideration."--Library Journal

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  Yoga of Writing - Write your Heart

  Jan Wolter, Yashomatinandana Dasa

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  Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Basics is a series of books written and compiled by Yashomatinandana Dāsa for the pleasure of his spiritual teachers, like Śrīla Prabhupāda. By refreshing the ancient Vedic teachings of Bhakti-Yoga the author aims to build a bridge between ancient wisdom and modern thinkers who are willing to lead a life of spiritual relationships. 
  In the series are books about faith, searching truth & self-realisation through the ancient teachings of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness as spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, 5000 years ago. 
  Writing is the perfect bond. Anywhere and with everyone one can simply connect through writing. It is the most powerful art and thus it needs proper training. One needs to have a guide, a person who gives light into the darkness of mind and matter. This guide is not materially oriented but spiritually inclined, being based on Śrimad Bhāgavatam and the devotional tradition of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. 
  In this book a thought-provoking path is presented to 1) establish a spiritual connection with the Absolute Truth, 2) to channel emotions, thoughts and ecstasies through this connection 3) to bring about a revolution in one's boring and stagnant material life and 4) to reawaken love of God. 
  This book is aimed to give a taste to modern human beings (who are defined as ‘wise’) to relish spiritual loving relationships with God. It is also to challenge the egocentric and antigonistic world of men by presenting a better understanding of human life and purpose. Furthermore it is to bring freedom to the diseased mind and heart of modern human beings in a way that even a child can understand. Finally, it may bring back the pleasure of serving God and His devotees, simply by writing.

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  Tradition and Apocalypse - An...

  David Bentley Hart

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  In the two thousand years that have elapsed since the time of Christ, Christians have been as much divided by their faith as united, as much at odds as in communion. And the contents of Christian confession have developed with astonishing energy. How can believers claim a faith that has been passed down through the ages while recognizing the real historical contingencies that have shaped both their doctrines and their divisions? 
   
   
   
  In this carefully argued essay, David Bentley Hart critiques the concept of "tradition" that has become dominant in Christian thought as fundamentally incoherent. He puts forth a convincing new explanation of Christian tradition, one that is obedient to the nature of Christianity not only as a "revealed" creed embodied in historical events but as the "apocalyptic" revelation of a history that is largely identical with the eternal truth it supposedly discloses. Hart shows that Christian tradition is sustained not simply by its preservation of the past, but more essentially by its anticipation of the future. He offers a compelling portrayal of a living tradition held together by apocalyptic expectation—the promised transformation of all things in God.

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