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  Christmas Story The: What Really...

  Chuck Missler

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  Dr. Chuck Missler explores the background, and myths, surrounding our favorite holiday. What really happened in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago? Who were the "Magi?" Why a virgin birth? What does a Christmas tree have to do with it? Each year at Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. After the new year, we struggle to remember to add a year as we date our checks, which should remind us that the entire Western World reckons its calendar from the birth of the one who changed the world more than any other before or since. It is disturbing to discover that much of what we have been taught about the Christmas season seems to be more tradition than truth. Santa Claus isn't the only myth or legend that has arisen out of this season. On what "loophole" does the Messianic hope rest?

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  A Heart on Fire - You Are Chosen...

  Glen Berteau, Samuel Rodriguez

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  You are alive right now for a reason—your purpose predestined for such a time as this. 
   
   
   
  As the world slips deeper into darkness, most Christians feel stuck, powerless to effect change. Yet changing the world—your world—starts with you, right where you are, with a heart full of fire for Jesus. 
   
    
   
  Grounded in biblical teaching and drawing from his own renewal experiences, pastor and revivalist Glen Berteau emboldens you to get fed up with the ineffectual status quo, showing you how to ignite the supernatural power God has placed in you, be filled up with the Holy Spirit, get fired up for what God can do through you, see beyond your current circumstance, and live a faith without limits. 
   
    
   
  You're a Kingdom weapon, energized by God's mighty power and forged to stand strong for what you believe, tear down strongholds, eradicate hatred and bring dead things to life. You are chosen to change the world.

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  Not So Sorry - Abusers False...

  Kaya Oakes

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  From religious communities to therapeutic spaces, the importance of forgiving those who’ve wronged us is often enshrined as an unqualified good. But what about horrifying cases of abuse, predatory behavior, or systemic wrong? Too often, when predators or abusers are exposed, the chorus comes immediately: “What about forgiveness?” In these cases, forgiveness places the onus on victims, diminishes real hurt and anger, lets perpetrators off the hook, and prevents justice from being done.  
   
  In Not So Sorry, journalist and culture critic Kaya Oakes tackles these questions with intelligence, nuance, and a bit of righteous anger. Ranging from Christian theology and world history to psychology and pop culture, Oakes takes us on a whirlwind tour of the many abuses of the concept of forgiveness, including the abuse scandals of the Catholic church, the outing of high-profile abusers like Larry Nassar, and white America’s obsession with false narratives of marginalized people granting forgiveness to oppressors. Ultimately, Oakes dares us to ask the necessary question: Is it ever better not to forgive? 
   
  “Kaya Oakes challenges those slippery, PR-constructed apologies that leave us rolling our eyes. But she does more than that. Throughout Not So Sorry, Kaya Oakes listens to the voices of victims, allows us to wrestle with our assumptions, and leads us on a path to restore justice.”—Rev. Carol Howard, author of Healing Spiritual Wounds: Reconnecting with a Loving God after Experiencing a Hurtful Church, and pastor of Bedford Presbyterian Church

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  Worship and Awe in Christian...

  Joshua J. Knabb

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  Mental health resources increasingly focus on the self as the antidote to psychological suffering, offering strategies for prioritizing self-care and self-esteem. Yet as people focus more on the self, their suffering may actually worsen, as evidenced by the prevalence of mental health disorders today. According to Christian clinical psychologist Joshua Knabb, when people focus less on the self and more on God, their mental and spiritual health may improve. 
   
  Combining up-to-date psychological research with theological reflection, this book helps readers better understand the role that awe, pursued through the act of worship, plays in optimal psychological and spiritual functioning. Knabb explains that at its core, Christian mental and spiritual health involves worshipful awe of God, which can be intentionally cultivated throughout the day. The book also includes practices for readers to try out and use in clinical contexts. 
   
  Worship and Awe in Christian Psychology will benefit students in Christian counseling and psychology programs, mental health practitioners, and others who want to improve their mental and spiritual health from a Christian perspective.

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  Swing Low

  Miriam Toews

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  Internationally bestselling author Miriam Toews recounts her father's life as he might have told it, right up to his final day. 
   
  One morning, Mel Toews put on his coat and hat, walked out of town, and took his own life. A loving husband and father, a faithful member of the Mennonite church, and an immensely popular school teacher, Mel was a pillar of his close-knit community. Yet after a lifetime of struggling with bipolar disorder, he could no longer face the ruptures in his world. Swing Low is an elegiac ode to a life by an author drawing from the deepest wells of insight and emotion.

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  Spirit Guide Invocations -...

  Billie Topa Tate

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  Connect to the realm of healing and meet your divine helpers through potent energetic writings called invocations. Drawing upon ancient native wisdom learned from her elders, Billie Topa Tate teaches you how to call upon angels, ancestors, and other spiritual beings for guidance and protection. Using the powerful placement of words as an energy tool, you can alleviate stress, resolve past lives, send love to those who have passed, and more. 
   
   
   
  With specific invocations for dozens of purposes, Billie helps you find the right words to transform the energy of nearly any situation. She shares personal stories on her use of invocations and explains the universal principles that make them work. Regardless of your background or experience level, this book will show you how energy can cross time and space to support you.

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