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In this candid, wise and warmly personal book, C.S. Lewis describes the four basic kinds of human love -- affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God. He explores the possibilities and problems of the love between parents and children; the love of men for other men and women for women; the love of men and women for each other; and the love of God that enriches all love. Lewis also explores the questions of sex, possessiveness, jealousy,...
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Life often looks so very different than we hoped or expected. Some events may simply catch us off guard for a moment, but others shatter us completely. We feel disappointed and disillusioned, and we quietly start to wonder about the reality of God's goodness. Lysa TerKeurst understands this deeply. But she's also discovered that our disappointments can be the divine appointments our souls need to radically encounter God. Lysa invites us into her own...
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With the help of a #1 New York Times bestselling author and finance expert, set your finances right with these updated tactics and practices
Dave Ramsey knows what it's like to have it all. By age twenty-six, he had established a four-million-dollar real estate portfolio, only to lose it by age thirty. He has since rebuilt his financial life and, through his workshops and his New York Times business bestsellers Financial...
Dave Ramsey knows what it's like to have it all. By age twenty-six, he had established a four-million-dollar real estate portfolio, only to lose it by age thirty. He has since rebuilt his financial life and, through his workshops and his New York Times business bestsellers Financial...
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"Bestselling author of VELVET ELVIS and the 2 million-plus selling Nooma videos, Rob Bell, reveals a secret deep in the heart of millions of Christians-they don't believe what they have been taught are the essential truths of their faith. Out of respect for their tradition, they keep quiet, confiding to a few close friends their doubts and questions about salvation, Jesus, and, of course, God. Is Jesus really the only way into heaven? Is God "good"...
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Zondervan
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2020.
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English
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"Welcome Home is your guide to embracing the four seasons and celebrations at home, with more fun and less fuss. Myquillyn Smith will help you use your home the way you've always dreamed, as you become a hustle-free hostess and infuse your Cozy Minimalist home with simple yet impactful touches that welcome the seasons"--
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The man in your life carries important feelings so deep inside he barely knows they're there, much less how to talk about them. Yet your man genuinely wants you to "get" him--to understand his inner life, to know his fears and needs, to hear what he wishes he could tell you. In her landmark bestseller, For Women Only, Shaunti Feldhahn reveals what every woman--single or married--needs to know. Based on rigorous research with thousands of men, Shaunti...
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2022.
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"A classic of Christian apologetics Part spiritual autobiography, part apologetics, Orthodoxy is G.K. Chesterton's account of his own journey to faith. Chesterton didn't set out to write a defense of Christian thought, instead he hoped to recount how he personally became a believer. However, in doing so, he penned one of the great classics of Christian writing, a book that has influenced countless people and continues to speak compellingly to our...
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David C Cook
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2019.
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English
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Motherhood stretches you to do seemingly impossible things. James shares four themes that impact how she follows Jesus while parenting parents her kids. With practical ideas for building relationships with other moms, grace-filled Scripture reminders, and a healthy does of humor, she shows you the abundant life God has for you and your family. -- adapted from back cover
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Zondervan
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[2016]
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286 pages ; 22 cm
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Voskamp shows us ways to slow down, stop time, and allow gritty faith to penetrate, expose, and bring the hint of healing to the mess of daily life. For all imperfect people-- in other words, for all of us-- she leads us on a journey toward embracing and celebrating the brokenness in each of us, sharing the incredible grace of Jesus with those who are broken-- but still want to be loved.
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"The traffic is backed up, the kids are screaming, and the car is making a funny noise again. Any one of these challenges can test our temperament and rob us of joy. Our impulse is to write today off and hope for a better tomorrow. However, this creates a hard pattern to break. One terrible day easily turns into many--and soon we're living a life far from what God has in mind for us. A new, transforming sense of excitement, happiness, and contentment...
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Creektown discoveries volume 3
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"Welcome to Apple Creek, Ohio, where piano teacher and artist, Andrea Wagner, has a fascination with painting the rural Amish landscapes around her home. She has made it to her thirties feeling like she has had a charmed life and finally has fallen in love with Brandon Prentice, a local veterinarian. But then she discovers she was adopted and all she thought she knew about herself has crumbled. Andrea becomes so fixated on finding her birth mother...
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HarperOne
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2001.
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First HarperCollins paperback edition.
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xii, 162 pages ; 20 cm
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If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.
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[2009]
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A guide that helps overwhelmed mothers balance the many ares of their hectic, but fuitful lives. Based on her own experiences as a mother of three and a businesswoman, Kathy Ireland, offers invaluable advice on how to provide a happy, nurturing home, how to get some much-deserved personal time out of a busy schedule and how to look out for children's internet safety. Her mission is to find solutions for families, especially busy moms and it starts...
20) Honest to God
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Westminster Press
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[1963]
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143 pages ; 19 cm
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English
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