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English
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Winner of the Florida Book Awards Gold Medal
New York Times bestselling author and master of nonfiction spy thrillers Larry Loftis writes the first major biography of Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during WWII—at the cost of losing her family and being sent to a concentration camp, only to survive, forgive her captors,
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this searing meditation on the bonds of family and the danger of extremist faith, one of today's most celebrated Christian writers recounts his unexpected journey from a strict fundamentalist upbringing to a life of compassion and grace-a revelatory memoir in the tradition of Educated and Hillbilly Elegy. Raised by an impoverished widow who earned room and board as a Bible teacher in 1950s Atlanta, Philip Yancey and his brother, Marshall, found...
Author
Publisher
IVP Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In seventeen narratives Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom introduce Christian leaders in Africa and Asia who had tenacious faith in the midst of deprivation, suffering and conflict. Spanning a century, from the 1880s to the 1980s, their stories demonstrate the vitality of the Christian faith in a diversity of contexts.
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Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 216 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography from a seventh-generation member of the legendary Wallenda aerialist family in which he explores his life, career, and Christian faith.
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English
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"A wickedly smart, utterly hilarious debut from a Southern Living columnist--mother of three, Southerner married to a New Yorker, evangelical Christian, and Democrat--about the absurdity, chaos, and strange sacredness of her life on Manhattan's Upper West Side"--
Author
Publisher
Faith Words
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 271 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Through personal accounts of heartbreak and triumph, Paula reveals how--by surrendering to God's purpose for her life and refusing to quit--she survived tragedy, launched a global ministry, and became a spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump." -- inside front jacket flap.
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