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 | Sire, James W. | For more than forty years, The Universe Next Door has set the standard for a clear, readable introduction to worldviews. Using his widely influential model of eight basic worldview questions, James Sire examines prominent worldviews that have shaped the Western world:theismdeismnaturalismMarxismnihilismexistentialismEastern monismNew Age philosophypostmodernismIslamIntertwined with this analysis, he presents an overview of intellectual… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Donald B. Kraybill | An intriguing study of the kingdom of God in the Gospels. Donald B. Kraybill says social, religious, and economic practices of the dominant culture usually favor the rich, powerful, prestigious. Jesus, on the other hand, favors those who suffer at society’s margins and fall between the cracks. Winner of the… | Christian Living | |
 | John Coblentz | The world, Satan, and our own desires draw us downward. The Lord calls us upward. This discipleship study will help you understand and answer God’s call, give direction in developing a servant heart, and show you how to handle common problems. Each of the twelve lessons includes a personal inventory… | Christian Living | |
 | Margery Williams Bianco | Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and experienced like the Skin Horse understand all about it. “What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day. “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?” “Real isn’t how… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Hoover, Dorcas | The Victor’s Crown of Glory takes the reader to the front lines of the battle in the Middle East where God’s miraculous power is displayed in the midst of evil. Stories of God at work in the 21st Century feel as if they come straight from the book of Acts… | Biography & History | |
 | John Coblentz | The steps to victory are not always easy. But they are worth every difficulty, because they lead us to heaven.Have you struggled in defeat as a Christian? Does some temptation constantly haunt you? Are you living in bondage to fear? pride? lust? self-pity? anger?The psalmist cried, “Order my steps in… | Christian Living | |
 | Bunyan, John and Barret, Ethel | A John Bunyan classic allegory. Long ago, the mighty king Shaddai built universe. Universe includes the town of Mansoul, which Shaddai built for his delight. But Diabolus, an angel who had rebelled against Shaddai, sees the town as a perfect opportunity for revenge. This–Shaddai’s town, Diabolus’ revenge, Mansoul’s downfall, and… | Books ⋅ Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Tobias, Cynthia Ulrich | In this enlightening resource, Cynthia Tobias introduces the variety of learning styles that shape the way students interpret their world. Once these approaches are understood, parents and teachers can help children maximize their learning strengths. | Diverse Learners | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | Selected from sermons delivered by C. S. Lewis during World War II, these nine addresses show the beloved author and theologian bringing hope and courage in a time of great doubt. ‘The Weight of Glory,’ considered by many to be Lewis’s finest sermon of all, is an incomparable explication of… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Butterfield, Herbert | The Whig historian studies the past with reference to the present. He looks for agency in history. And, in his search for origins and causes, he can easily select those facts that give support to his thesis and thus eliminate other facts equally important to the total picture. The Whig… | Resources By Subject ⋅ History & Social Studies | |
 | Eitzen, Ruth | A Quaker family living in Ohio in the early 1800’s makes peace with a Shawnee Indian tribe during a very troubled time. From the example of his father, young Abe learns the power of love to overcome hate. This edition published by special arrangement with Herald Press, Harrisonburg, VA. | Level 43 items | |
 | Elizabeth George Speare | Sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she has never met. Torn between… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Guite, Malcolm | A collection of poems for Lent and Easter by a number of classical and contemporary poets. | Literature ⋅ Poetry | |
 | Marc Olson, illustrated by Jemima… | What was life like when Jesus lived and worked in ancient Palestine? What options did people have for treating sickness besides going to Jesus for healing? Did you know that the layout of the U.S. Senate floor layout is modeled after the Jewish Sanhedrin? What kind of house was most… | Children's Books ⋅ Bible Stories | |
 | Dirk Philips | The complete works of a Franciscan friar turned Anabaptist theologian and a founder of the Mennonite church.This book contains all the known writings of early Anabaptist leader Dirk Philips (1504-1568), translated into English from Philips’s original 1564 Dutch volume. Annotations and introductions make it useful to both general readers and scholars… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Pilgram Marpeck | This extensive collection of Pilgram Marpeck’s writing is the most complete English volume of this popular early Anabaptist’s writings. The book includes Marpeck’s Confession of 1532 and The Admonition of 1542, the longest and most detailed statement of the Anabaptists on baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Also included are sixteen of his letters… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan | No novel better epitomizes the love between a child and a pet than The Yearling. When young Jody Baxter adopts and orphaned fawn he calls Flag, he makes it a part of his family and his best friend. But life in the Florida backwoods is harsh, and so, as his… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Sande, Corlette | The Young Peacemaker Set includes a 200 page Teacher Manual designed in a workbook format, and the appendices can be photocopied for child or student use. Divided into three sections: Understanding, Responding and Preventing Conflict, each lesson has a goal, objectives, principle, and needs clearly outlined at the beginning, and… | Resources By Subject ⋅ Bible | |
 | Marguerite De Angeli | The delightful story of a young Quaker girl who finds her place among her people.Paperback | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Harness, Cheryl | Those of us who complain about the postal system need to remember what it was like to send mail back in 1860. It took three weeks for stagecoaches to deliver mail from Missouri to California, and along the way drivers had to battle mountain snowstorms, desert heat, and countless other… | Level 43 items | |
 | Harness, Cheryl | In her sixth presidential biography for National Geographic, Cheryl Harness illuminates the many sides of Thomas Jefferson: scientist, lawyer, farmer, architect, diplomat, inventor, musician, philosopher, author of the Declaration of Independence, founder of the University of Virginia, and third president of the United States. Readers meet this extraordinary man of… | Level 43 items | |
 | Peter Kreeft | “I’ve been a philosopher for all my adult life and the three most profound books of philosophy that I have ever read are Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Songs.” These are the opening lines of Kreeft’s Three Philosophies of Life. He reflects that there are ultimately only three philosophies of… | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Helps | |
 | Waring, Gilchrist | Countries, like persons, have birthdays and birthplaces. The thirteenth of May is our country’s birthday, and Jamestown, on the north bank of the James River in Virginia, is her birthplace. This little story is about Jamestown. | Level 12 items | |
 | Stanley N. Gundry | For Christians, the issues raised by the different views on creation and evolution are challenging. Can a ‘young earth’ be reconciled with a universe that appears to be billions of years old? Does scientific evidence point to a God who designed the universe and life in all its complexity? Three… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Harness, Cheryl | When the Allerton family first steps from the Mayflower after 60 days at sea, they never dream that life in the New World will be so hard. Richly detailed paintings show how the Pilgrims lived through the dark winter and into the busy days of spring, summer, and fall, culminating… | Level 21 items | |
 | Harry Loewen and Steven Nolt | An overview of Mennonite history suitable for use in school.Reformers, self-styled prophets, teachers, preachers, and common folk come alive in this fast-paced history. Through Fire and Water is a popularized, yet accurate look at Mennonites.Includes stories, photos, maps, and cartoons. In addition, brief essays invite reflection on such issues as… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Elliot, Elisabeth | After several preliminary overtures of friendship, five young missionary men set out on a crucial January day in 1956 for a meeting with the Auca tribesmen who had reacted with apparent tolerance to earlier gifts and messages. This is the poignant story of their martyrdom told by the widow of… | Biography & History | |
 | Roger Hertzler | A challenging look at Jesus’ teachings against the accumulation of wealth. | Christian Living ⋅ Stewardship & Finance | |
 | Scott O'Dell | This powerful account of the tragic defeat of the Nez Perce Indians in 1877 by the United States Army is narrated by Chief Joseph’s strong and brave daughter. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Louise A. Vernon | Martin Luther’s son has a problem. What should young Hans Luther do when he grows up? How can he ever do anything important when he is constantly overshadowed by his famous father? Gradually he discovers who he is and how God wants him to live. Through Hans’ eyes 9-to-14 year-olds… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | C.S. Lewis | In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses–one beautiful and one unattractive–C.S. Lewis reworks the classical myth of Cupid and Psyche into an enduring piece of contemporary fiction. This is the story of Orual, Psyche’s embittered and ugly older sister, who possessively and harmfully loves Psyche. Much to Orual’s frustration… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Sharon F. Yoder | All women deeply desire companionship, security, and love. Instead, they often experience deferred hope and bitter disappointment whether single or married. To Have and To Hold invites the woman who walks alone to embrace her design, identity, and purpose with joyful confidence. It promises that every woman can receive the… | Christian Living ⋅ Singleness | |
 | Palmer, Parker J. | This primer on authentic education explores how mind and heart can work together in the learning process. Moving beyond the bankruptcy of our current model of education, Parker Palmer finds the soul of education through a lifelong cultivation of the wisdom each of us possesses and can share to benefit… | Philosophy of Education | |
 | Jones, Fred | In Tools for Teaching, Dr. Jones describes the skills by which exceptional teachers make the classroom a place of success and enjoyment for both themselves and their students. Tools for Teaching integrates the management of discipline, instruction and motivation into a system that allows you to reduce the stress of… | Methods of Teaching | |
 | Jones, Fredric H. | In Tools for Teaching, Dr. Jones describes the skills by which exceptional teachers make the classroom a place of success and enjoyment for both themselves and their students. Tools for Teaching integrates the management of discipline, instruction and motivation into a system that allows you to reduce the stress of… | Methods of Teaching | |
 | Gary Miller | Followers of Jesus are not immune to being duped by fake news, deceptive scams, or false conspiracy theories. When Christians are ensnared by untruths and become known for sharing the improbable, their witness to the world as lovers of truth is greatly diminished. Gary Miller challenges us to take a… | Christian Living ⋅ Media & Technology | |
 | Erickson, Millard J. | A 2002 Christianity Today Book of the Year! Postmodernism. The term slowly filtered into our vocabularies about three decades ago and now permeates most discussions of the humanities. Those who tout the promises and perils of this twentieth-century intellectual movement have filled many a bookshelf. And in a previous book… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Donnelly, Judy | Beginning with the death of Tutankhamen, the book moves forward to archaeologist Howard Carter’s discovery of the tomb. Information about ancient Egyptian life is interspersed in a clear, smooth fashion throughout. A good way to get readers into nonfiction. | Level 12 items | |
 | John L. Ruth | John Ruth provides a lively account and some little known insights concerning Mennonite community life in America 200 years ago. | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Claire Huchet Bishop | Twenty school children hide ten Jewish children from the Nazis occupying France during World War II. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Uncle Tom, Topsy, Sambo, Simon Legree, little Eva: their names are American bywords, and all of them are characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s remarkable novel of the pre-Civil War South. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate indictment of slavery and for its presentation of Tom, “a… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Mike Yankoski | Ever Wonder What it Would Be Like to Live Homeless?Mike Yankoski did more than just wonder. By his own choice, Mike’s life went from upper-middle class plush to scum-of-the-earth repulsive overnight. With only a backpack, a sleeping bag and a guitar, Mike and his traveling companion, Sam, set out to… | Christian Living ⋅ Missions & Service | |
 | Smucker, Barbara | There’s a place the slaves been whisperin’ around called Canada. The law don’t allow no slavery there. They say you follow the North Star, and when you step onto this land you are free. Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the… | Level 43 items | |
 | Robertson McQuilkin | Robertson McQuilkin has written a solid introduction to the ins and outs of biblical hermeneutics and how this knowledge can be used to interpret the Bible in practical ways. | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Methods | |
 | John R. W. Stott | This book answers foundational questions: Who wrote the Bible? What is its message? Why is it thought to be a ‘holy’ book? How does one read and interpret it? Best of all, though, you’ll broaden your vision of Jesus Christ, the focal point of Scripture. How? By better understanding the… | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Methods | |
 | Sarah Hagerty | We each long to be seen and understood. Yet most of our days pass seemingly unwitnessed. Drawing from both personal and biblical story, Sara Hagerty explores the spiritual richness of being hidden in God–‘wasting’ resources, time, and ourselves at His feet even when no one else sees.How do we find… | Christian Living | |
 | Washington, Booker T. | Historically acknowledged as one of America’s most powerful orators, Washington challenged racial prejudice when such behavior from a black man was unheard of. Here is the dramatic, autobiographical account of how he stood fast against the social and ideological bias prevalent in his day. | Biography & History | |
 | Dyck, Peter | Epic story of how the Dycks helped Mennonite refugees escape Europe during and after WWII. | Biography & History | |
 | Carstensen, Andrea | Assures mastery of the alphabet. Use before the Victory Drill Book.The rest of the Victory Drill set can be found here. | Resources By Subject ⋅ Phonics & Reading | |
 | Davids, Julia and LaTour, Stephen | Vocal Technique is a practical, easy-to-read guide to better singing. This new edition offers a stylistically flexible approach that allows soloists and choral singers to vary the elements of technique to sing virtually any style – classical through contemporary (musical theatre, pop/rock, jazz, and more).It is a comprehensive yet concise book… | Resources By Subject ⋅ Music |