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 | Welch, Edward T. | Need people less. Love people more. That's the author's challenge... He's talking about a tendency to hold other people in awe, to be controlled and mastered by them, to depend on them for what God alone can give... [Welch] proposes an antidote: the fear of God... the believer's response to… | Christian Living ⋅ Relationships & Mentoring | |
 | Hellerman, Joseph H. | Spiritual formation occurs primarily in the context of community. But as the modern cultural norm of what social scientists call "radical American individualism" extends itself, many Christians grow lax in their relational accountability to the church. Faith threatens to become an "I" not "us," a "my God" not "our God"… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Fritz makes history accessible once more in this wry biography of a legendary explorer. A "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year. Illustrations. | Early Reading | ||
 | Yancey, Philip | If there is a loving God, then why is it that ... ?You've heard that question, perhaps asked it yourself. No matter how you complete it, at its root lies the issue of pain. Does God order our suffering? Does he decree an abusive childhood, orchestrate a jet crash, steer… | Pain & Grief | |
 | Rawls, Wilson | Billy has long dreamt of owning not one, but two, dogs. So when he’s finally able to save up enough money for two pups to call his own—Old Dan and Little Ann—he’s ecstatic. It doesn’t matter that times are tough; together they’ll roam the hills of the Ozarks.
Soon Billy and… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | 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… | Biography & History | |
 | Burgess, Thornton W. | As the days grow colder, little Whitefoot the Wood Mouse decides it is time to find a warm, safe place to spend the winter. The happy little creature finds the perfect spot in Farmer Brown's barn, where he meets a friendly stranger, tumbles into a life-threatening situation, and learns the… | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Zacharias, Ravi and Geisler, Norman | In the quest for the truth, you need to know what you believe and why you believe it. Who Made God? offers accessible answers to over 100 commonly asked apologetic questions. Bringing together the best in evangelical apologists, this guide is standard equipment for Christians who want to understand and talk about… | Books ⋅ Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics | |
 | Fritz, Jean | Using her trademark humorous style, Jean Fritz tells the story of Plymouth Rock--the granite boulder upon which it was decided the Pilgrims must have set foot upon their arrival in the New World--telling how it came to be the impressive monument it is today. | Early Reading | |
 | Burkholder, Kendra | Knock! Knock! Knock! ... The door burst open... "Peirsom, run for your life. Titelman is on his way to get you." Again the scene of peaceful family life was changed to confusion and terror.
This is the second time the Inquisitors have come after Peirsom Des Mulliers of Flanders, an Anabaptist… | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Martin, Michael S. | God is so effective at bringing good out of evil circumstances that it may look like He planned the entire event, evil and all. But a God who would have to plan everything would be much weaker than our God. Our God is so capable and wise that in events… | Pain & Grief | |
 | Bulkley, Ed | With deep insight and candor, Bulkley, a pastoral counselor of twenty-five years, answers the question, "Are psychology and the Bible compatible?" and provides clear and practical answers about healing damaged souls in a way that pleases and glorifies God. | Counseling & Psychology | |
 | Gordon, T. David | T. David Gordon has identified a problem, one that affects us all and needs fixing. Our preaching is just not communicating properly anymore. Fortunately, Gordon not only explains the causes of this failure but also shows us how to make things better. | Leadership | |
 | Bercot, David W. | Sex and money scandals. An exploding divorce ate. Drug-addicted youths. And an ever-growing worldliness. Today's church is fighting battles on all fronts. And we seem to be losing these battles to the relentlessly encroaching world. Perhaps the answers to our problems are not in the present, but in the past… | Church History | |
 | Bercot, David W. | When Christianity was young, the focus was on Jesus Christ and His kingdom, not theology. To be sure, there are foundational doctrines that Christians have always considered essential to the faith. But somehow the things considered essential have grown from a few sentences to a long list of theological tenets… | Church History | |
 | Meloche, Renee Taft | A preacher, William Carey, sailedin seventeen ninety-threefrom England's shore to Indiawith great expectancy.He took a boat and traveled upa river, where he spiedamazing new and wondrous sightsalong the riverside.At a time when most Christians never considered the millions of people in other countries who didn't know Jesus, William Carey dedicated… | Picture Books | |
 | Finlayson, Linda | This book will introduce you to a young lad who learned to make shoes but who also became the father of today's missionary movement. William Carey knew that we should expect great things from God and attempt great things for God. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Grahame, Kenneth | Heeding the call of spring, Mole sets out from his underground home and heads down to the river bank. His outing leads to friendship and adventures with Ratty, Badger, and irrepressible Mr Toad.
Their idyllic life changes when Mr Toad's car-crazy antics land him in jail. What are the friends to… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Milne, A. A. | Here are Pooh and Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, and of course Christopher Robin, doing what they've done for generations--enchanting young readers in A. A. Milne's tales from the Hundred Acre Wood. | Early Reading | |
 | Martin, Mildred A. | Make Proverbs come alive for the children in your home, church, or school. Here is a character-building collection of stories by an Amish Mennonite author. Each chapter explains and illustrates a passage from the book of Proverbs with a story. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Ferris, Jeri Chase | Biddy Mason never dreamed of becoming a pioneer. She was forced to by her master, to whom she had been given as a "wedding gift" at just eighteen years of age. Walking 1700 miles across the Great Plains, Biddy herded cattle, set up camp, fed a large family, and cared… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Stahl-Wert, John | This is an excellent and deeply personal reflection on life and God. It provides great insights into the character of God and our relationship with the Creator.A young boy and his tender-hearted uncle. A bride who betrays her young husband just as he ships off to war. A toddler lost… | Biography & History | |
 | Yutzy, Mary Lou | Wounded Trust encourages embracing the situations and experiences of life in the view of eternity. The likeness of a wound to traumatic experiences makes a real-to-life understanding of our emotional wounds. Life brings wounds, bumps, and bruises that we must face honestly to be able to fully live. | Books ⋅ Christian Living ⋅ Pain & Grief | |
 | Klassen, William | 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 | |
 | de Angeli, Marguerite | Seven-year-old Yonie is a wondernose because he can't keep his nose out of anything. It seems that his nose is always getting him into trouble. When Yonie's parents go away overnight, he's left as the man of the house and promised a special reward if he can keep himself and… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Yoder, Judy | It seemed no matter how long he waited, Little Eli could never grow big enough to do the things he wanted to do. He was just a little errand boy. But when Grossdoddy dies, leaving the Amish people without a bishop, Eli is surprised by some dreadful news. Is he… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Smith, James K. A. | Who and what we worship fundamentally shape our hearts. We may not realize, however, the ways our hearts are taught to love rival gods instead of the One for whom we were made. And while we desire to shape culture, we are not often aware of how culture shapes us… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Doctrine of Humanity | |
 | George, Jim | Jim George, author of "A Man After God's Own Heart" (more than 74,000 copies sold), takes older teenagers on a radical journey of faith. Through God's extreme wisdom and powerful insights from the life of warrior and leader King David, readers will--get on track with right priorities discover God's amazing… | Men | |
 | Stott, John | "Knowledge is indispensable to Christian life and service," writes John Stott. "If we do not use the mind which God has given us, we condemn ourselves to spiritual superficiality." While Christians have had a long heritage of rigorous scholarship and careful thinking, some circles still view the intellect with suspicion… | Christian Living ⋅ Disciplines & Spiritual Formation |