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 | Josef Pieper | In The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper delivers a stimulating quartet of essays on the four cardinal virtues. He demonstrates the unsound overvaluation of moderation that has made contemporary morality a hollow convention and points out the true significance of the Christian virtues. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Ethics | |
 | C.S. Lewis | Here Lewis describes the four basic kinds of human love–affection, friendship, erotic love and the love of God. There are risks that accompany the rewards of love, the author cautions, but he recommends taking them, since hell is the only place outside heaven where we can be safe from the… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Rhoda Witmer | Life is a gift. Perhaps you dream about the future and envision getting married and raising a family. Then suddenly you realize that singleness is the gift God has placed into your hands. At first, the gift looks boring and unattractive. But once you take notice of the simple joys… | Christian Living ⋅ Singleness | |
 | Peter Greer | Around the world, discouragement erodes the vitality of organizations. Visionaries often succumb to cynicism. Zealous advocates give up. Leaders coast as their passion for the cause grows cold.Grounded in research, this book is an invitation for followers of Jesus to sustain hope in long-term service. It’s about moving past the… | Leadership | |
 | A. J. Swoboda | Today’s follower of Jesus exists at a moment in history when our desires, longings, and wants are being weaponized against us by cultural, spiritual, and relational forces. “Follow your heart” and “You do you” has become our moment’s mantras. The result, for too many, is feeling torn asunder by the… | Books ⋅ Christian Living ⋅ Disciplines & Spiritual Formation ⋅ Pain & Grief | |
 | Mary Burkholder | In a world of contradictory messages to young women, how can a Christian girl know what is true? Cultural influence says you are what you look like. Social pressures say your behavior doesn’t matter. But God says the hidden person of the heart is the most important. Have you wondered:Is… | Christian Living ⋅ Women | |
 | Lois Lowry | Jonas’s world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns twelve he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Kelly M. Kapic | Many Christians wonder what the Christian life is all about. They hear about “grace” but struggle to rightly understand it, much less live it. They are taught about God, but their vision of him does not always reflect the full biblical portrait of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. When… | Books ⋅ Theology & Worldviews ⋅ General ⋅ Theology | |
 | Mildred D. Taylor | Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor’s Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.A drive South becomes dangerous for ‘Lois and her family.‘Lois and Wilma are proud of their father’s brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family will be driving it all… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | James Bryan Smith | In this third book in the Apprentice Series, Smith shows how to bring spiritual formation and community engagement together, and then once again offers spiritual practices that root new, true narratives about God and the world in believers’ souls. | Christian Living ⋅ Disciplines & Spiritual Formation | |
 | James Bryan Smith | Turning to the Gospels, Smith invites readers to put their ideas about God to the test to see if they match up with what Jesus himself reveals about his Father. The author then leads readers through a process of spiritual formation. | Christian Living ⋅ Disciplines & Spiritual Formation | |
 | James Bryan Smith | In this follow-up to his first book, “The Good and Beautiful God,” Smith traces through the Sermon on the Mount and helps Christians look behind these sins to replace their false beliefs with Jesus’ narratives about life in the kingdom of God. | Christian Living ⋅ Disciplines & Spiritual Formation | |
 | Kate Seredy | Jancsi is overjoyed to hear that his cousin from Budapest is coming to spend the summer on his father’s ranch on the Hungarian plains. But their summer proves more adventurous than he had hoped when headstrong Kate arrives, as together they share horseback races across the plains, country fairs and… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Rosaria Butterfield | What did God use to draw a radical, committed unbeliever to himself? Did God take her to an evangelistic rally? Or, since she had her doctorate in literature, did he use something in print? No, God used an invitation to dinner in a modest home, from a humble couple who… | Christian Living ⋅ Missions & Service | |
 | Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | From the strange case of ‘The Red-Headed League’ to the extraordinary tale of ‘The Engineer’s Thumb’, Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson grapple with treachery, murder, and ingenious crimes of all kinds. But no case is too challenging for the immortal detective’s unique power of deduction. | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | C. S. Lewis | The narrator boards a bus on a drizzly English afternoon and embarks on an incredible voyage through Heaven and Hell. He meets a host of supernatural beings far removed from his expectations, and comes to some significant conclusions about good and evil. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | C.S. Lewis | The narrator boards a bus on a drizzly English afternoon and embarks on an incredible voyage through Heaven and Hell. He meets a host of supernatural beings far removed from his expectations, and comes to some significant conclusions about good and evil. | Christian Living | |
 | Louise J. Brubacher | A habit? What is a habit? What does it look like? Does it live in the barn, or does it hide under the bed? After hunting here and there and everywhere, Curtis and Violet discover that a habit is not a creature at all. When they talk to their mother… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Leland Ryken | Christians throughout the ages have written devotionals as a way to bend their souls toward God and teach about him, communicating rich truths and encouraging readers to grow in grace and godliness.In this one-of-a-kind anthology, literary expert Leland Ryken presents fifty beautiful devotionals from historic authors including Augustine, John Calvin… | Christian Living ⋅ Devotionals | |
 | Brother Yun | The dramatic autobiography of one of China’s dedicated, courageous, and intensely persecuted house church leaders. This is the gripping story of how God took a young, half-starved boy from a poor village in Henan province and placed him on the front line for Jesus, in the face of impossible odds… | Biography & History | |
 | Niki Daly | “Pweew! Pweew!” Malusi’s shrill whistling drives the sheep out of grandfather’s kraal. By the time they reach the grazing slopes, the earth is hot beneath his bare feet.He keeps the sheep and goats from straying towards the deep donga, which is easy to fall into but hard to climb out… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Edith Schaeffer | This elegant and insightful lady, wife of theologian Francis Schaeffer, reveals the many opportunities for artistic expression that can be found in ordinary, everyday life. | Christian Living ⋅ Women | |
 | Shane Hipps | The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture helps the church navigate its challenges and opportunities in the context of our electronic culture. Author Shane Hipps interprets and explains this culture, as well as the implications for our faith and the church. Providing both history and prophecy, The Hidden Power of Electronic… | Christian Living ⋅ Media & Technology | |
 | Moody, Ralph | Following Little Britches and developing an episode noted near the end of Man of the Family, The Home Ranch continues the adventures of young Ralph Moody. Soon after returning from the ranch, he and his mother and siblings will go east for a new start, described in Mary Emma & Company and The Fields of Home… | Biography & History | |
 | C.S. Lewis | Book three of the Chronicles of Narnia. The story of a Narnian horse in Calormen and his escape with a young boy. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | 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. | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Hugo, Victor | A gypsy girl’s beauty and charm captivate a priest, a vagabond, a soldier, and a deformed bell-ringer, in a gripping tale that culminates in a riot and murder. More than simply a thrilling story, Victor Hugo’s tale explores the mysteries of good and evil in the human heart and illuminates… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Estes, Eleanor | Wanda wears the same faded blue dress to school every day – yet she says she has one hundred beautiful dresses at home, “all lined up.” The other girls don’t believe it, and when Peggy starts a daily game of teasing Wanda about the hundred dresses, everyone joins in. Maddie… | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Sheila Burnford | Sheila Burnford’s timeless children’s classic is the courageous and heartwarming story of three runaway pets. Instinct told them the way home lay to the west, and so the brave young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable Siamese cat set out through the Canadian wilderness, risking starvation, exposure… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Nik Ripken with Gregg Lewis | Nik Ripken has walked with followers of Christ from the hills of Kentucky to war-torn Somalia. Faced with suffering in his own family, the realities of war around him, and the systemic destruction of the work he felt called to do, the evil was at times overwhelming. How could God… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Nik Ripken | All Christian disciples have one thing in common: as they carry the gospel across the ocean and across the street, persecution will become the norm for those who choose to follow Jesus. How believers respond in the face of persecution reveals everything about their level of faith and obedience.The Insanity… | Christian Living ⋅ Missions & Service | |
 | Lloyd-Jones, Sally | The Jesus Storybook Bible is a children’s Bible written by New York Times bestselling author Sally Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Jago from Cornwall. The first edition was published in 2007 by Zonderkidz, the children’s arm of American Christian media and publishing company Zondervan. | Children's Books ⋅ Bible Stories | |
 | The 2023-2024 yearbook for Faith Builders Training Institute | Cookbooks, Planners, & Miscellany | ||
 | Kreeft, Peter | Open this book and begin an epic human journey–the journey toward truth. Enjoy a delightful and imaginative allegory of timeless wisdom as you travel along the road of true knowledge. Socrates, the thoroughly reasonable and wise philosopher of Athens, will accompany you much of the way. With sharp questions and… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Rudyard Kipling | A classic story of friendship between man and beast. Saved from the jaws of the evil tiger Shere Khan, young Mowgli is adopted by a wolf pack and taught the law of the jungle by lovable old Baloo the bear and Bhageera the panther. The adventures of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the snake-fighting… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Rudyard Kipling | “For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack,” –Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle BookPenned by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling in 1894, The Jungle Book is a collection of allegorical stories that take place deep in the Indian jungle. The most famous stories of The… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Patricia Polacco | The perfect companion to Thank You, Mr. FalkerA heartwarming story of friendship and celebrating our differences–and the teachers who help us shine–from master storyteller Patricia Polacco, author of Thank You, Mr. Falker.In this story based on the author-illustrator’s own childhood, Patricia Polacco once again celebrates the power teachers have to help us… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Louise A. Vernon | The King James Bible is surrounded by a mystery. Everyone wants to know who the secret editor is who published the work of fifty-four different translators. Before Nat Culver finds answers to his questions, he is plunged into a series of baffling incidents. Could it be another translator, jealous of… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Scott O'Dell | In the time of the conquistadors, on trial for murder, a young mapmaker is the last one alive who knows where the gold is hidden. And the king demands his share. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Bob Hartman | As they begin to step out into the world, show kids the glory of being part of God’s everlasting kingdom and belonging to Jesus, the promised and reigning King.This beautiful storybook Bible, by beloved author Bob Hartman, is illustrated by Catalina Echeverri, the artist behind the best-selling storybook The Garden… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Bible Stories | |
 | David W. Bercot | In The Kingdom that Turned the World Upside Down, David Bercot takes the reader back to Jesus’ teachings of the kingdom teachings that have too often been forgotten. Bercot describes the radically new laws of the kingdom and its upside-down values. There’s no room in Christ’s kingdom for superficial Christianity… | Church History | |
 | Tolstoy, Leo | Three great stories offer profound insights into human behavior and motivation. Title story plus “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” and “The Death of Ivan Ilych.” Explanatory footnotes. | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | C.S. Lewis | The story of the last great battle of Narnia. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Cooper, James Fenimore | The wild rush of action in this classic frontier adventure story has made The Last of the Mohicans the most popular of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales. Deep in the forests of upper New York State, the brave woodsman Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo) and his loyal Mohican friends Chingachgook and Uncas… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Debby Thompson | As a woman leading a life of influence, you may find yourself without sufficient clarity or equipping for the challenges you face. For many, the role of wife of a leader is one thrust upon, rather than chosen. For others, it is a responsibility embraced but no less complicated to… | Leadership ⋅ Christian Living ⋅ Women | |
 | Michael Sattler | Writings by and about an early leader in Anabaptism show how the movement coalesced around questions of community, nonviolence, and religious liberty.This is volume 1 in the Classics of the Radical Reformation, a series of Anabaptist and Free Church documents translated and annotated under the direction of the Institute of… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Landis, James | The Conquest Series is a historical narrative of American history through the eyes of the Delaware tribe of Native Americans, especially one Glikkikan.The Lenape Homeland is volume 1 of 7. | Clearance ⋅ Biography & History | |
 | James S. Stewart | “Jesus wrote no autobiography. He left nothing in writing at all. He committed himself and his teaching simply to the hearts and memories of the men who knew and loved him. And they did not fail him. The four little books that we call Gospels are our primary and practically… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | C. Arnold Snyder | C. Arnold Snyder’s biography and analysis of the thought of Michael Sattler, noted Anabaptist leader and author of The Schleitheim Articles. Paperback, 264 pages. | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Sally and Sarah Clarkson | How to make home your family’s favorite place to be . . . all year long.Does your home sometimes feel like just a place to eat, sleep, and change clothes on the way to the next activity? Do you long for “home” to mean more than a place where you… | Christian Living ⋅ Women |