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 | Pascal, Blaise | Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) earned recognition as a renowned mathematician, physicist--and a man after God's heart. As he came to the forefront of geometry and physics, he turned his considerable analytical abilities to study religion or, as he said, to "contemplate the greatness and the misery of man." Pascal's classic defense… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics | |
 | Zimmerman, Joshua | Jesus said at the end of His walk on earth, "Go ye..." What is the church's responsibility today? Are we fulfilling this mandate? Is it our responsibility to do so? Dare we take a second look at our plain churches - churches which cherish and uphold a radical discipleship as… | Christian Living ⋅ Missions & Service | |
 | Good, Fonda | Could the two cultures ever blend and become one? Domingo was not sure. Maybe it was possible; the Spanish thought so. But the difference were so great...
The year was 1772. In their bid to settle California, the Spanish were building Catholic missions throughout the area. These missions had two purposes… | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Grenz, Stanley J. | Voted one of Christianity Today's 1998 Books of the Year! What is ethics? Why should Christians care? Beginning with these basic questions, Stanley Grenz masterfully leads his readers into a theological engagement with moral inquiry. In The Moral Quest he sets forth the basics of ethics, considers the role and… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Ethics | |
 | Mason, Mike | Beautifully written and filled with life-transforming insights, the 20th anniversary edition of Mike Mason's unparalleled Gold Medallion winner explores the mystical and holy nature of marriage with a depth that will forever alter how a couple relates to each other - and to God. | Christian Living ⋅ Marriage | |
 | Davie, Donald | Offering both familiar poems and some fascinating unfamiliar ones, this anthology contains over 250 poems that deal with Christianity. Ranging from the Anglo-Saxon masterpiece "The Dream of the Rood" to the works of modern poets such as T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Sir John Betjeman, and John Berryman. Davie has chosen… | Literature ⋅ Poetry | |
 | Martin, Sharilyn | Have you ever been really afraid of something? Like a scary dream or a big black dog or getting lost in a strange place? Let me tell you about my fear and how God took it all away. My name is Mary now, but I wasn't always called that. I… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Sande, Ken | Ken Sande gives practical Biblical guidance for conflict resolution that takes you beyond resolving conflicts to true, life-changing reconciliation with family, coworkers, and fellow believers. | Christian Living ⋅ Relationships & Mentoring | |
 | Juster, Norton | Illustrated in black-and-white. This ingenious fantasy centers around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces with a watchdog named Tock, Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and begins a memorable journey. He meets such characters as the foolish… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Kreeft, Peter | The four great philosophical questions, Kreeft says, are What is real? How can we know what is real? Who are we? and How should we live? They motivate the philosophical disciplines of metaphysics, epistemology, philosophical anthropology, and ethics, and from a Christian perspective, the answer to all four is Jesus… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Edited by David Bercot | The Pilgrim Road is a collection of devotional writings from the early centuries of the church, while Christianity was still a persecuted minority religion. These writings, produced by people who knew the meaning of costly discipleship, can inspire and challenge us to greater faithfulness and obedience. This is the intent of… | Christian Living ⋅ Devotionals | |
 | Cultural commentators are up in arms about the decline of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or not reading the right books in the right way.
Alan Jacobs argues that reading is alive and well in America. Millions of devoted readers support hundreds of enormous bookstores and… | Literature ⋅ The Art of Reading | ||
 | Dickinson, Emily | "This is my letter to the world . . ." -- Emily Dickinson
The Poetry of Emily Dickinson is a collection of pieces by 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, who insisted that her life of isolation gave her an introspective and deep connection with the world. As a result, her work parallels… | Literature ⋅ Poetry | |
 | Duhigg, Charles | In The Power of Habit, award-winning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. Distilling vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives that take us from the boardrooms of Procter & Gamble to the sidelines… | Christian Living ⋅ Disciplines & Spiritual Formation | |
 | Bother Lawrence | For nearly 300 years this unparalleled classic has given both blessing and instruction to those who can be content with nothing less than knowing God in all His majesty and feeling His loving presence throughout each simple day. | Christian Living ⋅ Disciplines & Spiritual Formation | |
 | Twain, Mark | Mark Twain's renowned tale of two boys who look alike, yet one is the royal prince, the other a miserable pauper. Then one day fate intervenes, and for awhile each has to live the other's life. Abridged. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | MacDonald, George | Continuing the story started in The Princess and the Goblin, Curdie in given the gift of insight from his great-great-grandmother, but when he returns to the palace, he finds the ailing king surrounded by deceivers with only Princess Irene to comfort him. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | MacDonald, George | Princess Irene's discovery of a secret stair to the top turret of the castle leads to a wonderful revelation. At the same time, the miner's son Curdle overhears a fiendish plot by the goblins who live below the mountain. It will take all of their wit and courage, plus the… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | Why must humanity suffer? In this elegant and thoughtful work, C. S. Lewis questions the pain and suffering that occur everyday and how this contrasts with the notion of a God that is both omnipotent and good. An answer to this critical theological problem is found within these pages. | Christian Living ⋅ Pain & Grief | |
 | Tozer, A.W. | During a train trip from Chicago in the late 1940s, A.W. Tozer began to work on The Pursuit of God. He wrote all night long, the words coming to him as fast as he could put them down. By the next morning, when the train pulled into McAllen, Texas, the… | Christian Living | |
 | Nicholi, Armand M., Jr. | Throughout the ages, many of the world's greatest thinkers have wrestled with the concept of -- and belief in -- God. It may seem unlikely that any new arguments or insights could be raised, but the twentieth century managed to produce two brilliant men with two diametrically opposed views about… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Keller, Timothy | In the New York Times bestselling The Reason for God, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, Timothy Keller, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics | |
 | Taylor, Mildred D. | As America hovers on the brink of war, Cassie fights a battle closer to home. Cassie Logan dreams of college and law school. But no amount of schooling can prepare her for the violent explosion that takes place when her friend Moe lashes out at his white tormentors - an… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Schrock, David S. | Throughout Scripture, priests and kings - including Adam, Mechizedek, and David - reflect the supreme glory of Jesus, the great high priest. By studying the biblical pattern of their roles in redemptive history, believers can understand their own identity as the royal priesthood of God. | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Methods | |
 | Brown, Margaret Wise | A splendid picture book celebrating a mother's steadfast love for her little bunny. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Curtis, Brent | From childhood on, something or Someone has called us on a journey of the heart. It is a journey full of intimacy, adventure, and beauty? But like any fairy tale it is also fraught with more than a little danger. To ignore this whispered call is to become one of… | Christian Living | |
 | Orczy, Baroness | Sir Percy Blakeney lives a double life in the England of 1792: at home he is an idle fop and a leader of fashion, but abroad he is the Scarlet Pimpernel, a master of disguise who saves aristocrats from the guillotine. When the revolutionary French state seeks to unmask him… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | John H. Yoder, editor | John H. Yoder, editor and translator. In the historic meeting held in 1527 at Schleitheim, Switzerland, an ad hoc group of Anabaptists worked through fundamental disagreements and emerged with a consensus on seven points of faith which became known as the Schleitheim Confession. One chapter from The Legacy of Michael… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | One of C.S. Lewis's most imaginative creations, this world-famous book is a humorous correspondence between the devil Screwtape and his apprentice Wormwood, whose job is to produce a human's soul for eternity in hell. Filled with astute insights into temptation, repentance, and grace, this wonderful tale intelligently explores what it… | Christian Living | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | One of C.S. Lewis's most imaginative creations, this world-famous book is a humorous correspondence between the devil Screwtape and his apprentice Wormwood, whose job is to produce a human's soul for eternity in hell. Filled with astute insights into temptation, repentance, and grace, this wonderful tale intelligently explores what it… | Christian Living | |
 | St. John, Patricia | Lucy has lived with her grandparents at Pheasant Cottage since she was a little girl, but she has dim memories of someone else. Who was it' What are her grandparents hiding from her' Lucy is determined to find the answers, but it turns out to be harder than she expected. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Vernon, Louise A. | The Anabaptists are a small group of Christians who believe that everyone is a priest and should be able to study the Bible. They refuse to baptize their babies, and instead baptize adults on a confession of faith in Christ. Because of these heretical acts they are persecuted and sometimes… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle's gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no one to play with, but one day she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the grounds that no one is… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle's gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no one to play with, but one day she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the grounds that no one is… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Butterfield, Rosaria Champagne | "Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a large university in a field for which she cared deeply. She owned two homes with her partner, in which they provided hospitality to students and activists that were looking to make… | Christian Living ⋅ Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Missions & Service ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Jennings, Ken and Stahl-Wert, John | This second book in the acclaimed Ken Blanchard series is both a practical guide for effective leadership and an examination of five powerful actions that can transform a team, a business, and a community. | Leadership | |
 | Have you experienced business meetings as frustrating, inefficient, stressful or even boring? Draw from the ancient wisdom of the Bible and the Holy Spirit living within to run life-giving meetings that embody Christian values, prioritize people, and lead to great decisions. Disrupt old meeting habits and transform your company culture… | Leadership | ||
 | Carr, Nicholas | Nicholas Carr's bestseller The Shallows has become a foundational book in one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the internet's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? This tenth-anniversary edition includes a new afterword that brings the story up to date, with… | Counseling & Psychology | |
 | Holleman, Heather | Are you longing for meaningful conversations? For practical skills to connect with others? Heather invites us to imagine better conversations and introduces the Four Mindsets of a Loving Conversation, along with all the best practices for enjoying great conversations. Based on the dimensions of what it means to be human… | Christian Living ⋅ Relationships & Mentoring | |
 | Keats, Ezra Jack | No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The Snowy Day. Universal in its appeal, the story has become a favorite of millions, as it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Pearcey, Nancy R. and Thaxton… | "I consider The Soul of Science to be a most significant book which, in our scientific age, should be required reading for all thinking Christians and all practicing scientists. The authors demonstrate how the flowering of modern science depended upon the Judeo-Christian worldview of the existence of a real physical… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Harder, Leland | The dramatic story of the genesis of the Anabaptist movement, told directly through the letters of its leaders and other primary documents.
This is volume 4 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 | |
 | Flack, Marjorie | A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master's houseboat one evening. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Engelbrecht, Edward A. | This treasure will be a great help to pastors, teachers, parents and grandparents as they, like the faithful mother and grandmother of St. Timothy, lead the little ones to understand the Sacred Scriptures. Throughout this Bible, high quality realistic art is used to fully engage the reader, rather than using… | Books ⋅ Bibles | |
 | Olson, Roger E. | In this panoramic work of historical theology, Olson vividly recounts the deeds and words of the major Christian theologians from antiquity through the Reformation and right up to today. Through it all Olson detects a common thread--concern for salvation, God's redemptive activity in forgiving and transforming sinful human beings. 613… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Wyss, Johann | A terrible storm strands a Swiss pastor, with his wife and four sons, on a tropical island. Luckily, the Robinsons are optimistic and inventive, and with what they salvage from the wrecked ship, the island's abundant fruits, plants, and animals, they soon adapt - each day discovering new dangers, skills… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Potter, Beatrix | The original classic tale of Peter Rabbit. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | St. John, Patricia | In the beautiful English countryside, nine-year-old Ruth lives with her brother Philip in their aunt's cottage. Not far away, across the meadow, lies the secret, tangled woods where the children love to play. It's a happy life - until Ruth's temper and misbehavior threaten to get her sent away to… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Walsh, Brian J. | Science, technology and economic growth motivate our society. Each is carried on with little regard for Christian concerns. This book points to the need for the Christian vision to transform the world. 186 pp. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Du Bois, William Paene | When Prof. William Waterman Sherman was found adrift in the Atlantic clinging to the debris of twenty-one balloons, all America was rocked with curiosity. . . . Dead-pan humor mingles extravaganza with the smallest practicalities.--The New York Times. Newbery Honor Book. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading |