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 | Bonhoeffer, Dietrich | Martyred by the Gestapo near the end of World War II for plotting to assassinate Hitler, Dietrich Bonhoeffer left a legacy of writings that has become a prized testimony of faith and courage for Christians around the world. Life Together is Bonhoeffer's inspiring account of a unique fellowship in an underground… | Christian Living ⋅ Church & Community | |
 | Miller, Darrow L. | We spend 50 to 75 percent of our waking hours and 60 to 90 percent of the years of our lives working. Yet many of us never invest even a fraction of that time exploring the vision that drives our lives and work. We've lost the framework in which it… | Christian Living ⋅ Work | |
 | Petersen, Jim | We thought we had discipleship figured out - so why can't we see results? Walk into any bookstore and you'll see entire sections devoted to the concept of discipleship. Churches offer courses on it and even appoint specific ministers to the task. But when it comes down to it, is… | Christian Living ⋅ Relationships & Mentoring | |
 | Kauffman, Christmas Carol | Joseph Armstrong's father showed little concern for his wife and children. Work was first. Praise was a foreign language. All the while, he portrayed himself as flawlessly pious, making his home a potential hotbed for bitterness. But a devout mother bridged the gap -- loving, teaching, and praying for her… | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Burgess, Thornton W. | Young readers will find this exciting tale of a courageous animal filled with valuable lessons about nature and wildlife. Paper. 87 pp. | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Nam, Jeong-hee | Laos enjoy his life in ancient Turkey. His father and grandfather are famous for crafting gold into beautiful objects, and Laos helps in their market stall, bartering gold for food and livestock. But exchanging such different goods is complicated. They need something to represent the value of their goods -… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | Lucy, then Edmund, and then Peter and Susan discover the Magic and meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. In the blink of an eye, their lives are changed forever. | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Reinke, Tony | I love to read. I hate to read. I don't have time to read. I only read Christian books. I'm not good at reading. There's too much to read. Chances are, you've thought or said one of these exact phrases before because reading is important and in many ways unavoidable… | Literature ⋅ The Art of Reading | |
 | Moody, Ralph | Ralph Moody was eight in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a ranch in Colorado. Through his eyes we experience the pleasures and perils of ranching there early in the 20th century. This wonderfully told true story is full of excitement and adventure. Paper. 260 pp. | Biography & History | |
 | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | LITTLE HOUSE. BIG ADVENTURE. Celebrate the original nine books that started it all! When Laura Ingalls Wilder first wrote of her experiences growing up in the 1800s, no one could have predicted the impact her stories would have on generations of children to come! Follow Laura's life from the glorious… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | Laura Ingalls's story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Four-year-old Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their trusty dog, Jack. Pioneer life is sometimes hard, since the family… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | Pa Ingalls decides to sell the old house, and the family sets out for Indian country! They travel from Wisconsin to Kansas and there, finally, Pa builds their little house on the prairie. Sometimes farm life is difficult, even dangerous, but Laura and the family are kept busy and are… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | Growing up in a poor New York neighborhood, Cedric Errol appears to be a normal American boy. However, as he discovers when he meets his grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, he is actually Lord Fauntleroy, and is expected to become an English gentleman. Whisked away from his mother and his… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Alcott, Louisa May | Jo March, the irrepressible tomboy in Little Women, has grown up and married her professor to become Jo Bhaer. Together the Bhaers have established Plumfield-a warm-hearted, informal school where lessons are taught with a dose of laughter. When Nat, a young orphan joins the happy household at Plumfield, he can'… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Gramatky, Hardie | Little Toot is a 1939 children's picture book written and illustrated by Hardie Gramatky. It features Little Toot, a small young tugboat in New York Harbor who does not want to tug. Instead, he would rather play, making figure eights in the harbor and thus being a nuisance to all… | Picture Books | |
 | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | The long winter is over. With spring comes a new job for Laura, town parties, and "Literaries." Laura spends many hours each day sewing shirts to help earn money that will send Mary to a college for the blind. But in the evenings, she makes time for a new caller… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Alcott, Louisa May | Follow the adventures of four sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, in this much-loved classic tale. The sisters fall into one scrape after another, as tempers flare, illness strikes and their lives are filled with new experiences and loves. Based on Louisa May Alcott's own life experiences, Little Women gives… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Alcott, Louisa May | Follow the adventures of four sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, in this much-loved classic tale. The sisters fall into one scrape after another, as tempers flare, illness strikes and their lives are filled with new experiences and loves. Based on Louisa May Alcott's own life experiences, Little Women gives… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Coblentz, John | Sexual sin warps, poisons, and plunders the soul. In its path follow immeasurable havoc, confusion, and anguish. In spite of its painfully high costs, sexual sin often develops a powerful hold on both men and women. Thank God there is grace! In this book you'll find the principles and guidance… | Christian Living ⋅ Men | |
 | Hendricks, Howard G. | Howard Hendricks reveals in a very practical way the keys to effective and yes ENJOYABLE Bible study. Having a clear vision of the reason for Bible study (life change) Professor Hendricks teaches you how to study (not just read or skim) the Bible for nuggets of truth that can (and… | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Methods | |
 | TerKeurst, Lysa | This Bible study helps women design a life plan based on the seven principles of the woman in Proverbs 31, helping them to develop a concrete, individualized plan for dynamic Christian living. | Women | |
 | Schmidt, Gary D. | Turner Buckminster knows that the only thing worse than being the new kid is being the new kid and the minister's son. It's hard to make friends and have fun when the whole town is watching and judging him. But he escapes for a while when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Richardson, Don | This unforgettable tale of missionary Stan Dale and his family and thousands of Yali tribesmen brings unlikely characters together in a swirl of agony and bloodshed climaxing in a dramatic, unexpected ending. | Biography & History | |
 | Mowat, Farley | Awasin and Jamie, brothers in courage, meet a challenge many mountain men could not endure. When their canoe is destroyed by the fury of the rapids, they must face the wilderness with no food and no hope of rescue. To survive, they build an igloo, battle a towering grizzly bear… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Eggerichs, Emerson | This groundbreaking book--featured on Focus on the Family's radio program--offers much-needed help to husbands and wives everywhere. Introducing the biblical teaching of unconditional respect, Love and Respect shows readers how to decipher the communication code between male and female. | Christian Living ⋅ Marriage | |
 | Coblentz, John | Wounds and injustice, whether deeply painful or only annoying, stir in humans a dark urge to retaliate. Jesus Christ was an exception. And Jesus called His disciples to follow Him on a higher way. His teachings are simple, arresting, and challenging. The Teacher intended that they be taken seriously… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Schott, Hannah | Love in a Time of Hate paints an intimate portrait of Magda and Andre Trocme, who transformed a small town in France into a place of safety during the Holocaust. At great risk to their own lives, the Trocmes led efforts in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon to hide more than three thousand… | Biography & History | |
 | Riedemann, Peter | One of the most articulate and biblically grounded voices of the Radical Reformation, Peter Riedemann was only twenty-three when he penned this impassioned confession of faith in the gloom of a sixteenth-century Austrian dungeon. Already a noted Anabaptist leader, Riedemann called fellow persecuted Christians to witness to a love that, “when… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Nee, Watchman | Laying a good foundation is essential for the full growth of a Christian as well as for the building up of the body of Christ. The apostle Paul exhorted young Timothy to "have an outline of sound words which words thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which… | Christian Living ⋅ Church & Community | |
 | Pearcey, Nancy R. | In Love Thy Body bestselling author Nancy Pearcey goes beyond politically correct slogans with a riveting exposé of the dehumanizing worldview that shapes current watershed moral issues, arguing that a holistic Christian view sustains the dignity of the body and biology. Throughout the book, Pearcy entrances readers with compassionate stories of… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Doctrine of Humanity | |
 | Munsch, Robert and McGraw, Sheila | First published in 1986, this classic book by Munsch is a gentle affirmation of the love a parent feels for their his or her child--forever. McGraw's soft and colorful pastels perfectly complement the sentiment of the book--one that will be read repeatedly for years. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Moreland, J.P. | Drawing on biblical wisdom as well as personal experience, George helps women handle their emotions and discover inner peace that comes from focusing on what is true. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics | |
 | Stauffer, Romaine | Christian Burkholder's life followed a peaceful routine of farming, family, and church. This was the quiet freedom his mother had been searching for when she brought her family to Pennsylvania from the Old World when he was just a lad.
As a farmer, father, and church leader, Christian watched uneasily as… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Kauffman, Christmas Carol | The true story of Lucy's lifelong spiritual quest through two difficult marriages and many sorrows. | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Robinson, Virgil | A biography of the great reformer who led the Protestant Reformation in Germany. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Shakespeare, William | Literature ⋅ Classics | ||
 | McCloskey, Robert | Make Way for Ducklings is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey. First published in 1941, the book tells the story of a pair of mallards who decide to raise their family on an island in the lagoon in Boston Public Garden, a park in the center… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | McCloskey, Robert | From those famous ducklings to Homer Price's delicious donuts, generations of children have grown up delighting in the timeless stories of Robert McCloskey. Here, for the first time, all of his published works--Make Way for Ducklings, Blueberries for Sal, Lentil, Time of Wonder, One Morning in Maine, Burt Dow, Deep-Water… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Kreeft, Peter | This book clears a straight road through the thorny jungles of skewed modern thinking about the way to live, and does do with the easy brilliance, impish insight, and searching simplicity that have become Peter Kreeft's special trademarks. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Ethics | |
 | Morris, Thomas V. | Pascal and the meaning of life | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Stanley, Andy | Your vision is the lifeblood of your organization. It should be coursing through the minds and hearts of those you lead, focusing their creativity and galvanizing their efforts. Together, you and your team will strive to make your vision a reality. But in order for that to happen, you've got… | Leadership | |
 | Moody, Ralph | Fortified with Yankee ingenuity and western can-do energy, the Moody family, transplanted from New England, builds a new life on a Colorado ranch early in the 20th century. Father has died and Little Britches shoulders the responsibilities of a man at age eleven. Continues the true pioneering adventures as unforgettable… | Biography & History | |
 | Yoder, Edward | Growing in the Word Series, Book 2 | Christian Living | |
 | Chesterton, G.K. | Perhaps the most lighthearted of all Chesterton's "serious" books, Manalive is full of high-spirited nonsense expressing important ideas: life is worth living, one can break with convention and still maintain moral and ethical standards, and much of the behavior that civilized man has been led to believe is wrong, isn't wrong… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Mason, Eric | The earthly crisis within manhood will remain until Jesus returns, but in Christ a man is pointed toward the gospel as the vision for renewal. Manhood Restored by exciting new pastoral voice Eric Mason combines theological depth with practical insights, putting men in step with a gospel-centered manhood that will enrich every… | Christian Living ⋅ Men | |
 | Andrew V. Ste. Marie and… | The first volume in the Cross Bearers Series, March Forward with the Word is a well-researched, accessible biography of Conrad Grebel, one of the original founders of the Anabaptist movement. Numerous quotations from primary sources provide historical veracity, while extensive sidebars and illustrations introduce readers to the cultural context of this story… | Anabaptist History & Thought ⋅ Biography & History | |
 | Swenson, Richard A. | Margin is the space that once existed between ourselves and our limits. Today we use margin just to get by. This book is for anyone who yearns for relief from the pressure of overload. Reevaluate your priorities, determine the value of rest and simplicity in your life, and see where… | Leadership | |
 | Coblentz, John | In an age when traditional marriage is being opened for review, when divorce is as common as marriage, and when remarriage following divorce is considered reasonable and right, we need to know what the Bible says. This study follows a question-and-answer format, showing what the Bible says and offering practical… | Christian Living ⋅ Marriage | |
 | Anonymous | A tale of the persecution of Christians in ancient Rome. | Biography & History | |
 | Coon, Samuel D. | Preacher Matthew Grady could feel the people of Los Ebanos watching him. "Father Costa hates you because people leave his church to listen to what you say about God," Matthew's friend Juan said. "Father Costa says he will chase you out of town."
"I will love everybody," Matthew Grady said. "Even… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books |