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 | Yancey, Philip | In Rumors of Another World, Philip Yancey asks, "Is the visible world around us all there is?" and "What rumors of another world might it convey?" He then examines the apparent contradictions. If this is God's world, why doesn't it look more like it? Why is this planet so messed up? Finally… | Christian Living | |
 | Thomas, Gary | Sacred Marriage doesn't tell how to build a better marriage; it shows how your marriage can help you deepen your relationship with God. From the practice of forgiveness, to the ecstasy of lovemaking, to the history you and your spouse create together, everything about your marriage is filled with the potential… | Christian Living ⋅ Marriage | |
 | Crider, Keith | We praise God for the gracious gift of salvation that is ours through Christ. Jesus' death on the cross, a defining moment in making salvation possible, was an event of cosmic magnitude that includes elements we still do not completely understand.
The Bible does give clear teaching on what Jesus did… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Alcorn, Randy | Safely Home is a Christian novel by Randy Alcorn. It takes place in present-day China, and follows the story of two Harvard roommates, one American and one Chinese, who reunite decades after they graduate. The novel won the Gold Medallion Book Award for evangelical literature. | Literature ⋅ Contemporary | |
 | Chesterton, G.K. | Chesterton captures the spirit of the world's most popular saint like no one else.
All [Francis's] life was a series of plunges and scampers; darting after the beggar, dashing naked into the woods, tossing himself into the strange ship, hurling himself into the Sultan's tent and offering to hurl himself into… | Biography & History | |
 | Tompert, Ann | The patron saint of Ireland is brought to life through his own words in this stunning picture-book biography, available just in time for St. Patrick's Day. Full color. | Level 34 items | |
 | Stanley, Diane | Forty years before Saladin's birth, bloodthirsty hordes of the First Crusade conquered the divided factions of his native land. In time, Saladin was destined to become a great leader, a man with the courage and vision to unite his people against the invaders. Full-color illustrations. | Level 34 items | |
 | Concordia Choir | Russian Liturgical Anthems
1. Our Father
2. Nunc Dimittis
3. Salvation is Created
4. All-Night Vigil, opus 37: Nr. 6 Rejoice, O Virgin
5. All-Night Vigil, opus 37: Nr. 7 Glory to God in the Highest
Twentieth Century Motets
6. Magnificat
7. Yea, Though I Wander
8. Agnus Dei
9. Recordare Domine Quid Acciderit Nobis
10. Alleluia
11. The Exaltation of Christ | Concordia Choir | |
 | Hilty, Anne | Book 3 of The Great Book series, telling the story of the Martyr's Mirror during the American Revolution. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Yates, Elizabeth | Little Sarah wanders away from her family's cabin into the New Hampshire forest, and settlers come from all across the countryside to help find her. As the long days pass, the searchers grow desperate, but Sarah's father's trust in God holds firm. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | MacLachlan, Patricia | This Newbery Medal–winning book and children's literature classic is perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, historical fiction, and timeless stories using rich and beautiful language. Sarah, Plain and Tall gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love. The 30th Anniversary edition includes author Patricia MacLachlan’s… | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | "Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me." With these chilling words a husband claims his wife after a two-year absence. But the child she clutches is not his, and Hester must wear a scarlet "A" upon her breast, the sin of adultery visible to all. Under an assumed name… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Martin, Mildred A. | Read about Peter and the "In-Thing" (peer pressure), "The Five-Dollar Glove" (keeping agreements), "My Heart Says Amen" (death of a classmate), "The Wrath of Man" (God's power over an angry witch doctor) and many, many more! | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Hazen, Robert M. and Trefil… | Knowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to cultural literacy. But most books on science are often too obscure or too specialized to do the general reader much good.
Science Matters is a rare exception - a science book that is informative enough to be a popular textbook… | Educational Resources ⋅ Resources By Subject ⋅ Science | |
 | Deana Swanson | This session was recorded at Teachers Week 2024, held at Faith Builders on July 30 - August 2, 2024. | Teachers Week 2024 | |
 | Miller, Peggy Reiff | Why are farm animals heading across the ocean on a big ship? Take a trip with these seagoing cowboys as they travel from the quiet countryside to the hustle and bustle of the docks. Feel the pitching and rolling of their ship. Meet the horses and heifers they tend. And… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Stutzman, Enos D. | Second Chances, the enjoyably thought-provoking autobiography of Enos Stutzman, is a delight to read. Richly informative, it sheds much light on the life-values, ethos, and beliefs of the Amish communities in Ohio during the 1940s and 1950s, and still later during the transition to the Beachy Amish position. I have… | Biography & History | |
 | Upjohn, Rebecca | Milek and his brother Munio live in a sleepy village in Poland, where nothing exciting seems to happen. They reluctantly do as their mother asks when she asks them to visit their neighbor Anton, knowing that the rest of the village laughs at him because of his strange habits of… | Level 43 items | |
 | Davis, Ken | Ken Davis is an effective communicator. Thankfully, he has harnessed that ability to communicate and created a framework for communication that applies to everyone who desires to become more effective at public speaking. Using examples, counter-examples, and the S.C.O.R.R.E. preparation method, Davis provides a blunt contrast to typical speaking. | Leadership ⋅ Communication | |
 | Bercot, David | Jesus says, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My… | Christian Living | |
 | Frederick, Ryan and Selena | Marriage is all about sharing: sharing space, sharing joys and sorrows, sharing hopes and dreams. Yet we often hold back a part of ourselves because we fear that being wholly transparent--about our past, our desires, our failures, our faults--will bring judgment, rejection, or even just unwanted friction to our relationship… | Christian Living ⋅ Marriage | |
 | Degering, Etta | It was a boy, not a man, who devised the ingenious system of raised bumps for reading and writing used by the visually handicapped. When Louis Braille was almost 4 years old he blinded himself with a sharp awl in his father's harness shop. But the instrument that caused his… | Living History Weavings | |
 | Qureshi, Nabeel | Providing an intimate view into a loving Muslim home, Qureshi shares how he developed a passion for Islam before discovering, almost against his will, evidence that Jesus rose from the dead and claimed to be God. Unable to deny the arguments but not wanting to deny his family, Qureshi struggled… | Christian Living ⋅ Missions & Service | |
 | Pathway Publishers | Reader for Pathway reading series, Grade 7. Workbook and teacher's manual of same title available separately. | Curriculum ⋅ Pathway ⋅ Level 34 items ⋅ Level 43 items | |
 | Pathway Publishers | Teacher's manual for Pathway workbook (available separately) of the same title. | Curriculum ⋅ Pathway | |
 | Pathway Publishers | Workbook to accompany Pathway reader of same title. Teacher's manual available separately. | Curriculum ⋅ Pathway | |
 | London, Jack | John Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and to amass a vast fortune from his fiction alone. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang. Also included in this volume are the… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Twain, Mark | No library's complete without the classics! This new, enhanced leather-bound edition collects some of the most popular works of legendary humorist and novelist Mark Twain.
Mark Twain wrote his greatest works more than one hundred years ago, but he's never far from the minds of Americans. Whether it's the new, complete… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Smucker, Barbara | Selina is a Mennonite girl living in Pennsylvania in the 1860s. She loves her farm delights in the spring flowers and most of all, takes pleasure in watching her grandmother piece together a quilt. Grandmother is following the Bear Paw pattern using stitches and techniques that were brought to America… | Level 21 items | |
 | Faith Builders Colloquy 2013 | Faith Builders Colloquy 2013
The historical Anabaptist church responded to the divine call to separate from the corruption of the world to follow God in holiness. Today, too often our vision of nonconformity is negative or weak. We may see separation and nonconformity either as avoiding certain cultural patterns of our… | Colloquies | |
 | Jordan, Clarence | Anxiety, insecurity, military power, racial prejudice, and heavy taxes - all these problems of contemporary life were also faced by those who first heard the teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Author Clarence Jordan points out that this Sermon presents many of the major features of the… | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Helps | |
 | Greenleaf, Robert K. | This highly influential book is filled with prophetic essays on what Greenleaf coined "autocratic leadership" with a holistic approach. | Leadership | |
 | Enlow, Ralph E. | What did Jesus really mean when he said, "Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, the servant of all" (Mark 9:35)?
Servant leadership is commended by popular leadership writers and scholars. However, much of the practical, theoretical, and even theological commentary on servant leadership doesn't do the… | Leadership | |
 | Drescher, John M. | Drescher deals with seven things all children need: significance, security, acceptance, love, praise, discipline and God. Paper. 129 pp. | Christian Living ⋅ Family | |
 | Ellen Dykas and Harvest USA | Sexual Sanity for Women guides participants through the process of understanding why they struggle with destructive relational and sexual patterns and how the gospel brings change and a new way of living. Twenty lessons guide participants to understand God's good design for sexuality, the underlying reasons they struggle with sexual… | Women | |
 | Elliot, Elisabeth | The murder of Jim Elliot and four fellow missionaries by the Auca Indians in 1956 shocked the nation and motivated thousands to a life of service. The story of what led Elliot to the jungles of Ecuador, told by his wife, Elisabeth, has become a modern Christian classic. Drawing from… | Biography & History | |
 | Moser, Helga | Shadow was a shy cat, but she was also brave and diligent. When Farmer Don ruined her perfect hiding place in a tunnel under the hay, she didn't give up. Shadow searched and searched for a new spot. It had to be just right for keeping her secret safe.
A Pleasant… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Tripp, Tedd | In this revised edition of Shepherding a Child's Heart, Dr. Tedd Tripp not only draws on his thirty years of experience as a pastor, counselor, school administrator, and father, but he also shares insights gained in ten years of teaching this material in conferences worldwide, providing more valuable help for… | Christian Living ⋅ Family | |
 | Speare, Elizabeth George | Once their cabin is finished Matt's father leaves to bring the rest of the family and Matt is left to survive on his own. During an attack by swarming bees, Matt is astonished when he's rescued by an Indian chief and his grandson, Attean. As the boys come to know… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Eliot, George | Classic of English literature recounts the engrossing story of a lonely and embittered old man and the orphaned child who helps him find love and hope.As a young man, Silas Marner shut himself off from the world after being wrongly accused of theft and losing the girl he loved. Much… | Classics | |
 | Endo, Shusaku | Seventeenth-century Japan: Two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to a country hostile to their religion, where feudal lords force the faithful to publicly renounce their beliefs. Eventually captured and forced to watch their Japanese Christian brothers lay down their lives for their faith, the priests bear witness to unimaginable cruelties that… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Barzun, Jacques | In "Simple & Direct, " Jacques Barzun, celebrated author and educator, distills from a lifetime of writing and teaching his thoughts about the craft of writing. In chapters on diction, syntax, tone, meaning, composition, and revision, Barzun describes and prescribes the techniques to correct even the most ponderous style. Exercises… | Resources By Subject ⋅ Language Arts & Literature | |
 | Beatrice King | Celebrate over twenty-five years of the best recipes served from the Faith Builders kitchen ...
- Over 500 recipes for the home kitchen
- 65 recipes designed for large groups
- Tips for kitchen preparation
- Memories and pictures from the Faith Builders
kitchen
- Original recipes from the Faith Works Bakery
You will find in these… | Cookbooks, Planners, & Miscellany | |
 | Swope, Cheryl | This revolutionary new book guides parents and teachers in implementing the beauty of a classical education with special needs and struggling students.
Increase your child's academic success.
Restore your child's love of learning.
Regain confidence to teach any child.
Renew your vision of hope for your special-needs child.
Receive help… | Educational Resources ⋅ Philosophy of Education | |
 | St. Olaf Choir | Songs for Christmas and "New Songs of Love" by Brahms- Directed by Kenneth Jennings. 10 songs total.
1. O Yule, Full of Gladness
2. Carol of the Drum
3. Thy Little Ones, Dear Lord, Are We
4. Glory Be to God
5. Jeg er sa glad (I am so Glad)
6. A Spotless Rose
7. The Christmas… | Music ⋅ Christmas Music ⋅ Saint Olaf Choir | |
 | Brubaker, Brooke | A story about the first German printing of the Martyrs Mirror in America."The candle was burning in a small room off the passageway. It showed a desk cluttered with printed pages. Then he saw something on the window shelf and forgot the cold. It was the Great Book." | Picture Books | |
 | Park, Linda Sue | When Tree-ear breaks a ceramic masterpiece, he works to repay a debt to the gruff potter Min. Tree-ear dreams of someday making beautiful pots himself and is crushed to learn that while homeless orphans can perform backbreaking labor, they cannot become potters. Still, Tree-ear toils to help Min achieve his… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Coblentz, John | Subjects such as dating, engagement, and marriage are more popular than singlehood. Perhaps this is because more people marry than stay single, and perhaps also because most people want to be married. But it means, unfortunately, that sometimes people find themselves in situations they never have given much thought to… | Christian Living ⋅ Singleness | |
 | Borthwick, Paul | However you see the world, this book could blow your view apart. It's got six sticks of dynamite in it--in the form of six questions-- that could remake the way you see other countries, cultures, and ethnic groups. Take the risk to see the world as Jesus sees it. | Christian Living | |
 | Adler, Mortimer J. | ▪Truth ▪Goodness ▪Beauty ▪Liberty ▪Equality ▪Justice | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Ethics |