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 | Strunk, William Jr. and White… | A small book on the basics of writing style. | Educational Resources ⋅ Resources By Subject ⋅ Language Arts & Literature | |
 | Meghan Brubaker | In a split-perspective drama, the characters of a nativity scene are just “waking up” after being packed away in the attic for most of the year. However, they soon realize that somehow, Jesus has gone missing. On the other side of the stage, the members of the family that the… | Educational Resources ⋅ Program Scripts ⋅ Christmas | |
 | Maisel, F. J. | People have questions about the Bible. Maisel attempts to bring understanding to historical controversies. Who really wrote God's Word? Who translated it? Is the text reliable? | Level 34 items | |
 | Bodenstein Von Carlstadt, Andreas | Discover the writings of a leader in the Radical Reformation who sparred with Martin Luther, calling for change "from below."
Although he was not an Anabaptist, the life and thought of Radical Reformer Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt (1486-1541) had a strong influence on the Anabaptist movement. In 1534 he joined the faculty… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Chesterton, G.K. | Chesterton's concise classic history of humanity, Christ and Christianity, which was instrumental in C. S. Lewis' conversion to Christianity. (Unabridged, with appendices.) | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Doctrine of Humanity | |
 | Dubay, Thomas | While everyone is delighted by beauty, and the more alive among us are positively fascinated by it, few are explicitly aware that we can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. Dubay explores the reasons why all of the most eminent physicists of the twentieth century agree that beauty is… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Art and Beauty | |
 | Borthwick, Paul and Ripper, Dave | If we follow Jesus, we will experience pain. We might face hardship because of our Christian commitment, or we may have challenges just from living a fallen world. Either way, Christians follow in the footsteps of our suffering Savior and participate in his suffering.
Missionary Paul Borthwick and pastor Dave Ripper… | Christian Living ⋅ Pain & Grief | |
 | Landis, James G. | In The Final Conquest, the Revolutionary War rages through the Ohioland, further testing the faith of the believers in three Christian Indian villages along the Muskingum River. Threatened with death and destruction on every side, the believing Indians and their beloved teachers cannot determine who are their real friends or enemies.
The seventh… | Biography & History | |
 | Wong, Harry K. | The best-selling book ever on classroom management and teaching for student achievement with over 3.6 million copies sold. The book walks a teacher, either novice or veteran, through structuring and organizing a classroom for success that can be applied at any time of the year at any grade level, pre-K… | Methods of Teaching | |
 | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | The First Four Years is an autobiographical novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder, published in 1971 and commonly considered the last of nine books in the Little House series. The series had initially concluded at eight children's novels following Wilder to mature age and her marriage with Almanzo Wilder. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Lencioni, Patrick | In keeping with the parable style, Lencioni ("The Five Temptations of a CEO") begins by telling the fable of woman who, as CEO of a struggling Silicon Valley firm, took control of a dysfunctional executive committee and helped its members succeed as a team. Story time over, Lencioni offers explicit… | Leadership | |
 | Drucker, Peter F. | The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Nonprofit Organization presents a proven self-assessment tool for all nonprofit leaders. In answering simple questions about the mission, strategic vision, central values, and long-term plan, you'll uncover key insights that lead to more effective leadership and a greater organizational… | Leadership | |
 | Nelson, Tom | Pastoral leadership is in crisis. It's not just that many pastors feel overwhelmed; many have lost their way. With the risk of burnout at an all-time high, what pastors need is not just a new leadership strategy but a new framework ofr ministry - one that will help them move… | Leadership ⋅ Church Leadership | |
 | Pieper, Josef | 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 | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | 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 | |
 | Burkholder, Mary | 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:
… | Christian Living ⋅ Women | |
 | 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 | |
 | Smith, James Bryan | 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 | |
 | Smith, James Bryan | 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 | |
 | Smith, James Bryan | 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 | |
 | Seredy, Kate | 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 | |
 | 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 | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | 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 | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | 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 | |
 | Mann, Elizabeth | The story of thousands of miles of earth and stone that turned a nation into a fortress | Living History Weavings | |
 | Meghan Brubaker | Christmas is a time to give and receive gifts. But the greatest Christmas gift of all was given two thousand years ago. This piece focuses on the many types of gifts that were given throughout the events of Jesus coming to earth, culminating in the greatest gift of all—His birth!
Age… | Educational Resources ⋅ Program Scripts ⋅ Christmas | |
 | O'Dell, Scott | The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day by award-winning author Scott O'Dell is historical fiction set in Europe during the 1500s. In this Christian fiction book Tom Barton and his uncle Jack are smugglers who are used to breaking the law. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | 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 | |
 | Coley, Kenneth S. | Be prepared to grow academically, professionally, and spiritually as you consider Ken Coley's principles for what it takes to be an effective school leader. Topics include the five forces of leadership, transformational leadership, legal and financial issues, and leadership development of the school staff. | Educational Resources ⋅ Classroom Management & Culture | |
 | Schaeffer, Edith | 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 | |
 | Hipps, Shane | 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 | |
 | Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. | 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 | |
 | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | A novel which deals with a decadent New England family and Holgrave, who rents a room in their seven-gabled house. | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | 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 | |
 | Mathis, Sharon Bell | This Newbery Honor Book tells the story of "a boy and his hundred-year-old great-great-aunt in . . . a quietly intense story, illustrated with sepia pictures that make dramatic use of chiaroscuro" ("The Horn Book"). Two-color illustrations. | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Ripken, Nik | 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 | |
 | Walton, John H. | How can we account for the "Book of the Law" suddenly being discovered during Josiah's renovation of the temple (2 Chron 34:14)? We know from Egypt and Mesopotamia that it was common to seal important documents--including theological documents--in the masonry or foundations of a palace or temple in order to… | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Helps | |
 | 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 | |
 | Bruinsma, Robert | The Joy of Language is an up-to-date resource for beginning and experienced teachers in Christian and public schools, as well as for education majors. Robert Bruinsma presents a language-centered, redemptionist view of teaching the language arts that will encourage readers to be Christian teachers, not just Christians who teach. | Resources By Subject ⋅ Language Arts & Literature | |
 | Kipling, Rudyard | "For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack," --Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
Penned 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. Falker
A 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… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Fleming, Alice | Narrates the saga of how the Mennonites left Prussia to avoid military service, went to southern Russia where they learned to raise Turkey Red wheat, and ultimately came to the United States where they helped make Kansas famous for its wheat. | Level 43 items | |
 | Vernon, Louise A. | 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 | |
 | O'Dell, Scott | 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 | |
 | Melvin Lehman, John D. Martin… |
"The Kingdom of God" by Melvin Lehman
"First Response" by John D. Martin
"Second Response" by Richard Herr
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 | Bercot, David W. | 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 | |
 | Cramer, Ronald L. | A note to future teacher ... from the author, Ronald Cramer - "This text presents an array of strategies, models, research, and well-established best practices for teaching reading, writing, listening, talking, and thinking. The research, ideas, and information presented in this text will inform, and I hope inspire, pre-service teachers… | Resources By Subject ⋅ Language Arts & Literature | |
 | Sattler, Michael | 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 |