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An honest, soul-searching pursuit of biblical answers to one of Christianity's most challenging questions: What do you do when God meets your prayers with silence?
Many of us have struggled with prayers that seem to go unanswered, and Pete Greig has been down that difficult road of doubt. This book is both intensely personal and deeply theological—a book born out of his wife Sammy's fight for her life after a horrifying
...3) Unseen Path
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Linda H. Williams, Chief Executive Officer of With Love from Jesus Ministries (WLFJ), shares true stories of God's blessings in her life through seemingly impossible circumstances. As you follow Linda's journey to WLFJ, which includes more than twenty-five years of prison ministry and opening her home to women and their children, you will experience real examples of God's ability to redeem any situation. See how God turns brokenness into surrender...
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I first met Cal in January 1977, when I arrived on the Hillview Acres Children's Home campus, in Chino, CA. Having a paint brush in his hand, I thought he was a maintenance man. As the days unfolded, I learned he was a "maintenance man," but for the children and staff in need. When things weren't going well, staff were encouraged to, "Take the youngsters to Cal's office!" He had dependable low-key demeanor, that wasn't explosive, but measured and...
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The kingdom of heaven is like this. A man happens to find a treasure hidden in a field. He covers it up again, and is so happy that he goes and sells everything he has, and then goes back and buys that field.
--Matthew 13:44 (GNT)
My Jesus, My Hero is the true story of a nurse, wife, mother, and cancer survivor, who was living an ordinary life until she personally encountered Jesus in 2011. After having this personal encounter, her life course...
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'I was born in January 1936, and I learned to count by the bombs dropping on Liverpool. My parents were godly people and I was early taught my duty to God and those around me. Very early in my life I felt that God's hand was on me, and I married a man whose sense of commitment and honour to God was likewise pre-eminent in his life. During our years on the mission field the whole spectrum of service changed. When we went to Burma in 1960 there were...
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In a world where uncertainty looms large and trials test the very essence of our beliefs, Carolyn Watts invites you to accompany her on a journey through the labyrinth of faith. At the heart of this captivating memoir lies the profound question that tugs at the core of our existence: Can we truly trust the boundless love and goodness of God, even when life seems to be falling apart?
Spanning continents and emotions, Risking Rest follows Carolyn's...
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How a Simple Act of Obedience Is Igniting Revival in Our Nation's Schools! What happens when a teenage convert from atheism hears a challenge from the Lord--and decides to act on it? This true story is the catalyst for a move of God that is taking the high schools of America for Jesus. Brian Barcelona, a dynamic leader on the forefront of youth evangelism, recounts how he answered God's call on his life with dramatic and miraculous results. Just a...
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No Matter What is the story of how God called a fearful, shy girl from the South Island of New Zealand and equipped her to plant cross-cultural churches and devote twenty-three years of her life to raising up a new generation of Thai believers.In this riveting book, you will journey with Ginette as she overcomes her natural limitations to bring light to the darkness, and minister freedom and healing in the Kingdom of Thailand. Along the way, Ginette...
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While the world was reading one story, God was writing another.
In 1977, amidst the bitterly cold days of the frigid Cold War, a young couple responded to God's dramatic call on their lives to go and live covertly behind The Iron Curtain. Filled with faith and buffeted by fear, they left the familiarity of family and the security of NATO to locate behind enemy lines inside Communist Poland in order to establish a Kingdom beachhead of evangelism and...
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After the death of her husband, sixty-two-year-old Frankie Wyatt wondered what to do next in her life. God had a plan: He was going to send her to China.
Frankie Willingham Wyatt had heard of the need of the Chinese people to hear about Jesus Christ. After she and her husband, Cecil, retired to Picayune, Mississippi, Cecil became seriously ill and was ultimately, called to his heavenly home. Now alone, Frankie prayed for God's direction in her life....
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Focus on unreached people groups and the emergence of a global church have not yet eliminated massive gaps in the spread of the gospel. Differences between Hindu and Christian traditions account for the uneven reception of the gospel of Christ among Hindu peoples. Contextualization, best practices, and movements to Christ are central discussion points in response.
In “Cultural Gaps”, H. L. Richard brings Benjamin Robinson, a forgotten nineteenth-century...
14) Jericho March
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Jericho March tells the story of author Doug Mann's journey to bring hope and rescue to some of the world's most dangerous places. Braving discovery and arrest, Doug smuggled Bibles behind the Cold War Iron Curtain, helped facilitate a hostage recovery with Somali pirates, navigated humanitarian relief efforts during the Kosovo War, and traveled in tumultuous Sudan. Throughout it all, Doug's faith was challenged and strengthened as he learned that...
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Thomas Shea fue ordenado sacerdote católico en la Congregación de Santa Cruz (C.S.C.) en 1967, y decidió servir como voluntario en la Iglesia de Perú, donde había escasez de sacerdotes. Siguiendo los documentos y el espíritu del Concilio Vaticano II, hizo esfuerzos para generar la participación activa de los laicos en una iglesia que crecía en ausencia de pastores. Tom se asoció con el P. Gustavo Gutierrez, fundador de la Teología de la...
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A pastor's life and ministry have many poignant and humorous moments, yet such stories usually stay within a small circle of family and friends. This veteran pastor shares such moments of grace and gratitude that many will enjoy through reading and reflecting. Every life has a story where "threads" of connections form a wondrous mosaic in a life of unexpected surprises and joys. An archive of ministry memories is shared in this volume, which is truly...
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If Olive Trees Could Talk is a glimpse into a fellow traveler's journey with Jesus. Good times and some not so good, but in both the good and not so good, you will see His hand. It is about the companionship of God. The stories will touch your heart and jog your memory to see His hand on your life. Everyone has a story to tell because He lives!
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Follow the life of Ron Reasoner from his mischievous childhood to his marvelous salvation, and onward to Post-Soviet Russia, where he was led by God to take his family with five small children to serve as a missionary for 25 years.
Experience his life in Moscow then hop on the Trans-Siberian Railroad to faraway places where Ron is arrested by the KGB, stumbles onto a nuclear radiated mountain, gets lost and ends up on the wrong continent, cruises...
19) Bramble Rambles
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Bramble Rambles is a collection of reflections (rambles) from Pastor Ford which were composed while he was exercising his hounds in the field (brambles) at dawn. They are intended to be conversation starters and not dogmatic answers. The rambles are meant to provide a starting point for faith-based dialogue in a world where we all ponder the difficult questions of life. Ford draws upon a ministry of over 25 years as a pastor and realizes that sometimes...
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Dangerous Woman? Ordained by God? Gender matters!
What do pastors really do beyond the pulpit? What's it like to be a woman pastor?
It's complicated. People leave congregations when the pastor wears a skirt. Other congregations become advocates for women clergy.
Rev. Dorothy Nickel Friesen, an ordained Mennonite pastor, digs deep into the soul of a pastor with humor, pathos, and passion. Her memoir, a collection of short stories based on true events,...
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