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"As the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940, Aleida van der Zee Martens escapes to London to wait out the Occupation. Separated from her three-year-old son, Theo, in the process, the young widow desperately searches for her little boy even as she works for an agency responsible for evacuating children to the countryside. When German bombs set London ablaze, BBC radio correspondent Hugh Collingwood reports on the Blitz, eager to boost morale...
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159 pages ; 20 cm
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Cuando los mandamientos de Dios suenan imposibles, la mayoría de nosotros buscamos excusas, optamos por no obecer, o pretendemos que nos va mejor de lo que estamos. En Mandamientos imposibles, el autor Jonty Allcock nos muestra que la obediencia puede ser una alegría que da vida en lugar de ser trabajo, un placer en lugar de un deber.
When God's commandments sound impossible, most of us make excuses, choose not to obey, or pretend that we are doing...
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301 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"The saints were the original social justice advocates. This stunning collection of contemporary portraits celebrates their diversity and spiritual depth as never before, accompanied by thoughtful reflections from bestselling and influential writers. Over the centuries, the rich diversity and relevance of the saints has been whitewashed, their images portrayed as expressionless, and the lessons of their lives watered down. But artist, writer, and...
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212 pages ; 23 cm.
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"Sumérjase en el mundo de El progreso del peregrino, obra maestra atemporal escrita por John Bunyan en 1678. Este cuento alegórico entreteje con gran detalle el tapiz del viaje cristiano, cautivando los corazones de innumerables lectores y siendo aclamada como una creación religiosa fundamental. Esta bellísima edición -- acompañada de oraciones para guiarnos en el camino -- nos invita a hurgar en el profundo conocimiento bíblico embebido en...
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223 pages; 22 cm
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In A Heart in the Desert, Patricia Namnún invites you on a journey of hope that will help you recognize your season of spiritual drought, identify the paths that have led you there, stop believing the lies you tell yourself, have the courage to embrace the truth and turn to Jesus, the One who alone can make rivers of living water flow within you once again. Every woman, at one time or another, is likely to find herself in a spiritual desert, a vast...
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192 pages ; 17 cm
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Escucha atentamente... Jesús le está hablando a tu corazón. Este bello devocional, escrito para tu corazón herido, te inspirará y animará en tu diario caminar de fe. Sus docenas de lecturas ofrecen el consuelo que necesitas para afrontar el día, junto con pequeños y preciosos recordatorios de que Jesús tiene un mensaje muy especial para tu corazón herido. Descubrirás que Jesús habla cada día, en cada situación difícil, ya sea que estés...
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From USA Today bestselling author and Christy Award Hall of Fame inductee Tamera Alexander comes the story of two women from different centuries living in the same house who share strikingly similar journeys. Claire Powell's life is turned upside down when her beloved husband admits to a "near affair." But when Stephen accepts a partnership with an Atlanta law firm without consulting her and buys a historic Southern home sight-unseen -- it pushes...
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Leah's garden volume 4
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"Larkspur Nielsen is determined to keep the family homestead running, even if she must do it alone. When she discovers that Isaac McTavish has feelings for her, she pushes him away to protect her heart. But how can she build the life she's always dreamed of when unexpected dangers arrive?"--
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xxvii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"Tender and powerful spiritual reflections and blessings that invite readers to honestly and joyfully walk through their everyday, wonderful, messy humanity, from the New York Times bestselling author of Good Enough. Kate Bowler, author of the instant New York Times bestseller Good Enough and national bestseller The Lives We Actually Have, wants to encourage people to develop their capacity to feel the breadth of their experiences. The better we are...
10) Embraced
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An encounter with her changed his future. An encounter with God changed him. People don't set out to fail. Sometimes failure happens spectacularly with plenty of notorious attention. Other times, it comes quietly, almost with a sigh of relief. When my wife asked me for a divorce hours after my father's funeral, only the timing was a surprise. I believed the failure of my marriage from beginning to end, along with the heartache it caused, especially...
11) Fatal Witness
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As a child, artist and potter Dani Bennett witnessed the brutal murder of her parents. With no memory of the incident or her true identity, she was forced to take on a new name and a new life, hidden away in Montana for the past 25 years.
Mae Richmond has spent the same stretch of time searching for her granddaughter, who went missing the night her daughter and son-in-law were murdered. Convinced the woman she saw in a pottery magazine feature...
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What do I do when I don't know what to do?
Have you ever found yourself in an unexpected season? Struggling with fear, uncertainty, and an unknown future? And thinking to yourself (and saying to God): This is not what I signed up for.
From counselor and Bible teacher Nicole Unice comes a book for when you feel scared, helpless, and in over your head. In Not What I Signed Up For, Nicole takes us on a journey through the biblical story of Joseph-thirteen...
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What is a gift worth? Does it depend on the gift itself or on what the gift means to the person receiving it? An uplifting short story about an unwanted gifts' impact in the lives of the ones that encounter the gift. These lives experienced life-altering circumstances that thrust them into the depths of despair, where they remained. The gift reveals a new hope and so, the choice is theirs; to stay where they are, or to receive the gifts' inspiration...
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A chronic doubter responds to 20 of the most difficult questions about Christianity
Does Christianity still make sense? Years after Bobby Conway became a Christian, this question haunted him. Even though by then, he was the pastor of a thriving church, it seemed as if his entire belief structure was being dismantled. Had he been duped? Perhaps you can relate to how Bobby felt. Maybe you find yourself questioning in the same way.
In this book, Bobby...
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Do You Recognize Holiness in Your Own Life and in the Here and Now?
These days, brokenness feels more comfortable to discuss than holiness. It's easier to say that we are messy than holy, that healing is a long way off. To say that we are holy seems like one step away from holier than thou, and no one ever wants to be that.
Holiness Here offers practical and inspiring ways to transform your life by helping you see the holiness within your ordinary,...
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A seasoned author and masterful storyteller, Tricia Lott Williford encountered the public trauma of the death of her husband, but she held quietly the private trauma that happened at the same time: grooming, manipulation, sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse by a person of trust. Tricia and her therapist, Jana Richardson, LPC, have written a resource to help others recognize the veiled dynamics of abuse, where it starts, how it escalates, and how survivors...
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How many survivors will it take for us to see the life behind the abortion?
Today's culture would have us believe that abortion is simply a choice, a right, a controversial argument, and a religious and political issue of pro-life vs. pro-choice. It has become easy to think of the unborn as disposable products of conception-medical waste. But all of that changes when that "product of conception" defies the odds and arrives into this world as a living,...
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How Do Christian Parents Keep Up with Their Children's Screen Consumption?
The expert media staff at Plugged In have compiled a must-read resource to help you understand the media your children consume. Years of researching and analyzing the latest media trends are compiled in Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family.
Offering practical advice and strategies to help your children navigate the ever-changing landscape of pop culture, Becoming a Screen Savvy...
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Experience Transformation When You Pray the Psalms with Your Whole Self
Feeling hopeless? Lonely? Anxious? Do you want to experience the presence and love of God through every joy and struggle of life? Do you long to enrich your prayer life and grow your relationship with God? The Psalms will guide you into fresh encounters and a lasting deeper attachment to God.
You may have read or studied the Psalms. In Nearing a Far God: Praying the Psalms with...
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