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With stories from south central LA to the jungles of Peru,  A Fierce Heart  offers deep and honest reflections on compassion and suffering by one of the country's most powerful mindfulness teachers. Spring Washam is a founder of the East Bay Meditation Center, the most diverse and accessible meditation center in the United States. In  A Fierce Heart , she shares her contemporary, unique interpretation of the Buddha's 2,500-year-old teachings that get to the heart of mindfulness, wisdom, and compassion.  Woven throughout the book are stories from her life, family, and community, along with soulful and unexpected stories of compassion in action from all over the world. The life-saving teachings of this charismatic teacher are universal; her honesty, enthusiasm, and energy are a balm. |
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A must-read for anyone looking to move beyond type as caricature and learn how to work with the Enneagram toward spiritual growth. Over 100,000 copies sold! eBook EXCLUSIVE: 45+ COLOR illustrations to provide greater depth of understanding. Most of us spend a lifetime trying to figure out who we are and how we relate to others and God. The Enneagram is here to help. Far more than a personality test, author Chris Heuertz writes, the Enneagram is a sacred map to the soul. Lies about who we think we are keep us trapped in loops of self-defeat. But the Enneagram reveals both the nine ways we get lost, as well as the nine ways we find our way home to our True Self and to God.  Chris Heuertz has taught the Enneagram all over the world, and has trained under some of the great living Enneagram masters including Father Richard Rohr, Russ Hudson, Marion Gilbert, and Helen Palmer. Whether you are an enthusiast or simply Enneagram-curious, this groundbreaking guide to the spiritual depth of the Enneagram will help you:  Understand the "why" behind your type, beyond caricatures and stereotypesIdentify and find freedom from self-destructive patternsLearn how to work with your type toward spiritual growthAwaken your unique gifts to serve today's broken world Richly insightful and deeply practical, The Sacred Enneagram is your invitation to begin the journey of a life transformed. Also available: The Sacred Enneagram Workbook. |
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"God Bless You!! Today and Throughout Year!!" King James Version Bible with Audio is a pocket Bible solution Great audio quality The Authorized Version, commonly known as the King James Version, the King James Bible or simply the KJV, is an English translation by the Church of England of the Christian Bible begun in 1604 and completed in 1611. First printed by the King's Printer, Robert Barker, this was the third such official translation into English; the first having been the Great Bible commissioned by the Church of England in the reign of King Henry VIII, and the second having been the Bishop's Bible of 1568. In January 1604, King James I of England convened the Hampton Court Conference where a new English version was conceived in response to the perceived problems of the earlier translations as detected by the Puritans, a faction within the Church of England. James gave the translators instructions intended to guarantee that the new version would conform to the ecclesiology and reflect the episcopal structure of the Church of England and its beliefs about an ordained clergy. The translation was by 47 scholars, all of whom were members of the Church of England. In common with most other translations of the period, the New Testament was translated from Greek, the Old Testament was translated from Hebrew text, while the Apocrypha were translated from the Greek and Latin. In the Book of Common Prayer (1662), the text of the Authorized Version replaced the text of the Great Bible - for Epistle and Gospel readings - and as such was authorized by Act of Parliament. By the first half of the 18th century, the Authorized Version was effectively unchallenged as the English translation used in Anglican and other Protestant churches. Over the course of the 18th century, the Authorized Version supplanted the Latin Vulgate as the standard version of scripture for English speaking scholars. |
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The Rolling Stone reporter’s “fascinating . . . globe-trotting, first-person spiritual odyssey” into the Catholic Church’s investigations of reported miracles ( Seattle Post-Intelligencer ).   In a tiny, dilapidated trailer in northeastern Oregon, a young woman saw a vision of the Virgin Mary in an ordinary landscape painting hanging on her bedroom wall. After some skepticism from the local parish, the matter was placed “under investigation” by the Catholic diocese. Investigative journalist and Rolling Stone contributor Randall Sullivan wanted to know how, exactly, one might conduct an official inquiry into such an incident. So began his eight year immersion into the world of “Miracle Detectives.”   Sullivan set off to interview theologians, historians, and postulators from the Sacred Congregation of the Causes for Saints, men charged by the Vatican with testing the miraculous and judging the holy. Sullivan traveled from the Vatican to the village of Medjugorje, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where six visionaries had seen apparitions of the Virgin Mary. Then, on a more personal turn, he traveled to Scottsdale, Arizona, to visit the site of America’s most controversial Virgin Mary sighting.   In prose that “often reads like a spiritual whodunit,” The Miracle Detective takes you along Sullivan’s eight-year investigation into apocalyptic prophesies, claims of revelation, and the search for a genuine, direct encounter between man and god ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). |
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New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus’s divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early church. The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed during Jesus’s lifetime—and it is not what Jesus claimed about himself. How Jesus Became God tells the story of an idea that shaped Christianity, and of the evolution of a belief that looked very different in the fourth century than it did in the first. A master explainer of Christian history, texts, and traditions, Ehrman reveals how an apocalyptic prophet from the backwaters of rural Galilee crucified for crimes against the state came to be thought of as equal with the one God Almighty, Creator of all things. But how did he move from being a Jewish prophet to being God? In a book that took eight years to research and write, Ehrman sketches Jesus’s transformation from a human prophet to the Son of God exalted to divine status at his resurrection. Only when some of Jesus’s followers had visions of him after his death—alive again—did anyone come to think that he, the prophet from Galilee, had become God. And what they meant by that was not at all what people mean today. Written for secular historians of religion and believers alike, How Jesus Became God will engage anyone interested in the historical developments that led to the affirmation at the heart of Christianity: Jesus was, and is, God. |
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The #1 New York Times bestselling account of a neurosurgeon's own near-death experience— for readers of 7 Lessons from Heaven . Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then, Dr. Alexander’s own brain was attacked by a rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion—and in essence makes us human—shut down completely. For seven days he lay in a coma. Then, as his doctors considered stopping treatment, Alexander’s eyes popped open. He had come back. Alexander’s recovery is a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself. Alexander’s story is not a fantasy. Before he underwent his journey, he could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in heaven, God, or the soul. Today Alexander is a doctor who believes that true health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul are real and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition. This story would be remarkable no matter who it happened to. That it happened to Dr. Alexander makes it revolutionary. No scientist or person of faith will be able to ignore it. Reading it will change your life. |
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There is a path leading to authentic manhood, cut by men who have gone before us, sons following in the footsteps of their fathers, generation after generation. There are perils along the trail, even disasters?all the more reason to rely on the guidance of a Father who has gone before. But in an age when true fathers are in short supply, how do you find the path to manhood? How do you steer clear of the dangers? John Eldredge calls men back to a simple and reassuring truth: God is our Father. In life's trials and triumphs, God is initiating boys and men through the stages of manhood from Beloved Son to Cowboy to Warrior to Lover to King to Sage. Fathered by God maps out the path of manhood?not more rules, not another list of principles, not formulas, but a sure path men have followed for centuries before us. Find that path and become the man God sees in you. |
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Little is known about Elijah, one of the greatest prophets who ever lived, and one of only two men who never died. Instead, he was translated and carried up to heaven in a fiery chariot. Yet before his miraculous departure, Elijah left something behind that every believer can learn: a lifestyle of unshakable faith. From the time Elijah burst onto the scene, we see his faith stop and start rain, his words warn unbelieving kings, and his prayers call down fire on false prophets — all with the Lord guiding his every move and his every word. So tangible was the Lord’s anointing on Elijah’s life and ministry that Elisha asked for a double portion of his spirit, which he received when he saw Elijah translated. Yet the story of Elijah does not end in the Old Testament; the Lord will send him back to earth during the great tribulation to once again preach the gospel as the great prophet he was and is. |
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Among many young people of color, there is a growing wariness about organized religion and Christianity in particular.Is Christianity the White Man's Religion? |
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Nous, chrétiens, vivons sur une fracture. Une fracture de société. Une fracture écologique. Une fracture politique. Une fracture dans l'Église où le mal s'est introduit dans des proportions effarantes. Les moines éprouvent, comme tous, cette fracture.Bien que tous aient peur, peu parviennent à regarder cette réalité en face. Les décisions à prendre exigent du recul et un sang-froid tels qu'il semble impossible de s'en sortir seul. À l'homme, c'est impossible, mais rien n'est impossible à Dieu.La nuit n'a pas encore lâché son emprise autour du monastère que les moines prient déjà. Pas un bruit, si ce n'est la plainte d'une brebis qui agnèle.Et si le remède était spirituel ? S'il fallait, simplement et dans un premier temps, commencer par se regarder mutuellement autrement, chercher l'équilibre instable entre Amour et Vérité, et tourner notre coeur vers le Seigneur ?Avec cet essai sur les conflits du monde chrétien, Dom Samuel délivre une réflexion libre et profonde sur les attitudes qui sont susceptibles, aujourd'hui, de soutenir courage et fidélité. Dom  Samuel Lauras , cistercien-trappiste, a trente-cinq ans de vie monastique, d'abord à l'abbaye de Sept-Fons en Bourbonnais puis, à partir de 2002, en République  tchèque, à Notre-Dame de Nový Dvur dont il est l'abbé. Il est déjà l'auteur de De tout coeur et Comme un feu dévorant. |
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Pour le P. Raphaël Buyse, le secret du bonheur et d'une vie réussie tient dans l'accueil et l'écoute des gens simples qu'il a côtoyés tout au long de son ministère de prêtre. Son récit donne une saveur à l'Évangile révèle le visage d'un Dieu qui n'a cessé de le surprendre. Avec humour et tendresse, il tente de dessiner les traits du visage insaisissable d'un Dieu qui ne se laisse pas enfermé par les définitions qu'en donnent les hommes. Le témoignage de Raphaël Buyse montre qu'on ne peut se lier à Dieu qu'en liant sa vie propre à celles et ceux que le destin nous fait rencontrer. |
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Esdras es un personaje misterioso. ¿Existió? No lo sabemos con certeza, pero el hecho es que varios libros se han ubicado bajo su autoridad. ¿Por qué es presentado, siguiendo los textos, como un sacerdote, un escriba y un profeta? Los libros se presentan bien como relatos "históricos" (Esdras y Nehemías, por un lado, y, por otro, 3 Esd , con una preciosa leyenda sobre Zorobabel) o como relatos "apocalípticos" ( 4 Esd , con sus pasajes enigmáticos y magníficos, que ha sido reelaborado y reescrito). Proporcionamos en este número una presentación de conjunto. |
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Discover Wigglesworth's treasures mined from journals from London to Australia, out of the spotlight of his better known, published work. They as all his work, are sermons that thunder and whisper. Warner has compiled these sermons into a personal devotional wherein miracles continue to unfold. Accompanying biography, so that you may know the man who wrote such beauty. |
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Henry Grattan Guinness (1835 – 1910) was an Irish Christian evangelist and author.  “The Reformation of the sixteenth century, which gave birth to Protestantism, was based on Scripture,” writes Guinness. “It gave back to the world the Bible. It taught the Scriptures; it exposed the errors and corruptions of Rome by the use of the sword of the Spirit. It applied THE PROPHECIES, and accepted their practical guidance. Such Reformation work requires to be done afresh. We have suffered prophetic anti-papal truth to be too much forgotten. This generation is dangerously latitudinarian — indifferent to truth and error on points on which Scripture is tremendously decided and absolutely clear.” |
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Love is a true gift from God. Falling in love seems to be so easy. But staying in love—isn’t that our ultimate goal? Don’t you want to be with someone as long as you both shall live? In Devotions for Couples the author uses his own marriage of over five decades to demonstrate how keeping love alive is possible, maintainable and so enriching—with God’s help. In this six-week devotional you’ll discover how to emulate Christ’s example of unconditional love in your own relationship. Find out how to tell if you are fighting fair and making allowances for one another’s differences. Learn how spiritual straight talk can help you express loyalty and love while enriching your life to the fullest. Using the powerful words of Christ, you will soon be on your way to making your relationship last a lifetime. |
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Today’s best-selling study Bible—the Life Application Study Bible —is now available as an eBook! All the features of the latest edition are included and enhanced for digital reading. Now you can carry all the wealth of the Life Application Study Bible with you wherever you go. This edition of the Life Application Study Bible lets you enjoy the best-selling Life Application features with the time-honored King James Version. FEATURES: 240 full-color mapsOver 160,000 embedded links make browsing a snapDigital index for fast search and look-upOver 9000 Life Application notes324 Charts formatted for ease-of-use on digital devices161 Personality ProfilesComprehensive Master Index, Dictionary/Concordance, and Feature Indexes Christian Worker’s Resource, a special supplement to enhance the reader’s ministry effectiveness, includes: How to Become a Believer, How to Follow Up with a New Believer, Mining the Treasures of the Life Application Study Bible, So You’ve Been Asked to Speak, and Taking the Step to Application. |
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With over 2.5 million copies sold since its release in 1976, The Act of Marriage has helped Christian couples around the world discover new joy and sexual fulfillment in marriage. This new edition expands on topics previously only touched on and includes updates on the latest findings in medicine and social science. It offers biblical principles, goals, guidelines, and charts to help couples enrich their physical relationship. |
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Here is a treasury of 108 short selections from the best-selling books of Pema Chödrön, the beloved Buddhist nun. Designed for on-the-go inspiration, this collection offers teachings on:    • becoming fearless    • breaking free of destructive patterns    • developing patience, kindness, and joy amid our everyday struggles    • unlocking our natural warmth, intelligence, and goodness |
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Do you need a lifeline in your discouragement and hurts? Are you longing for a close, intimate relationship with the Lord? If you said yes, Jesus TodayTM by Sarah Young is the devotional you need. Jesus TodayTM, the sequel to the bestselling devotional Jesus Calling, is written as if Jesus Himself is assuring you that He is in control, that He is good, and that a glorious future awaits all who anchor their hope in Him. Reaching out with peace-filled reminders of Jesus' Presence from the Word of God, these devotions will: Intimately and quietly connect you with Jesus, the One who meets you right where you areBring you hope and comfort for each new dayProvide you with exactly what you need to hear as you learn to overcome the difficult times Jesus TodayTM was named the 2013 ECPA Christian Book of the Year! This devotional: Is perfect for giftingIs a great read for Jesus Calling readersIs a great gift for medical personnel and front line and essential workers |
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What’s in a name? The Names of God: 52 Bible Studies for Individuals and Groups offers a unique approach to Bible study by presenting a 52-week study focusing on the names and titles of God and of Jesus, one designed to help readers experience the Lord in fresh and deeper ways. . By studying such rich and varied names as Adonay, El Shadday, Abba, Yeshua, Lamb of God, and Prince of Peace, readers will encounter a God who is utterly holy, powerful, surprising, merciful, and loving. Each week’s study includes: • Background information to help readers understand the name • A key Scripture passage in which the name was first or most significantly revealed • A series of questions for individual or group study • A list of Bible passages for further reflection Based on Praying the Names of God and Praying the Names of Jesus but containing additional questions for reflection and study, this unique Bible study is designed to help individuals and groups explore the most important of God’s names and titles as they are revealed in the Bible. Also included is a helpful pronunciation guide to the Names of God in Ancient Hebrew and Koine Greek. |
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Beloved and bestselling author Bob Goff provides you with a year's worth of inspiring, unexpected, humble teaching on grace and love that will prepare you for the day ahead. Built on Bob's trademark storytelling and unique way of helping us to see things in a new way, Live in Grace, Walk in Love takes us through an entire calendar year of meditations on how we can step out in love and confidence in every aspect of our lives. Each of the 356 daily devotionals: Include full in-text Scripture referencesAre 1-2 pages; great to read on your own or with a family!End with thought-provoking questions to encourage journaling and prayer Start each day with these small nuggets of wisdom, or finish your day focused and inspired. This beautiful hardcover book also makes a great gift! |
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"What the world most needs today is prayer. It is prayer that will give birth to all the renewals, healings, deep and fruitful transformations we all want for society today.... I am more and more convinced that everything comes from prayer and that, among the calls of the Spirit, this is the first and most urgent one we should respond to."  Many have already benefited from Fr. Jacques’ best-selling book on prayer, Time for God . In Thirsting for Prayer Fr. Jacques revisits some of the themes covered in that book and develops new insights that are both profound and practical. These reflections guide us with simplicity on the path to intimacy with God, helping us to develop an actual taste for personal prayer. This "school of prayer" opens us up to the encounter with God that transforms us from within. |
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Every day that we interact with the world, we are in a battle. At stake is the eternal destiny of the souls of our friends, family members, and coworkers. It is a battle we wage not only in prayer but also in words. When we are faced with objections to the faith we profess, are we ready to respond? Apologist and evangelist Ray Comfort has spent his entire career answering objections to the faith, and he wants you to be equipped to do the same. In this practical book, he shows you how to answer 20 objections to Christianity, including questions such as - What physical proof is there that God even exists? - Why does a "loving" God threaten eternal torture for not believing in him? - If there's an all-powerful God, why is the world so out of control? Don't go into battle unarmed. Let Ray Comfort train you to be ready with an answer, not so you can be right, but so you can help bring people from darkness into light. |
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In this classic book, Madeleine L'Engle addresses the questions, What makes art Christian? What does it mean to be a Christian artist? What is the relationship between faith and art? Through L'Engle's beautiful and insightful essay, readers will find themselves called to what the author views as the prime tasks of an artist: to listen, to remain aware, and to respond to creation through one's own art. |
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Bookwi.se's Favorite Books of the Year, Non-FictionSurrender to Love |
