"A journey through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully in an ever more divided and distracted world"--

Ruth Graham - daughter of beloved evangelist Billy Graham - offers a guide for those who are hurting or those who love them. She illustrates through personal stories and Scripture how nothing can keep you from experiencing the fullness of God's grace. Run with Ruth to the arms of the God you can trust, the Father God who embraces, sustains, and redeems your brokenness. Ruth Graham has discovered through bitter personal experience that God does his...

For parents who have been knocked to the floor by bad news and plastered to the ceiling by unwelcome surprises . . . here's a book to prop you up, scrape you down, and (believe it or not) help you laugh again. Bad news is bad enough. .But bad news about your children carries a triple whammy of pain, worry, and "where did we go wrong!" An accident, an illness, an unwholesome lifestyle, a devastating decision?the truth about these awful events can...

For four years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Traveling extensively-to refugee camps in Lebanon, to religious schools in Pakistan, to prisons in Amman, Asqelon, and Pensacola-she discovered that the Islamic jihadi in the mountains of Pakistan and the Christian fundamentalist bomber in Oklahoma have much in common. Based on her vast research, Stern lucidly explains how...

The world has changed since the early Christian theologians named envy as one of the seven deadly sins, but it seems that the human heart has stayed much the same. Envy: Exposing a Secret Sin by Mary Louise Bringle finds that what once was viewed as destructive to the soul is now desirous. From the Texas woman who tried to kill the mother of her daughter's rival for a position on the cheerleading squad to the market's use of envy to sell everything...

The book Kathasaritsagara has been created by Soma Deva. It consists of 21,500 shlokas. This book Kathasaritsagara has been divided into 18 lambakaas, and those 18 lambakaas are still more divided into 125 Tharanga's. Some lambakaas are very big, while some are very small. If there are 115 Shlokas in the 11th Lambaka, there are around 4925 Shlokas in 12th Lambaka. During ancient times from the mouth of Lord Shiva, this story got birth. Those who...

Buy now to get the key takeaways from Eknath Easwaran's The Bhagavad Gita. Sample Key Takeaways: 1) The Bhagavad Gita serves as a personal guide. It offers questions and answers on how to successfully survive in a world full of obstacles and change. It is a map for life. 2) The central subject of the Bhagavad Gita is not the external war, but the war within. It tackles the fight for self-mastery that is present within every person, a battle that...

Disillusioned by narrow theologies, church dysfunction, and constricted readings of Scripture, people are leaving Christianity in droves. But Jesus describes the reign of God as a house with many rooms, writes Debie Thomas, one of the most auspicious voices in religious writing today. In this work of sprawling spiritual and literary imagination, Thomas claims that wherever God dwells, there is expansiveness and belonging. Thomas knows what a cramped...

Adéntrese en el mundo de la mística judía y aprenda todo sobre la cábala. ¿Quiere conocer la fascinante historia de la cábala? ¿Siente curiosidad por las creencias y prácticas de esta antigua sabiduría? ¿Siempre le ha intrigado el misticismo judío? Si es así, este libro es para usted. Practicada durante siglos por místicos judíos, la cábala es un sistema de creencias de enseñanzas místicas que ofrece una visión de la naturaleza...

What is the purpose of studying history? How do we reflect on contemporary life from a historical perspective, and can such reflection help us better understand ourselves, the world around us, and the God we worship and serve? Written by an accomplished historian, award-winning author, public evangelical spokesman, and respected teacher, this introductory textbook shows why Christians should study history, how faith is brought to bear on our understanding...