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The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
Timothy Keller
Dutton Adult, 2008
He is risen!!
In the shrewd analysis of Timothy Keller (no relation to Helen), "The Reason for God" comes down to this: "If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said. If he didn't rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said?" (p. 202). And ...
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The Shack
William P. Young
Windblown Media, 2008
the Shack
First started this book and was not even sure I liked it, then continued and was not sure for awhile, but by the time I finished it I realized how God can be all things to all people, whatever they might need in their lives, and He knows best. Think about this book ...
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The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins
Mariner Books, 2008
A Waving Banner of Human Thought
Richard Dawkins carries the banner for Human Thinkingness. As the sciences and social sciences unearth more information about humans, biology, and life, Richard Dawkins uses his penetrating and creative mind to structure a series of arguments against legacy ...
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Acheron (Dark-Hunter, Book 12)
Sherrilyn Kenyon
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Acheron- A Joyfully Recommended Title
Eleven thousand years ago, Archon's three illegitimate daughters, The Fates, accidentally cursed Archon and Apollymi's son Apostolos. The curse would kill them all so Archon wanted the babe killed. To save her unborn child, Apollymi had the infant raised by mortals. ...
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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Christopher Hitchens
Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007
essential DISCLAIMER
Staffers for an organization called Campus Crusade for Christ are responsible for allegations that I (Lucifer) and Christopher Hitchens are in cahoots; and that no one -- not even a born-again evangelical Christian -- can read either Hitchens' GOD IS NOT GREAT or ...
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Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
Donald Miller
Thomas Nelson, 2003
Jazz like me...
Have you ever encountered someone who seems to be on the same wave-length... the second pea in your pod... ? This book was that very experience for me.
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The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
Timothy Keller
Dutton Adult, 2008
A Must-Read from Keller
I can not recommend highly enough Tim Keller's The Prodigal God, which was just published this past week. The book is both easy on the eyes at 160 pages (an easy afternoon's read) but challenging to the heart. Keller takes us back to Jesus telling the story of the ...
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Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
Francis Chan, Danae Yankoski
David C. Cook, 2008
Best book I've read in a long time
This book is phenomenal. It changed my life and continues to each day. Francis presents the truth of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. He invites us to the challenge and reality that we're called to give everything up if Jesus asks for it. He reminds ...
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God Gave Us Christmas (God Gave Us...)
Lisa T. Bergren
WaterBrook Press, 2006
God and Christmas
This is such a sweet book for any age. We got this for our daughter two years ago, and she still loves reading it. It's about a little polar bear cub who wants to know who invented Christmas, so the Mama bear takes him on a little expedition to see the world, and talks ...
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He Loves Me! Learning to Live In the Father's Affection
Wayne Jacobsen
Windblown Media, 2007
Great followup to The Shack!
This is a book that you will want to allow time for! After reading The Shack, I found He Loves Me to be the perfect companion!
I would read a chapter and then take time to ponder the points that Jacobsen makes about this Father God who has no favorites! We are all His ...
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Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections between Sexuality and Spirituality
Rob Bell
Zondervan, 2008
changed my life.
this book changed my view of myself as an individual and God as the creator and giver of love.
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Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)
Neale Donald Walsch
Putnam Adult, 1996
Life-Changing Book!
I picked this book up when I was in the middle of a conflict of the mind. I needed some guidance beyond family, friends and even religion. I learned to listen to my hidden feelings, which is my truth, to help me solve my own problems. I did not need to seek outside ...
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Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
Dan Barker
Ulysses Press, 2008
One courageous former evangelical speaks the truth
Dan Barker's enthusiasm as a child-preacher is apparent in the opening pages of his book, as is his emerging dismay at the inconsistencies of the Bible and the realization that he had been duped by the Christian religion. Barker carefully and thoroughly dismantles the ...
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Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples
Thom S. Rainer, Eric Geiger
B&H Books, 2006
Great reminder
This simple book was a great reminder to me to focus on the essentials of church and cut out some of the clutter. Could have done without all the charts in the book :)
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Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
Immaculee Ilibagiza
Hay House, 2007
Left to Hope
As a Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity I look to St. Francis who found the depths of hope in Jesus Christ. Immaculalee also confirms that hope ('...only when the future is certain as a positive reality does it become possible to live the present as well'-On ...
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