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George Whitefield
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Arnold A. Dallimore |
God's accomplishments through George Whitefield are to this day virtually unparalleled. In an era when many ministers were timid and apologetic in their preaching, he preached the gospel with zeal an… |
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Charles Hodge
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Paul C. Gutjahr |
Charles Hodge (1797-1878) was one of nineteenth-century America's leading theologians, owing in part to a lengthy teaching career, voluminous writings, and a faculty post at one of the nation's most … |
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My descent into death
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Howard Storm |
Not since Betty Eadie’s Embraced by the Light has a personal account of a Near-Death Experience (NDE) been so utterly different from most others—or nearly as compelling.
In the thirty years since … |
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Jonathan Edwards
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George M. Marsden |
"Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is a towering figure in American history. A controversial theologian and the author of the famous sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, he ignited the momentous G… |
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The shooting salvationist
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David R. Stokes |
The Shooting Salvationist chronicles what may be the most famous story you have never heard. In the 1920's, the Reverend J. Frank Norris railed against vice and conspiracies he saw everywhere to a co… |
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Changing church
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Jann Aldredge-Clanton |
Through the fascinating stories of pioneering ministers, this book reveals a unique picture of progressive changes occurring in the Christian tradition. Meeting challenges and overcoming obstacles, t… |
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Martin Luther
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Lyndal Roper |
This definitive biography reveals the complicated inner life of the founding father of the Protestant Reformation, whose intellectual assault on Catholicism ushered in a century of upheaval that tran… |
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Jerusalem's traitor
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Desmond Seward |
When the Jews revolted against Rome in 66 CE, Josephus, a Jerusalem aristocrat, was made a general in his nation's army. Captured by the Romans, he saved his skin by finding favor with the emperor Ve… |
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Pastrix
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Nadia Bolz-Weber |
"Bolz-Weber takes no prisoners as she reclaims the term 'pastrix' (pronounced 'pas-triks,' a term used by some Christians who refuse to recognize female pastors) in her messy, beautiful, prayer-and-p… |
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Anchor & flares
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Kate Braestrup |
A devoted Unitarian-Universalist family woman recounts the wrenching loss of her first husband and her joyful years of raising a blended family before confronting fears surrounding her son's decision… |
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Lighting fires
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Randy Clark |
This is the story of how God has used Randy Clark to spread the fire of renewal and revival in Toronto and now around the world. This book isn't so much about Randy Clark. It's about God's process of… |
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Pope Francis takes the bus, and other unexpected stories
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Rosario Carello |
Eighty short stories about Pope Francis throughout his life. |
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Open secrets
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Richard Lischer |
Open Secrets is Richard Lischer's story of his early career as a Lutheran minister. Fresh out of divinity school and full of enthusiasm, Lischer found himself assigned to a small conservative church… |
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Desmond Tutu
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David Winner |
Examines the life of the South African bishop and civil rights worker who has worked extensively to improve the condition of his people. |
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Journal of a Somerset rector, 1803-1834
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Skinner, John |
xiii, 520 pages ; 20 cm |
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Homage to a Broken Man
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Peter Mommsen |
Those who knew J. Heinrich Arnold later in life wondered at the way people were drawn to this strange man with a thick accent and easy smile. In his presence, complete strangers poured out their dark… |
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The diary of a country clergyman, 1848-1851
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Reid, James |
lxxxvii, 393 p. : 24 cm |
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Witness to the truth
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John Henry Scott |
"Witness to the Truth tells the extraordinary life story of a grassroots human rights leader and his courageous campaign to win the right to vote for the African Americans of Lake Providence, Louisia… |
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Escaping God's closet
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Bernard Duncan Mayes |
This fascinating memoir by a gay British priest begins in London in 1929, when Bernard Mayes emerged from his heavily sedated mother, and, according to the practice of the day, was sequestered by doc… |
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Holy Boldness
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Susie C. Stanley |
"In Holy Boldness, Susie C. Stanley provides a comprehensive analysis of spiritual autobiographies by thirty-four American Wesleyan/Holiness women preachers, published between the mid-nineteenth and … |
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