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You Jesus Is Too Safe: Outgrowing a Drive-Thru, Feel-Good Savior
by Jared WilsonCutting through the glossy, modern perceptions of Jesus, Jared C. Wilson returns to the Gospels for twelve raw, realistic portraits of Christ in this revolutionary book. Your Jesus Is Too Safe offers a clear image of the historical figure of Christ in his biblical and cultural context.Ideal for readers dissatisfied with the "Buddy Jesus" that has pervaded the evangelical landscape, Your Jesus Is Too Safe provides a devotional, inspirational survey of Christ and his kingdom with a conversational style, humor, and a solid theological foundation.
You Know You're a Dad: A Book for Dads Who Never Thought They’d Say Binkies, Blankies, or Curfew
by Harry Harrison<p>You know you’re a dad when you’re more impressed by the latest innovations in stroller technology than in your old sports car . . . <p>You know you’re a dad when a wild Friday night means falling asleep in front of a cartoon with your toddler . . . <p>You know you’re a dad when all you want for Christmas is a nanny . . . <p>No matter if you’re in the first throes of sleepless nights and dirty diapers, firmly entrenched in the days of picky eaters and science fairs, or looking back in wonder at how you raised your own children, <i>You Know You’re a Dad</i> will make parents laugh out loud with its humorous insights into the joys and challenges of parenthood. <p>Thanks to Harry Harrison Jr’s signature humor, <i>You Know You’re a Dad</i> will resonate with new and experienced parents alike.</p>
You Know You're a Mom: A Book for Moms Who Spend Saturdays at the Soccer Field Instead of the Spa
by Harry Harrison<P>For every woman who has posted 800 pictures of her baby on Instagram. <P>One day that little plus sign appears on the stick, and you realize your life is about to change forever—you’re going to be a mom! <P>Whether you’re still in the days of 2am feedings and loads of dirty diapers, or you’ve made it to that bittersweet moment of their college graduation, this book will make you laugh out loud with its insightful and funny observations about motherhood. <P>From the days when you read every parenting book ever written—while your husband plays golf—to the hours you spent polishing up your adult child’s resume, parenting is a roller coaster. <P>Harry H. Harrison Jr. makes it just a little easier with his trademark humor and truisms as you learn that your job as a mom is the most important one you’ll ever have.
You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church... and Rethinking Faith
by David Kinnaman Aly HawkinsYou Lost Me is about many young Christians' perceptions of churches, Christianity, and culture. It gives voice to their concerns, hopes, delusions, frustrations, and disappointments.
You Made Me Love You: an eShort Sequel to Wish You Were Here
by Beth K. VogtA heartwarming follow-up to Beth K. Vogt's Wish You Were Here, called "quirky, snappy, and sweet" by bestselling and award-winning author Rachel Hauck, this e-short answers all of your lingering questions about Seth, Allison, and Daniel.Seth Rayner's plans and dreams for the future disintegrated two years ago--when his bride-to-be fell for his brother, Daniel, and bolted from the church just before saying, "I do." Meghan Holloway, Allison's best friend, is tired of men deciding she's too outrageous and not worth the effort to love. When Seth and Meghan are thrown together to plan a whirlwind wedding for Allison and Daniel, can they overcome their feelings of dislike they've held on to since high school and get along--and possibly find love? This feel-good short story will have you smiling from beginning to end as Seth and Meghan discover that sometimes opposites do attract.
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
by Allison BottkeSusan Anderson owns and operates a hip hair salon on the Las Vegas strip, decorated with her collection of world-class disco memorabilia accumulated decades ago when she was one of the beautiful people on New York's disco scene. She's come a long way. Now happily married, Susan is known for her business savvy, her fabulous vintage ensembles, her faith, her big heart--and the impromptu disco dance numbers salon staff and clients join in when the spirit moves. If life is a dance, Susan's mastered all the moves. But an exciting business opportunity and her husband's impending retirement rock her world, shaking Susan's foundation and revealing regrets and painful memories she thought she'd dealt with. Will Susan be able to face her past, reinvent her marriage, build her dream, and keep on dancing?
You Matter More Than You Think: What A Woman Needs to Know About the Difference She Makes
by Leslie ParrottAm I making a difference? Does my life matter? "How can I make a difference when some days I can't even find my keys?" asks award-winning author Leslie Parrott. "I've never been accused of being methodical, orderly, or linear. So when it came to considering my years on this planet, I did so without a sharpened pencil and a pad of paper. Instead, I walked along Discovery Beach, just a few minutes from our home in Seattle. "Strange, though. All I seemed to ever bring home from my walks on the beach were little pieces of sea glass. Finding these random pieces eventually became a fixation. And, strangely, with each piece I collected, I felt a sense of calm. What could this mean? What was I to discover from this unintentional collection?" In this poignant and vulnerable book, Leslie shows you how each hodgepodge piece of your life, no matter how haphazard, represents a part of what you do and who you are. While on the surface, none of these pieces may seem to make a terribly dramatic impact, Leslie will show you how they are your life and how when they are collected into a jar-a loving human heart-they become a treasure.
You May All Prophesy: Practical Guidelines for Prophetic Ministry
by Steve ThompsonThe Bible reveals that every Christian can hear from God and speak prophetically to others. This book provides scriptural encouragement and practical instruction to help you: *Discover how God speaks to you *Discern when and how to speak prophetically to others *Understand and interpret dreams and visions *Recognize how prophecy functions in the local church *Overcome obstacles unique to ministering prophetically
You Might Be a Pharisee If...: Twenty-Five Things Christians Do But Jesus Would Rebuke
by R.T. KendallWe all have a little bit of Pharisaism in us.Pharisaism is one of the sins that angered Jesus the most. Yet we are often in bondage to it without realizing it. How can we recognize the warning signs in our own hearts and lives and be set free?Do you consider yourself a better Christian than others? Do you enjoy pointing out others&’ faults while ignoring your own? Do you fail to practice what you preach? If so, you might be a Pharisee—a modern-day version of the religious leaders in Jesus&’ day whom He condemned for their legalism and self-righteousness. It&’s time to take a hard look at your attitudes and behavior and allow the Holy Spirit to set you free. You will learn the following:Twenty-five signs that indicate you might be a PhariseeWhy the sin of pharisaism angered JesusThe opposite character trait Jesus modeledSteps to take to rid pharisaism from your heart and mindThis book will help you recognize the signs of pharisaism—that is, legalism and self-righteousness—in your own heart and know the steps to avoid this sin.
You Might Be Too Busy If …: Spiritual Practices for People in a Hurry
by Gary HollowayThis book gently invites you into four (not forty) spiritual practices. They are basic practices of Jesus who habitually lived in ways that opened his heart to God's work. In a busy life, he made time for solitude and silence. He practiced simplicity. He enjoyed Sabbath. He served with the wisdom and strength God gave him.
You Need Never Walk Alone: Dramatic Stories of the Wonderful Power of Prayer
by Alexander LakeHere are fourteen dramatic and inspiring true-life stories of definite answers to prayer. They deal with daily experiences and activities of people in all walks of life at a time when each was at a “cross-road” experience ' and found that he need never walk alone—that God was abundantly able to answer prayer “far above our poor power to fathom!” How were these stories brought together in one volume? Over the years, Alexander Lake *" has sought out and talked to people who have experienced positive answers to prayer. He caught the spirit as a teen-aged boy when he listened to his missionary father and other religious workers visiting their African home relate their remarkable stories about answers to prayer. When such stories are not only true, but are punctuated with the living breath, life and the joyous spirit of people who have experienced them, they leave their imprint at once, forever and indelibly, on the young! Such was the case with Alexander Lake. Through the years—over forty now—he has sought out people, talked with them, written down their stories—2,000 in all. From this collection he has chosen fourteen choice and inspiring true life dramas. . . . . . . There is the story of Paul and Martha, a young dentist and his wife who learned to put away hate and vengeance toward someone who had wronged them, to find the everlasting effect of their own personal “Sweet Hour of Prayer.” . . . There is the compelling philosophy of Frank, the polio victim, who learned that “no man is a cripple unless his spirit is crippled” and gained respect of friends and success in business and personal life.
You Never Die: I Can Fly
by Irene PetteiceYou Never Die is a religious, yet mystical book of the unknown, other dimensions perhaps Heaven's even. But it explains it all in a way so that you should not fear death and dying because your life continues on and You Never Die tells you where your life continues. You Never Die is well researched and written from the author's own life's experiences as an intuitive. It contains everything you ever wanted to know about the hereafter but never heard from anyone else as to what happens between here and eternity. Do you die and take a dirt nap? Do our pets go to Heaven? Do we really have guardian angels? Do people really have out-of-body experiences? Have some people died, seen Jesus, and then come back to life? Can you really move a mountain by faith? Learn the truth right here.
You Only Have to Die: Leading Your Congregation to New Life
by James A. Harnish A. Harnish JamesA moving testimony to how a church can experience rebirth by discerning it core mission. The key to becoming a Spirit-energized, people-loving, life-giving, community-transforming congregation, says James A. Harnish, is really very simple. All you have to do is be willing to die. This ebook describes how God calls each congregation to a specific mission, how God grants discernment to understand what that mission is, and how God enables the congregation to die to its entrenched attitudes and behaviors in order to be resurrected to a new life of ministry and witness.
You or Someone Like You: A Novel
by Chandler Burr“Chandler Burr’s challenging first novel is many things: a glimpse into Hollywood culture, an argument about religious identity, a plea for the necessity of literature. This is a roman that needs no clefs.” —Washington PostNew York Magazinecalls You or Someone Like You, “The highbrow humanist name-dropping book of the summer.” The remarkable first novel by Chandler Burr, the New York Times scent critic and author of The Perfect Scent, is funny, smart, and provocative—an extraordinarily ambitious work of fiction that succeeds on many different levels. It is a book David Ebershoff, (authorof The 19th Wife) enthusiastically recommends “for anyone who defiantly clings to the belief that a book can change our lives.”
The YOU Plan: A Christian Woman's Guide for a Happy, Healthy Life After Divorce
by Connie WetzellLive, Laugh, Love Again--Divorce Recovery for Christian WomenYou never thought divorce would happen to you. But it did. You may feel traumatized, relieved, hopeful, afraid, or all of the above. What choices will help you heal? How can you minimize the trauma for your kids? When is too soon to date...and what about sex? How can you learn from your mistakes instead of repeating them? And where is God in all of this?Michelle and Connie have been where you are. They're Christian women who are a little ahead of you on the journey. Michelle was divorced seven years and now is happily remarried. Connie is ten years into the journey and at peace with being single. They've each made good choices and their fair share of mistakes. In this book they rally their collective experience to help you navigate some of the twists and turns of the post-divorce journey, avoid pitfalls, and emerge stronger and more confident.This is not one of those authoritative, "do as we say" tomes. It's a woman-to-woman, been-there-done-that, faithful, and hopeful approach to such topics as acceptance, forgiveness, loneliness, online dating (or "CON-line dating"), sex, money, respect, finding friends, and caring for your physical, financial, and spiritual health. Most of all, it's a powerful reassurance that no matter what has happened or what may happen next, God still has good plans for you. You will live and laugh and love again. This book can help you do it.
You See My Glory but Not My Story
by Carla JohnsonThis book was intended to be purely inspirational. Enclosed are genuine details of personal battles with breast cancer, heart attacks, anorexia, along with other hills and valleys I've walked. While some parts are heavy, it's important to emphasize my gratefulness to God for always seeing me through. <p><p> Today, I lead a healthy and peaceful life: spiritually, mentally, and physically. Looking at me now, you'd see all of my glory, but not my story. I pray that my story brings each and every reader comfort and reassurance, that God's love is steadfast and unchanging.
You Shall Be as Gods: Pagans, Progressives, and the Rise of the Woke Gnostic Left
by Erick EricksonOur country doesn&’t have a partisan problem, a political problem, a social problem, or an economic problem. We have a spiritual problem.What in the world is happening? To many Americans, it feels as if reality itself has been turned upside down. Speaking truth, or even suggesting such a thing exists, is labeled as oppression and cause for social banning. Judeo-Christian values once taken for granted are not only routinely ignored, but openly attacked. Why is America being fundamentally transformed before our eyes?As Christianity has been pushed aside, the Progressive Left has developed a new pagan religion complete with all the trappings: creeds, confessionals, sacraments and mantras, liturgies, shunnings, sacred books, redemptive rituals, and priests and priestesses. But the radical roots of the new secular religion are ancient. We&’ve seen it all before. In You Shall Be as Gods, Erick Erickson traces the religion&’s roots from Paganism and Gnosticism through the Age of Enlightenment all the way into the Postmodernism of the 21st century. At the heart of the ancient religion is a self-centered culture.The Christian church today has been weakened by compromising with the neo-pagan religion, leaving the faithful confused and ill-prepared to counter the claims of society&’s present-day doctrine. Yet there remains a significant remnant, perhaps even a silent majority, in America that refuses to bow to the rising belief system.Just as in Rome and countless societies throughout history, the religions present two opposing stories of reality which necessitates conflict. In an era where the &“Christian thing&” to do seems to be to go along and get along, Erickson makes clear that the two cultures cannot peacefully coexist and calls the reader to speak the truth in love.
You Shall Be as Gods: A Radical Interpretation of the Old Testament and Its Tradition
by Erich FrommFrom the social philosopher and New York Times–bestselling author of The Sane Society: An analysis of the Old Testament as a revolutionary humanist work. The Old Testament is one of the most carefully studied books in the world&’s history. It is also one of the most misunderstood. This founding text of the world&’s three largest religions is also, Erich Fromm argues, an impressive radical humanist text. He sees the stories of mankind&’s transition from divided clans to united brotherhood as a tribute to the human power to overcome. Filled with hopeful symbolism, You Shall Be As Gods shows how the Old Testament and its tradition is an inspiring ode to human potential. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erich Fromm including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s estate.
You Shall Love (Serenity #6)
by Realbuzz StudiosA broken bone--and heart--finds Serenity at a major crossroad.Her leg's in a cast, the power's out, and Serenity's bored stiff. Searching for answers and willing to risk everything, Serenity gets serious about some major life changes. There's healing for the broken--and unexpected new challenges--in this transforming story.
You Shall Love the Stranger as Yourself: The Bible, Refugees and Asylum (Biblical Challenges in the Contemporary World)
by Fleur S HoustonYou Shall Love the Stranger as Yourself addresses the complex political, legal, and humanitarian challenges raised by asylum-seekers and refugees from a Biblical perspective. The book explores the themes of humanity and justice through exegesis of relevant passages in the Old and New Testaments, skillfully woven into accounts of contemporary refugee situations. Applying Biblical analysis to one of the most pressing humanitarian concerns of modern times, Houston creates a timely work that will be of interest to students and scholars of theology, religion, and human rights.
You Shall Recover All: How God Turns Your Loss Into Gain
by John EckhardtFROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF PRAYERS THAT ROUT DEMONS In the midst of difficulties and troubles, God is setting you up for the greatest breakthrough you&’ve ever known! This book will teach you how to take hope in God because of how God restored, vindicated, and made His name great in the lives of people like Job, Joseph, and Abraham. It will give you the encouragement you need to believe that God can work the same power in your life. You have faced challenges—financial, emotional, physical, relational, ministerial, and business. It is often in the midst of these tests, trials, and difficulties that God prepares you to move into a new season of expansion. Even though the circumstances feel uncomfortable and victory may be hard to see, you will recuperate from devastation and not a moment of it will be wasted. Take comfort in knowing God will remember and vindicate every tear you&’ve cried and will restore to you more than what the enemy stole and the locust ate. Breaking open fresh revelations from the Psalms and Proverbs and examining snapshots of the lives of Gideon, Joseph, Abraham, and Job, You Shall Recover All will encourage you to know that through the tests and trials you thought had come to diminish you, God is actually turning them around for your good and preparing you for greatness. It may be tempting to give up hope or throw in the towel, but do not give in to discouragement, hopelessness, depression, doubt, or defeat. Despite what you see, God is still on the throne. There is hope for you and your world. What the enemy means for bad, God turns around for your good. For all that you&’ve pressed through and endured, let God put a new level of honor on your life. He will take you from least to greatest, and you shall recover all!
You Want Me to do What?: Get Off Your Blessed Assurance and Do Something!
by Michael YoussefWhen individuals feel God telling them to do something that is out of their comfort zone, what is the instinctive reaction? To run for the hills? To pretend they didn't hear? To argue? Dr. Michael Youssef explains that God challenges every Christian to fulfill the call He has placed on their lives. Dr. Youssef walks readers through the story of Joshua and leads them to discover how to take on what seems to be impossible, learn from failure, complete the victory, claim their inheritance, and share their story. By the end of this journey they will be inspired to put the lessons of this book into practice and claim the promises that accompany God's calling.
You Welcomed Me: Loving Refugees and Immigrants Because God First Loved Us
by Kent Annan"Wait, Dad. Are we for them or against them?" Kent Annan was talking with his eight-year-old son about the immigrant and refugee crises around the world. His son's question, innocent enough in the moment, is writ large across our society today. How we answer it, Annan says, will reveal a lot about what kind of family, community, or country we want to be. In You Welcomed Me, Annan explores how fear and misunderstanding often motivate our responses to people in need, and invites us instead into stories of welcome—stories that lead us to see the current refugee and immigrant crisis in a new light. He lays out simple practices for a way forward: confessing what separates us, listening well, and partnering with, not patronizing, those in need. His stories draw us in, and his practices send us out prepared to cross social and cultural divides. In this wise, practical book, Annan invites us to answer his son's question with confident conviction: "We're for them"—and to explore with him the life-giving implications of that answer.
You Were Always There: Notes and Recipes for Living a Life You Love
by Danielle Kartes"In ten years of tender lessons, I have learned to hear this message: You were always there. You never left. You were never not you. Now walk with me a while and uncover that girl again. She's not far."When we face setbacks and obstacles, it's easy to feel alone and unsure of who we are. At some point, we've all felt like we have lost our identities entirely. Drawing from her own life-changing disasters and surprising blessings, former restaurateur and up-and-coming cooking maven Danielle Kartes serves up perfectly portioned stories to remind us we are never truly lost.With the decadent warmth of a Brown Butter Chocolate Bundt Cake, You Were Always There assures us that our even most challenging moments have their own glory. Mixing anecdotes of motherhood, cooking, and chasing your dreams with delicious, comforting recipes, You Were Always There is a devotional memoir that will inspire love, faith, and patience through the growing seasons of life. Take a little time each day to indulge in this conversation, reflect as you cook something delicious, and love yourself exactly where you are.Here, the sweet is always generously folded into the sour, great joy shares space with great sorrow, and we learn that every single moment in our lives is worth savoring. You Were Always There is an uplifting, life-affirming book that will become a new favorite for readers of bestselling authors like Joanna Gaines, Shauna Niequist, and Brené Brown.
You Were Born Again to Be Together: Fascinating True Stories of Reincarnation That Prove Love Is Immortal
by Dick SutphenDiscover the classic guide to past-life regression that reveals how soulmates are reunited across the ages, from renowned psychic researcher Dick Sutphen."There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that romantic partners, together in this lifetime, have been together before . . ."After being hypnotized and shown his own past lives, Dick Sutphen went on to become a practitioner of hypnosis and past-life regressions. Over the years, he worked with many people and discovered the importance of karma: that we have lessons to learn, and if we do not do so in one lifetime, we will encounter them in another lifetime. Other people are instrumental in our learning these karmic lessons, and we can be tied to certain individuals in life after life.In this book, Sutphen shares regressions with several clients and includes transcripts of their sessions. In hearing their stories, we discover what these people came to understand about the challenges in their present lives after they looked to the past.Originally written in 1976, You Were Born Again to Be Together remains a useful primer in shining a light on metaphysics and the amazing power of the human spirit.Discover the classic guide to past-life regression that reveals how souls are reunited across the ages.