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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
When religion reporter Falsani climbed aboard Bono's tour bus, it was to interview the rock star about AIDS awareness. Instead, they plunged into a lively discussion about faith. "This is a defining moment for us," Bono said. "For the culture we live in." Spirituality clearly now plays a key role in the United States, but faith is a more complex issue than snapshots of the country convey. This may be a nation of believers, but not of one belief--of...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Although a vocal minority continues to attack religious faith, for most Americans, faith is a large part of their lives: 86% of Americans refer to themselves as religious, and 75% of all Americans consider themselves Christians. So how should they respond to these passionate, learned, and persuasive books that promote science and secularism over religion and faith? For years, Tim Keller has compiled a list of the most frequently voiced "doubts" skeptics...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale Momentum
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Guillaume Bignon was a French atheist and he was perfectly happy. He was very successful as a software engineer in finance, a musician, and a volleyball player. Yet a chance encounter with a beautiful woman would change the way he thought about his life and beliefs forever. Confessions of a French Atheist is the unusual story of Guillaume Bignon--a man who didn't need God but who grew to believe in God after he thought through the nature of morality,...
Publisher
Chicken Soup for the Soul Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A collection of 101 of the best stories and poems from Chicken Soup's library, on faith, hope, miracles, and divine intervention. True personal stories of answered prayers, miraculous recoveries, amazing coincidences, and other occurrences will appeal to Christians and those of other faiths.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy, Albom goes back to his nonfiction roots and becomes involved with a Detroit pastor--a reformed drug dealer and convict--who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its roof. A timely, moving, and inspiring look at faith: not just who believes, but why.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2011], 2011
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author of VELVET ELVIS and the 2 million-plus selling Nooma videos, Rob Bell, reveals a secret deep in the heart of millions of Christians-they don't believe what they have been taught are the essential truths of their faith. Out of respect for their tradition, they keep quiet, confiding to a few close friends their doubts and questions about salvation, Jesus, and, of course, God. Is Jesus really the only way into heaven? Is God "good"...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When Margaret's fiancé, John, is hospitalized for depression in 1960s London, she faces a choice: carry on with their plans despite what she now knows of his condition, or back away from the suffering it may bring her. She decides to marry him. Imagine Me Gone is the story of what unfolds from this act of love and faith. At the heart of it is their eldest son, Michael, a brilliant, anxious music fanatic who makes sense of the world through parody....
Author
Publisher
Shaye Areheart Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Charts the lives of three London women, each in love with the wrong man. Meanwhile, a fourth woman spends decades searching for the Third Angel-- the angel on earth who will renew her faith.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The inhabitants of a kingdom that has fallen on hard times discover the value of faith when they learn to consider that which might be and labor to make it so.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Lucado recurre al Evangelio de Juan para mostrar a los lectores que, cualesquiera que sean los desafíos que enfrenten, Jesús está caminando con ustedes y sacándolos de sus tormentas. Cuando crea que Dios es su fuente de ayuda siempre presente, encontrará el valor que necesita. Eres más fuerte de lo que piensas, porque Dios está más cerca de lo que crees.
Lucado turns to the Gospel of John to show readers that whatever the challenges you are...
Author
Publisher
Custom House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Elegant, sinister and psychologically complex, After Me Comes the Flood is the haunting debut novel by the bestselling author of The Essex Serpent"--
On a hot summer's day John Cole decides to shut his bookshop early-- possibly forever-- and drives out of London to see his brother. When his car breaks down on an isolated road, he goes looking for help and finds a dilapidated house. As he approaches, a laughing woman he has never seen before walks...
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