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Don't Follow Your Heart: Boldly Breaking the Ten Commandments of Self-Worship
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Don't Follow Your Heart: Boldly Breaking the Ten Commandments of Self-Worship

by Thaddeus J Williams

Narrated by Full Cast

Read by the author.Why chasing after expressive individualism, experiences, and desires always fails to deliver on its promise of happiness.Today we are told to be true to ourselves, look within for answers, and follow our hearts. But when we put our own happiness first, we experience record-breaking levels of aimlessness, loneliness, depression, and anxiety… Read more…

Don't Follow Your Heart: Boldly Breaking the Ten Commandments of Self-Worship

Don't Follow Your Heart: Boldly Breaking the Ten Commandments of Self-Worship

by Thaddeus J Williams

Why chasing after expressive individualism, experiences, and desires always fails to deliver on its promise of happiness.Today we are told to be true to ourselves, look within for answers, and follow our hearts. But when we put our own happiness first, we experience record-breaking levels of aimlessness, loneliness, depression, and anxiety. Self-centeredness… Read more…

Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture

Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture

by Kat Armas

In this forty-day devotional, Cuban American writer Kat Armas shows us that reading the Bible with fresh eyes allows us to experience God in new and liberating ways. Many Christians today are seeking to disentangle biblical teaching from power structures that marginalize women and people of color. There's a hunger for a new kind of devotional that offers… Read more…

Crowned with Glory: How Proclaiming the Truth of Black Dignity Has Shaped American History

Crowned with Glory: How Proclaiming the Truth of Black Dignity Has Shaped American History

by Jasmine L Holmes

America was founded on the concept of the innate and inalienable rights of humankind. Many Christians see an echo of the imago Dei--that every human being carries the image of God--within those ideals. Yet these rights were systemically withheld from the Black and enslaved residents of this country for centuries. Through it all, Black people have proclaimed … Read more…

The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

by Kaitlyn Schiess

★ Publishers Weekly starred review"A nuanced look at America's legacy of scriptural language."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)Christianity Today 2024 Book Award Finalist (Politics and Public Life)How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn from America's history of using the Bible in polit… Read more…

Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture
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Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture

by Christopher Watkin

Narrated by Christopher Ashman

*With a foreword from Tim Keller*A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a way that is biblically faithful and culturally sensitive.In Biblical Critical Theory, Christopher Watkin shows how the Bible and its unfolding story help us make sense of modern life and culture.Critical theories exist to critique what we think we know about reali… Read more…

New Fight for Life: Roe, Race, and a Pro-Life Commitment to Justice

New Fight for Life: Roe, Race, and a Pro-Life Commitment to Justice

by Benjamin Watson

The battle over the constitutionality of Roe v. Wade may be over, but now a bigger fight lies ahead. For over half a century, pro-life advocates have fought to protect the sanctity of human life. Now that the decision the pro-life community has been waiting and praying for has finally become a reality, a question remains: Now what? How do we continue to stan… Read more…

I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You

I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You

by Ally Henny

An Unvarnished Perspective on Racism That Calls Black Women to Find Their VoiceBeing Black in a society developed by white men to benefit white men means constantly pushing back against systems that were not constructed for your flourishing. White privilege. White cultural norms. White beauty standards. White noise. You're made to feel that your lif… Read more…

Misled: 7 Lies That Distort the Gospel (and How You Can Discern the Truth)
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Misled: 7 Lies That Distort the Gospel (and How You Can Discern the Truth)

by Allen Parr

Narrated by Tom Parks and Allen Parr

Read by the author.The gospel is under attack today--not only from outside cultural forces but also from within the church. In Misled, popular YouTuber and Bible teacher Allen Parr equips readers to identify and withstand seven of the most common false teachings that undermine the gospel and lead many well-meaning Christians astray.For an anxious and we… Read more…

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Misled: 7 Lies That Distort the Gospel (and How You Can Discern the Truth)

Misled: 7 Lies That Distort the Gospel (and How You Can Discern the Truth)

by Allen Parr

The gospel is under attack today--not only from outside cultural forces but also from within the church. In Misled, popular YouTuber and Bible teacher Allen Parr equips readers to identify and withstand seven of the most common false teachings that undermine the gospel and lead many well-meaning Christians astray.For an anxious and weary world, the gosp… Read more…

From Pandemic to Renewal: Practices for a World Shaken by Crisis

From Pandemic to Renewal: Practices for a World Shaken by Crisis

by Chris Rice

The pandemic changed the world on a global scale. Not only was it devastating in terms of loss of life, it also revealed deep layers of anxiety and brokenness throughout society. Mental exhaustion, economic disparities, and escalating divisions now mark our times.But award-winning author Chris Rice sees the challenges of our day as a historic opportunity for… Read more…

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Burning House: Redeeming American Evangelicalism by Examining Its History, Mission, and Message
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Burning House: Redeeming American Evangelicalism by Examining Its History, Mission, and Message

by Brandon Washington

Narrated by Rick N Jones and Charles Ray

Despite the civil rights progress he fought for and saw on the horizon in the 1950s and '60s, Martin Luther King Jr.—increasingly concerned by America's moral vision, admitted—"I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."In A Burning House, Brandon Washington contends that American Evangelicalism is a house… Read more…

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