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Radical Compassion : Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor (02 Edition)
Radical Compassion : Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor (02 Edition)
by Gary Smith
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loving the unloved of society “I realize that God brought me into this world, blessed with skills and talents. The only thing that makes sense to me is to use them in the service of the poor. It is at their feet that I find myself.” or... (read more)

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Thrift Store Saints: Meeting Jesus 25 Cents at a Time
Thrift Store Saints: Meeting Jesus 25 Cents at a Time
by Jane F. Knuth
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A thrift store in inner-city Kalamazoo, Michigan. Exactly the place where you’d expect to meet Jesus, right? Jane Knuth’s middle-class, suburban, church-going background had not prepared her well to serve as a volunteer at an inner-city... (read more)

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The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical
The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical
by Shane Claiborne
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The author has a vision for ordinary radicals ready to change the world with little acts of love. He describes an authentic faith rooted in belief, action, and love and invites readers into a movement of the Spirit that begins inside and extends into a... (read more)

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Almost Amish: One Woman's Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life
Almost Amish: One Woman's Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life
by Nancy Sleeth
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"After years of consumption, Sleeth and her family decided to live more simply. From eliminating a car to gardening and line-drying laundry, her life began to resemble that of the Amish — a greener, calmer existence. Sleeth (Go Green, Save Green... (read more)

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If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus
If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus
by Philip Gulley
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The largest group in American religious life may be the disillusioned—people who have been involved in the church, respect Jesus, but question what Christianity has become. In If the Church Were Christian Philip Gulley provides a profound picture... (read more)

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Same Sex Controversy, The: Defending and Clarifying the Bible's Message About Homosexuality (02 Edition)
Same Sex Controversy, The: Defending and Clarifying the Bible's Message About Homosexuality (02 Edition)
by James White
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In "Same Sex Controversy, " the authors clarify and defend the Bible's stand on homosexuality. Subjects include the basis of biblical morality and biblical teaching on marriage and sexuality. They also provide information on how to lovingly and... (read more)

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The New Tolerance: How a Cultural Movement Threatens to Destroy You, Your Faith, and Your Children
The New Tolerance: How a Cultural Movement Threatens to Destroy You, Your Faith, and Your Children
by Josh Mcdowell
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This book will help readers discern truth from error and to withstand the pressure--even persecution--to conform to a relativistic culture.... (read more)

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When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
by Steve Corbett
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Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in the use of strategies that do considerable harm to poor people and themselves. Don't let this happen to you, your ministry or ... (read more)

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Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street
Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street
by Jim Wallis
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When we start with the wrong question, no matter how good an answer we get, it won't give us the results we want. Rather than joining the throngs who are asking, When will this economic crisis be over? Jim Wallis says the right question to ask is "How... (read more)

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Raised Right: How I Untangled My Faith from Politics
Raised Right: How I Untangled My Faith from Politics
by Alisa Harris
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Meet the new breed of Christians shaping our culture. Alisa Harris grew up in a family that actively fought injustice and moral decay in America. She spent much of her childhood picketing abortion clinics and being home-schooled in the ways of... (read more)

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A Mind for God
A Mind for God
by James Emery White
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To be fully human is to think. The apostle Paul calls us to take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ (2 Cor 10:5). But James Emery White fears that Western Christians are failing in this task. Because we have not developed good... (read more)

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Unchristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matters
Unchristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matters
by David Kinnaman
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Christianity has an image problem. Christians are supposed to represent Christ to the world. But according to the latest report card, something has gone terribly wrong. Using descriptions like hypocritical, insensitive, and judgmental, young Americans... (read more)

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The Tragedy of American Compassion
The Tragedy of American Compassion
by Marvin Olasky
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William J. Bennett once called it the most important book onwelfare and social policy in a decade. Period. It influenced theClinton Administration's welfare reform and deeply affectedthen-Governor George W. Bush's policies in Texas. But with the waron... (read more)

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Souls in the Hands of a Tender God: Stories of the Search for Home and Healing on the Streets
Souls in the Hands of a Tender God: Stories of the Search for Home and Healing on the Streets
by Craig Rennebohm
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Since 1987, Craig Rennebohm has ministered to people who are homeless and struggling with mental illness. In Souls in the Hands of a Tender God, he tells the evocative stories of those who desperately need psychiatric, psychological, and spiritual... (read more)

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The Silent War: Ministering to Those Trapped in Deception of Pornography
The Silent War: Ministering to Those Trapped in Deception of Pornography
by Henry J Rogers
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Amid the smoky dance clubs and seedy sections of town, there exists a thriving pornography industry. But it doesn't end there, and so the danger to men is all the greater. For in hotel rooms, trendy bookstores, television screens and internet websites... (read more)

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Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World
Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World
by Leroy Barber
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It's not every day that you get a visit from God. Burning bushes, ladders to heaven, chariots of fire and all that--we look for those stories in the Bible, and we look for them in our lives. When it comes to something as important as what we do with our... (read more)

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All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice
All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice
by Robert Jensen
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At the root of the current political, economic, cultural, and ecological chaos is a national spiritual unrest, a fragmentation that has inhibited society's self-awareness and slowed theological progress to a glacial crawl. In a nation where three-fourths... (read more)

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Divided By Faith : Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America (00 Edition)
Divided By Faith : Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America (00 Edition)
by Michael O. Emerson
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In recent years, the leaders of the American evangelical movement have brought their characteristic passion to the problem of race, notably in the Promise Keepers movement and in reconciliation theology. But the authors of this provocative new study... (read more)

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Cherishing the Earth: How to Care for God's Creation
Cherishing the Earth: How to Care for God's Creation
by Martin J. Hodson
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Drawing on stories of people who have found positive ways to respond to the state of the earth, Martin and Margot Hodson show how understanding God's concern for his whole creation can inspire us toward a more biblical lifestyle.... (read more)

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Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger 5TH Edition
Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger 5TH Edition
by Ronald J Sider
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In this new look at the age-old problem of abject poverty, Dr. Sider offers not only a detailed explanation of the causes, but also a comprehensive series of practical solutions, in the hopes that Christians like him will choose to make a difference.... (read more)

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