An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers. The most fascinating and learned study of the biggest wild goose chase in history--the quest for God. When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival.

In this provocative book, Eldredge gives women a look inside the true heart of a man and gives men permission to be what God designed them to be-dangerous, passionate, alive, and free! At the root of all sin is our rebellious desire to be like God in such ways--a desire that first manifested itself in the garden of Eden. James Randi First of all, Carl was my very good friend, and we had a lot of confidences over the years. A study session for individual or small-group use appears at the end of each chapter is included in this book except for bonus chapter 11. Brimming with wisdom and spiritual insight, this classic memoir of the devotional life witnesses to the joy available to all who will seek Him.Screwtape holds an administrative post in the bureaucracy ("Lowerarchy") of Hell, and acts as a mentor to Wormwood, the inexperienced tempter. At first her brothers and sister don't believe her when she tells of her visit to the land of Narnia. Augustine evolves and analyses his past with all the resources of the reading which shaped his mind: Virgil and Cicero, Neoplatonism and the Bible. Only when we truly embrace God's grace can we bask in the joy of a gospel that enfolds the most needy of His flock--the "ragamuffins.

Simply look at the dreams and desires written in the heart of every boy: To be a hero, to be a warrior, to live a life of adventure and risk. Now, in The Prodigal God, he uses one of the best-known Christian parables to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation. Because the answer to religious complacency isn't working harder at a list of do's and don'ts—it's falling in love with God. And now that I’m over 80 I’m reading more and more the part where Christian and Christiana are preparing themselves to go across the River of Death and get to the Celestial City.But what I get out of it is the creativeness that can come with solitude, and how new technology can be misunderstood, even perhaps by. In 1985, on the grand occasion of the centennial of the lectureship, Carl Sagan was invited to give them. Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are pink. Drawing on the Sermon on the Mount, Dietrich Bonhoeffer answers these timeless questions by providing a seminal reading of the dichotomy between "cheap grace" and "costly grace. Surprised by Joy" is also an allusion to Wordsworth's poem, "Surprised by Joy-Impatient As The Wind", relating an incident when Wordsworth forgot the death of his beloved daughter.

It is a question that many have asked and one that, if answered, can lead us to a whole new world of faith. It's the one thing the world cannot duplicate, and the one thing it craves above all else — for only grace can bring hope and transformation to a jaded world.

I had several personal and professional relationships that improved when I could appreciate that their "love language" was different than mine. This is a brilliant thought experiment about what happens to a god when its believers stop believing.

Thorough scriptural support and compelling narrative form Chan's invitation to stop and remember the One we've forgotten, the Spirit of the living God. In this paradigm-shattering work, John Piper reveals that the debate between duty and delight doesn’t truly exist: Delight is our duty. Wormwood and Screwtape live in a peculiarly morally reversed world, where individual benefit and greed are seen as the greatest good, and neither demon is capable of comprehending or acknowledging true human virtue when he sees it. A modern classic of Christian testimony and devotion, The Knowledge of the Holy shows us how we can rejuvenate our prayer life, meditate more reverently, understand God more deeply, and experience God’s presence in our daily lives. Written in an engaging and practical tone, this thought-provoking work seeks to transform and enrich the Christian understanding of God.Obsessed with discovering the cause of generation and life and bestowing animation upon lifeless matter, Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts but; upon bringing it to life, he recoils in horror at the creature's hideousness. With rigor and wit, Dawkins eviscerates the arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of the existence of a supreme being. I could at least see their efforts as an attempt at showing me love and kindness, even if it wasn't. Slowly, day by day, he defies Angel’s every bitter expectation until, despite her resistance her frozen heart begins to thaw.