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14,000 Things to Be Happy About
14,000 Things to Be Happy About
Author: Barbara Ann Kipfer, Pierre Le-Tan
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 3/3/2007


Ice cream sandwiches, red leotards, a baseball game going into extra innings, a cat running 30 mph, wet babies, tobogganing, Bugs Bunny, Hawaiian shirts, the beach in the fall, and your own rainbow. A quirky, compulsive, irresistible list of all the little things that make us happy. Items , places, moods, thoughts, celebrations & our daily bread. 125 illustrations and a total of 613 pages.


A.D.D: Wandering Minds and Wired Bodies (Resources for Changing Lives)
Review Date: 1/21/2007


Easy distractibility or forgetfulness Mouths, arms, hands, and legs that run ahead of thinking Implusive decisions, chronic difficulties meeting deadlines, mistaken notions of one's own abilities. .... behaviors often associated with Attention Deficit Disorder. What is ADD? What are the strengths and weaknesses of ADD children? What can be done about this puzzling disorder? Noting both the challenges and responsibilities of ADD children, Edward T. Welch clarifies the physical and spiritual dimensions of ADD. He offers parents --as well as adults who fit the profile--help, encouragement, and biblical wisdom on how to handle this condition.


Angry at God?: Bring Him Your Doubts and Questions (Resources for Changing Lives)
Review Date: 6/29/2007
Helpful Score: 1


How could God allow this to happen to me? I'm angry with him, but I don't know if I am "supposed" to be angry! Is it okay to be angry with God? If we are angry, should we hold it inside, or voice our feelings outright? Jones writes that we should not take a "grin and bear it" approach to our anger, nor should we rashly vent our emotions to God. Instead, we need to humbly bring him our struggles, doubts, and questions. We must learn to be transparent in God's presence, think biblically, and act obediently.


Bad Memories: Getting Past Your Past (Resources for Changing Lives)
Review Date: 1/21/2007


Do memories of your past haunt you? Is there help0 for people who suffer because of their own. past? Most people who suffer from bad memories want them to disappear. On the other hand, some want ot deny the problem and "just forget the past." Robert D. Jones shows that God provides a solution to the haunting problem of nagging bad memories. What is God's answer? If you belong to Jesus, God does have some thing better for you, Jones writes. God does not want to remove your memories; he wants to transform them int6o something good. Your bad memories of past sins-- even the worst ones--can be opportunities for life-changing growth. You do noty need to avoid, run from, or get rid of your past. Jones points out that painful thoughts may still intrude, but you need not escape them God is bigger than your past.


Beware the Pretenders
Beware the Pretenders
Author: John MacArthur
Book Type: Unknown Binding
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Review Date: 10/27/2006


What is apostasy? Who are the apostates? What will happen to them? John MacArthur answers these questions with a careful examination of the Epistle of Jude. Learn to recognize those spiritual pretenders who want to lead you away from God.


The Body Dynamic: Finding Where You Fit in Today's Church
The Body Dynamic: Finding Where You Fit in Today's Church
Author: John MacArthur Jr.
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 11/18/2006
Helpful Score: 2


God never intended for Christians to live in isolation, sealed inside our own private, stained-glass bubbles. To accomplish, as one part of a tightly knit organism, that which you could never hope to alone. That's the body dynamic--the church of Jesus Christ in action. MacArthur answers questions such as: What unique position, purpose, and privileges are yours as a functioning part of the Body? What are "spiritual gifts"? How do they work in the real world? How can you know yours and use yours to best support the Body? Where does the Body find its power, and how can you tap into it? Encouraging ,insightful, and thoroughly applicable, The Body Dynamic marks the path toward a stronger, unified, love-filled, world-transforming church.


Can God Bless America?
Can God Bless America?
Author: John MacArthur
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 11/9/2006
Helpful Score: 1


We want God's blessing but not God. Americans have systematically pushed Him out of their lives--rejecting biblical morality, ignoring His Word, and looking to the entertainment industry as the new oracle. Abortion, homosexuality, drug abuse, divorce, and pornography are rampant. Even the church often imitates the world's fashinons at the expense of biblical truth. Given these evidences of moral bankruptcy, can God bless America? MacArthur is convinced God can bless America, but there are several clear biblical conditions that must be met.


The Christian Family Guide to Movies and Video
The Christian Family Guide to Movies and Video
Author: Ted Baehr
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 2/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 10/27/2006


The book was published in 1990.


Depression: The Way Up When You Are Down (Resources for Changing Lives)
Review Date: 6/27/2007
Helpful Score: 3


Lost ambition. Emotional numbness. Fear and withdrawal. Fatigue. Marks of what is commonly called depression. If you are one of the many people suffering from depression, there is hope and there is help--a way up when your are down. Even if you don't fell like doing anything, this booklet provides manageable steps for getting started on the path that leads out of depression. Edward Welch helps us understand the spiritual issues involved, whether one's depression is caused by physical problems or results in them. Getting to the heart of what depression says and means, Welch guides us through a process of dealing with depression biblically and effectively.


Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud
Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud
Author: Philip Yancey
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 11/9/2006


Is God unfair? Is God silent? Is God hidden? These 3 questions are asked with piercing honesty and Biblical certaity. If God desires our love why does He sometimes put obstacles in the way? Why does He seem so distant? What can we expect from Him after all? No part of the Bible goes unstudied in the author's search for God's hidden nature in this compelling and profound book. Disappointment with God has had an overwhelming impact on many lives--it can change yours. Chuck Swindoll says "Few are better than Yancey in providing answers that can soothe a faith that's almost been shattered."


The Far Side Gallery 4
The Far Side Gallery 4
Author: Gary Larson
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 11/10/2006


Cart0ons from Wildlife Preserves, Wiener Dog Art, and Unnatural Selectioins


Forgiving Others: Joining Wisdom and Love (VantagePoint Books)
Forgiving Others: Joining Wisdom and Love (VantagePoint Books)
Author: Timothy S. Lane
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 6/29/2007


Sally, a Christian, laments having an abortion years ago. "I know the Lord has forgiven me, but I just can't forgive myself." What would you say to her? Maybe you yourself have struggled with "self-forgiveness", and wonder how to deal with feelings of guilt. Why is self-forgiveness such an attractive notion? What, if anything, does the Bible say about it? Robert Jones identifies five possible assumptions behind the longing for self-forgiveness. In the process, he pinpoints a deeper problem--and a deeper solution to ongoing guilt. By dispelling a number of misconceptions, Jones clears the path to a joyful realization of complete forgiveness in Christ.


God's Love: Better Than Unconditional (Resources for Changing Lives)
Review Date: 6/29/2007


Describing unconditional love as detached "blanket acceptance" and "benign affirmation," David Powlison challenges our common assumption about the nature of God's love. Although wonderfully accepting, divine love is also intrusive, intimate, personal, and active. Instead of simply loving us as we are , God loves us enough to change us. Powlison acknowledges four underlying truths of unconditional love, offers biblical improvements on the idea, and urges us to see God's love for what it really is--better than unconditional.


Grief: Finding Hope Again (VantagePoint Books)
Grief: Finding Hope Again (VantagePoint Books)
Author: Paul D. Tripp
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 6/29/2007


No matter what the circumstances, death shakes us to the core. It seems so wrong - and it is! We long for comfort, but we don't know where to find it in the Bible. What help does God offer in our grief? With compassion and biblical wisdom, Paul Tripp show us how to think and what to do when death enters our door. He reminds us that God often brings the most wonderful things out of the darkest experiences, just as he did at the cross. Christians have the most reason to grieve -- and the most reason to hope. We have a Savior who knows our cries, and a promise that one day all tears will be wiped away. These reasons lead us to hope even as we grieve.


Guidance: Have I Missed God's Best? (Resources for Changing Lives)
Review Date: 1/5/2007


What choice should I make? How do I know that my decision will fit with God's plan for me? "We tend to think that while God has a 'best' plan for our life, he also has 'cheaper' plans for people who miss the best," writes Petty. "But for those who are in Christ, there is only one plan." Petty explains that God's plan and our actons work in concert. With all the decisions we face and despite the mistakes we make, God works in all things for the good, transforming us into the image of Christ (Rom 8:28). How comforting to know that our choices fulfill that plan in every detail.


Homosexuality: Speaking the Truth in Love (Resources for Changing Lives)
Review Date: 1/6/2007


Homosexuality is the hot issue of the day," says Edward T. Welch. "Even more than abortion, it will confront the church throughout this generation, forcing us to listen, study, and respond wisely." How can we answer claims that the Bible does not prohibit committed homosexual relationships? Or that science proves that homosexuality is genetic, not a chosen lifestyle? Welch supplies us with timely biblical and biological insight into homosexuality. Just as importantly, he calls us to examine our attitudes in order to minister to homosexuals truthfully, compassionatelyo, humbly, and persuasively.


Just One More: When Desires Don't Take No for an Answer (Resources for Changing Lives)
Review Date: 1/6/2007


I hate it. I love it. Sometimes our desires can be cruel lovers. We think we should be rid of a particular desire, but we feel stuck. "What's the use in trying to rid my life of this desire?" we ask ourselves. "I've tried, but there's just no way out for me." Or is there? The problem may be more complicated than just being stuck. Might there be a path to true change? (If so would you want to take that path?) Edward T. Welch may surprise you with his answer. Along the way he will introduce you to someone with words of comfort and hope you may never have heard before.


Keys to Spiritual Growth
Keys to Spiritual Growth
Author: John MacArthur
Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 11/17/2006
Helpful Score: 1


The classic, dynamic guide to spiritual maturity. How to study scripture and how to pray and how to function in the Body of Christ and how to witness. In Keys to Spiritual Growth, he thoroughly explores a multitude of biblical passages to reveal the riches of God in Jesus Christ that will help you continue growing in both faith and spirit.


Lie Down and Roll Over and 159 Other Ways of Saying I Love You
Review Date: 11/17/2006


and 159 other ways to say I love you. Great lovers aren't born, they're made. All you have to do is follow the advice of those grand masters of wit and wisdom, Jim Erskine and George Moran, and the faster than you can say "Kiss me, my sweet," you'll be right up there with such legendary lovers as Cleopatra and Don Juan. The book will show you exactly how to shake off your fears and inhibitons and spice up your love life with more than 150 hilarious, wicked, ridiculous, and even sentimental ways to express your undying devotion. This is a book of cartoons.


Marriage: Whose Dreams (Resources for Changing Lives)
Review Date: 2/8/2007


The ultimate spouse. The dream marriage. Where do they fall on your wish list? If your marriage seems less than ideal, isyour patience with God wearing thin? It's possible to get caught up in our own dreams and expect God to deliver on our terms. But what if God's dream for your marriage differs from yours? What if his plan is to sanctify you through the struggles of a challenging relationship? If your dream for the ideal marriage were to crumble, would your hope and joy crumble with it? They don't have to. In this eye-opening booklet, Paul David Tripp shows how refocusing your dreams on God-centered priorities can invigorate both you and your marriage.


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