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Inside a Cutter's Mind: Understanding and Helping Those Who Self-Injure

Inside a Cutter's Mind: Understanding and Helping Those Who Self-Injure

by Earl Henslin and Jerusha Clark

Cutting is a practice that has crossed age and gender lines. It’s not just depressed teens who inflict injury on themselves—it can be anyone dealing with overwhelming feelings. This book explores the complex issue of cutting without offering any pat or simple fixes. It examines the psychology of, the feelings of anger and despair behind it, and the couns… Read more…

Unlikely Fighter: The Story of How a Fatherless Street Kid Overcame Violence, Chaos, and Confusion to Become a Radical Christ Follower

Unlikely Fighter: The Story of How a Fatherless Street Kid Overcame Violence, Chaos, and Confusion to Become a Radical Christ Follower

by Greg Stier

Some memories are permanently seared into our childhood brains with a hot iron of adrenaline and fear. For five-year-old Greg, it was the memory of his ma walking back to the house after confronting his stepdad with a splintered, bloodied baseball bat in her hand.Greg Stier was raised in a family of bodybuilding, tobacco-chewing, fist-fighting thugs. He neve… Read more…

Grace from the Rubble: Two Fathers' Road to Reconciliation after the Oklahoma City Bombing

Grace from the Rubble: Two Fathers' Road to Reconciliation after the Oklahoma City Bombing

by Jeanne Bishop

How do you find the strength to forgive in the midst of unthinkable grief? With compassion for all who have been touched by tragedy, Grace from the Rubble tells the heart-stirring true story of found forgiveness, lasting hope, and the unlikely friendship of two fathers on opposite sides of tragedy.In what was to become the deadliest attack on Ameri… Read more…

Workin' Our Way Home: The Incredible True Story of a Homeless Ex-Con and a Grieving Millionaire Thrown Together to Save Each Other
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Workin' Our Way Home: The Incredible True Story of a Homeless Ex-Con and a Grieving Millionaire Thrown Together to Save Each Other

by Ron Hall, Barry Scott and Daniel Butler

Narrated by Barry Scott and Daniel Butler

Winner of the 2024 American Legacy Book Award in Autobiography/MemoirThe heartwarming sequel to Same Kind of Different As Me! After Miss Debbie's death in 2000, her husband, Ron formed an even stronger bond with Denver, a homeless ex-con. Ron's touching memoir chronicles how their shared devotion to Debbie led them to work toward fulfilling her visio… Read more…

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Workin' Our Way Home: The Incredible True Story of a Homeless Ex-Con and a Grieving Millionaire Thrown Together to Save Each Other

Workin' Our Way Home: The Incredible True Story of a Homeless Ex-Con and a Grieving Millionaire Thrown Together to Save Each Other

by Ron Hall

The heartwarming sequel to Same Kind of Different As Me! After Miss Debbie's death in 2000, her husband, Ron formed an even stronger bond with Denver, a homeless ex-con. Ron's touching memoir chronicles how their shared devotion to Debbie led them to work toward fulfilling her vision: to ease the pain associated with poverty, homelessness, and i… Read more…

Church Boy: My Music and   My Life
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Church Boy: My Music and My Life

by Kirk Franklin

Narrated by Rick N Jones

This against-all-odds autobiography of gospel legend Kirk Franklin takes you through the life and trials of one of the most influential and bestselling artists in the music industry.From his difficult childhood on the poor side of town to his rise as a multiple Grammy-winning artist, Kirk Franklin’s Church Boy is a personal story of unwaverin… Read more…

Isaac Newton
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Isaac Newton

by Mitch Stokes

Narrated by Michael Haney

In this Christian Encounter Series biography, author Mitch Stokes explores the life of Isaac Newton, the man behind the atomic theory.As an inventor, astronomer, physicist, and philosopher, Isaac Newton forever changed the way we see and understand the world. At one point, he was the world’s leading authority in mathematics, optics, and alchemy. And su… Read more…

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J. R. R. Tolkien: The Mind Behind the Rings
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J. R. R. Tolkien: The Mind Behind the Rings

by Mark Horne

Narrated by Christopher Ashman

J. R. R. Tolkien: The Mind Behind the Rings, you'll get a never-before-seen look at the man, the artist, and the believer behind some of the world's most beloved stories.Join bestselling author Mark Horne as he explores lasting impact of the kind of creative freedom that can only come from faith and struggle.Raised in South Africa and Great Britain, … Read more…

Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven

Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven

by James Bryan Smith

Experience Rich Mullins's Legacy of Joy and Real CompassionBeloved contemporary Christian musician Rich Mullins lived his life with abandon for God, leaving the spotlight to teach music among a Navajo community. An accident cut his life short in 1997, but his songs and ragamuffin spirit continue to teach many.In honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of R… Read more…

Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body

Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body

by Martin Pistorius

When you lose your voice, who will speak for you? When it all seems hopeless, how do you get through each day? In the New York Times bestseller Ghost Boy, Martin Pistorius tells the harrowing story of his return to life through the healing power of love and faith.In January 1988, a happy, healthy twelve-year-old Martin Pistorius came home from… Read more…

Long Line of Godly Men Series

Long Line of Godly Men Series

From Spurgeon to Luther, certain lives throughout church history are remembered as special testaments of God’s faithfulness. Through preaching, teaching, hymnody, and their courageous choices, they illustrate what God’s grace can accomplish through a life submitted to His purposes. With Dr. Steven J. Lawson as the series editor, the Long Line of Godly Me… Read more…

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