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As winter comes and the hours of darkness overtake the light, we seek out warmth, good food, and good company. But beneath the jollity and bright enchantment of the festive season, there lurks a darker mood - one that has found expression over the centuries in a host of strange and unsettling traditions and lore. Here, Sarah Clegg takes us on a journey through midwinter to explore the lesser-known Christmas traditions.

Although this is a small book, yet it presents you with matters of the greatest and most weighty concern, even with a discourse of life and death to eternity. It reveals and clarifies, by the Scriptures of God, that the time is at hand when there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust – even of the bodies of both, from the graves where they are, or will be, at the start of that day.

Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." That's the offer of Christianity, from God himself.

Is Atheism Dead? is an entertaining, impressively wide-ranging, and decidedly provocative answer to that famous 1966 Time cover that itself provocatively asked “Is God Dead?” In a voice that is by turns witty, muscular, and poetic, Metaxas intentionally echoes C. S. Lewis and G. K. Chesterton in cheerfully and logically making his astonishing case, along the way presenting breathtaking - and often withering - new evidence and arguments against the idea of a Creatorless universe.

Caleb Wilde, author of the acclaimed memoir Confessions of a Funeral Director, was a skeptic. The baffling stories people told him—deathbed visions of long-dead parents, visits from the other side—must be hallucinations or wishful thinking, he thought. But the more stories he heard, and the more he learned about non-Western understandings of body and spirit, the less sure he was.

Don’t Die Before You’re Dead is Joy Blessing’s miracle story of hope in God’s plan and purpose for those who trust in Him. “I shouldn’t be alive; I was dead 39 minutes after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest,” Joy said. “We must never give up being and becoming all God created us to be. Regardless of what we go through, we can be confident God is faithful to complete the good work He begins in us.”

In Mid-Faith Crisis, authors Catherine McNiel and Jason Hague provide a compassionate exploration of this challenging phase. With backgrounds in theology and personal narratives of their own spiritual upheavals, they guide listeners through the complex landscape of doubt and disillusionment. Through storytelling and reflection, McNiel and Hague offer practices and disciplines that help reclaim what is genuine and discard what is not. They reassure us that the crisis of faith is not an endpoint but a transformative stage that can lead to a more sincere and robust belief system.

Many Jesus followers are sleepwalking through their Christian lives. They wear a smile, attend church gatherings, and try their best to make it through, but they don't really expect answered prayers, breakthroughs, or a miraculous change in their situations. Why? Disappointment and disillusionment. The Bible calls this "hope deferred." What we hoped for did not happen, and we are left with hopes and dreams that are dead.

There is a glory to life that most people—including believers—never see. In this insightful new book, John Eldredge presents the heart as central to life. Not only is the heart essential, the heart God has ransomed is also good. Building on these foundational truths, Eldredge shows listeners why real Christianity is a process of restoration, where the broken parts of our hearts are mended and the captive parts are set free.

Are you indeed alive unto God? Can you say with truth, “I was dead and am alive again; I was blind, but now I see”? Then accept this word of exhortation and lean your heart toward wisdom.

"I came late to Christianity", writes Sara Miles, "knocked upside down by a mid-life conversion centered around eating a literal chunk of bread. I hadn't decided to profess an article of doctrine, but discovered a force blowing uncontrollably through the world." In this book, Sara Miles tells what happened when she decided to follow the flesh and blood Jesus by doing something real. For everyone afraid to feed hungry strangers, love the unlovable, or go to dark places to bless and heal, she offers hope.

This abridged version creates a scripture-by-scripture model that addresses a very important topic, and answers questions many of us have regarding what happens when we die. Where do we go at the time of our death?

Disobedience. It’s normal, right? For hundreds of years, the Church has struggled with how to overcome sin in the Christian life. We know that the cross takes care of our past sins at salvation and assures us life after death. But what do we do with the time in between? In Dead and Alive, Jim Wilson discusses the neglected requirement of obedience and explains God’s provision for it from Scripture. May the thoughts in it lead you into a victorious, obedient life in Christ.

MADE ALIVE: a study for dead people is an eight-week experience for the new Christian, the long-time Christian, and anyone in between. It’s a journey to better understanding yourself as God designed you to be and the life He created you for.

Someone once said, "Salvation is free, but it isn't cheap." In fact, it cost Jesus His life, and it will cost you yours. The strongest hindrance to the move of God in the lives of His people is that we have not died to the flesh. That fact has destroyed countless marriages and homes, and threatened many others. It has caused ministries to crumble, churches to close their doors and filled more altar calls than any demonic onslaught against the church.

Here is an incredibly cogent and compelling path for those suffering the loss of a loved one, a way to help the departed on their evolutionary spiritual journey, as well as the first step to beginning the healing process in the hearts of the loved ones left behind. A thoughtful and sensitive gift for those needing guidance in a time of loss. It not only takes you by the hand and shows you how it works but delves deeply into the metaphysical aspect to show you why.

Forgive and forget. That is the mantra of many in our society. The problem is that “forgive and forget” goes against almost every part of the design that makes us human. David walks us through what true forgiveness looks like and how to remove all those dead dogs from your highway.

God longs to give us an exceedingly abundant life if we are able to leave behind the burdens that keep us in bondage. In God Wants You Truly Living, Not Walking Dead, Cinthia shares biblical analyses and examples of biblical characters who have experienced the same trials, losses, failures, and emotions we are faced with in our lives and provides ample opportunity for growth with thought-provoking questions. As listeners embrace this dying-to-self process, they will begin to understand what God's "best version" of themselves looks like....

When a part of life comes to an unexpected end, most people panic, at least for the moment. Everything on earth eventually comes to an end: marriages, job assignments, employment, relationships, and life. I began learning how to successfully navigate tough times as a boy fishing with my dad.

Audie Award, Faith-Based Non-Fiction, 2016. In 1953, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, a baby boy was born - dead. The attending physician set his little body aside and tended to his mother for 18 minutes. Now, more than 60 years later, that boy leads an internationally known ministry that encourages hundreds of thousands every year. The Boy Born Dead tells his incredible story from the perspective of his best friend, David Wideman.