Chris: 8154 books
Unscientific America
How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2009
Climate change, the energy crisis, nuclear proliferation-many of the most urgent problems of the twenty-first century require scientific solutions, yet America is paying less and less attention to scientists. For every five hours of cable news, less than one minute is devoted to science, and the number...
Contagious Generosity
Creating a Culture of Giving in Your Church
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
The general practices related to church funding aren’t producing the same results they have in the past. There is a general acceptance that something has changed but little talk or interest is coming from traditional church leader training sources such as denominational entities and seminaries....
Our Lady of the Nations
Apparitions of Mary in 20th-Century Catholic Europe
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Our Lady of the Nations is a detailed and scholarly overview of the apparitions of Mary in 20th-century Catholic Europe. Chris Maunder discusses apparitions in general and how they are interpreted in Catholicism by, for example, Karl Rahner and Benedict XVI. The role of women and children as visionaries...
Dying to Be Happy
Discovering the Truth About Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
A few days before Thanksgiving 2014, author Chris Stepien found himself in an oncologist s office. But he wasn't the patient. Stepien's wife, Ellen, was just beginning her battle with aggressive breast cancer. That day, while listening to the oncologist's treatment strategy, Stepien began writing...
by Chris Gore
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Chris Gore is a powerfully anointed minister of healing. In his book, truth and testimony are blended in an exciting, entertaining, educating way.” Randy Clark, author of There is More and founder of Global Awakening
Take My Hand
The Caregiver’s Journey
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Take My Hand is a welcome, practical guide for the emotional journey of caregiving.
The caregiver’s twisting and emotional journey is often bittersweet, combining feelings of exhaustion, reflection, love, frustration, delight, denial, connection, and loneliness. Just as they have taken on...
by Chris Oyakhilome PhD
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
God’s earnest desire is to have a rich, vibrant, and enduring fellowship with His children; but how can we enjoy such communion with all its blessings and benefits if we don’t know how to pray effectively? With a refreshing blend of sound scripture exposition and practical anecdotes, best-selling...
Place at the Table, A
40 Days of Solidarity with the Poor
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2012
In a culture built on consumption--especially of food--it is easy to forget the poor that Jesus cared so much about. Following the pattern of his successful Advent Conspiracy, Chris Seay invites readers on a journey of self-examination, discipline, and renewed focus on Jesus that will change their...
by Chris Quarembo
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2012
Philadelphia PI Andrea Fabiano is called in to help her late mother’s best friend, Teresa Mazzi, who is gravely ill, find her son before she dies. In “Finding Vinnie,” PI Fabiano is determined to bring the wayward Vinnie to his mother’s bedside but finds more trouble than she bargained for in a case that she takes pro bono.
by Chris Hedges
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
In the face of modern conditions, revolution is inevitable. The rampant inequality that exists between the political and corporate elites and the struggling masses; the destruction wreaked upon our environment by faceless, careless corporations; the steady stripping away of our civil liberties and...
by Chris Schilver
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Lucia Jenkins is a bride who is blushing, thinking about her would be husband - the handsome Romeo. But there is a past and a future so dreadful that she could not have expected to arise before her wedding.
Mind Over Mind
The Surprising Power of Expectations
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
“Our brains can’t help but look forward. We spend very little of our mental lives completely in the here and now. Indeed, the power of expectations is so pervasive that we may notice only when somebody pulls back the curtain to reveal a few of the cogs and levers responsible for the big show.”
We...
Walking to Jerusalem
Discovering Your Divine Life Purpose
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Small beginnings. Detours along the way. Questions about how and when God is going to fulfill His purposes. We know the end of David’s story, but David only knew it step by step. Like us, he had to follow God’s path even when it seemed too slow. He had to believe that realizing our life’s purpose...
Is God for Real
Signposts and stories for people who wonder
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
There are moments in life when the everyday is touched by something more glorious than we usually encounter. The beauty of a summer dawn, the kindness of a stranger, the comfort of feeling held during a time of great personal difficulty - perhaps an experience like this has got us wondering. Perhaps...